Below is a list of my publications and presentations. For additional information please download my CV.

Arryn Robbins CV

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

  • Papesh, M.H., Hout, M.C., Guevara Pinto, J.D., Robbins, A., & Lopez, A*. (2021). Eye movements reflect expertise development in hybrid search. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 6
  • Robbins, A., & Hout, M. C.  (2021).  Typicality Guides Attention During Categorical Search, But Not Universally So. Accepted to Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, April 2020
  • Robbins, A., & Hout, M. C.  (2020).  Expectations from scene context help with template precision in categorical search. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 
  • Coburn, A., Kardan, O., Kotabe, H., Steinberg, J., Hout, M. C., Robbins, A., MacDonald, J., Hayn-Leichsenring, G., & Berman, M. (2019). Psychological responses to natural patterns in architecture.  Journal of Environmental Psychology.
  • Madrid, J., Cunningham, C., Robbins, A., & Hout, M. C.  (2019).  Looking for what? Comparing search for familiar, nameable objects to search for unfamiliar, novel objects. Visual Cognition.
  • Hout, M. C., Cunningham, C., Robbins, A., & MacDonald, J.  (2018).  Stressed, but determined: Simulating the fidelity of data for large stimulus set sizes in multidimensional scaling. Sage
  • Hout, M. C., Robbins, A., Godwin, H. J., Fitzsimmons, G, & Scarince, C.  (2017).  Categorical templates guide attention when features are consistent: Evidence from search for societally important vehicles. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics
  • Hout, M. C., Godwin, H. J., Fitzsimmons, G., Robbins, A., Menneer, T., & Goldinger, S. D. (2015). Using multidimensional scaling to quantify similarity in visual search and beyond. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics.  doi: 10.3758/s13414-015-1010-6.

Government Reports

Wagner, E., Atkins, R. G., Berning, A., Robbins, A., Watson, C., & Anderle, J. (2020). Examination of the traffic safety environment during the second quarter of 2020: Special report (No. DOT HS 813 011). United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Office of Behavioral Safety Research.

In Media

Book Chapters

Madrid, J., Robbins, A., Scarince, C., Godwin, H. J., & Hout, M. C. (2016). Visual spatial attention: What it is, how it works, and what it does for us.  Spatial Attention: Function, Influences and Performance by Nova Science Publications, Hauppauge, NY.

Peer Reviewed Conference Proceedings

  • Robbins, A., Hout, M.C., (2015). Object Perception, Attention and Memory 2015 Conference Report (23rd meeting, Chicago, IL), Visual Cognition

Conference Presentations

Invited Talks/ Workshops/ Paper Presentations

  • Robbins, A. (2021) Injury During the Second Quarter of 2020. Panelist for Identifying Systemic Transportation-related Health Effects of COVID-19 to inform Interdisciplinary Research. TRB Annual Meeting (Virtual).
  • Barnhart, A., Cameron, E.L., & Robbins, A. (2020) Workshop Wednesdays: Sensation and Perception Demonstrations for Grounding Abstract Principles and Enhancing Quantitative Reasoning. Talk to be presented at the 27th Annual Midwest Institute for Students and Teachers of Psychology
  • Barnhart, A., Cameron, E.L., Sylaska, K., Munk, D., Robbins, A. (2019) The Benefits of Team-Teaching Introduction to Psychological Science. Talk  presented at the 26th Annual Midwest Institute for Students and Teachers of Psychology
  • Robbins, A., & Hout, M.C. (2019) Scene context facilitates search for heterogenous target categories. Talk presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association meeting in Chicago, IL (April, 2019)
  • Robbins, A. & Hout, M.C. (2018) Scene Context Can Facilitate Search for Imprecisely Specified Targets. Talk presented at the RMPA conference in Denver, CO (April, 2018)
  • Hout, M. C., Lopez, A., Robbins, A., & Papesh, M. H. (2016). Expertise fine-tunes mental representations of targets during challenging visual search. Paper presented to the 2016 ARMADILLO Cognition Conference: El Paso, TX (September, 2016).
  • Hout, M. C., and Robbins, A. (2016). Individual differences in the perception of category typicality predict the usefulness of target templates during word-cued search. Micro-talk presented at the Individual Differences Brownbag, a satellite event at the Vision Sciences Society 2016 Meeting in St. Petersburg, Fl (May, 2016). 
  • Robbins, A., & Hout, M. C. (2015). Categorical templates: Typical category members are found and identified quickly during word-cued search. Paper presented at the 23rd annual Object Perception, Attention and Memory conference: Chicago, IL

Selected Poster Presentations (*supervised student)

  • Evdokimov, A.*, & Robbins, A. (2023). Differences in similarity effects across target categories. Poster to be presented at the Vision Sciences Society Meeting in St. Pete’s, FL (May, 2023)
  • Luby, P.*, & Robbins, A. (2023). Category variability provides challenges to learning and search performance. Poster to be presented at the Vision Sciences Society Meeting in St. Pete’s, FL (May, 2023)
  • Bolman, C.*, & Robbins, A. (2021). Predicting acquisition of visual search expertise using support vector machines. Poster presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Meeting in Chicago, IL (April, 2021)
  • Baker, P.*, Sullivan,  A.*,  Scherer,  K.* & Robbins, A. (2020). The influence of category variability on category learning and classification of novel stimuli. Poster was to be presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Meeting in Chicago, IL (April 2020).
  • Bolman, C.*, & Robbins, A. (2020). Studying ways to combat the Low Prevalence Effect using Eye-tracking. Poster was to be presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Meeting in Chicago, IL (April 2020).
  • Saccameno, O.*, & Robbins, A. (2020) Object Guidance in Visual Search. Poster was to be presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Meeting in Chicago, IL (April 2020).
  • Scherer, K. & Robbins, A. (2019) Let’s Rock Categorical Search: How Exemplar Repetition During Category Learning and Category Variability Influence Search. Poster presented at OPAM 2019 in Montreal. 
  • Robbins, A., Pelnar, H.*, & Cameron, E.L. (2019) Similarities and differences in eye movements between professors and students during graph reading. Poster presented at the European Conference for Eye Movements in Alicante, Spain (August, 2019)
  • Robbins, A., MacDonald, J., Ercolino, A., Schmidt, J., Sabic, E., & Hout, M.C. (2019). The Pictures by Category and Similarity (PICS) Database: A database of 1200 pictures from 20 object categories rated for similarity using multidimensional scaling. Poster presented at the APS Convention in Washington D.C. (May 2019)  
  • Robbins, A., Scherer, K.*, Sabic, E., MacDonald, J., Ercolino, A., Schmidt, J., & Hout, M.C. (2019) Using Multidimensional Scaling to Quantify Category Heterogeneity Effects in Visual Search. Poster presented at the Vision Sciences Society meeting in St. Pete’s Beach, FL (May, 2019)
  • Scherer, K.*, & Robbins, A. (2019) Exploring Ways to Quantify Heterogeneity of Appearance in Categories. Poster presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Meeting in Chicago, IL (April 2019)
  • Robbins, A., Hout, M. C. (2018).  Scene context influences expectations about imprecisely specified search targets.  Poster presented at the Vision Sciences Society 2018 Meeting in St. Petersburgh, FL
  • Robbins, A., Hout, M.C., Lopez, A., & Papesh, M.H. (2017). The development of expertise in visual search and implications for professional searchers Poster presented at Graduate Research Day at New Mexico Capitol Building in Santa Fe, New Mexico (March, 2017)
  • Hout, M. C., Lopez, A., Robbins, A., & Papesh, M. H. (2016). Expertise fine-tunes mental representations of targets during challenging visual search. Poster presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society in Boston, Massachusetts (November, 2016).
  • Robbins, A., Cunningham, C. A., MacDonald, J., & Hout, M. C. (2016). Strength in numbers: Testing the fidelity of multidimensional scaling for large datasets. Poster presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society in Boston, Massachusetts (November, 2016).
  • Madrid, J., Godwin, H. J., Cunningham, C. A., Robbins, A., & Hout, M. C. (2016). All targets are not created equal: Some targets are often missed in hybrid visual search tasks. Poster presented at the 24th annual Object Perception, Attention and Memory conference: Boston, MA (November, 2016).
  • Lopez, A., Bennett, G., Robbins, A., Godwin, H. J., & Hout, M. C.  (2016).  Find one fast, or find them all slow: Do collaborative visual searchers search more quickly or more thoroughly?  Poster  presented at the Vision Sciences Society 2016 Meeting in St. Petersburg, Fl (May, 2016)
  • Madrid, J., Cunningham, C. A., Robbins, A., Godwin, H. J., Wolfe, J. M., & Hout, M. C.  (2016).  Exploring the nature of mental representations in hybrid visual and memory search.  Poster  presented at the Vision Sciences Society 2016 Meeting in St. Petersburg, Fl (May, 2016).
  • Hout, M. C., Maxfield, J., Robbins, A., & Zelinsky, G.  (2016).  Object categorization performance modeled using multidimensional scaling and category-consistent features.  Poster presented at the Vision Sciences Society 2016 Meeting in St. Petersburg, Fl (May, 2016).
  • Madrid, J., Cunningham, C., Robbins, A., & Hout, M. C. (Nov. 2015). Don’t label me!: Search for familiar, nameable objects vs. search for unfamiliar, novel objects. Poster presented at the 23rd annual Object Perception, Attention and Memory conference: Chicago, IL
  • Lopez, A., Bennett, G., Robbins, A., Godwin, H. J., & Hout, M. C. (Nov. 2015). Four eyes aren’t always better than two: Collaborative categorical multiple-target hybrid search. Poster presented at the 23rd annual Object Perception, Attention and Memory conference: Chicago, IL
  • Robbins, A., Hout, M. C., Fitzsimmons, G., Menneer, T., & Godwin, H. J. (Nov. 2015). Going beyond the ‘visual’ in visual search: Semantic search for related words. Poster presented at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society in Chicago, IL
  • Robbins, A., Hout, M. C., Godwin, H. J., & Fitzsimmons, G.  (May, 2015).  Quiet eyes: Stress, worry, and anxiety fail to influence fixational stability, accuracy, or movement frequency.  Poster presented at the Vision Sciences Society 2015 Meeting in St. Petersburgh, FL
  • Robbins, A. Hout, M.C., Godwin, H.J., Fitzsimmons, G. (Nov. 2014) Where’s Volvo? Visual search for automobiles and why attention is prioritized to school buses. Poster presented at the 22nd annual workshop on Object Perception, Attention and Memory (OPAM) in Long Beach, CA
  • Hout, M.C., Godwin, H.J., Fitzsimmons, G., Robbins, A. & Menneer, T. (Nov. 2014). Semantic and visual similarity guide visual search for words and numbers. Poster presented at the 55th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society in Long Beach, CA.

Awards and Honors

  • US DOT Secretary’s Team Award, Spring 2022
  • NHTSA Administrator’s Award, Spring 2021
  • National Eye Institute Postdoctoral Travel Grant (to VSS)* Spring 2019
  • NMSU Arts and Sciences Travel Grant *
  • NMSU Psychology Travel Award, Summer 2015*, Fall 2015* Fall 2016*, Spring 2018*
  • Peter Foltz & Adrienne Lee Endowment for Applied Cognitive Psychology, Spring 2015*
  • Arts & Sciences Outstanding Service Award, Spring 2015
  • NMSU Psychology Travel Award, Fall 2014 *
  • Merit Based Enhancement Award, Spring 2014*
  • Graduate School Outstanding Graduate Assistant, Spring 2013*
  • Preparing Future Faculty Fellowship, Fall 2012 (1 year)
  • Distinguished Member of NMSU Teaching Academy, 2011-2015

*Monetary award

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