Associate Dean for Research at NMSU HEST. Interim Director of STEM Ed Research Institute. Assoc Editor at AP&P. Former NSF Program Director. Prof of Psych (and Kinesiology). Director of NMSU Discovery Scholars and two research labs. Treasurer of OPAM.
Michael Hout
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The OPAM Team is excited to announce Dr. Geoffrey Woodman as the OPAM 2026 Keynote Speaker! Dr. Woodman is the E. Bronson Ingram Chair of Neuroscience and Professor of Psychology at Vanderbilt University, where he leads the Woodman Brain Lab. Join us for his keynote!
Upcoming Vision Sciences Society presentations: Gio Del Sordo will lead our poster on an AI-Human similarity database for medical image perception. And Eben Daggett will lead the poster on our work on contexts effects in AI-Human representational alignment. Both also include Jon Art from our lab.
OPAM34 is now accepting abstract submissions! The conference embraces a diversity of approaches, including psychophysics, eye-tracking, and neuroimaging. OPAM occurs immediately before the Psychonomic Society meeting and at the same venue. Learn more here: www.opamconference.com/opam2026
Collin Scarince and I have a new paper out in QJEP. This is an impressive feat by Collin to modify the Guided Search model with a multidimensional scaling "plug in" that helps extend computational capacity to capture performance with featurally complex stimuli. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The Discovery Scholars Program is back in NMSU News with a feature story describing the impact is has by broadening access to research opportunities for undergraduates in the College of HEST and College of Arts & Sciences. Read the story here: newsroom.nmsu.edu/news/discove...
The OPAM training workshop series is back, starting with Dr Sarah Merrill (from UMass Lowell) who will be presenting on how to write competitive NSF GRFP/Fellowship applications. Workshops happen live (uiowa.zoom.us/j/94840104986) and are recorded and posted to our website thereafter. Join us!
Congrats to Ashley Mathis on the successful completion of her comprehensive exams this week! Ashley now moves on to her dissertation. Way to go, Ashley!
Gio Del Sordo has a new paper out in CABN. It extends her dissertation work in using pupillometry to support the argument that sustained attention comprises two distinct yet complementary modes of engagement. Read it here: link.springer.com/epdf/10.3758...
On 5/26, I'll be trying something new (to me) in the world of Sci-Comm. At the Fountain Theatre, I'll present a short public lecture following a screening of the movie "Oliver Sacks: His Own Life." mesillavalleyfilm.org/science-on-s...
Dr Giovanna Del Sordo has led another kid-friendly science communication article in Frontiers for Young Minds. This one is on using pupillometric methods to index individual differences in mental imagery. Check it out, here: kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
A full class schedule, work, family and other life obligations can make it difficult for many undergraduate students to gain research experience early in their careers. The Discovery Scholars...
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The Fountain Theatre is proud to bring back Science on Screen® for another year of programming in 2026. Science on Screen® creatively pairs screenings of c ...
When you step outside on a sunny day, your pupils (the dark spots in the center of your eyes) shrink to block out light. In the dark, however, your pupils grow to let more light in. This automatic rea...
