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Email
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(615) 343-7900
507 Wilson Hall
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Education
B.S., Carnegie Mellon, 1987
Ph.D., Indiana University, 1995
Curriculum Vitae
Advising
Thomas Palmeri
Associate Professor of Psychology
Co Director of Scientific Computing
Palmeri's laboratory studies how people visually categorize, identify, and recognize objects. They examine how objects are processed and represented by the visual system, how visual knowledge about objects is represented and learned, and how perceptual decisions about objects are made. They are particularly interested in the temporal dynamics of visual object recognition. That includes the short-term dynamics of an individual decision about an object's category or identity and the long-term dynamics of how those decisions change with learning and perceptual expertise. His laboratory approaches these questions using a combination of behavioral experiments, cognitive neuroscience techniques, and computational and neural modeling.
Representative Publications
- Richler, J.J., Gauthier, I., & Palmeri, T.J. (in press). Automaticity of basic-level categorization accounts for labeling effects in visual recognition memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition.
- Pouget, P., Logan, G.D., Palmeri, T.J., Boucher, L., & Schall, J.D. (2011). Neural basis of adaptive response time adjustment. Journal of Neuroscience.
- Mack, M.L., & Palmeri, T.J. (2011). The timing of visual object recognition and categorization. Frontiers in Perception Science.
- Richler, J.J., Mack, M.L., Palmeri, T.J., & Gauthier, I. (2011). Inverted faces are (eventually) processed holistically. Vision Research, 51, 333-342.
- Mack, M.L., Richler, J.J., Gauthier, I., & Palmeri, T.J. (2011). Indecision on decisional separability. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. [PDF]
- Mack, M.L., & Palmeri, T.J. (2010). Decoupling object detection and categorization. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. [PDF]
- Purcell, B.A., Heitz, R.P., Cohen, J.Y., Schall, J.D., Logan, G.D., & Palmeri, T.J. (2010). Neurally-constrained modeling of perceptual decision making. Psychological Review, 117, 1113-1143. [PDF]
- Folstein, J., Gauthier, I., & Palmeri, T.J. (2010). Mere exposure alters category learning of novel objects. Frontiers in Cognitive Science. [PDF]
- Nelson, M.J., Boucher, L., Logan, G.D., Palmeri, T.J., Schall, J.D. (2010). Impact of nonstationary response time in stopping and stepping saccade tasks. Attention, Perception, & Performance. [PDF]
- Mack, M.L., & Palmeri, T.J. (2010). Modeling categorization of scenes containing consistent versus inconsistent objects. Journal of Vision, 10(3):11, 1–11. [PDF]
- Mack, M.L., Wong, A.C.-N., Gauthier, I., Tanaka, J.W., & Palmeri, T.J. (2009). Time-course of visual object categorization: Fastest does not necessarily mean first. Vision Research, 49, 1961- 1968.
- Wong, A.C.-N., Palmeri, T.J., & Gauthier I. (2009). Conditions for face-like expertise with objects: Becoming a Ziggerin expert – but which type? Psychological Science, 20, 1108-1117. [PDF]
- Wong, A.C.-N., Palmeri, T.J., Rogers, B.P., Gore, J.C., & Gauthier, I. (2009). Beyond shape: Experience can determine patterns of category selectivity in the visual system. PLoS One, 4(12), e8405. [PDF]
- Richler, J.J., Mack, M.L., Gauthier, I., & Palmeri, T.J. (2009). Holistic processing of faces at a glance. Vision Research, 49, 2856-2861. [PDF]
- Palmeri, T.J., & Cottrell, G. (2009). Modeling perceptual expertise. To appear in D. Bub, M. Tarr, & I. Gauthier (Eds.), Perceptual Expertise: Bridging Brain and Behavior. Oxford University Press. [PDF]
- Cheung, O.S., Richler, J.J., Palmeri, T.J., & Gauthier, I. (2008). Revisiting the role of spatial frequencies in the holistic processing of faces. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 34, 1327-1336. [PDF]
- Mack, M., Gauthier, I., Sadr, J., & Palmeri, T.J. (2008). Object detection and basic-level categorization: Sometimes you know it is there before you know what it is. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 15(1), 28-35. [PDF]
- Richler, J.J., Gauthier, I., Wenger, M., & Palmeri, T.J. (2008). Holistic processing of faces: Perceptual and decisional components. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 34, 328-342.
- Palmeri, T.J., & Tarr (2008). Object recognition and long-term visual memory for objects. To appear in S. Luck & A. Hollingsworth (Eds.), Visual Memory. Oxford University Press. [PDF]
- Boucher, L., Palmeri, T.J., Logan, G.D., Schall, J.D. (2007). Inhibitory control in mind and brain: An interactive race model of countermanding saccades. Psychological Review, 114, 376-397. [PDF]
- Palmeri, T.J., & Gauthier, I. (2004). Visual object understanding. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 5, 291-303. [PDF]
- Palmeri, T.J., Wong, A.C.-N., & Gauthier, I. (2004). Computational approaches to the development of perceptual expertise. Trends in Cognitive Science, 8, 378-386. [PDF]
- Palmeri, T.J., Blake, R.B., Marois, R., Flanery, M.A., & Whetsell, W.O. (2002). The perceptual reality of synesthetic color. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 99, 4127-4131. [PDF]
- Johansen, M.K., & Palmeri, T.J. (2002). Are there representational shifts during category learning? Cognitive Psychology, 45, 482-553. [PDF]
- Palmeri, T.J., & Flanery, M.A. (2002). Memory systems and perceptual categorization. In B.H. Ross (Ed.), The Psychology of Learning and Motivation (Volume 41), Academic Press. [PDF]
- Gauthier, I., & Palmeri, T.J. (2002). Visual neurons: Categorization-based selectivity. Current Biology, 12, R282-R284. [PDF]
- Palmeri, T.J. (2001). The time course of perceptual categorization. In M. Ramscar & U. Hahn (Eds.), Similarity and Categorization (pp. 193-224), Oxford University Press. [PDF]
- Palmeri, T.J., & Blalock, C. (2000). The role of background knowledge in speeded perceptual categorization. Cognition, 77, B45-B57. [PDF]
- Palmeri, T.J. (1999). Learning hierarchically structured categories: A comparison of category learning models. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 6, 495-503. [PDF]
- Palmeri, T.J. (1999). Theories of automaticity and the power law of practice. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 25, 543–551. [PDF]
- Palmeri, T.J., & Flanery, M.A. (1999). Learning about categories in the absence of training: Profound amnesia and the relationship between perceptual categorization and recognition memory. Psychological Science, 10, 526-530. [PDF]
- Nosofsky, R.M., & Palmeri, T.J. (1998). A rule-plus-exception model for classifying objects in continuous-dimension spaces. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 5, 345-369. [PDF]
- Nosofsky, R.M., & Palmeri, T.J. (1997). An exemplar-based random walk model of speeded classification. Psychological Review, 104, 266-300. [PDF]
- Nosofsky, R.M., & Palmeri, T.J. (1997). Comparing exemplar-retrieval and decision-bound models of speeded perceptual classification. Perception & Psychophysics, 59, 1027-1048. [PDF]
- Palmeri, T.J. (1997). Exemplar similarity and the development of automaticity. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 23, 324-354. [PDF]
- Nosofsky, R.M., & Palmeri, T.J. (1996). Learning to classify integral-dimension stimuli.Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 3, 222-226. [PDF]
- Palmeri, T.J., & Nosofsky, R.M. (1995). Recognition memory for exceptions to the category rule. Journal of Experiment Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 21, 548-568. [PDF]
- Nosofsky, R.M., Palmeri, T.J., & McKinley, S.C. (1994). Rule-plus-exception model of classification learning. Psychological Review, 101, 53-79. [PDF]
- Nosofsky, R.M., Gluck, M., Palmeri, T.J., McKinley, S.C., & Glauthier, P. (1994). Comparing models of rule-based classification learning: A replication and extension of Shepard, Hovland, and Jenkins (1961). Memory & Cognition, 22, 352-369. [PDF]
- Palmeri, T.J., Goldinger, S.D., & Pisoni, D.B. (1993). Episodic encoding of voice attributes and recognition memory for spoken words. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 19, 309-328. [PDF]
Honors
- The Chancellor's Award for Research, 2009
- APA Division of Experimental Psychology New Investigator Award, 1998
- Irving J. Saltzman Award for Outstanding
- Graduate Achievement, Indiana University, 1996
- J.R. Kantor Fellow Graduate Award, Indiana University, 1995
- Indiana University Cognitive Science Fellowship, 1990
- B.S. with University Honors, Carnegie Mellon University, 1987
- Senior University Scholar, Carnegie Mellon University, 1987
- Wayne Rawley Merit Scholarship (2 years), Carnegie Mellon University, 1985
- Carnegie Institute of Technology College Scholar, Carnegie Mellon University, 1984
- University President's Award for Top 100 Student, Carnegie Mellon University, 1984