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Overview

Jessica K. Witt is affiliated with Colorado State University in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Neuroscience and Computer Science, with a primary focus on Cognitive Neuroscience and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. They also work within subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The scientist's publication record reflects a range of research topics including Data Visualization and Analytics, Visual Perception and Processing Mechanisms, Color Perception and Design, Action Observation and Synchronization, Disaster Management and Resilience, Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics, and Misinformation and Its Impacts.

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Putting the Self in Self-Correction: Findings From the Loss-of-Confidence Project" (2021) published in Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • "To Vaccinate or Not? The Role Played by Uncertainty Communication on Public Understanding and Behavior Regarding COVID-19" (2021) published in Science Communication
  • "The Weighted Average Illusion: Biases in Perceived Mean Position in Scatterplots" (2021) published in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
  • "Tool Use Affects Spatial Perception" (2021) published in Topics in Cognitive Science
  • "Wielding a gun increases judgments of others as holding guns: a randomized controlled trial" (2020) published in Cognitive Research Principles and Implications

Their work has appeared frequently in several publication venues, including:

  • Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting
  • Journal of Vision
  • Attention Perception & Psychophysics
  • Journal of Experimental Psychology Applied
  • Cognitive Research Principles and Implications

Frequent collaborators include Amelia C. Warden, Benjamin A. Clegg, Danielle Albers Szafir, Michael D. Dodd, and Mengzhu Fu.

Best Publications

  • Tool use affects perceived distance, but only when you intend to use it.

    Jessica K. Witt;Dennis R. Proffitt;William Epstein

  • Action’s Effect on Perception

    Jessica K. Witt

  • From the Revolution to Embodiment: 25 Years of Cognitive Psychology

    Arthur M. Glenberg;Arthur M. Glenberg;Jessica K. Witt;Janet Metcalfe

  • Perceiving distance: a role of effort and intent.

    Jessica K Witt;Dennis R Proffitt;William Epstein

  • Action-specific influences on distance perception: A role for motor simulation.

    Jessica K. Witt;Dennis R. Proffitt

  • See the Ball, Hit the Ball Apparent Ball Size Is Correlated With Batting Average

    Jessica K. Witt;Dennis R. Proffitt

  • Putting to a bigger hole: Golf performance relates to perceived size

    Jessica K. Witt;Sally A. Linkenauger;Jonathan Z. Bakdash;Dennis R. Proffitt

  • Signal Detection Measures Cannot Distinguish Perceptual Biases from Response Biases.

    Jessica K Witt;J Eric T Taylor;Mila Sugovic;John T Wixted

  • The Effects of Handedness and Reachability on Perceived Distance.

    Sally A. Linkenauger;Jessica K. Witt;Jeanine K. Stefanucci;Jonathan Z. Bakdash

  • The World Within Reach: Effects of Hand Posture and Tool Use on Visual Cognition

    James R. Brockmole;Christopher C. Davoli;Richard A. Abrams;Jessica K. Witt

  • Kicking to bigger uprights: Field goal kicking performance influences perceived size

    Jessica Witt;Travis Dorsch

  • A Functional Role for Motor Simulation in Identifying Tools

    Jessica K. Witt;David Kemmerer;Sally A. Linkenauger;Jody Culham

  • The long road of pain: chronic pain increases perceived distance

    Jessica K. Witt;Sally A. Linkenauger;Jonathan Z. Bakdash;Jason S. Augustyn

  • Taking a hands-on approach: apparent grasping ability scales the perception of object size.

    Sally A. Linkenauger;Jessica K. Witt;Dennis R. Proffitt

  • Get Me Out of This Slump! Visual Illusions Improve Sports Performance

    Jessica K. Witt;Sally A. Linkenauger;Dennis R. Proffitt

  • Performance and ease influence perceived speed.

    Jessica K Witt;Mila Sugovic

  • Discovering your inner Gibson: reconciling action-specific and ecological approaches to perception-action.

    Jessica K. Witt;Michael A. Riley

  • Asymmetrical Body Perception: A Possible Role for Neural Body Representations

    Sally A. Linkenauger;Jessica K. Witt;Jonathan Z. Bakdash;Jeanine K. Stefanucci

  • When and How Are Spatial Perceptions Scaled

    Jessica K. Witt;Dennis R. Proffitt;William Epstein

  • When Walls are No Longer Barriers: Perception of Wall Height in Parkour:

    J Eric T Taylor;Jessica K Witt;Mila Sugovic

Frequent Co-Authors

Dennis R. Proffitt
Dennis R. Proffitt University of Virginia
James R. Brockmole
James R. Brockmole University of Notre Dame
Jeanine K. Stefanucci
Jeanine K. Stefanucci University of Utah
Jody C. Culham
Jody C. Culham University of Western Ontario
John T. Wixted
John T. Wixted University of California, San Diego
Arthur M. Glenberg
Arthur M. Glenberg Arizona State University
Jay Pratt
Jay Pratt University of Toronto
Richard E. Lucas
Richard E. Lucas Michigan State University
Gerald L. Clore
Gerald L. Clore University of Virginia
Susan C. South
Susan C. South Purdue University West Lafayette

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