Cognitive Psychology

Jason E. Reiss

		Visiting Assistant Professor, Cognitive Psychology Ph.D., University of Delaware, 2007 Research Interests Recent Publications Personal Web Site jreiss@psych.udel.edu Office: 433 Wolf Hall (302) 831-4246 (302) 831-3645 -fax Lab: 420-427A Wolf Hall (302) 831-1137 Preferred contact method - email

Research Interests

General Topics: Cognitive Neuroscience of Visual Attention, Perception, and Spatial Cognition (Healthy and Patient Populations)

Specific Topics: Object Substitution Masking, Attentional Blink, Object- and Space-based Attention, Visual Search, Motion Perception, Orientation Perception, Williams syndrome, Infant Categorization

Research Summary:

My current research uses standard cognitive paradigms, eye movements, and event-related brain potentials (ERPs) to investigate a wide variety of issues of visual attention and perception in normal populations. Topics include object substitution masking, object- and space-based attention, visual search memory, etc. A second line of research attempts to understand the cognitive profile of people with Williams syndrome (WS), a rare genetically-based disorder that results in relatively preserved language capacities and severe impairments in spatial ability. At present, I have been involved in investigations of motion and line orientation perception within this population.

My previous research focused on psychophysiological investigations of emotion and cognition, including an exploration into the effects of media variables (e.g., motion and color) on the emotional dimensions of valence and arousal.

Recent Publications

Quinn, P. C., Doran, M. M., Reiss, J. E., & Hoffman, J. E. (in press). Time course of visual attention in infant categorization of cats versus dogs: Evidence for a head bias as revealed through eye tracking. Child Development.

Reiss, J. E., & Hoffman, J. E. (2007). Disruption of early face recognition processes by object substitution masking. Visual Cognition, 15, 789-798.

Reiss, J. E. , & Hoffman, J. E. (2006). Object substitution masking interferes with semantic processing: Evidence from ERPs. Psychological Science, 12, 1015-1020.

Landau, B., Hoffman, J. E., Reiss, J. E. , Dilks, D. D., Lakusta, L., & Chunyo, G. (2006). Specialization, breakdown, and sparing in spatial cognition: Lessons from Williams-Beuren syndrome. In C. A. Morris, H. M. Lenhoff, & P. P. Wang (Eds.), Williams-Beuren syndrome: Research, evaluation, and treatment (pp. 207-236). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Reiss, J. E. , Hoffman, J. E., & Landau, B. (2005). Motion processing specialization in Williams syndrome. Vision Research, 45, 3379-3390.

Simons, R. F., Detenber, B. H., Cuthbert, B. N., Schwartz, D. D., & Reiss, J. E. (2003). Attention to television: Alpha power and its relationship to image motion and emotional content. Media Psychology, 5, 283-301.

Jordan, H., Reiss, J. E. , Hoffman, J. E., & Landau, B. (2002). Intact perception of biological motion in the face of profound spatial deficits: Williams syndrome. Psychological Science, 13, 162-167.

Detenber, B. H., Simons, R. F., & Reiss, J. E. (2000). The emotional significance of color in television presentations. Media Psychology, 2, 331-355.

Simons, R. F., Detenber, B. H., Reiss, J. E. , & Shults, C.W. (2000). Image motion and context: A between- and within-subjects comparison. Psychophysiology, 37, 706-710.

Simons, R. F., Detenber, B. H., Roedema, T. M., & Reiss, J. E. (1999). Emotion processing in three systems: The medium and the message. Psychophysiology, 36, 619-627.

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