Hal Pashler

Hal Pashler is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at University of California, San Diego. An experimental psychologist and cognitive scientist, Pashler is best known for his studies of human attentional limitations (his analysis of the Psychological refractory period effect concluded that the brain has discrete "processing bottlenecks" associated with specific types of cognitive operations).[1][2][3] and for his work on visual attention[4][5] He has also developed and tested new methods for enhancing learning and reducing forgetting, focusing on the temporal spacing of learning and retrieval practice.[6]

Pashler is also known for influential critiques of methodological and statistical practices in behavioral science. His critiques have focused on statistical and logical issues in neuroimaging research ("voodoo correlations"),[7] educational psychology (learning styles concept)[8] testing of mathematical models,[9] and the replicability of “behavioral priming” research in the field of social psychology.[10]

  1. ^ Pashler, H. (September 1994). "Dual-task interference in simple tasks: data and theory". Psychological Bulletin. 116 (2): 220–44. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.324.4916. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.116.2.220. PMID 7972591.
  2. ^ Zimmer, C. (15 November 2010). "The Brain: The "Router" in Your Head—a Bottleneck of Processing". Discover Magazine.
  3. ^ Bush, C. (8 April 2001). "HOW TO; Multitask". The New York Times.
  4. ^ Moss, S. (1999). "How to saw the Concept of Attention in Half without Sacrificing the Subject: Review of the Psychology of Attention by Harold Pashler" (PDF). Psyche: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Consciousness. 5 (13). CiteSeerX 10.1.1.518.665.
  5. ^ Huang, L.; Pashler, H. (2007). "A Boolean map theory of visual attention" (PDF). Psychological Review. 114 (3): 599–631. doi:10.1037/0033-295X.114.3.599. PMID 17638498.
  6. ^ Rohrer, D.; Pashler, H. (2010). "Recent Research on Human Learning Challenges Conventional Instructional Strategies". Educational Researcher. 39 (5): 406–412. doi:10.3102/0013189X10374770. S2CID 2982177.
  7. ^ Begley, S. (20 January 2009). "Of Voodoo and the Brain". Newsweek.
  8. ^ Cosh, C. (6 January 2010). "If you're an aural learner, read this aloud to yourself". Maclean's Magazine.
  9. ^ Roberts, S.; Pashler, H. (2000). "How persuasive is a good fit? A comment on theory testing". Psychological Review. 107 (2): 358–67. doi:10.1037/0033-295X.107.2.358. PMID 10789200. S2CID 14741205.
  10. ^ Bower, B. (19 May 2012). "The hot and cold of priming: Psychologists are divided on whether unnoticed cues can influence behavior". Science News. 181 (10): 26–29. doi:10.1002/scin.5591811025.