Department
Department of Psychology
Email Address
gmeyer@trinity.edu
  • Present   Retired : Professor Emeritus
  • 8/94 – 1/1/2016   Professor - Department of Psychology (Tenured), Trinity University
  • 8/94 - 5/97   Chair: Department of Psychology, Trinity University
  • 8/94 - 4/98   Director: Cognitive Science Program, Trinity University
  • 1977 - 1994   Professor - Department of Psychology (Tenured), Lewis & Clark College
  • 1990 - 1992   Chair: Department of Psychology, Lewis & Clark College
  • 1989    Burlington Northern Teaching Award (Institution wide for excellence in teaching and scholarship)
  • 7/86 - 7/89   Chair: Department of Psychology, Lewis & Clark College
  • 1985 - 8/94   Director: Cognitive and Computer Science Program, Lewis & Clark College
  • 1978 - 8/94   Research Full Professor, Graduate School of Professional Psychology / Pacific Univ.
  • 1976 - 1977   Research Assistant Professor - National Eye Institute Grant, Division of Neurobiology, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, SUNY at Buffalo: Visual Psychophysics and Electrophysiology in Monkey. 
  • 1975 - 1976   National Eye Institute - Post-Doctoral Trainee with Werner K. Noell, MD Neurosensory Laboratory, SUNYAB: Visual Evoked Potentials, EEG, Vision, Refraction
  • 1968 - 1972   Research Assistant - Department of Psychology, SUNYAB

Education

  • Ph.D. Cognitive Psychology, awarded with distinction - Dr. Naomi Weisstein, Chair - SUNY at Buffalo  
  • M.A. Cognitive Psychology - SUNY at Buffalo    
  • B.S.  Psychology - Brooklyn College 

Selected Publications

  • Meyer, G.E. (1993). SPSS : a Minimalist Approach. . Fort Worth: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, Inc. 
  • Petry, S.J. & Meyer, G.E. (Eds.) (1987). The Perception of Illusory Contours. New York: Springer-Verlag.   Reprinted as an e-book – 2013 by Springer-Verlag
  • Ciccarrelli, S. & Meyer, G. E. (2006). Psychology. NJ: Prentice-Hall.  
  • Meyer, G. E. (2016). Psychological Factors in Legal Firearms Usage.  In G. E. Utter(Ed.), Guns in Contemporary Society: The Past, Present, and Future of Firearms and Firearm Policy. ABC-CLIO
  • Meyer, G. E. (2015). How Defendants Are Seen by the Jury in Gun Cases. In D. Ashomore (Ed.), Texas Perspectives on Firearms Law. Texas Bar Books.
  • Meyer, G. E. (2013). How Defendants Are Seen in Gun Cases.  In S. P. Healey (Ed.), What Every Texas Lawyers Needs to Know About Firearms Law (Chap. 6).  Texas: State Bar of Texas. 
  • Meyer, G.E. (2012). The Cutting Edge of Force on Force Training. Concealed Carry Magazine, 9, 40-43.
  • Meyer, G.E. (2011). Appearances and the Armed Citizen. Concealed Carry Magazine, 8, 19-23. https://www.usconcealedcarry.com/ccm-columns/appearances-and-the-armed-citizen/
  • Meyer, G. E. (2012). Ergonomic Issues in Firearms Design.  In G. Carter (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Guns in American Society- 2nd Edition., CA: ABC-CLIO.  
  • Meyer, G. E. (2012). Legal Implications of Firearms Characteristics.  In G. Carter (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Guns in American Society- 2nd Edition.  CA: ABC-CLIO. 
  • Meyer, G. E. 2012). Force on Force Training and Stress Inoculation.  In G. Carter (Ed.).  Encyclopedia of Guns in American Society - 2nd Edition. CA: ABC-CLIO.  
  • Meyer, G. E. (2012). Intervention Effects in Firearms Policies.   In G. Carter (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Guns in American Society - 2nd Edition.  CA: ABC-CLIO.  
  • Meyer, G. E. (2012). Colleges and Gun Violence. In G. Carter (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Guns in American Society 2nd Edition. CA: ABC-CLIO 
  • Meyer, G. E. (2012). Mental Disabilities and Gun Use and Acquisition In G. Carter (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Guns in American Society - 2nd Edition. CA: ABC-CLIO 
  • Meyer, G. E. (2012). Weapons Instrumentality Effect.  In G. Carter (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Guns in American Society - 2nd Edition. CA: ABC-CLIO 
  • Meyer, G.E. (2010). Closed Encounters of the Snubby Kind. Concealed Carry Magazine, 7, 22-25.
  • Meyer, G. E. (2009). Will it hurt me in court: weapons issues and the fears of the legally armed citizen. The Jury Expert, http://www.astcweb.org/public/publication/article.cfm/1/21/5/Weapons-Issues-and-the-Fears-of-the-Legally-Armed-Citizen
  • Becker, C. B., Meyer, G. E., Graham, M. M., Price, J. S., Arsena, A., Armstrong, D. A., & Ramon, E.  (2009). Law Enforcement Officer Preferences for PTSD Treatment and Crisis Management Alternatives. Behavior Research and Therapy, 47, 245-253.
  • Meyer, G.E., Gerondale, T., Kiriazes, C., Baños, A., Lakin, C., & Rinker, A. (2009). Juries, gender and assault weapons. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 29, 945-972.
  • Meyer, G.E. (2009). The Polite Society and the Psychologist. Concealed Carry Magazine, 6, 28-31.
  • Meyer, G. E. (2002).  Single Cells in the Visual System & Images Past. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 25, 201-202.
  • Meyer, G. E. (2002). Intervention Effects in Firearms Policies.  In G. Carter (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Guns in American Society (pp. 311-312). , CA: ABC-CLIO 
  • Meyer, G. E. (2002). Colleges and Gun Violence. In G. Carter (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Guns in American Society (pp .124-126). . , CA: ABC-CLIO 
  • Meyer, G. E. (2002). Mental Disabilities and Gun Use and Acquisition In G. Carter (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Guns in American Society (pp. 389-391). . , CA: ABC-CLIO 
  • Meyer, G. E. (2002). Weapons Instrumentality Effect. In G. Carter (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Guns in American Society (pp.311-312). 652-653. , CA: ABC-CLIO 
  • Meyer, G. E. (1999) Campus weaponry: student attitudes, fears and behavior. Prevention Researcher, 6(2), 12.
  • Meyer, G. E., & Stonecypher, S., M. (1998) Word Contingency and the Motion Aftereffect. Vision Research. 38, 3583-3589.
  • Maynard, R.E., & Meyer, G.E. (1996) Visual information processing with obsessive-compulsives and hysteric personalities. Personality and Individual Differences, 20(3), 389-399.
  • Dresser, J., & Meyer, G.E. (1996). A prevention model of distressed communities. U.S. Department of Education - Project #S207A30048.
  • Meyer, G.E. (1995) Cyberspace and the prevention worker. The Prevention Researcher, 2(2), 7-12.
  • Meyer, G.E. (1995). Power & Effect©: a statistics utility for Macintosh and Windows systems. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments & Computers, 27(2), 134-138.
  • Meyer, G.E. & Howard, C.E. (1994). Texture capture in Necker cubes. Perception.  23, 29-36.
  • Meyer, G.E., Ungerleider, S. Egan, D., Dresser, J., & Meyer, S, R. Supplementing the Intervention Process with Computer Based Hypermedia - (1993) Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Conference on Drug-Free Schools and Communities (U.S. Gov't. Department of Education), Washington, D.C. 
  • Meyer, G. E. (1992). Computer Resources Issues for the Small Department - Teaching and Research. Issues in Higher Education, 39, 120-129.
  • Meyer, G.E., Rocheleau, D. McMullen, J., & Ritter, B. (1991). The Use of Macintosh 24-bit Color and Animation Programs in Undergraduate Research and Visual Perception Courses. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments & Computers, 23(2), 166-182.     Figures reprinted in Psychology Instruction, Syllabus for the Macintosh, 1991, 16, 14-19.
  • Meyer, G.E., & Dougherty, T. (1990). Ambiguous rigidity/fluidity and diamonds that ooze. Perception, 19(4), 491-496.     Illusions of rigidity/fluidity presented in : Contour: A hypermedia environment for teaching about subjective contours & other visual illusions. © - Dougherty, T.J. (1990).
  • Meyer, G.E. (1988). Emerging perceptions of Sensory Analysis. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 11(2), 305-306.
  • Meyer, G.E. & Chow, Y.M. (1988). Visual persistence and illusory contours. Canadian Journal of Psychology, 42, 479-488.
  • Meyer, G.E. & Petry, S.J. (1987). Top-down and bottom-up: The illusory contour as a microcosm of issues in perception. In S.J. Petry and G.E. Meyer (Eds.). The Perception of Illusory Contours. New York: Springer-Verlag.
  • Meyer, G.E. & Fish, D. (1987). Illusory Contours, Texture Segregation, and a Configural Inferiority Effect. In S.J. Petry and G.E. Meyer, (Eds.). The Perception of Illusory Contours. New York: Springer-Verlag.
  • Meyer, G.E. & Dougherty, T. (1987). The effects of flicker induced depth on chromatic subjective contours. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 7(3), 353-360. 
  • Petry, S.J., & Meyer, G.E. (1987). Subjective contour humor. Perception, 16, 223-224.
  • Reprinted in Levine, M.W., & Shefner, J.M.. (1991). Fundamentals of Sensation and Perception, 2nd. ed., California: Brooks/Cole. 
  • Petry, S.J., Meyer, G.E., May, J., & Coren, S. (1987). Humor. Perception, 16, 411-412.
  • Meyer, G.E. (1986). Interaction of subjective contours with the Ponzo, Muller-Lyer and vertical-horizontal illusions. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 24, 39-40.
  • Petry, S.J., & Meyer, G. E. (1986). Adelphi International Conference on Illusory Contours: a report on the conference. Perception and Psychophysics, 39, 210-230.  
  • Lovegrove, W.J. & Meyer, G.E. (1984). The effects of area and numbers of cycles on visual persistence. Vision Research, 24, 255-259.
  • Meyer, G.E. & Hilterbrand, K. (1984). Does it pay to be "Bashful?": The Seven Dwarfs and LTM. American Journal of Psychology, 97, 47-55.
  • Reprinted in Solso, R. L., & Johnson, H.H. (various editions). An Introduction to Experimental Design in Psychology. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. 
  • Meyer, G.E. (1983). Visual Persistence: Just a Flash in the Scan? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 6, 33-34.
  • Meyer, G.E. & Senecal, M. (1983). The illusion of transparency and chromatic subjective contours. Perception and Psychophysics, 34, 58-64.
  • Meyer, G.E., Coleman, A., Dwyer, T. & Lehman, I. (1982). The McCollough effect in children. Child Development, 53, 838-840.
  • L'Hommedieu, G., & Meyer, G.E. (1982). The oblique effect: Interactions with visual persistence and spatial configuration. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 19, 342-350.
  • Meyer, G.E. & Sherman, R. (1981). Reversible figures and the motion-after effect. Vision Research, 21, 361-363.
  • Meyer, G.E. (1981). Latency differences in monoptic and dichoptic shape and color decision-making. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 7, 968-971.
  • Meyer, G.E. & Maguire, W.M. (1981). Effects of Spatial-Frequency Specific Adaptation and Target Duration on Visual Persistence. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 7, 151-156.
  • Meyer, G.E. & Phillips, D. (1980). Faces, vases, subjective contours and the McCollough effect. Perception, 9, 603-606.
  • Maguire, W.M., Meyer, G.E. & Baizer, J. (1980) The McCollough Effect in Rhesus Monkey. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 19, 321-324.
  • Meyer, G.E., Jackson, W.E. & Yang, C. (1979). Spatial frequency, orientation and color: Interocular effects of adaptation on the perceived duration of gratings. Vision Research, 19, 1197-1201.
  • Meyer, G.E. & Garges, C. (1979). Subjective contours and the Poggendorff illusion. Perception and Psychophysics, 26, 302-304.
  • Meyer, G.E. & Maguire, W.M. (1979). The effect of bar width and spatial frequency specific adaptation on visual persistence. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 14, 64-66.
  • Meyer, G.E. & Maguire, W.M. (1977). Spatial frequency and the locus of short-term visual storage. Science, 198, 524-525.
  • Meyer, G.E. & Salinsky, M.C. (1977). Refraction of the rat estimated by cortical pattern-evoked visual potentials. Vision Research, 17, 883-885.
  • Meyer, G.E. (1977). Effects of color specific adaptation of the perceived duration of gratings. Vision Research, 17, 51-56.
  • Meyer, G.E. (1976). Right hemisphere sensitivity for the McCollough effect. Nature, 264, 751-753.
  • Meyer, G.E. (1976). Psychophysical measurement of cortical color mechanisms not sensitive to spatial frequency. Perception, 5, 143-145.
  • King, M., Meyer, G.E., Tangney, J. & Biederman, I. (1976). Shape constancy and a perceptual bias towards symmetry. Perception and Psychophysics, 19, 129-136.
  • Meyer, G.E., Lawson, R. & Cohen, W. (1975). Effects of orientation specific adaptation on the duration of short-term visual storage. Vision Research, 15, 569-572.
  • Meyer, G.E. (1974). Pressure blindness and the interocular transfer on size aftereffects. Perception and Psychophysics, 16, 222-224.

Hypermedia:

  • Powerpoint Lecture Series for Hockenbury and Hockenbury (2012). Psychology, 5th Edition. Worth Publishers.
  • Companion Web site and PowerPoint for Cognition, 2 Ed. (Willingham, 2004 – PrenticeHall): http://wps.prenhall.com/hss_willingham_cognition_2
  • Statistics and Research Design Resource Website (1999) Psychology Workshops (20 modules): Wadsworth, Inc. http://psychology.wadsworth.com/workshops/workshops.html
     

Teaching and Expertise

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Visual Perception and Neuroscience
  • Statistics
  • Jury Decision Making
  • Psychological Factors in use of Firearms

Honors & Awards

  • Chair, Departments of Psychology  - Trinity University, Lewis and Clark College
  • Teaching awards at Lewis and Clark, Trinity University, Pacific University
  • Meyer, G. E. (2009). Will it hurt me in court: weapons issues and the fears of the legally armed citizen. The
  • Jury Expert, http://www.thejuryexpert.com/2009/09/will-it-hurt-me-in-court-weapons-issues-and-thefearsof-the-legally-armed-citizen/ Top Ten Downloads of 2012
  • Lakin, C., & Meyer, G. (2002). Perceptions of Lethality. Annual Meeting of the Southwest Psychological Association, Corpus Christi, TX. (Note: Lakin won a Psi Chi award for this paper)