Educated At: Vassar College, B.A. in
Cognitive Science with Departmental Honors (2005)
Research Interests: Visual perception
and attention, psychophysics, and cognitive neuroscience.
Publications: Abrams, J., Nizam, A., & Carrasco, M. (in press). Isoeccentric locations are not equivalent: The extent of the vertical meridian asymmetry. Vision Research, in press.
Anton-Erxleben, K., Abrams, J., & Carrasco, M. (2011). Equality judgments cannot distinguish between attention effects on appearance and criterion: A reply to Schneider (2011). Journal of Vision, 11(13):8, pp. 1-8.
Moher, J., Abrams, J., Egeth, H.E., Yantis, S., and Stuphorn, V. (2011). Distractor probability
modulates oculomotor capture: Trial-by-trial adjustments of top-down set. Psychonomic
Bulletin & Review, in press.
Anton-Erxleben, K., Abrams, J., & Carrasco, M. (2010). Evaluating comparative and equality judgments in contrast perception: Attention alters appearance. Journal of Vision, 10(11):6, pp. 1-22.
Abrams, J., Barbot, A., & Carrasco, M. (2010). Voluntary attention increases perceived spatial frequency. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 72(6), pp. 1510-1521.
Liu, T., Abrams, J., & Carrasco, M. (2009). Voluntary attention enhances contrast appearance. Psychological Science, 20(3), pp. 354-362.
Presentations: Abrams, J., Nizam, A., and Carrasco, M. (2011, May). The extent of the vertical meridian
asymmetry. 11th annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society.
Abrams, J., and Carrasco, M. (2010, May). Visual performance fields in noise. 10th annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society.
Anton-Erxleben, K., Abrams, J., and Carrasco, M. (2010, May). Evaluating comparative and equality judgments in contrast perception: Attention alters appearance. 10th annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society.
Abrams, J., Barbot, A., and Carrasco, M. (2009, May). Endogenous attention alters the appearance of spatial frequency. 9th annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society.
Montaser-Kouhsari, L., Abrams, J., and Carrasco, M. (2009, May). The limit of spatial resolution varies at isoeccentric locations in the visual field. 9th annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society.
Abrams, J., Liu, T., & Carrasco, M. (2008, May). Endogenous, sustained attention alters contrast appearance. 8th annual meeting
of the Vision Sciences Society.
Moher, J., Abrams, J., Egeth, H., Stuphorn, V., & Yantis, S. (2007, November). Top-down control in singleton detection mode: Distracter
probability affects attentional and occulomotor capture. Fifteenth annual workshop on Object Perception, Attention, and Memory.
