Research Interests
Curriculum Vitae
Publications
Conference Presentations
Teaching
Lab
Personal
Address
College of William &
Mary
Department of Psychology
Millington Hall, Room
234
Williamsburg, VA 23187
Research
Interests
I am an Assistant Professor at the College of William & Mary (Go
Tribe!). My research interests are in the study of visual
perception and memory:
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The Perception of Height
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Why do we perceive heights differently from the top than the
bottom? |
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Does fear play a role in our perception of heights
from the top? What about general arousal? |
| Do people with a specific fear of heights (acrophobics)
show an increase in height perception? |
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The Perception of Distance and Slant
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What factors influence our perception of distal extents
and slant? |
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For instance, does mood change our perception of
hills? Do sad people see hills as steeper?
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Are the same factors influential in virtual
environments? |
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Episodic Memory Encoding and Retrieval
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Which aspects of the environment present at encoding can
be useful cues for later retrieval of learned information?
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Do these cues need to be reinstated at retrieval? |
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Can certain technologies or interfaces increase our
ability to retrieve learned information? |
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What are the underlying brain mechanisms involved in
these tasks? |
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Applied Educational Research
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What technologies, if added to a classroom, can increase
or enhance the students' learning experiences?
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Specifically, can the Tablet PC with its inking
capability be used to enhance classroom instruction? How? |
| Can the Tablet PC be seamlessly integrated with
other technologies in the classroom, like personal response systems? |
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Publications
| Stefanucci, J. K. (forthcoming). Emotional High:
Emotion and the perception of spatial layout. To appear in E. Balcetis and
G. D. Lassiter (Eds.) The Social Psychology of Visual Perception. Psychology
Press. |
| Linkenauger, S., Witt, J. K., Stefanucci, J. K.,
Bakdash, J. Z., & Proffitt, D. R. (in press). Effects of handedness and
reachability on perceived distance. Journal of Experimental Psychology:
Human Perception & Performance. |
| Stefanucci, J. K., & Proffitt, D. R. (in
press). The roles of altitude and fear in the perception of heights. Journal
of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance. |
| Schnall, S., Harber, K. D., Stefanucci, J. K.,
& Proffitt, D. R. (2008). Social support and the perception of
geographical slant. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44, 1246-1255. |
| Teachman, B. A., Stefanucci, J. K., Clerkin, E.
M., Cody, M. W., & Proffitt, D. R. (2008). A new mode of fear
expression: Perceptual bias in height fear. Emotion, 8, 296-301. |
| Stefanucci, J. K., Proffitt, D. R., Clore, G.,
& Parekh, N. (2008). Skating down a steeper slope: Fear influences the
perception of geographical slant. Perception, 37, 321-323. |
| Stefanucci, J. K., O'Hargan, S. P. &
Proffitt, D. R. (2007). Augmenting context-dependent memory. Journal of
Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making, 1, 391-404. |
| Witt, J. K., Stefanucci, J. K., Riener, C. R., &
Proffitt, D. R. (2007). Seeing Beyond the Target: An Effect of
Environmental Context on Distance Perception. Perception, 36, 1752-1768. |
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Stefanucci, J. K., Proffitt, D.
R., Banton, T., & Epstein, W. (2005). Distances appear different on hills. Perception
& Psychophysics, 67 (6), 1052-1060. |
| Banton, T., Stefanucci, J. K.,
Durgin, F., Fass, A. M., & Proffitt,
D. R. (2005). Perception
of walking speed in virtual environments.
Presence, 14 (4), 394-406. |
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Proffitt, D. R., Stefanucci, J. K., Banton, T., & Epstein, W. (2003). The
role of effort in perceiving distance. Psychological Science, 14 (2),
106-112. |
Conference Publications
(peer-reviewed papers)
| Nishimura, E. M., Rapoport, E. D., Darling, B.
A., Cervenka, J. P., Stefanucci, J. K., Proffitt, D. R., Downs, T. H., &
Downs, J. H. (2007). Functional brain imaging for analysis of reading effort
for computer-generated text. Paper presented at the 13th International
Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Beijing, China. |
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Stefanucci, J. K., & Proffitt, D. R. (2005).
Multimodal interfaces improve memory. Paper presented at the 11th International Conference on
Human-Computer Interaction, Las Vegas,
NV.
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Stefanucci, J. K., & Proffitt, D. R. (2002).
Providing distinctive cues to augment human memory. In W. Gray & C.
Schunn (Eds.), Proceedings of the
Twenty-fourth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (p.
840). Mahwah,
NJ: Erlbaum. |
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Tan, D.S., Stefanucci, J.K., Proffitt,
D.R., Pausch, R. (2001).
The Infocockpit: Providing Location and Place to Aid Human Memory.
Workshop on Perceptive User Interfaces 2001, Orlando, Florida. |
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Tan,
D. S., Stefanucci, J. K., Proffitt, D. R., & Pausch, R. (2002).
Kinesthetic cues aid spatial memory.
CHI 2002 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Minneapolis,
MN.
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Submitted Publications
| Clerkin, E. M., Cody, M. W., Stefanucci, J. K.,
Proffitt, D. R., & Teachman, B. A. (accepted, pending revisions).
Imagery and fear influence height perception. |
| Franchak,
J., Stefanucci, J. K., & Proffitt, D. R. (under revision).
Task efficacy influences perceived size and distance. |
| Schutz, M., Stefanucci, J. K., Carberry, A., &
Roth, A. (submitted). Tone envelope influences learning and memory. |
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Stefanucci, J. K., & Geuss, M. (under
revision). Changing spaces: Body size influences the perception of
apertures. |
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Stefanucci, J. K., Siegel, E. H., Geuss, M., &
Whitley, K. P. (submitted). Look before you leap: An effect of fear and
action on height perception. |
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Stefanucci, J. K., & Storbeck, J. (under
revision). Don't look down: Emotional arousal elevates height perception. |
Recent
Conference Presentations
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Clerkin, E. M., Cody, M. W.,
Aikens, T.H., Stefanucci, J. K., Proffitt, D. R., & Teachman, B. A.
(2008, November). Imagery biases visual perception in height fear.
Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Association for
Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Orlando, FL. |
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Siegel, E., Geuss, M., &
Stefanucci, J. K. (2008, May). How’s it going to feel? Affective forecasting
of fear and excitement in dangerous situations. Poster presented at the
20th Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago,
IL. |
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Riener, C. R., Stefanucci, J. K.,
Proffitt, D. R., & Clore, G. (2008, May). Does depression change
slant perception? Poster presented at the 20th Annual Meeting of the
Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL. |
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Stefanucci, J. & Geuss, M.
(2008, May). Changing Spaces: Body size influences the perception
of aperture width. Poster presented at the 8th Annual Meeting of the
Society for Vision Sciences, Naples, FL. |
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Siegel, E., Geuss, M., &
Stefanucci, J. K. (2008, May). Studying the relationship between
emotion and height perception in naturalistic settings. Poster presented
at the 8th Annual Meeting of the Society for Vision Sciences, Naples, FL. |
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Bakdash, J., Linkenauger, S.,
Stefanucci, J., Witt, J., Banton, T., & Proffitt, D. (2008, May). Perceived
distance influences simulated walking time. Poster presented at the 8th
Annual Meeting of the Society for Vision Sciences, Naples, FL. |
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Siegel, E., Geuss, M., &
Stefanucci, J. K. (2008, March). Emotional heights: The influence
of affect on behavior and perception. Poster presented at the Annual
Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA. |
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Storbeck, J. & Stefanucci, J.
K. (2008, January). Emotion regulation of arousal influences
perception of heights. Poster presented at the 8th Annual Meeting for
the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM.
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