R Parasuraman

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Affiliation: The Catholic University of America
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Fuzzy signal detection theory: basic postulates and formulas for analyzing human and machine performance
    R Parasuraman
    Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, USA
    Hum Factors 42:636-59. 2000
  2. ncbi The apolipoprotein E gene, attention, and brain function
    Raja Parasuraman
    Cognitive Science Laboratory, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, USA
    Neuropsychology 16:254-74. 2002
  3. ncbi Alzheimer disease constricts the dynamic range of spatial attention in visual search
    R Parasuraman
    Cognitive Science Laboratory, The Catholic University of America, 250 O Boyle Hall, Washington, DC 20064, USA
    Neuropsychologia 38:1126-35. 2000
  4. ncbi Designing automation for human use: empirical studies and quantitative models
    R Parasuraman
    Cognitive Science Laboratory, The Catholic University of America, Washington DC 20064, USA
    Ergonomics 43:931-51. 2000
  5. ncbi Scale of attentional focus in visual search
    P M Greenwood
    Psychology Department, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, USA
    Percept Psychophys 61:837-59. 1999
  6. ncbi Effects of apolipoprotein E genotype on spatial attention, working memory, and their interaction in healthy, middle-aged adults: results From the National Institute of Mental Health's BIOCARD study
    P M Greenwood
    Cognitive Science Laboratory, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA
    Neuropsychology 19:199-211. 2005
  7. ncbi The role of memory representation in the vigilance decrement
    Daniel M Caggiano
    Cognitive Science Laboratory, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, USA
    Psychon Bull Rev 11:932-7. 2004
  8. ncbi The scaling of spatial attention in visual search and its modification in healthy aging
    P M Greenwood
    Cognitive Science Laboratory, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, USA
    Percept Psychophys 66:3-22. 2004
  9. ncbi Age-related reduction in 3-D visual motion priming
    Y Jiang
    Cognitive Science Laboratory, Catholic University of America, USA
    Psychol Aging 14:619-26. 1999
  10. ncbi Psychophysiology and adaptive automation
    E A Byrne
    Cognitive Science Laboratory, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, USA
    Biol Psychol 42:249-68. 1996

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Publications28

  1. ncbi Fuzzy signal detection theory: basic postulates and formulas for analyzing human and machine performance
    R Parasuraman
    Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, USA
    Hum Factors 42:636-59. 2000
    ..Actual or potential applications of fuzzy SDT include evaluation of the performance of human, machine, and human-machine detectors in real systems...
  2. ncbi The apolipoprotein E gene, attention, and brain function
    Raja Parasuraman
    Cognitive Science Laboratory, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, USA
    Neuropsychology 16:254-74. 2002
    ....
  3. ncbi Alzheimer disease constricts the dynamic range of spatial attention in visual search
    R Parasuraman
    Cognitive Science Laboratory, The Catholic University of America, 250 O Boyle Hall, Washington, DC 20064, USA
    Neuropsychologia 38:1126-35. 2000
    ..The restriction in the dynamic range of spatial attention may represent an underlying component of the impairment in perceptual and memory functioning found in early-stage DAT...
  4. ncbi Designing automation for human use: empirical studies and quantitative models
    R Parasuraman
    Cognitive Science Laboratory, The Catholic University of America, Washington DC 20064, USA
    Ergonomics 43:931-51. 2000
    ..An important future research need is the integration of qualitative and quantitative approaches. Application of these models provides an objective basis for designing automation for effective human use...
  5. ncbi Scale of attentional focus in visual search
    P M Greenwood
    Psychology Department, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, USA
    Percept Psychophys 61:837-59. 1999
    ..These results go beyond current models in suggesting that visuospatial attention possesses two dynamic properties--shifting in space and varying in scale--that are deployed independently, depending on task demands...
  6. ncbi Effects of apolipoprotein E genotype on spatial attention, working memory, and their interaction in healthy, middle-aged adults: results From the National Institute of Mental Health's BIOCARD study
    P M Greenwood
    Cognitive Science Laboratory, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA
    Neuropsychology 19:199-211. 2005
    ..Effects of APOE genotype on component processes of cognition in healthy, middle-aged adults is consistent with the emergence in adulthood of an APOE-epsilon4 cognitive phenotype...
  7. ncbi The role of memory representation in the vigilance decrement
    Daniel M Caggiano
    Cognitive Science Laboratory, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, USA
    Psychon Bull Rev 11:932-7. 2004
    ....
  8. ncbi The scaling of spatial attention in visual search and its modification in healthy aging
    P M Greenwood
    Cognitive Science Laboratory, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, USA
    Percept Psychophys 66:3-22. 2004
    ..The results also provided evidence that cue size effects are attentional, not strategic. This evidence is consistent with the proposed model of attentional scaling in visual search...
  9. ncbi Age-related reduction in 3-D visual motion priming
    Y Jiang
    Cognitive Science Laboratory, Catholic University of America, USA
    Psychol Aging 14:619-26. 1999
    ..The results show that 3-D motion priming exhibits robust age-related decline. An age-related decrease in temporal persistence may account for the reduction in 3-D motion priming in older adults...
  10. ncbi Psychophysiology and adaptive automation
    E A Byrne
    Cognitive Science Laboratory, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, USA
    Biol Psychol 42:249-68. 1996
    ..Adaptive automation represents a unique domain for the application of psychophysiology in the work environment...
  11. ncbi Brain mechanisms of involuntary visuospatial attention: an event-related potential study
    Shimin Fu
    Cognitive Science Laboratory, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D C, USA
    Hum Brain Mapp 25:378-90. 2005
    ..In addition, the possible feedback from higher visual cortex to the primary visual cortex is faster and occurs earlier in involuntary relative to voluntary attention task...
  12. ncbi Normal genetic variation, cognition, and aging
    P M Greenwood
    Catholic University of America, USA
    Behav Cogn Neurosci Rev 2:278-306. 2003
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  13. ncbi Specificity of the effect of a nicotinic receptor polymorphism on individual differences in visuospatial attention
    Pamela M Greenwood
    Catholic University, Washington, DC, USA
    J Cogn Neurosci 17:1611-20. 2005
    ..The results show that normal variation in a gene controlling a nicotinic receptor makes a selective contribution to individual differences in visuospatial attention...
  14. ncbi Priming of two-dimensional visual motion is reduced in older adults
    Yang Jiang
    Coginitive Science Laboratory, Catholic University of America, USA
    Neuropsychology 16:140-5. 2002
    ..However, the older group showed a significant reduction in the extent of 2-D motion priming. The decrement in older adults for visual motion priming may reflect age-related changes in temporal processing in human visual cortex...
  15. ncbi Dynamics of the spatial scale of visual attention revealed by brain event-related potentials
    Y J Luo
    Cognitive Science Laboratory, The Catholic University of America, 250 O'Boyle Hall, Washington, DC 20064, USA
    Brain Res Cogn Brain Res 12:371-81. 2001
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  16. ncbi Event-related potentials reveal dissociable mechanisms for orienting and focusing visuospatial attention
    Shimin Fu
    Cognitive Science Laboratory, The Catholic University of America, DC 20064, USA
    Brain Res Cogn Brain Res 23:341-53. 2005
    ..In addition, the results support the notion that voluntary and involuntary allocations of visuospatial attention are mediated by different underlying neural processes...
  17. ncbi Scaling of visuospatial attention undergoes differential longitudinal change as a function of APOE genotype prior to old age: results from the NIMH BIOCARD study
    P M Greenwood
    Cognitive Science Laboratory, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, and Geriatric Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, USA
    Neuropsychology 19:830-40. 2005
    ..However, cognitive decline in midlife associated with a gene modulating neuronal response to insult argues that the concept of an AD prodrome includes factors that allow as well as cause AD...
  18. ncbi Neural correlates of perceptual priming of visual motion
    Yang Jiang
    Cognitive Science Laboratory, The Catholic University of America, Washington DC, USA
    Brain Res Bull 57:211-9. 2002
    ..Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data from a subset of subjects supported the view that motion priming involves modulation of neural responses both in early visual cortex and in later stages of visual processing...
  19. ncbi Automation in future air traffic management: effects of decision aid reliability on controller performance and mental workload
    Ulla Metzger
    Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA
    Hum Factors 47:35-49. 2005
    ..Potential or actual applications of the results include the design of automation and procedures for future air traffic control systems...
  20. ncbi Aging and repetition priming for targets and distracters in a working memory task
    Daniel M Caggiano
    Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, USA
    Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn 13:552-73. 2006
    ..The results suggest that active maintenance in working memory, but not inhibition or rejection of distracters, may suppress implicit memory systems...
  21. ncbi Interactive effects of APOE and CHRNA4 on attention and white matter volume in healthy middle-aged and older adults
    Thomas Espeseth
    University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci 6:31-43. 2006
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  22. ncbi When and where perceptual load interacts with voluntary visuospatial attention: an event-related potential and dipole modeling study
    Shimin Fu
    ARCH Laboratory, MS 3F5, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030 4444, USA
    Neuroimage 39:1345-55. 2008
    ..Results suggest that perceptual load affects voluntary visuospatial attention at an early (but not the earliest) processing stage and that the TPO gyrus mediates target selection at the discrimination stage...
  23. ncbi Sustained attention in mild Alzheimer's disease
    Anna Maria Berardi
    Department of Psychology, University of Metz, France
    Dev Neuropsychol 28:507-37. 2005
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  24. ncbi Signal regularity and the mindlessness model of vigilance
    William S Helton
    Department of Psychology, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931, USA
    Br J Psychol 96:249-61. 2005
    ..Such expectations enhance performance on the traditional vigilance task, but degrade performance on the modified task...
  25. ncbi Beyond heritability: neurotransmitter genes differentially modulate visuospatial attention and working memory
    Raja Parasuraman
    Department of Psychology, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030 4444, USA
    Psychol Sci 16:200-7. 2005
    ..The results show that normal allelic variations in single neurotransmitter genes modulate individual differences in processing components of cognitive functions in healthy individuals...
  26. ncbi The vigilance decrement reflects limitations in effortful attention, not mindlessness
    Rebecca A Grier
    University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
    Hum Factors 45:349-59. 2003
    ..Actual or potential applications of this research include procedures to reduce the information-processing demand imposed by vigilance tasks and the stress associated with such tasks...
  27. ncbi The abbreviated vigilance task and cerebral hemodynamics
    William S Helton
    Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931, USA
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 29:545-52. 2007
    ..This latter finding does not match the physiological changes detected in long-duration vigils...
  28. ncbi Putting the brain to work: neuroergonomics past, present, and future
    Raja Parasuraman
    George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030 4444, USA
    Hum Factors 50:468-74. 2008
    ..The authors describe research and applications in prominent areas of neuroergonomics...