Object perception Object and scene recognition Bilingual memory representation Effects of implicit processing on preferences Automaticity of lexical and semantic processing

Contact Information Phone: 207-753-6987 Email: kmathis@bates.edu Office: Pettengill 372

• B.A. Psychology, Siena College, 1992
• M.A. Cognitive Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York, 1995
• Ph.D. Cognitive Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York, 1998

Prof. Mathis has conducted research in a number of areas of cognitive psychology, including the conceptual and lexical mental representations of novice and expert bilinguals, the effects of a visual scene context on the recognition of individual objects, and the visual perception of objects under masked conditions. She is currently involved in two projects. First, using the task-choice procedure she is examining the automaticity of orthographic and phonological processing used during reading. Second, she is investigating how magazine advertisements implicitly increase positive attitudes towards the products depicted.

• PSYC 101 Principles of Psychology
  
• PSYC 261 Research Methodology
  
• PSYC 374 Psychology of Language
  
• FYS 389 Psychology and Film
  

^* indicates Bates student

Kahan, T. A., ^*Hengen, K. B., & Mathis, K. M. (in press). An examination of orthographic and phonological processing using the task-choice procedure. Language and Cognitive Processes.

Kahan, T. A., & Mathis, K. M. (2007). Searching under cups for clues about memory: A classroom demonstration. Teaching of Psychology, 34, 124-128.

Kahan, T. A., & Mathis, K. M. (2002).  Gestalt grouping and common onset masking. Perception and Psychophysics, 64, 1248-1259.

Mathis, K. M.  (2002). Semantic interference from objects both in and out of a scene context.  Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 28, 171–182.

Neill, W. T., & Mathis, K. M.  (1998).  Transfer-inappropriate processing:  Negative priming and related phenomena. In D. L. Medin (Ed.) Psychology of Learning and Motivation Vol. 38, pp. 1-40.  San Diego: Academic Press.

Altarriba, J., & Mathis, K. M. (1997).  Conceptual and lexical development in second language acquisition.  Journal of Memory and Language, 36, 550-568.