Interests include the development of general mathematical approaches to human information processing, cognitive psychology including visual pattern recognition, memory scanning, decision theory, and human factors.
Some specific research topics:
Bold student names indicate a cognitive science standalone student.
Author | Dissertation Title | Committee |
Ase Helene Kvist Innes-Ker | Gestal Perception of Emotional Expressions (May 2003) | Townsend, J. T. (Co-Chair), Niedenthal, P. M. (Co-Chair), Hirt, E., Scout, J. C. |
Johnson, J. G. | A Computational Modeling Account of Robust Preference Reversal Phenomena (December 2004) | Busemeyer, J. (Co-Chair), Townsend, J. (Co-Chair), Sherman, S. J., Winston, W. L. |
Huber, D. E. | Perception And Preference in Short-Term Word Priming (January 2000) | Shiffrin, R. M. (Co-Chair), Townsend, J. T. (Co-Chair), Carraghty, P. E., Busey, T. |
Wang, P. | Non-Axiomatic Reasoning System - Exploring the Essence of Intelligence (August 1995) | Hofstadter, D. (Chair), Townsend, J. T., Rawlins, G. J. E., Leake, D. B. |
Houpt, Joseph | Statistical Measures for the Double Factorial Paradigm (April 2012) | Townsend, J. (Co-chair), Busemeyer, J., Kruschke, J. (Co-chair), Huang, C. |
Blaha, Leslie | A Dynamic Hebbian-style Model of Configural Learning (December 2010) | Townsend, J. (Co-Chair), Busey, T. (Co-Chair), Gold, J,. Trosset, M. |
Silbert, Noah | Integration of Phonological Information in Obstruent Consonant Identification (May 2010) | de Jong, K. (Co-Chair), Townsend, J. (Co-Chair), Lentz, J., Pisoni, D. |
Chadderdon III, George L | A Neurocomputational Model of the Functional Role of Dopamine in Stimulus Response Task Learning And Performance (March 2009) | Sporns, O. (Chair), Brown, J., Townsend, J., Todd, P. |
Honey, Christopher | Fluctuations & Flows in Large-Scale Brain Networks (April 2009) | Townsend, J,. Goldstone, R. (Co-Chair), Beggs, J., Sporns, O. (Co-Chair) |
Bergert, Franklin Bryan | Using Response Time to Distinguish Between Lexicographic and Linear Models of Decision Making (January 2008) | Nosofsky, R. (Chair), Kruschke, J., Todd, P., Townsend, J. |
Vigo, Ronaldo | Mathematical Principles of Boolean Concept Learning (May 2008) | Allen, C. (Co-Chair), Kruschke, J. (Co-Chair), Goldstone, R., Nosofsky, R., Townsend, J. |
Carroll, Christine | Temporal Processing in Schizophrenia: An Integrative Study of Behavioral Judgment, Motor Execution, and Quantitative Modeling (December 2007) | Kruschke, K., O’Donnell, B., Sporns, O. (Co-Chair), Townsend, J., Hetrick, W (Co-Chair) |
Fific, Mario | Emerging holistic properties at face value: assessing Characteristics of face perception (January 2006) | Townsend, J. (Chair), Busemeyer, J., Maki, D., Shiffrin, R. |
Kieffaber, Paul | Components of Attentional Control in Schizophrenia (June 2006) | Hetrick, W. (Co-Chair), O’Donnell, B., Kruschke, J. (Co-Chair), Sporns, O., Townsend, J. |
Wild, Heather | Applying Signal Detection Theory to Evoked Response Potentials For Understanding Mechanisms of Bias and Sensitivity in Face Detection Tasks (September 2006) | Busey, T. (Co-Chair), Candy, R., Gold, J., Townsend, J. (Co-Chair) |
Trueblood, Jennifer | An Investigation of Context Effects in Multi-Alternative Choice Behavior Through Experimentation and Cognitive Modeling (June 2012) | Busemeyer, J. (Chair), Kruschke, J., Shiffrin, R., Townsend, J. |