Joseph Houpt

Joseph Houpt, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), affiliated with the College for Health, Community and Policy (HCAP). His research focuses on cognitive psychology, systems factorial technology (SFT), and human-machine interaction, with a particular interest in decision-making processes, perceptual efficiency, and computational modeling.

• University: University of Texas at San Antonio
• School: College for Health, Community and Policy
• Department: Psychology
• Academic Rank: Associate Professor

Dr. Houpt's research explores cognitive architectures like ACT-R, perceptual processing in visual tasks, and the impact of inflammatory responses on social cognition. He employs SFT and global model analysis to derive critical tests of cognitive models and investigates processing efficiency in diverse contexts, including cross-linguistic studies and melanoma detection.

His recent work includes collaborations on human-machine team dynamics, neural modeling for task prediction, and applications of cognitive theory to real-world challenges. Dr. Houpt's publications span journals in mathematical psychology, cognitive science, and neuroergonomics, reflecting interdisciplinary approaches to understanding cognition.

• Grant: Collaborative Research: Determining the Fundamental Cognitive Properties of Decision Making (2020-2022, $137,539)
• Grant: Collaborative Research: Determining the Fundamental Cognitive Properties of Decision Making (2019-2020, $239,880)
• Grant: Dynamic Generalizations of Systems Factorial Technology for Modeling Perception (2013-2016, $427,180)

Dr. Houpt advises graduate students and collaborates with interdisciplinary teams, including neuroergonomics and computational neuroscience researchers. His work has been presented at major conferences like the Society for Mathematical Psychology and the Psychonomic Society.