Selected Faculty Publications

Selected Publications

Selected Journal Publications Since 2016

1. Jackson, K.M., Shaw. T.H., & Helton, W.S. (in press). The Effects of Dual-Task Interference on Visual Search and Verbal Memory.

2. Bedi, A., Russell, P.N., & Helton, W.S. (in press). Go-stimuli probability influences response bias in the sustained attention to response task: a signal detection theory perspective. Psychological Research.

3. Ward, M., & Helton, W. S. (2022). More or less? Improving monocular head mounted display assisted visual search by reducing guidance precision. Applied Ergonomics, 102, 103720.

4. Blakely, M. J., Smith, S. L., Russell, P. N., & Helton, W. S. (2022). The impact of cognitive load on kayaking and kayaking on cognitive performance. Applied Ergonomics, 102, 103747.

5. Ward, M. D., & Helton, W. S. (2022). Dual-task interference while receiving information on a head mounted display and manual tracking with and without auditory warnings. Applied Ergonomics, 101, 103713.

6. Dang, J. A., Shaw, T. H., McKnight, P. E., & Helton, W. S. (2022). A Closer Look at Warning Cues on the Sustained Attention to Response Task Performance. Human Factors, 00187208211060708.

7. Aitken, J. A., Kaplan, S. A., Pagan, O., Wong, C. M., Sikorski, E., & Helton, W. (2021). Affective Forecasts for the Experience Itself: An Investigation of the Impact Bias during an Affective Experience. Current Psychology, 1-7.

8. Mensen, J. M., Dang, J. S., Stets, A. J., & Helton, W. S. (2021). The effects of real-time performance feedback and performance emphasis on the sustained attention to response task (SART). Psychological Research, 1-8. 

9. Blakely, M. J., Smith, S. L., Russell, P. N., & Helton, W. S. (2021). The impact of cognitive load on climbing and climbing on cognitive performance. Applied Ergonomics, 94, 103413.

10. Smith, S. L., Helton, W. S., Matthews, G., & Funke, G. J. (2021). Performance, Hemodynamics, and Stress in a Two-Day Vigilance Task: Practical and Theoretical Implications. Human Factors, 00187208211011333.

11. Sturman, D., Wiggins, M. W., Helton, W. S., & Auton, J. C. (2021). The development and validation of a short-duration sustained visual search task for process control environments. Applied Ergonomics, 91, 103302.

12. Head, J., Tenan, M. S., Tweedell, A. J., Wilson, K. M., & Helton, W. S. (2020). Response Complexity Reduces Errors on a Response Inhibition Task. Human factors, 62(5), 787-799.

13. Neigel, A. R., Claypoole, V. L., Smith, S. L., Waldfogle, G. E., Fraulini, N. W., Hancock, G. M., Helton, W.S., & Szalma, J. L. (2020). Engaging the human operator: a review of the theoretical support for the vigilance decrement and a discussion of practical applications. Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, 21(2), 239-258.

14. Sturman, D., Wiggins, M. W., Auton, J. C., & Helton, W. S. (2020). Cue utilisation predicts control room operators’ performance in a sustained visual search task. Ergonomics, 63(1), 48-60.

15. Munnik, A., Näswall, K., Woodward, G., & Helton, W. S. (2020). The quick and the dead: a paradigm for studying friendly fire. Applied Ergonomics, 84, 103032.

16. Stets, A., Smith, S. L., & Helton, W. S. (2020). Dual-task interference between swimming and verbal memory. Human Factors, 62(7), 1132-1140.

17. Humphrey, B., Helton, W. S., & Nelson, X. J. (2019). Caffeine affects the vigilance decrement of Trite planiceps jumping spiders (Salticidae). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 133(4), 551-559.

18. Sturman, D., Wiggins, M. W., Auton, J., Loft, S., Helton, W.S., Westbrook, J., & Braithwaite, J. (2019). Control room operators’ cue utilization predicts cognitive resource consumption during regular operational tasks. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 1967.

19. Epling, S. L., Edgar, G. K., Russell, P. N., & Helton, W. S. (2019). Is semantic vigilance impaired by narrative memory demands? Theory and applications. Human Factors, 61(3), 451-461.

20. Satterfield, K., Harwood, A. E., Helton, W. S., & Shaw, T. H. (2019). Does depleting self-control result in poorer vigilance performance?. Human Factors, 61(3), 415-425.

21. Melrose, A., Nelson, X. J., Dolev, Y., & Helton, W. S. (2019). Vigilance all the way down: Vigilance decrement in jumping spiders resembles that of humans. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 72(6), 1530-1538.

22. Nelson, X. J., Helton, W. S., & Melrose, A. (2019). The effect of stimulus encounter rate on response decrement in jumping spiders. Behavioural Processes, 159, 57-59.

23. Humphrey, B., Helton, W. S., Bedoya, C., Dolev, Y., & Nelson, X. J. (2018). Psychophysical investigation of vigilance decrement in jumping spiders: overstimulation or understimulation? Animal Cognition, 21(6), 787-794.

24. Epling, S. L., Blakely, M. J., Edgar, G. K., Russell, P. N., & Helton, W. S. (2018). Memory impairment during a climbing traverse: implications for search and rescue climbing. Experimental Brain Research, 236(11), 3043-3052.

25. Dang, J.S., Figueroa, I.J., & Helton, W.S. (2018). You are measuring the decision to be fast, not inattention: the Sustained Attention to Response Task does not measure sustained attention. Experimental Brain Research, 236, 2255–2262.

26. Kemp, S., Chan, M., Chen, Z., & Helton, W.S. (2018). Risk attitude, perceived returns and investment choice in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 47, 23-29.

27. Wilson, K. M., de Joux, N. R., Finkbeiner, K. M., Russell, P. N., Retzler, J. R., & Helton, W. S. (2018). Prolonging the response movement inhibits the feed-forward motor program in the sustained attention to response task. Acta Psychologica, 183, 75-84.

28. Head, J., & Helton, W. S. (2018). The troubling science of neurophenomenology. Experimental Brain Research, 236(9), 2463-2467.

29. Head, J., Tenan, M.S., Tweedell, A.J., LaFiandra, M.E., Morelli, F., Wilson, K.M., Ortega, S.V., & Helton, W.S. (2017). Prior mental fatigue impairs marksmanship decision performance. Frontiers in Physiology.

30. Rees, A., Wiggins, M. W., Helton, W. S., Loveday, T., & O'Hare, D. (2017). The impact of breaks on sustained attention in a simulated, semi‐automated train control task. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 31(3), 351-359.

31. Brouwers, S., Wiggins, M. W., Griffin, B., Helton, W. S., & O’Hare, D. (2017). The role of cue utilisation in reducing the workload in a train control task. Ergonomics, 60(11), 1500-1515.

32. de Joux, N. R., Wilson, K. M., Russell, P. N., Finkbeiner, K. M., & Helton, W. S. (2017). A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study of the effects of configural properties on sustained attention.Neuropsychologia, 94, 106-117.

33. Helton, W. S., & Russell, P. N. (2017). Rest is still best: The role of the qualitative and quantitative load of interruptions on vigilance.Human Factors, 59, 91-100.

34. Epling, S. L., Blakely, M. J., Russell, P. N., & Helton, W. S. (2017). Interference between a fast-paced spatial puzzle task and verbal memory demands. Experimental Brain Research, 6(235), 1899-1907.

35. Hancock, N. J., Joux, N. R., Wingreen, S. C., Kemp, S., Thomas, J., & Helton, W. S. (2017). Positive post‐disaster images: A daydream machine? British Journal of Psychology, 108(3), 528-543.

36. Head, J. R., Tenan, M. S., Tweedell, A. J., Price, T. F., LaFiandra, M. E., & Helton, W. S. (2016). Cognitive fatigue influences time-on-task during bodyweight resistance training exercise. Frontiers in Physiology,7.

37. Epling, S. L., Blakely, M. J., Russell, P. N., & Helton, W. S. (2016). Free recall and outdoor running: cognitive and physical demand interference. Experimental Brain Research, 234, 2979-2987.

38. Buckley, R. J., Helton, W. S., Innes, C. R., Dalrymple-Alford, J. C., & Jones, R. D. (2016). Attention lapses and behavioural microsleeps during tracking, psychomotor vigilance, and dual tasks.Consciousness and Cognition, 45, 174-183.

39. Wilson, K. M., Finkbeiner, K. M., de Joux, N. R., Russell, P. N., & Helton, W. S. (2016). Go-stimuli proportion influences response strategy in a sustained attention to response task. Experimental Brain Research, 234(10), 2989-2998.

40. Finkbeiner, K. M., Russell, P. N., & Helton, W. S. (2016). Rest improves performance, nature improves happiness: assessment of break periods on the abbreviated vigilance task. Consciousness and Cognition, 42, 277-285.

41. Wilson, K. M., de Joux, N. R., Finkbeiner, K. M., Russell, P. N., & Helton, W. S. (2016). The effect of task-relevant and irrelevant anxiety-provoking stimuli on response inhibition. Consciousness and Cognition, 42, 358-365.

42. Brouwers, S., Wiggins, M., Helton, W.S., O’Hare, D., & Griffin, B. (2016). Cue utilisation and cognitive load in novel task performance. Frontiers in Psychology, 7.

43. Woodham, A., Billinghurst, M., & Helton, W. S. (2016). Climbing with a head-mounted display dual-task costs. Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 58(3), 452-461.

44. Blakely, M. J., Kemp, S., & Helton, W. S. (2016). Volitional running and tone counting: The impact of cognitive load on running over natural terrain. IIE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors, 4(2-3), 104-114.

45. Epling, S. L., Russell, P. N., & Helton, W. S. (2016). A new semantic vigilance task: vigilance decrement, workload, and sensitivity to dual-task costs. Experimental Brain Research, 234(1), 133-139.

46. Lambie, E., Wilson, T. M., Johnston, D. M., Jensen, S., Brogt, E., Doyle, E. E., & Helton, W. S. (2016). Human behaviour during and immediately following earthquake shaking: developing a methodological approach for analysing video footage.Natural Hazards, 80(1), 249-283.

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Lee, Y.-C., Momen, A., & LaFreniere, J. (2021). Attributions of social interactions: Driving among autonomous vs. conventional vehicles. Technology in Society, 66, 101631.

Lee, Y.-C., Hand, S. H., & Lilly, H. (2020). Are parents ready to use autonomous vehicles to transport children? Concerns and safety features. Journal of Safety Research, 72, 287-297.

Lee, Y.-C., & Mirman, J. H. (2018). Parents’ perspectives on using autonomous vehicles to enhance children’s mobility. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 96: 415-431.  

Lee, Y.-C., & LaVoie, N. (2018). Instruction-prompted objective behaviors as proxy for subjective measures in a driving simulator. Transportation Research Part F: Psychology and Behaviour, 55, 58-66.

Lee, Y.-C., & Winston, F. K. (2016). Stress induction techniques in a driving simulator and reactions from newly licensed drivers. Transportation Research Part F, 42, 44-55.

Ontañón, S., Lee, Y.-C., Snodgrass, S., Bonfiglio, D. J., Winston, F. K., McDonald, C. C., & Gonzalez, A. J. (2014). Case-Based prediction of teen driver behavior and skill. Case-Based Reasoning Research and Development, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 8765, 375-489.

Lee, Y.-C., Lee, J. D., & Boyle, L. N. (2009). The interaction of cognitive load and attention-directing cues in driving. Human Factors, 51, 271-280.

Lee, Y.-C., Lee, J. D., & Boyle, L. N. (2007). Visual attention in driving: the effects of cognitive load and visual disruption. Human Factors, 49, 721-733.

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Corr, P. L.,  & Matthews, G. (Eds.) (2020). Cambridge handbook of personality (2^nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Lin, J., Matthews, G., Wohleber, R. W., Funke, G. J., Calhoun, G. L., Ruff, H. A., Szalma, J. & Chiu, P. (2020). Overload and automation-dependence in a multi-UAS simulation: Task demand and individual difference factors. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 26, 218–235.

Matthews, G. (2016). Multidimensional profiling of task stress states for human factors: A brief review. Human Factors, 58, 801-813.

Matthews, G., Hancock, P. A., Lin, J., Panganiban, A. R., Reinerman-Jones, L. E., Szalma, J. L., & Wohleber, R. W. (2021). Evolution and revolution: Personality research for the coming world of robots, artificial intelligence, and autonomous systems. Personality and Individual Differences, 169, 109969.

Matthews, G., & Reinerman-Jones, L.E. (2017). Workload assessment: How to diagnose workload issues and enhance performance. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

Matthews, G., Wohleber, R, & Lin, J. (2019). Stress, skilled performance, and expertise: Overload and beyond. In P. Ward, J.M. Schraagen, J. Gore, & E. Roth (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Expertise. New York: Oxford.

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Rabbit, L.R., Roberts, D.M., McDonald, C.G., & Peterson, M.S. (2017). Neural activity reveals perceptual grouping in working memory. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 113, 40-45.

Azarian, S.B., Buzzell, G.A., Esser, E.G., Dornstauder, A., & Peterson, M.S. (2017). Averted body postures facilitate orienting of the eyes. Acta Psychologica, 175, 28-32.

Azarian, S.B., Peterson, M.S., & Esser, E. (2016). Evidence from the eyes: Threatening postures hold attention. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 764-770

Bansal, S., Bray, L.J., Peterson, M.S., Joiner, W.M. (2015) The Effect of Saccade Metrics on the Corollary Discharge Contribution to Perceived Eye Location. Journal of Neurophysiology, 113(9), 3312-3322

Blumberg, E.J., Peterson, M.S., & Parasuraman, R. (2015) Enhancing Multiple Object Tracking Performance with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation; A Causal Role for the Anterior Intraparietal Sulcus. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Blumberg, E. J., Foroughi, C. K, Scheldrup, M. R., Peterson, M. S., Boehm-Davis, D. A., & Parasuraman, R (2015, in press) Reducing the Disruptive Effects of Interruptions with Noninvasive Brain Stimulation. Human Factors

Azarian, S.B., Esser, E., & Peterson, M.S.  (2015). Watch out! Directional threat-related postures cue attention and the eyes. Cognition and Emotion

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Rothstein, N., de Visser E. J., and Phillips, E. (2021). Perceptions of infidelity with sex robots. Proceedings of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction ‘HRI

Kim, B., Wen, R., Zhu, Q., Williams, T., and Phillips, E., (2021). Robots as moral advisers: The effects of deontological, virtue, and Confucian ethics on encouraging honest behavior. Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Alt.HRI

Hetrick, R., Amerson, N., Kim, B., Rosen, E., de Visser, E. J., & Phillips, E. (2020). Testing workload and usability of virtual reality interfaces for the control of robots. IEEE Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium.

Zhao, X., Phillips, E., and Malle., B.F (2020). Appearing human: The landscape of humanlike robots and its impact on human inferences of machine intelligence. Academy of Management Annual Meeting.

Yitzhak, S., Rosen, E., Chien, G., Phillips, E., Tellex, S., & Konidaris, G. (2019) End-user programming using mixed reality. International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Montreal, Canada.

Phillips, E., Zhoa, X., Ullman, D., & Malle, B.F. (2018). What is human-like?: Decomposing human-like appearance using the Anthropomorphic RoBOT (ABOT) Database. Proceedings of the 2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction ‘HRI (pp.105-113). ACM

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Harwood, A.E., Greenwood, P.M., & Shaw, T. H. (2017). Transcranial Doppler Sonography Reveals Reductions in Hemispheric Asymmetry in Healthy Older Adults During Vigilance. Frontiers in Ageing Neuroscience. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2017.00021.

Shaw, T. H., Nguyen, C., Satterfield, K., Ramirez, R., & McKnight, P. (2016). Cerebral Hemovelocity reveals differential resource allocation strategies for extraverts and introverts during vigilance. Experimental Brain Research, 234, 577-585.

Walliser, J.C., de Visser, E.J., Shaw, T.H. (2016). Application of a system-wide trust strategy when supervising multiple autonomous agents. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, USA, 60.

Mckendrick, R., Shaw, T. H., Saqer, H.,  de Visser, E., Kidwell, B., & Parasuraman, R. (2014). Team performance in networked supervisory control of unmanned air vehicles: Effects of automation, working memory, and communication content. Human Factors, 56, 463-475.

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