Stephen Adamo

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The Attention Detection and Medical Observation (ADAMO) Lab conducts behavioral and neurophysiological research on visual attention and medical image perception, such as how radiologists detect cancer in medical images. We explore how factors such as visual expertise and imaging technologies (e.g., 3D imaging and AI-based tools) influence visual search behavior. Research assistants will work on experimental design, EEG, eye-tracking methods, data analysis, and medical imaging research.

Selected Publications:

• Adamo, S. H., Roque, N, Barufaldi, B., Schmidt, J., Mello-Thoms, C., & Lago, M. (2023). Assessing satisfaction of search in virtual mammograms for experienced and novice searchers. Journal of Medical Imaging, 10(S11917), 1-13.
• Adamo, S. H., Gereke, B. J., Shomstein, S., & Schmidt, J., (2021). From “satisfaction of search” to “subsequent search misses”: a review of multiple‑target search errors across radiology and cognitive science. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 6(59), 1-19.
• Adamo, S. H., Ericson, J. M., Nah, J. C., Brem, R., & Mitroff, S. R. (2018). Mammography to tomosynthesis: Examining the differences between two-dimensional and segmented-three-dimensional visual search. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 3(17), 1-13.
• Adamo, S. H., Cain, M. S., & Mitroff, S. R. (2013). Self-induced attentional blink: A cause of errors in multiple-target visual search. Psychological Science, 24(12), 2569-2574.

Grants Awarded:

• National Institute of Health (National Cancer Institute) 5K99CA267163-02 https://reporter.nih.gov/search/tqd6Mdy-w0KOe8nj8JnxTA/project-details/10687151 

Courses Taught:

• PSY 329 - Sensation and Perception (2026)

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Updated: 12/01/25