PUBLICATIONS
PUBLICATIONS
^ Carets indicate undergraduate co-authors.
Hale, R.G., McDunn, B.A., Folds, P.E.^, Lumpkin, T.L.^, Hyman, H.^, & Nutt, C.G.^ (2025). Impact of the watercolor illusion and contrast on figure-ground reversibility. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-025-02658-w
Barron, D.A.^ & Hale, R.G. Replication: Influence of Context on Emotion Perception in Facial Expressions (2024). Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research. https://doi.org/10.24839/2325-7342.jn29.4.240
Nutt, C.G.^, Dimassimo, A.^, & Hale, R.G. (2024). Revisiting the birthday number effect, subjective preferences, and self-esteem. Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research 29(2), 120–128. https://doi.org/10.24839/2325-7342.JN29.2.120
Hale, R.G. & Brown, J.M. (2023). Exploring watercolor illusion spreading between dissected stimulus parts. Perception. 53(2) https://doi.org/10.1177/03010066231210455
Kroeger, J.K.^, Conway, E.A.^, & Hale, R.G. (2023). Role of social gaze on visual search in an eye-tracking paradigm. Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research. 28(2), 142–148. https://doi.org/10.24839/2325-7342.JN28.2.142
Hale, R.G. & Brown, J.M. (2021). Influence of context on spatial expanse of color spreading in the watercolor illusion. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 83(8), 3201-3215. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-021-02306-0
Brown, J.M., Breitmeyer, B.G., Hale, R.G., & Plummer, R. W. (2018). Contrast sensitivity indicates processing level of visual illusions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 44(10), 1557-1566. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000554
McDunn, B.A., Brown, J.M., Hale, R.G., & Siddiqui, A. P. (2016). Disentangling boundary extension and normalization of view memory for scenes. Visual Cognition, 24(5-6), 356-368, https://doi.org/10.1080/13506285.2016.1274810
Hale, R.G., Brown, J.M. & McDunn, B.A. (2016). Increasing task demand by obstructing object recognition increases boundary extension. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 23(5), 1497-1503. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-016-1018-5
Hale, R.G., Brown, J.M., McDunn, B.A., & Siddiqui A.P. (2015). An influence of extremal edges on boundary extension. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 22(4), 961-966. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-014-0751-x
^ Carets indicate undergraduate co-authors.
Conway, E.A.^, Barron, D.A.^, Smith, T., & Hale, R.G. (2025). Nonrigid vortex motion and eye tracking. Journal of Vision, 25.
Barron, D.A.^, Conway, E.A.^, Smith, T., & Hale, R.G. (2025). Investigating nonrigid motion perception with multisensory inputs: A pilot study. Journal of Vision, 25.
Hyman, H.V.^, Lumpkin, T.L.^, & Hale, R.G. (2025). Effect of matched relative contrast on ambiguous figure-ground and the watercolor illusion. Journal of Vision, 25.
Lumpkin, T.L.^, Hyman, H.V.^, & Hale, R.G. (2025). Relative luminance and the watercolor illusion impact figure-ground in a probed region paradigm. Journal of Vision, 25.
Folds, P.E.^, Nutt, C.G.^, Lumpkin, T.L.^, Conway, E.A., & Hale, R.G. (2024). Are you seeing this? An investigation into the variability of mental imagery and propensity of aphantasia in a non-self-diagnosed population. Journal of Vision, 24. https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.24.10.952
Lumpkin, T.L.^, Nutt, C.G.^, Folds, P.E.^, Conway, E.A., & Hale, R.G. (2024). Influence of familiarity, aesthetic value, and change type on visual memory of real-world scenes in a virtual reality change/no-change paradigm. Journal of Vision, 24. https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.24.10.948
Nutt, C.G.^, Lumpkin, T.L.^, Folds, P.E.^, Conway, E.A., & Hale, R.G. (2024). Influence of familiarity, aesthetic value, and change type on visual memory of AI-generated paintings in a virtual reality change/no-change paradigm. Journal of Vision, 24. https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.24.10.947
Lumpkin, T.L.^, Nutt, C.G.^, Folds, P.E.^, & Hale, R.G. (2023). Color priming facilitates cued location recall in a visuospatial short-term memory partial report paradigm. Journal of Vision, 23. https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.23.9.5328
Folds, P.E.^, Nutt, C.G.^, Lumpkin, T.L.^, & Hale, R.G. (2023). Relative luminance of ambiguous figure/ground regions impacts the ability of the watercolor illusion to bias figure assignment. Journal of Vision, 23. https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.23.9.5360
Folds, P.E.^, Conway, E.A.^, Hale, R.G., & McDunn, B.A. (2022). Luminance contrast impacts ability of watercolor illusion to serve as figure cue in ambiguous images. Journal of Vision, 22. https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.22.14.4135
Conway, E.A.^, Lopez, J.^, Wilson, S.L.^, Folds, P.E.^, & Hale, R.G. (2022). Stimulus complexity impacts visual short-term memory accuracy in a change/no-change paradigm. Journal of Vision, 22. https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.22.14.4192
Kroeger, J.K.^, Hale, R.G., & McDunn, B.A. (2021). Relative surface area biases figure-ground reversibility in abstract images. Journal of Vision, 21. https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.21.9.2019
Hale, R.G. & McDunn, B.A. (2020). Watercolor illusion biases figure-ground reversibility in abstract images. Journal of Vision, 20.
Hale, R.G. (2019). Impact of the watercolor illusion on figure-ground reversibility. Journal of Vision, 19. https://doi.org/10.1167/19.10.35a
Breitmeyer, B., Plummer, R.W., Hale, R.G., Brown, J.M. (2019). White illusion: effects of inducer contrast, test-bar location, and test-bar contrast. Journal of Vision, 19. https://doi.org/10.1167/19.10.72b
Hale, R.G. & Brown, J.M. (2018). Examining the effect of context on the watercolor illusion. Journal of Vision, 18, 580. https://doi.org/10.1167/18.10.580
Breitmeyer, B., Brown, J.M., Hale, R.G., & Plummer, R.W. (2017). Effect of inducer contrast on simultaneous brightness and Poggendorff illusions. Journal of Vision, 17. https://doi.org/10.1167/17.10.472
McDunn, B.A., Brown, J.M., Hale, R.G., Plummer, R.W. (2016). Multi-part objects yield no change detection benefit for color and orientation even when parts are unambiguously integrated in the display. Journal of Vision, 16. https://doi.org/10.1167/16.12.1074
Hale, R.G., McDunn, B.A., & Brown, J.M. (2015). Using object color diagnosticity to influence access to semantic information in a boundary extension paradigm. Journal of Vision, 15. https://doi.org/10.1167/15.12.352
McDunn, B.A., Brown, J.M., & Hale, R.G. (2014). Fuzzy memories and boundary extension: Individual scenes or episodic experiences? Journal of Vision, 14. https://doi.org/10.1167/14.10.872
Hale, R.G., Brown, J.M., McDunn, B.A., & Siddiqui, A.P. (2013). Taking boundary extension to the extreme. Journal of Vision, 13. https://doi.org/10.1167/13.9.1317
Siddiqui, A.P., McDunn, B.A., Hale, R.G., & Brown, J.M. (2013). Processing images in a masked BE paradigm: Does emotion matter? Journal of Vision, 13. https://doi.org/10.1167/13.9.1316
McDunn, B.A., Brown, J.M., Siddiqui, A.P., & Hale, R.G. (2013). Testing the influence of stimulus variability on visual memory for scenes. Journal of Vision, 13. https://doi.org/10.1167/13.9.1313