Publications

Updated on February 9, 2023



Journal articles (request reprints)

Cunningham, E. C., Wang, R. F., & Beck, D. M. (in press).  Effects of rhythmic auditory stimulation on vision: oscillations in performance can be enhanced, but not induced.  Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance.

Widdowson, C., & Wang, R. F. (in press). Human spatial learning strategies in wormhole virtual environments. Spatial Cognition & Computation.

Widdowson, C., & Wang, R. F. (2022). Human navigation in curved spaces. Cognition218, 104923.

Zukosky, M., & Wang, R. F. (2021).  Spontaneous state alternations in the time course of mind wandering.  Cognition, 104689.

Sampaio, C., & Wang, R. F. (2021). Preference for prior probabilities of positions under incongruent visual information.  Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition.

Widdowson, C., Merrill, C., Becerra, I., Wang, R. F., and LaValle, S. (2021). Assessing postural instability and cybersickness through linear and angular displacement. Human factors63(2), 296-311.

Bhattacharjee, S., MacPherson, B., Wang, R. F., & Gras, R. (2019). Animal communication of fear and safety related to foraging behavior and fitness: An individual-based modeling approach. Ecological Informatics54, 101011.

Yoon, H. J., Widdowson, C., Marinho, T., Wang, R. F., & Hovakimyan, N. (2019). Socially aware path planning for a flying robot in close proximity of humans. ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems3(4), 1-24.

Sampaio, C., & Wang, R. F. (2019). Bayesian average or truncation at boundaries? The mechanisms underlying categorical bias in spatial memory.  Memory & Cognition, 47(3), 473-484.

Wang, R. F. (2018).  Review of “Space and Spatial Cognition: A Multidisciplinary Perspective” by Michel Denis, Spatial Cognition and Computation, 18(3), 257-258.

Voss, M. J., Zukosky, M., & Wang, R. F. (2018). A new approach to differentiate states of mind wandering: Effects of working memory capacity. Cognition179, 202-212.

Sampaio, C., & Wang, R. F. (2017). The cause of category-based distortions in spatial memory: A distribution analysis. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition43(12), 1988-1992.

Holmes, R., Victora, M., Wang, R. F., & Kwiat, P. G. (2017). Measuring temporal summation in visual detection with a single-photon source. Vision Research, 140, 33-43.

Wang, R. F. (2017).  Spatial updating and common misinterpretations of spatial reference frames.  Spatial Cognition and Computation, 17(3), 222-249.

Yoon, H. U., Wang, R. F., Hutchinson, S. A., & Hur, P. (2017). Customizing haptic and visual feedback for assistive human–robot interface and the effects on performance improvement. Robotics and Autonomous Systems91, 258-269.

Holmes, R. M., Wang, R. F., & Kwiat, P. G. (2017). Correspondence: Still no evidence for single photon detection by humans. arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.09341.

Marinho, T., Widdowson, C., Oetting, A., Lakshmanan, A., Cui, H., Hovakimyan, N., Wang, R. F., Kirlik, A., Laviers, A., & Stipanovic, D. (2016). Carebots: Prolonged elderly independence using small mobile robots. Mechanical Engineering138(9), 8-13.

Ryskin, R. A., Wang, R. F., & Brown-Schmidt, S. (2016).  Listeners use speaker identity to access representations of spatial perspective during online language comprehension.  Cognition, 147, 75-84.

Wang, R. F. (2016).  Building a cognitive map by assembling multiple path integration systems.  Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 23(3), 692-702.

Street, W. N. & Wang, R. F. (2016).  Examining reference frame interaction in spatial memory using a distribution analysis.  Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 23(1), 239-245.

Wang, R. F. (2014).  Human four-dimensional spatial judgments of hyper-volume.  Spatial Cognition & Computation, 14(2), 91-113.

Wang, R. F. (2014).  Stronger evidence for 4-D spatial representations: A reply to Frank.  Spatial Cognition & Computation, 14(2), 121-123.

Wang, R. F. (2014).  Can humans form four-dimensional spatial representations?  In D. R. Montello, K. E. Grossner, & D. G. Janelle (Eds.) Space in Mind: Concepts and Ontologies for Spatial Education, pp.119-136.  Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Street, W. N. & Wang, R. F. (2014).  Differentiating spatial memory from spatial transformations.  Journal of Experimental Psychology:  Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 40(2), 602-608.

Wang, R. F. & Street, W. N. (2013).  What counts as the evidence for three-dimensional and four-dimensional spatial representations?  Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 36(5), 567-568.

Zhang, H., Zhang, K., & Wang, R. F. (2013).  The role of static scene information on locomotion distance estimation. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 25(1), 73-83.

Wan, X., Wang, R. F. & Crowell, J. A. (2013).  Effects of path complexity, error accumulation, and response error on human path integration.  Spatial Cognition & Computation: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 13(1), 79-101.

Sampaio, C., & Wang, R.F. (2012). The locus of the categorical bias in spatial memories.  Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 24(7), 781-788.

Burns, C., Wang, R. F., & Stipanović, D. M. (2012).  Study of the impact of delay on human remote navigators with application to receding horizon control.  Paladyn: Journal of Behavioral Robotics, 3(2), 63-74.

Wang, R. F. (2012).  Theories of spatial representations and reference frames:  What can configuration errors tell us?  Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 19(4), 575-587.

Wan, X., Wang, R. F. & Crowell, J. A. (2012).  The effect of landmarks in human path integration.  Acta Psychologica, 140(1), 7-12.

Burns, C., Wang, R. F., and Stipanović, D. M. (2011). A study of human and receding horizon controller performance of a remote navigation task with obstacles and feedback delays.  Paladyn: Journal of Behavioral Robotics, 2(1), 44-63.

Sampaio, C., & Wang, R. F. (2010). Overcoming default categorical bias in spatial memory.  Memory & Cognition, 38(8), 1041-1048.

Burns, C., Zearing, J., Wang, R. F., and Stipanović, D.M. (2010). Autonomous and semiautonomous control simulator, 2010 AAAI Spring Symposium, Technical Report SS-10-04. Published by The AAAI Press, Menlo Park, California.

Wan, X., Wang, R. F., & Crowell, J. A. (2010).  The effect of active selection in human path integration.  Journal of Vision, 10(11):25, 1–11.

Higgins, J. S. & Wang, R. F. (2010).  A landmark effect in the perceived displacement of objects. Vision Research, 50(2), 242-248.

Sampaio, C., & Wang, R.F. (2009). Category-based errors and the accessibility of unbiased spatial memories:  A retrieval model.  Journal of Experimental Psychology:  Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 35(5), 1331-1337.

Higgins, J. S., Irwin, D. E., Wang, R. F., & Thomas, L. E. (2009).  Visual direction constancy across eyeblinks.  Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 71(7), 1607-1617.

Ambinder, M. S., Wang, R. F., Crowell, J. A., Francis, G. K., & Brinkmann, P. (2009).  Human four-dimensional spatial intuition in virtual reality.  Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 16(5), 818-823.

Wan, X. I., Wang, R. F., & Crowell, J. A. (2009).  Spatial updating in superimposed real and virtual environments.  Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 71, 42-51.

Wang, R. F. (2007).  Spatial updating.  Scholarpedia, 2(10), 3839.

Wang, R. F. (2007).  Spatial processing and view-dependent representations.  In F. Mast & L. Jancke (Eds.), Spatial Processing in Navigation, Imagery, and Perception, pp. 49-65.  Springer Science + Business Media, Inc.

Ross, B. H., Wang, R. F., Kramer, A. F., Simons, D. J., & Crowell, J. A. (2007).  Action information from classification learning.  Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 14, 500-504.

Higgins, J. S., Wang, R. F., Irwin, D. E. (2007).  The landmark effect in perceived object stability: A general mechanism.  Visual Cognition, 15, 91-94.

Wang, R. F. (2006).  Learning spatial relationships in complex environments.  In M. A. Vanchevsky (Ed), Focus on Cognitive Psychology Research, pp. 263-278.  New York:  Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

Thomas, L. E., Ambinder, M. S., Hsieh, B., Levinthal, B., Crowell, J. A., Irwin, D. E., Kramer, A. F., Lleras, A., Simons, D. J., & Wang, R. F. (2006).  Fruitful visual search: Inhibition of return in a virtual foraging task.  Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 13, 891-895.

McCarley, J. S., Kramer, A. F., Boot, W. R., Peterson, M. S., Wang, R. F., & Irwin, D. E. (2006).  Oculomotor behavior in visual search for multiple targets.  Visual Cognition, 14, 685-703.

Wang, R. F., Crowell, J. A., Simons, D. J., Irwin, D. E., Kramer, A. F., Ambinder, M. S., Thomas, L. E., Gosney, J. L., Levinthal, B. R., & Hsieh, B. B. (2006).  Spatial updating relies on an egocentric representation of space:  Effects of the number of objects.  Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 13, 281-286.

Brockmole, J. R., & Wang, R. F. (2005).  Spatial processing of environmental representations.  In L. Itti, G. Rees, & J. Tsotsos (Eds.), Neurobiology of Attention, pp. 146-152.  San Diego, CA:  Elsevier.

Wang, R. F. (2005).  Beyond imagination: Perspective change problems revisited.  Psicologica, 26, 25-38.

Wang, R. F. (2005).  Dissociation between verbal and pointing responding in perspective change problems.  In L. A. Carlson & E. van der Zee (Eds.), Functional features in language and space: Insights from perception, categorization and development, pp. 39-53.   Oxford:  Oxford University Press.

Levinthal, B. R., Ambinder, M. S., Thomas, L. E., Gosney, J., Hsieh, B., Lipes, G. A., Wang, R., Crowell, J. A., Simons, D. J., Irwin, D. E., Kramer, A. F., & Lleras, A. (2005).  The binding of features in visual short-term memory. Journal of Vision, 5(8), 615a.

Wang, R. F. (2004).  Action, verbal response and spatial reasoning.  Cognition, 94, 185-192.

Wang, R. F., & Cutting, J. E. (2004).  Eye movements and an object-based model of heading perception.  In L. M. Vaina, S. A. Beardsley &  S. Rushton (Eds.), Optic Flow and Beyond, pp. 61-78.  The Netherlands:  Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Wang, R. F. (2004).  Between reality and imagination:  When is spatial updating automatic?  Perception & Psychophysics, 66, 68-76.

Wang, R. F., & Brockmole, J. R. (2003).  Simultaneous spatial updating in nested environments.  Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 10, 981-986

Brockmole, J. R., & Wang, R. F. (2003).  Integrating visual images and visual percepts across time and space.  Visual Cognition, 10, 853-873.

Wang, R. F., & Spelke, E. S. (2003).  Comparative approaches to human navigation.  In K. Jeffery (Ed.), The Neurobiology of Spatial Behaviour, pp119-143.  Oxford University Press.

McCarley, J. S., Wang, R. F., Irwin, D. E., Kramer, A. F., & Peterson, M. S. (2003).  How much memory does oculomotor search have?  Psychological Science, 14, 422-426.

Brockmole, J. R., Irwin, D. E., and Wang, R. F. (2003).  The locus of spatial attention during the temporal integration of visual memories and visual percepts.  Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 10, 510-515.

Wang, R. F. (2003).  Spatial representations and spatial updating.  In D. E. Irwin & B. H. Ross (Eds.), The Psychology of Learning and Motivation, 42, Advances in Research and Theory: Cognitive Vision, pp. 109-156.  San Diego, CA:  Academic Press.

Wang, R. F., & Brockmole, J. R. (2003).  Human navigation in nested environments.  Journal of Experimental Psychology:  Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 29, 398-404.

Brockmole, J. R., & Wang, R. F. (2003).  Changing perspective within and across environments. Cognition, 87, B59-B67.

Gilovich, T., Wang, R. F., Regan, D., & Nishina, S. (2003).  Regrets of action and inaction across cultures.  The Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology, 34, 61-71.

Wang, R. F., & Spelke, E. S. (2002).  Human spatial representation:  Insights from animals.  Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 6, 376-382.

Simons, D. J., Wang, R. F., & Roddenberry, D. (2002).  Object recognition is mediated by extraretinal information.  Perception & Psychophysics, 64, 521-530.

Cutting, J. E., Readinger, W. O., & Wang, R. F. (2002).  Walking, looking to the side, and taking curved paths.  Perception & Psychophysics, 64, 415-425.

Brockmole, J. R., and Wang, R. F. (2002).  Switching between environmental representations in memory.  Cognition, 83, 295-316.

Brockmole, J. R., Wang, R. F., and Irwin, D. E. (2002). Temporal integration between visual images and visual percepts.  Journal of Experimental Psychology:  Human Perception and Performance, 28, 315-334.

Peterson, M. S., Kramer, A. F., Wang, R. F., Irwin, D. E., & McCarley, J. S. (2001).  Visual Search Has Memory.  Psychological Science, 12, 287-292.

Wang, R. F., & Spelke, E. S. (2000).  Updating egocentric representations in human navigation. Cognition, 77, 215-250.

Cutting, J. E., Alliprandini, P. A. Z., & Wang, R. F. (2000).  Seeking one’s heading through eye movements.  Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 7, 490-498.

Cutting, J. E., & Wang, R. F. (2000).  Heading judgments in minimal environments: The value of a heuristic when invariants are rare.  Perception & Psychophysics, 62, 1146-1159.

Wang, R. F. (1999).  Representing a stable environment by egocentric updating and invariant representations.  Spatial Cognition and Computation, 1, 431-445.

Wang, R. F., & Cutting, J. E. (1999).  A probabilistic model for recovering camera translation.  Computer Vision and Image Understanding, 76, 205-212.

Wang, R. F., & Simons, D. J. (1999).  Active and passive scene recognition across views.  Cognition, 70, 191-210.

Wang, R. F., Hermer, L., & Spelke, E. S. (1999).  Mechanisms of reorientation and object localization by human children: a comparison with rats.  Behavioral Neuroscience, 113, 475-485.

Wang, R. F., & Cutting, J. E. (1999).  Where we go with a little, good information. Psychological Science, 10, 72-76.

Cutting, J. E., Wang, R. F., Fluckiger, M., & Baumberger, B. (1999).  Human heading judgments and object-based motion information.  Vision Research, 39, 1079-1105.

Simons, D. J., & Wang, R. F. (1998).  Perceiving real-world viewpoint changes. Psychological Science, 9, 315-320.


Conference proceedings

Yoon, H. J., Widdowson, C., Marinho, T., Wang, R. F., & Hovakimyan, N. (2019, July). A path planning framework for a flying robot in close proximity of humans. In 2019 American Control Conference (ACC) (pp. 5254-5259). IEEE.

Yoon, H. J., Zhao, P., Tao C., Widdowson, C., Wang R., Hovakimyan, N., & Theodorou, E. (2019).  Socially aware motion planning for a flying robot with model predictive path integral control. In Workshop on Algorithms and Architectures for Learning in-the-Loop Systems in Autonomous FlightInternational Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2019, Montreal, Canada.

Holmes, R. M., Victora, M. M., Wang, R. F., & Kwiat, P. G. (2018, May). Testing the limits of human vision with quantum states of light: past, present, and future experiments. In Advanced Photon Counting Techniques XII (Vol. 10659, p. 1065903). International Society for Optics and Photonics.

Widdowson, C., Cichella, V., Yoon, H. J., Wang, F., Hovakimyan, N. (2017). VR environment for the study of co-located interaction between small UAVs and humans. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics.

Fernandes, A. S., Wang, R. F., & Simons, D. J. (2015). Remembering the physical as virtual: source confusion and physical interaction in augmented reality. In Proceedings of the ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Applied Perception (pp. 127-130). ACM.

Yoon, H. U., Wang, R. F., & Hutchinson, S. A. (2014).  Modeling user’s driving-characteristics in a steering task to customize a virtual fixture based on task-performance.  Proceedings of 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, May 31 – June 5, 2014, p. 625-630.

Holmes, R., Christensen, B. G., Street, W., Alford, C., Wang, F., and Kwiat, P. (2014). Determining the lower limit of human vision using a single-photon source.  Research in Optical Sciences, OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2014), paper QTu2A.2.

Wang, R. F. (2009).  A case study on human learning of four-dimensional objects in virtual reality: Passive exploration and display techniques.  Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Frontier of Computer Science and Technology, December 17-19, 2009, p 519 – 523.

Wang, R. F., & Spelke, E. S. (1997).  Humans rely on egocentric representations for accurate spatial navigation.  Proceedings of the 19th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Stanford University. p1083.

 


Conference abstracts and talks

Ballew, K., Widdowson, C., Yoon, H. J., Merrill, C., Hovakimyan, N., & Wang, R. F. (2021).  Assessing human safety perception: Effects of drone control design and testing techniques.  Talk at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, held virtually November 4-7.

Cunningham, E., Beck, D. M., Sadaghiani, S. , & Wang, R. F. (2021).  Tracking Self-Reported vs. Probe-Identified Instances of Distraction with EEG. Poster at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, held virtually November 4-7.

Widdowson, C., Ballew, K., Yoon, H. J., Merrill, C., Hovakimyan, N., & Wang, R. F. (2020).  Assessing human stress with behavioral, physiological and spontaneous head motion measures: Effects of drone speed.  Poster at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, held virtually November 19–21.

Weber, M., Cunningham, E., Beck, D., Sadaghiani, S., & Wang, R. F. (2020). Understanding the Emergence of Mind Wandering. Poster at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, held virtually November 19–21.

Sampaio, C. & Wang, R. F. (2020). The  Dominance  of  Prior  Location  Expectancy  over  Inconsistent Visual  Data.  Poster at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, held virtually November 19–21.

Widdowson, C., Yoon, H. J., Wang, R. F., Hovakimyan, N. (2019).  Effects of Audibility on Older Adults’ Anxiety towards Flying Quadrotors.  Talk at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Montreal, ON, Canada

Zukosky, M. & Wang, R. F. (2019).  Establishing a new measurement of mind wandering frequency.  Talk at the 13th Annual International Conference on Psychology, 27-30 May 2019, Athens, Greece.

Zukosky, M. & Wang, R. F. (2018).  Time course of mind wandering.  Poster at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, November 15-18, New Orleans, LA.

Zukosky, M. & Wang, R. F. (2018).  Effects of reading difficulty on different stages of mind wandering.  Poster at the Workshop for Object Perception, Attention, and Memory, November 15, New Orleans, LA.

Cunningham, E. C., Wang, R. F., & Beck, D. M. (2018).  Cross-modal entrainment in the alpha-band: effects of 8-12 Hz rhythmic auditory stimulation on visual perception.  Poster at the Workshop for Object Perception, Attention, and Memory, November 15, New Orleans, LA.

Widdowson, C., Yoon, H. J., Wang, R. F., Hovakimyan, N. (2018).  Assessing human response to collocated UAVs.  Poster at the Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, November 15-18, New Orleans, LA.

Huang, P. H., Widdowson, C., and Wang, R. F. (2018).  Assessing non-Euclidean spatial representations in virtual reality.  Poster at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Computers in Psychology, November 15, New Orleans, LA.

Sampaio, C. & Wang, R. F. (2017).  Combinatory mechanisms of multiple categorical cues in spatial memory.  Poster at the 58th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, November 9-12, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Wang, R. F. (2017). Mechanisms of maintaining spatial orientations across environments.  Invited talk at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Division 6, August 3-6, Washington DC.

Wang, R. F. & Widdowson, C. (2017). Spatial representation for a non-Euclidean virtual maze.  Poster at the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, May 19-24, 2017, St. Pete Beach, FL.

Widdowson, C., Lavalle, S., Wang, R. F. (2017). Discriminability of Prediction Artifacts in a Head-Mounted Display.  Poster at the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, May 19-24, 2017, St. Pete Beach, FL.

Holmes, R., Victora, M., Wang, R. F., & Kwiat, P. G. (2016).  Measuring temporal integration in visual detection using a  single-photon  source.  Poster at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, November 17-20, Boston, MA.

Zukosky, M. & Wang, R. F. (2016).  Differentiating  stages  of  mind  wandering  in  relationship to  working  memory  capacity.  Poster at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, November 17-20, Boston, MA.

Sampaio, C. & Wang, R. F. (2016).  Distribution  analysis  for  category-based  distortions  in spatial memory.  Poster at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, November 17-20, Boston, MA.

Wang, R. F. (2016).  How can a cognitive map evolve from the path integration system?  Invited talk at the First Interdisciplinary Navigation Symposium, June 26-30, 2016, Bad Gastein, Austria.

Wang, R. F. (2016). Spatial updating and spatial reference frames.  Invited talk at the Department of Psychology, Durham University.

Wang, R. F. (2016).  Getting lost during navigation:  The unconscious processes.  Invited talk at the Experimental Psychology Society’s Annual Meeting at Durham University in the United Kingdom, April 6-8, 2016.

Widdowson, C. & Wang, R. F. (2015).  Spatial knowledge of a non-Euclidean virtual maze.  Poster at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, November 19-22, Chicago, Illinois.

Wang, R. F. (2015).  Getting lost during navigation:  The unconscious processes.  Invited talk at the University of Windsor, February 13, 2015, Windsor, ON, Canada.

Voss, M. J. & Wang, R. F. (2014).  Double effects of working memory capacity on mind wandering during meditation.  Talk at the 55th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, November 20-23, Long beach, CA.

Ryskin, R. A., Wang, R. F., & Brown-schmidt, S. (2014).  How do listeners encode spatial perspectives?  Poster at the 55th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, November 20-23, Long beach, CA.

Wang, R. F. (2014).  How to differentiate spatial reference frames.  Keynote speech at Spatial Cognition 2014, September 15-19, Bremen, Germany.

Wang, R. F. (2014).  Are there quantum effects in human perception?  Invited talk at the workshop on Large-scale Quantum Effects in Biological Systems, June 6-9, 2014, Galiano Island, ON, Canada.

Wang, R. F. (2013).  Human perception and cognition of space.  Invited lectures at the International Spatial Cognition Summer Institute (ISCSI), August 18–25, 2013, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.

Street, W. N. & Wang, R. F. (2013).  Examining Interaction Between Reference Frames Using a Bias Distribution Analysis.  Poster at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, November 15-18, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Sampaio, C. & Wang, R. F. (2013). The weighting of information in the categorical biases in spatial memory.  Invited talk at Spatial Memory:  Bayes and Beyond, May 16-17, Richmond, VA.

Street, W., & Wang, R. F. (2012).  Orientation Advantages in the JRD Task:  Representations or Transformations?  Talk at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, November 15-18, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Street, W. N., & Wang, R. F. (2012).  Reference Points in Spatial Memory.  Poster at the 20th Annual Meeting on Object Perception, Attention, and Memory, November 15, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Young, C. K. & Wang, R. F. (2012).  Food predominance during binocular rivalry.  Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, May 24 – 27, Chicago, IL.

Street, W. N., Burns, C., Wang, R. F., & Stipanović, D. M. (2012).  Visual Search and Spatial Learning in Teleoperation.  Poster presented at the Vision Sciences Annual Meeting, May 11-16, Naples, FL.

Holmes, R. M., Christensen, B. G., Street, W., Wang, R. F., & Kwiat, P. G. (2012).  Determining the lower limit of human vision using a single-photon source.  Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO 2012), QELS-Fundamental Science, May 6-11, San Jose, CA.

Wang, R. F. (2011).  What can the configuration-error paradigm tell us?  Talk at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, November 3-6, Seattle, Washington.

Street, W. & Wang, R. F. (2010).  Human path integration in multi-floor buildings.  Talk at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, November 18 – 21, St. Louis, Indiana.

Wang, R. F. (2010).  Human four-dimensional spatial judgments on hyper-volume.  Talk at the 43rd Annual Conference of the Society for Mathematical Psychology, August 7 – 10, Portland, Oregan.

Wang, R. F. (2010).  Systems of View-dependent Representations.  Invited talk at the Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, May 6, 2010.

Higgins, J. S., & Wang, R. F. (2010).  Differential viewpoint preference for objects and scenes reflects encoding and retrieval efficiency.  Poster presented at the 2010 VSS Annual Meeting in Naples, Florida.

Sampaio, C., Wang, R. F. (2009).  Target feature and membership information override strong default categorization in spatial memory.  Poster presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Nov. 19-22, Boston, MA.

Higgins, J. S., & Wang, R. F. (2009).  Connectedness determines the canonical view for objects and scenes independent of task requirements.  Poster presented at the 17th Annual Workshop on Object Perception, Attention, & Memory, Nov. 19, 2009, Boston, MA.

Wang, R. F. (2009).  Are there quantum effects in human perception and judgments?  Invited talk at the 1st Workshop on Quantum Technology in Biological Systems, January 11-16, 2009, Singapore.

Higgins, J. S., & Wang, R. F. (2008).  Do canonical views of objects and scenes differ?  Poster presented at the 16th Annual Workshop on Object Perception, Attention, & Memory, Nov. 13, 2008, Chicago, IL.

Essenmacher, A. & Wang, R. F. (2008).  The effect of heat and discomfort on slope perception.  Poster presented at the 16th Annual Workshop on Object Perception, Attention, & Memory, Nov. 13, 2008, Chicago, IL.

Higgins, J. S., Simons, D. J., & Wang, R. F. (2008).  Popping in and out of existence:  The effect of gradual and abrupt occlusion on object localization.  Journal of Vision8(6):699, 699a.

Wang, R. F. (2008).  Spatial updating and spatial representations.  Invited talk at the Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center, Philadelphia, March 27, 2008.

Wang, R. F. (2007).  How real is virtual reality?  Invited talk at the Illinois State University, March 23, 2007.

Sampaio, C., Wang, R. F. (2007).  Veridical memory in category-based spatial distortions:  A retrieval model.  Poster presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of thePsychonomic Society, Nov. 15-18, Long Beach, CA.

Wan, X. I., Wang, R. F., & Crowell, J. A. (2007).  The effect of active selection in path integration.  Poster presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of thePsychonomic Society, Nov. 15-18, Long Beach, CA.

Wan, X. I., Wang, R. F., & Crowell, J. A. (2007).  Influence of landmarks on path integration.  Poster presented at the 7th annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, May 11-16, 2007, Sarasota, FL, USA.

Higgins, J. S., Wang, R. F., & Irwin, D. E. (2006).  The landmark effect in perceived object stability:  A general mechanism.  Talk presented at the 14th Annual Workshop on Object Perception, Attention, & Memory, Nov. 16, Houston, TX.

Higgins, J. S., Irwin, D. E., Wang, R. F., & Thomas, L. E. (2006).  A blink is not a blank, but it can be a saccade.  Poster presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Nov. 16-19, Houston, TX.

Wan, X. I., Wang, R. F., & Crowell, J. A. (2006).  Path integration is not always limited by error accumulation.  Poster presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of thePsychonomic Society, Nov. 16-19, Houston, TX.

Ross, B. H., Wang, R. F., Kramer, A. F., Simons, D. J., & Crowell, J. A. (2006).  Action information from classfication learning.  Talk presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Nov. 16-19, Houston, TX.

Ambinder, M., Wang, R. F., Crowell, J. A., & Flicker, B. (2006).  Can we see in 4D?  Poster presented at the 14th Annual Workshop on Object Perception, Attention, & Memory, Nov. 16, Houston, TX.

Sampaio, C., Wang, R. F., & Wright, M. C. (2005).  Distorted response, not distorted memory.  Poster presented at the 13th Annual Workshop on Object Perception, Attention, & Memory, Nov. 10, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Wan, X. I., Wang, R. F., & Crowell, J. A. (2005).  How real is virtual reality?  Talk presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Nov. 10-13,Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Levinthal, B., Ambinder, M. S., Thomas, L. E., Gosney, J., Hsieh, B., Lipes, G., Wang, R. F., Crowell, J., Simons, D. J., Irwin, D. E., Kramer, A. F., & Lleras, A. (2005).  The Binding of Features and Location in Visual Short Term Memory.  Poster presented at the 5th annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, May 6-11, 2005, Sarasota, FL, USA.

Thomas, L. E., Ambinder, M. S., Hsieh, B., Levinthal, B., Crowell, J. A., Irwin, D. E., Kramer, A. F., Lleras, A., Simons, D. J., & Wang, R. F. (2005).  Fruitful visual search: Inhibition of return in a virtual foraging task.  Poster presented at the 5th annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, May 6-11, 2005, Sarasota,FL, USA.

Wang, R. F., Crowell, J. A., Simons, D. J., Ambinder, M. S., Thomas, L. E., & Gosney, J. L. (2004).  Spatial updating depends on set size.  Talk at the 45thAnnual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Minneapolis, MN, Nov. 18-21, 2004.

Ambinder, M., & Wang, R. F. (2004).  Extracting the whole from its parts: The integration of spatial information over time.  Poster at the 12th Annual Workshop on Object Perception, Attention, & Memory, Minneapolis, MN, Nov. 18, 2004.

Wang, R. F. (2003).  Systems of view-dependent representations:  Learning and beyond.  Talk at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Vancouver,British Columbia, Canada, Nov. 6-9, 2003.

Brockmole, J. R., Irwin, D. E., & Wang, R. F. (2003).  Eye movements and the integration of visual imagery and visual perception.  Poster presented at the 44thAnnual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Nov. 6-9, 2003.

Wang, R. F. (2003).  Learning and unlearning spatial relationships during navigation.  Poster presented at the 3rd annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, May 6-14, 2003, Sarasota, FL, USA.

Brockmole, J. R., Wang, R. F., & Irwin, D. E. (2002).  Multiple memory-percept integration.  Poster presented at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the PsychonomicSociety, Kansas City, Missouri, Nov. 21-24, 2002.

Wang, R. F., Brockmole, J. R., & Abdul-Salaam, R. A. (2002).  Spatial updating across environments.  Talk at the 2nd annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, May 10-15, 2002, Sarasota, FL, USA.

Brockmole, J. R., Wang, R. F., & Irwin, D. E. (2002).  Properties of memory-percept integration.  Talk at the 2nd annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, May 10-15, 2002, Sarasota, FL, USA.

Wang, R. F. (March 22, 2002).  Spatial reasoning theories revisited.  Talk at the Psychology Department, Harvard University.

Wang, R. F. (2001).  Beyond imagination:  On perspective change problems.  Poster presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Orlando,FL, Nov. 15-18, 2001.

McCarley, J. S., Peterson, M. S., Kramer, A. F., Wang, R. F., Irwin, D. E. (2001).  Visual search for multiple targets gives no evidence of amnesic covert attention.  Poster presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Orlando, FL, Nov. 15-18, 2001.

Brockmole, J. R., Wang, R. F., & Irwin, D. E. (2001).  Integration of visual memories and visual percepts:  What is the memory process?  Talk at the Ninth Annual Workshop on Object Perception and Memory, Orlando, FL, Nov. 15, 2001.

Wang, R. F. (2001).  Dissociation between verbal and pointing responding in perspective change problems.  Talk at the 2nd Annual Language & Space Workshop: Defining Functional and Spatial Features.  June 23-24, University of Notre Dame.

Wang, R. F., & Stewart, C. C. (2000).  Being oriented and disoriented at the same time.  Poster presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society,New Orleans, LA, Nov. 16-19, 2000.

Brockmole, J. R., Wang, R. F., & Irwin, D. E. (2000).  Temporal integration between visual memory and perception.  Poster presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, New Orleans, LA, Nov. 16-19, 2000.

Cutting, J. E., Readinger, W. O., & Wang, R. F. (2000).  Walking, looking to the side, and taking curved paths.  Talk at the 41st Annual Meeting of thePsychonomic Society, New Orleans, LA, Nov. 16-19, 2000.

Peterson, M. S., McCarley, J. S., Kramer, A. F., Irwin, D. E., & Wang, R. F. (2000).  Visual search has memory.  Talk at the 41st Annual Meeting of thePsychonomic Society, New Orleans, LA, Nov. 16-19, 2000.

Brockmole, J. R., & Wang, R. F. (2000).  Switching between environmental representations in memory.  Talk at the Eighth Annual Workshop on Object Perception and Memory, New Orleans, LA, Nov. 16, 2000.

Wang, R. F., & Cutting, J. E. (2000).  A probabilistic model for heading judgments from converging elements.  Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science,41, s798.

Simons, D. J., Wang, R. F., & Roddenberry, D. (1999).  Object recognition is differentially affected by the display orientation and observer viewpoint changes. Poster presented at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Los Angeles.

Wang, R. F. (1999).  Egocentric updating and allocentric representations.  Talk at the International Workshop on Systems of Reference for Spatial Knowledge,Hamburg, Germany, April. 22-24, 1999.

Wang, R. F. (Jan. 18, 1999).  Representing a stable world by egocentric updating.  Talk at the Department of Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences, Brown University.

Wang, R. F. (1998).  Imagination, action and spatial representations.  Proceedings and Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, 69, 91.

Simons, D. J., & Wang, R. F. (1998).  Perception and recognition of spatial layout across views.  Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 34, s1131.

Cutting, J. E., Alliprandini, P. A. Z., Creutz, E. A., & Wang, R. F. (1998).  Heading judgments and information seeking: the purposive behavior of eye movements. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 34, s892.

Wang, R. F., & Spelke, E. S. (1998).  Spatial representation of object relationships and environment shape.  The Sixth Annual Workshop on Object Perception and Memory, Dallas, TX, Nov. 19, 1998.

Wang, R. F., & Hermer, L. (1997).  Children do not reorient using a nongeometric cue even with extensive training in the cue’s stability.  Poster presented in the Society for Research in Child Development annual meeting, Washington DC, April 3-5, 1997.

Wang, R. F., & Simons, D. J. (1997).  Layout change detection is differentially affected by display rotations and observer movements.  Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 38, s1009.

Cutting, J. E., Wang, R. F., & Chia, T. H. (1997).  Heading information from minimal displays.  Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 38, s481.