Phone:
(402) 472-3194
Fax:
(402) 472-4637
Email:
JFLOWERS1@unl.edu
Education:
Ph.D.,
Yale University, Psychology, 1972
B.A.,
Wesleyan University, Psychology, 1968
Professional Experience:
1983-present,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Arts and Sciences, Psychology, Professor
1976-1983,
Associate Professor, Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
1972-1976,
Assistant Professor, Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Funding Received:
Human
attention and performance limitations in processing visual displays, $34,672,
from 8/79 to 6/81
Human
attention and performance limitations in processing visual displays, $60,429,
from 8/1/81 to 1/31/84
The
processing of visual information from displays containing multiple elements,
$65,600, from 2/1/84 to 7/31/86
Representative Publications:
·
Flowers,
J. H. & Grafel, D. C. Perception of sonified daily weather records.
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society 46th Annual Meeting.
1579-1583, 2002
·
Flowers,
J. H., Whitwer, L. E., Grafel, D. C., & Kotan, C. A. Sonification of daily
weather records: Issues of perception, attention and memory in design choices.
Proceedings of the 2001 International Conference on Auditory Display. 222-226,
2001
·
Odgaard
E. C., Flowers, J. H. & Bradman, H. L. An Investigation of the Cognitive
and Perceptual Dynamics of a Colour-Digit Synaesthete. Perception. 28: 651-664,
1999
·
Flowers,
J. H. & Smith K. L. What is learned about nontarget items in simple visual
search?. Perception and Psychophysics. 60(4): 696-704, 1998
·
Flowers
J.H; Buhman D.C; Turnage .D. Cross-modal equivalence of visual and auditory
scatterplots for exploring bivariate data samples. Human Factors. 39(3):
341-51, 1997
·
Carlson,
K. A. & Flowers, J. H. Intentional versus unintentional use of
contingencies between perceptual events. Perception and Psychophysics. 58:
460-470, 1996
·
Flowers,
J. H. & Hauer, T. A. Musical versus visual graphs: Cross-modal equivalence
in perception of time series data. Human Factors. 37: 553-569, 1995
·
Flowers,
J. H. Priming effects in perceptual classification. Perception and
Psychophysics. 47: 135-148, 1990
·
Flowers,
J.H. and Garbin, C. (1989). Creativity and Perception. In J.A. Glover, R.R.
Ronning, and C.R. Reynolds, Handbook of creativity: Assessment, research, and
theory. New York: Plenum.
·
Flowers,
J.H., Nelson, S.M., Carson, D., and Larsen, L.R. (1984). Automatic and
expectancy-based priming effects in a digit naming task. Journal of
Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 10, 65-74.
·
Flowers,
J.H., and Wilcox, N. (1982). The effect of flanking context on visual
classification: The joint contribution of interactions at different processing
levels. Perception and Psychophysics, 32, 581-591.
·
Flowers,
J.H., Polansky, M.L., and Kerl, S. (1981). Familiarity, redundancy, and the
spatial control of visual attention. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human
Perception and Performance, 7, 157-165.
Honors and Awards
Information:
2000-1998,
Gallup Research Professorship, UNL Gallup Research Center
Membership Information:
·
American
Association for the Advancement of Science
·
American
Psychological Association
·
Human
Factors and Ergonomics Society
·
International
Community for Auditory Display
·
Psychonomic
Society
·
Sigma
Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Other
Expertise:
I have served as an expert witness and have provided
consultation in a variety of personal injury lawsuits that involve issues of
attention and performance, perception, cognition, and judgment.
I also have considerable expertise in data analysis,
statistics and research design, and have served as a consultant on statistical
issues for lawsuits involving age discrimination and related issues.
Industrial
Relevance:
My work in data display technology has clear
relevance to development of software for data analysis and presentation,
human-computer interaction and design of information displays in a variety of
settings.
My work on attention has relevance to information
display and communication devices used in motor vehicles, and industrial
control settings.