Publications and Presentations

*Undergraduate or post-baccalaureate student

Washburn, S., Lin, T., Barnas, A. J., Faulkner, R.*, & Ebner, N. C. (May 2025). Deepfake detection in young and older adults: A brain-behavior analysis. Poster presentation at the Florida Consortium on the Neurobiology of Cognition (University of Central Florida).

Hayes, A.*, Lin, T., Alluri, M., Faulkner, R.*, Barnas, A. J., Lyons, P.*, Arnold, D., Lighthall, N., & Ebner, N. C. (May 2025). Novel real-time fMRI neurofeedback training to enhance trust-related decision making in aging. Poster presentation at the Florida Consortium on the Neurobiology of Cognition (University of Central Florida).

Barnas, A. J., Bowers, D., Ebner, N. C., & Weisberg, S. M. (April 2025).Individual differences in visual attention correlate with spatial navigation behavior in aging. Poster presentation at the Center for Cognitive Aging and Memory Clinical Translational Research Day (University of Florida).

Washburn, S., Faulkner, R.*, Lin, T., Barnas, A. J., & Ebner, N. C. (April 2025). Understanding age differences in deepfake image detection. Poster presentation at the Center for Cognitive Aging and Memory Clinical Translational Research Day (University of Florida).

Faulkner, R.*, Washburn, S., Barnas, A. J., Lin, T., & Ebner, N. C. (March 2025). The role of age in deepfake detection accuracy. Poster presentation at the Institute for Learning in Retirement (Gainesville, FL).

Roche, T. E.*, Barnas, A. J., & Weisberg, S. M. (March 2025). Scene complexity modulates visual attention to spatial directions. Poster presentation at the 2025 D.K. Stanley Day Research Symposium (University of Florida).

Weisberg, S. M., Perez, E., Barnas A. J., Kunath, J. T., Bowers, D., Ebner, N. E. (February 2025). Wanderlust or rust: A novel theoretical mechanism for navigation strategy differences in younger and older adults. Poster presentation at the Dallas Aging & Cognition Conference (Dallas, TX).

Washburn, S., Barnas, A. J., Faulkner, R.*, Lin, T., & Ebner, N. C. (February 2025). The role of age in deepfake detection accuracy. Poster presentation at the Dallas Aging & Cognition Conference (Dallas, TX).

Washburn, S., Barnas, A. J., Faulkner, R.*, Lin, T., & Ebner, N. C. (February 2025). The role of age in deepfake detection accuracy. Poster presentation at the North Central Florida Society for Neuroscience Research Symposium (University of Florida).

Perez, E., Barnas, A. J., Kunath, J., Kvam, P., Ebner, N. C., Bowers, D., & Weisberg, S. M. (November 2024). Navigating uncertainty: Age- and ADRD-related differences in explore-exploit tradeoffs across gambling and navigation. Poster presentation at the Psychonomic Society (New York City, NY).

Washburn, S., Faulkner, R.*, Barnas, A. J., Pehlivanoglu, D., Zhen, J., Lin, T., El-Shafie, D., Zhu, M., Woodard, D., Cahill, B., & Ebner, N. C. (September 2024). Age-related differences in deep-fake detection. Oral presentation at the Scientific Research Network on Decision Neuroscience and Aging Data Blitz (virtual).

Hughes, D. J., Barnas, A. J., & Greenberg, A. S. (May 2024). fMRI reveals a modulatory role of visual field meridians on object-based selective attention. Poster presentation at the Vision Sciences Society (St. Pete Beach, FL).

Kunath, J.*, Barnas, A. J., Perez, E., Boogaart, Z., Ebner, N. C., & Weisberg, S. M. (November 2023). Modifying spatial navigation strategy through task instruction in younger and older adults. Poster presentation at the Psychonomic Society (San Francisco, CA)

Barnas, A. J., Ebner, N. C., & Weisberg, S. M. (November 2023). Allocating space-based attention with schemas, words, and scenes. Poster presentation at the Psychonomic Society (San Francisco, CA) [pdf]

Barnas, A. J., Bowers, D., Ebner, N. C., & Weisberg, S. M. (November 2023). Individual differences in visual attention correlate with spatial navigation behavior in aging. Poster presentation at the Symposium for Individual Differences in Cognition (San Francisco, CA) [pdf]

Hughes, D. J., Barnas, A. J., & Greenberg, A. S. (November 2023). Shifts of object-based attention show a horizontal direction advantage in PPC reflecting limitations on intra-hemispheric exchange of attention information. Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. Washington, DC.

Barnas, A. J., Bowers, D., Ebner, N. C., & Weisberg, S. M. (September 2023). Novel behavioral and neural markers of Alzheimer’s disease progression: A case for visual orienting. Poster presentation at the 2023 Ed and Ethel Moore Alzheimer’s Disease Research Symposium (University of Central Florida) [pdf]

Perez, E., Kunath, J.*, Barnas, A. J., Boogaart, Z., Ebner, N. C., & Weisberg, S. M. (July 2023). Neural correlates of strategy shifts in navigation behavior. Poster presentation at the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (Montréal, QC)

Hughes, D. J., Barnas, A. J., & Greenberg, A. S. (May 2023). Differential allocation of object-based attention across interhemispheric and intrahemispheric boundaries. Poster presentation at the Vision Sciences Society (St. Pete Beach, FL)

Barnas, A. J.^†, Ebner, N. C., & Weisberg, S. M. (February 2023). Spatial navigation behavior correlates with specific components of attentional function. Poster presentation at the Dallas Aging & Cognition Conference (Dallas, TX) [pdf]
^†Center for Vital Longevity Sallie P. Asche Travel Award

Perez, E., Kunath, J.*, Barnas, A. J., Boogaart, Z., Ebner, N. C., & Weisberg, S. M. (February 2023). Neural correlates of strategy shifts in navigation behavior. Poster presentation at the Dallas Aging & Cognition Conference (Dallas, TX)

Perez, E., Kunath, J.*, Barnas, A. J., Boogaart, Z., Ebner, N. C., & Weisberg, S. M. (June 2022). Neural correlates of strategy shifts in navigation behavior. Poster presentation at the Interdisciplinary Navigation Symposium (virtual)

Barnas, A. J.^†, Ebner, N. C., & Weisberg, S. M. (May 2022). Spatial attention is modulated by representational formats of spatial direction. Poster presentation at the Vision Sciences Society (St. Pete Beach, FL) [pdf]
^†National Eye Institute Early Career Scientist Travel Award)

Hughes, D. J., Barnas, A. J., & Greenberg, A. S. (May 2022). Horizontal shift efficiency underlies the object-based shift direction anisotropy. Poster presentation at the Vision Sciences Society (St. Pete Beach, FL)

Hughes, D. J., Barnas, A. J., & Greenberg, A. S. (November 2021). Shift direction anisotropy is mediated by object location and target position uncertainty. Poster presentation at the Workshop on Object Perception, Attention, and Memory (virtual)

Barnas, A. J., & Ward, E, J. (May 2021). Meta-cognitive judgments of change detection predict change blindness. Poster presentation at the Vision Sciences Society (virtual) [pdf]

*Undergraduate or post-baccalaureate student

Barnas, A. J., & Greenberg, A. S. (June 2020). Disentangling shift direction, object orientation, and object selection yields a large, reliable metric of object-based attention. Poster presentation at the Vision Sciences Society (virtual) [pdf]

Barnas, A. J., & Greenberg, A. S. (May 2019). Independent attentional resources explain the object-based shift direction anisotropy. Poster presentation at the Vision Sciences Society (virtual) [pdf]

Bieniewski, D. G.*, Barnas, A. J.,& Greenberg, A. S. (April 2019). Local judgment effects on object-based attention anisotropies. Poster presentation at the Association for Graduate Students in Psychology Research Symposium (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)

VandenBosch, E. G.*^†, Barnas, A. J.,& Greenberg, A. S. (April 2019). Mixture distribution analysis on object-based attention anisotropies. Poster presentation at the UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
^†Awarded Outstanding Undergraduate Presentation

Barnas, A. J., & Greenberg, A. S. (November 2018). Emphasizing the horizontal meridian eliminates the object-based attention shift direction anisotropy. Poster presentation at the Workshop on Object Perception, Attention, and Memory (New Orleans, LA) [pdf]

Shakir, S. A.*, Barnas, A. J., & Greenberg, A. S. (August 2018). The effect of visual field quadrants on anisotropic attention shifts with meridian enhancements. Poster presentation at the UR@UWM Summer Convocation (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)

Barnas, A. J., & Greenberg, A. S. (May 2018). Object-based attention is modulated by shift direction and visual field quadrant. Poster presentation at the Vision Sciences Society (St. Pete Beach, FL) [pdf]

VandenBosch, E. G.*, Barnas, A. J., & Greenberg, A. S. (April 2018). Manipulating the perceptual visibility of the visual field meridians modulates the object-based attention shift direction anisotropy. Poster presentation at the UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)

Barnas, A. J.^†, & Greenberg, A. S. (November 2017). Separable effects of object-based attention: The same-object advantage and the shift direction anisotropy. Poster presentation at the Workshop on Object Perception, Attention, and Memory (Vancouver, BC) [pdf]
^†OPAM Graduate Student Travel Award

VandenBosch, E. G.*, Barnas, A. J.,& Greenberg, A. S. (August 2017). Attention shift efficiency varies by visual field quadrant. Poster presentation at the UR@UWM Summer Convocation (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)

Greenberg, A. S., Al-Janabi, S., & Barnas, A. J. (August 2017). Object-based attention is strategic and dependent on perceptual organization. Oral presentation at the Cognitive Science Association for Interdisciplinary Learning (Hood River, OR)

Barnas, A. J., & Greenberg, A. S. (May 2017). Target location, rather than object location, drives the object-based attention shift direction anisotropy. Poster presentation at the Vision Sciences Society (St. Pete Beach, FL) [pdf]

Barnas, A. J., & Greenberg, A. S. (March 2017). Attention affects cortical magnification estimates of human auditory cortex. Poster presented at the Neuroscience Spring Symposium (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)

Barnas, A. J., & Greenberg, A. S. (November 2016). The object-based shift direction anisotropy may depend on expectations about shifting across visual field meridians. Poster presentation at the Workshop on Object Perception, Attention, and Memory (Boston, MA) [pdf]

Barnas, A. J., & Greenberg, A. S. (May 2016). Object-based attention shift direction efficiency: Behavior and a model. Poster presentation at the Vision Sciences Society (St. Pete Beach, FL) [pdf]

Barnas, A. J., & Greenberg, A. S. (April 2016). Visual field meridians modulate the reallocation of object-based attention. Oral presentation at the Association of Graduate Students in Psychology Research Symposium (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)

Barnas, A. J., Potthoff, J., & Greenberg, A. S. (March 2016). Effects of attention on cochleotopic mapping of human auditory cortex at 7 Tesla. Poster presented at the Neuroscience Spring Symposium (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)

Barnas, A. J., & Greenberg, A. S. (November 2015). Object-based attention is oriented more efficiently along the horizontal meridian than the vertical meridian. Poster presentation at the Workshop on Object Perception, Attention, and Memory (Chicago, IL) [pdf]

Barnas, A. J., & Greenberg, A. S. (May 2015). Shifts of object-based attention differ across visual field meridians. Poster presentation at the Vision Sciences Society (St. Pete Beach, FL) [pdf]

Barnas, A. J., & Kunz, B. R. (May 2014). Decoupling the biomechanics of locomotion and the direction of spatial updating during blind-walking tasks. Poster presentation at the Vision Sciences Society (St. Pete Beach, FL)

Barnas, A. J., & Davis, S. T. (April 2014). Emotional responses evoked by paintings and classical music in artists, musicians, and non-experts. Oral presentation at the Brother Joseph W. Stander Symposium (University of Dayton)

Barnas, A. J., & Davis, S. T. (April 2013). Characteristics of emotion for paintings and classical music. Poster presentation at the Brother Joseph W. Stander Symposium (University of Dayton)

Barnas. A. J., & Davis, S. T. (April 2013). Aesthetic evaluations and emotional responses evoked by paintings and classical music in artists, musicians, and non-experts. Poster presentation at the Brother Joseph W. Stander Symposium (University of Dayton)

+20 additional poster presentations at the Brother Joseph W. Stander Symposium (University of Dayton)