Michael Hout
@michaelhout.bsky.social
Associate Dean for Research at NMSU HEST. Interim Director of STEM Ed Research Institute. Assoc Editor at AP&P. Former NSF Program Director. Prof of Psych (and Kinesiology). Director of NMSU Discovery Scholars and two research labs. Treasurer of OPAM.
The STEM Ed Research Institute is hiring a post-doctoral researcher to work on research, assessment, and more, in collaboration with NMSU Global, and the Institute for Applied AI and Machine Learning. Please share with interested parties and in your networks. careers.nmsu.edu/jobs/post-do...
February 7, 2026 at 7:05 PM
The STEM Ed Research Institute is hiring a post-doctoral researcher to work on research, assessment, and more, in collaboration with NMSU Global, and the Institute for Applied AI and Machine Learning. Please share with interested parties and in your networks. careers.nmsu.edu/jobs/post-do...
The OPAM conference is looking for new organizers, and senior grads and postdocs are eligible. Please share and post widely! This was one of the best things I ever did for my career, and as a service, and I cannot recommend it enough. Deadline 3/1/26; questions to me or [email protected].
January 26, 2026 at 6:43 PM
The OPAM conference is looking for new organizers, and senior grads and postdocs are eligible. Please share and post widely! This was one of the best things I ever did for my career, and as a service, and I cannot recommend it enough. Deadline 3/1/26; questions to me or [email protected].
The newest member of our lab is Michelle Kass, an undergraduate Discovery Scholar. Her project will involve examining memory performance as a function of congruent or mismatched feedback. She is already a research assistant in the lab, but welcome to DSP, Michelle!
December 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The newest member of our lab is Michelle Kass, an undergraduate Discovery Scholar. Her project will involve examining memory performance as a function of congruent or mismatched feedback. She is already a research assistant in the lab, but welcome to DSP, Michelle!
The Psychonomic Society has posted about our paper out in BRM, focused on evaluating (and making recommendations for) open data sharing practices in the cognition literature (using visual search and eye movements as a bit of a case study). Link: featuredcontent.psychonomic.org/sharing-cari...
December 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The Psychonomic Society has posted about our paper out in BRM, focused on evaluating (and making recommendations for) open data sharing practices in the cognition literature (using visual search and eye movements as a bit of a case study). Link: featuredcontent.psychonomic.org/sharing-cari...
Just received the Primarius Academicus Socius recognition in from the University of Pécs (Hungary). Given for “outstanding collaborative scientific achievements,” by researchers “who attained international research excellence by reaching a scientific impact in the global top 10%.”
December 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Just received the Primarius Academicus Socius recognition in from the University of Pécs (Hungary). Given for “outstanding collaborative scientific achievements,” by researchers “who attained international research excellence by reaching a scientific impact in the global top 10%.”
Graduation, Fall 2025 post (3 of 3): Last but most definitely not least, congrats to Dr Eben Daggett for the completion of his PhD. He is pictured here being hooded, as captured by the livestream. Thanks for always making me feel dumb in person (while looking smart in our published works), Eben.
December 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Graduation, Fall 2025 post (3 of 3): Last but most definitely not least, congrats to Dr Eben Daggett for the completion of his PhD. He is pictured here being hooded, as captured by the livestream. Thanks for always making me feel dumb in person (while looking smart in our published works), Eben.
Graduation, Fall 2025 post (2of 3): Congratulations to Dr. Bryan White, Ph.D. for receiving his PhD last night. He is pictured here, in classic Bryan style, with a laugh as wide as he is tall. Congrats, Bryan!
December 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Graduation, Fall 2025 post (2of 3): Congratulations to Dr. Bryan White, Ph.D. for receiving his PhD last night. He is pictured here, in classic Bryan style, with a laugh as wide as he is tall. Congrats, Bryan!
Graduation, Fall 2025 post (1 of 3): Congratulations to Ashley Mathis for not only receiving her master's degree this fall, but doing so with a perfect 4.0 GPA. She is pictured here at her Honor's cord ceremony. Well done, Ashley! Now get to work on that PhD.
December 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Graduation, Fall 2025 post (1 of 3): Congratulations to Ashley Mathis for not only receiving her master's degree this fall, but doing so with a perfect 4.0 GPA. She is pictured here at her Honor's cord ceremony. Well done, Ashley! Now get to work on that PhD.
Our upcoming (NSF-funded) OPAM workshop will feature Dr Johnny van Doorn (of University of Amsterdam) presenting on the theory and practice of Bayesian statistics (using JASP software). Please register and join us for the workshop (on January 26th), here: www.opamconference.com/online-works...
December 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Our upcoming (NSF-funded) OPAM workshop will feature Dr Johnny van Doorn (of University of Amsterdam) presenting on the theory and practice of Bayesian statistics (using JASP software). Please register and join us for the workshop (on January 26th), here: www.opamconference.com/online-works...
We have a new publication out in Behavior Research Methods; a large database of threatening images (and similar but nonthreatening ones) rated for similarity. It should be of use to visual attention/memory researchers, those studying fear/phobias, and more. Find it here: doi.org/10.3758/s134...
December 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM
We have a new publication out in Behavior Research Methods; a large database of threatening images (and similar but nonthreatening ones) rated for similarity. It should be of use to visual attention/memory researchers, those studying fear/phobias, and more. Find it here: doi.org/10.3758/s134...
The next installment of our NSF-funded OPAM workshop series will feature Dr Jason Tsukahara (of the University of Miami) presenting his workshop on researching individual differences (on December 9th). Visit the website (opamconference.com) to register for the free Zoom session.
December 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The next installment of our NSF-funded OPAM workshop series will feature Dr Jason Tsukahara (of the University of Miami) presenting his workshop on researching individual differences (on December 9th). Visit the website (opamconference.com) to register for the free Zoom session.
I'm proud to announce that I'm taking over as Interim Director of the NMSU STEM+ Education Research Institute. My role here will be to support SERI’s mission to advance evidence-based STEM education, expand interdisciplinary collaboration, and strengthen STEM learning pathways across New Mexico.
November 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I'm proud to announce that I'm taking over as Interim Director of the NMSU STEM+ Education Research Institute. My role here will be to support SERI’s mission to advance evidence-based STEM education, expand interdisciplinary collaboration, and strengthen STEM learning pathways across New Mexico.
We also have a pair of presentations at the upcoming @opam.bsky.social conference. Dr Eben Daggett will be giving a talk on dynamics in the attentional blink. And Mayte Alonso Carrillo (with Dr Giovanna Del Sordo and Dr Megan Papesh) will be giving a poster on pupillometry and sustained attention.
November 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
We also have a pair of presentations at the upcoming @opam.bsky.social conference. Dr Eben Daggett will be giving a talk on dynamics in the attentional blink. And Mayte Alonso Carrillo (with Dr Giovanna Del Sordo and Dr Megan Papesh) will be giving a poster on pupillometry and sustained attention.
We've got some presentations coming up at Psychonomics. Dr Giovanna Del Sordo will be giving a talk (on using pupillometry to explore active/passive sustained attention) and Dr Eben Daggett will be presenting a poster (on how AI can be trained on human similarity data). Come on by!
November 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
We've got some presentations coming up at Psychonomics. Dr Giovanna Del Sordo will be giving a talk (on using pupillometry to explore active/passive sustained attention) and Dr Eben Daggett will be presenting a poster (on how AI can be trained on human similarity data). Come on by!
I’m very happy and proud to announce that Eben Daggett has successfully completed his PhD. His dissertation (involving a ton of behavioral data collection and modeling) was on similarity perception and representationally-aligned artificial intelligence. Congratulations, Dr. Daggett!
November 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I’m very happy and proud to announce that Eben Daggett has successfully completed his PhD. His dissertation (involving a ton of behavioral data collection and modeling) was on similarity perception and representationally-aligned artificial intelligence. Congratulations, Dr. Daggett!
Congratulations to Dr Giovanna Del Sordo for her 2nd place research presentation award at the NMSU postdoc association meeting held recently! Gio presented on a new meta-science project she is leading, looking at the interpretability and usability of shared data in vision science.
September 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Congratulations to Dr Giovanna Del Sordo for her 2nd place research presentation award at the NMSU postdoc association meeting held recently! Gio presented on a new meta-science project she is leading, looking at the interpretability and usability of shared data in vision science.
Yesterday we had our fall gathering of the Discovery Scholars Program (discoveryscholars.nmsu.edu), an undergraduate research and creative arts program supported by the NMSU Colleges of Arts & Sciences, and HEST. Below are the scholars and mentors who were able to join us.
September 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Yesterday we had our fall gathering of the Discovery Scholars Program (discoveryscholars.nmsu.edu), an undergraduate research and creative arts program supported by the NMSU Colleges of Arts & Sciences, and HEST. Below are the scholars and mentors who were able to join us.
Our VR lab is now opened for expanded use (beyond research). Through a partnership with NMSU Global, we're opening the space for student development and class projects. Our hopes for the future are to create capacity for students and faculty to work on developing VR environments for use in research.
September 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Our VR lab is now opened for expanded use (beyond research). Through a partnership with NMSU Global, we're opening the space for student development and class projects. Our hopes for the future are to create capacity for students and faculty to work on developing VR environments for use in research.
The next installment (October 8th) of our OPAM Training Workshop series will feature Dr Caro Hautekiet (of Vrije Universiteit), who will be discussing pre-registration and registered reports. Visit this page for info on all our (free!) workshops: www.opamconference.com/workshops-su...
September 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The next installment (October 8th) of our OPAM Training Workshop series will feature Dr Caro Hautekiet (of Vrije Universiteit), who will be discussing pre-registration and registered reports. Visit this page for info on all our (free!) workshops: www.opamconference.com/workshops-su...
The keynote speaker at this year's @opam.bsky.social Object Perception, Attention, and Memory meeting will be Dr Joy J. Geng of UC Davis. We're thrilled to have Joy join us, discuss her research, and impart some wisdom that she's gained throughout her incredibly impressive career.
September 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The keynote speaker at this year's @opam.bsky.social Object Perception, Attention, and Memory meeting will be Dr Joy J. Geng of UC Davis. We're thrilled to have Joy join us, discuss her research, and impart some wisdom that she's gained throughout her incredibly impressive career.
I'm very excited to be taking part in the HASS-RLN convening in DC next week, and I'm extremely grateful for the leadership of Shelome Gooden and Christine Mallinson who are organizing this event and who brought me into this important group.
September 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I'm very excited to be taking part in the HASS-RLN convening in DC next week, and I'm extremely grateful for the leadership of Shelome Gooden and Christine Mallinson who are organizing this event and who brought me into this important group.
Our newest lab member is Jon Art. Jon is joining as a Discovery Scholars (undergrad), and will be working on a pair of projects, exploring the dynamics of the attentional blink, and working on our recently funded grant from the NMSU Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Applied Machine Learning.
August 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Our newest lab member is Jon Art. Jon is joining as a Discovery Scholars (undergrad), and will be working on a pair of projects, exploring the dynamics of the attentional blink, and working on our recently funded grant from the NMSU Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Applied Machine Learning.
We have a paper out at Behavior Research Methods. Led by Hayward Godwin, it examines sharing practices (using visual search as a case study) and makes recs for sharing data outputs in a manner that will enable others to better find, access, and understand them. link.springer.com/article/10.3...
August 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
We have a paper out at Behavior Research Methods. Led by Hayward Godwin, it examines sharing practices (using visual search as a case study) and makes recs for sharing data outputs in a manner that will enable others to better find, access, and understand them. link.springer.com/article/10.3...
I'm very happy and proud to announce that last week, Bryan White completed his PhD. His dissertation was on how different forms of experience impact the perception of complex visual stimuli. Congratulations, Dr. White!
July 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I'm very happy and proud to announce that last week, Bryan White completed his PhD. His dissertation was on how different forms of experience impact the perception of complex visual stimuli. Congratulations, Dr. White!
In August, the OPAM conference will be offering another professional development workshop. Dr Jason Geller will discuss creating reproducible manuscripts in Quarto. The workshop will be recorded and posted to our website. Thanks to the NSF for funding support! www.opamconference.com
July 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
In August, the OPAM conference will be offering another professional development workshop. Dr Jason Geller will discuss creating reproducible manuscripts in Quarto. The workshop will be recorded and posted to our website. Thanks to the NSF for funding support! www.opamconference.com