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97
Citations
39925
World Ranking
1733
National Ranking
963

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

David L. Strayer is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States and works primarily in the fields of psychology and neuroscience. Their expertise extends to several subfields, including social psychology, cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, safety, risk, reliability and quality, as well as health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

The main topics covered in their research include human-automation interaction and safety, neural and behavioral psychology studies, traffic and road safety, urban green space and health, behavioral health and interventions, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, and studies focusing on older adults' driving behaviors.

Strayer has contributed to research published in a range of venues. Frequent places of publication include Cognitive Research Principles and Implications, Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Scientific Reports, and Psychophysiology.

Among recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Strayer are:

  • "The autonomic nervous system in its natural environment: Immersion in nature is associated with changes in heart rate and heart rate variability" (2020, Psychophysiology)
  • "Immersion in nature enhances neural indices of executive attention" (2024, Scientific Reports)
  • "Resting-state posterior alpha power changes with prolonged exposure in a natural environment" (2020, Cognitive Research Principles and Implications)
  • "This Is Your Brain on Autopilot: Neural Indices of Driver Workload and Engagement During Partial Vehicle Automation" (2021, Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society)
  • "Nature as a potential modulator of the error-related negativity: A registered report" (2020, International Journal of Psychophysiology)

They commonly collaborate with a set of frequent co-authors, including:

  • Amy S. McDonnell
  • Joel M. Cooper
  • Sara LoTemplio
  • Emily Scott
  • Kaedyn W. Crabtree

David L. Strayer has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2002.

Best Publications

  • Freshwater biodiversity conservation: recent progress and future challenges

    David L. Strayer;David Dudgeon

  • Driven to Distraction: Dual-Task Studies of Simulated Driving and Conversing on a Cellular Telephone

    David L. Strayer;William A. Johnston

  • Cell phone-induced failures of visual attention during simulated driving.

    David L. Strayer;Frank A. Drews;William A. Johnston

  • Mollusks as ecosystem engineers: the role of shell production in aquatic habitats

    Jorge L. Gutiérrez;Clive G. Jones;David L. Strayer;Oscar O. Iribarne

  • Understanding the long-term effects of species invasions.

    David L. Strayer;Valerie T. Eviner;Jonathan M. Jeschke;Jonathan M. Jeschke;Michael L. Pace

  • Alien species in fresh waters: ecological effects, interactions with other stressors, and prospects for the future

    David L. Strayer

  • A Comparison of the Cell Phone Driver and the Drunk Driver

    David L. Strayer;Frank A. Drews;Dennis J. Crouch

  • Changing Perspectives on Pearly Mussels, North America's Most Imperiled Animals

    David L. Strayer;John A. Downing;Wendell R. Haag;Timothy L. King

  • Executive function abilities in autism and Tourette Syndrome: An information processing approach

    Sally Ozonoff;David L. Strayer;William M. McMahon;Francis Filloux

  • Transformation of Freshwater Ecosystems by Bivalves A case study of zebra mussels in the Hudson River

    David L. Strayer;Nina F. Caraco;Jonathan J. Cole;Stuart Findlay

  • The Function of Marine Critical Transition Zones and the Importance of Sediment Biodiversity

    Lisa A. Levin;Donald F. Boesch;Alan Covich;Cliff Dahm

  • Profiles in driver distraction: effects of cell phone conversations on younger and older drivers.

    David L. Strayer;Frank A. Drews

  • Transformation of Freshwater Ecosystems by Bivalves

    David L. Strayer;Nina F. Caraco;Jonathan J. Cole;Stuart Findlay

  • Creativity in the Wild: Improving Creative Reasoning through Immersion in Natural Settings

    Ruth Ann Atchley;David L. Strayer;Paul Atchley

  • ZEBRA MUSSEL INVASION IN A LARGE, TURBID RIVER: PHYTOPLANKTON RESPONSE TO INCREASED GRAZING

    Nina F. Caraco;Jonathan J. Cole;Peter A. Raymond;David L. Strayer

  • Training for attentional control in dual task settings: A comparison of young and old adults

    Arthur F. Kramer;John F. Larish;David L. Strayer

  • Usefulness of Bioclimatic Models for Studying Climate Change and Invasive Species

    Jonathan M. Jeschke;Jonathan M. Jeschke;David L. Strayer

  • Cell-Phone–Induced Driver Distraction

    David L. Strayer;Frank A. Drews

  • Effects of Land Cover on Stream Ecosystems: Roles of Empirical Models and Scaling Issues

    David L. Strayer;R. Edward Beighley;Lisa C. Thompson;Shane Brooks

  • Passenger and cell phone conversations in simulated driving

    Frank A. Drews;Monisha Pasupathi;David L. Strayer

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan M. Jeschke
Jonathan M. Jeschke Freie Universität Berlin
Stuart E. G. Findlay
Stuart E. G. Findlay Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Arthur F. Kramer
Arthur F. Kramer Northeastern University
Michael L. Pace
Michael L. Pace University of Virginia
Andrew Heathcote
Andrew Heathcote University of Newcastle Australia
Nina F. Caraco
Nina F. Caraco New York Botanical Garden
Petr Pyšek
Petr Pyšek Czech Academy of Sciences
Jonathan J. Cole
Jonathan J. Cole New York Botanical Garden
David M. Sanbonmatsu
David M. Sanbonmatsu University of Utah
Gene E. Likens
Gene E. Likens University of Connecticut

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