Presentations

2022
Cox, P. H., Yousefi, A., Mitroff, S. R., & Kravitz, D. J. (2022, November). Leveraging large datasets and representational similarity to understand complex visual cognition. Presentation submitted to the annual Object Perception, Attention, and Memory Workshop.

Nag, S., Cox, P. H., Mitroff, S. R., & Kravitz, D. J. (2022, November). Task-irrelevant features drive both general and stimulus-specific post-inhibition deficits. Presentation submitted to the annual Object Perception, Attention, and Memory Workshop.

Siritzky, E. M., Nag, S., Callahan-Flintoft, C., Mitroff, S. R., & Kravitz, D. J. (2022, November). Associative learning occurs for both task-relevant and task-irrelevant features in visual search. Presentation submitted to the annual Object Perception, Attention, and Memory Workshop.

Nadler, S. M., Nag, S., Cox, P. H., Siritzky, E. M., Kravitz, D. J., & Mitroff, S. R. (2022, November). Obsessive-compulsive disorder symptomatology for unacceptable thoughts hinders visual search ability. Presentation submitted to the annual Object Perception, Attention, and Memory Workshop.

Nag, S., Cox, P. H., Mitroff, S. R., & Kravitz, D. J. (2022, November). Task-irrelevant features drive both general and specific post-inhibition performance effects. Presentation submitted to the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society.

Mitroff, S. R., Siritzky, E. M., Nag, S., Callahan-Flintoft, C., Tweedell, A., Kravitz, D. J., & Oie, K. S. (2022, July). The importance of assessing both expert and non-expert populations to inform expert performance. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AFE). New York, NY.

Callahan-Flintoft, C., Nag, S., Cox, P. H., Siritzky, E. M., Kravitz, D. J., Mitroff, S. R., & Oie, K. S. (2022, May). Leveraging big data to disentangle effects of distractor interference and improve prediction of visual search performance. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society. St. Pete Beach, FL

Grady, J. N., Cox, P. H., Nag, S., & Mitroff, S. R. (2022, May). Conscientiousness protects visual search performance from the impact of fatigue. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society. St. Pete Beach, FL

Nag, S., Cox, P. H., Kravitz, D. J., & Mitroff, S. R. (2022, May). Post-inhibition deficits are shaped by task-irrelevant feature similarity. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society. St. Pete Beach, FL.

Siritzky, E. M., Nag, S., Callahan-Flintoft, C., Mitroff, S. R., & Kravitz, D. J. (2022, May). Associative binding occurs for both task-relevant and task-irrelevant features in visual search. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society. St. Pete Beach, FL

2021
Oie, K. S., Mitroff, S. R., Kravitz, D. J., & Cox, P. H. (2021, November). Perspectives on the challenges and potential rewards of addressing real-world complexity for the translation of fundamental science to application. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society (virtual).
 
Cox, P. H., Yousefi, A., Mitroff, S. R., & Kravitz, D. J. (2021, November). Modeling changes in the effect of target-distractor similarity on complex visual search performance as a function of experience. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society (virtual).

Nadler, S. M., Nag, S., & Mitroff, S. R. (2021, November). What to do with pandemic participant data? Differences in behavioral, compliance, and self-report survey data between pre- and peri-pandemic participant cohorts. Poster presented at the annual Object Perception, Attention, and Memory Workshop.

Nag, S., Yu, A. B., & Mitroff, S. R. (2021, May). Transitions in daylight saving time negatively affect visual search performance. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society.

Cox, P. H., Kravitz, D. J., & Mitroff, S. R. (2021, May). You are the type of searcher you are instructed to be: The impact of task instructions on search in the absence of feedback. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society.

Nadler, S. M., Kramer, M. R., Nag, S., & Mitroff, S. R. (2021, April). Investigating the impact of deviations from typical sleep on cognitive performance. Poster presented at the annual GWU Research Showcase.

Nag, S., Yu, A. B., & Mitroff, S. R. (2021, April). Transitions in daylight saving time negatively affect visual search performance. Poster presented at the annual GWU Research Showcase.

Nadler, S. M., Kramer, M. R., Nag, S., & Mitroff, S. R. (2021, April). Investigating the impact of deviations from typical sleep on cognitive performance. Poster presented at the annual University of Virginia’s L. Starling Reid Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference.

2020
Mitroff, S. R. (2020, December). Leveraging big data to inform Army operations. Army Research Office Life Sciences Branch Program Review/Seminar Series.

Mitroff, S. R., & Kudrick, B. (2020, November). Impact of trust in automation on human performance. Paper presented at 22nd annual Awareness and Localization of Explosives-related Threats Workshop.

Yu, A., Cox, P. H., Nag, S., Kramer, M. R., Spangler, D., Kravitz, D. J., & Mitroff, S. R. (2020, November). Ebb and flow of visual search: Variability in human visual search performance as a function of time. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society.

Kramer, M. R., Cox, P. H., Yu, A., Mitroff, S. R., & Kravitz, D. J. (2020, November). Demonstrating dissociable time scales of implicit learning in human behavior consistent with mechanisms of synaptic change. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society.

Cox, P. H., Kravitz, D. J., & Mitroff, S. R. (2020, November). You find what you expect: Initial expectations create self-reinforcing biases in visual search without feedback. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society.

Kramer, M. R., Cox, P. H., Mitroff, S.R., & Kravitz, D. J. (2020, November). What you’ve seen in what you expect: How prior experiences influence visual search performance. Paper presented at the annual Object Perception, Attention, and Memory meeting.

​Nadler, S. M., Kramer, M. R., Nag, S., & Mitroff, S. R. (2020, November). Investigating the impact of deviations from a typical sleep on cognitive performance. Poster presented at the annual Object Perception, Attention, and Memory meeting.

2019
Cox, P. H., Adamo, S. H., Porfido, C. L., Kravitz, D. J., & Mitroff, S. R. (2019, November). A miss in the subsequent search miss (SSM) effect: Proper quantification of an important phenomenon in visual search. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Montreal, Canada. (abstract)

Kramer, M. R., Cox, P.H., Mitroff, S.R., & Kravitz, D.J. (2019, November). Using Big Data to Investigate the Short-Term and Long-Term Synaptic Maintenance of Implicit Learning. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Montreal, QC. (abstract)

Porfido, C. L., Cox, P. H., Adamo, S. H., & Mitroff, S. R. (2019, November). Perils of using psychology subject pools for cognitive psychology research. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Montreal, Canada. (Presented by Mitroff) (abstract)

Nag, S., Mitroff, S. R., & Kravitz,  D. J. (2019, November). Leveraging “big data” to examine the relationship between priming and response inhibition. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Object Perception, Attention, and Memory meeting, Montreal, QC. (abstract)

Porfido, C.L., Cox, P. H., Adamo, S.H., & Mitroff, S. R. (2019, November). Recruiting from the shallow end of the pool: Cognitive performance and study compliance differ between participant pool subjects from the start to the end of an academic term. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Object Perception, Attention, and Memory meeting, Montreal, QC. (abstract)

Mitroff, S. R. (2019, November). Which people are best suited to conduct visual searches? Paper presented at 21st annual Awareness and Localization of Explosives-related Threats Workshop. Boston, MA.

Kramer, M. R., Cox, P. H., Mitroff, S. R., & Kravitz, D. J. (2019, October). Using a massive behavioral dataset to investigate the synaptic maintenance of implicit learning. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL.

Cox, P. H., Kramer, M. R., Mitroff, S. R., & Kravitz, D. J. (2019, July). Modeling and removing the effect of trial-by-trial carryover effects. Paper presented at the Mid-Atlantic Meeting on Memory and Attention. Philadelphia, PA.

Adamo, S. H., Cox, P. H., Kravitz, D. J. & Mitroff, S. R. (2019, May). Accurately quantifying the subsequent search miss effect in multiple-target visual search. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society. St. Pete Beach, FL. (abstract)

Cox, P. H., Mitroff, S. R., & Kravitz, D. J. (2019, May). Changes in target-distractor similarity space with experience in complex visual search. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Visual Sciences Society, St. Pete's Beach, FL. (abstract)

Kramer, M. R., Cox, P. H., Mitroff, S. R, & Kravitz, D. J. (2019, May). A big data approach to revealing the nature of carryover effects. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Visual Sciences Society, St. Pete's Beach, FL. (abstract)

​Mitroff, S. R., & Kravtiz, D. J. (May, 2019). Leveraging big data to explore human variability. Human Variability Project Workshop. Human Research and Engineering Directorate, Army Research Laboratory. Aberdeen, MD.

Kramer, M. R., Cox, P. H., Kravitz, D. J., & Mitroff, S. R. (2019, April). The massive impact of carryover effects: Behavior is dramatically and systematically shaped by prior trials. Paper presented at the annual GW Institute for Neuroscience Symposium. Washington, D. C.

Kramer, M. R., Porfido, C. L., Cox, P. H., Kravitz, D. J., & Mitroff, S. R. (2019, March). Generalized training for visual search. Paper presented at the 73rd meeting of the Department of Defense Human Factors Engineering Technical Advisory Group. Aberdeen, MD.

Kramer, M. R., Cox, P. H., Kravitz, D. J., & Mitroff, S. R. (2019, January). The massive impact of carryover effects: Behavior is dramatically and systematically shaped by prior trials. Paper presented at the annual Capital Area Cognition, Attention, and Perception conference. Washington, D. C.

2018
Kramer, M. R., Cox, P. H., Kravitz, D. J., & Mitroff, S. R. (2018, November) Revealing the Nature of Carryover Effects: Using Big Data to Quantify Evidence Accumulation in Behavioral Data. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, New Orleans LA. (abstract)

Kramer, M. R., Cox, P. H., Mitroff, S. R., &Kravitz, D. J.  (2018, November). The massive impact of carryover effects: Behavior is dramatically and systematically shaped by prior trials. Talk presented at the annual Object Perception, Attention, and Memory meeting, New Orleans, LA. (abstract)

Cox, P. H., Mitroff, S. R., & Kravitz, D. J. (2018, November). Mapping the behavioral similarity space of targets and distractors in complex visual search. Poster presented at the annual Object Perception, Attention, and Memory meeting, New Orleans, LA. (abstract)

2017
Kramer, M. R., Kravitz, D. J., & Mitroff, S. R. (2017, November). Escaping isolation: Using “big data” to demonstrate trial-by-trial, and session-by-session, influences on cognition. Poster presented at the annual Object Perception, Attention, and Memory meeting, Vancouver, BC. (abstract)

Adamo, S. H., Ericson, J. M., Nah, J. C., Brem, R., & Mitroff, S. R. (2017, November). Mammography to tomosynthesis: Examining the differences between two-dimensional and segmented-three-dimensional visual search. Paper presented at the annual Object Perception, Attention, and Memory meeting, Vancouver, BC. (abstract)

Onefater, R. A., Kramer, M. R., & Mitroff, S. R. (2017, November). Perfection and satisfaction: A motivational predictor of cognitive abilities. Poster presented at the annual Object Perception, Attention, and Memory meeting, Vancouver, BC. (abstract)

Schubel, L. C., Cox, P. H., Kramer, M. R., Kravitz, D. J., & Mitroff, S. R. (2017, November). What most distracts us?: Using "big data" to understand the effect of target-distractor similarity in visual search. Poster presented at the annual Object Perception, Attention, and Memory meeting, Vancouver, BC. (abstract)

Adamo, S. H., Ericson, J. M., Nah, J. C., Brem, R., & Mitroff, S. R. (2017, November). Mammography to tomosynthesis: Examining the differences between two-dimensional and segmented-three-dimensional visual search. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Vancouver, BC. (abstract)

Mitroff, S. R., Adamo, S. H., & Kramer M. K. (2017, November). Applied Visual Search: Studying Search in Practical Situations. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Vancouver, BC. (abstract)

Kravitz, D. J. & Mitroff, S. R. (2017, November). Modeling the Visual Search Literature I: An Empirical Estimate of a Priori Power. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Vancouver, BC. (abstract)

Kramer, M. R., Wynn, R. M., Kravitz, D. J., & Mitroff, S. R. (2017, May). Individual differences in susceptibility to irrelevant environmental influences predict visual search performance. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Visual Sciences Society, St. Pete's Beach, FL. (abstract)

Mitroff, S. R., Ericson, J. M., & Sharpe, B. (2017, May). Predicting airport screening officers' visual search competency with a rapid assessment. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Visual Sciences Society, St. Pete's Beach, FL. (abstract)

Kravitz, D. J., & Mitroff, S. R. (2017, May). Estimates of a priori power and false discovery rates induced by post-hoc changes from thousands of independent replications. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Visual Sciences Society, St. Pete's Beach, FL. (abstract)

Cain, M. S., Dunsmoor, J. E., LaBar, K. S., & Mitroff, S. R. (2017, May). Trait anxiety is associated with increased multiple-target visual search errors. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Visual Sciences Society, St. Pete's Beach, FL. (abstract)

Wynn, R. M., Kravitz, D. J., & Mitroff, S. R. (2017, May). Lingering effects of response inhibition: Evidence for both control settings and memory association mechanisms. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Visual Sciences Society, St. Pete's Beach, FL. (abstract | pdf)

Scotti, P., Adamo S. H., Mitroff, S. R., & Shomstein, S. (2017, May). Repetition priming preferentially benefits infrequent targets. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Visual Sciences Society, St. Pete's Beach, FL. (abstract | pdf)

2016
Ericson, J. M., Kravitz, D. J., & Mitroff, S. R. (2016, November). Visual search: You are who you are (+ A learning curve). Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Boston, MA. (abstract)

Mitroff, S. R., Ericson, J. M., & Kravitz, D. J. (2016, November). Modeling the visual search literature II: Correcting for post-hoc design changes. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Boston, MA. (abstract)

Wynn, R. M., & Mitroff, S. R. (2016, November). Lasting Inhibition: Mapping the time course of response inhibition with bag data. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Boston, MA. (abstract)

Ericson, J. M., Mitroff, S. R., & Sharpe, B. (2016, September). Visual search: Using mobile app "big data" to reveal key aspects of experience in visual search. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Washington, D.C. (abstract)

Mitroff, S. R. (2016, May). Improving performance of human operators. Paper presented at 14th annual Awareness and Localization of Explosives-related Threats Workshop. Boston, MA.

2015
Mitroff, S. R., Winkle, J., Ericson, J. M., & Gancayco, C. A. (2015, November). The long and short of visual search: Examining both long- and short-term influences on search performance. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago, IL. (abstract)

Ericson, J. M., Winkle, J., & Mitroff, S. R., (2015, November). Moving at the speed of search: Long-term visual search and the influence of lapses in time between search activity. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago, IL. (abstract)

Adamo, S. H., Cain, M. S., & Mitroff, S. R. (2015, November). Satisfaction at last: Evidence for the “satisfaction” hypothesis for multiple-target search errors. Paper presented at the annual Object Perception, Attention, and Memory meeting, Chicago, IL. (abstract)

Mitroff, S. R., Biggs, A. T., Ericson, J. M., Winkle, J., Gancayco, C. A., Adamo, S. H., & Wu Dowd, E. (2015, September). Using mobile technology (and big data) to understand medical errors. Paper presented at the Diagnostic Error in Medicine 8th International Conference, Washington, D.C. (abstract)

Mitroff, S. R., Biggs, A. T., Ericson, J. M., Winkle, J., Adamo, S. H., & Wu Dowd, E. (2015, June). Using mobile technology (and big data) to inform radiological research. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Medical Imaging Perception Society, Ghent, Belgium. (abstract)

Ericson, J. M., Biggs, A. T., Winkle, J. A., Gancayco, C. A., & Mitroff, S. R. (2015, May). Long-term visual search: Examining trial-by-trial learning over extended visual search experiences. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, St. Pete Beach, FL. (abstract)

Adamo, S. H., Cain, M. S., & Mitroff, S. R. (2015, May). An individual differences approach to multiple-target search errors: Errors correlate with attentional deficits. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, St. Pete Beach, FL. (abstract)

Winkle, J. A., Biggs, A. T., Ericson, J. M., & Mitroff, S. R. (2015, May). For better or worse: Prior trial accuracy affects current trial performance in visual search. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, St. Pete Beach, FL. (abstract | pdf)

Shah, N., Holley, R. J., Benshir, M. D., & Mitroff, S. R. (2015, April). Use of visual stroboscopic therapy to address hemianopsia and visual inattention following stroke – a pilot study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Occupational Therapy Association, Nashville, TN.

2014
Mitroff, S. R., Biggs, A. T., Adamo, S. H., Dowd, E. W., Winkle, J. & Clark, K. (2014, November). What can 1,000,000,000 trials tell us about visual search? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Long Beach, CA. (abstract)

Biggs, A. T., Adamo, S. H., Dowd, E. W., & Mitroff, S. R. (2014, November). Perceptual and conceptual set biases in multiple-target visual search. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Long Beach, CA. (abstract)

Biggs, A. T., Cain, M. S., Mitroff, S. R. (2014, November). Reducing civilian causalities through cognitive training. Paper presented at the annual Object Perception, Attention, and Memory meeting, Long Beach, CA.

Berg, B. V., Appelbaum, L. G., Clark, K., Mitroff, S. R., & Woldorff, M. G. (2014, November). The neural cascade of processing underlying response time variability in visual search. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C. (abstract)

Mitroff, S. R. (2014, August). Expand funding opportunities by embracing (and enjoying) applied research. Invited presentation in the “Navigating the National Funding Climate—Why What Happens on Capitol Hill Matters” symposium at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Dowd, E. W., Monroe, D. M., LaBar, K. S., & Mitroff, S. R. (2014, April). Attentional prioritization of threat may be driven by perceptual changes. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston, MA.

2013
Mitroff, S. R. (2013, December). Multiple-target visual search. Talk presented at Visual Search: A Comprehensive Treatment. Army Research Office supported workshop. Washington, D.C.

Appelbaum, L. G., Bel-Bahar, T., Wang, L., Krasich, K., Hughes, L., Mitroff, S. R. (2013, November). Mapping the core factors of visual perceptual performance. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Toronto, ON, Canada. (abstract)

Bel-Bahar, T., Gentzler, E., Adamo, S. H., Wang, L., Krasich, K., Hughes, L., Mitroff, S. R., & Appelbaum, L. G. (2013, November). Visuomotor performance is predicted by ERP amplitudes in a rapid serial visual presentation  (RSVP) protocol. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Toronto, ON, Canada. (abstract)

Biggs, A. T., & Mitroff, S. R. (2013, November). Finding a needle (and a thread, and a thimble, and…) in a haystack: Multiple-target visual search for ultra-rare items. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Toronto, ON, Canada. (abstract)

Cain, M. S., Finn, A. S., Gabrieli, J. D., & Mitroff, S. R. (2013, November). Cognitive, personality, and neuroimaging correlates of media multitasking. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Toronto, ON, Canada. (abstract)

Adamo, S. H., Biggs, A. T., & Mitroff, S. R. (2013, November). Mo’ money, mo’ problems: Monetary motivation can exacerbate attentional blink errors. Poster presented at the annual Object Perception, Attention, and Memory meeting. Toronto, ON, Canada.

Clark, K., & Mitroff, S. R. (2013, November). I knew you were going to miss that: Predicting future visual search performance from initial search abilities. Poster presented at the annual Object Perception, Attention, and Memory meeting. Toronto, ON, Canada.

Krasich, K., Hughes, L., Wang, L., Bel-Bahar, T., Mitroff, S. R., & Appelbaum, L. G. (2013, November). Visual Perception and Motor Skills Across the Day. Poster presented at the annual Object Perception, Attention, and Memory meeting. Toronto, ON, Canada.

Mitroff, S. R. (2013, November). Marrying theoretical and practical goals to advance psychological science and society. Keynote Address presented at the annual Object Perception, Attention, and Memory meeting. Toronto, ON, Canada.

Mitroff, S. R. (2013, November). The human role in the Army’s future: The need for high-level assessment & training. Talk presented at the Army Science Planning & Strategy Meeting: The Human Dimension. Potomac, MD.

Mitroff, S. R. (2013, October). Enhancing personnel and standard operating procedures to improve homeland security. Paper presented at the 2013 Homeland Security Expo, Washington, D.C.

Adamo, S. H., Biggs, A. T., & Mitroff, S. R. (2013, May). Visual searches need their own personal space: The importance of spacing between simultaneously presented search arrays. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL. (abstract)

Appelbaum, L. G., Cain, M. S., Schroeder, J. E., Darling, E. F., & Mitroff, S. R. (2013, May). Visual plasticity: Altering cognition through stroboscopic training. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL. (abstract)

Biggs, A. T., Spaventa, T., Hopfinger, J., & Mitroff, S. R. (2013, May). The effects of searching for something you love (or hate): Duke and UNC students search for rival team logos. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL. (abstract) 

Clark, K., Biggs, A. T., Darling, E. F., Cain, M. S., Jackson, T. H., Samei, E., Baker, J. A., & Mitroff, S. R. (2013, May). Visual expertise: Insights gained by comparing professional populations. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL. (abstract) 

Devyatko, D., Appelbaum, L. G., & Mitroff, S. R. (2013, May). A common mechanism for perceptual reversals in motion-induced blindness, the Troxler effect, and perceptual filling-in. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL. (abstract) 

Dowd, E. W., Kiyonaga, A., Egner, T., & Mitroff, S. R. (2013, May). Individual differences may reveal distinct mechanisms of attentional guidance. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL. 

Jackson, T. H., Mitroff, S. R., Clark, K., Proffit, W. R., Lee, J. Y., &Nguyen, T. T. (2013, May). Clinical Implications of Enhanced Face Symmetry Assessment Abilities in Orthodontists. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Orthodontists. Philadelphia, PA.

Jackson, T. H., Mitroff, S. R., Clark, K., Proffit, W. R., Lee, J. Y., & Nguyen, T. T. (2013, March). Characterizing clinical skill acquisition: Face symmetry assessment abilities in orthodontists. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Association for Dental Research. Seattle, WA.

Jackson, T. H., Mitroff, S. R., Clark, K., Proffit, W. R., Lee, J. Y., & Nguyen, T. T. (2013, February). Clinical Skill Acquisition: Test-Enhanced Learning of Symmetry Assessment in Dental Education. Paper presented at the UNC Dental Research in Review Day. Chapel Hill, NC.

2012
Adamo, S. H., Cain, M. S., & Mitroff, S. R. (2012, November). Self-Induced attentional blink: A cause of errors in multiple-target visual search. Paper presented at the annual Object Perception, Attention, and Memory meeting. Minneapolis, MN. 

Clark, K., Jackson, T. H., & Mitroff, S. R. (2012, November). Face symmetry assessment: Evidence for malleability and expertise. Poster presented at the annual Object Perception, Attention, and Memory meeting. Minneapolis, MN.

Biggs, A. T., & Mitroff, S. R. (2012, November). Second search same as the first: The benefit of consistency in multiple target search. Poster presented at the annual Object Perception, Attention, and Memory meeting. Minneapolis, MN.

Cain, M. S., & Mitroff, S. R. (2012, November). Found targets are powerful distractors in multiple-target visual search. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Minneapolis, MN. (abstract)

Mitroff, S. R., Biggs, A. T., Cain, M. S., Darling, E. F., Clark, K., Adamo, S. H., & Dowd, E. W. (2012, November). In search of experience effects: How TSA officers differ from undergraduates on visual search tasks. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Minneapolis, MN. (abstract) 

Appelbaum, L. G., Clark, K., Mitroff, S. R., & Woldorff, M. G. (2012, October). Cognitive and neural plasticity due to visual search training. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. (abstract)

Adamo, S. H., Cain, M. S., & Mitroff, S. R. (2012, May). Targets need their own personal space. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL. (abstract) 

Cain, M. S., Adamo, S. H., & Mitroff, S. R. (2012, May). What eye-tracking can tell us about multiple-target visual search. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL. (abstract) 

Clark, K., Appelbaum, L. G., Mitroff, S. R., & Woldorff, M. G. (2012, May). Neural correlates of learning during a visual search task. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL. (abstract) 

Dowd, E. W., & Mitroff, S. R. (2012, May). Attentional guidance by working memory overrides saliency cues in visual search. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL. (abstract)
 
Mitroff, S. R., Biggs, A. T., Cain, M. S., Darling, E. F., Clark, K., Adamo, S. H., & Dowd, E. W. (2012, May). Visual search at the airport: Testing TSA officers. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL. (abstract) 

Dowd, E. W., & Mitroff, S. R. (2012, February). Attentional guidance by working memory overrides saliency cues in visual search. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the North Carolina Cognition Conference, Chapel Hill, NC.

2011
Mitroff, S. R., Appelbaum, L. G., Schroeder, J. E., & Cain, M. S. (2011, November). Improved visual cognition through stroboscopic training. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Seattle, WA. (abstract)

Clark, K., Samei, E., Baker, J., & Mitroff, S. R. (2011, November). Expertise in radiological screening and satisfaction of search. Poster presented at the annual Object Perception, Attention, and Memory meeting. Seattle, WA.

Cain, M. S., & Mitroff, S. R. (2011, November). Examining relationships between attentional traits and media multitasking behavior. Poster presented at the annual Object Perception, Attention, and Memory meeting. Seattle, WA.

Cain, M. S., Vul, E., Clark, K., & Mitroff, S. R. (2011, July). Optimal models of human multiple-target visual search. Paper presented at the 33rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Boston, MA. (abstract)

Clark, K., Cain, M. S. Adcock, R. A., & Mitroff, S. R. (2011, May). Interactions between reward, feedback, and timing structures on dual-target search performance. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL. (abstract)

Cain, M. S., Dunsmoor, J. E., LaBar, K. S., & Mitroff, S. R. (2011, May). Accuracy in dual-target visual search is hindered by anticipatory anxiety. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL.

Schroeder, J. E., Appelbaum, L. G., Cain, M. S. & Mitroff, S. R. (2011, May). Examining the effects of stroboscopic vision. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL.

Cain, M. S., Dunsmoor, J. E., LaBar, K. S., & Mitroff, S. R. (2011, April). Anticipatory anxiety decreases accuracy in dual-target visual search. Poster presented at the 59th Annual Symposium on Motivation, Lincoln, NE.

Clark, K. Cain, M. S., Adcock, R. A., & Mitroff, S. R. (2011, April). Motivational influences of monetary reward and performance feedback on dual-target search performance. Poster presented at the 59th Annual Symposium on Motivation, Lincoln, NE.

Mitroff, S. R. (2011, April). Examining influences on applied visual search performance. Invited paper presented at the 59th Annual Symposium on Motivation. Lincoln, NE.

2010 and Earlier
Cain, M. S., Vul, E., Clark, K., & Mitroff, S. R. (2010, November). Human search strategies are informed by complex target distribution statistics. Paper presented at the annual Object Perception, Attention, and Memory meeting, St. Louis, MO.

Clark, K., Zucker, N., Watson, K., & Mitroff, S. R. (2010, November). Revealing individual differences in visual search: ADHD leads to see too little and anorexia nervosa leads to seeing too much. Poster presented at the annual Object Perception, Attention, and Memory meeting, St. Louis, MO.

Cain, M. S., & Mitroff, S. R. (2010, November). Impact of media multitasking on attentional filtering and disengagement. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, St. Louis, MO. (abstract)

Mitroff, S. R., Clark, K., & Cain, M. S. (2010, November). Identifying and reducing satisfaction of search errors: How to alleviate dual-target search costs. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, St. Louis, MO. (abstract)

Hubal, R., Mitroff, S. R., Cain, M. S., Scott, B. & DeWitt, R. (2010, November). Simulating a vigilance task: Extensible technology for baggage security assessment and training. Poster presented at the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security, Waltham, MA.

Mitroff, S. R., Clark, K., & Cain, M. S. (2010, October). Improving DHS Performance with visual cognition research. Poster presented at the 2nd Annual Research Summit of the Institute for Homeland Security Solutions, Cary, NC.

Mitroff, S. R. & Hariri, A. R. (2010, October). Exploring behavioral, neural and genetic markers of threat sensitivity. Paper presented at the 2nd Annual Research Summit of the Institute for Homeland Security Solutions, Cary, NC.

Cain, M. S., & Mitroff, S. R. (2010, May). Distractor filtering in media multitaskers. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL. (abstract)

Clark, K., Fleck, M. S., & Mitroff, S. R. (2010, May). Reducing satisfaction of search errors in visual search. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL.

Clark, K., Fleck, M. S., & Mitroff, S. R. (2009, November). Video game players excel at change detection. Poster presented at the annual Object Perception, Attention, and Memory meeting, Boston, MA.

Fleck, M. S., Samei, E., & Mitroff, S. R. (2009, November). Generalized ‘satisfaction of search’: Adverse influences on dual-target search accuracy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Boston, MA. (presented by S. R. Mitroff) (abstract)

Hubal, R., & Mitroff, S. R. (2009, October). Improving vigilance for homeland security personnel. Paper presented at the Inaugural Research Summit of the Institute for Homeland Security Solutions, Chapel Hill, NC.

Carter, O., Luedeman, R., Mitroff, S. R., Nakayama, K. (2009, September). Motion Induced Blindness: The more you attend the less you see. Paper presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, Nagoya, Japan. (abstract)

Clark, K., Fleck, M. S., & Mitroff, S. R. (2009, May). Effects of videogame expertise on change detection abilities. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL. (abstract)

Donohue, S. E., Woldorff, M. G., & Mitroff, S. R. (2009, May). Multisensory benefits of playing video games. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL. (abstract)

Jordan, K. E., Clark, K., & Mitroff, S. R. (2009, May). See an object, hear an object file: Object correspondence transcends sensory modality. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL. (abstract)

Dunsmoor, J. E., Mitroff, S. R., & LaBar, K. S. (2009, March). Generalization of human fear learning along a perceptual gradient of expression intensity. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the North Carolina Cognition Conference, Durham, NC. (abstract)

Dunsmoor, J. E., Mitroff, S. R., & LaBar, K. S. (2008, November). Generalization of human fear learning along a perceptual gradient of expression intensity. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC. (abstract)

Wu, W., Tiesinga, P. H., Tucker, T. R., Mitroff, S. R., Heiner, J. A., & Fitzpatrick, D. (2008, November). V1 population response to changes in direction of stimulus motion: modeling and perception. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC. (abstract)

Mitroff, S. R. (2008, November). Motivational benefits of video game playing. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago, IL. (abstract)

Mitroff, S. R. (2008, October). Identification and Training of "Hyperfocusers": those with remarkable attentional capability. Invited Paper presented at the Neuroergonomics and Neuromorphics Workshop sponsored by the Life Sciences Division of the U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command of the Army Research Office. University of Maryland, MD.

Mitroff, S. R. (2008, August). The malleability of visual cognition: Effects of videogame playing on vision and motivation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Association for Interdisciplinary Learning, Hood River, OR.

Carter, O., Luedeman, R., & Mitroff, S. R., & Nakayama, K. (2008, May). Motion induced blindness: The more you attend the less you see. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL. (abstract)

Fleck, M. S., & Mitroff, S. R. (2008, May). Videogamers excel at finding rare targets. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL. (abstract)

Mitroff, S. R., & Jordan, K. E. (2008, May). Videogame players demonstrate enhanced multi-sensory abilities. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL.
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Wu, W., Tiesinga, P., Tucker, T., Heiner, J., Mitroff, S. R., & Fitzpatrick, D. (2008, May). The dynamics of V1 population response to instantaneous changes in direction of stimulus motion.Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL.

Mitroff, S. R., Arita, J. T., & Fleck, M. S. (2007, November). Staying in Bounds: Contextual constraints on object file coherence. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Long Beach, CA. (abstract)

Fleck, M. S., & Mitroff, S. R. (2007, May). Catching a miss: Error reduction in low prevalence search. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL. (abstract)

Mitroff, S. R., & Wang, S. (2007, May). Preserved visual representations despite change blindness in 11-month-old infants. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL. (abstract)

Mitroff, S. R., & Alvarez, G. A. (2006, November). Space and time, not surface features, underlie object persistence. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Houston, TX. (abstract)

Arita, J. T. & Mitroff, S. R. (2006, May), Staying in bounds: A critical role of closure for object files. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL. (abstract)

Mitroff, S. R., Sobel, D. M., Gopnik, A. (2006, May). Reversing how to think about ambiguous figure reversals: Spontaneous alternating by uninformed observers. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL. (abstract)

Mitroff, S. R. (2006, May). Seeing without seeing: Complex perception outside of awareness. Invited talk presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, New York, NY.

Mitroff, S. R. (2006, February). Visual perception without awareness: Evidence from motion-induced blindness. Invited talk presented at the annual meeting of the North Carolina Cognition Conference, Greensboro, NC.

Mitroff, S. R., Scholl, B. J., & Wynn, K. (2005, November). One plus one equals one: The effects of merging on object files. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Toronto, ON, Canada. (abstract)

Mitroff, S. R., Cheries, E. W., Scholl, B. J., & Wynn, K. (2005, May). Cohesion as a principle of object persistence in infants and adults. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.

Mitroff, S. R., Scholl, B. J., & Wynn, K. (2005, April). What vision scientists can learn from infants: Evidence of core principles guiding adult object persistence. Paper presented at the Yale Object Symposium, New Haven, CT.

Mitroff, S. R., Wynn, K., & Scholl, B. J. (2005, April). Exploring persisting object representations with infants and adults. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.

Mitroff, S. R. & Scholl, B. J. (2004, May). Online grouping and segmentation without awareness: Evidence from motion-induced blindness. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL. (abstract)

Mitroff, S. R., Wynn, K., Scholl, B. J., Johnson, S. P., & Shuwairi, S. M. (2004, May). 'Bouncing vs. streaming' as a measure of infants' dynamic object individuation.  Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society on Infant Studies, Chicago, IL.

Mitroff, S. R. & Scholl, B. J. (2003, November). Perceiving the disappearances of unseen objects in Motion-induced Blindness. Paper presented at the annual Object Perception, Attention, and Memory meeting, Vancouver, B.C.

Mitroff, S. R., Scholl, B. J., & Wynn, K. (2003, May). The relationship between object files and conscious perception. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL. (abstract)

Noles, N. S., Scholl, B.  J., Mitroff, S. R. (2003, May). The persistence of object-file representations. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.

Mitroff, S. R., Simons, D. J., & Levin, D. T. (2002, November). Three blinding devices: See how change detection runs. Paper presented at the annual Object Perception, Attention, and Memory meeting, Kansas City, MO.

Mitroff, S. R. & Simons, D. J. (2001, May). A lack of confidence in implicit change detection.  Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL. (abstract)

Mitroff, S. R. & Simons, D. J. (2000, November). Without explicit detection, change localization is chance localization.  Poster presented at the annual Object Perception, Attention, and Memory meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Mitroff, S. R. & Simons, D. J. (2000, March). Changes are not localized until they are explicitly detected.  Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.