The University of Iowa

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

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John Spencer
Professor
Ph.D., Indiana University, 1998
Office: E114 SSH  (319-335-2482)
 
Fax Number: 319-335-0191
 
Email: john-spencer@uiowa.edu




Curriculum VitaeDownload
 
Lab Websitehttp://www.psychology.uiowa.edu/labs/spamlab/
 
 

Research Interests
Development of working memory, attention, and action; visuo-spatial cognition; spatial language and early word learning; dynamical systems and neural network models of cognition and action.
 
Representative Publications
Lipinski, J., Schneegans, S., Sandamirskaya, Y., Spencer, J.P., & Schöner, G. (in press). A Neuro-Behavioral Model of Flexible Spatial Language Behaviors. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition.
Lipinski, J., Spencer, J.P. & Samuelson, L.K. (2010). Biased feedback in spatial recall yields a violation of delta rule learning. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 17, 581-588.
Schutte, A.R. & Spencer, J.P. (2010). Filling the gap on developmental change: Tests of a dynamic field theory of spatial cognition. Journal of Cognition and Development, 11, 1-27.
Lipinski, J., Simmering, V.R., Johnson, J.S. & Spencer, J.P. (2010). The role of experience in location estimation: Target distributions shift location memory biases. Cognition, 115, 147-153.
Last updated: 11/10/2010