Department of Neuroscience
E305 Seashore Hall
Iowa City, IA 52242
email: joshua-cosman(at)uiowa.edu
Research Interests
Attentional Control/Selective attention
Memory
Visual Perception
Neuropsychology/Lesion Method
Human Electrophysiology
Aging
Human Factors/Neuroergonomics
Cognitive Training/Assessment
Publications
Cosman, J.D., Vecera, S.P. (in press). Object-based attention dominates perceptual load to modulate visual distraction. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance pdf
Cosman, J.D., Lees, M.N., Vecera, S.P., Lee, J.D., Rizzo, M.R. (in press). Impaired attentional disengagement in older adults with useful field of view decline. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences
Cosman, J.D., Lees, M.N., Vecera, S.P., Lee, J.D., Rizzo, M.R. (in press). Visual search for features and conjunctions following decline in the useful field of view. Experimental Aging Research
Cosman, J.D., Vecera, S.P. (2011). The contents of visual working memory reduce uncertainty during visual search. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 73, 996-1002. pdf
Cosman, J.D., Vecera, S.P. (2010). Perceptual grouping determines the locus of attentional selection. Visual Cognition, 18, 1506-1510. pdf
Cosman, J.D., Vecera, S.P. (2010). Attentional capture under high perceptual load. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 17, 983-986. pdf
Cosman, J.D., Vecera, S.P. (2010). Attention Affects Visual Perceptual Processing Near the Hand. Psychological Science, 21, 1254-1258. pdf
Cosman, J.D., Vecera, S.P. (2010). Perceptual Load Modulates Attention Capture by Motion Onsets. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 72, 2095-2105. pdf
Lees, M. N., Cosman, J. D., Fricke, N., Lee, J. D. & Rizzo, M. (2010). Translating cognitive neuroscience to the driver's operational environment: a neuroergonomics approach. American Journal of Psychology, 123, 391-412. pdf
Cosman, J.D., Vecera, S.P. (2009). Perceptual Load Modulates Attention Capture by Abrupt Onsets. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 16, 404-410. pdf
Manuscripts Under Revision/Review (available on request)
Cosman, J.D., Mordkoff, J.T., Vecera, S.P.(under revision). Distraction in the face of high perceptual load.
Lees, M.N., Cosman, J.D., Vecera, S.P., Lee, J.D., Rizzo, M.R. (under revision) An Evaluation of Cross-modal Alerting Parameters in the Orienting of Attention in Attention Impaired Drivers. Applied Ergonomics.
Gaspelin, N., Cosman, J.D., Vecera, S.P., Ruthruff, E. (under revision). Does low perceptual load enable capture by color singletons?
Book Chapters
Cosman, J.D., Rizzo, M. (forthcoming). Attention. To appear in Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychology. Arciniegas, D.B, Anderson, C.A., Filley, C. (Eds.) Cambridge University Press.
