Daniel Howard Weissman

Daniel Howard Weissman serves as Professor of Psychology in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts at the University of Michigan, with additional affiliation as Faculty Associate at the Research Center for Group Dynamics within the Institute for Social Research.

His research centers on psychological mechanisms of attention and cognitive control, specifically investigating distraction minimization, cross-modal attention allocation, avoidance of attentional capture by salient stimuli, task-switching during multi-tasking, and statistical learning of environmental regularities. A core focus examines adaptive control—how recent experiences shape behavioral adjustments—as demonstrated through Stroop task paradigms showing reduced distraction after overcoming interference and during high-distraction blocks.

Analysis of his 2019-2025 publications reveals concentrated investigation of conflict tasks (particularly prime-probe paradigms), congruency sequence effects, and proportion congruency phenomena. His work consistently explores dual-timescale adaptive control mechanisms spanning immediate trial-by-trial adjustments to longer block-wide adaptations, emphasizing episodic memory's role and examining neural correlates in aging and trauma contexts.

Dr. Weissman maintains active laboratory research at the Research Center for Group Dynamics, employing cognitive psychology methodologies to dissect attentional and executive control systems through experimental paradigms measuring behavioral and neural responses.