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2013    Lu, Z. & Dosher, B. In press. Visual Psychophysics: From Laboratory to Theory. MIT             Press. BOOK, anticipated early 2013.


2013    Dosher, B., & Lu, Z.-L. Mechanisms of visual attention. In Frontiers in Human            Information Processing, Chubb, C., Dosher, B., Lu, Z.-L., & Shiffrin, R. (Eds.).            American Psychological Association, in press.


2013    Chubb, C., Dosher, B., Lu, Z.-L., & Shiffrin, R. (Eds.), in press. Frontiers in Human            Information Processing. American Psychological Association. EDITED BOOK,            2013.


2012    Zhao, M., Gersch, T. M., Dosher, B., & Kowler, E. (in press). Eye movements and            attention: The role of pre-saccadic shifts of attention in perception, memory and the            control of saccades. Vision Research. [ PDF]


2012    Liu, J., Lu, Z.-L., & Dosher, B. Mixed training at high and low accuracy levels leads to            learning without feedback. Vision Research (Special Issue on Perceptual Learning), 61,            15-24 [ PDF]


2012    Huang, C.-B., Lu, Z.-L., & Dosher, B. Co-learning analysis of two perceptual learning            tasks with identical input stimuli supports            the reweighting hypothesis. Vision            Research (Special Issue on Perceptual Learning), 61, 25-32. [ PDF]


2012    Dosher, B., & Lu, Z.-L. Mechanisms and modes of perceptual learning. In Progress in            Cognitive Science: From Cellular Mechanisms to Computational Theories, Peking            University Press, accepted.


2012    Lu, Z.-L., & Dosher, B. Mechanisms of attention: Psychophysics, Cognitive Psychology,            and Cognitive Neuroscience. In Progress in Cognitive Science: From Cellular            Mechanisms to Computational Theories, Peking University Press, accepted.


2011   Lu, Z.-L., Li, Xiang-Rui., Tjan, B., Dosher, B., & Chu, W. (2011). Attention extracts signal            in external noise: A BOLD fMRI study. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience,            23:5,1148-1159. [ PDF]


2010    Lu, Z. L., Hua, T., Huang, C-B., Zhou, Y., & Dosher, B. Visual perceptual learning.            Neurobiology of Learning and Memory [ PDF]


2010   Dosher, B., Han, S., & Lu, Z.-L. Information-limited parallel processing in difficult            heterogeneous covert visual search. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human            Perception and Performance, 36 (5) 1128-1144. [ PDF]


2010   Dosher, B., Han, S., & Lu, Z.-L. Perceptual learning and attention: Reduction of object            attention limitations with practice. Vision Research (Special Issue), 50, 402-415. [13 pp]            [ PDF]


2010   Jeter, P., Dosher, B., Liu, S.-H., & Lu, Z.-L. (2010). Specificity of perceptual learning            increases with increased training. Vision Research, 50, 1928-1940. [12 pp] [ PDF]


2010   Dosher, B., Han, S., & Lu, Z.-L. Information-limited parallel processing in difficult            heterogeneous covert visual search. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human            Perception and Performance, 36 (5) 1128-1144 (in press, March 2010). [16 pp] [ PDF]


2010   Liu, J., Lu, Z.-L., & Dosher, B. (2010). Augmented Hebbian reweighting: Interactions            between feedback and training accuracy in perceptual learning. Journal of Vision,            10(10), 375-390. [15 pp] [ PDF]


2010    Lu, Z.-L., & Dosher, B. (2010, in press). Visual perceptual learning. In Encyclopedia of            the Sciences of Learning (ESL), Norbert M. Seel (Ed.) Springer. {Review of joint work,            outline, rewriting} [ PDF]


2010    Xu, P., Lu, Z.-L., Wang, X. Dosher, B., Zhou, Jl, Zhou, Y. (2010). Category and            perceptual learning in subjects with treated Wilson's disease. Public Library of Science            (PLoS) ONE, 5(3); e9635. [ PDF]


2010   Lu, Z.-L., Liu, J., & Dosher, B. Modeling mechanisms of perceptual learning with            augmented Hebbian re-weighting. Vision Research (Special Issue), 50, 375-390. [15 pp]            [ PDF]


2010   Dosher, B. & Lu, Z.-L. Attention: Selective. In E. Bruce Goldstein (Ed.), Encyclopedia of            Perception. Sage Publications. Pp. 100 � 103. [3 pp] [ [PDF]


2010   Dosher, B., & Lu, Z.-L. Attention: Theories. In E. Bruce Goldstein (Ed.), Encyclopedia of            Perception. Sage Publications. Pp. 107 � 112. [5 pp] [ PDF]


2009   Dosher, B., & Lu, Z.-L. Hebbian reweighting on stable representations in perceptual            learning. Learning and Perception: Special Issue, 1, 37-58. [21 pp] [ PDF]


2009   Lu, Z.-L., & Dosher, B. Mechanisms of perceptual learning. Learning and Perception.            Special Issue, 1, 19-36. [17 pp] [ PDF]


2009   Jeter, P., Dosher, B., Lu, Z.-L., & Petrov, A. Task precision at transfer determines            specificity of perceptual learning. Journal of Vision. 9 (3) 1-13. [12 pp] [ PDF]            http://journalofvision.org/9/3/1/


2009   Jeon, S.-T., Lu, Z.-L., & Dosher, B. Characterizing perceptual performance at multiple            discrimination precisions in external noise. Journal of the Acoustical Society of            America, A. (Special Issue), 26, 43-58. [15 pp] [ PDF]


2009    Liu, S.-H., Dosher, B., & Lu, Z.-L. The role of judgment frames and task precision in            object attention: Reduced template sharpness limits dual-object performance. Vision            Research (Special Issue on Attention), 49, 1336-1351. [15 pp] [ PDF]


2009   Gersch, T. M., Kowler, E., Schnitzer, B. S., & Dosher, B. Attention during sequences of            saccades along marked and memorized paths. Vision Research (Special Issue on            Attention), 49, 1256-1266. [10 pp] [ PDF]


2009    Lu, Z.-L., Tse, H., Dosher, B., Lesmes, L. A., Posner, C., & Chu, W. Intra- and            cross-modal cuing of spatial attention: Time courses and mechanisms. Vision Research            (Special Issue on Attention), 49, 1081-1096. [15 pp] [ PDF]


2008   Wilder, J. D., Kower, E., Schnitzer, B.S., Gersch, T. M., & Dosher, B. Attention during
           active visual tasks: Counting, pointing, or simply looking. Vision Research, 49,            1017-1031. [14 pp] [ PDF]


2008    Gersch, T. M., Kowler, E., Schnitzer, B. S., & Dosher, B. Visual memory during pauses
            between successive saccades. Journal of Vision, 8(16) 1-18. [17 pp] [ PDF]             http://journalofvision.org/8/16/15


2008   Li, X.-R., Lu, Z.-L., Tjan, B., Dosher, B., & Chu, W. Blood oxygenation level-            dependent contrast response functions identify mechanisms of covert attention in            early visual areas. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105            (16),6202-6207. [5 pp] [ PDF]


2008    Lu, Z.-L., & Dosher, B. Characterizing observers using external noise and observer
            models. Psychological Review, 115, 44-82. [38 pp]


2008    Gersch, T.M., Kowler, E., Schnitzer, B.S., & Dosher, B. (in press) Attention during

              sequences of saccades along marked and memorized paths. Vision Research (Special Issue               on Visual Attention).

2007    Dosher, B., & Lu, Z.-L. The functional form of performance improvements in perceptual

              learning: Learning rates and transfer. Psychological Science, 18, 531-539.

 

2006    Gersh, T., Schnitzer, B.S., Sanghvi, P.S., Dosher, B., & Kowler, E.

           Attentional enhancement along the path of a sequence of saccades. Visual Cognition,            14, 104-107.

 

2006    Dosher, B., & Lu, Z.-L. The functional form of performance improvements in

           perceptual learning: Learning rates and transfer, Psychological Science, in press.

 

2006    Dosher, B., & Lu, Z.-L. Levels and mechanisms of perceptual learning: Learning 1st

           order luminance and 2nd order texture objects. Vision Research, 46, 1996-2007.

           [11 pp] [ PDF]

 

2006    Lu, Z.-L., Chu, W., & Dosher, B. Perceptual learning of motion direction discrimination

            in fovea: Separate mechanisms. Vision Research, 46, 2315-2327. [13 pp] [ PDF]

 

2006    Lesmes, L., Jeon, S.-T., Lu, Z.-L., & Dosher, B. Bayesian adaptive estimation of

           threshold versus contrast external noise functions. Vision Research, 46, 3160-3176.

           [16 pp] [ PDF]

 

2006    Dao, D. Y., Lu, Z.-L., & Dosher, B. Adaptation to sine wave gratings selectively

           reduces the sensory gaim of the adapted stimulus. Journal of Vision, 6(7), 739-759.

           [20 pp] [ PDF]

 

2006    Petrov, A., Dosher, B., & Lu, Z.-L. Perceptual learning without feedback in non-

           stationary environments: Data and model. Vision Research, 46, 3177-3197. [20 pp]            [ PDF]

 

2005    Lu, Z.-L., Chu, W., Dosher, B., & Lee, S. Perceptual learning of Gabor orientation

           identification in visual periphery: Complete inter-ocular transfer of learning

           mechanisms, Vision Research, 45, 2500-2510. [11 pp] [ PDF]

 

2005    Dosher, B., & Lu, Z. Perceptual learning in clear displays optimizes performance:

           Learning the limiting process. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA

           104, 5286-5290. [5 pp] [ PDF]

 

2005    Lu, Z., Chu, W., & Dosher, B. Independent perceptual learning in monocular and

           binocular motion systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA,

           102, 5624-5629. [6 pp] [ PDF]

 

2005    Lu, Z.-L., Chu, W., Dosher, B., & Lee, S. Perceptual learning of Gabor orientation

           identification in visual periphery: Complete inter-ocular transfer of learning

           mechanisms, Vision Research, in press.

 

2005    Lu, Z., Neuse, J., Madigan, S., & Dosher, B. Fast decay of iconic memory in            observers with mild cognitive impairment. Proceedings of the National Academy of            Sciences, USA, 102, 1797-1802. [6 pp] [ PDF]

 

2005    Petrov, A. A., Dosher, B., & Lu, Z. The dynamics of perceptual learning: An incremental

           channel reweighting. Psychological Review, 112, 715-743. [29 pp] [ PDF]

 

2005    Lu, Z.-L. & Dosher, B. Brain mechanisms of attention. In Cognitive Neuroscience            (translated into Chinese), Edited by Y.-J. Luo, J. Yang and K. Cheng. Peking University Press,             Beijing, China.

 

2004    Dosher, B., Liu, S.-H., Blair, N., & Lu, Z.-L. The spatial window of the perceptual            template and endogenous attention. Vision Research, Special Issue on Attention, 44,            [15 pp] [ PDF]

 

2004    Lu, Z.-L., Jeon, T.-S., & Dosher, B. Temporal tuning of the perceptual template: Effects            of cuing of spatial attention. Vision Research, Special Issue on Attention, 44, 1333-1350.

           [18 pp] [ PDF]

 

2004    Gersh, T. M., Kowler, E., & Dosher, B. Dynamic allocation of visual attention during the

           execution of sequences of saccades. Vision Research, Special Issue on Attention, 44,

           1469-1483. [15 pp] [ PDF]

 

2004    Lu, Z.-L. & Dosher, B. Spatial attention excludes external noise without changing the            spatial frequency tuning of the perceptual template. Journal of Vision, 4, 955-966. [12 pp]

 

2004    Dosher, B., & Lu, Z.-L. Mechanisms of perceptual learning. In Itti, L. & Rees, G. (Eds.),

           Neurobiology of Attention. MIT Press, 471-476. [6 pp] [ PDF]

 

2004    Lu, Z.-L., & Dosher, B. External noise discriminates mechanisms of attention. In Itti, L., &

           Rees, G. (Eds.) Neurobiology of Attention. MIT Press. [6 pp]

 

2004    Lu, Z.-L., & Dosher, B. Perceptual learning retunes the perceptual template in foveal

           orientation identifation. Journal of Vision, 4, 44-56. [13 pp] [ PDF]

 

2004    Dosher, B, Han, S. & Lu, Z.-L. Time course of asymmetric visual search. Journal of

           Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 30, 3-27. [34 pp]
           [ PDF]

 

2003    Dosher, B. Working memory. Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science, Vol. 4. ,p. 569-577.            [9 pp] [ PDF]

 

2003    Han, S., Dosher, B., & Lu, Z.-L. Object attention revisited:  Boundary conditions and

           mechanisms.  Psychological Science, 14, 598-604. [7 pp] [ PDF]

 

2003    Dosher, B., & McElree, B. Memory search. For Squire, L. R. & Wachsberger, K. (Eds.)

           Encyclopedia of Learning and Memory, NY: MacMillan. [5 pp]

 

2002    McBride, D. M., & Dosher, B. Conceptual and automatic processing of implicit memory            for pictures and words. Consciousness and Cognition: An International Journal, 11,            423-460. [38 pp] [ PDF]

 

2002    Lu, Z.-L., Lesmes, L., & Dosher, B.  Spatial attention excludes noise at the target            location. Journal of Vision, 2, 312-323. [12 pp] [ PDF]

 

2001    McBride, D. M., Dosher, B., & Gage, N. A comparison of forgetting for conscious and

           automatic memory processes in word fragment completion tasks.  Journal of Memory             and Language, 45, 585-615. [30 pp] [ PDF]

 

2001    Lu, Z-L., & Dosher, B. Characterizing the spatial frequency characteristics of perceptual

           templates.  Journal of the Optical Society of America, A. 18, 2041-2053 [12 pp] [ PDF]

 

2001    McElree, B. M. & Dosher, B. The focus of attention in space and time. Behavior and             Brain Sciences.

 

2001    Munnich, E., Landau, B. & Dosher, B. Spatial language and visual memory for location. 

           Cognition, 81, 171-207. [37 pp] [ PDF]

 

2000    Lu, Z.-L., Liu, C. Q., & Dosher, B. Attention mechanisms for first- and second-order            motion perception. Vision Research, 40, 173-186. [14 pp] [ PDF]

 

2000    Dosher, B., & Lu, Z.-L. Noise exclusion in spatial cuing of attention.  Psychological            Science, 11, 139-146.  [8 pp]. [ PDF]

 

2000    Dosher, B., & Lu, Z.-L. Mechanisms of perceptual attention in multi-location cueing.               Vision Research, 40, 1269-1292  [24 pp] [ PDF]

 

2000    Lu, Z. L., & Dosher, B. Spatial attention:  Different mechanisms for central and             peripheral temporal cues? Journal of Experimental Psychology:  Human Perception and             Performance, 26, 1534-1548. [15 pp] [ PDF]

 

1999    McBride, D., & Dosher, B. Forgetting rates are comparable in conscious and automatic

           memory:  A process-dissociation study.  Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning,

           Memory, & Cognition, 25,508-607. [25 pp]

 

1999    Lu, Z.-L., & Dosher, B. Characterizing human perceptual inefficiencies with equivalent

           internal noise.  Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, 16, 764-778.  [15 pp]
            [ PDF]

 

1999    Dosher, B., and Lu, Z.-L. Mechanisms of perceptual learning.  Vision Research, 39,             3197-3221. [25 pp] [ PDF]

 

1999    Dosher, B.  Forgetting due to items and time during output from short term memory.

           International Journal of Psychology (Special Issue on Working Memory), 34, 276-285. 

           (Reprinted in I. Neath, G.D.A. Brown, M. Poirer, C. Fortin (Eds.) Short-term/Working

           Memory.  Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Co.)  [10 pp]

 

1998    McBride, D. M., & Dosher, B. A comparison of forgetting in implicit and explicit memory

           tasks.  Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 126, 371-392. [22 pp]

 

1998    Dosher, B.  Models of visual search:  Finding a face in the crowd.  In Sternberg, S., &

           Scarborough, D. (Eds.),  Invitation to Cognitive Science, Vol 4, 455-521. [67 pp]

 

1998    Dosher, B., & Ma, J.-J. Output loss or rehearsal loop? Output time vs pronunciation time             limits in immediate recall in forgetting-matched materials.  Journal of Experimental

           Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition, 24, 316-335. [20 pp]

 

1998    Lu, L-L., & Dosher, B. External noise distinguishes attention mechanisms.  Vision             Research, 38, 1183-1198. [16 pp] [ PDF]

 

1998    Dosher, B. The response window regression method:  Some problematic assumptions. 

           Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 127, 311-317. [7 pp]

 

1998    Dosher, B., & Sperling, G.  A century of human information processing theory: Vision,

           attention, memory.  In Hochberg, J. (Ed.) Perception and Cognition at Century's End:

           Handbook of Perception and Cognition .p. 199-252. [54 pp] [ PDF]

 

1998    Dosher, B., & Lu, Z.-L. Perceptual learning reflects external noise filtering and internal

            noise reduction through channel reweighting.  Proceedings of the National Academy of             Science, 95, 13988-13993. [6 pp] [ PDF]

 

1997    Dosher, B., & Rosedale, G. Configural processes in multi-cue priming of recognition.

           Cognitive Psychology, 33, 209-267. [57 pp]

 

1995    Sperling, G., & Dosher, B. Depth from motion.  In Papathomas, T. V., et. al (Eds.)  Early

           Vision and Beyond. Cambridge, MA:  MIT Press.  [11 pp] [ PDF]

 

1995    Kowler, E., Anderson, E., Dosher, B., Blaser, E. The role of attentional shifts in the

           programming of saccades. Vision Research, 35, 1897-1916. [20 pp] [ PDF]

 

1993    McElree, B., & Dosher, B.  Serial comparison processes in judgments of order. Journal              of Experimental Psychology: General, 122, 291-315. [25 pp] [ PDF]

 

1992    Dosher, B. A., & McElree, B.   Memory search:  Retrieval processes in short-term and             long-term recognition.  For Squire, L. R., et. al (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Learning and             Memory, NY: MacMillan. (pp. 398-406) [9 pp]

 

1991    Landy, M.S., Dosher, B.A., Sperling, G., & Perkins, M.E.  Kinetic depth effect and optic             flow. II. Fourier and nonFourier motion. Vision Research, 31, 859-876. [18 pp] [ PDF]

 

1991    Dosher, B.A., & Rosedale, G. Judgments of semantic and episodic relatedness:             Common time-course and failure of segregation.  Journal of Memory and Language,             30, 125-160. [36 pp]

 

1991    Dosher, B. A. Bias and discrimination in cuing of memory:  A weighted decisions model.             In Hockley, W. & Lewandowsky, S. (Eds.) Relating theory and data in memory, NJ:             Erlbaum, pp. 14-1 - 14-30. [30 pp]

 

1990    Sperling, G., Dosher, B.A., & Landy, M.S. How to study the kinetic depth effect             empirically. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance,             16, 445-450. [6 pp] [ PDF]

 

1989    Sperling, G. & Dosher, B.A. Strategy and optimization in human information

           processing.  In K. Boff, L. Kaufman, & J. Thomas (Eds.).  Handbook of Perception

           and Performance.  New York, NY: Wiley. [66 pp] [ PDF]

 

1989    Dosher, B.A., McElree, B., Hood, R.M., & Rosedale, G.  Retrieval dynamics of priming

           in recognition memory:  Bias or discrimination effect.  Journal of Experimental

           Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 15, 868-886.  [19 pp] [ PDF]

 

1989    Dosher, B.A., & Rosedale, G. Integrated retrieval cues as a mechanism for priming. 

           Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 118, 191-218. [28 pp]

 

1989    McElree, B.M., & Dosher, B.A. Serial position and set size in short term memory:

           Time course of recognition.  Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 118 ,346-

           373. [28 pp] [ PDF]

 

1989    Dosher, B.A., Landy, M.S., & Sperling, G. Ratings of kinetic depth in multi-dot

           displays. Journal of Experimental Psychology:  Human Perception and Performance,

           15, 816-825. [10 pp]

 

1989    Sperling, G., Landy, M.S., Dosher, B.A., & . Perkins, M.E.The kinetic depth effect and

           the identification of shape.  Journal of Experimental Psychology:  Human Perception

           and Performance, 15, 826-840. [15 pp]

 

1989    Dosher, B.A., Landy, M.S., & Sperling, G. Kinetic depth effect and optic flow.  I.  3D

           shape from Fourier motion.  Vision Research,  29, 1789-1813. [25 pp] [ PDF]

 

1986    Dosher, B.A., Sperling, G. & Wurst, S. Tradeoffs between stereopsis and proximity

           luminance covariance as determinants of perceived 3D structure.  Vision Research,

           26, 973-990. [18 pp] [ PDF]

 

1984    Dosher, B.A.  Discriminating preexperimental (semantic) from experimental (episodic)

           associations: A speed accuracy analysis.  Cognitive Psychology, 16, 519-555. [37 pp]

 

1984    Dosher, B.A.  Degree of learning and retrieval speed: Study time and multiple

           exposures.  Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition

           10, 541-574. [34 pp]

 

1983    Dosher, B.A.  Relational information in sentence memory  .Journal of Psycholinguistic

           Research, 12, 377-396. [20 pp]

 

1983    Russo, J.E. & Dosher, B.A. Strategies for multiattribute binary choice.  Journal of

           Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 9, 676-696. [21 pp]

 

1982    Dosher, B.A.  Effect of sentence size and network distance on retrieval speed. 

           Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition, 8, 173-207.

           [35 pp]

 

1982    Dosher, B.A. Of activation nets and consciousness. Contemporary Psychology, 27,

           531-532. [2 pp]

 

1982    Dosher, B.A. & Corbett, A.T. Instrument activation and verb schemata.  Memory and

           Cognition, 10, 531-539. [9 pp]

 

1981    Dosher, B.A. The effects of delay and interference on retrieval dynamics: Implications

           for retrieval models. Cognitive Psychology, 13, 551-582. [32 pp]

 

1980    Wickelgren, W.A., Corbett, A.T. & Dosher, B.A.  Priming and retrieval from short-term

           memory: A speed-accuracy tradeoff analysis.  Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal

           Behavior, 19,  387-404. [18 pp]

 

1979    Dosher, B.A.  Empirical approaches to information processing: Speed-accuracy

           tradeoff functions or reaction time.  Acta Psychologica, 43, 347-359. [13 pp]

 

1978    Corbett, A.T. & Dosher, B.A.  Instrument inferences in sentence encoding.  Journal of

           Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 17,  479-491. [13 pp]

 

1976    Dosher, B.A. The retrieval of sentences from memory: A speed-accuracy study. 

           Cognitive Psychology, 8, 291-310. [20 pp]

 

1976    Dosher, B.A. & Russo, J.E. Memory for internally generated stimuli.  Journal of

           Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory,  2, 633-640. [8 pp]

 

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