Publications: Journal Articles

Cutting, J.E., Proffitt, D.R., & Kozlowski, L.T. (1978). A biomechanical invariant for gait perception. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 4, 357‑372. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/0096-1523.4.3.357

Proffitt, D.R. & Cutting, J.E. (1979). Perceiving the centroid of configurations on a rolling wheel. Perception & Psychophysics, 25, 389‑398. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03199847

Proffitt, D.R., Cutting, J.E., & Stier, D.M. (1979). Perception of wheel‑generated motions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 5, 289‑302. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/0096-1523.5.2.289

Proffitt, D.R. & Cutting, J.E. (1980). An invariant for wheel‑generated motions and the logic of its determination. Perception, 9, 435‑449. https://doi.org/10.1068/p090435

Proffitt, D.R. & Cutting, J.E. (1980). Perceiving the centroid of curvilinearly‑bounded rolling shapes. Perception & Psychophysics, 28, 484‑487. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03204894

Proffitt, D.R. & Simmons, R.W. (1980). A revolving X‑Y plotter for studying the perception of rotational motions. Behavioral Research Methods and Instrumentation, 12, 601‑604. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03201850

Shebilske, W.L. & Proffitt, D.R. (1981). The priority of perceive distance for perceiving motion has not been demonstrated: Critical comments on Gogel's "The sensing of retinal motion." Perception & Psychophysics, 30,170‑172. https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03207281

Cutting, J.E. & Proffitt, D.R. (1982). The minimum principle and the perception of absolute, common, and relative motions. Cognitive Psychology, 14, 211‑246. https://doi.org/10.1016/0010-0285(82)90009-3

Proffitt, D.R. & O'Brien, R.G. (1982). Standardizing distances of observations within shapes. Perception & Psychophysics, 31, 302‑305. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.3758/BF03202539

Proffitt, D.R., Thomas, M.A., & O'Brien, R.G. (1983). The roles of contour and luminance distribution in determining perceived centers within shapes. Perception & Psychophysics, 33, 53‑71. https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03205866

Shebilske, W.L., Karmiohl, C.K., & Proffitt, D.R. (1983). Induced esophoric shifts in eye convergence and illusory distance in reduced and structured viewing conditions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 9, 270‑277. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/0096-1523.9.2.270

Shebilske, W.L. & Proffitt, D.R. (1983). Paradoxical retinal motions during head movements: Apparent motion without equivalent apparent displacement. Perception & Psychophysics, 34, 476‑481. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.3758/BF03203065

Bertenthal, B.I., Proffitt, D.R., & Cutting, J.E. (1984). Infant sensitivity to figural coherence in biomechanical motions. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 37, 213‑230. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0965(84)90001-8

Kaiser, M.K. & Proffitt, D.R. (1984). The development of sensitivity to causally‑relevant dynamic information. Child Development, 55, 1614‑1624. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.2307/1130030

Proffitt, D.R., Bertenthal, B.I., & Roberts, R.J., Jr. (1984). The role of occlusion in reducing multistability in moving point‑light displays. Perception & Psychophysics, 4, 315‑323. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03202783

Shebilske, W.L., Proffitt, D.R., & Fisher, S.K. (1984). Efferent factors in natural event perception can be rationalized and verified: A reply to Turvey and Soloman. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 10, 455‑460. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/0096-1523.10.3.455

Bertenthal, B.I., Proffitt, D.R., & Keller, S.E. (1985). 3‑D graphics animation program for the Apple II. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers, 17, 195‑202. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03214382

Bertenthal, B.I., Proffitt, D.R., Spetner, N.B., & Thomas, M.A. (1985). The development of infant sensitivity to biomechanical motions. Child Development, 56, 531‑543. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1129742

Kaiser, M.K., Proffitt, D.R., & Anderson, K. (1985). Judgments of natural and anomalous trajectories in the presence and absence of motion. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 11, 795‑803. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/0278-7393.11.1-4.795

Kaiser, M.K., Proffitt, D.R., & McCloskey, M. (1985). The development of beliefs about falling objects. Perception & Psychophysics, 38, 533‑539. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03207062

Kaiser, M.K., McCloskey, M., & Proffitt, D.R. (1986). Development of intuitive theories of motion: Curvilinear motion in the absence of external forces. Developmental Psychology, 22, 67‑71. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/0012-1649.22.1.67

Proffitt, D.R. & Kaiser, M.K. (1986). The use of computer graphics animation in motion perception research. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers, 18, 487-492. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.3758/BF03201420

Proffitt, D.R. & Kaiser, M.K. (1986). Applications of computer‑graphics animation for motion‑perception research. NASA Technical Memorandum, No. 88335. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19870005412.pdf

Bertenthal, B.I., Proffitt, D.R., & Kramer, S.J. (1987). Perception of biomechanical motions by infants: Implementation of various processing constraints. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 13, 577-585. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/0096-1523.13.4.577

Bertenthal, B.I., Proffitt, D.R., Kramer, S.J., & Spetner, N.B. (1987). Infant's encoding of kinetic displays varying in relative coherence. Developmental Psychology, 23, 171-178. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/0012-1649.23.2.171

Kaiser, M.K. & Proffitt, D.R. (1987). Human-display interactions: Context specific biases. NASA Technical Memorandum, No. 89430. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19870011314.pdf

Kaiser, M.K. & Proffitt, D.R. (1987). Observers’ sensitivity to dynamic anomalies in collisions. Perception & Psychophysics, 42, 275-280. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03203079

Proffitt, D.R., Gilden, D.L., Kaiser, M.K., & Whelan, S.M. (1988). The effect of configural orientation on perceived trajectory in apparent motion. Perception & Psychophysics, 43, 465-474. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.3758/BF03207882

Gilden, D.L. & Proffitt, D.R. (1989). Understanding collision dynamics. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 15, 372-383. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/0096-1523.15.2.372

Kaiser, M.K. & Proffitt, D.R. (1989). Perceptual issues in scientific visualization. Proceedings of the SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 1083, 205-211. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.952889

Proffitt, D.R. & Gilden, D.L. (1989). Understanding natural dynamics. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 15, 384-393. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/0096-1523.15.2.384

Proffitt, D.R. & Bertenthal, B.I. (1990). Converging operations revisited: Assessing what infants perceive using discrimination measures. Perception & Psychophysics, 47, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03208159

Proffitt, D.R., Kaiser, M.K., & Whelan, S.A. (1990). Understanding wheel dynamics. Cognitive Psychology, 22, 342-373. https://doi.org/10.1016/0010-0285(90)90007-q

Davi, M., & Proffitt, D.R. (1991). The structure of a triangle: Its center and its form. Contributi di Psicologia, 4, 75-93.

McAfee, E.A. & Proffitt, D.R. (1991). Understanding the surface orientation of liquids. Cognitive Psychology, 23, 483-514. https://doi.org/10.1016/0010-0285(91)90017-I

Hecht, H. & Proffitt, D.R. (1991). Apparent extended body motions in depth. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 17, 1090-1103. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/0096-1523.17.4.1090

Proffitt, D.R. & Kaiser, M.K. (1991). Observer properties for understanding dynamical displays: Capacities, limitations, and defaults. NASA Technical Memorandum, No. 102812 https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19910018450.pdf

Davi, M., Thomas-Doyle, M.A. & Proffitt, D.R. (1992). The role of symmetry in determining perceived centers within shapes. Perception & Psychophysics, 52, 151-160. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03206768

Kaiser, M.K. & Proffitt, D.R. (1992). Using the stereokinetic effect to convey depth: Computationally efficient depth-from-motion displays. Human Factors, 34, 571-581. https://doi.org/10.1177/001872089203400505

Kaiser, M.K., Proffitt, D.R., Whelan, S.M. & Hecht, H. (1992). The influence of animation on dynamical judgments. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 18, 669-690. https://doi.org/10.1037//0096-1523.18.3.669

Proffitt, D.R., Rock, I, Hecht, H., & Schubert, J. (1992). The stereokinetic effect and its relation to the kinetic depth effect. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 18, 3-21. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/0096-1523.18.1.3

Agostini, T. & Proffitt, D.R. (1993). Perceptual organization evokes simultaneous lightness contrast. Perception, 22, 263-272. https://doi.org/10.1068/p220263

Caudek, C. & Proffitt, D.R. (1993). Depth perception in motion parallax and stereokinesis. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 19, 32-47. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/0096-1523.19.1.32

Davi, M. & Proffitt, D.R. (1993). Frames of reference and distinctive figural characteristics affect shape perception. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 19, 867-877. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/0096-1523.19.4.867

Pausch, R., Shackelford, M.A. & Proffitt, D.R. (1993). A user study comparing head-mounted and stationary displays. Proceedings of 1993 IEEE Research Properties in Virtual Reality Symposium, 41-45. https://doi.org/10.1109/VRAIS.1993.378265

Gilden, D.L. & Proffitt, D.R. (1994). Heuristic judgment of mass ratio in two-body collisions. Perception & Psychophysics, 56, 708-720. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03208364

Schmuckler, M.A. & Proffitt, D.R. (1994). Infant's perception of kinetic depth and stereokinetic displays. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 20, 122-130. https://doi.org/10.1037/0096-1523.20.1.122

Durgin, F.H., Proffitt, D.R., Olson, T.J., & Reinke, K.S. (1995). Comparing depth from binocular disparity to depth from motion. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 21, 679-699. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/0096-1523.21.3.679

Hecht, H. & Proffitt, D.R. (1995). The price of expertise: Effects of experience on the water-level task. Psychological Science, 6, 90-95. (Reported in (1995), Science, 268, 503, and (1995) Discover, 16, 24-26.) https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.1995.tb00312.x

Gossweiler, R., Proffitt, D.R., Bhalla, M., & Pausch, R. (1995). A hill study: Using a virtual environment as a perceptual psychology laboratory. IEEE Computer: Special Issue on Real Applications for Virtual Reality, March.

Kaiser , M.K., Montegut, M.J., & Proffitt, D. R. (1995). Rotational and translational components of motion parallax: Observers’ sensitivity and implications for 3-D computer graphics. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 1, 321-331. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/1076-898X.1.4.321

Proffitt, D.R., Bhalla, M., Gossweiler, R., & Midgett, J. (1995). Perceiving geographical slant. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 2, 409-428. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03210980

Joseph, J., & Proffitt, D.R. (1996). Semantic and perceptual influences of color in object recognition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Memory and Cognition, 22, 407-429. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/0278-7393.22.2.407

Proffitt, D.R. & Kaiser, M.K. (1996). Hi-lo stereo fusion. SIGGRAPH Visual Proceedings, 146. https://doi.org/10.1145/253607.253873

Durgin, F.H., & Proffitt, D.R. (1996). Visual learning in the perception of texture: Simple and contingent aftereffects of texture density. Spatial Vision, 9, 423-474. https://doi.org/10.1163/156856896X00204

Domini, F., Caudek, C., & Proffitt, D.R. (1997). Misperceptions of angular velocities influence the perception of rigidity in the kinetic depth effect. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 23, 1111-1129. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/0096-1523.23.4.1111

Pausch, R., Proffitt, D.R., & Williams, G. (1997). Quantifying Immersion in virtual reality. ACM SIGGRAPH `97 Conference Proceedings, Computer Graphics. https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/258734.258744

Bertamini, M., Yang, T.L., & Proffitt, D.R. (1998). Relative size perception at a distance is best at eye level. Perception & Psychophysics. 60, 673-682. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03206054

Creem, S.H., & Proffitt, D.R. (1998). Two memories for geographical slant: Separation and interdependence of action and awareness. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 5, 22-36. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03209455

Hinckley, K., Pausch, R., Proffitt, D.R., & Kassell, N., (1998). Two‑handed virtual manipulation. ACM Transactions on Computer‑Human Interaction, 5, 260-302. https://doi.org/10.1145/292834.292849

Bhalla, M. & Proffitt, D.R. (1999). Visual‑motor recalibration in geographical slant perception. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 25, 1076-1096. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/0096-1523.25.4.1076

Wraga, M., Creem, S.H., & Proffitt, D.R. (1999). The influence of spatial reference frames on imagined object- and viewer rotations. Acta Psychologica, 102, 247‑264. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0001-6918(98)00057-2

Yang. T.L., Dixon, M.W., & Proffitt, D.R. (1999). Seeing big things: Overestimation of heights is greater for real objects than for objects in pictures. Perception, 28, 445-467. https://doi.org/10.1068/p2854

Wraga, M., Creem, S.H., & Proffitt, D.R. (2000). Updating displays after imagined object- and viewer rotations. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Memory and Cognition, 26, 1371-1386. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/0278-7393.26.1.151

Wraga, M. & Proffitt, D.R. (2000). Mapping the zone of eye height utility for seated and standing observers. Perception, 29, 1361-1383. https://doi.org/10.1068/p2837

Dixon, M.W., Wraga, M., Proffitt, D.R., & Williams, G.C. (2000). Eye height scaling of absolute size in immersive and nonimmersive displays. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 26, 582-593. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/0096-1523.26.2.582

Wraga, M., Creem, S. H., & Proffitt, D. R. (2000). Perception‑action dissociations of a walkable Müller‑Lyer configuration. Psychological Science, 11, 239-243. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1111/1467-9280.00248

Bertamini, M. & Proffitt, D.R. (2000). Hierarchical motion organization in random dot configurations. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 26, 1371-1386. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/0096-1523.26.4.1371

Carpenter, M & Proffitt, D.R. (2001). Comparing viewer and array mental rotations in different planes. Memory & Cognition, 29, 441-448. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.3758/BF03196395

Creem, S.H., Downs, T.H., Wraga, M., Harrington, G.S., Proffitt, D.R. & Downs, III, J.H. (2001). An fMRI study of imagined self‑rotation. Journal of Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 1, 239-249. https://doi.org/10.3758/cabn.1.3.239

Creem, S.H. & Proffitt, D.R. (2001). Defining the cortical visual systems: “What”, “where”, and “how”. Acta Psychologica, 107, 43-68. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1016/S0001-6918(01)00021-X

Creem, S.H. & Proffitt, D.R. (2001). Grasping objects by their handles: A necessary interaction between cognition and action. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 27, 218-228. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/0096-1523.27.1.218

Creem, S. H., Wraga, M., & Proffitt, D. R. (2001). Imagining physically impossible transformations: Geometry is more important than gravity. Cognition, 81, 41-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0010-0277(01)00118-4

Proffitt, D.R., Creem, S.H., & Zosh, W. (2001). Seeing mountains in mole hills: Geographical slant perception. Psychological Science, 12, 418-423. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9280.00377

Tan, D. S., Stefanucci, J. K., Proffitt, D. R., Pausch, R., & Pausch, R. (2001). The Infocockpit: Providing location and place to aid human memory. In Proceedings of the 2001 workshop on Perceptive user interfaces. 1–4. https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/971478.971526

Dixon, M.W. & Proffitt, D.R. (2002). Overestimation of heights in virtual reality is influenced more by perceived distal size than by the 2-D versus 3-D dimensionality of the display. Perception, 31, 103-112. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1068/p3053

Proffitt, D.R., Stefanucci, J., Banton, T., & Epstein, W. (2003). The role of effort in perceiving distance. Psychological Science, 14, 106-112. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9280.t01-1-01427

Witt, J.K., Proffitt, D.R., & Epstein, W. (2004). Perceiving distance: A role of effort and intent. Perception, 33, 577-590. https://doi.org/10.1068/p5090

Wraga, M., Creem, S. H., & Proffitt, D. R. (2004). Spatial updating of virtual displays during self- and display rotation. Memory & Cognition. 32, 399-415. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03195834

Banton, T., Stefanucci, J.K., Durgin, F., Fass, A., & Proffitt, D.R. (2005). The perception of walking speed in a virtual environment. Presence, 14, 394-406. https://doi.org/10.1162/105474605774785262

Riener, C., Proffitt, D.R., & Salthouse, T. (2005). A psychometric approach to intuitive physics. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 12, 740-746. https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03196766

Stefanucci, J.K., Proffitt, D.R., Banton, T., & Epstein, W. (2005). Distances appear different on hills. Perception & Psychophysics, 67, 1052-1060. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03193631

Witt, J.K., Proffitt, D.R., & Epstein, W. (2005). Tool use affects perceived distance but only when you intend to use it. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 31, 880-888. https://doi.org/10.1037/0096-1523.31.5.880

Witt, J.K., & Proffitt, D.R. (2005). See the ball, hit the ball: Apparent ball size is correlated with batting average. Psychological Science, 16, 937-939. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2005.01640.x

Bakdash, J.Z., Augustyn, J.S., and Proffitt, D.R. (2006). Large displays enhance spatial knowledge of a virtual environment. In Proceedings of the 3rd Annual ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Applied Perception in Graphics and Visualization, p. 59-62. https://doi.org/10.1145/1140491.1140503

Proffitt, D.R. (2006). Embodied perception and the economy of action. Perspectives in Psychological Science, 1, 110-122. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6916.2006.00008.x

Proffitt, D.R. (2006). Distance perception. Current Directions in Psychological Research, 15, 131-135. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0963-7214.2006.00422.x

Proffitt, D.R., Stefanucci, J., Banton, T., & Epstein, W. (2006). Reply to Hutchison and Loomis. The Spanish Journal of Psychology. 9, 340-342. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1138741600006247

Proffitt, D.R., Stefanucci, J., Banton, T., & Epstein, W. (2006). A final reply to Hutchison and Loomis. The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 9, 346-348. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1138741600006260

Stefanucci, J. K., O’Hargan, S. P., & Proffitt, D. R. (2007). Augmenting context-dependent memory. Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making, 1, 391-404. https://doi.org/10.1518/155534307X264870

Witt, J.K. & Proffitt, D.R. (2007). Perceived slant: A dissociation between perception and action. Perception, 32, 249-257. https://doi.org/10.1068/p5449

Witt, J.K., Stefanucci, J.K., Riener, C.R., & Proffitt, D.R. (2007). Seeing beyond the target: Environmental context affects distance perception. Perception, 36, 1752-1768. https://doi.org/10.1068/p5617

Bakdash, J. Z., Linkenauger, S. A., and Proffitt, D. R. (2008). Comparing decision-making vs. control for learning a virtual environment: Backseat drivers learn where they are going. In Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2008 Annual Meeting Proceedings, 52(5), 2117-2121. https://doi.org/10.1177/154193120805202707

Schnall, S., Harber, K.D., Stefanucci, J.K., & Proffitt, D.R. (2008). Social support and the perception of geographical slant. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44, 1246-1255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2008.04.011

Stefanucci, J. K., Proffitt, D. R., Clore, G., & Parekh, N. (2008). Skating down a steeper slope: Fear influences the perception of geographical slant. Perception, 37, 321-323. https://doi.org/10.1068/p5796

Teachman, B. A., Stefanucci, J. K., Clerkin, E. M., Cody, M. W., & Proffitt, D. R. (2008). A new mode of fear expression: Perceptual bias in height fear. Emotion, 8, 296-301. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/1528-3542.8.2.296

Witt, J. K., Linkenauger, S. A., Bakdash, J. Z., & Proffitt, D. R. (2008). Putting to a bigger hole: golf performance relates to perceived size. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 15, 581-585. https://doi.org/10.3758/PBR.15.3.581

Witt, J.K., & Proffitt, D. R. (2008). Action-specific influences on distance perception: A role for motor simulation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 34, 1479-1492. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/a0010781

Zhu, J., Bakdash, J. Z., Koller, D., Banton, T. B., Humphreys, G., and Proffitt, D. R. (2008). Quantifying usability in secure graphics: Assessing the user costs of protecting 3D content. In Proceedings of the 5th Annual ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Applied Perception in Graphics and Visualization, 91-96. https://doi.org/10.1145/1394281.1394298

Clerkin, E. M., Cody, M. W., Stefanucci, J. K., Proffitt, D. R., & Teachman, B. A.(2009). Imagery and fear influence height perception. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23, 381-386. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2008.12.002

Lessard, D. A., Linkenauger, S.A., & Proffitt, D.R. (2009). Look before you leap: Jumping ability affects distance perception. Perception, 38, 1863-1866. https://doi.org/10.1068/p6509

Linkenauger, S. A., Witt, J. K., Bakdash, J. Z., Stefanucci, J.K., and Proffitt, D. R. (2009). Asymmetrical body perception: A possible role for neural body representations. Psychological Science, 20, 1373-1380. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02447.x

Linkenauger, S. A., Witt, J. K., Stefanucci, J. K., Bakdash, J. Z., and Proffitt, D. R. (2009). The effects of handedness and reachability on perceived distance. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 35, 1649-1660. https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2009-22869-002.html

Proffitt, D.R. (2009). Affordances matter in geographical slant perception: Reply to Durgin, Baird, Greenburg, Russell, Shaughnessy, and Waymouth, Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 16, 970-972. https://doi.org/10.3758/PBR.16.5.970

Proffitt, D.R. (2009). Obituary: Randy Pausch (1960—2008). Presence, 18, 92-95. https://doi.org/10.1162/pres.18.1.92

Stefanucci, J. K., & Proffitt, D. R. (2009). The roles of altitude and fear in the perception of heights. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 35, 424-438. https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2009-03843-009.html

Witt, J. K., Linkenauger, S. A., Bakdash, J. Z., Augustyn, J. A., Cook, A. S., & Proffitt, D. R. (2009). The long road of pain: Chronic pain increases perceived distance. Experimental Brain Research, 192, 145-148. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-008-1594-3

Linkenauger, S. A., Ramenzoni, V. & Proffitt, D.R. (2010). Illusory shrinkage and growth: Body-based rescaling affects the perception of size. Psychological Science, 21, 1318-1325. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797610380700

Schnall, S., Zadra, J.R. & Proffitt D.R. (2010). Direct evidence for the economy of action: Glucose and the perception of geographical slant. Perception, 39, 464-482. https://doi.org/10.1068/p6445

Witt, J. K., Proffitt, D. R., & Epstein, W. (2010). How and when does action scale perception? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 36, 1153-1160. https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2010-17386-001.html

Lee, C., Linkenauger, S.A., Bakdash, J.Z., Joy-Gaba, J.A., & Proffitt, D.R. (2011). Putting like a pro: The role of positive contagion in golf performance and perception. PLoS ONE, 6. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026016

Linkenauger, S. A., Witt, J. K., & Proffitt, D. R. (2011). Taking a hands-on approach: Apparent grasping ability scales the perception of object size. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 37, 1432-1441. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/a0024248

Linkenauger, S.A., Mohler, B.J., and Proffitt D.R. (2011). Body-based perceptual rescaling revealed through the size-weight illusion. Perception, 40, 1251-1253. https://doi.org/10.1068/p7049

Proffitt, D.R. & Zadra, J. (2011). Explicit and motoric dependent measures of geographical slant are dissociable: A reassessment of the findings of Durgin, Hajnal, Li, Tonge, and Stigliani (2010). Acta Psychologica, 138, 285-288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2010.06.003

Riener, C.R., Stefanucci, J.K., Proffitt, D.R. & Clore, G. (2011). An effect of mood on the perception of geographical slant. Cognition and Emotion, 25, 174-182. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931003738026

Brennan, A.A., Bakdash, J.Z., & Proffitt, D.R. (2012). Treadmill experience mediates the perceptual-motor aftereffect of treadmill walking. Experimental Brain Research, 4, 527-534. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-011-2956-9

Graydon, M.M., Linkenauger, S.A., Teachman, B.A. & Proffitt, D.R. (2012). Scared stiff: The influence of anxiety on the perception of action capabilities. Cognition and Emotion, 26, 1301-1315. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2012.667391

Linkenauger, S., Lerner, M.D., Ramenzoni, V., Proffitt, D. (2012). A perceptual-motor deficit predicts social and communicative impairments in individuals with autism spectrum disorders. Autism Research, 5, 352-362. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.1248

Twedt, E., Crawford, L.E., & Proffitt, D.R. (2012). Memory for target height is scaled to observer height. Memory & Cognition, 40, 339-351. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-011-0166-0

Witt, J.K., Linkenauger, S.A., & Proffitt, D.R. (2012). Get me out of this slump! Visual illusions influence sports performance. Psychological Science, 23, 397-399. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0956797611428810

 

Gross, E. B. & Proffitt, D. R. (2013). The economy of social resources and its influence on spatial perception. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7:772. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2013.0077

 

Proffitt, D.R. (2013). An embodied approach to perception: By what units are visual perceptions scaled? Perspectives on Psychological Science, 8, 474-483. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1745691613489837

 

Gross, E. B., & Proffitt, D. R. (2014) A socio-ecological approach to perception. Psychologia, 57, 102-114. https://doi.org/10.2117/psysoc.2014.102

 

Linkenauger, S.A., Geuss, M.N., Stefanucci, J,K., Leyrer, M., Richardson, B.H., Proffitt, D.R., Bülthoff, H.H., & Mohler, B.J. (2014). Evidence for hand-size constancy: Perceived hand size is less susceptible to optical magnification. Psychological Science, 25, 2086-2094. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797614548875

 

Twedt, E., Proffitt, D. R., & Hearn, D. (2014). Art and aging: Digital projects for individuals with dementia. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 2, 61-70. http://dx.doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1744

 

Zadra J.R., Proffitt D.R. (2014) Implicit associations have a circadian rhythm. PLoS ONE 9(11): e110149. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0110149

 

Linkenauger S.A., Wong, H.Y., Geuss, M., Stefanucci, J.K., Bülthoff, H.H., Mohler, B.J., & Proffitt, D.P. (2015). The perceptual homunculus: The perception of the relative proportions of the human body. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 144, 103-113. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/xge0000028

 

Twedt, E., Crawford, E. L., & Proffitt, D. R. (2015). Judgments of others’ heights are biased toward the height of the perceiver. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 22, 566–571. https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13423-014-0689-z

Zadra, J.R., Weltman, A.L., & Proffitt, D.R. (2016). Walkable distances are bioenergetically scaled. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 42, 39-51. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/xhp0000107

Clore, G.L. & Proffitt, D.R. (2016). The myth of pure perception: A commentary on Firestone, C. & Scholl, B. Cognition does not affect perception: Evaluating the evidence for 'top-down' effects. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 39, e235. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X15002551

Twedt, E., Rainey, R.M., & Proffitt, D.R. (2016). Designed natural spaces: Informal gardens are perceived to be more restorative than formal gardens. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00088

Weser, V.U., Hesch, J., Lee, J., & Proffitt, D.R. (2016). User sensitivity to speed-and height-mismatch in VR. In Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Applied Perception. 143–143. https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/2931002.2947701

Zadra J.R., Proffitt D.R. (2016). Optic Flow is calibrated to walking effort. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 23, 1491–1496. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-016-1017-6

Zadra, J. R., & Proffitt, D. R. (2016). Oral exposure to glucose affects perception of spatial layout. Journal of Vision, 16, 1204. https://doi.org/10.1167/16.12.1204

Weser, V., Finotti, G., Costantini, M., & Proffitt, D.R. (2017). Multisensory integration induces body ownership of a handtool, but not any handtool. Consciousness and Cognition, 56, 150-164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2017.07.002

Weast, R.A.T., & Proffitt, D.R. (2018). Blind Reaching as an accurate measure of estimated reachable distance. Consciousness and Cognition, 64, 121-134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2018.02.013

Linkenauger,S.A, Weser, V., & Proffitt, D.R. (2019). Choosing efficient actions: Deciding where to walk. PLoS ONE, 14, e0219729. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219729

Twedt, E., Rainey, R.M., & Proffitt, D.R. (2019). Beyond nature: The roles of visual appeal and individual differences in perceived restorative potential. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 65, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2019.101322

Weser, V. & Proffitt, D.R. (2019). Making the visual tangible: Substituting lifting speed limits for object weight in VR. Presence, 27, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1162/PRES_a_00319

Weser, V. & Proffitt, D.R. (2019). Tool Embodiment: The Tool’s Output Must Match the User’s Input. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2018.00537