Robert W. Proctor
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Contact Information Email: rproctor |at| purdue.edu Office: PSYC 3150 Map Phone: (765) 494-0784 Homepage: Homepage |
Distinguished Professor of Psychological Sciences PubMed Listing Google Scholar Listing View Vita
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Education
Ph.D. University of Texas - Arlington Psychology 1975
Research Interests
Human Performance, Human Factors and Human-Computer Interaction, and Experimental Research Methods. Focusing on Stimulus-Response Compatibility Effects and Response Selection.
Teaching Interests
Human factors; Attention and Performance
Grants
National Institute of Aging
National Science Foundation
U.S. Army Research Office
Publications
Proctor, R. W. (2011). Playing the Simon game: Use of the Simon task for investigating human information processing. Acta Psychologica, 136, 182–188.
Proctor, R. W. et al. (2011). Understanding and improving cross-cultural decision making in design and use of digital media: A research agenda. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 27, 151-190.
Zeng, L., Proctor, R. W., & Salvendy, G. (2011). Can traditional divergent thinking tests be trusted to measure and predict real-world creativity? Creativity Research Journal, 23, 24-37.
Cho, D. (T.), & Proctor, R. W. (2010). The object-based Simon effect: Grasping affordance or relative location of the graspable part? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception, and Performance, 36, 853-861.
Jeong, K.-A., Salvendy, G., & Proctor, R. W. (2010). Smart home design and operation preferences of Americans and Koreans. Ergonomics, 53, 636-660.
Miles, J. D., & Proctor, R. W. (2010). Attention is required for the acquisition but not expression of new spatial associations. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 36, 1554–1560.
Proctor, R. W., & Vu, K.-P. L. (2010). Cumulative knowledge and progress in human factors. Annual Review of Psychology, 61, 623-651.
Proctor, R. W., & Vu, K.-P. L. (2010). Universal and culture-specific effects of display-control compatibility. American Journal of Psychology, 123, 425–435.