Professor Jeffrey Miller, Our People, Department of Psychology, University of Otago, New Zealand

Jeff Miller

Email jeffrey.miller@otago.ac.nz
Tel 64 3 479 7997

Professor Jeff Miller has served as the director of the Center for Human Information Processing at UCSD, the director of the Cognitive Science Programme at Otago, and the head of the Psychology Department at Otago.

He has authored over 140 articles in refereed journals, a downloadable book on statistical analysis, and numerous freely available statistical programs. His research has been supported by the National Institute of Mental Health (USA) and the Marsden Foundation (NZ), and he is a fellow of the RSNZ.

Jeff joined the Department in 1994. He has over 35 years of university teaching experience, teaching cognitive psychology and research methods at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. His research interests are in cognitive psychology and cognitive psychophysiology, as well as mathematical and statistical models and methods.

Teaching

PSYC 311 Quantitative Methods
PSYC 434 Advanced Quantitative Methods

Research Interests

Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive psychophysiology
Mathematical and statistical models and methods

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Publications

Mittelstädt, V., Mackenzie, I. G., & Miller, J. (2022). Evidence of resource sharing in the Psychological Refractory Period (PRP) paradigm. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/xhp0001052

Winter, A., Dudschig, C., Miller, J., Ulrich, R., & Kaup, B. (2022). The action-sentence compatibility effect (ACE): Meta-analysis of a benchmark finding for embodiment. Acta Psychologica, 230, 103712. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103712

Mittelstädt, V., Miller, J., & Kiesel, A. (2022). Perceptual processing demands influence voluntary task choice. Cognition, 229, 105232. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2022.105232

Mittelstädt, V., Mackenzie, I. G., Leuthold, H., & Miller, J. (2022). Electrophysiological evidence against parallel motor processing during multitasking. Psychophysiology, 59, e13951. doi: 10.1111/psyp.13951

Miller, J., & Ulrich, R. (2022). Optimizing research output: How can psychological research methods be improved? Annual Review of Psychology, 73, 691-718. doi: 10.1146/annurev-psych-020821-094927

Smulders, F. T. Y., & Miller, J. O. (2012). The lateralized readiness potential. In S. J. Luck & E. S. Kappenman (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of event-related potential components. (pp. 209-229). New York: Oxford University Press.

Chapter in Book - Research

Miller, J., & Ulrich, R. (2022). Optimizing research output: How can psychological research methods be improved? Annual Review of Psychology, 73, 691-718. doi: 10.1146/annurev-psych-020821-094927

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Mittelstädt, V., Miller, J., & Kiesel, A. (2022). Perceptual processing demands influence voluntary task choice. Cognition, 229, 105232. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2022.105232

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Bausenhart, K. M., Ulrich, R., & Miller, J. (2021). Effects of conflict trial proportion: A comparison of the Eriksen and Simon tasks. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 83, 810-836. doi: 10.3758/s13414-020-02164-2

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Miller, J. (2021). Percentile rank pooling: A simple nonparametric method for comparing group reaction time distributions with few trials. Behavior Research Methods, 53, 781-791. doi: 10.3758/s13428-020-01466-5

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Miller, J., & Tang, J. L. (2021). Effects of task probability on prioritized processing: Modulating the efficiency of parallel response selection. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 83, 356-388. doi: 10.3758/s13414-020-02143-7

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Miller, J., & Ulrich, R. (2021). A simple, general, and efficient method for sequential hypothesis testing: The independent segments procedure. Psychological Methods, 26(4), 486-497. doi: 10.1037/met0000350

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Mittelstaedt, V., Schaffernak, I., Miller, J., & Kiesel, A. (2021). Balancing cognitive and environmental constraints when deciding to switch tasks: Exploring self-reported task-selection strategies in self-organized multitasking. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 74(4), 598-609. doi: 10.1177/1747021820970079

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Monno, I., Spitzer, M., Miller, J., Dignath, D., & Kiesel, A. (2021). Scaling of the parameters for cost balancing in self-organized task switching. Journal of Cognition, 4(1), 8. doi: 10.5334/joc.137

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Ulrich, R., Prislan, L., & Miller, J. (2021). A bimodal extension of the Eriksen flanker task. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 83, 790-799. doi: 10.3758/s13414-020-02150-8

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Miller, J., & Kaup, B. (2020). Influences of task and attention on action verb congruence effects: How automatic are embodiment effects? Acta Psychologica, 210, 103155. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2020.103155

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Mittelstädt, V., & Miller, J. (2020). Beyond mean reaction times: Combining distributional analyses with processing stage manipulations in the Simon task. Cognitive Psychology, 119, 101275. doi: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2020.101275

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Rieger, T., & Miller, J. (2020). Are model parameters linked to processing stages? An empirical investigation for the ex-Gaussian, ex-Wald, and EZ diffusion models. Psychological Research, 84, 1683-1699. doi: 10.1007/s00426-019-01176-4

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Rieger, T., & Miller, J. (2020). Disentangling stimulus and response compatibility as potential sources of backward crosstalk. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 82, 3415-3431. doi: 10.3758/s13414-020-02039-6

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Ulrich, R., & Miller, J. (2020). Questionable research practices may have little effect on replicability. eLIFE, 9, e58237. doi: 10.7554/eLife.58237

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Berndt, E., Dudschig, C., Miller, J., & Kaup, B. (2019). A replication attempt of hemispheric differences in semantic-relatedness judgments (Zwaan & Yaxley, 2003). Acta Psychologica, 198, 102871. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2019.102871

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Miller, J., & Ulrich, R. (2019). The quest for an optimal alpha. PLoS ONE, 14(1), e0208631. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208631

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Mittelstädt, V., Miller, J., & Kiesel, A. (2019). Linking task selection to task performance: Internal and predictable external processing constraints jointly influence voluntary task switching behavior. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 45(12), 1529-1548. doi: 10.1037/xhp0000690

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Ellinghaus, R., & Miller, J. (2018). Delta plots with negative-going slopes as a potential marker of decreasing response activation in masked semantic priming. Psychological Research, 82(3), 590-599. doi: 10.1007/s00426-017-0844-z

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Miller, J., & Schwarz, W. (2018). Implications of individual differences in on-average null effects. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 147(3), 377-397. doi: 10.1037/xge0000367

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Miller, J., Brookie, K., Wales, S., Wallace, S., & Kaup, B. (2018). Embodied cognition: Is activation of the motor cortex essential for understanding action verbs? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition, 44(3), 335-370. doi: 10.1037/xlm0000451

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Mittelstädt, V., Miller, J., & Kiesel, A. (2018). Trading off switch costs and stimulus availability benefits: An investigation of voluntary task-switching behavior in a predictable dynamic multitasking environment. Memory & Cognition, 46(5), 699-715. doi: 10.3758/s13421-018-0802-z

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Mittelstäedt, V., & Miller, J. (2018). Redundancy gain in the Simon Task: Does increasing relevant activation reduce the effect of irrelevant activation? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 44(8), 1153-1167. doi: 10.1037/xhp0000523

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Ulrich, R., & Miller, J. (2018). Some properties of p-curves, with an application to gradual publication bias. Psychological Methods, 23(3), 546-560. doi: 10.1037/met0000125

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Miller, J. (2017). Hypothesis testing in the real world. Educational & Psychological Measurement, 77(4), 663-672. doi: 10.1177/0013164416667984

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Miller, J. (2017). Psychophysiological measurement of backward response activation in the prioritized processing paradigm. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 43(5), 941-953. doi: 10.1037/xhp0000356

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Mittelstadt, V., & Miller, J. (2017). Separating limits on preparation versus online processing in multitasking paradigms: Evidence for resource models. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 43(1), 89-102. doi: 10.1037/xhp0000277

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Miller, J. (2016). S-R compatibility effects on motor potentials associated with hand and foot movements. Psychophysiology, 53(4), 493-506. doi: 10.1111/psyp.12574

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Miller, J. (2016). Statistical facilitation and the redundant signals effect: What are race and coactivation models? Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 78(2), 516-519. doi: 10.3758/s13414-015-1017-z

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Miller, J., & Roüast, N. M. (2016). Dissociations of spatial congruence effects across response measures: An examination of delta plots. Psychological Research, 80(5), 805-820. doi: 10.1007/s00426-015-0694-5

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Miller, J., & Ulrich, R. (2016). Interpreting confidence intervals: A comment on Hoekstra, Morey, Rouder, and Wagenmakers (2014). Psychonomic Science, 23(1), 124-130. doi: 10.3758/s13423-015-0859-7

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Miller, J., & Ulrich, R. (2016). Optimizing research payoff. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 11(5), 664-691. doi: 10.1177/1745691616649170

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Schwarz, W., & Miller, J. (2016). GSDT: An integrative model of visual search. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 42(10), 1654-1675. doi: 10.1037/xhp0000247

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Shepherdson, P., & Miller, J. (2016). Non-semantic contributions to "semantic" redundancy gain. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 69(8), 1564-1582. doi: 10.1080/17470218.2015.1088555

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Miller, J., & Durst, M. (2015). A comparison of the psychological refractory period and prioritized processing paradigms: Can the response-selection bottleneck model explain them both? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 41(5), 1420-1441. doi: 10.1037/xhp0000103

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Schröter, H., Birngruber, T., Bratzke, D., Miller, J., & Ulrich, R. (2015). Task predictability influences the variable foreperiod effect: Evidence of task-specific temporal preparation. Psychological Research, 79(2), 230-237. doi: 10.1007/s00426-014-0550-z

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Ko, Y.-T., & Miller, J. (2014). Locus of backward crosstalk effects on task 1 in a psychological refractory period task. Experimental Psychology, 61(1), 30-37. doi: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000224

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Miller, J., & Durst, M. (2014). “Just do it when you get a chance”: The effects of a background task on primary task performance. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 76(8), 2560-2574. doi: 10.3758/s13414-014-0730-3

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Miller, J., & Schwarz, W. (2014). Brain signals do not demonstrate unconscious decision making: An interpretation based on graded conscious awareness. Consciousness & Cognition, 24, 12-21. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2013.12.004

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Schwarz, W., & Miller, J. O. (2014). When less equals more: Probability summation without sensitivity improvement. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 40(5), 2091-2100. doi: 10.1037/a0037548

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Shepherdson, P., & Miller, J. (2014). Redundancy gain in semantic categorisation. Acta Psychologica, 148C, 96-106. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2014.01.011

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Ko, Y.-T., & Miller, J. (2013). Signal-related contributions to stopping-interference effects in selective response inhibition. Experimental Brain Research, 228(2), 205-212. doi: 10.1007/s00221-013-3552-y

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Miller, J., & Gerstner, N. (2013). Cortical processing of simultaneous hand and foot movements: Evidence from event-related potentials. Psychophysiology, 50(10), 983-995. doi: 10.1111/psyp.12088

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Miller, J., & Ulrich, R. (2013). Mental chronometry and individual differences: Modeling reliabilities and correlations of reaction time means and effect sizes. Psychonomic Science, 20(5), 819-858. doi: 10.3758/s13423-013-0404-5

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Katzner, S., & Miller, J. (2012). Response-level probability effects on reaction time: Now you see them, now you don't. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 65(5), 865-886. doi: 10.1080/17470218.2011.629731

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Ko, Y.-T., Alsford, T., & Miller, J. (2012). Inhibitory effects on response force in the stop-signal paradigm. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 38(2), 465-477. doi: 10.1037/a0027034

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Miller, J. (2012). Selection and preparation of hand and foot movements: Cz activity as a marker of limb system preparation. Psychophysiology, 49(5), 590-603. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2011.01338.x

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