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Michael Hout
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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.
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Extremely proud to be taking the torch from Sarah Shomstein at such an amazing journal. Got my first publication here. And my first chance at being an AE (thanks to Mike Dodd). It’s incredibly exciting to be the next EiC. Thanks to Pnom society for giving me the opportunity.
We are pleased to announce that Michael C. Hout, New Mexico State University, USA, will serve as the new Editor-in-Chief of AP&P. Please join us in extending our congratulations to Mike. bit.ly/45qjtCl #psynomAPP @michaelhout.bsky.social buff.ly/RVTq3mS
The newest member of our lab is Michelle Kass, an undergraduate Discovery Scholar. Her project will involve examining memory performance as a function of congruent or mismatched feedback. She is already a research assistant in the lab, but welcome to DSP, Michelle!
December 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The Psychonomic Society has posted about our paper out in BRM, focused on evaluating (and making recommendations for) open data sharing practices in the cognition literature (using visual search and eye movements as a bit of a case study). Link: featuredcontent.psychonomic.org/sharing-cari...
December 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Reposted by Michael Hout
The procedures for what, where, and how to share materials can be wildly inconsistent. A BRM paper by @haywardgodwin.bsky.social @michaelhout.bsky.social et al. introduces the Find It, Access It, Reuse It scorecard to help standardize research sharing practices. Post by Lai
Sharing, caring, and developing better practices for both
One of the greatest (and, in my opinion, most overlooked) aspects of science is that it is a process inherently founded on and driven by community. Almost all ongoing research questions are derived…
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December 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Just received the Primarius Academicus Socius recognition in from the University of Pécs (Hungary). Given for “outstanding collaborative scientific achievements,” by researchers “who attained international research excellence by reaching a scientific impact in the global top 10%.”
December 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Graduation, Fall 2025 post (3 of 3): Last but most definitely not least, congrats to Dr Eben Daggett for the completion of his PhD. He is pictured here being hooded, as captured by the livestream. Thanks for always making me feel dumb in person (while looking smart in our published works), Eben.
December 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Graduation, Fall 2025 post (2of 3): Congratulations to Dr. Bryan White, Ph.D. for receiving his PhD last night. He is pictured here, in classic Bryan style, with a laugh as wide as he is tall. Congrats, Bryan!
December 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Graduation, Fall 2025 post (1 of 3): Congratulations to Ashley Mathis for not only receiving her master's degree this fall, but doing so with a perfect 4.0 GPA. She is pictured here at her Honor's cord ceremony. Well done, Ashley! Now get to work on that PhD.
December 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Our upcoming (NSF-funded) OPAM workshop will feature Dr Johnny van Doorn (of University of Amsterdam) presenting on the theory and practice of Bayesian statistics (using JASP software). Please register and join us for the workshop (on January 26th), here: www.opamconference.com/online-works...
December 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
We have a new publication out in Behavior Research Methods; a large database of threatening images (and similar but nonthreatening ones) rated for similarity. It should be of use to visual attention/memory researchers, those studying fear/phobias, and more. Find it here: doi.org/10.3758/s134...
December 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM
We are hiring for the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs position in the College of HEST. Please consider applying and/or sharing this post. Reach out if you have questions about working in the Dean's office as well!

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Associate Dean, Academic Affairs - Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States
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December 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The next installment of our NSF-funded OPAM workshop series will feature Dr Jason Tsukahara (of the University of Miami) presenting his workshop on researching individual differences (on December 9th). Visit the website (opamconference.com) to register for the free Zoom session.
December 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
UMass Lowell Psychology is currently hiring. Check out the job ad, and consider joining Megan Papesh in her home department.

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November 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I'm proud to announce that I'm taking over as Interim Director of the NMSU STEM+ Education Research Institute. My role here will be to support SERI’s mission to advance evidence-based STEM education, expand interdisciplinary collaboration, and strengthen STEM learning pathways across New Mexico.
November 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Academic friends... the NMSU Graduate School is currently looking for an Associate Dean to join their team. Please consider applying and sharing within your professional networks.

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Assc Dean,Graduate School - Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States
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November 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
We also have a pair of presentations at the upcoming @opam.bsky.social conference. Dr Eben Daggett will be giving a talk on dynamics in the attentional blink. And Mayte Alonso Carrillo (with Dr Giovanna Del Sordo and Dr Megan Papesh) will be giving a poster on pupillometry and sustained attention.
November 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
We've got some presentations coming up at Psychonomics. Dr Giovanna Del Sordo will be giving a talk (on using pupillometry to explore active/passive sustained attention) and Dr Eben Daggett will be presenting a poster (on how AI can be trained on human similarity data). Come on by!
November 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I’m very happy and proud to announce that Eben Daggett has successfully completed his PhD. His dissertation (involving a ton of behavioral data collection and modeling) was on similarity perception and representationally-aligned artificial intelligence. Congratulations, Dr. Daggett!
November 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Friendly reminder that the Object Perception, Attention, and Memory conference has a new "Lunch with an Expert” initiative where you can be paired with an expert and have the chance to ask them questions while enjoying a free lunch! Register (and please share!): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
OPAM 2025 Luncheon
Students, postbacs, and postdocs attending OPAM 2025 are invited to sign-up for a free lunch with an expert on the day of the conference!
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October 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I'm very proud of this effort to create collaborations between NMSU and UTEP researchers on areas in brain and behavioral health.

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NMSU, UTEP collaboration focuses on research in brain, behavioral health
New Mexico State University is partnering with the University of Texas at El Paso to explore interdisciplinary collaborations focusing on research in brain and behavioral health. The collaboration...
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September 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM