Department of Psychology University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona 85721

e-mail: lachter@u.arizona.edu phone: (520) 621-2172 fax: (520) 621-9306

Born March 16, 1963

Degrees

• University of Rochester -- Ph.D., 1994
• University of Rochester -- M.A., 1992
• Harvard College -- A.B., 1985

Other Education

• International Computer Science Institute -- 1990
• Summer Linguistics Institute -- 1987

Honors and Awards

• NSF Pre-doctoral Fellowship -- 1987 - 1990
• University of Rochester Sproul Fellow -- 1986 - 87, 1990 - 91
• cum laude in general studies -- Harvard College, 1985

Employment

• Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Associate, University of Arizona -- 1995 - present
• McDonnell Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton University -- 1994 - 1995

Articles

Lachter, J. and F. Durgin. In Press. Metacontrast masking functions: A question of speed? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. (Abstract)

Lachter, J., F. Durgin and T. Washington. In Press. Disappearing percepts: Evidence for retention failure in metacontrast masking. Visual Cognition: Special Issue on Change Blindness.(Abstract)

Lachter, J. and M. Hayhoe. 1995. Capacity limitations in memory for visual locations. Perception 24:1427-1441.(Abstract)

Hayhoe, M., J. Lachter and P. Møller. 1992. Spatial memory and integration across saccadic eye movements. In K. Rayner (Ed.) Eye Movements and Visual Cognition: Scene Perception and Reading. New York: Springer.

Hayhoe, M., J. Lachter and J. Feldman. 1991. Integration of form across saccadic eye movements. Perception 20:393-402.(Abstract)

Lachter, J. and T. G. Bever. 1988. The relation between linguistic structure and associative theories of language learning--A constructive critique of some connectionist learning models. Cognition 28:195-247 (Reprinted in S. Pinker and J. Mehler (Eds.) 1988. Connections and Symbols. Cambidge:MIT Press).(Abstract)

Published Commentary

Lachter, J. 1994. Consciousness in natural language and motor learning. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 17:409-410.

Karn, K., J. Lachter, P. Møller and M. Hayhoe. 1994. Task dependent spatial memory across saccades. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 17:267-268.

Conference Presentations

Lachter, J. and F. Durgin. 1998. The development of metacontrast masking. Annual meeting of The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Fort Lauderdale, Florida, May 11, 1998.

Lachter, J. and F. Durgin. 1997. Reduction in metacontrast with fast responding. Annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 20, 1997.(Abstract)

Hameroff, S. R., S. L. Novak, S. Yang and J. Lachter. 1997. Subjective time flow: Effects of pre-operative medication and general anesthesia. 27th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 28, 1997.

Lachter, J. and F. Durgin. 1997. Fleeting awareness in metacontrast. The first conference of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness. Claremont, California, June 15 1997.(Abstract)

Lachter, J. and F. Durgin. 1996. Metacontrast detection task shows anomalous speed-accuracy tradeoff. Annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Chicago, Illinois, October 31, 1996.(Abstract)

Lachter, J. 1995. Processing of unattended stimuli: Detection not identification. Annual meeting of The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Fort Lauderdale, Florida, May 15, 1995.

Lachter, J. 1994. Iconic memory for overlapping and non-overlapping stimuli. Converging Operations in the Study of Visual Selective Attention. University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, May 20, 1994.(Abstract)

Lachter, J., M. Hayhoe and J. Feldman. 1991. Capacity limitations in the integration of information across saccades. Annual meeting of The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Sarasota, Florida, May 1, 1991.

Lachter, J., M. Hayhoe and J. Feldman. 1989. Integrating form across saccades. Annual meeting of The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Sarasota, Florida, May 2, 1989.

Invited Presentations

Lachter, J. 1999. Cognition About Perception: Some Thoughts About What We See. University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana, May 3, 1999.(Abstract)

Lachter, J. 1998. Seeing and Unseeing: A case study in unconscious perception. University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas, April 29, 1998.(Abstract)

Lachter, J. 1996. The development of a percept. University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, October 11, 1996.

Lachter, J. 1996. A reverse speed-accuracy tradeoff. University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, September 6, 1996.

Lachter, J. 1994. Processing of unattended stimuli in vision. Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, November 2, 1994.

Lachter, J. 1994. Processing of unattended stimuli. Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, January 27, 1994.

Teaching Experience

• Instructor, Psychology of Measurement and Statistics (Psy 230), University of Arizona, Summer 1999
• Co-Instructor, Cognitive Psychology (Psy 325), University of Arizona, Spring 1997
• Teaching Assistant, Learning and Memory (Psy 231), University of Rochester, Spring 1993
• Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Cognitive Science (Cog Sci 101), University of Rochester, Spring 1992
• Instructor, Philosophy of Cognitive Science (Cog Sci 271), University of Rochester, Spring 1989
• Grader, Analysis (Math 110), Harvard College, Fall 1984

Departmental Service

• Consciousness Summer Institute, 1997
• Prehealth Professions Committee, 1997, 1998
• Cognitive Science Curriculum Committee, 1991 - 1992
• Psychology Department Speakers Committee, 1989 - 1990
• Psychology Computing Committee, 1987 - 1988
• Cognitive Science Speakers Committee, 1987 - 1988
• Organized Cognitive Science Happy Hours, 1986 - 1988

Professional Organizations

• Psychonomic Society
• American Psychological Society
• Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology