Aaron B. Hoffman

Curriculum Vitae

New York University

Psychology Department

6 Washington Place

New York, NY 10003

Phone: (212) 992-9575, (718) 974-3391 (home)

Email: aaron.hoffman@nyu.edu

Education

Ph.D., Psychology, New York University (expected 2007)

B.S., Cognitive Science: Computing Specialization, University of California, Los Angeles (2001)

B.A., Russian Language and Literature, University of California, Los Angeles (2001)

Honors and Awards

Douglas and Katharine Fryer Thesis Fellowship, New York University (2006)

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, NIMH, predoctoral grant (2005 – 2007)

Katzell Fellowship Award, New York University (2005)

McCracken Fellowship, New York University (2001)

Research

Concept acquisition and representation

Attention

Decision processes

Learning

Perceptual learning

Affiliations

Cognitive Science Society

Psychonomics Society

Teaching

Introduction to Psychology, Teaching Assistant for Prof. Ted Coons (2002)

Perception, Teaching Assistant for Prof. Michael S. Landy (2002)

Cognitive Psychology, Teaching Assistant for Prof. Bob Rehder (2003)

Papers and Publications

Hoffman, A. B., Harris, H. D., & Murphy, G. L. (in press). Prior knowledge enhances the dimensionality effect.

Bott, L., Murphy, G.L., & Hoffman, A.B. (in press). Blocking in category learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Murphy, G. L., & Hoffman, A. B. (in press). Concepts. In K. Frankish & W. Ramsey (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of cognitive science. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Hoffman, A. B., & Murphy, G. L. (2006). Category dimensionality and feature knowledge: When more features are learned as easily as fewer. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 32, 301-315.

Rehder, B., & Hoffman, A. B. (2005). Thirty-something categorization results explained: Selective attention, eyetracking, and models of category learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 31, 811-829.

Rehder, B., & Hoffman, A. B. (2005). Eyetracking and selective attention in category learning, Cognitive Psychology, 51, 1-41.

Rehder, B., & Hoffman, A. B. (2003). Eyetracking and selective attention in category learning. In R. Alternman & D. Kirsh (Eds.) Proceedings of the 25th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Boston, MA: Cognitive Science Society.

Invited Talks

Hoffman, A.B. (2006). Learning through inference frees concepts from context dependence. Cognition & Perception Talk Series, UT Austin, October 13, 2006.

Talks and Posters

Hoffman, A.B. & Rehder, B. (2006). Linear separability and concept learning: Eyetracking individual differences. Poster presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomics Society, November 19, 2006, Houston, Texas.

Hoffman, A.B. (2006). Learning through inference frees concepts from context dependence. New York University, Cognition & Perception Area Seminar. October 5, 2006.

Hoffman, A.B., & Rehder, B. (2006). Linear separability and concept learning: Eyetracking individual differences. Poster presented at the 28th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, July 29, 2006, Vancouver, CA.

Fulvio, J.M., Maloney, L. T. & Hoffman, A.B. (2006). Extrapolating curvature properties: Testing a Bayesian model through perceptual Learning. New York University, Cognition & Perception Brown Bag Talk, March 10, 2006.

Hoffman, A. B., & Rehder, B. (2005). Attention allocation strategies in category learning. Poster presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, November 11, 2005, Toronto, Ontario.

Hoffman, A.B. (2005). Dynamics of selective attention during category acquisition. New York University Cognition & Perception Brown Bag Talk, October 11, 2005.

Rehder, B., & Hoffman, A. B. (2004). Thirty-something categorization results in no need of explanation. Talk delivered at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, November 18-21, 2004, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

WORK IN PROGRESS

Hoffman, A. B., & Rehder, B. Attentional and representational flexibility of inference learning.

Fulvio, J.M., Maloney, L. T., & Hoffman, A. B. Extrapolation, perceptual learning, and cue reliability.

Hoffman, A. B. (Dissertation). Attention dynamics in category learning.

DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE

Cognition and Perception Graduate Student Representative (2002 – 2004)

Cognition and Perception Student Brown Bag Coordinator (2002 – 2004)