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309cture, and interdisciplinary collaboration, while also stewarding significant external funding portfolios. As a researcher, I direct the Vision Sciences and Memory Laboratory and I direct (and co-founded with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/phillip-post-7a7b51327/" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.linkedin.com/in/phillip-post-7a7b51327/">Dr Phillip Post</a>) the Addison Care Virtual and Augmented Reality Laboratory. My scholarship focuses on visual search, eye-movement behavior, similarity measurement, and memory, with broader applications to medical image perception, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and more. I have published extensively in leading journals, contributed major stimulus databases and methodological tools, and have been awarded competitive funding from the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, private partners, and other sources. To date, my portfolio includes dozens of peer-reviewed articles, invited talks across national and international venues, and grant funding exceeding several million dollars.</strong></p> 310 311 312 313<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Scholarship:</span></strong> <strong>My research interests fall under the broad heading of visual cognition, including research into visual attention and memory, and computational models of both. My other research interests include (but are not limited to): development of alternative methods for collecting similarity data (e.g., for use in multidimensional scaling models), similarity as a psychological construct, and the development of new methodologies, research tools (e.g., software, databases), and tutorials. </strong></p> 314 315 316 317<p><strong>My primary work focuses on memory and attention, with an emphasis on human visual processing. In my research, I employ converging techniques; specifically, I combine standard behavioral measurements (e.g., reaction time, similarity ratings) with more sensitive experimental techniques (e.g., eyetracking, tDCS), physiological indexes (e.g., pupillometry, heart rate), advanced statistical procedures (e.g., multidimensional scaling), virtual reality, and computational modeling. My immediate goals involve conducting theory-driven experiments that investigate decision-making in visual search, with the long-term aim of establishing computational models of the underlying cognitive processes. This theoretical aim is coupled with more applied goals, in particular learning how to alleviate problems that plague professional visual searchers, such as medical and security screeners, and search and rescue personnel. </strong></p> 318 319 320 321<p><strong>In my lab in the Psychology Department, we have two state of the art eye-trackers, several banks of testing computers, and the resources to collect data from undergraduates at NMSU and from members of the public. We also employ touch screen monitors, virtual reality headsets, mobile eye-tracking, and transcranial direct current stimulation. The <em>Addison Care Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality </em>lab is a separate entity. It is a nearly 1000 square foot space equipped with multiple state-of-the-art virtual reality headsets (including one with embedded eye-tracking), computing stations, full lab tracking capability (to allow the VR users a great degree of movement in space), and the capacity to do augmented reality via green screen/floors.</strong> <strong> It has more recently been expanded to be a development and education center as well, through a partnership with <a href="https://learning.nmsu.edu/" data-type="link" data-id="https://learning.nmsu.edu/">NMSU Academic Technology</a>, creating a space for students to engage in classroom experiences and use the equipment to develop projects of their own (and in collaboration with faculty researchers).</strong></p> 322 323 324 325<p><strong>
325I currently have two graduate students working under my mentorship (see the People tab for current lab members and the alumni), one post-doctoral researcher, as well as undergraduate research scholars and occasional visiting associates. My research is highly collaborative; I have collaborations within NMSU (both inside and outside of the Psychology department), in institutions around the US (e.g., Harvard Medical School, Arizona State University), and several abroad (e.g., the University of Southampton, the University of Sussex). I regularly publish my work in peer-reviewed journals and present at conferences as much as my schedule allows.</strong></p> 326 327 328 329<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Service:</span></strong> <strong>Additionally, I am also the Director of the <em><a href="https://discoveryscholars.nmsu.edu/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://mhout71.wixsite.com/discoveryscholars" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Discovery Scholars Program</a>. </em>I regularly provide service to the scientific community. I am a reviewer for a great many different scientific peer-reviewed outlets and funding agencies,</strong> <strong>and I recently finished a four year term as Associate Editor at <a href="https://www.springer.com/psychology/cognitive+psychology/journal/13414">Attention, Perception & Psychophysics</a> and started a new term at the journal as soon as my rotation at the NSF ended (I start as the Editor in Chief in 2026). I contribute to popular science magazines (e.g., <em>Scientific American Mind</em>) and general science outlets (e.g., <em>Frontiers for Young Minds; see <a href="https://www.natureindex.com/news-blog/lessons-writing-a-science-paper-kids-journal-frontiers-young-minds" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here </a>for a story on Nature Index about this)</em>, I was twice a co-organizer for an international psychology conference (the <a href="http://www.opam.net/"><em>Object Perception, Attention and Memory</em></a> meeting) and serve as the Treasurer for them currently, and I make a concerted effort to share my work with other researchers. This involves the creation of databases that can be used in experimental psychology, and the free sharing of many of my software programs.</strong> </p> 330 331 332 333<p><strong>If you are interested in collaborative research, or in becoming a graduate student or research assistant in my lab, please feel free to contact me via email: [email protected].</strong> <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">*** I am interested in taking students in the upcoming academic year, AY2026-2027 ***</span></strong></p> 334 335 336<div class="wp-block-image"> 337<figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img decoding="async" width="1920" height="563" src="https://michaelhout.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/FundingSupport2025-1920x563.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-3842" srcset="https://michaelhout.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/FundingSupport2025-1920x563.jpg 1920w, https://michaelhout.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/FundingSupport2025-300x88.jpg 300w, https://michaelhout.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/FundingSupport2025-768x225.jpg 768w, https://michaelhout.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/FundingSupport2025-1536x450.jpg 1536w, https://michaelhout.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/FundingSupport2025-2048x600.jpg 2048w, https://michaelhout.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/FundingSupport2025-1170x343.jpg 1170w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" /></figure></div> 338 339 340<p></p> 341 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 342 <footer class="entry-meta"> 343 </footer><!-- .entry-meta --> 344 </article><!-- #post --> 345 346 </div><!-- #content --> 347 </div><!-- #primary --> 348 349 </div><!-- .row --> 350 </div><!-- .container --> 351 </div><!-- #st-content-wrapper --> 352 353 <div id="st-footer-wrapper" style="background-color:#272b30; color:#959798;"> 354 <aside id="sidebar-footer" class="container"> 355 <div class="row"> 356 357 358 359 </div> 360 </aside><!-- #sidebar-bottom --> 361 362 </div> 363 364 <div id="st-copyright-wrapper" style="background-color:#161718; border-color: #333333; color:#c4cacf;"> 365 <div class="container"> 366 <div class="row"> 367 <div class="span12"> 368 <div> 369 </div> 370 <div> 371 372 Copyright © 2019 Michael C. Hout. All rights reserved. 373 </div> 374 375 </div> 376 </div> 377 </div> 378 </div> 379 </div><!-- #st-wrapper --> 380 <style id='core-block-supports-inline-css' type='text/css'>
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