Cary S. Feria
(updated 6/2/17)
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
San JoseStateUniversity
One Washington Square
San Jose, CA95192-0120
Office phone: (408) 924-5620
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PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2012–present Associate Professor of Psychology, San JoseStateUniversity
2012–presentAssociate Professor of Human Factors and Ergonomics, San JoseStateUniversity
2008–2012Assistant Professor of Psychology, San JoseStateUniversity
2011–2012Assistant Professor of Human Factors and Ergonomics, San JoseStateUniversity
2004–2008Assistant Professor of Psychology, MoreheadStateUniversity
2003Instructor of Psychology, University of California, Irvine
2001–2004Teaching Assistant of Psychology, University of California, Irvine
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Psychology University of California, Irvine2004
M.A. Social ScienceUniversity of California, Irvine2002
B.A. PsychologyUniversity of California, Santa Barbara1999 High Honors
GRANT SUPPORT
“Self-Reported Attention Deficits and the Ability to Track Multiple Moving Objects in Left and Right Visual Fields.” Cary Feria, Principal Investigator. Central RSCA (Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity) Infusion Grant, San Jose State University. 2/15/16-5/31/16. $650.
“The Effects of Exercise on Multiple Object Tracking.” Inderpal Kaur, Student Investigator; Cary Feria, Faculty Mentor. Undergraduate Research Grant, San JoseStateUniversity. 7/1/15-5/27/16. $1,000.
“Engaging Students in Faculty Research on Visual Attention.” Cary Feria, Principal Investigator. Psychology Research Committee’s Release Time Grants for Research Projects that Support Student Success, San JoseStateUniversity. 1/1/14-5/30/14. 0.20 course release.
“The Relationship Between Multiple Object Tracking Ability and Automobile Driving Competence.” Cary Feria, Principal Investigator. Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Grant, San JoseStateUniversity. 8/15/12-12/31/12. 0.20 course release, $2000.
“The Relationship Between Multiple Object Tracking Performance and Automobile Driving Ability in Elderly Drivers.” Trevor Sollitt, Student Investigator; Cary Feria, Faculty Mentor. Undergraduate Research Grant, San JoseStateUniversity. 6/1/12-6/30/13. $1,000.
“Engaging Diverse Students in Faculty Research on Attention and Learning.” Cary Feria, Principal Investigator. Student Success Grant, San JoseStateUniversity. 1/1/12-5/30/12. 0.20 course release.
“The Effect of Speed on the Ability to Track Multiple Moving Objects.” Cary Feria, Principal Investigator. College of Social Sciences Research Grant, San JoseStateUniversity. 2/1/11-1/31/12. $1,250.
“The Effect of Speed on the Ability to Track Multiple Moving Objects.” Cary Feria, Principal Investigator. CSU Research Funds Committee, San JoseStateUniversity. 1/1/11-5/30/11. $1,450.
“Effects of Attention and Context in Visual Search.” Cary Feria, Principal Investigator. College of Social Sciences Research Grant, San JoseStateUniversity. 7/1/10-6/30/11. $1,450.
“Effects of Salient and Task Relevant Distractors on Tracking Multiple Moving Objects.” Cary Feria, Principal Investigator. CSU Research Funds Committee, San JoseStateUniversity. 3/10/10-5/30/11. $1,610.
“Engaging Diverse Students in Faculty Research on Visual Attention.” Cary Feria, Principal Investigator. University Planning Council, San JoseStateUniversity. 1/1/10-5/30/10. 0.20 course release.
“Attention and Distraction During the Tracking of Multiple Moving Objects.” Cary Feria, Principal Investigator. College of Social Sciences Research Grant, San JoseStateUniversity. 7/1/09-1/31/10. $1,500.
“Effects of Extraneous Objects During Multiple Object Tracking.” Cary Feria, Principal Investigator. Psychology Research Committee, San JoseStateUniversity. 6/1/09-7/31/09. $7,472.
“Tracking Multiple Moving Objects Under Crowded Conditions.” Cary Feria, Principal Investigator. CSU Research Funds Committee, San JoseStateUniversity. 12/1/08-6/30/09. $7,379.
“Driving While Distracted: The Effect of Glances Away From the Road on Subsequent Perception of Changes in the Driving Environment.” Cary Feria, Principal Investigator. Faculty Research Grant, MoreheadStateUniversity. 1/1/08-5/10/08. $3,375.
“Spatial Distribution of Visual Attention Within Moving Objects.” Cary Feria, Principal Investigator. Kentucky National Science Foundation EPSCoR. 6/1/05-12/31/07. $24,996.
“Perception of Distance Across Surfaces and Objects.” Cary Feria, Principal Investigator. Faculty Research Grant, MoreheadStateUniversity. 1/1/05-12/31/05. $4,934.
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
Feria, C. S. (2013). Speed has an effect on multiple-object tracking independently of the number of close encounters between targets and distractors. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 75, 53-67.
Feria, C. S. (2012).The effects of distractors in multiple object tracking are modulated by the similarity of distractor and target features. Perception, 41,287-304.
Feria, C. S. (2010). Attentional prioritizations based on spatial probabilities can be maintained on multiple moving objects. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 72, 926-938.
Feria, C. S. (2008). The distribution of attention within objects in multiple-object scenes: Prioritization by spatial probabilities and a center bias. Perception & Psychophysics, 70, 1185-1196.
Feria, C. S., Braunstein, M. L., & Andersen, G. J. (2003). Judging distance across texture discontinuities. Perception, 32, 1423-1440.
Braunstein, M. L., Sauer, C. W., Feria, C. S., & Andersen, G. J. (2002). Perceived internal depth in rotating and translating objects. Perception, 31, 943-954.
Refereed Conference Papers
Schuster, D., Still, M. L., Still, J. D., Lim, J. J., Feria, C. S., & Rohrer, C. P. (2015). Opinions or algorithms: An investigation of trust in people versus automation in app store security.In: Tryfonas T., Askoxylakis I. (Eds.) Human Aspects of Information Security, Privacy, and Trust. HAS 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 9190, pp. 415-425. Heidelberg: Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-20376-8_37
Lim, J. J., & Feria, C. (2012). Visual search on a mobile device while walking. Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI ’12). ACM, New York, 295-304. doi:10.1145/2371574.2371618
Published Poster
Feria, C. S. (2011). The effect of speed on multiple object tracking: Is it due solely to the number of close target-distractor interactions? [Poster]. F1000 Research, 2, 23.429,
Published Abstracts
Feria, C. S. (2011). The effect of speed on multiple object tracking: Is it due solely to the number of close target-distractor interactions? [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 11(11), 281, doi: 10.1167/11.11.281.
Feria, C. S. (2010). Effects of distinct distractor objects in multiple object tracking. [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 10(7), 306, doi: 10.1167/10.7.306.
Feria, C. S. (2009). Attentional prioritizations based on spatial probabilities can be maintained on multiple simultaneously moving objects [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 9(8), 251a, doi:10.1167/9.8.251.
Feria, C. S., & Doyle, M. (2006). The distribution of attention within moving objects is affected by spatial probabilities [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 6(6), 766a, doi:10.1167/6.6.766.
Feria, C. S., Braunstein, M. L., & Andersen, G. J. (2004). The effect of surface curvature on perceived distance [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 4(8), 378a, doi:10.1167/4.8.378.
Feria, C. S., Braunstein, M. L., & Andersen, G. J. (2003). Judging distance across discontinuities in the frontal plane [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 3(9), 645a, doi:10.1167/3.9.645.
Feria, C. S., & Braunstein, M. L. (2002). Judging distance without a continuously textured ground surface [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 2(7), 719a, doi:10.1167/2.7.719.
Feria, C.S., Braunstein, M.L., Sauer, C.W., & Andersen, G.J. (2001). Velocity difference and velocity ratio in structure-from-motion [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 1(3), 330a, doi:10.1167/1.3.330.
Conference Presentations
Mahzouni, G., Nguyen, C., Morales, A., Morales, T., Gantumur, S., Ingram, P. B., & Feria, C.(2017, April). Visual field asymmetry in multiple object tracking. Poster presented at the California Cognitive Science Conference, Berkeley, CA. (also presented at the Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA)
Chao, A., Nguyen, K., Morales, T., Woodhead, E., & Feria, C.(2016, April). Multiple object tracking in the left visual field varies with self-reported attention deficit symptoms. Poster presented at the California Cognitive Science Conference, Berkeley, CA. (also presented at the Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA)
Brennan, J. M., & Feria, C. (2016, April). Mindfulness modulated attention with neurofeedback in multiple-object tracking. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Long Beach, CA.
Schuster, D., Still, M. L., Still, J. D., Lim, J. J., Feria, C. S., & Rohrer, C. P. (2015, August). Opinions or algorithms: An investigation of trust in people versus automation in app store security. Talk presented at the International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII), Los Angeles, CA.
Kaur, I., Nguyen, K., Chao, A., Brennan, J., & Feria, C. (2015, May). Distractors and the resource pool for multiple object tracking. Poster presented at the California Cognitive Science Conference, Berkeley, CA. (also presented at the Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA)
Avenick, D., & Feria, C. (2015, April). Attentional capacities to track moving objects.Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Las Vegas, NV.
Costedoat, G., & Feria, C. (2015, April). The effects of glucose on multiple object tracking. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Las Vegas, NV.
Costedoat, G., Kaur, I., Yang, N., Avenick, D., & Feria, C. (2014, May). Effects of Luminance Contrast and Number of Targets on Multiple Object Tracking. Poster presented at the California Cognitive Science Conference, Berkeley, CA. (also presented at the Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA)
Avenick, D., Yang, N., Costedoat, G., Chao, A., Raad, A., Shaw, J., Tomko, L., & Feria, C. (2014, May). Inhibition of Distractors During Multiple Object Tracking is Modulated by Target-Distractor Proximity. Poster presented at the California Cognitive Science Conference, Berkeley, CA. (also presented at the Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA)
Raad, A., Costedoat, G., Simpson, M., Sollitt, T., & Feria, C. (2013, May). The relationship between the ability to track multiple moving objects and automobile accident risk. Poster presented at the California Cognitive Science Conference, Berkeley, CA. (also presentedat the Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA)
Iwasaki, A., Chen, W.-J., Hosoda, M., Feria, C., & Chancellor-Freeland, C. (2013, April). Effects of psychosocial stress and cortisol reactivity on multiple object tracking. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Reno, NV.
Iwasaki, A., Hosoda, M., Feria, C., & Chancellor-Freeland, C. (2013, April). Effects of acute psychosocial stress on multiple object tracking. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA.
Sollitt, T., & Feria, C. (2013, April). Age differences in multiple object tracking and driving ability. Poster presented at the Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA.
Lim, J. J., & Feria, C. (2012, September). Visual search on a mobile device while walking.Talk presented at the International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI),San Francisco, CA.
Kulstad-Thomas, K., Marin, A., Sollitt, T., Simpson, M., Loh, S. L., McReynolds, A.-M., Tram, T., Feria, C. (2012, May). Category learning during visual search: Implicit or explicit? Poster presented at the Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA.
Loh, S. L., Gutierrez, J., Tram, T., Smith, C., McReynolds, A.-M., Gunawan, V. & Feria, C. (2012, April). Binding of distractor object features in multiple object tracking. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association,San Francisco, CA.
Sollitt, T., Marin, A., Kulstad-Thomas, K., McReynolds, A.-M., Simpson, M., Tram, T., Loh, S. L., Feria, C. (2012, April). Category learning during visual search: Implicit or explicit? Poster presented at the California Cognitive Science Conference, Berkeley, CA.
Feria, C. S. (2011, May). The effect of speed on multiple object tracking: Is it due solely to the number of close target-distractor interactions?Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL.
Southard, T., Lim, J. J., Tapia, B., Gunawan, V., Malicevic, Z., Truong, T. A., & Feria, C. (2011, May). The influence of speed on the ability to track multiple moving objects.Poster presented at the Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA.
Truong, T. A., Gunawan, V., Malicevic, Z., Tapia, B., Lim, J. J., Southard, T., & Feria, C. (2011, May). Effects of speed and number of targets on multiple object tracking.Poster presented at the Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA.
Demayo, M. C., Ortega, B., Kim, R., Rizvi, A., & Feria, C. S. (2011, May). The effects of spacing on illusory conjunctions. Poster presented at the Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA.
Cibotti, J., Tapia, B., Liang, J., Shaw, J., Southard, T., Davis-Ross, L., & Feria, C. (2011, April). Finding a target in a scene is affected by category learning. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association,Los Angeles, CA.
Lim, J. J., Southard, T., Tapia, B., Gunawan, V., Malicevic, Z., Truong, T. A., & Feria, C. (2011, April). The influence of speed on the ability to track multiple moving objects.Poster presented at the California Cognitive Science Conference, Berkeley, CA.
Casey, K., Tu, J., Howard, S., Rogers, R., Wood, A., & Feria, C. (2011, April). Effectiveness of peer mentoring in first-year program classrooms. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association,Los Angeles, CA.
Feria, C. S. (2010, May). Effects of distinct distractor objects inmultiple object tracking.Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL.
Liang, J.,Southard, T., Cibotti, J., Gonzalez, S., Shaw, J., Serna, B., Barragan, J., Ruiz, M., & Feria, C. S. (2010, May). Tracking multiple moving objects among stationary and moving distractors. Poster presented at the Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA.
Serna, B., Ruiz, M., Shaw, J., Gonzalez, S., Cibotti, J., Southard, T., Barragan, J., Liang, J., & Feria, C. S. (2010, May). The role of distractor features in multiple object tracking. Poster presented at the Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA.
Southard, T., Serna, B., Shaw, J., Najafi, S., Cibotti, J., Gonzalez, S., Umayam, J., & Feria, C. S. (2010, April). Effects of distinct distractor objects during multiple object tracking.Talkpresented at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Cancun, Mexico.
Feria, C. S. (2009, May). Attentional prioritizations based on spatial probabilities can be maintained on multiple simultaneously moving objects. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL.
Florence, T., Najafi, S., Horne, R., Dinakar, D., & Feria, C. S. (2009, April). Attentional prioritizations can be maintained on several moving objects. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Portland, OR.
Najafi, S., Florence, T., Horne, R., Dinakar, D., & Feria, C. S. (2009, April). Attentional prioritizations can be maintained on several moving objects. Poster presented at the Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA.
Feria, C. S. (2008, September). Spatial probabilities and a center bias affect the distribution of attention within untracked objects during multiple object tracking. Poster presented at the Bay Area Vision Research Day, Berkeley, CA.
Feria, C. S. (2007, November). Attention concentrates at the centers of stationary and moving objects in multiple-object scenes. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Long Beach, CA.
Stephens, J., & Feria, C. S. (2007, November). The distribution of attention within untracked objects during multiple object tracking. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Science, Louisville, KY.
Feria, C. S. (2007, October). Attentional bias toward centers of objects occurs for both stationary and moving objects. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, Lexington, KY.
Oliver, P. W., Watkins, C. M. , Patterson, C. N., & Feria, C. S. (2007, March). Retention of location and motion information during tracking of objects moving in 2D and 3D paths: Control study. Poster presented at the meeting of the Kentucky Psychological Association, Lexington, KY.
Patterson, C. N., Watkins, C. M., Oliver, P. W., Pieratt, A. K., Baker, A. R., & Feria, C. S. (2007, March). During tracking of objects moving in 2D and 3D paths, location information is better retained than motion information. Poster presented at the meeting of the Kentucky Psychological Association, Lexington, KY.
Patterson, C. N., Baker, A. R., Pieratt, A. K., & Feria, C. S. (2006, November). Attention concentrates at the centers of stationary objects. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Science, Morehead, KY.
Pieratt, A. K., Baker, A. R., Patterson, C. N., & Feria, C. S. (2006, November). The attentional bias toward the centers of objects is not affected by object motion. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Science, Morehead, KY.
Feria, C. S., & Doyle, M. (2006, May). The distribution of attention within moving objects is affected by spatial probabilities. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.
Feria, C. S., & Doyle, M. (2006, May). Spatial probabilities and a center bias affect the distribution of attention within moving objects. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, Louisville, KY.
Oliver, P. W., Baker, A. R., Edwards, J. M., Feria, C. S., & Doyle, M. (2006, April). Allocation of attention within moving objects is affected by spatial probabilities as well as a bias toward the objects’ centers. Poster presented at the meeting of the Kentucky Psychological Association, Louisville, KY.
Adams, A. J., Rudd, N., & Feria, C. S. (2005, November). Distance perception across surfaces with three different types of curvature. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Science, Richmond, KY.
Edwards, J. M., Vaughn, A. N., Cole, J. M., Rudd, N., Adams, A. J., & Feria, C. S. (2005, November). Perceived distance over curved and planar motion-parallax surfaces lacking texture information. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Science, Richmond, KY.
Rudd, N., Adams, A. J., Vaughn, A. N., Cole, J. M., Edwards, J. M., & Feria, C. S. (2005, November). The effect of curvature on perceived distance across surfaces defined by motion parallax and texture density. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Science, Richmond, KY.
Feria, C. S., Braunstein, M. L., & Andersen, G. J. (2004, May). The effect of surface curvature on perceived distance. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.
Feria, C. S., Braunstein, M. L., & Andersen, G. J. (2003, May). Judging distance across discontinuities in the frontal plane. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.
Feria, C. S., & Braunstein, M. L. (2002, May). Judging distance without a continuously textured ground surface. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.
Feria, C. S., Braunstein, M. L., Sauer, C. W., & Andersen, G. J. (2001, May). Velocity difference and velocity ratio in structure-from-motion. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.
Invited Talk
Feria, C. S. (2009, May). The role of attention in the tracking of multiple moving objects.Talk presented at the NASAHuman Systems Integration Division brown bag lunch seminar series, Moffett Field, CA.
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE
SJSUUniversity Undergraduate Studies Committee, 2010-2013
SJSU College of Social Sciences Curriculum Committee, 2010-2013
SJSU Psychology Department Convocation Committee, 2008-2017
Chair, 2009-2017
Co-Chair, 2008-2009
SJSU Psychology Department Administrative Coordinator Hiring Committee, 2008-2009
SJSU Psychology Department Assessment Committee, 2008-2012
SJSU Psychology Department Committee on Committees, 2011-2012
SJSU Psychology Department Curriculum Committee, 2008-2017
SJSU Psychology Department Master of Arts Program (Experimental) Committee, 2008-2017
SJSU Psychology Department Office HoursPolicy Committee, 2010-2011
SJSU Psychology Department Program Planning Committee, 2009-2010
SJSU Psychology Department Retention, Tenure, and Promotion Committee, 2015-2017
SJSU Psychology Department Scholarship Committee, 2009-2010
SJSU Psychology Department Subject Pool Committee, 2014-2016
SJSU Psychology Department VotingPolicy Committee, 2010-2011
MSU Faculty Senate, 2006-2008
MSU Faculty Senate Academic Policies Committee, 2007-2008
MSU Faculty Senate Communications Committee, 2006-2007
MSUCollege of Science and Technology Undergraduate Curriculum Committee 2006-2008
MSUCollege of Science and Technology Recruitment/Retention Committee, 2006-2008
MSU Psychology Department Supervisor of Research Alternative Activities, 2006-2008
MSU Psychology Department Student Awards Committee, 2004-2008
MSU Psychology DepartmentSubject Pool Committee, 2005-2007
MSU Psychology Department Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 2007-2008
MSU Psychology DepartmentWebsite Committee, 2006-2007
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS (AND LEADERSHIP ROLE)
Association for Psychological Science
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Kentucky Academy of Science, 2005-2008
Chair of the Psychology section, 2007
Secretary of the Psychology section, 2006
Psychonomic Society
FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS, AND AWARDS
University of California Regents' Dissertation Fellowshipwinter 2004
Vision Sciences Society Student Award2002
Recognition of Excellence in Teaching, U.C. Irvine School of Social Scienceswinter 2002
National Merit Scholarship1995-1999
RELATED EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
fluent in Spanish, written and spoken
computer languages: C++ and OpenGL
completed U.C. Irvine Course Design Certification program, 2003
COURSES TAUGHT
Perception
Advanced Research Methods and Design (and Laboratory)
General Psychology
Advanced Research Methods: Cognition/Perception (and Laboratory)
Cognition
Graduate Seminar in Perception
Graduate Seminar in Experimental Psychology
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