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Samples from 2004 to present.

Brunye, T. T., Andonova, E., Meneghetti, C., Noordzij, M., Pazzaglia, F., Wienemann, R., Mahoney, C. R., & Taylor, H. A. (in press). Planning routes around the world: International evidence for southern route preferences. Journal of Environmental Psychology. PDF

Thomas, A. K., Bonura, B. B., Taylor, H. A., & Brunye, T. T. (in press). Metacognitive monitoring in visuospatial working memory. Psychology & Aging. PDF

Wang, Q., Taylor, H. A., & Brunye, T. T. (in press). When going the right way is hard to do: Distinct phases of action compatibility in spatial knowledge development. Acta Psychologica. PDF

Brunye, T. T., Gagnon, S. A., Waller, D., Hodgson, E., Tower-Richardi, S., & Taylor, H. A. (in press). Up north and down south: Implicit associations between topography and cardinal direction. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. PDF

Brunye, T. T., Walters, E. K., Ditman, T., Gagnon, S. A., Mahoney, C. R., & Taylor, H. A. (in press). The fabric of thought: Priming tactile properties during reading influences direct tactile perception. Cognitive Science. PDF

Brunye, T. T., Gardony, A., Mahoney, C. R., & Taylor, H. A. (in press). Body-specific representations of spatial location. Cognition. PDF

Brunye, T. T., Mahoney, C. R., Rapp, D. N., Ditman, T., & Taylor, H. A. (in press). Caffeine enhances real-world language processing: Evidence from a proofreading task. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. PDF

Mahoney, C. R., Brunye, T. T., Ditman, T., Lieberman, H. R., & Taylor, H. A. (in press). Caffeine increases false memory in non-habitual consumers. Journal of Cognitive Psychology. PDF

Brunye, T. T., Gardony, A., Mahoney, C. R., & Taylor, H. A. (2012). Going to town: Spatial perspectives and navigation through virtual environments. Computers in Human Behavior, 28, 257-266. PDF

Gagnon, S. A., Brunye, T. T., Robin, C., Mahoney, C. R., & Taylor, H. A. (2011). High & mighty: Implicit associations between physical space and social status. Frontiers in Cognition, 2, 259. PDF

Brunye, T. T., Ditman, T., Giles, G.E., Mahoney, C. R., Kessler, K., & Taylor, H. A. (2011). Gender and autistic personality traits predict perspective-taking ability in typical adults. Personality and Individual Differences, 52, 84-88. PDF

Gardony, A., Brunye, T. T., Mahoney, C. R., & Taylor, H. A. (2011). Affective states influence spatial cue utilization during navigation. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 20, 223-240. PDF

Brunye, T. T., Ditman, T., Mahoney, C. R., & Taylor, H. A. (2011). Better you than I: Perspectives and emotion simulation during narrative comprehension. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 23, 659-666. PDF

Taylor, H. A., Wang, Q., Gagnon, S. A., Maddox, K. B., & Brunye, T. T. (2011). The social connection in mental representations of space: Explicit and implicit evidence. Proceedings of the Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 2011). PDF

Brunye, T. T., Mahoney, C. R., Gardony, A. L., & Taylor, H. A. (2010). North is up(hill): Route planning heuristics in real-world environments. Memory & Cognition, 38, 700-712. PDF Read about this paper in U.S. News and World Report!

Brunye, T. T., Mahoney, C. R., Lieberman, H. R., Giles, G. E., & Taylor, H. A. (2010). Acute caffeine consumption enhances the executive control of visual attention in habitual consumers. Brain & Cognition, 74, 186-192. PDF

Brunye, T. T., Ditman, T., Mahoney, C. R., Walters, E. K., & Taylor, H. A. (2010). You heard it here first: Readers mentally simulate described sounds. Acta Psychologica, 135, 209-215. PDF

Bilge, A. R., & Taylor, H. A.  (2010).  Where is “here” in nested environments? Spatial updating from different sources. Spatial Cognition and Computation, 10(2-3), 157-183. PDF

Ditman, T., Brunye, T. T., Mahoney, C. R., & Taylor, H. A. (2010). Simulating an enactment effect: Pronouns guide action simulation during narrative comprehension. Cognition, 115, 172-178. PDF

Brunye, T. T., Mahoney, C. R., & Taylor, H. A. (2010). Moving through imagined space: Mentally simulating locomotion during spatial description reading. Acta Psychologica, 134, 110-124. PDF

Ford, B. Q., Tamir, M., Brunye, T. T., Shirer, W. R., Mahoney, C. R., & Taylor, H. A. (2010). Keeping your eyes on the prize: Anger and visual attention to threats and rewards. Psychological Science, 21, 1098-1105. PDF

Brunye, T. T., Mahoney, C. R., Lieberman, H. R., & Taylor, H. A. (2010). Caffeine modulates attention network function. Brain & Cognition, 72, 181-188.  PDF

Naylor-Emlen, S. J., & Taylor, H. A. (2009). Contributing factors to temporal and spatial associations in mental representations of maps.  Spatial Cognition and Computation, 9(4), 262-286. PDF

D’Anci, K. E., Vibhakar, A., Kanter, J. H., Mahoney, C. R., & Taylor, H. A. (2009). Voluntary dehydration and cognitive performance in trained college athletes.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 109, 251-269. PDF

Brunye, T. T., Ditman, T., Mahoney, C. R., Augustyn, J. S., & Taylor, H. A. (2009). When you and I share perspectives: Pronouns modulate perspective-taking during narrative comprehension. Psychological Science, 20, 27-32. PDF

Brunye, T. T., Mahoney, C. R., Augustyn, J. S., & Taylor, H. A. (2009). Horizontal saccadic eye movements enhance the retrieval of landmark shape and location information. Brain & Cognition, 70, 279-288. PDF

Brunye, T. T., Mahoney, C. R., Augustyn, J. S., & Taylor, H. A. (2009). Emotional state and local versus global spatial memory. Acta Psychologica, 130, 138-146. PDF

D'Anci, K. D., Watts, K. L., Kanarek, R. B., & Taylor, H. A. (2009). Low carbohydrate weight-loss diets: Effects on cognition, mood. Appetite, 52, 96-103. PDF

Brunye, T. T., & Taylor, H.A. (2009). When goals constrain: Eye movements and memory for goal-oriented map study. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 23, 772-787. PDF

Brunye, T. T., Rapp, D. N., & Taylor, H. A. (2008). Representational flexibility and specificity following spatial descriptions of real-world environments. Cognition, 108, 418-443. PDF

Brunye, T. T., Taylor, H. A., & Rapp, D. N. (2008). Repetition and dual coding in procedural multimedia learning. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 22, 877-895. PDF

Taylor, H. A., Brunye, T. T., & Taylor, S. (2009). Wayfinding and navigation: Mental representation and implications for navigational system design. In C. M. Carswell (Ed.), Reviews of Human Factors and Ergonomics, Volume 4. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. PDF

Brunye, T. T., & Taylor, H. A. (2008). Working memory in developing and applying mental models from spatial descriptions. Journal of Memory and Language, 58, 701-729. PDF 

Brunye, T. T., & Taylor, H. A. (2008). Extended experience benefits spatial mental model development with route but not survey descriptions. Acta Psychologica, 127, 340-354. PDF  

Brunye, T. T., Taylor, H. A., & Worboys, M. (2007). Levels of detail in descriptions and depictions of geographic space. Spatial Cognition and Computation, 7, 227-266. PDF

Mahoney, C. R., Taylor, H. A., & Kanarek, R. B. (2007). Effect of an afternoon confectionery snack on cognitive processes critical to learning. Physiology & Behavior, 90, 344-352. PDF

 Brunye, T. T., Taylor, H. A., Rapp, D. N., & Spiro, A. B. (2006). Learning Procedures: The Role of Working Memory in Multimedia Learning Experiences. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 20, 917-940. PDF Stimuli (20MB zip)

Rapp, D. N., Klug, J.L., & Taylor, H. A. (2006). Character Movement and the Representation of Space During Narrative Comprehension. Memory & Cognition, 34, 1206-1220. PDF

Uttal, D. H., Fisher, J. A., & Taylor, H. A. (2006). Words and maps: Developmental changes in the integration of spatial information acquired from different sources. Developmental Science, 9(2), 221-235. PDF

Magliano, J. P., Taylor, H. A., & Kim, H. J. (2005). When goals collide: Monitoring the goals of multiple characters. Memory & Cognition, 33(8), 1357-1367. PDF

Mahoney, C. R., Taylor, H. A., Kanarek, R. B., & Samuel, P. (2005). Effects of breakfast composition on cognitive processes in elementary school children. Physiology and Behavior, 85, 635-645. PDF

 Taylor, H. A. (2005). Mapping the understanding of understanding maps. P. Shah & A. Miyake (Eds.). Handbook of Visuospatial Processing. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Taylor, H. A., Renshaw, C. E. & Choi, E. (2004). The Effect of multiple formats on understanding complex visual displays. Journal of Geoscience Education, 52(1). 115-121. PDF

Rapp, D. N., & Taylor, H. A. (2004). Interactive dimensions in the construction of mental representations for text. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 30(5), 988-1001. PDF

 Taylor, H. A. & Rapp, D. N. (2004). Where's the donut? Factors influencing spatial reference frame use. Cognitive Processing: International Quarterly of Cognitive Science, 5, 175-188. PDF

 

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