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Publications (click on titles for pdf)

Gilden, D.L., Thornton, T.L., & Marusich, L.R. (2010). The serial process in visual search. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 36, 533-542.

Gilden, D.L. (2009). Global model analysis of cognitive variability. Cognitive Science, 33, 1441-1467 .

Gilden, D.L. & Marusich, L.R. (2009). Contraction of time in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Neuropsychology, 23, 265-269.

Gilden, D.L. & Hancock, H. (2007). Response Variability in Attention Deficit Disorders. Psychological Science, 18(9), 796-802.

Thornton, T.L. & Gilden, D.L. (2007). Parallel and Serial Processes in Visual Search. Psychological Review, 114(1), 71-103.

Thornton, T.L. & Gilden, D.L. (2005). Provenance of correlations in psychological data. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, Vol 12(3), 409-441.

Thornton, T. (2002). Attentional limitation and multiple-target visual search. Doctoral dissertation for the University of Texas at Austin, supervised by Gilden, D.L.

Thornton, T. & Gilden, D.L. (2001). Attentional limitations in the sensing of motion detection. Cognitive Psychology, 43
, 23-52.

Gilden, D.L. (2001). Cognitive emissions of 1/f noise. Psychological Review, 108(1)
, 33-56.

Price, C.M. & Gilden, D.L. (2000). Representations of motion and direction. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 26(1)
, 18-30.

Gilden, D.L. (1997). Fluctuations in the time required for elementary decisions. Psychological Science, 8(4)
, 296-301.

Gilden, D.L., Hiris, E., & Blake, R. (1995). The informational basis of motion coherence. Psychological Science, 6(4)
, 235-240.

Gilden, D.L., Blake, R., & Hurst, G. (1995). Neural adaptation of imaginary visual motion. Cognitive Psychology, 28
, 1-16.

Gilden, D.L. & Wilson, S.G. (1995). Streaks in skilled performance. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 2(2)
, 260-265.

Gilden, D.L, & Wilson, S.G. (1995). On the nature of streaks in signal detection. Cognitive Psychology, 28
, 17-64.

Gilden, D.L., Thornton, T., & Mallon, M.W. (1995). 1/f noise in human cognition. Science, 267
, 1837-1839.

Gilden, D.L & Proffitt, D.R. (1994). Heuristic judgment of mass ratio in two-body collisions. Perception & Psychophysics, 56(6)
, 708-720.

Schmuckler, M.A. & Gilden, D.L. (1993). Auditory perception of fractal contours. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 19(3)
, 641-660.

Gilden, D. L. (1993). Perception. In S. Parker (Ed.), McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology
. New York: McGraw-Hill. pp. 289-291.

Gilden, D.L, Schmuckler, M.A., & Clayton, K. (1993). The perception of natural contour. Psychological Review, 100(3)
, 460-478.

Gilden, D.L. (1991). On the origins of dynamical awareness. Psychological Review, 98(4)
, 554-568.

Gilden, D.L., Bertenthal, B.I., & Othman, S. (1990). Image statistics and the perception of apparent motion. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 16(4)
, 693-705.

Kubovy, M., & Gilden, D. L. (1989). Apparent randomness is not always the complement of apparent order. In G. Lockhead & J. R. Pomerantz (Eds.), The perception of structure
. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. pp. 115-127.

Proffitt, D.R. & Gilden, D.L. (1989). Understanding natural dynamics. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 15(2)
, 384-393.

Gilden, D.L. & Proffitt, D.R. (1989). Understanding collision dynamics. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 15(2)
, 372-383.

Proffitt, D.R., Gilden, D.L., Kaiser, M.K, & Whelan, S.M (1988). The effect of configural orientation on perceived trajectory in apparent motion. Perception & Psychophysics, 43(5)
, 465-474.

Gilden, D.L, MacDonald, K.E., & Lasage, M.I. (1988). Masking with minimal contours: Selective inhibition with low spatial frequencies. Perception & Psychophysics, 44(2)
, 127-132.

Selected Publications (Astrophysics)

Torbett, M. V., & Gilden, D. L. (1993). On stellar accretion of matter through a disk and the ejection of bipolar flow. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 256, 686-688.

Tajima, T., & Gilden, D. L. (1987). Reconnection-driven oscillations in dwarf nova disks. Astrophysical Journal, 320
, 741-745.

Gilden, D.L., & Bahcall, J.N. (1985). Sampling errors in the determination of the total amount of mass at the solar position. The Astrophysical Journal, 296
, 240-258.

Tajima, T., Clark, A., Craddock, G. G., Gilden, D. L., Leung, W. K., Li, Y. M., Robertson, J. A., & Saltzman, B. J. (1985). Particle simulation of colliding plasmas, semiconductor plasmas, and stars. American Journal of Physics, 53
, 365-370.

Gilden, D. L, & Tajima, T. (1984). Magnetic field reconnection in differentially rotating accretion disks. In Proceedings of the IAU Symposium, No. 107
, R. Kundu (Ed.), 477-482.

Gilden, D. L., & Shapiro, S. L. (1984). Gravitational radiation from colliding compact stars: hydrodynamical calculations in two dimensions. Astrophysical Journal, 287
, 728-744.

Gilden, D. L., & Bahcall, J. N. (1984). Dark matter near the Sun: Simulated star counts and the Oort limit. In Proceedings of the IAU Colloquium, No. 109
, B. Savage (Ed.)

Gilden, D. L. (1984). Thermal instability in molecular clouds. Astrophysical Journal, 283
, 679-686.

Gilden, D. L. (1984). Clump collisions in molecular clouds: gravitational instability and coalescence. Astrophysical Journal, 279
, 335-349.

Gilden, D. L. (1982). Dynamical evolution of substructure in molecular clouds. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Texas at Austin.

Gilden, D. L., & Wheeler, J. C. (1980). Time-dependent optically thick accretion onto a black hole. Astrophysical Journal, 239
, 705-711.