Charles W. Eriksen

Charles W. Eriksen was the editor of Perception & Psychophysics from 1971 to 1993. Eriksen was a leading academic psychologist researching the field of visual perception. He developed the Eriksen flanker task.[1]

Early life

Erikson's early life was spent in Omaha, Nebraska. He was keen on fishing, and pranks.[1] He studied at the University of Nebraska, and did a PhD in clinical psychology at Stanford University because the queue for psychology was shorter than the one for physics.[1] His first job in 1950 was at Johns Hopkins University as a clinician and experimenter doing two part times jobs.[1]

Perception

Eriksen's publication of the flanker test has been heavily cited.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Kramer, Arthur; Coles, Michael; Eriksen, Barbara; Garner, Wendell; Hoffman, James; Lappin, Joseph (January 1994). "Charles Eriksen Past, present, and future". Perception & Psychophysics. 55 (1): 1–8. doi:10.3758/BF03206874.
  2. Eriksen, Barbara A.; Eriksen, Charles W. (January 1974). "Effects of noise letters upon the identification of a target letter in a nonsearch task". Perception & Psychophysics. 16 (1): 143–149. doi:10.3758/bf03203267.
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