Josh Cosman
Postdoctoral Scholar
Research Area: Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience
My research focuses on visual perception, attention, and memory, and how they interact to give rise to complex behavior.
Representative Publications
Cosman, J.D., Vecera, S.P. (in press). Learned control over distraction is disrupted following medial temporal lobe damage. Psychological Science
Roper, Z., Cosman, J.D., Vecera, S.P. (in press) Perceptual load corresponds with factors known to influence visual search. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
Cosman, J.D., Vecera, S.P. (2013). Context-dependent control over attentional capture. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
Cosman, J.D., Vecera, S.P. (2012). Object-based attention overrides perceptual load to modulate visual distraction. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
Cosman, J.D., Lees, M.N., Vecera, S.P., Lee, J.D., Rizzo, M.R. (2012) Impaired attentional disengagement in older adults with useful field of view decline. Journal of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences, 67, 405-412.
Lees, M.N., Cosman, J.D., Vecera, S.P., Lee, J.D., Rizzo, M.R. (2012) An Evaluation of Cross-modal Alerting Parameters in the Orienting of Visual Attention in Attention Impaired Drivers. Applied Ergonomics.
Lee, H.K., Baniqued, P., Cosman, J.D., Mullen, S., McAuley, E., Severson, J. & Kramer, A.F. (2012) CrossFit: Examining Cognitive Function Across the Lifespan using a Mobile Application, Computers in Human Behavior, 28, 1934-1946.
Cosman, J.D., Vecera, S.P. (2011). The contents of visual working memory reduce uncertainty during visual search. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 73, 996-1002.
Cosman, J.D., Vecera, S.P. (2010). Attention Affects Visual Perceptual Processing Near the Hand. Psychological Science, 21, 1254-1258.
Cosman, J.D., Vecera, S.P. (2009). Perceptual Load Modulates Attention Capture by Abrupt Onsets. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 16, 404-410.