Hahn, Sowon

Hahn, Sowon

Ph.D. (1997, University of Illinois)

Associate Professor,
Cognitive Psychology

sowon at ou dot edu

My research goal is to understand the cognitive control of human behavior. I study a variety of topics related to perception, attention, emotion, and cognitive aging. My research specifically focuses on investigating (1) the interaction of attention and emotion; (2) executive control processes; (3) top-down and bottom up factors that influence visual search; and (4) age-related cognitive modulation.

Hahn, S., & Gronlund, S.D. (2007). Top-down Guidance in Visual Search for Facial Expressions. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 14, 159-165.

Hahn, S., Carlson, C., Singer, S., & Gronlund, S. D. (2006). Aging and Visual Search: Automatic and Controlled Attentional Bias to Threat Faces. Acta Psychologica, 123, 312-336.

Hahn, S., Andersen, G. J., & Kramer, A. F. (2004). Age influences on multi-dimensional set switching. Aging, Neuropsychology,and Cognition, 11, 25-36.

Hahn, S., Andersen, G. J., & Saidpour, A. (2003).Static scene analysis for the perception of heading. Psychological Science, 14, 543-548.

Hahn, S., Andersen, G. J., & Kramer, A. F. (2003). Multi-dimensional set switching. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 10, 503-509.

Colcombe, A., Kramer, A.F., Irwin, D. E., Peterson, M., Colcombe, S., Hahn, S. (2003). Age-related effects of attentional and oculomotor capture by onsets and color singletons as a function of experience. Acta Psychologica, 113, 205-225

Peterson, M., Kramer, A. F., Irwin, D. E., Hahn, S. (2002). Modulating of oculomotor capture by abrupt onsets during attentionally demanding visual search. Visual Cognition, 9, 755-791.

Kramer, A. F., Cassavaugh, N. D., Irwin, D. E., Peterson, M. S., & Hahn, S. (2001). Influence of Single and Multiple Onset Distractors on Visual Search for Singleton Targets. Perception and Psychophysics, 63, 952-968.

Kramer, A. F., Hahn, S., Irwin, D. E., & Theeuwes, J. (2000). Age differences in the control of looking behavior: Do you know where your eyes have been? Psychological Science, 3, 210-217.

Kramer, A. F., Hahn, S., Banich, M., Cohen, N., Colcombe, A., Bardell, L., Vakil, E., Chason, J., Harrison, C., & McAuley, E. (1999). Aging, fitness, and neurocognitive function. Nature, 400, 418-419.