Selected Publications

Ramage, E. M., Essoe, J., & Geisler, M. W. (2009, Under Review). Physiological processing of olfactory stimuli at below-, near-, and supra-threshold concentrations in healthy adults. Manuscipt under review

Propper, R., Pierce, J., Geisler, M., Christman, S., & Bellorado, N. (2009, Under Review) Asymmetry in Resting Alpha Activity: Effects of Handedness. Manuscript under review.

Propper, R., Pierce, J., Geisler, M., Christman, S., & Bellorado, N. (2007). Effect of bilateral eye movements on frontal interhemispheric gamma EEG coherence: Implications for EMDR therapy. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 195(9), 785-788. [pdf]

Shafarman, E. & Geisler, M. W. (2006). Effects of the Alexander Technique on Muscle Activation During a Computer-Mouse Task: Potential Reduction in Repetitive Strain Injuries. Alexander Journal. 21, 51-65. [pdf]

Cavanagh, J., & Geisler, M. (2006). Mood effects on the ERP processing of emotional intensity in faces: A P3 investigation with depressed students. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 60(1), 27-33. [pdf]

Geisler, M.W., & Nardo, R. (2002). Evaluation of Cognitive and Perceptual Processes Elicited by Interactive Music Software Using Electroencephalographic (EEG) Recording Techniques. The Perception and Cognition Special Research Interest Group, Published Proceedings (MENC). Nashville, Tennessee.

Geisler, M., & Murphy, C. (2000). Event-related brain potentials to attended and ignored olfactory and trigeminal stimuli. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 37(3), 309-315. [pdf]

Murphy, C., Morgan, C., Geisler, M., Wetter, S., Covington, J., Madowitz, M., et al. (2000). Olfactory event-related potentials and aging: Normative data. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 36(2), 133-145. [pdf]

Nordin, S., Quiñonez, C., Morgan, C., Geisler, M., Polich, J., & Murphy, C. (1999). Olfactory event-related potentials in young and elderly adults: Evaluation of tracking task versus eyes open/closed recording. Chemical Senses, 24(4), 459-464. [pdf]

Geisler, M.W., Schlotfeldt, C.R., Middleton, C.B., Dulay, M.F., & Murphy, C. (1999). Traumatic brain injury assessed with olfactory event-related brain potentials. The Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology. 16, 1-10. [pdf]

Geisler, M.W., Morgan, C.D., Covington, J.W., & Murphy, C. (1999). Neuropsychological performance and cognitive olfactory event-related brain potentials in the young and elderly. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. 21(1), 108-126. [pdf]

Covington, J., Geisler, M., Polich, J., & Murphy, C. (1999). Normal aging and odor intensity effects on the olfactory event-related potential. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 32(3), 205-214. [pdf]

Morgan, C., Geisler, M., Covington, J., Polich, J., & Murphy, C. (1999). Olfactory P3 in young and older adults. Psychophysiology, 36(3), 281-287. [pdf]

Murphy, C., Wetter, S., Morgan, C.D., Ellison, D.W., & Geisler, M.W. (1998). Age effects on central nervous system activity reflected in the olfactory event-related potential: Evidence for decline in middle age. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 855, 598-607. [pdf]

Morgan, C., Covington, J., Geisler, M., Polich, J., & Murphy, C. (1997). Olfactory event-related potentials: Older males demonstrate the greatest deficits. Electroencephalography & Clinical Neurophysiology: Evoked Potentials, 104(4), 351-358. [pdf]

Geisler, M., Sliwinski, M., Coyle, P., & Masur, D. (1996). The effects of amantadine and pemoline on cognitive functioning in multiple sclerosis. Archives of Neurology, 53(2), 185-188. [pdf]

Geisler, M., Gaudino, E., Squires, N., & Coyle, P. (1996). Cooling and multiple sclerosis: Cognitive and sensory effects. Journal of Neurologic Rehabilitation, 10(1), 17-21. [pdf]

Gaudino, E., Geisler, M., & Squires, N. (1995). Construct validity in the Trail Making Test: What makes Part B harder?. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 17(4), 529-535. [pdf]

Geisler, M., & Polich, J. (1994b). P300 habituation from visual stimuli?. Physiology & Behavior, 56(3), 511-516.

Geisler, M., & Polich, J. (1994a). P300 is unaffected by glucose increase. Biological Psychology, 37(3), 235-245. [pdf]

Lovrich, D., Kazmerski, V., Cheng, J., & Geisler, M. (1994). A developmental study of visual ERP distributions during spatial and phonetic processing. Electroencephalography & Clinical Neurophysiology, 90(2), 103-113. [pdf]

Geisler, M., & Polich, J. (1992b). P300 and individual differences: Morning/evening activity preference, food, and time-of-day. Psychophysiology, 29(1), 86-94. [pdf]

Geisler, M., & Polich, J. (1992a). P300, food consumption, and memory performance. Psychophysiology, 29(1), 76-85. [pdf]

Polich, J., & Geisler, M. (1991). P300 seasonal variation. Biological Psychology, 32(2), 173-179. [pdf]

Polich, J., Brock, T., & Geisler, M. (1991). P300 from auditory and somatosensory stimuli: Probability and inter-stimulus interval. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 11(2), 219-223. [pdf]

Geisler, M., & Polich, J. (1990). P300 and time of day: Circadian rhythms, food intake, and body temperature. Biological Psychology, 31(2), 117-136. [pdf]

Selected Conference Presentations - CPL members since 2000

Tanigawa, N., Rahni, R., Kim, J. J., & Geisler, M. W. (2011, November). Phonological underspecification in the mental lexicon: an investigation of the P2 ERP component and lexical decision latency. Poster session presented at the Third Annual Neurobiology of Language Conference, Annapolis, MD, U.S.A.

Tanigawa, N., Rahni, R., Kim, J. J., & Geisler, M. W. (2011, April). Phonological underspecification in the mental lexicon and nasal confusability: an ERP study. Poster session presented at Cognitive Neuroscience Society Eighteenth Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

Kolarik, B., Geisler, M., Popper, R., & Lester, K. (2011, April). Music, arousal, and spatial memory: an investigation using EEG. Poster session presented at Cognitive Neuroscience Society Eighteenth Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

Bedo, N., Lynn, M. T., Morsella, E., & Geisler, M. W. (2011, April). Neural components of conscious and unconscious conflict: an EEG study. Poster session presented at Cognitive Neuroscience Society Eighteenth Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

Tanigawa, N., Rahni, R., Kim, J. J., Jackson, T., & Geisler, M. W. (2010, November). Phonologically underspecified mental lexicon and nasal confusability. Poster session presented at the Second Annual Neurobiology of Language Conference, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

Rahni, R., Tanigawa, N., Kim, J. J., Jackson, T., & Geisler, M. W. (2010, November). Acoustic-phonetics of coronal vs. non-coronal stops and nasal confusability. Poster session presented at the second Neurobiology of Language Conference, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

Jackson, T., Tanigawa, N., Rahni, R., Kim, J. J., & Geisler, M. W. (2010, November). Discrimination of English coronal vs. non-coronal consonants by native speakers of English with childhood exposure to additional languages. Poster session presented at the second Neurobiology of Language Conference, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

Tanigawa, N., Rahni, R., Kim, J. J., Jackson, T., & Geisler, M. W. (2010, July). Phonologically underspecified lexicon and nasal confusability. Poster session presented at the Seventh International Conference on the Mental Lexicon, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

Propper, R. E., Pierce, J., Christman, S., Geisler, M. W., & Bellorado, N. (2009). Hemispheric asymmetry in frontal EEG: Non-right-handers are more right hemisphere active. Abstracts of the Psychonomics Society, 14 (2055), 83.

Belyusar, D., & Geisler, M. W. (2008). Correlating Culture and Consonance: The Effects of Exposure on Auditory Event-Related Potentials in Response to Syntactic Violations in Western Tonal Music. Poster presented at the Society for the Neurosciences and Music – III. McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Ramage, E. M., Essoe, J. K.-Y., & Geisler, M. W. (2008). Event-Related Brain Potentials in Response to Angry Facial Stimuli at Threshold Perception. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) annual meeting, San Francisco, California.

Essoe, J. K.-Y., Ramage, E. M., & Geisler, M. W. (2008). The effects of sleep quality on visual event-related potentials in response to increasing emotional intensity of angry facial stimuli in healthy adults. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) annual meeting, San Francisco, California.

Kellett, G., & Geisler, M. W. (2008). Heart Rate Variability and the Auditory Event Related Brain Potential. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS), San Francisco, California.

Ramage, E. M., Essoe, J., & Geisler, M. W. (2007). Event-related potentials in response to increasing emotional intensity of angry facial stimuli. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, San Diego, CA.

Essoe, J. K.-Y., Ramage, E. M., Parks, A., Lloyd, K., Hunt, K., & Geisler, M. W. (2006). The effects of sleep quality on olfactory event-related potentials in healthy adults. Poster presented at the Association for Chemoreception Sciences annual meeting, Sarasota, Florida.

Ramage, E. M., Essoe, J. K.-Y., Parks, A., Lloyd, K., Hunt, K., & Geisler, M. W. (2006). Olfactory event-related potentials to near threshold stimuli in healthy adults. Poster presented at the Association for Chemoreception Sciences annual meeting, Sarasota, Florida.

Propper, R. E., Pierce, J., Bellorado, N., Geisler, M., & Christman, S. (2006). Frontal gamma EEG Coherence decreases following bilateral visual stimulation. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Boston, MA.

Cody, K., Kim, J., & Geisler, M.W. (2006). Bright Vs. Dim: ERP’s Reveal Differences in Language and Cognitive Processing. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) annual meeting, San Francisco, California.

Green, V., Burd, M., Geisler, M., Fein, S., & Ben-Zeev, T. (2005). This is your Brain on Stereotypes: Any Questions? Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), New Orleans, Louisiana.

Brubaker, A, Lau, J., & Geisler, M.W. (2004). Electroencephalographic measures of anxiety and depression: The effects of positive human-animal interaction during a cognitive stressor task. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) annual meeting, San Francisco, California.

Carrasquillo, C., Ben-Zeev, T., & Geisler, M. W. (2004). The combined effects of stereotype threat and electrophysiological reactivity on women’s visual spatial performance. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) annual meeting, San Francisco, California.

Duncan, S., Ben-Zeev, T., & Geisler, M. W. (2004). Threat Specific effects in facial affect recognition: A visual oddball event-related potentials study. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) annual meeting, San Francisco, California.

Cavanagh, J., Cody, K., Ramage, E.M., & Geisler, M. W. (2004). Mood effects on the ERP processing of emotional intensity in facial stimuli. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) annual meeting, San Francisco, California.

Ramage, E. M., Ashley, V., & Geisler, M. W. (2004). Conscious vs Unconscious Processing of Conditioned and Unconditioned Faces using Event Related Potentials. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) annual meeting, San Francisco, California.

Brubaker, A, Lau, J., San Miguel, M., & Geisler, M.W. (2004). Frontal Midline Theta Activity As a Index of the Efficacy of Animal-Assisted Therapy in Cases of Math Anxiety. 12^th World Congress of Psychophysiology, The Olypics of the Brain. Halkidiki, Greece. International Journal of Psychophysiology. 54: 158-159.

Brubaker, A, Lau, J., Schaeffer, J., & Geisler, M.W. (2003). Psychophysiological Effects of Positive Human-Animal Interaction. International Society for Anthrozoology (ISAZ). Human/Nonhuman Cognition, Interactions, Relationships. 12th Annual Conference, Canton, Ohio.

Hirt, M., Mathews, K., & Geisler, M.W. (2003). Gender Differences in Children’s EEG Activity in a Music-Related Learning Task. International Neuropsychological Society. (INS) Honolulu, Hawaii.

Shafarman, E., & Geisler, M.W. (2003). Effects of Alexander Technique on Muscle Activation During Computer-Related Tasks. American Psychological Association (APA). Annual Convention, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Brown, R., & Geisler, M.W. (2002). Event-Related Gamma Potentials Demonstrate Perceptual Quanta in the Visual Modality. Psychophysiology, Abs, 39, Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR). Washington, Washington D.C.

Geisler, M.W., K. Mathews, Hirt, M. (2002). Frontal EEG Activation in Children and Adults in a Music-Related Learning Task. Psychophysiology, Abs, 39, Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR). Washington, Washington D.C.

Geisler, M.W., & Brown, R. (2002). EEG Activation to Visual Illusions: Do Oblique Hermann Grids Extinguish Cortical Response? Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS). San Francisco, California.

Pacheco, D., & Geisler, M.W. (2002). Stability of Frontal EEG Asymmetry as a Measure of Depressive Symptoms. Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS). San Francisco, California.

Hirt, M., Mathews, K., Thompson, & Geisler, M.W. (2002). Frontal Brain Electrical Activity (EEG) in a Musical Learning Task: Children and Adults. Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS). San Francisco, California.

Brown, R., & Geisler, M.W. (2002). Gamma Activity and Object Discrimination: Evidence for Perceptual Time Quanta in the Auditory and Visual Domains. Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS). San Francisco, California.

Pacheco, D., & Geisler, M.W. (2002). The Stability of Frontal EEG Asymmetries in Individuals with Low and High Levels of Depression. Towards a Science of Consciousness 2002. Tempe, Arizona.

Brown, R., Pacheco, D., & Geisler, M.W. (2002). EEG Response to Chromatic and Achromatic Hermann Grids. Towards a Science of Consciousness 2002. Tempe, Arizona.

Saunders, V.F., Wall-O’mara, R., Pytlik, S.L., Alpert, A.L., Reily, A., Warto, C., & Geisler, M.W. (2001). The Startle Response as an Indicator of Potential Alcoholism. Psychophysiology, Abs, 38. Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR). Montreal, Canada.

Catledge, C., Acock, J., Pohl, K., & Geisler, M.W. (2001). Fatigue, EEG Activity and Cognitive Performance. Psychophysiology, Abs, 38. Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR). Montreal, Canada.

Pacheco, D., Brown, R., & Geisler, M.W. (2001). Frontal EEG Asymmetries in Individuals with Low and High Levels of Depression. Psychophysiology, Abs, 38. Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR). Montreal, Canada.

Geisler, M.W., Beck, E., Mathews, K., Hirt, M. & Nardo, R. (2001). Frontal EEG Asymmetries Associated with Learning and Music. Psychophysiology, Abs, 38. Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR). Montreal, Canada.

Conference Presentations (Student Associations)

Moore, M., Tanigawa, N., Rahni, R., Kim, J. J., & Geisler, M. W. (2011, May). Acoustic properties of speech sounds II: Variance and invariance across speakers. Paper session presented at the Eleventh Annual Stanford Undergraduate Psychology Conference, Stanford, CA, U.S.A.

Moore, M., Tanigawa, N., Rahni, R., Kim, J. J., & Geisler, M. W. (2011, May). Acoustic properties of speech sounds II: Variance and invariance across speakers. Poster session presented at the Second Annual University of California Berkeley Undergraduate Research Conference, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Goodrich, R., Dennehy, T. C., Shelton, C., Ben-Zeev, A. & Geisler, M. W. (May, 2011). The influence of stimulus gender and target similarity on the categorization of faces: and ERP study. 2011 California Cognitive Science Conference, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Moore, M., Tanigawa, N., Rahni, R., Kim, J. J., & Geisler, M. W. (2011, May). Acoustic properties of speech sounds II: Variance and invariance across speakers. Poster session presented at the Seventh Annual Bay Area Psi Chi Undergraduate Research Conference, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

Salangsang, J., Tanigawa, N., Rahni, R., Kim, J. J., & Geisler, W. M. (2011, May). Electrophysiological properties of uncontrolled eye blinks on the auditory lexical decision task. Paper session presented at the Seventh Annual Bay Area Psi Chi Undergraduate Research Conference, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

Rahni, R., Tanigawa, N., Kim, J. J., Jackson, T., & Geisler, M. W. (2010, May). Acoustic properties of speech Sounds. Paper session presented at the Sixth Annual Bay Area Psi Chi Undergraduate Research Conference, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

Jackson, T., Tanigawa, N., Rahni, R., Kim, J. J., & Geisler, M. W. (2010, May). A study on additional language exposure and speech sound categorization. Paper session presented at the Sixth Annual Bay Area Psi Chi Undergraduate Research Conference, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

Covarrubias, R., & Geisler, M.W. (2009). Validating computer-based neuropsychological tests. Paper sessopm presented at the Fifth Annual Bay Area Psi Chi Conference, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

Bedo, N., & Geisler, M.W. (2009). The startle reflex and brain communication. Paper presented at the Fifth Annual Psi Chi Bay Area Conference, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.