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Robert Welch
Research Psychologist
Phone:
650-604-5749
E-Mail:
Robert.B.Welch@nasa.gov
CV (Click to expand)
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Education
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1962 |
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Occidental College, Psychology, B.A. |
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1964 |
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University of Oregon, Psychology, M.A. |
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1967 |
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University of Oregon, Psychology, Ph.D. |
Current Area of Research/Work
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Perception and Performance, Intersensory Organization, Adaptation
to Altered
Sensory Environments, Virtual Environments and Teleoperator Systems, Visual-auditory Interactions |
Background/Employment History
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1967-68 |
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Lecturer
University of California, Riverside |
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1968-89 |
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Assistant,
Associate, and Full Professor of Psychology
University of Kansas |
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1969-80 |
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Research Investigator
VA Hospital, Topeka |
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1974-75 |
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Visiting Scholar
University of California, Riverside |
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Fall 1981 |
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Visiting Scholar
University of California, Riverside |
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Summer 1986, 89 |
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NASA-ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow
NASA Ames Research Center |
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1986-88 |
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NRC Senior Research Associate
NASA Ames Research Center |
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1989-present |
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Research Psychologist
NASA Ames Research Center |
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1989-1995 |
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Research Associate
Univertsity of California, Santa Cruz |
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1995-present |
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Adjunct Professor
University of California, Santa Cruz |
Professional Organizations
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Psychonomic Society |
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Sigma Xi |
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Aerospace Medical Association (Life Sciences and Biomedical
Engineering; Human Factors) |
Other Duties
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1990-present |
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Founding Associate Editor of Presence: Teleoperators and
Virtual Environments |
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1991-94 |
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Research Manager for NASA-Ames Neurosciences Program |
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1989-2005 |
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Regular mentor for the SHARP, STELLAR, and Astrobiology Academy
student programs, and research colleague for the NASA-ASEE
program. |
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Ad hoc reviewer for Journal of Experimental Psychology:
Perception and Performance, Perception & Psychophysics, Perceptual & Motor
Skills, Science, Perception, Journal of Visual Impairment
and Blindness, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology Presence:
Teleoperators and Virtual Environments and other journals. |
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Publications
| 2006 | |
R. B. Welch, & A. C. Sampanes (2006) Adapting To Virtual Environments: Visual-motor Skill Acquisition Versus Perceptual Recalibration.  |
| 2005 | |
B. D. Adelstein, S. R. Ellis, & R. B. Welch (2005) Kinesthetic Cueing of Input-to-Display Rotation: Location of Cue Influences Performance. |
R. B. Welch (2005) Two-dimensional Localization With Spatially and Temporally Congruent Visual-auditory Stimuli. |
| 2004 | |
R. B. Welch (2004) Facilitating Adaptation to Virtual Environments and Teleoperator Devices by means of "Kinesthetic Cueing". |
R. B. Welch (2004) Persistent Vision-Action Dissociation with the Rod-and-Frame Effect. |
| 2003 | |
R. B. Welch, A. C. Sampanes, S. R. Ellis, & B. D. Adelstein (2003) Using a "Kinesthetic Cue" to Facilitate Adaptation to Rearranged Stylus-Cursor Relationships”, Abstracts of the Psychonomics Society, 44th Annual Meeting |
| 2002 | |
M. M. Cohen, & R. B. Welch (2002) Field Dependence with Pitched, Rolled, and Yawed Visual Frame Effects,. |
S. R. Ellis, B. D. Adelstein, & R. B. Welch (2002) Kinesthetic Compensation for Misalignment of Teleoperator Controls Through Cross-Modal transfer of Movement Coordinates, Proceedings of the Human Factors Society, October, 2002, Baltimore MD |
S. R. Ellis, B. D. Adelstein, & R. B. Welch (2002) Kinesthetic compensation for rotational sensorimotor rearrangements: demonstration with experimental controls, Proceedings, 46th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society |
M. M. Cohen, & R. B. Welch (2002) Perception and action: Two Modes of Processing Visual Information. |
R. B. Welch, A. C. Sampanes, S. R. Ellis, & B. D. Adelstein (2002) The role of "kinesthetic cueing" in adaptation to visual rearrangement, Abstract of CSAIL |
| 2001 | |
M. M. Cohen, A. E. Stoper, R. B. Welch, & C. W. DeRoshia (2001) Effects of Gravitational and Optical Stimulation on the Perception of Target Elevation, Perception and Psychophysics, 2001, 63(1): 29-35 |
S. R. Ellis, B. D. Adelstein, & R. B. Welch (2001) Kinesthetic compensation for manual control in rotated frames of reference or "Why the left hand tells the right hand what it's doing.", Abstracts of the Psychonomics Society, 42nd Annual Meeting |
S. R. Ellis, B. D. Adelstein, & R. B. Welch (2001) Kinesthetic compensation for rotational sensorimotor rearrangements, Proceedings, 3rd International Conference on Sensory Motor Controls in Men & Machines |
S. R. Ellis, B. D. Adelstein, & R. B. Welch (2001) Kinesthetic compensation for rotational sensorimotor rearrangements, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Sensory Motor Controls in Men & Machines, October, 2001 Marseille, France |
| 1996 | |
R. B. Welch, & R. B. Post (1996) Accuracy and Adaptation of Reaching and Pointing in Pitched Visual Environments, Perception & Psychophysics 1996, 58 (3), 383-389 |
R. B. Post, & R. B. Welch (1996) Is there Dissociation of Perceptual and Motor Responses to Figural Illusions?, Perception, 1996, volume 25, pages 569-581 |
R. B. Welch, M. M. Cohen, & C. W. DeRoshia (1996) Reduction of the Elevator Illusion from Continued Hypergravity Exposure and Visual Error-corrective Feedback, Perception & Psychophysics 1996, Jan;58(1):22-30. |
R. B. Welch, T. T. Blackmon, A. . Liu, B. A. Mellers, & L. . Stark (1996) The effects of Pictorial Realism, Delay of Visual Feedback, and Observer Interactivity on the Subject Sense of Presence, Presence, Vol. 5, No. 3, Summer 1996, 263-273 © 1996 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 1994 | |
H. A. Cunningham, & R. B. Welch (1994) Multiple Concurrent Visual-Motor Mappings: Implications for Models of Adaptation, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Copyright 1994 by the American Psychological Association, Inc. Human Perception and Performance 1994, Vol 20, No. 5, 987-999
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H. A. Cunningham, & R. B. Welch (1994) Multiple Concurrent Visual-Motor Mappings: Implications for Models of Adaptation, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Copyright 1994 by the American Psychological Association, Inc. Human Perception and Performance 1994, Vol 20, No. 5, 987-999 |
| 1993 | |
R. B. Welch, B. . Bridgeman, S. . Anand, & K. . Brownman (1993) Alternating Prism Exposure Causes Dual Adaptation and Generalization to a Novel Displacement, Perception & Psychophysics 1993, 54 (2), 195-204 |
| 1992 | |
M. M. Cohen, R. B. Welch, & C. W. DeRoshia (1992) Psychophysical Function for Perceived Gravitational-Inertial Force Does Not Depend on the Orientation of the Otolith Organs, "In Aerospace Medical Association, Aerospace Medical Association 63RD Annual Scientific Meeting Program.
Aviation, Space, and Environinmental Medicine 63: 387, 1992.
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