A R R Y N . R O B B I N S

  • NPR Life Kit Interview

    Dr. Robbins was interviewed for NPR’s Life Kit podcast where she shared tips for find lost objects. Check out the interview here.

  • New Publication in AP&P

    Congratulations to Tolya for a new publication! In our latest article, we explore similarity effects in categorical search. Check out the article here. Robbins, A. & Evdokimov, A. (2024) Distractor similarity and category variability effects in search. Attention, Perception, & Psychophyics. Published online July 9 2024. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-024-02924-4

  • EPA presentation acceptances

    Congratulations to students in my lab, who have received news that they will present their work at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association this year in Philadelphia! Here is the information about the presentations: Evdokimov, A. & Robbins, A. (2024) Expanding the reach of eye tracking in psychology using webcam data collection. Poster…

  • New Frontiers for Young Minds article out

    Michael Hout and I wrote this fun article for Frontiers for Young Minds about visual search. See it HERE.

  • Presentations coming up…

    Congratulations to the Carthage College Intro Psych instruction team who will be presenting at MISTOP on February 22nd. The talk will focus on using team teaching for large introductory classes. Barhart, A., Cameron, E.L., Sylaska, K., Munk, D., & Robbins, A. (2019) The Benefits of Team-Teaching Introduction to Psychological Science. Talk to be presented at the 26th…

  • RMPA Talk in April

    I just received word that I will be giving a talk at the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association Conference April 12-14.  This talk will be a summary of my dissertation efforts, focusing on how context is an important factor in developing precise search templates in categorical search.  It will be my first time attending RMPA. I…

  • Featured Article on Psychonomics Website

    Last week our most recent article ““Categorical templates are more useful when features are consistent: Evidence from eye-movements during search for societally important vehicles.” was featured on the website for the Psychonomic Society! You can read more HERE

  • New paper published!

    We are happy to have another paper published in AP&P! Congrats gang! Hout, M. C., Robbins, A., Godwin, H. J., Fitzsimmons, G, & Scarince, C. (in press). Categorical templates are more useful when features are consistent: Evidence from eye-movements during search for societally important vehicles. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics.

  • Catching up!

    Catching up!

    I recently had the opportunity to present at Graduate Education Day in Santa Fe, NM at the capitol building! I was selected by the Dean of the Graduate school to present my research on expertise in visual search. I was happy to represent NMSU at this event and educate our legislators about all the amazing…

  • VSS 2016!

    The lab recently returned from the Vision Sciences Society meeting in St. Pete’s Beach, FL. We presented several posters and a mini talk. It was a great time catching up with friends and spending some time on the beach 🙂