Jeffrey Wagman
Professor
Office
DEG Degarmo Hall 413
Office Hours
by appointment
Office Phone
Email
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Current Courses
PSY 253.001 Cognition & Learning
PSY 427.001 Cognitive & Experimental Psychology Pro-Seminar
PSY 400.043 Independent Study
PSY 391.043 Scholarship Of Teaching & Learning Apprenticeship
PSY 290.043 Special Projects: Research Apprenticeship
Teaching Interests & Areas
Introduction to Psychology; Perception; Cognition and Learning; Cognitive Science
Research Interests & Areas
Perception-action; ecological psychology; Haptic perception and tool use; Perceptual learning; Perception of affordances
Ph D Experimental Psychology
University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut, USA
Illinois State University Outstanding University Researcher
Illinois State University
2018
Psychology Department Nominee for Outstanding College Researcher
Illinois State University
2017
Outstanding College Researcher
Illinois State University
2017
International Travel Grant
College of Arts and Sciences
2017
Illinois State University Sabbatical Award
Illinois State University
2016
International Travel Grant
College of Arts and Sciences
2016
Department Nominee for Janice Witherspoon Neuleib Award for Outstanding Achievement of the Year by a Tenured Faculty Member
Department of Psychology, ISU
2015
Grants and Contracts
Selective exploration in selective perception in probing hand and by foot
Jeffrey Wagman.
ISU Research and Sponsored Programs. July 1 2022 - 2023
Selective perception in probing by hand and by foot
Jeffrey Wagman.
Illinois State University (SFF). July 2020 - June 2021
Book Review
Is time merely a ghost? A review of The Psychology of Time Perception. (ISBN 978-1-137-40882-2) by John Weardon
Jeffrey Wagman.
(2016), 61, PsyCritiques
The relative dangers of charging bulls and paintings of charging bulls. A review of Art and Illusionists. (ISBN 978-3-319-25227-8) by Nicholas Wade.
Jeffrey Wagman.
(2016), 61, PsyCRITIQUES
Taking the other Cinderella to the ball. A review of Psychology of Touch and Blindness (ISBN 978-1-84872-653-6) by Morton A. Heller and Edouard Genta
Jeffrey Wagman.
(2015), 8, 339-340, IEEE Transactions on Haptics
Toward a more fiscally responsible theory of visual perception. A review of The Innocent Eye: Why Vision is Not a Cognitive Process (ISBN 978-0-19-937503-5) by Nico Orlandi
Jeffrey Wagman.
(2015), 59, PsyCritiques
Are illusions illusory? A review of The Oxford Compendium of Visual Illusions
Jeffrey Wagman.
62, PsyCRITIQUES
Book, Chapter
Perception by effortful touch and a lawful approach to (the evolution of) perceiving and acting
Jeffrey Wagman, Julia Blau, Tyler Duffrin.
25 – 51, Cognitive Archaeology, Body Cognition, and the Evolution of Visuospatial Perception, Elsevier
Perception of affordances in the animal kingdom and beyond
Jeffrey Wagman, Sarah Lozano, Angel Jimenez, Pablo Covarrubias, Felipe Cabrera.
70-108, Aproximaciones al estudio del comportamiento y sus aplicaciones. Vol. II, University of Guadalajara
The brain as a fractal antenna
Jeffrey Wagman, Brandon Thomas.
In search for an alternative to the computer metaphor of the brain, Cambridge University Press
Manuscript
Alterations in movement dynamicws in a tool-use task: The role of action-relevant intertial tool properties.
P Fitzpatrick, Jeffrey Wagman, R C Schmidt.
Zeitschrift für Psychologie / Journal of Psychology, 220, 23-28, (2012)
Transfer of recalibration from audition to touch: Modality independence as a special case of anatomical independence
Jeffrey Wagman, D H Abney.
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 38, 589-602, (2012)
When can an object feel heavier than itself? Perceived heaviness of a wielded object depends on grasp position.
Jeffrey Wagman, S J Aspel.
Perception, 40, 1384-1386, (2012)
Presentations
Higher order affordances
Jeffrey Wagman, Thomas Stoffregen.
International Conference on Perception and Action, Guadalajar, Jalisco, Mexico, June, 2023
Higher order affordances and direct perception
Thomas Stoffregen, Jeffrey Wagman.
International Conference on Perception and Action, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, June, 2023
When it comes to affordances, what do animals know and how do they know it?
Jeffrey Wagman, Tyler Duffrin, Thomas Stoffregen.
International Conference on Perception and Action, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, June, 2023
An introduction to an introduction to Ecological Psychology
Jeffrey Wagman, Julia Blau.
North American Meeting of the International Society for Ecological Psychology, Hattiesburg, MS, June, 2022
Perception of higher-order affordances for kicking in soccer
Jeffrey Wagman, George Bailey, A T Peker, V Boge, Thomas Stoffregen.
North American Meeting of the International Society for Ecological Psychology, Hattiesburg, MS, June, 2022
You’re gonna need a bigger boat: feeling ‘fish’ length at the end of a ‘fishing line’
Jeffrey Wagman, Tyler Duffrin.
North American Meeting of the International Society for Ecological Psychology, Hattiesburg, MS, June, 2022
Perceiving multiple properties of a single rod-surface system
Jeffrey Wagman, Tyler Duffrin.
North American Meeting of the International Society for Ecological Psychology,, Hattiesbiurg, MS, June, 2022
Tool use as detection and exploitation of information in an ecological niche
Jeffrey Wagman.
University of Connecticut, Srorrs, CT, April, 2022
Visual and haptic perception of affordances of Feelies
Catherine Dowell, Alen Hajnal, Wim Pouw, Jeffrey Wagman.
Vison Sciences Society, St. Pete's Beach, Florida, May, 2021
It doesn’t add up. Nested affordances for reaching are perceived as a complex particular
Jeffrey Wagman, Thomas Stoffregen.
International Conference on Perception and Action, Cincinnati, OH, July, 2020
Selective perception in probing by foot: Perceiving the length of a probe and the distance of a probed surface.
Jeffrey Wagman, Stephanie Hartling.
International Conference on Perception and Action, Cincinnati, Ohio, July, 2020
Visual and haptic perception of affordance properties of feelies
C Dowell, A Hajnal, W Pouw, Jeffrey Wagman, T Surber, J Clark.
Annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, Louisiana., June, 2020
Visual and haptic perception of affordances of Feelies
C Dowell, A Hajnal, W Pouw, Jeffrey Wagman.
Vision Sciences Society, St. Pete’s Beach, Florida, June, 2020
Dogs in the gray zone: Canine perception for going over or under a barrier
Sarah Lozano, Jeffrey Wagman, John Franchak, Valeri Farmer-Dougan.
International Canine Sciences Conference, Pheonix, November, 2019
Perception of affordances in the animal kingdom and beyond
Jeffrey Wagman.
Seminario internacional sobre comportamiento y aplicaciones (International seminar on behavior and applications)., Gudalajara, Mexico, November, 2019
Visual and haptic perception of affordances of Feelies
Catherine Dowell, Alen Hajnal, Wim Pouw, Jeffrey Wagman.
Vision Sciences Society, St. Pete's Beach, Florida, November, 2019
Dogs in the gray zone: Canine perception for going over or under a barrier
Sarah Lozano, Jeffrey Wagman, John Franchak, Valeri Farmer-Dougan.
American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois, August, 2019
Body sway is sufficient for perception of changes in affordances for walking
Nicolette Peterson, Hannah Walter, R Li, Jeffrey Wagman, Thomas Stoffregen.
International Conference on Perception and Action, Groningen, The Netherlands, July, 2019
Empirical evidence for sensitivity to nesting of affordances as means-ends hierarchy
Jeffrey Wagman, Thomas Stoffregen.
International Conference on Perception and Action, Groningen, The Netherlands, July, 2019
Nested affordances
Jeffrey Wagman, Thomas Stoffregen.
International Conference on Perception and Action, Groningen, The Netherlans, July, 2019
Nesting of affordances as a means-ends hierarchy
Thomas Stoffregen, Jeffrey Wagman.
International Conference on Perception and Action, Groningen, The Netherlands, July, 2019
Sensitivity to changes in dynamic affordances for walking
Nicolette Peterson, Hannah Walter, R Li, Jeffrey Wagman, Thomas Stoffregen.
International Conference on Perception and Action, Groningen, The Netherlands, July, 2019
Sensitivity to changes in dynamic affordances for walking on a ship at sea
Hannah Walter, Nicolette Peterson, R Li, Jeffrey Wagman, Thomas Stoffregen.
International Conference on Perception and Action, Groningen, The Netherlands, July, 2019
Visual and haptic perception of affordance properties of feelies.
C Dowell, T Surber, H Masoner, J Clark, Jeffrey Wagman, Alen Hajnal.
International Conference on Perception and Action, Groningen, The Netherlands, July, 2019
Multifractality of postural sway affects affordance perception of reachability in virtual reality
Alen Hajnal, H Masoner, J Clark, C Dowell, T Surber, A Funkhouser, Jeffrey Wagman.
International Conferfene on Perception and Action, Groningen, The Netherlands, July, 2019