Dr. Michael Hout

Assistant Professor
Psychology
New Mexico State University
Mexico

Professor Psychiatry
Biography

Education: Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh Master’s of Arts in Psychology from Arizona State University PhD in Psychology from Arizona State University  Research Interest My research interests fall under the broad heading of visual cognition, including research into visual attention and memory, and computational models of both. My other research interests include (but are not limited to): development of alternative methods for multidimensional scaling, similarity as a psychological construct, working memory, and spoken word perception.

Research Intrest

Visual Cognition, visual attention, memory, eye-movements, and computational modeling.

List of Publications
Hout, M. C., & Goldinger, S. D. (2016). SpAM is convenient, but also satisfying: Reply to Verheyen et al. (2016). Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 3, 383-387. doi: 10.1037/xge000014.
Walenchok, S. C., Hout, M. C., & Goldinger, S. D. (2016). Implicit object naming in visual search: Evidence from phonological competition. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 78, 2633–2654. doi: 10.3758/s13414-016-1184-6.
Ratiu, I., Hout, M. C., Walenchok, S., Azuma, T., & Goldinger, S. D. (2017). Bilingual search advantage: Comparing visual search and eye movements in bilinguals and monolinguals. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics. doi: 10.3758/s13414-017-1328-3.
Hout, M. C., *Robbins, A., Godwin, H. J., Fitzsimmons, G, & *Scarince, C. (2017). Categorical templates are more useful when features are consistent: Evidence from eye-movements during search for societally important vehicles. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 79, 1578-1592. doi: 10.3758/s13414-017-1354-1.