Stephen Adamo

Assistant Professor, Cognition & Neural Systems
Director, Attention Detection And Medical Observation (ADAMO) Lab
Headshot of faculty member Stephen Adamo

Psychology 126 (Lab)

sadamo@arizona.edu

Dr. Adamo is accepting a graduate student from 2025 applicants.

Research Interests:

  • Visual perception, attention, and medical image perception.
  • Visual search: From theory to applied with student and radiologist observers
  • Utilizing behavioral, eye tracking, and electroencephalogram (EEG) research methods.
  • Exploring how artificial intelligence (AI) impacts how search performance.
  • *Joint appointments in Psychology and Medical Imaging

Updated: 11/05/24 

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:

Updated: 11/05/24

Degree(s)

  • B.S. Psychology, University of Arizona
  • M.A/Ph.D. Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Arizona