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2010 Scialfa, C., DeschĂȘnes, M., Ference, J., Boone, J., Horswill, M., & Wetton, M. A hazard perception test for novice drivers. Accident Analysis and Prevention, in press.
2010 Scialfa, C. The Boreal: A Birder's Wonderland. Alberta Wildlands Advocate, 18, 6-9. LINK
2010 Wheatley, D., Scialfa, C., Boot, W., Kramer, A., & Alexander, A. Minimal age differences in task-switching, attentional capture and oculomotor control. Experimental Aging Research, in press.
2010 Horswill, M. S., Kemala, C. N., Wetton, M., Scialfa, C. T., Pachana, N. A. Improving older drivers' hazard perception ability. Psychology and Aging, 25, 464-469. PDF
2010 Brache, K., Scialfa, C., & Hudson, C. Aging and vigilance: Who has the inhibition deficit? Experimental Aging Research, 36, 140-152. PDF
2010 Scialfa, C. Eyes on the skies: Vision and bird identification. Birding, 42, 42-49. PDF
2010 Scialfa, C., Ference, J., Boone, J., Tay, R., & Hudson, C. Predicting older adults' driving difficulties using the Roadwise Review. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, PDF
2008 Scialfa, C. & Lyndon, J. Web-based research ethics training for gerontologists. Educational Gerontology, 34, 555-568. PDF
2008 Caird, J., Willness, C., Steel, P., & Scialfa, C. A meta-analysis of the effects of cell phones on driver performance. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 40, 1282-1293 PDF
2008 Scialfa, C., Spadafora, P., Lesnik, A., Dial, L., & Heinrich, A. Iconic sign comprehension in older adults: The role of cognitive impairment and text enhancement. Canadian Journal on Aging, 27, 253-265. PDF
2008 Hudson, C., Scialfa, C., Diaz-Marino, R., Laberge, J., & Mackillop, S. Effects of navigation aids on web performance in younger and older adults. Gerontechnology, 7, 3-21. PDF
2007 Scialfa, C., & Kline, D. W. Vision. In, J.E. Birren (Ed). Encyclopedia of Gerontology (2nd ed.), Oxford, UK: Elsevier, pp. 653-660. PDF
2007 White, C., Wheatley, D., Konwisorz, O., & Scialfa, C. Age differences in the distractor-ratio effect as a function of contrast level. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 14, 487-504 . PDF
2006 Brooks, B.L., Weaver, L.E., & Scialfa, C.T. Does impaired executive functioning differentially impact verbal memory measures in older adults with suspected dementia? The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 20, 230-242. PDF
2006 Scialfa, C., & Fernie, G. Adaptive technology. In, J. Birren & K. Schaie (Eds). Handbook of the Psychology of Aging (5th ed.). New York: Academic, pp. 425-441.
2006 Scialfa, C., & Kline, D. W. Aging effects on vision. In, J.E. Birren (Ed). Encyclopedia of Gerontology. Oxford, UK: Elsevier, in press.
2005 Kramer, A., Boot, W., McCarley, J., Peterson, M. Colcombe, A., & Scialfa, C. Aging, memory and visual search. Acta Psychologica, 122, 288-304. PDF
2005 Castel, A., Pratt, J., Chasteen, A, & Scialfa, C. Examining task difficulty and the time course of inhibition of return. Detecting perceptually degraded targets. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 59, 90-98. PDF
2005 Ho, G., Wheatley, D., & Scialfa, C. Age differences in trust and reliance of a medication management system. Interacting with Computers, 17, 690-710. PDF
2005 Laberge, J., & Scialfa, C. Predictors of web navigation performance in a lifespan sample of adults. Human Factors, 47, 289-302. PDF
2004 Laberge, J., Scialfa, C., White, C., & Caird, J. Effect of passenger and cellular phone conversations on driver distraction. Transportation Research Record, 1899, 109-116 PDF
2004 Scialfa, C., Pichora-Fuller, K., & Spadafora, P. Interdisciplinary research education in communication and social interaction among healthy older adults. Educational Gerontology, 9, 733-750. PDF
2004 Dennis, W., Scialfa, C., & Ho, G. Age differences in feature selection in triple-conjuntion search. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 59B, P191-P198. PDF
2004 Grahame, M., Laberge, J., & Scialfa, C. Age differences in search of web pages: The effects of link size, link number and clutter. Human Factors, 46,385-398. PDF
2004 McCarley, J., Kramer, A., Colcombe, A., Scialfa, C.. Priming of pop-out in visual search: A comparison of young and old adults. Aging, Neuropsychology & Cognition, 11, 80-88. PDF
2004 Scialfa, C., Ho, G., & Laberge, J. Perceptual aspects of gerotechnology. In, S. Kwon & D. Burdick (Eds.). Gerotechnology: Research and practice in technology and aging. NY: Springer, pp. 18-41. PDF
2004 Scialfa, C., McPhee, L., & Ho, G. Varied-mapping conjunction search: Evidence for rule-based learning. Spatial Vision, 17, 543-558. PDF
2004 Scialfa, C., Laberge, J., & Ho, G. Design of a way-finding system for geriatric long-term care: Using human factors to make living environments more accessible. Ergonomics in Design, 12, 5-11.
2004 McPhee, L., Scialfa, C., Dennis, W., Ho, G., & Caird, J. Age differences in visual search for traffic signs under divided attention conditions. Human Factors, 46, 674-685. PDF
2003 Castel, A., Chasteen, A., Scialfa, C., & Pratt, J. Adult Age differences in the time course of inhibition of return. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 58B, P256-P259. PDF
2003 Saunders, P., & Scialfa, C. The effects of pre-exam instruction on students' performance on an effective writing exam. Written Communication, 20, 195-212. PDF
2003 Ho, G., Siakaluk, P., & Scialfa, C. Plasticity of feature-based selection in triple conjunction search. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 57, 48-60. PDF
2003 Nairn, S.L., Ellard, J.E., Scialfa, C.T., & Miller, C..D. At the core of introductory psychology: A content analysis. Canadian Psychology, 44, 48-60. PDF
2002 Ho, G., & Scialfa, C.T. Age, skill transfer and conjunction search. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 57B, P277-P287. PDF
2002 Scialfa, C.T. The role of sensory factors in cognitive aging research. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 56, 153-163. PDF
2002 Scialfa, C., Kline, D., & Wood, P. Structural modeling of contrast sensitivity in adulthood. Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 19, 158-165. PDF
2001 Ho, G., Scialfa, C., Caird, J., & Graw, T. Visual Search for Traffic Signs: The effect of clutter, luminance and aging. Human Factors, 43, 194-207. PDF
2001 Kramer, A.F., Scialfa, C.T., Peterson, M.T. & Irwin, D.E. Attentional capture, attentional control and aging. In C. Folk & B. Gibson (Eds.), Attentional Capture. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science, pp. 293-322.
2001 Scialfa, C., & Hamaluk, E. Aging, texture segmentation, and exposure duration: Evidence for a deficit in pre-attentive processing. Experimental Aging Research, 27, 123-135. PDF
2001 Scialfa, C., Legare, C., Wenger, L., & Dingley, L. Difficulty and Discriminability of Introductory Psychology Test Items, Teaching of Psychology, 28, 11-15. PDF
2000 Scialfa, C., Jenkins, L, Hamaluk, E., & Skaloud, P. Aging and the development of automaticity in conjunction search. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 55B, P27-P46. PDF
2000 Scialfa, C., McPhee, L., & Ho, G. The effects of a simulated cellular phone conversation on search for traffic signs in an elderly sample. Proceedings of the Eye Tracking Research and Applications Symposium 2000, Palm Beach Gardens, FL PDF
1999 Anandam, B., & Scialfa, C. Aging and the development of automaticity in feature search. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 6, 117-140. PDF
1999 Scialfa, C., Hamaluk, E., Skaloud, P., & Pratt, J. Age differences in saccadic averaging. Psychology and Aging, 14, 695-699. PDF
1998 Scialfa, C., Caird, J., Connolly, K., & Cosmescu, C. The effects of APA reference format on search time and preference. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 4, 44-54. PDF
1998 Scialfa, C.T., Esau, S.P., & Joffe, K.M. Age, target-distractor similarity and visual search. Experimental Aging Research, 24, 337-358. PDF
1998 Scialfa, C.T., & Joffe, K.M. Response times and eye movements in feature and conjunction search as a function of target eccentricity. Perception and Psychophysics, 60, 1067-1082. PDF
1997 Scialfa, C.T., Kline, D.W., Lyman, B.J., & Kosnik, W. Age differences in judgements of automobile velocity and distance. In W. Rogers (Ed.), Designing for an Aging Population: Ten Years of Human Factors/Ergonomics Research. Santa Monica, CA: HFES.
1997 Kline, D.W., & Scialfa, C.T., Sensory and perceptual functioning: Basic research and human factors applications. In A.D. Fisk & W.A. Rogers (Eds.), Handbook of Human Factors and the Older Adult. San Diego: Academic, pp. 27-54.
1997 Scialfa, C.T., & Joffe, K.M. Age differences in feature and conjunction search: Implications for theories of visual search and generalized slowing. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 4, 227-246.
1997 Geisbrecht, N., Sell, Y., Scialfa, C.T., Sandals, L., & Ehlers, P. Essential topics in introductory statistics and methods courses. Teaching of Psychology, 24, 242-246. PDF
1996 Kline, D.W., & Scialfa, C.T. Visual and auditory aging. In J.E. Birren & K.W. Schaie (Eds). Handbook of the Psychology of Aging (4th Ed.). New York: Academic, pp. 181-203.
1996 Scialfa, C.T., & Kline, D.W. Vision. In, J.E. Birren (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Gerontology. San Diego:Academic, pp. 605-612.
1995 Harpur, L.L., Scialfa, C.T., & Thomas, D.M. Age differences in feature search as a function of exposure duration. Experimental Aging Research, 21, 1-15.
1995 Joffe, K.M., & Scialfa, C.T. Texture segmentation as a function of eccentricity, spatial frequency and target size. Spatial Vision, 9, 325-342.
1995 Scialfa, C.T., & Joffe, K.M. Preferential processing of target features in texture segmentation. Perception and Psychophysics, 57, 1201-1208.
1994 Scialfa, C.T., & Harpur, L.L. Effects of similarity and duration on age differences in visual search. Canadian Journal on Aging, 13, 51-65.
1994 Scialfa, C.T., & Thomas, D. M. Age differences in Same-Different judgements as a function of multidimensional similarity. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 4, P173-178.
1994 Scialfa, C.T., Thomas, D.M., & Joffe, K.M. Age differences in the Useful Field of View: An eye movement analysis. Optometry and Vision Science, 71, 736-742. PDF
1993 Scialfa, C.T. Effects of similarity and duration on age differences in visual search. In E. Beregi, I.A. Gergely, & K. Rajczi (Eds.), Proceedings of the World Congress of Gerontology, 741-745, Bologna, Italy: Moduzzi Editore.
1992 Scialfa, C.T., Garvey, P.M., Tyrrell, R.A., Goebel, C.G., & Leibowitz, H.W. Age differences in dynamic contrast thresholds. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 47, P172-175.
1991 Guzy, L.T., Leibowitz, H.W., & Scialfa, C.T. A note: Can vehicle speed be estimated accurately? Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 21, 172-174. PDF
1991 Scialfa, C.T., Adams, E., & Giovanetto, M. Reliability of the Vistech Contrast Test System in a life-span sample. Optometry and Vision Science, 68, 270-274. PDF
1991 Scialfa, C.T., Guzy, L.T., Leibowitz, H.W., Garvey, P.M, & Tyrrell, R.A. Age differences in estimating vehicle velocity. Psychology and Aging, 6, 60-66. PDF
1990 Jiang, B., Scialfa, C.T., Tyrrell, R.A., Garvey, P.M., & Leibowitz, H.W. Bandwidth of the contrast sensitivity function as an index of spatial vision with application to refraction. Optometry and Vision Science, 67, 260-267. PDF
1990 Kline, D.W., Scialfa, C.T., Lyman, B.J., & Schieber, F. Age differences in the temporal continuity of gratings as a function of their spatial frequency. Experimental Aging Research, 16, 61-65.
1990 Kline, D.W., Scialfa, C.T., Stier, D., & Babbitt, T.J. Effects of bias and educational experience on two knowledge of aging questionnaires. Educational Gerontology, 16, 297-310. PDF
1990 Scialfa, C.T. Age differences in visual search: The role of non-attentional processes. In, J.T. Enns (ed.), The Development of Attention: Research and Theory. Elsevier-North Holland, 509-526.