Jeffrey Wagman
Professor
Psychology
Office
DEG Degarmo Hall 413
Office Hours
by appointment
Office Phone
Email
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Research
Current Courses
PSY 253.001 Cognition & Learning
PSY 427.001 Cognitive & Experimental Psychology Pro-Seminar
PSY 400.043 Independent Study
PSY 391.043 Scholarship Of Teaching & Learning Apprenticeship
PSY 290.043 Special Projects: Research Apprenticeship
Teaching Interests & Areas
Introduction to Psychology; Perception; Cognition and Learning; Cognitive Science
Research Interests & Areas
Perception-action; ecological psychology; Haptic perception and tool use; Perceptual learning; Perception of affordances
Ph D Experimental Psychology
University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut, USA
Illinois State University Outstanding University Researcher
Illinois State University
2018
Psychology Department Nominee for Outstanding College Researcher
Illinois State University
2017
Outstanding College Researcher
Illinois State University
2017
International Travel Grant
College of Arts and Sciences
2017
Illinois State University Sabbatical Award
Illinois State University
2016
International Travel Grant
College of Arts and Sciences
2016
Department Nominee for Janice Witherspoon Neuleib Award for Outstanding Achievement of the Year by a Tenured Faculty Member
Department of Psychology, ISU
2015
Grants & Contracts
Selective exploration in selective perception in probing hand and by foot. ISU Research and Sponsored Programs. Illinois State University. (2022)
Selective perception in probing by hand and by foot. Illinois State University (SFF). Illinois State University. (2020)
Book Review
Wagman, J. Is time merely a ghost? A review of The Psychology of Time Perception. (ISBN 978-1-137-40882-2) by John Weardon. PsyCritiques 61.43 (2016)
Wagman, J. The relative dangers of charging bulls and paintings of charging bulls. A review of Art and Illusionists. (ISBN 978-3-319-25227-8) by Nicholas Wade.. PsyCRITIQUES 61.25 (2016)
Wagman, J. Taking the other Cinderella to the ball. A review of Psychology of Touch and Blindness (ISBN 978-1-84872-653-6) by Morton A. Heller and Edouard Genta. IEEE Transactions on Haptics 8 (2015): 339-340.
Wagman, J. Toward a more fiscally responsible theory of visual perception. A review of The Innocent Eye: Why Vision is Not a Cognitive Process (ISBN 978-0-19-937503-5) by Nico Orlandi. PsyCritiques 59.51 (2015)
Wagman, J. Are illusions illusory? A review of The Oxford Compendium of Visual Illusions. PsyCRITIQUES 62.(42)
Book, Chapter
Wagman, J., Blau, J., & Duffrin, T. Perception by effortful touch and a lawful approach to (the evolution of) perceiving and acting. Emiliano Bruner (EDs), Cognitive Archaeology, Body Cognition, and the Evolution of Visuospatial Perception. Elsevier: 25 – 51.
Wagman, J., Lozano, S., Jimenez, A., Covarrubias, P., & Cabrera, F. Perception of affordances in the animal kingdom and beyond. Aproximaciones al estudio del comportamiento y sus aplicaciones. Vol. II. University of Guadalajara: 70-108.
Wagman, J., & Thomas, B. The brain as a fractal antenna. In search for an alternative to the computer metaphor of the brain. Cambridge University Press
Manuscript
Fitzpatrick, P., Wagman, J., & Schmidt, R. Alterations in movement dynamicws in a tool-use task: The role of action-relevant intertial tool properties.. Zeitschrift für Psychologie / Journal of Psychology 220 (2012): 23-28.
Wagman, J., & Abney, D. Transfer of recalibration from audition to touch: Modality independence as a special case of anatomical independence. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance 38 (2012): 589-602.
Wagman, J., & Aspel, S. When can an object feel heavier than itself? Perceived heaviness of a wielded object depends on grasp position.. Perception 40 (2012): 1384-1386.
Presentations
Higher order affordances. International Conference on Perception and Action. International Society for Ecological Psychology. (2023)
Higher order affordances and direct perception. International Conference on Perception and Action. International Society for Ecological Psychology. (2023)
When it comes to affordances, what do animals know and how do they know it?. International Conference on Perception and Action. International Society for Ecological Psychology. (2023)
An introduction to an introduction to Ecological Psychology. North American Meeting of the International Society for Ecological Psychology. International Society for Ecological Psychology. (2022)
Perceiving multiple properties of a single rod-surface system. North American Meeting of the International Society for Ecological Psychology,. International Society for Ecological Psychology,. (2022)
Perception of higher-order affordances for kicking in soccer. North American Meeting of the International Society for Ecological Psychology. International Society for Ecological Psychology. (2022)
Tool use as detection and exploitation of information in an ecological niche. University of Connecticut. (2022)
You’re gonna need a bigger boat: feeling ‘fish’ length at the end of a ‘fishing line’. North American Meeting of the International Society for Ecological Psychology. International Society for Ecological Psychology. (2022)
Visual and haptic perception of affordances of Feelies. Vison Sciences Society. (2021)
It doesn’t add up. Nested affordances for reaching are perceived as a complex particular. International Conference on Perception and Action. (2020)
Selective perception in probing by foot: Perceiving the length of a probe and the distance of a probed surface.. International Conference on Perception and Action. (2020)
Visual and haptic perception of affordance properties of feelies. Annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association. (2020)
Visual and haptic perception of affordances of Feelies. Vision Sciences Society. (2020)
Body sway is sufficient for perception of changes in affordances for walking. International Conference on Perception and Action. (2019)
Dogs in the gray zone: Canine perception for going over or under a barrier. International Canine Sciences Conference. (2019)
Dogs in the gray zone: Canine perception for going over or under a barrier. American Psychological Association Annual Convention. (2019)
Empirical evidence for sensitivity to nesting of affordances as means-ends hierarchy. International Conference on Perception and Action. (2019)
Multifractality of postural sway affects affordance perception of reachability in virtual reality. International Conferfene on Perception and Action. (2019)
Nested affordances. International Conference on Perception and Action. (2019)
Nesting of affordances as a means-ends hierarchy. International Conference on Perception and Action. (2019)
Perception of affordances in the animal kingdom and beyond. Seminario internacional sobre comportamiento y aplicaciones (International seminar on behavior and applications).. (2019)
Sensitivity to changes in dynamic affordances for walking. International Conference on Perception and Action. (2019)
Sensitivity to changes in dynamic affordances for walking on a ship at sea. International Conference on Perception and Action. (2019)
Visual and haptic perception of affordance properties of feelies.. International Conference on Perception and Action. (2019)
Visual and haptic perception of affordances of Feelies. Vision Sciences Society. (2019)