James T. Enns

James T. Enns
Born	Winkler, Manitoba
Nationality	Canadian
Alma mater	University of Winnipeg (BA) Princeton University (MA, PhD)
Known for	Visual perception, Attention, Cognitive psychology, Social perception
Awards	Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2002) Fellow, Association for Psychological Science (2007) Fellow, Psychonomic Society (2009) Fellow, Society of Experimental Psychologists (2009)
Scientific career
Fields	Psychology, Vision science, Cognitive development, Social perception
Institutions	University of British Columbia

James T. Enns is a Canadian psychologist and academic known for his research in visual perception, attention, social perception, and cognitive development. He is a Professor of Psychology and a Distinguished University Scholar at the University of British Columbia (UBC), where he directs the UBC Vision Lab.

Early life and education

Raised as one of seven siblings on a mixed berry–dairy farm in Abbotsford, BC, Enns completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Winnipeg, earning a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Psychology in 1980. He pursued graduate work at Princeton University, where he received an M.A. in 1982 and a Ph.D. in Psychology in 1984. ^{[1] [2]}

Academic career

From 1984 to 1987, Enns served as Assistant Professor at Dalhousie University. He joined the University of British Columbia in 1987 as an Assistant Professor, was promoted to Associate Professor in 1990, and became a full Professor in 1996. In 2003, he was named a Distinguished University Scholar at UBC. ^[3]

Enns has held editorial positions in several leading journals. He served as an Associate Editor for Psychological Science (2000–2003), Perception & Psychophysics (2005–2007), and Consciousness and Cognition (2007–2010). From 2012 to 2017, he was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance . ^[4] He is also the series editor of Elements in Perception, published by Cambridge University Press (2018–present). ^[5]

Research

Enns' research spans cognitive psychology, vision science, and developmental psychology. ^[6] His work has contributed to understanding how attention and perception develop, and how the brain processes visual information for perception and action. ^[7]

Among his most cited contributions are studies on object substitution masking, ^[8] the role of prediction in visual processing, ^[9] and changes in visual attention across the lifespan. ^[10]

Selected honors

• 2013 – Donald O. Hebb Distinguished Contribution Award, Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science ^[11]
• 2009 – Fellow, Society of Experimental Psychologists ^[12]
• 2009 – Fellow, Psychonomic Society
• 2007 – Fellow, Association for Psychological Science
• 2004 – Robert Knox Master Teaching Award, Department of Psychology, UBC
• 2002 – Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada ^[13]

Selected works

Books

• Enns, J.T. (2004). The Thinking Eye, the Seeing Brain. New York: W.W. Norton.
• Coren, S., Ward, L.M., & Enns, J.T. (2004). Sensation and Perception (6th ed.). New York: Wiley.
• Coren, S., Ward, L.M., & Enns, J.T. (2001). Sensación y percepción (5th ed.). Mexico: McGraw-Hill Interamericana.
• Coren, S., Ward, L.M., & Enns, J.T. (1999). Sensation and Perception (5th ed.). New York: Harcourt Brace.
• Coren, S., Ward, L.M., & Enns, J.T. (1994). Sensation and Perception (4th ed.). New York: Harcourt Brace.
• Collyer, C., & Enns, J.T. (1986). Analysis of Variance: The Basic Designs. Chicago: Nelson-Hall.

Edited volumes

• Burack, J.A., Enns, J.T., & Fox, N.A. (Eds.). (2012). Cognitive Science, Development, and Psychopathology: Typical and Atypical Developmental Trajectories of Attention. Oxford University Press.
• Burack, J.A., & Enns, J.T. (Eds.). (1997). Attention, Development, and Psychopathology: A Merging of Disciplines. New York: Guilford Press.
• Enns, J.T. (Ed.). (1990). The Development of Attention: Research and Theory. Amsterdam: Elsevier.

References

1. "James Enns: Professor at Department of Psychology, UBC Faculty of Arts". UBC Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.
2. "James T. Enns". ORCID.
3. "James T. Enns". UBC.ca.
4. Enns, James T.; Becker, Stefanie I.; Brockmole, James; Castelhano, Monica; Creem-Regehr, Sarah; Gray, Rob; Hecht, Heiko; Juhasz, Barbara; Philbeck, John; Woodman, Geoffrey (2017). "Linking contemporary research to the classics: Celebrating 125 years at APA". Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 43 (10): 1695–1700. doi:10.1037/xhp0000441.
5. "Elements in Perception". Cambridge University Press.
6. "UBC Psychology faculty receive NSERC Discovery Grants to support their research". UBC.
7. "With Psychology, a Gaming Career". University of Washington.
8. "Object substitution masking". Scholarpedia.
9. Enns, J. T.; Lleras, A. (2008). "What's next? New evidence for prediction in human vision". Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 12 (9): 327–333. doi:10.1016/j.tics.2008.06.001.
10. Plude, D. J.; Enns, J. T.; Brodeur, D. (1994). "The development of selective attention: A life-span overview". Acta Psychologica. 86 (2–3): 227–272. doi:10.1016/0001-6918(94)90004-3.
11. "Dr. Jim Enns – Donald O. Hebb Award". CSBBCS.
12. "Fellows". SEP.
13. "Find Members". Royal Society of Canada (in French).