Drew

H. Abney

Cognitive and Information Sciences Program,

University of California, Merced,
School of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts
5200 North Lake Rd., Merced, CA 95343
Email: dabney@ucmerced.edu
Web Page: http://drewabney.weebly.com

EDUCATION

2012 -
Ph.D., University of California, Merced. Cognitive and Information
Sciences.

2010 - 2012 M.S., Illinois State University. Experimental Psychology (Dual Degrees:
Cognitive/Behavioral Sciences & Quantitative Psychology).

2009 - 2010 M.S., Illinois State University. Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics Education and Leadership.

2004 - 2008 B.S., Illinois State University. Technology Education.

FORMAL TRAINING

2014
Dynamics of Music and Language Summer School, University of
California, Merced, Center for Human Adaptive Systems and
Environments (CHASE).

2011
APA Advanced Training Institute: Nonlinear Methods for
Psychological Science. University of Cincinnati.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Published

Ross, J.M., Warlaumont, A.S., Abney, D.H., Rigoli, L.M., Balasubramaniam, R.
(forthcoming). Influence of Musical Groove on Postural Sway. Journal of
Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance.

Abney, D.H., & Wagman, J.B., (2015). Direct learning in auditory perception: An
information-space analysis of perception of object length by
sound. Ecological Psychology.

Abney, D.H., Warlaumont, A.S., & Kello, C.T. (2015). Production and convergence
of multiscale clustering of speech. Ecological Psychology.

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Abney, D.H., Paxton, A., Kello, C.T., & Dale, R. (2015). Movement dynamics reflect
a functional role for weak coupling and role structure in dyadic problem
solving. Cognitive Processing.

Abney, D.H., McBride, D.M., Conte, A., Vinson, D.W. (2014). Response dynamics
in prospective memory. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.
Abney, D.H., Paxton, A., Kello, C.T., & Dale, R. (2014). Complexity matching in
dyadic conversation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.
Abney, D.H., Warlaumont, A.S., Haussmann, A., Ross, J., & Wallot, S. (2014). Using
nonlinear methods to quantify infant motor and vocal development. Frontiers
in Developmental Psychology.

Vinson, D.W., Abney, D.H., Dale, R., & Matlock, T. (2014). The influence of
linguistic and social information on visual memory. Frontiers in Cognitive
Science.

Abney, D.H., Dale, R., Yoshimi, J., Fusaroli, R., Kello, C.T., & Tyln, K. (2014). Joint
perceptual decision-making: A case study in explanatory pluralism. Frontiers
in Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology.

Abney, D.H., Wagman, J.B., & Schneider, J. (2014). Changing grasp position on a
wielded object provides self-training for perception of length. Attention,
Perception, & Psychophysics.

Wagman, J.B. & Abney, D.H. (2013). Is calibration of the perception of length
modality-independent? Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics. 75(5), 824-
829.

Abney, D.H., McBride, D.M., & Petrella, S.N. (2013). Interactive effects in
transfer-appropriate processing for event-based prospective memory.
Memory & Cognition. 41, 1032-1045.

McBride, D.M. & Abney, D.H. (2012). A comparison of transfer-appropriate
processing and multi-process frameworks for prospective memory
performance. Experimental Psychology. 59, 190-198.

Wagman, J.B. & Abney, D.H. (2012). Transfer of recalibration from audition to
touch: Modality independence as a special case of anatomical independence.
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance.
38(3), 589-602.



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McBride, D.M., Beckner, J., & Abney, D.H. (2011). Effect of placement of
prospective memory cues in an ongoing task on prospective memory task
performance. Memory and Cognition. 39, 1222-1231.

Manuscripts Under Review/Revision

Abney, D.H., Warlaumont, A.S., Oller, D.K., Wallot, S., & Kello, C.T. (under
revision). The multiscale clustering of infant vocalization bouts.
Abney, D.H., Gann, T.M., Huette, S., Matlock, T. (under revision). The Language of
Uncertainty and Political Ideology in Climate Change.

Manuscripts In Preparation

Abney, D.H., & Balasubramaniam, R. (in preparation). Introduction and
application of the multiscale coefficient of variation analysis.


EDITED BOOKS

Weast-Knapp, J., Malone, M., Abney, D. (Eds) (2015). Studies in Perception and
Action XIII. Proceedings from the Eighteenth International Conference on
Perception and Action. Minneapolis, MN.

COMMENTARIES

Vinson, D.W., Abney, D.H., Amso, D., Anderson, M. L., Chemero, T., Cutting, J.E.,
Dale, R., Richardson, D., Friston, K., Gallagher, S., Jordan, J.S., Mudrik, L.,
Ondobaka, S., Shams, L., Shiffrar, M., & Spivey, M. (forthcoming). Perception,
as You Make It. Commentary on C. Firestone & B. Scholls Cognition does not
affect perception: Evaluating the evidence for top-down effects. Behavioral
and Brain Sciences.

PUBLISHED PROCEEDINGS

Abney, D.H. & Thomas, B., (2015). Exploration in Information Space during
Affordance Perception. In Weast-Knapp, J. Malone, M., Abney, D. (Eds.).
Studies in Perception and Action XIII. Proceedings from the Eighteenth
International Conference on Perception and Action.

Schloesser, D.S., Wagman, J.B., Abney, D.H. (2015). Flip this rod! Changing Grasp
Position can Recalibrate Perception of Length by Dynamic Touch. In Weast-
Knapp, J. Malone, M., Abney, D. (Eds.). Studies in Perception and Action XIII.
Proceedings from the Eighteenth International Conference on Perception and
Action.

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Paxton, A., Abney, D.H., Kello, C. K., & Dale, R. (2014). Network analysis of
multimodal, multiscale coordination in dyadic problem solving. In P. Bello, M.
Guarini, M. McShane & B. Scassellati (Eds.) Proceedings of the 36th Annual
Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin,TX: Cognitive Science Society.

Abney, D.H., Paxton, A., Kello, C.T., Dale, R. (2013). Complexity matching in
dyadic interaction. In Passos, P., Barrieros, J., Cordovil, R., Arajo, D., & Melo,
F. (Eds.). Studies in Perception and Action XII. Proceedings from the
Seventeenth International Conference on Perception and Action.

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Abney, D.H., Warlaumont, A.S., Oller, D.K., Wallot, S., & Kello, C.T. (2015). The
multiscale clustering of infant vocalization bouts. In Noelle, D. C., Dale, R.,
Warlaumont, A. S., Yoshimi, J., Matlock, T., Jennings, C. D., & Maglio, P. P. (Eds.)
Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.
Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

Abney, D.H., Kerster, B.E., & Kello, C.T. (2014). Multiscale spatial distributions of
eye fixations decouple over time. In P. Bello, M. Guarini, M. McShane & B.
Scassellati (Eds.) Proceedings of the 36th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive
Science Society. Austin,TX: Cognitive Science Society.

Cho, K., Abney, D.H., Brotman, R., & Feldman, L.B. (2014). Articulatory and
phonological codes interact in memory. In P. Bello, M. Guarini, M. McShane &
B. Scassellati (Eds.) Proceedings of the 36th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive
Science Society. Austin,TX: Cognitive Science Society.
Vinson D.W., Abney D.H., Dale R. & Matlock T. (2013). An empirical method for
testing the impact of linguistic factors on visual memory. Proceedings of the
2nd annual Cognition and Language Workshop.
Abney, D.H., Paxton, A., Kello, C.T., & Dale, R. (2013). Complexity Matching in
Dyadic Interaction. [Abstract]. In M. Knauff, M. Pauen, N. Sebanz, & I.
Wachsmuth (Eds.) Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Cognitive
Science Society (p. 3864). Austin TX: Cognitive Science Society.
Tyln, K., Abney, D.H., Bahrami, B., Kello, C.T., Fusaroli, R. (2013). Conversation,
Coupling, and Complexity: Matching Scaling Laws Predicts Performance in a
Joint Decision Task. [Abstract]. In M. Knauff, M. Pauen, N. Sebanz, & I.
Wachsmuth (Eds.) Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Cognitive
Science Society (p. 3940). Austin TX: Cognitive Science Society.

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Vinson, D.W., Abney, D.H., Matlock, T., Dale, R. (2013). The Influence of Motion
Language and Gaze Orientation on Spatial Memory. [Abstract]. In M. Knauff,
M. Pauen, N. Sebanz, & I. Wachsmuth (Eds.) Proceedings of the 35th Annual
Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (p. 4153). Austin TX: Cognitive
Science Society.

RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

Conference Symposia Organized

Abney, D.H. (2015). Advances in Strong Anticipation and Complexity Matching.
Symposium organized and to be presented at the Eighteenth International
Conference on Perception and Action, Minneapolis, MN.

Invited Talks

University of California, Berkeley, CogNetwork Colloquium Series. Complexity
matching in conversational contexts. Fall, 2014.

Oral Presentations

Abney, D.H. & Balasubramaniam, R. (2015). Introduction and applications to the
multiscale coefficient of variation analysis (MSCV). Presentation at the
Society for Computers in Psychology. Chicago, IL.

Abney, D.H. & Kello, C.T. (2015). Complexity matching in dyadic conversation.
Presentation at the 10th Annual Guy Van Orden UConn Workshop on
Cognitive and Dynamics. University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Abney, D.H., Warlaumont, A. S., Oller D.K., Wallot, S., & Kello, C.T. (2015). The
multiscale clustering of infant vocalization bouts. Presentation at the Society
for Complex Systems in Cognitive Science. Minneapolis, MN.

Abney, D.H., Warlaumont, A. S., Oller D.K., Wallot, S., & Kello, C.T. (2015). The
multiscale clustering of infant vocalization bouts. Presentation at the
International Society of Ecological Psychology. Minneapolis, MN.

Abney, D.H. & Kello, C.T. (2014). Measuring multiscale temporal clustering in
speech signals. Society for Computers in Psychology. Long Beach, CA.

Abney, D.H. (2014). Complexity matching across conversational settings.
Finding Common Ground: Social, Ecological, and Cognitive Perspectives on
Language Use. University of Connecticut.

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Abney, D.H., Kerster, B.E., & Kello, C.T. (2014). Multiscale spatial distributions of
eye fixations decouple over time. Presentation at the International Society of
Ecological Psychology.

Abney, D.H., & Wagman, J.B. (2014). An information-space analysis of
perception of object length by sound. Presentation at the International
Society of Ecological Psychology.

Abney, D.H. & Kello, C.T. (2013). Dynamics of Social Cognition. Presentation and
workshop given by Chris Kello at the National University of Ireland Galway,
Complex Systems Research Centre, Dynamical Analyses of Social Behaviour
Workshop.

Abney, D.H., Paxton, A., Kello, C.T., & Dale, R. (2013). Complexity matching in
dyadic interaction. Presentation at the 17th International Conference of
Perception and Action, Lisbon, Portugal.

Abney, D.H., Warlaumont, A. S., Oller D.K., Wallot, S., & Kello, C.T. (2013). The
multi-scale dynamics of infants and caregivers vocalizations. Presentation at
the 3rd meeting of the Society for Complex Systems in Cognitive Science,
Berlin, Germany.

Vinson, D.W., & Abney, D.H., (2013). The influence of linguistic and social
information on visual memory. Presentation at the 12th International
Cognitive Linguistics Conference. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Abney, D.H., & Wagman, J.B. (2012). Intrinsic feedback in recalibration of length
perception. Presentation at the 2011 Illinoisy Data Conference, Edwardsville,
IL.

Abney, D.H., & Wagman, J.B. (2011). Transfer of recalibration across modalities:
Feedback on audition improves haptic perception. Presentation at the 2011
Illinoisy Data Conference, Carbondale, IL.

Brown, J.W. & Abney, D.H. (2010). The biotechnology of technology education: A
descriptive investigation of the conceptual foundations of biotechnology
necessary for technology education teachers. Peer-reviewed presentation at
the annual conference of the International Technology and Engineering
Education Association, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Poster Presentations

Schloesser, D.S., Bai, J., Abney, D.H. & Jordan, J.S. (2015). Comparing
performance and coordination dynamics of dyads and individuals in a
complex control task. Poster presentation at the annual conference of the
Psychonomics Society, Chicago, Il.

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Conte, A., Abney, D.H. & McBride, D. (2015). Response Dynamics in Time- and
Event-based Prospective Memory. Poster presentation at the annual
conference of the Psychonomics Society, Chicago, Il.
Abney, D.H., Warlaumont, A.S., Oller, D.K., Wallot, S., & Kello, C.T. (2015). The
multiscale clustering of infant vocalization bouts. Poster presented at the
37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.

Schloesser, D.S., Bai, J., Abney, D.H. & Jordan, J.S. (2015). Comparing
performance and coordination dynamics of dyads and individuals in a
complex control task. Poster presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the
Cognitive Science Society.
Abney, D.H. & Thomas, B.J. (2015). Exploration in information space during
affordance perception. Poster presented at the 18th International Conference
on Perception and Action.

Schloesser, D.S., Wagman, J.B., Abney, D.H. (2015). Flip this rod! Changing grasp
position can recalibrate perception of length by dynamic touch. Poster
presented at the 18th International Conference on Perception and Action.

Abney, D.H., Gann, T.M., Huette, S., Matlock, T. (2015). The language of
uncertainty and political ideology in climate change. Poster presented at the
13th biennial Conference on Communication and Environment, University of
Colorado, Boulder, CO.

Abney, D.H. & Wagman, J.B. (2014). Direct learning in auditory perception: An
information-space analysis of auditory perception of object length. Poster
presentation at the annual conference of the Psychonomics Society, Long
Beach, CA.
Abney, D.H., Kerster, B.E., & Kello, C.T. (2014). Multiscale spatial distributions of
eye fixations decouple over time. Poster presented at the 36th Annual
Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.

Paxton, A., Abney, D.H., Kello, C. K., & Dale, R. (2014). Network analysis of
multimodal, multiscale coordination in dyadic problem solving. Poster
presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.

Cho, K., Abney, D.H., Brotman, R., & Feldman, L.B. (2014). Articulatory and
phonological codes interact in memory. Poster presented at the 36th Annual
Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.

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Abney, D.H., Paxton, A., Kello, C.K., & Dale, R. (2014). Multimodal and multiscale
interpersonal interaction in a joint problem solving task. Poster presented at
the 26th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Society, San
Francisco, CA.

Abney, D.H., Paxton, A., Kello, C.T., & Dale, R. (2013). Complexity Matching in
Dyadic Interaction. Poster presentation at the 35th Annual Meeting of the
Cognitive Science Society.

Fusaroli, R., Abney, D.H., Bahrami, B., Kello, C.T., Tyln, K. (2013). Performance
in a joint decision task is predicted by the degree of complexity matching of
Interlocutors' Speech Events. Poster presentation at the 35th Annual Meeting
of the Cognitive Science Society.
Vinson D.W., Abney, D.H., Dale, R. & Matlock, T. (2013). The influence of motion
language and gaze orientation on spatial memory. Poster presentation at the
35th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.
Vinson, D.W., Abney, D.H., Dale, R. & Matlock, T. (2013). Visuospatial memorys
sensitivity to language and image orientation. Poster presentation at the
6th annual conference of Embodied and Situated Language Processing.
Wagman, J.B., & Abney, D.H. (2012). Is calibration of perception modality
independent? Poster presentation at the annual conference of the
Psychonomics Society, Minneapolis, MN.
Abney, D.H., & McBride, D.M. (2012). A test of the graded match in processing
view of event-based prospective memory. Poster presentation at the annual
Illinois State University Graduate Research Symposium.

Abney, D.H., & Wagman, J.B. (2012). Intrinsic feedback in recalibration of length
perception. Poster presentation at the annual Illinois State University
Graduate Research Symposium.

Abney, D.H., & Wagman, J.B. (2011). The role of intrinsic, self- feedback in
recalibration of length perception in dynamic touch. Poster presentation at
the annual conference of the Psychonomics Society, Seattle, WA.

Abney, D.H., & Wagman, J.B. (2011). Transfer of recalibration across modalities:
Feedback on audition improves haptic perception. Poster presentation at the
2010 Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago,
IL.

Abney, D.H., & Wagman, J.B. (2011). Transfer of recalibration across modalities:
Feedback on audition improves haptic perception. Poster presentation at the
annual Illinois State University Graduate Research Symposium.

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Abney, D.H., Cantin, R.H., Merrill, C., Landau, S. (2011). Parents Perceptions of
Their Role in School Leadership. Poster presentation at the annual Illinois
State University Graduate Research Symposium.

Abney, D.H., Cantin, R.H., Merrill, C., Landau, S. (2011). Parents Perceptions of
Their Role in School Leadership. Poster presentation at the annual
conference of the National Association of School Psychologists, San Francisco,
California.

HONORS, SCHOLARSHIPS, & AWARDS

2015
Hatano Cognitive Development Research Fellowship ($1000)

2014
Birnbaum Award, Society for Computers in Psychology

2014
Summer Research Fellowship Award, University of California, Merced.

2014
Spring Research Fellowship Award, University of California, Merced.

2013
Summer Research Fellowship Award, University of California, Merced.

2013
Graduate Student Research Council Summer Fellowship, University of
California, Merced.

2013
Spring Research Fellowship Award, University of California, Merced.

2012
Charter Department Graduate Student Excellence Award, Department
of Psychology, Illinois State University.

2011
Outstanding Psychology Graduate Assistant Award, Department of
Psychology, Illinois State University.

2010
Rodney L. Custer Graduate Student Research Award, Department of
Technology, Illinois State University.

2010
The Donald Maley Spirit of Excellence Outstanding Graduate Student
Citation. International Technology and Engineering Education
Association.

2010
Graduate Student of the Year. Department of Technology, Illinois State
University.

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UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Fall 2015
Teaching Assistant. PHIL 003: Applied Ethics. University of California,
Merced.

Spring 2015 Teaching Assistant. COG 005: Introduction to Language and
Linguistics. University of California, Merced.

Fall 2014
Teaching Assistant. COG 151: Speech Processing. University of
California, Merced.

Fall 2013
Teaching Assistant. COG 101: Mind, Brain, and
Computation. University of California, Merced.

Fall 2012
Teaching Assistant. COG 101: Mind, Brain, and
Computation. University of California, Merced.

Spring 2012 Guest Lecturer. PSY 368: Memory. Temporal effects, subjectivity, and
retrospectivity-prospectivity in memory studies. Illinois State
University.

Fall 2009
Instructor of Record. TEC 275: Technology and the Quality of
Life. Illinois State University.


PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

International Environmental Communication Association. 2015-present.
Cognitive Science Society. 2013-present.
American Psychological Association. 2011-present.
Midwest Psychological Association. 2011-2013
International Technology and Engineering Educators Association. 2009-2010


SERVICE

2015
An Evening on Free Will. Department of Cognitive and Information
Sciences, University of California, Merced. Co-organizer.

2015
Second Annual Symposium on Child and Family, University of
California, Merced. Professional growth event for community child
educators.

2013-
Undergraduate Cognitive Science Student Association (CSSA)
organizer/representative, Department of Cognitive and Information
Sciences, University of California, Merced.

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2013

2010

2010

Student research talk organizer, Department of Cognitive and

Information Sciences, University of California, Merced.
Department Chair search committee (student group), Department of
Psychology, Illinois State University.
Graduate school talk, special topic at Psi Chi, Department of
Psychology, Illinois State University.

REVIEWER FOR THE FOLLOWING JOURNALS

Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics (1), American Journal of Psychology (1),
Frontiers in Psychology (2), Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Performance
and Perception (1), New Ideas in Psychology (1), Perception (1), PLOS One (3),
Behavioral Research Methods (1)


REVIEWER FOR THE FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS PAPERS

International Conference on Perception and Action (2015)
Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (2014, 2015)


TECHNICAL SKILLS

MATLAB, R, Python, Adobe ActionScript, SPSS, Superlab, PsychoPY, Excel


RESEARCH FEATURES IN THE PUBLIC MEDIA

September, 2013. Interactive effects in transfer-appropriate processing for event-
based prospective memory. In dugdug.com (Science News
Website): http://www.dugdug.com/drew-abney-discusses-his-work-in-cognitive-
science

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