Education
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA - Ph.D., Psychology
University of Dayton, Dayton, OH - M.A., Psychology, 2009
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN - B.A., Psychological Sciences; Minor, Child Development and Family Studies, 2005
Employment History
The George Washington University: Visiting Research Scholar, 2015 - Present
Duke University: Postdoctoral Fellow, 2014 - Present
Louisiana State University: Instructor, Graduate Assitant & Researcher, 2009 -2014
The Air Force Research Laboratory: Contractor (Consortium Fellow), 2008 – 2009
University of Dayton: Graduate Assistant, 2007 – 2009
Vanderbilt University,: Research Assistant, 2005 – 2007
Advanced Skills
MatLab (Psychophysics toolbox) OS9, OSX, PC
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point)
IBM SPSS
RealTime Technologies SimCreator & Internet Scene Assembler
Sona-System - System Administrator (LSU Human Subject Pool)
SR Research Eyelink II & Simulink
Applied Science Laboratories
(ASL) Eyenal & Eyevid
Seeing Machines, Facelab Eyetracking System
Brainvoyager QX
Ericson, J. M., Parr, S. A., Beck, M. R., & Wolshon, B. (Under Review) Compensating for Failed Attention while Driving.
Ericson, J. M., Beck, M. R., van Lamsweerde, A. E. (2016). Binding Global and Local Object Features in Visual Working Memory. Attention Perception & Psychophysics 78(1), 94-106.
Parr, S. A., Wolshon, B., & Ericson J. M. (2015). Human Performance Modeling for Manual Traffic Control. Proceedings of the Human Fators and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 59(1), 691-695. doi: 10.1177/1541931215591150
Beck, M. R., Hong, S. L., van Lamsweerde, A. E., & Ericson, J. M. (2014). The effects of incidentally learned temporal and spatial predictability on response times and visual fixations during target detection and discrimination. PLoS ONE 9(4): e94539. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0094539
Ericson, J. M. & Beck, M. R. (2013). Changing target trajectories influences tracking performance. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 20(5), 951-956, doi: 10.3758/s13423-013-0424-1
Ericson, J. M. & Christensen, J. (2012). Reallocating attention during multiple-object tracking. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 74, 831-840, doi: 10.3758/s13414-012-0294-z
Francis, G., & Ericson, J. (2004). Using afterimages to test neural mechanisms for perceptual filling-in. Neural Networks, 17, 737-752.
Publications
Awards, Fellowships, & Grants
Teaching Experiences
2015 - 2016: Object Perception, Attention, & Memory (OPAM) Conference Organizer; www.opam.net
2015 - 2016: Research Consulting and Analysis Contract - Kedlin Co.
2014: SWUTC William J. Harris Outstanding PhD Student of the Year
2011 – 2013: Graduate Research Grant, Gulf Coast Center for Evacuation and Transportation Resiliency at Louisiana State University
2009 – 2011: Louisiana State University Graduate Assistantship
2008 – 2009: Consortium Research Fellowship, Air Force Research Labs, 711th Human Performance Wing, Human Effectiveness Directorate, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
2008: Summer Graduate Research Fellowship at the University of Dayton
2007 – 2009: University of Dayton Graduate Assistantship
Instructor – Experimental Research Methods and Design (Fall 2013)
Teaching Assistant - Experimental Research Methos and Design (Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2014)
Teaching Assistant – Sensation and Perception (Spring 2010)
Teaching Assistant – Research Methods/Lab Instructor (Fall 2009)
Teaching Assistant – Undergraduate Statistics (Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008)
Teaching Assistant – Psychology of the Arts (Fall 2008)
Teaching Assistant – Cognitive Psychology (Spring 2009)
Teaching Assistant – History of Psychology (Spring 2009)
Presentations
Ericson, J. M., Winkle, J., & Mitroff, S. R. (2015). Moving at the Speed of Search: Long-Term Visual Search and the Influence of Lapses in Time Between Search Activity. Poster presented at the Psychonomics Society annual meeting, Chicago, IL.
Mitroff, S. R., Winkle, J., Ericson., J. M., & Gancayco., C. A. (2015). The Long and Short of Visual Search: Examinig Both Long- and Short-Term Influences on Search Performance. Talk Given at the Psychonomics Society annual meeting, Chicago, IL.
Ericson, J.M., Biggs, A. T., Winkle, J., Gancayco, C. A., & Mitroff, S. R. (2015). Long-term Visual Search: Examing Trial-by-Trial Learning Over Extended Search Experiences. Talk Given at the Vision Sciences Society annual meeting, St. Pete's Beach, FL.
Winkle, J., Biggs, A. T., Ericson, J.M., & Mitroff S. R. (2015) For Better or Worse: Prior trial accuracy affects current trial accuracy in visual search. Poster presented at the Vision Sciences Society annual meeting, St. Pete's Beach, FL.
Ercison, J. M., & Beck, M. R. (2014, November). Allocation of Attention During Multiple Object Tracking: Parallel Allocation and Pooling of Resources Based on Task Demands. Poster presented at the Psychonomics Society annual meeting, Long Beach, CA.
Ericson, J.M., Goldstein, R. R., & Beck, M. R. (2014, May). My Attention is Over There: A Serial Component for Multiple Object Tracking. Poster presented at the Vision Sciences Society annual meeting, St. Pete's Beach, FL.
Beck, M. R., van Lamsweerde, A. E., Goldstein, R. R., & Ericson, J. M. (2014, May). The Change Probability Effect for High and Low Spatial Frequency Items Accompanied by a Shift in the Allocation of Attention During Encoding. Poster presented at the Vision Sciences Society annual meeting, St. Pete's Beach, FL.
Ericson, J. M., Parr, S. A., Beck, M. R., & Wolshon, B. (2014, January) Distracted Driving, Inattentional Blindness, and Analysis of Failed Pedestrian Detection. Talk given at te Transportation Research Board annual meeting, Washington D.C.
Ericson, J. M., Beck, M. R., Parr S. A. & Wolshon, B. (2013, November). Inattentional Blindness in Simulated Driving Environments. Poster presented at the Psychonomics Society annual meeting, Toronto ON.
Ericson, J. M., Goldstein, R. R., & Beck, M. R. (2013, May). Capture and tracking: Where does attention go? Poster presented at the Vision Sciences Society annual meeting, Naples FL.
Ericson, J. M. & Beck, M. R. (2012, May). Features or levels? Evidence for binding levels better than features. Poster presented at the Vision Sciences Society annual meeting, Naples FL.
Ericson, J. M. & Beck, M. R. (2011, November). Spatial proximity does not influence tracking performance, but changing trajectories does. Poster presented at the Object Perception, Attention, and Memory annual meeting, Seattle WA.
Jenkins, W. S., Davis III, T. E., Hicks, J. L., Gouvier, W. D., & Ericson, J. M. (2011, November). Assessing attentional bias and cerebral laterality in specific phobia using dichotic listening. Poster presented at the annual meetings of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Toronto, Canada.
Ericson, J. M. (2011, September). Mexican hats or hurricanes? A new model for multiple-object tracking. Talk given at the Louisiana State University Cognitive Seminar Series, Baton Rouge LA.
Ericson, J. M. & Beck, M. R. (2011, May). Is there a bias towards global information in visual working memory. Poster presented at the Vision Sciences Society annual meeting, Naples FL.
Ericson, J. M. & Davis, S.T. (2009, November). Separating visual features from tracked objects. Poster presented at the Psychonomics Society annual meeting, Boston MA.
Davis, S.T., Mingione, C., & Ericson, J. (2009, May). Processing of 3-D illusions influences preferences for symmetry. Poster presented at the Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting, Naples FL.
Ericson, J., Nyquist, J., Lappin, J., & Seiffert, A.E. (2007, May) Multiple object tracking in the periphery does not show hemifield independence. Poster presented at the Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting, Sarasota FL.
Ericson, J., & Francis, G. (2006, May). Dichoptic transfer of a two-stimulus afterimage. Poster presented at the Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting, Sarasota, FL.
Ericson, J., & Francis, G. (2004, May). Using afterimages to test neural mechanisms for perceptual filling-in. Poster presented at the Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting, Sarasota, FL.