Education
Ph.D. University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Psychology 1984
Research Interests
Driving behavior, and basic cognitive processes involved in response selection as they relate to aging
Teaching Interests
Cognitive Psychology, Sensation and Perception
Grants
The Perception-Based Engineering program to conduct research in conjunction with Ford Motor Company
National Institute of Aging (R03 grant)
Publications
Proctor, R. W., Vu, K.-P. L., & Pick, D. F. (in press). Aging and response selection in spatial choice tasks. Human Factors.
Pick, D.F., Wang, D.-Y. D., Proctor, R.W., & Patel., D. (in press). Dead pedal and the perception of continuously variable transmission performance. Transmission and Driveline Symposium 2005. Society of Automotive Engineers: Warrendale, PA.
Proctor R.W., Pick, D.F., Vu, K.-P.L., & Anderson, R.E. (in press). The enhanced Simon effect for older adults is reduced when the irrelevant location information is conveyed by an accessory stimulus. Acta Psychologica.
Proctor, R. W., Wang, D.-Y. D., & Pick, D. F. (in press). Stimulus-response compatibility with wheel-rotation responses: Will an incompatible response coding be used when a compatible coding is possible? Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.
Wang, D.-Y., Proctor, R. W., & Pick, D. F. (2003). Stimulus-response compatibilitiy effects for warning signals and steering responses. Proceedings of the 2nd International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training and Vehicle Design. Park City, Utah.
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