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Eric Hiris

Associate Professor
Psychology University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

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Specialty area(s)

Cognition and Perception

Current courses at UWL

FYS 100 First Year Seminar, PSY 331 Experimental Psychology, PSY 432 Learning & Memory

Education

Ph.D. Vanderbilt University 1995, Psychology
M.A. Vanderbilt University 1992, Psychology
B.A. Oakland University 1990, Psychology, Minor: Applied Statistics

Career

Teaching history

I have taught courses on First Year Seminar, Cognition, Learning and Memory, Sensation & Perception, Research Methods, Experimental Psychology, Research Methods for Minors, Statistics, Pseudoscience, General Psychology, Evolutionary Psychology, and Advanced Statistics & Research Design.

Professional history

2015+: Associate Professor, University of Wisconson - La Crosse

2013-2015: Department Head/Full Professor; University of Northern Iowa.

2000-2013: Assistant/Associate Professor and sometimes Department Chair; St. Mary's College of Maryland.

1999-2000: Visiting Assistant Professor; Auburn University.

Research and publishing

I conduct research on visual perception, including visual illusions, biological motion, depth perception, and visual scene analysis

Kudos

published

Eric Hiris, Psychology, authored the article "Perspective Illusions Based On Convergence Vectors" in "Perception" published on Sept. 10, 2019 by Sage Journals.

Submitted on: Sept. 11, 2019

 

published

Eric Hiris, CL-24, co-authored the article "Biological Form is Sufficient to Create a Biological Motion Sex Aftereffect" in "Perception" published on Sept. 26, 2016 by Sage Journals. The article appears in the October issue of Perception.

Submitted on: Sept. 27, 2016