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Michael I. Posner (/ ˈ p oʊ z n ər /; born September 12, 1936) is an American psychologist who is a researcher in the field of attention, and the editor of numerous cognitive and neuroscience compilations.
Prof Emeritus of psychology University of Oregon - Cited by 189,881 - attention
Nov 3, 2020 · Witkowski speaks with American cognitive psychologist Michael Posner on the change of approach from behaviorism to cognitive psychology. Together they analyze the results of Posner’s research in the field of improving mind functioning and discuss the...
Michael I. Posner’s early work involved the measurement of mental operations by use of reaction time and other chronometric measures. In 1979 he began studies of patients to link mental operations to brain areas in the study of attention.
Oct 1, 2016 · The topic was then primarily in psychology, but now equally often in neuroscience. This paper summarizes the background of the reaction time methods used in the original paper and findings that emerged later on the sensory consequences of orienting, mainly in the visual system.
Michael Posner has said that a better understanding of the human mind requires two things—the measurement of mental events and the mapping of those events to brain networks. During his career, Posner worked on both problems.
Current Address: Department of Psychology University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon 97403 Phone: 541-346-4939 Fax: 541-346-4914 E-mail: mposner@oregon.uoregon.edu.
