Ryan Ringer, Ph.D.

Ph.D., Department of Psychological Sciences, Kansas State University, 2018
M.S., Department of Psychological Sciences, Kansas State University, 2016
B.S., Department of Psychological Sciences, Kansas State University, 2010

I am a postdoctoral fellow in visual perception and cognitive neuroscience. In general, I am interested in understanding how the structure and function of our eyes and brains allows us to make sense of our environment. My research covers the full spectrum of human vision. I have studied the spatial and temporal properties of natural scene perception, image statistics, divided attention, working memory, and event comprehension. I also employ and integrate a wide-range of experimental techniques, including psychophysical methods, eye-tracking, simulated driving, and EEG. Lastly, I make great use of advanced statistical techniques, like linear/generalized linear mixed modeling, and Bayesian hierarchical modeling.

I completed my graduate work at Kansas State University with Dr. Lester Loschky, receiving my M.S. in 2016 and my PhD in 2018. Later, I worked as a postdoctoral fellow in human factors psychology at Wichita State University with Dr. Rui Ni, where I focused on cognitive and perceptual learning interventions among older adults. I am currently employed as a postdoctoral fellow in the Laboratory for Integrative Vision with Dr. Carly Leonard. We are currently funded by an R15 grant from the National Eye Institute that is investigating the mechanisms that affect individual differences in saccadic timing during visual search. Over the course of my career, I have received funding from the National Institute of Health, the Office of Naval Research, and NASA, via the Kansas Space Grant Consortium.

Ringer, R.V., Coy, A.M., Larson, A.M., & Loschky, L.C. (2021). Investigating visual crowding of objects in complex real-world scenes. i-Perception, 12(2), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1177/2041669521994150

Arsal, G., Suss, J., Ta, V., Ward, P., Ringer, R.V., Eccles, D.W. (2021). The modified imitation game: A method for measuring cognitive aspects of interactional expertise. Frontiers in Cognition, 12, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.730985

Ringer, R.V., & Loschky, L.C. (2018). Head in the clouds, feet on the ground: Applying our terrestrial minds to satellite perspectives. In A. Coltkein & R. Hoffman, Remote Sensing and Cognition: Human Factors in Image Interpretation (63-86). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

Ringer, R.V., Throneburg, Z., Johnson, A.P., Kramer, A.F., & Loschky, L.C. (2016). Impairing the useful field of view in natural scenes: Tunnel vision versus general interference. Journal of Vision, 16(2), 1-25.

Loschky, L.C., Ringer, R.V., Ellis, K., & Hansen, B.C. (2015). Comparing rapid scene categorization of aerial and terrestrial views: A new perspective on scene gist. Journal of Vision, 15(6):11, 1-29.

Larson, A.M., Freeman, T.E., Ringer, R.V., & Loschky, L.C. (2014). The spatiotemporal dynamics of scene gist recognition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 40(2), 471-487.

Loschky, L.C., Ringer, R.V., Johnson, A.P., Larson, A.M., Neider, M., & Kramer, A.F. (2014). Blur Detection is unaffected by cognitive load. Visual Cognition, 22(3-4), 522-547.

Ringer, R.V., Johnson, A.P., Gaspar, J.G., Neider, M.B., Crowell, J., Kramer, A.F., Loschky, L.C. (2014, March). Creating a new dynamic measure of the useful field of view using gaze-contingent displays. Proceedings of the Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications, 59-66.

PSYC 3144 Human Cognition

PSYC 1000 Introduction to Psychology