Professor of Psychology and Chair of the Department
Ripon College
300 Seward Street
Ripon, WI 54971
(920) 748-8134

E-mail: PetersikT@ripon.edu

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Education

• B.A. in psychology, Ripon College
• M.A. and Ph.D. in psychology, Miami University, Ohio

Awards and Honors

• Associate editor, "Perceptual and Motor Skills," 1993 - present
• James R. Underkofler Award of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, 1992
• Chair of session in human perception, annual meeting of Midwestern Psychological Association, 1991 and 1992
• Severy Award, 1983, 1985 and 2005

Grants recieved

• Summer 2001: Change blindness with motion reversals of rotating figures
• Summer 2000: Information required for face recognition
• Summer 1999: Comparing transitions in different bistable motion displays
  EDP/SSS Summer Research Grant
• ACM Minority Scholars Grant
• Ripon College ProColl Grant

Areas of Interest

• Human perception
• Visual motion perception and perception of bistable figures
• Face recognition
• Effects of the media on human behavior
• Development of gender and brain function
• Psycholinguistics

Recent Publications

• Petersik, J.T. (1995). A comparison of varieties of "second-order" apparent motion. "Vision Research," 35, 507-517.
• Petersik, J.T. (1996). The detection of stimuli rotating in depth amid linear motion and rotating distractors. "Vision Research," 36, 2271-2282.
• Petersik, J.T. (1999). Motion capture of stationary lines by apparently moving terminators. "Perception," 28, 321-330.
• Petersik, J.T., & Richardson, R.* (2000). Discrimination of rotation from linear motion: Influence of interference gratings and dichoptic viewing. "Perceptual and Motor Skills," 90, 241-249.
• Petersik, J.T., & Dannemiller, J.L. (Submitted). "Does 'Surface Interpolation' Account for Insensitivity to Rotation Reversals?"
• Petersik, J.T. (2002) Buildup and decay of a three-dimensional rotational aftereffect obtained with a three dimensional figure. "Perception," 31, 825-836.
• Petersik, J.T., Schellinger, A.R.*, & Geiger, S.L. * (2003).  "Do variables that affect similar bistable apparent-movement displays result in similar changes in perception?"  "Spatial Vision," 16, 105-208.
• Kornowski, J.A.* & Petersik, J.T. (2003). Effects of face recognition of spatial frequency information contained in inspection and test stimuli. "Journal of General Psychology," 130, 229-244.
• Petersik, J.T. & Dannemiller, J.L. (2004). Factors influencing the ability to detect motio reversals in rotation simulations. "Spatial Vision," 17, 201-224.
• Petersik, J.T. & Rice, C.M.* (2006).  The evolution of explanations of a perceptual phenomenon: A case history using the Ternus effect. "Perception," 35, 807-821
• Vreven, D., Petersik, J.T., Dannemiller, J.L., & Schrauth, J. (2006). Dot polarity in dynamic Glass patterns. [Abstract]  "Journal of Vision," 6 (6), 1053a.   http://journalofvision.org/6/6/1053/

  * Indicates a Ripon College student

Current Courses Taught

• PSC 175  Vices and Virtues: Vices and Virtues of the Media
• PSC 324  Physiological Psychology
• PSC 423  Research Seminar