Stephen Adamo

Assistant Professor, Cognition & Neural Systems

Director, Attention Detection And Medical Observation (ADAMO) Lab

Psychology 521

Research Interests:

Visual perception, attention, and medical image perception.
Visual search: From theory to applied with student and radiologist participants.
Using behavioral, eye-tracking, and electroencephalogram (EEG) research methods.
Investigating how artificial intelligence (AI) and searching through segmented 3D images affect search performance.
*Joint appointment in Radiology and Imaging Sciences, and member of the UA Cancer Center.

Updated: 08/22/25

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: 08/22/25

Degrees