Leite, F. P. (2009). Should IQ, Perceptual Speed, or Both Be Used to Explain Response Time? American Journal of Psychology, 122, 517-526.
According to a reviewer, “this is an interesting paper that attempts to better understand the relationship between perceptual speed and IQ by investigating how they relate to aspects of reaction time, namely the quality of evidence extracted from stimuli and degree of caution in decision making.”
Falmagne, J.-C., Hsu, Y.-F., Leite, F., & Regenwetter, M. (2008). Stochastic Applications of Media Theory: Random walks on weak orders or partial orders. Discrete Applied Mathematics, 156, 1183-1196.
Leite, F. P., Ratcliff, R., & White, C. N. (2007). Individual Differences on Speeded Cognitive Tasks: Comment on Chen, Hale, and Myerson (2007). Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 14, 1007-1009. (See also Erratum.)
According to a reviewer, “this is a very nice little paper… [making] a worthwhile statement on the relation between individual data and group data…”
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The main focus of my research is on the cognitive processes involved in quick decisions. Specifically, I have modeled response times to two- and multiple-choice tasks, such as brightness discrimination, letter discrimination, lexical decision, and numerosity discrimination, to infer how people process information. A secondary research focus involves thematic areas related to Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Business Administration.
In April 19, 2013, I was recognized as OSU Lima’s 2013 Outstanding Scholar. This award recognizes a full-time, tenure-line Lima Campus faculty member for scholarship representing a significant contribution and/or advance of knowledge in the scholar’s discipline.
Dr. Leite joined the department of psychology at OSU Lima in 2007, after a 2-year postdoctoral position on the Columbus campus.
His main research interest involves the analysis of response time and accuracy data from quick decisions in order to infer how people process information. Dr. Leite has taught many courses at OSU Lima, among which Research Methods and Memory & Cognition.
In addition, Dr. Leite has mentored several undergraduate students in research. If you are interested in finding out whether there is an opportunity for you (for which you can earn course credit), email him. Beware that research takes time; ideally, plan to commit for at least a full academic year – you will have fun and learn a lot!