Kyle T. Gagnon
Curriculum Vitae
Education
University of Utah
Ph.D. Psychology (Cognitive Neuroscience)
2010-Present
College of William & Mary
M.A. Experimental Psychology
Wingate University
B.S. Psychology
2008-2010
2004-2008
Summa Cum Laude
Publications
Butner, J., Gagnon, K.T., Geuss, M.N., Lessard, D.A., & Story, N.T. (2014). Utilizing topology to generate and
test theories of change. Psychological Methods.
Dickter, C.L., Gagnon, K.T., Gyurovski, I.I., Brewington, B.S. (2014). Close contact with racial outgroup
members moderates attentional allocation towards outgroup versus ingroup faces. Group Processes
and Intergroup Relations.
Creem-Regehr, S.H., Gagnon, K.T., Geuss, M.N., & Stefanucci, J.K. (2013). Relating spatial
perspective taking to the perception of others’ affordances: Providing a foundation for
predicting the future behavior of others. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7.
Gagnon, K.T., Geuss, M.N., & Stefanucci, J.K. (2012). Fear influences perceived reaching to targets in
audition, but not vision. Evolution & Human Behavior, 34, 49-54.
Stefanucci, J.K., Gagnon, K.T., Tompkins, C.L., & Bullock, K.E. (2012). Plunging into the pool of death:
Imagining a dangerous outcome influences distance perception. Perception, 41, 1-11.
Stefanucci, J.K., Gagnon, K.T., Lessard, D.A. (2011). Follow your heart: Emotion adaptively
influences perception. Social & Personality Psychology Compass, 5(6), 296-308.
Under Review / Submitted / In Preparation
Gagnon, K.T., Stefanucci, J.K., Creem-Regehr, S.H., Cashdan, E. (July, 2014). Sex Differences in
Exploration and the Relationship to Harm Avoidance. (In Preparation), Human Nature
Gagnon, K.T., Geuss, M.N., Stefanucci, J.K., Baucom, B.R. & Creem-Regehr, S.H. (Submitted).
The influence of body size and social context on action judgments for self and others.
Gagnon, K.T., Tarampi, M.R., Creem-Regehr, S.H. (In Preparation). When and how do agents
influence spatial perspective taking? Cognition.
Geuss, M.N., Gagnon, K.T., Stefanucci, J.K. (In Preparation). Variations in information about a
change to one’s body influences judgments of action capabilities under auditory and vision.
Butner, J., Gagnon, K.T., Geuss, M.N., Stefanucci, J.K., & Malloy, T. (In Preparation). Evidence for a
coordination model of visual form and motion perception.
Conference Presentations
Gagnon, K.T., Cashdan, E., Stefanucci, J.K., Creem-Regehr, S.H. (November, 2014). Characterizing
Exploration in a Large-Scale Desktop Virtual Environment. (Poster), Psychonomics Society.
Gagnon, K.T., Stefanucci, J.K., Creem-Regehr, S.H., Cashdan, E. (July, 2014). Sex Differences in Exploration
and the Relationship to Harm Avoidance. (Poster), Human Evolution and Behavior Society
Gagnon, K.T., Geuss, M.N., Stefanucci, J.K., & Creem-Regehr, S.H. (November, 2013). The influence of body
size and social context on action judgments for self and others. (Talk), Psychonomics Society.
Creem-Regehr, S.H., Gagnon, K.T., Tarampi, M.T. (November, 2012). When do agents influence spatial
perspective taking? (Talk), Psychonomics Society.
Butner, J., Gagnon, K.T., Geuss, M.N., Malloy, T., Kramer, M. & Stefanucci, J. (May 2012). Form perception
through phase relations of retina ganglion cell firing and extraocular muscle contractions. (Poster),
Vision Science Society.
Gagnon, K.T., McCardell, M., Hartman, T., & Stefanucci, J.K. (May, 2012). When reaching is risky, disgust
influences estimates of exocentric distance. (Poster), Vision Science Society.
Gagnon, K.T., Geuss, M.N., Rueckert, J., Stefanucci, J.K. (November, 2011). A test of embodied perception
with aurally perceived distances. (Poster), Psychonomics Society.
Gagnon, K.T., Tarampi, M.R., Peyton, M.S., Creem-Regehr, S.H. (May, 2011). Manipulating embodiment in
imagined spatial perspective taking. (Poster), Vision Sciences Society.
Gagnon, K.T., McCardell, M., Furhman, S., & Stefanucci, J.K. (January, 2011). Mapping the perceived extent
of contamination. (Poster), Society for Personality and Social Psychology: Evolutionary Psychology
Pre-conference.
Dickter, C.L., Newton, V., Gagnon, K.T., Gyurovski, I. (January 2011). The effects of stereotypical primes and
racial prejudice on the categorization of ambiguous-race faces. (Poster), Society for Personality and
Social Psychology.
Gagnon, K.T., Kieffaber, P.D., & Stanton, R.D. (March, 2010). Attentional modulation of the steady-state
visual evoked potential during category learning. (Poster), Eastern Psychological Association.
Gagnon, K.T., & Dickter, C.L. (January, 2010). The interaction between perceiver race and target category
during social categorization. (Poster), Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
Gagnon, K.T. (October, 2009). From mirror neurons to racial biases: A neural basis for social cognition.
(Talk), William & Mary Neuroscience Symposium.
Dickter, C.L., & Gagnon, K.T. (October, 2009). Perceiver race differences in early ERP components and RT in
a race-based categorization task. (Poster), Social and Affective Neuroscience.
Research Experience
Age changes and sex differences in spatial cognition:
Testing the role of mobility in three non-industrial
societies and the US
2013-Present
Elizabeth Cashdan
Jeanine Stefanucci
University of Utah
Sarah Creem-Regehr
Visual Perception & Spatial Cognition Lab
University of Utah
2010-Present
Jeanine Stefanucci
Sarah Creem-Regehr
William Thompson
Dynamic Systems Group
University of Utah
2011-Present
Jonathan Butner
Tom Malloy
Jeanine Stefanucci
Master’s Thesis
College of William & Mary
“Possible Regulatory Effects of Coalition Computations on the Mu Rhythm”
2009-2010
Cheryl Dickter
Paul Kieffaber
Lee Kirkpatrick
Social Cognition Lab
“Electrophysiological Evidence of Race and Gender Attention Biases”
2008-2009
Cheryl Dickter
Grants And Funding
University of Utah Clayton Fellowship
2010-2011
William & Mary Arts and Sciences Graduate Research Grant
Fall 2009
William & Mary Arts and Sciences Graduate Research Grant
Spring 2009
Academic Service
Professional Issues & Ethics Committee
2012-2013
Specialized Training & Proficiencies
Virtual Reality Training
Training Under Jeanine Stefanucci, Sarah Creem-Regehr, & William Thompson
2010-Present
HLM and SEM Training
Training Under Jonathan Butner & Brian Baucom
2011-Present
fMRI
Training Under Sarah Creem-Regehr
2010-Present
EEG & ERPs
Training Under Cheryl Dickter & Paul Kieffaber
Software Proficiencies
R, Matlab/Octave, M-Plus, HLM, SPSS, Amos, Excel
Teaching Experience
University of Utah (Teaching Assistant)
2008-2010
2007-Present
Multi-level Modeling (MLM)
Spring 2014
University of Utah (Teaching Assistant)
Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)
Fall 2013
University of Utah (Graduate Instructor)
Introduction to Statistics
Summer 2013
University of Utah (Graduate Instructor)
Research Methods
Summer 2011
William & Mary (Teaching Assistant)
Physiological Psychology
Spring 2010
Advanced Research in Social Psychology
Spring 2010
Advanced Research in Developmental Psychology
Research Methods
Elementary Statistics
Fall 2009
Fall & Spring 2009
Fall 2008
Academic Honors
President’s List
Wingate University
Outstanding Senior in Psychology
Wingate University
2004-2008
2008
Professional Affiliations
Psychonomics Society
2010-Present
Vision Sciences Society
2011-2012
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
2010-2011
Eastern Psychological Society
2010
Social Affective Neuroscience
2009
Psi Chi Honor Society
2007-present
Alpha Chi Honor Society
2006-present
Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society
2005-present
Contact Information
E-mail: kyle.gagnon@psych.utah.edu
Website: http://www.psych.utah.edu/people/person.php?id=214
Office Mailing Address:
380 S. 1530 E., Rm. 502
Salt Lake City, UT 84112