Catherine M. Arrington
Publications


Refereed Publications


Weaver, S. M., & Arrington, C. M. (In press). The effect of hierarchical task representations on task selection in voluntary task switching. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition.

 

Samanez-Larkin, G. R., Buckholtz, J. W., Cowan, R. L., Woodward, N. D., Li, R., Ansari, M. S., Arrington, C. M., Baldwin, R. M., Smith, C. E., Treadway, M. T., Kessler, R. M., & Zald, D. H. (In press.) A thalamocorticostriatal dopamine network for psychostimulant-enhanced human cognitive flexibility. Biological Psychiatry.

 

Demanet, J., DeBaene, W., Arrington, C. M., & Brass, M. (2013). Biasing free choices: The role of the rostral cingulate zone in intentional control. Neuroimage, 72, 207-213.

 

Weaver, S. M., & Arrington, C. M. (2013). Tracking the multitasking mind. Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 221, 51-60.

 

Butler, K. M., Arrington, C. M., & Weywadt, C. (2011). Working memory capacity modulates task performance, but has little influence on task choice. Memory & Cognition, 39, 708-724.

 

Arrington, C. M., & Rhodes, K. M.* (2010). Perceptual asymmetries influence task choice: The effect of lateralized presentation of hierarchical stimuli. Laterality, 15, 501-513.

 

Arrington, C. M., Weaver, S. M., & Pauker, R. L.* (2010). Stimulus priming in task choice during voluntary task switching. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 36, 1060-1067. [pdf]

Arrington, C. M., & Rhodes, K. M.* (In press). Perceptual asymmetries influence task choice: The effect of lateralized presentation of hierarchical stimuli. Laterality.

Weaver, S. M., & Arrington, C. M. (2010). What’s on your mind: The influence of the contents of working memory on choice. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 63, 726-737. [pdf]

Arrington, C. M., & Yates, M. M.* (2009). The role of attentional networks in voluntary task switching. Pyschonomic Bulletin & Review, 16, 660-665.

Arrington, C. M. (2008). The effect of stimulus availability on task choice in voluntary task switching. Memory & Cognition, 36, 991-997. [pdf]

Arrington, C. M., Logan, G. D., & Schneider, D. W. (2007). Separating cue encoding from target processing in the explicit task-cuing procedure: Are there “true” task switch effects? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 33, 484-502. [pdf]

Arrington, C. M., & Logan, G. D. (2005). Voluntary task switching: Chasing the elusive homunculus.  Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 31, 683-702. [pdf]

Arrington, C. M., & Logan, G. D. (2004-b).  Episodic and semantic components of the compound-stimulus strategy in the explicit-task cuing procedure. Memory & Cognition, 32, 965-976. [pdf]

Arrington, C. M., & Logan, G. D. (2004-a).  The cost of a voluntary task switch. Psychological Science, 15, 610-615. [pdf]

Arrington, C. M., Altmann, E. M., & Carr, T. H. (2003). Tasks of a feather flock together: Similarity effects in task switching. Memory & Cognition, 31, 781-789. [pdf]

Arrington, C. M., Carr, T. H., Mayer, A. R., & Rao, S. M. (2000). Neural mechanisms of visual attention: Object-based selection of a region in space. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 12 (Suppl. 2), 106-117. [pdf]

Weldon, M. K., Arrington, C. M., Runnels, P. L.,  & Wheeler, J. F. (1997). Selectivity enhancement in free-zone capillary electrophoresis using conventional ion-pairing chemistry.  Journal of Chromatography A, 758, 293-302.

[While electronic versions of some papers are provided to ensure timely dissemination of academic work for individual, noncommercial purposes, copyright and all rights therein reside with the respective copyright holders.  These files may not be reposted without permission.]

Book Chapter

Arrington, C. M., & Carr, T. H. (2003). Attention. In B. S. Fogel, R. B. Schiffer, & S. M. Rao (Eds.), Neuropsychiatry, (2nd ed.) pp. 404-425. Philadelphia, PA: Lipincott, Williams, & Wilkins.

 

Published Abstracts

Rao, S. M., Arrington, C. M., Mayer, A. R., & Carr, T. H. (2000). Neural systems for reorienting visual attention when targets appear at unexpected locations.  NeuroImage, 11:5, S4.


Arrington, C. M., Rao, S. M., Mayer, A. R., & Carr, T. H. (1999). Brain mechanisms underlying object-based attention: How do we select a bounded region of space? Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Supplement S, 68.


Recent Professional Presentations

Reiman, K.M., & Arrington, C.M. (2012, November). Executive control, working memory and action planning: An Individual differences Approach. Poster presented at the annual meeting of The Psychonomic Society, Minneapolis, MN.

 

Reiman, K.M., Arrington, C.M. (2012, March). Encoding and retrieval in the task span procedure. Oral presentation at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Pittsburgh, PA.

 

Reiman, K.M., Weaver, S.M., & Arrington, C.M. (2011, November). Encoding and choice in the task span procedure. Poster presented at the annual meeting of The Psychonomic Society, Seattle, WA.

 

Weaver, S.M., Reiman, K.M., & Arrington, C.M. (2011, November). Predictable stimulus positions decrease bottom-up influences on task choice. Poster presented at the annual meeting of The Psychonomic Society, Seattle, WA.

 

Reiman, K.M., Weaver, S. M., & Arrington, C. M. (2011, March). The effect of complexity on implementing a plan in the task span paradigm. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Cambridge, MA.

 

Arrington, C. M., & Weaver, S. M. (2010, November).Tracking the influences of preparation, congruency, and task switching on task performance during explicit task cuing. Paper presented at the 51st annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, St. Louis, MO.

 

Weaver, S. M., & Arrington, C. M. (2010, November).Tracking the multitasking mind. Poster presented at the 51st annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, St. Louis, MO.

 

Weaver, S. M., & Arrington, C. M. (2010, July). Expanding task switching: Moving beyond the keypress response. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Association for Interdisciplinary Learning, Hood River, OR.

 

Weaver, S. M., & Arrington, C. M. (2010, March). The role of inhibition in task selection in voluntary task switching. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Brooklyn, NY.

 

Pauker, R. L., Weaver, S. M., & Arrington, C. M. (2010, March). The effect of stimulus-response congruency on task choice in voluntary task switching. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Brooklyn, NY.


Arrington, C. M., & Weaver, S. M. (2009, November). Conflict-control processes influence task performance but not task choice in voluntary task switching. Poster presented at the 50th annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Boston, MA.

 

Weaver, S. M., & Arrington, C. M. (2009, March). The role of inhibition in task selection in voluntary task switching. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Brooklyn, NY.
 
Pauker, R. L., Weaver, S. M., & Arrington, C. M. (2009, March). The effect of stimulus-response congruency on task choice in voluntary task switching. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Brooklyn, NY.
 
Arrington, C. M., & Weaver, S. M. (2009, November). Conflict-control processes influence task performance but not task choice in voluntary task switching. Poster presented at the 50th annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Boston, MA.
 
Arrington C. M., & Weaver, S. M. (2009, May). Eliciting voluntary behavior in multitask environments: Choosing what to do next. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Weaver, S. M., & Arrington, C. M. (2009, March). What’s on Your Mind: The Influence of the Contents of Working Memory on Choice. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Pittsburgh, PA.

Arrington, C. M., Stuart, J. A.*, & Weaver, S. M. (2009, March). Multitasking and Mind Wandering. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Pittsburgh, PA.

Arrington, C. M., & Yates, M. M.* (2008, November). The role of attention networks in task selection and task performance in voluntary task switching. Paper presented at the 49th annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago, IL.

Arrington, C. M. (2008, August). Eliciting voluntary behavior in multitask environments. Paper presented at the 14th annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Association for Interdisciplinary Learning, Hood River, OR.

Arrington, C. M., & Radetich, K. B.* (2008, March). Choosing the easy way: The effect of task difficulty on task choice. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Weaver, S. M., & Arrington, C. M. (2008, March). How high working memory loads affect task choice: The influence of the availability heuristic in voluntary task switching. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

* Lehigh University undergraduate


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