This document is a curriculum vitae for Harry Haladjian, who is pursuing a Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from Rutgers University. It outlines his education, awards, teaching experience, research experience, skills, publications, and conference presentations. He has received several fellowships and awards for his research investigating visual attention and enumeration processes.
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Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
2008 C Present Ph. D., Cognitive Psychology (expected, December 2010)
Cognitive Science Certificate; Perceptual Science Training Program
Advisors: Dr. Zenon Pylyshyn, Dr. C. Randy Gallistel, & Dr. Manish Singh
Dissertation: Enumerating by location: The role of spatial information in counting.
2005 C 2008 M. S., Cognitive Psychology
Advisor: Dr. Zenon Pylyshyn
Thesis: Object-specific priming benefit enhanced during explicit multiple object tracking.
Stanford University Continuing Studies, Stanford, CA
1998 C 2004 Courses in the humanities, neuroscience, and computer applications
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
1991 C 1995 B. A., Philosophy and Psychology
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2010 Robert J. Glushko & Pamela Samuelson Foundation Student Travel Award (Cognitive Science Society)
2008 C 2010 National Science Foundation Graduate Traineeship in Perceptual Science (IGERT)
2009 CODDE Computational Vision Workshop in Marburg, Germany (selected participant)
2007 & 2009 Rutgers University Conference Travel Award (Fall & Spring awards)
2005 C 2006 Rutgers University Graduate Fellowship
T E A C H I N G
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Rutgers University, Department of Psychology, New Brunswick, NJ
2006 C 2008 Teaching Assistant - Cognition Lab
Presented theoretical background and motivations for in-class cognitive psychology
experiments; taught research methodology and relevant statistical analysis using SPSS.
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Visual Attention Lab, Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science, New Brunswick, NJ
2005 C Present Research Assistant / Lab Manager (25-50% Full Time Equivalent (FTE))
Developed and implemented psychophysical experiments in MATLAB to test attentional
processes in early vision; mentored undergraduate research interns (supervisor: Dr. Pylyshyn).
Public Health Institute, Oakland, CA
2001 C 2008 Research Associate (10-40% FTE)
Developed surveys for longitudinal tobacco marketing studies; produced training materials and
trained data collectors; prepared and analyzed data (supervisor: Ms. Feighery).
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2. Gabrieli Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
2004 C 2005 Intern / Research Assistant (10-20% FTE)
Assisted in adult memory studies using fMRI; processed brain imaging data and analyzed
behavioral data using E-Prime, MATLAB, Excel, and SPSS (supervisor: Dr. Rosen).
Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
2001 C 2005 Computer Research Associate II (50%-90% FTE)
Developed web-based applications to support Center research and to collect study data; designed
and implemented web-based health programs and participant screening forms; designed and
maintained public and internal web sites; produced promotional digital videos.
2001 C 2005 Social Science Research Assistant III (10%-50% FTE)
Collaborated with research scientists on studies examining: 1) the relationship between tobacco
marketing and youth behaviors, and 2) nicotine craving and attentional bias. Produced advertising
and youth health behavior surveys; trained and supervised data collectors; programmed computer
experiments in SuperLab; managed and analyzed complex data sets (supervisor: Dr. Henriksen).
1997 C 2001 Social Science Research Assistant II (100% FTE)
Participated in multidisciplinary studies examining: 1) youth social networks and smoking, 2)
tobacco marketing in retail stores, and 3) the effectiveness of CA Tobacco Control Programs.
Developed and assessed community health campaigns; designed, produced, and administered
surveys; prepared, managed, and analyzed complex data sets; supervised research assistant; hired,
trained, and supervised data collectors (supervisors: Ms. Feighery, Dr. Fortmann, Dr. Ribisl).
S K I L L S
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Computer SPSS, MATLAB, Excel, Microsoft Office, Pagemaker, ArcView, Acrobat, Premiere, Photoshop,
Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and web-based programming languages (ASP, SQL, HTML).
Languages Conversational Arabic; familiar with French and Spanish.
P R O F E S S I O N A L
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2009 C Present Association for Psychological Science
2005 C Present Vision Sciences Society
2004 C Present Cognitive Neuroscience Society
2002 C Present Cognitive Science Society
1997 C Present Friedrich Nietzsche Society
P U B L I C A T I O N S
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Haladjian & Pylyshyn (accepted for publication). Enumerating by location: A new method for measuring the numerosity of
visual object representations. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics.
Haladjian, Singh, Pylyshyn, & Gallistel (2010). The encoding of spatial information during small-set enumeration. In
Ohlsson & Catrambone (Eds.), Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin, TX:
Cognitive Science Society.
Pylyshyn, Haladjian, King, & Reilly (2008). Selective nontarget inhibition in Multiple Object Tracking. Visual Cognition,
16 (8):1011-1021.
Haladjian, Montemayor, & Pylyshyn (2008). Segregating targets and nontargets in depth eliminates inhibition of nontargets
in Multiple Object Tracking. Visual Cognition, 16 (1):107-110.
Henriksen, Feighery, Schleicher, Haladjian, & Fortmann (2004). Reaching youth at the point of sale: Cigarette marketing is
more prevalent in stores where adolescents shop frequently. Tobacco Control, 13 (3):315-8.
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3. Feighery, Ribisl, Clark, & Haladjian (2003). How tobacco companies ensure prime placement of their advertising and
products in stores: Interviews with retailers about tobacco company incentive programmes. Tobacco Control, 12 (2):184-8.
Haladjian, Howard-Pitney, Halvorson, Norman, & Howard (2003). Local Tobacco Control Programs. In: Final Report:
Independent Evaluation of the California Tobacco Control Prevention and Education Program: Waves 1, 2, & 3 (1996-
2000). Independent Evaluation Consortium. Rockville, MD: The Gallup Organization, 2003.
Ribisl, Lee, Henriksen, & Haladjian (2003). A content analysis of web sites promoting smoking culture and lifestyle.
Health Education & Behavior, 30 (1):64-78.
In preparation:
Haladjian, Singh, Pylyshyn, & Gallistel. Scene regularities increase subitizing performance.
Chesney & Haladjian. The effect of object tracking on subitizing.
Haladjian, Montemayor, & Pylyshyn. Multiple object tracking & visual working memory for brief intervals.
Haladjian & Pylyshyn. Automatic feature binding enhanced during multiple object tracking.
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Haladjian, Pylyshyn, & Gallistel (2010). The encoding of spatial information during small-set enumeration. Talk to be
presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CSS), Portland, OR (August 2010).
Haladjian, Chesney, & Pylyshyn (2010). Does the tracking of moving objects interfere with subitizing? Poster presented at
the Association for Psychological Science 22nd Annual Conference, Boston, MA.
Haladjian, Pylyshyn, & Gallistel (2010). Enumeration by location: Exploring the role of spatial information in numerosity
judgments. Poster presented at the 10th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS), Naples, FL.
Haladjian, Pylyshyn, & Gallistel (2009). Enumerating by location increases the subitizing limit. Poster presented at the 17th
Annual Object Perception, Attention, and Memory (OPAM) Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Boston, MA.
Haladjian & Pylyshyn (2009). Distributing targets on two depth planes increases tracking capacity in Multiple Object
Tracking. Poster presented at the 31st Annual CSS Meeting, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Aks, Haladjian, Pylyshyn, & Hakkinen (2009). Multiple Object Tracking with blink-contingent scene changes. Poster
presented at the 9th Annual VSS Meeting, Naples, FL.
Haladjian, Pylyshyn, & Kugel (2009). Multiple Object Tracking through temporal gaps created by the fading of objects.
Poster presented at the 9th Annual VSS Meeting, Naples, FL.
Haladjian & Montemayor (2008). Spatial cognition in different spaces. Poster presented at the 30th Annual CSS Meeting,
Washington, D.C.
Haladjian & Pylyshyn (2008). Object-Specific Preview Benefit and Multiple Object Tracking: Priming effects enhanced
during active tracking for English letters and unfamiliar symbols. Poster presented at the 30th Annual CSS Meeting, Washington, D.C.
Haladjian & Pylyshyn (2008). Object-Specific Preview Benefit enhanced during explicit Multiple Object Tracking. Poster
presented at the 8th Annual VSS Meeting, Naples, FL.
Haladjian, Montemayor, & Pylyshyn (2007). Segregating targets and nontargets in depth eliminates inhibition of nontargets
in Multiple Object Tracking. Talk presented at the 15th Annual OPAM Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Long Beach, CA.
Montemayor, Haladjian, & Pylyshyn (2007). Simultaneous and sequential presentations for object selection and memory
recall. Poster presented at the 15th Annual OPAM Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Long Beach, CA.
Haladjian & Pylyshyn (2007). Size differences improve tracking in MOT, but only when the size of targets / nontargets
changes as a group. Poster presented at the 7th Annual VSS Meeting, Sarasota, FL.
Haladjian & Pylyshyn (2006). Implicit multiple object tracking without an explicit tracking task. Poster presented at the 6th
Annual VSS Meeting, Sarasota, FL.
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