Publications
Thomas, L. E. (in press). Action experience drives visual processing biases near the hands. Psychological Science.
Stettler, B., & Thomas, L. E. (in press). Visual processing is biased in peripersonal foot space. Perception & Psychophysics.
Balas, B., & Thomas, L. E. (2015). Competition makes observers remember faces as more aggressive. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 144, 711-716.
Thomas, L. E. (2015). Grasp posture alters visual processing biases near the hands. Psychological Science, 26(5), 625-632.
Thomas, L. E., & Pemstein, D. (2015). What you see is what you get: Webcam placement influences perception and social coordination. Frontiers in Cognition, 6:306.
Thomas, L. E., Davoli, C. C., & Brockmole, J. R. (2014). Competitive interaction leads to perceptual distancing between actors. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 40, 2112-2116.
Kuylen, C., Balas, B., & Thomas, L. E. (2014). My shadow, myself: Cast-body shadows are embodied. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 21, 676-681.
Thomas, L. E. (2013). Spatial working memory is necessary for actions to guide thought. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 39, 1974-1981.
Sun, H. M., & Thomas, L. E. (2013). Biased attention near another's hand following joint action. Frontiers in Perception Science, 4:443.
Thomas, L. E. (2013). Grasp posture modulates attentional prioritization of space near the hands. Frontiers in Perception Science, 4:312.
Thomas, L. E., & Seiffert, A. E. (2013). Looking ahead: Attending to anticipatory locations increases perception of control. Consciousness and Cognition, 22, 375-381.
Thomas, L. E., Davoli, C. C., & Brockmole, J. R. (2013). Interacting with objects compresses environmental representations in spatial memory. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 20, 101-107.
Thomas, L. E., & Seiffert, A. E. (2011). How many objects are you worth? Quantification of the self-motion load on multiple object tracking. Frontiers in Cognition, 2:245.
Thomas, L. E., & Seiffert, A. E. (2010). Self-motion impairs multiple-object tracking. Cognition, 177, 80-86.
Irwin, D. E., & Thomas, L. E. (2010). Eyeblinks and cognition. In Coltheart, V. (Ed.), Tutorials in Visual Cognition. (pp. 121-141). New York: Psychology Press.
Higgins, J. S., Irwin, D. E., Wang, R. F., & Thomas, L. E. (2009). Visual direction constancy across eyeblinks. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 71, 1607-1617.
Thomas, L. E., & Lleras, A. (2009a). Swinging into thought: Directed movement guides insight in problem solving. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 16, 719-723.
Thomas, L. E., & Lleras, A. (2009b). Covert shifts of attention function as an implicit aid to insight. Cognition, 111, 168-174.
Thomas, L. E., & Lleras, A. (2009c). Inhibitory tagging in an interrupted visual search. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 71, 1241-1250.
Irwin, D. E., & Thomas, L. E. (2008). Visual sensory memory. In Luck, S. J., & Hollingworth, A. (Eds.), Visual memory. (pp. 9-42). New York: Oxford University Press.
Thomas, L. E., & Lleras, A. (2007). Moving eyes and moving thought: On the spatial compatibility between eye movements and cognition. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 14, 663-668.
Irwin, D. E., & Thomas, L. E. (2007). The effect of saccades on number comparison. Perception & Psychophysics, 69, 450-458.
Thomas, L. E., Ambinder, M. S., Hsieh, B., Levinthal, B., Crowell, J. A., Irwin, D. E., Kramer, A. F., Lleras, A., Simons, D. J., & Wang, R. F. (2006). Fruitful visual search: Inhibition of return in a virtual foraging task. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 13, 891-895.
Thomas, L. E., & Irwin, D. E. (2006). Voluntary eyeblinks disrupt iconic memory. Perception & Psychophysics, 68, 475-488.
Wang, R. F., Crowell, J. A., Simons, D. J., Irwin, D. E., Kramer, A. F., Ambinder, M. S., Thomas, L. E., Gosney, J. L., Levinthal, B. R., & Hsieh, B. B. (2006). Spatial updating relies on an egocentric representation of space: Effects of the number of objects. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 13, 281-286.