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  • An "active vision" computational model of visual search for human-computer interaction 
    Halverson, Timothy E., 1971- (University of Oregon, 2008-12)
    Visual search is an important part of human-computer interaction (HCI). The visual search processes that people use have a substantial effect on the time expended and likelihood of finding the information they seek. This ...
  • Celebrity endorsements and advertising effectiveness: The importance of value congruence 
    Gurel Atay, Eda, 1980- (University of Oregon, 2011-06)
    Millions of dollars are spent on celebrity contracts each year by assuming that the benefits of using celebrities will exceed the costs. Accordingly, many researchers have studied the impact of celebrity endorsements on ...
  • Co-Speech Gesture in Communication and Cognition 
    Cuffari, Elena Clare (University of Oregon, 2011-12)
    This dissertation stages a reciprocal critique between traditional and marginal philosophical approaches to language on the one hand and interdisciplinary studies of speech-accompanying hand gestures on the other. Gesturing ...
  • Delaying decisions in order to learn the distribution of options 
    Kramer, Adam D. I. (University of Oregon, 2010-09)
    This dissertation explores two basic hypotheses about how humans make decisions when presented with a sequential series of options: 1) people have a desire to learn about or experience qualities of the set of options ...
  • The Effect of Sleep on False Memories 
    Morocco, Madison (University of Oregon, Department of Psychology, 2018)
    A false memory is recalling incorrect information or recalling an event that did not happen. Everyone is susceptible to false memories. There is no known cure or defense and relatively little is known about how they occur. ...
  • Effects of attention and working memory on perception 
    Oh, Sei-Hwan (University of Oregon, 2010-09)
    Selective attention refers to perceptual selection and working memory refers to the active maintenance of mental representations. Selective attention and working memory are believed to be two of the most important functions ...
  • Electrophysiological measures of attentional tracking and working memory 
    Drew, Trafton, 1980- (University of Oregon, 2009-06)
    In the multiple object tracking (MOT) task, observers are presented with multiple identical objects, some of which are temporarily identified as targets. After a selection period, all objects move randomly and independently ...
  • Familiarity and organization of action memory in adults and young children 
    Loucks, Jeffery Thomas, 1979- (University of Oregon, 2009-06)
    Although research on action processing indicates people segment action according to a partonomic goal hierarchy, no previous research has investigated whether memory for complex human action is actually organized in the ...
  • An investigation of the effects of proficiency and age of acquisition on neural organization for syntactic processing using ERPs and fMRI 
    Pakulak, Eric Robert (University of Oregon, 2008-09)
    Improvements in neuroimaging techniques have made it possible to answer questions regarding the neural organization for the processing of syntax in normal participants. In this series of experiments we examined the effects ...
  • Mental imagery and idiom understanding in adults: Examining dual coding theory 
    Hung, Pei-Fang (University of Oregon, 2010-06)
    This study examined idiom understanding in 120 neurologically healthy adults, ages 20-29 (20s Group), 40-49 (40s Group), 60-69 (60s Group), and 80-89 (80s Group) years old. Each participant was administered a familiarity ...
  • Neural Mechanisms of Mnemonic Precision 
    Ester, Edward F. (University of Oregon, 2011-12)
    Working memory (WM) enables the storage of information in a state that can be rapidly accessed and updated. This system is a core component of higher cognitive function - individual differences in WM ability are strongly ...
  • Post-decision consolidation and distortion of facts 
    Svenson, Ola; Salo, Ilkka; Lindholm, Torun (Society for Judgment and Decision Making,, 2009-08)
    Participants decided whom of two patients to prioritize for the surgery in three studies. The factual quantitative information about the patients (e.g., probability of surviving surgery) was given in vignette form with ...
  • The Role of Rhythmic Brain Activity in Long Term Memory Retrieval 
    Seitz, Dylan (University of Oregon, 2015-06)
    This study aims to elucidate the relationship between Working Memory (WM) and Long Term Memory (LTM) on a neurological basis. In WM tasks, it has been well documented that the alpha frequency signal (8-12 Hz) occurs at the ...
  • “The Undiscovered Country”: Theater and the Mind in Early Modern England 
    Magsam, Joshua (University of Oregon, 2011-12)
    As critic Jonathan Gottschall notes, "The literary scholar's subject is ultimately the human mind - the mind that is the creator, subject, and auditor of literary works." The primary aim of this dissertation is to use ...

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