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  1. Kainec, K., Oas, J., Cox, C., Teaford, M., Pettijohn, K. & Merfeld, M. (Accepted). Mild hypoxia increases vertical translation thresholds in patients with Unilateral Vestibular Hypofunction. Journal of Vestibular Research.
  2. Teaford, M., Beach, C., Pullam, S., Card, T., Ebert, A., Greene, T. , Graphos, K., Mejia, M. & Weller, S. (Accepted). The impact of off-axis visual rotations on pitch vection. Multisensory Research.
  3. Teaford, M., Khan, S., Greene, T., Pullam, S., Lawshe, J. & Shaheen, J. (2026). Audiovisual contributions to the occurrence of roll vection in virtual reality. Multisensory Research. https://doi.org/10.1163/22134808-bja10187
  4. Perry, C., Berg, W. & Teaford, M. (2025). The effect of long-term specialized motor experience of the lower limb on the moving rubber foot illusion. Psychological Research, 89, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-025-02203-3
  5. Teaford, M., Kainec, K.., Pettijohn, K., Oas, J., Crecelius, A., Wang, W., Worley, M. & Merfeld, M. (2025). Mild hypoxia adversely impacts human vestibular function. Scientific Reports, 15, 38330 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-22194-w
  6. Teaford, M., Guo, F., Moore, W. W., Murray, M., Daugherty, H.C., Callaway, C., Filetti, M., Holtz, M., Greene, T. & Khan, S.S. (2025). Four questions you should ask before using virtual reality for psychological research. International Journal of Virtual and Augmented Reality, 7(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJVAR.374030
  7. Teaford, M., Mularczyk, Z., Gernon, A. & Merfeld, D. (2024). The impact of viewing distance on a virtual reality based quiet-stance balance test. Multisensory Research, 37(6-8), 395-412. https://doi.org/10.1163/22134808-bja10131
  8. Smart, L. J., Drew, A., Hadidon, T., Teaford, M. & Bachman, E. (2023). Using nonlinear kinematic parameters as a means of predicting motion sickness in real-time in virtual environments. Human Factors, 65(8), 1830–1840. https://doi.org/10.1177/00187208211059623
  9. Teaford, M., Mularczyk, Z., Gernon, A., Cannon, S., Kobel, M. & Merfeld, D. (2023). Joint contributions of auditory, proprioceptive and visual cues on human balance, Multisensory Research, 36, 865-890. https://doi.org/10.1163/22134808-bja10113
  10. Teaford, M., Berg, W, Billock, V. A, McMurray, M.S., Thomas, R. & Smart, L.J. (2023). Muscle activity prior to experiencing the rubber hand illusion is associated with alterations in perceived hand location. Psychological Research, 87, 519–536. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-022-01665-z
  11. Lim, K., Teaford, M., & Merfeld, D. (2022). Comparing the impact of the method of adjustment and forced-choice methodologies on subjective visual vertical bias and variability, Journal of Vestibular Research, 32(6), 501-510. https://doi.org/10.3233/VES-220046
  12. Teaford, M., Keller, K., & Merfeld, D. (2022). The contribution of interoceptive signals to spatial orientation: A mini-review. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 143, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104943
  13. Teaford, M., Giliand, J., Hodkey, O., McVeigh, T., Perry, C., Rains-Bury, L. & Smart, L.J. (2021). Preliminary evaluation of the moving rubber foot illusion in a sample of female university students. Perception, 50(11), 966–975. https://doi.org/10.1177/03010066211058802
  14. Teaford, M., McMurry, M., Billock, V., Filipkowski, M. & Smart, L. J. (2021). The somatosensory system in anorexia nervosa: A scoping review. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 12(1), 1 – 19. https://doi.org/10.1177/2043808720987346
  15. Teaford, M., Fitzpatrick, J.  & Smart, L. J. (2021). The impact of experimentally induced limb ischemia on the rubber hand illusion. Perception, 50(1), 88-96. http://doi.org/10.1177/0301006620977797
  16. Teaford, M. (2020). Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6 – A disorder of connectivity? The Journal of Neuroscience, 40(49), 9344-9345. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0822-20.2020
  17. Teaford, M., Cook, H. E., Hassebrock, J., Thomas, R. & Smart, L. J. (2020). Perceptual validation of nonlinear postural predictors of visually-induced motion sickness. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 1533. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01533
  18. Poreh, A., Levin, J. & Teaford, M. (2020). The geriatric complex figure test – A test for the assessment of planning, visual spatial ability and memory in the geriatric population. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult, 27(2), 101-107. https://doi.org/10.1080/23279095.2018.1490288
  19. Poreh, A., Tolfo, S., Krivenko, A. & Teaford, M. (2017). Base-rate data and norms for the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning embedded performance validity indicator. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult, 24(6), 540-547.  https://doi.org/10.1080/23279095.2016.1223670
  20. Poreh, A., & Teaford, M. (2017). Normative data and construct validation for a novel nonverbal memory test. Archives of Assessment Psychology, 7(1), 43-60.

Peer Reviewed Book Chapters

  1. Smart, L. J., Hassenbrock, J. & Teaford, M. (2020).  Acting is perceiving: Experiments on perception of motion in the world and movements of the self, an update. In Wagman, J. & Blau, J. (Eds.) Perception as Information Detection: Reflections on Gibson’s Ecological Approach to Visual Perception (pp. 174-187). Routledge; New York, NY.

Abstracts Published in Peer Reviewed Journals

  1. Teaford, M., Kainec, K., Pettijohn, K. A., Oas, J., Crecelius, A. & Merfeld, M. (2025). Mild hypoxia adversely impacts human vestibular function [Abstract].  Journal of Vestibular Research. 35(5), 250. https://doi.org/10.1177/09574271251347380
  2. Oas, J.G., Pettijohn, K.A., Teaford, M., Cox, C. B., & Merfeld, M. (2025). Impact of hypoxia on patients after peripheral vestibulopathy and surgical unilateral hypofunction [Abstract].  Journal of Vestibular Research. 35(5), 229. https://doi.org/10.1177/09574271251347380
  3. Merfeld, D., Kainec, K., Teaford, M., Oas, J., Cox, C., Crecilius, A. & Pettijohn, K. (2025). Mild Hypoxia impacts precision of vestibular perception [Abstract]. Physiology.40(S1). https://doi.org/10.1152/physiol.2025.40.S1.0545
  4. Merfeld, D. M., Teaford, M., Crecilius, A., Mularczyk, Z. J., Oas, J. G. & Pettijohn, K. A. (2024). Vestibular function is a hidden harbinger of human hypoxia [Abstract]. Journal of Vestibular Research, 34(5-6), 313.
  5. Oas, J. G., Merfeld, D. M., Teaford, M., Mularczyk, Z. J., Cox, C. & Pettijohn, K. A. (2024). Impacts of hypoxia in a case of adapted unilateral vestibulopathy. [Abstract]. Journal of Vestibular Research, 34(5-6), 427.
  6. Pettijohn, K. A., Teaford, M., Mularczyk, Z. J., Crecilius, A. & Merfeld, D. M. (2024). Hypoxia adversely impacts human vestibular function [Abstract]. Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance, 95(8), 442.
  7. Merfeld, D., Teaford, M., Crecelius, A., Mularczyk, Z. & Pettijohn, K. (2024). Vestibular function: A hidden harbinger of human hypoxia [Abstract]. Physiology, 39(S1). https://doi.org/10.1152/physiol.2024.39.S1.247
  8. Teaford, M., Pettijohn, K., Crecilius, A., Gernon, A., Mularczyk, Z.  & Merfeld, D. (2023). The impact of hypoxia on vestibular thresholds, [Abstract]. Journal of Vestibular Research, 33(4), 254. https://doi.org/10.3233/VES-230300
  9. Teaford, M., Crecilius, A., Pettijohn, K. & Merfeld, D. (2023). Vestibular perceptual thresholds are increased by hypoxia, [Abstract]. Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance, 94(4). 225
  10. Napolitano, S., Abraham, N., Barboza, M., Krivenko, A., O’ Hara, H., Ozinga, G., Teaford, M. A., Tolfo, S. E. & Poreh, A.M. (2017). The geriatric complex figure: A test for the assessment of planning, visuospatial ability, and memory in older adult populations. [Abstract]. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 23(S1), 328. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355617717000558
  11. Teaford, M., Kotowski, B. U, McGlaughlin, K., Krivenko, A., Tolfo, S., Houston, H. & Poreh, A. (2016). The Poreh adaption of the Yerkes Logical Prose Test – Preliminary results [Abstract]. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 31(6), 637. https://doi.org/10.1093/arclin/acw043.138
  12. Teaford, M., Kotowski, B. U, Houston, H., & Poreh, A. (2016). Convergent validity of the Poreh Nonverbal Memory Test [Abstract]. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 22(S1), 26. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355617716000734
  13. Krivenko, A., Teaford, M., Houston H., Tolfo, S., & Poreh, A. (2016). Decomposition of the trail making test in a clinical population of dementia [Abstract]. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 22(1), 72.
  14. Tolfo, S., Houston, H., Teaford, M., Krivenko, A. & Poreh, A. (2016). Base rate and norms for the embedded Rey Auditory Learning Test in samples of patients suspected with dementia, forensic patients, simulators, and normal control [Abstract]. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 22(S1), 147.
    https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355617716000734
  15. Poreh, A., Houston, H., Teaford, M., & Dines, P. (2015). Reexamination of the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test embedded validity indicator [Abstract]. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 30(6), 588-589. https://doi.org/10.1093/arclin/acv047.271

Conference Paper Presentations

  1. Teaford, M., Kainec, K., Pettijohn, K. A., Oas, J., Crecelius, A. & Merfeld, M. (2025, May). Mild hypoxia adversely impacts human vestibular function. Presented at the Vestibular Oriented Research Meeting, Boulder, Co.
  2. Oas, J.G., Pettijohn, K.A., Teaford, M., Cox, C. B., & Merfeld, M. (2025, May). Impact of hypoxia on patients after peripheral vestibulopathy and surgical unilateral hypofunction. Presented at the Vestibular Oriented Research Meeting, Boulder, Co.
  3. Merfeld, D. M., Teaford, M., Crecilius, A., Mularczyk, Z. J., Oas, J. G. & Pettijohn, K. A. (2024, August). Vestibular Function is a Hidden Harbinger of Human Hypoxia. Presented at the XXXII Bárány Society Meeting, Uppsala, Sweden.
  4. Oas, J. G., Merfeld, D. M., Teaford, M., Mularczyk, Z. J., Cox, C. & Pettijohn, K. A. (2024, August). Impacts of hypoxia in a case of adapted unilateral vestibulopathy. Presented at the XXXII Bárány Society Meeting, Uppsala, Sweden.
  5. Pettijohn, K. A., Teaford, M., Mularczyk, Z. J., Crecilius, A. & Merfeld, D. M. (2024, June). Hypoxia Adversely Impacts Human Vestibular Function. Presented at the Aerospace Medical Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Chicago, IL.
  6. Teaford, M., Pettijohn, K. A., Mularczyk, Z. J., Crecilius, A. & Merfeld, D. M. (2024, June). Hypoxia Adversely Impacts Human Vestibular Function. Presented at the Aerospace Medical Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Chicago, IL.
  7. Teaford, M., Pettijohn, K., Crecilius, A.,  Gernon, A., Mularczyk, Z.  & Merfeld, D. (2023, June). The Impact of Hypoxia on Vestibular Thresholds. Presented at the Vestibular Oriented Research Meeting, Boulder, CO.
  8. Teaford, M., Crecilius, A., Pettijohn, K. & Merfeld, D. (2023, May).Vestibular Perceptual Thresholds are Increased by Hypoxia. Presented at the Aerospace Medical Association Annual Scientific Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
  9. Smart, L.J., Teaford, M.A. & Von Drasik, N.J. (2020, December). Utility of Postural Measures for Assessing and Predicting Behavioral States in Virtual Reality. Presented at the annual meeting of the International Symposium on Visually Induced Motion Sensations (VIMS), Virtual.

Posters Presented at Professional Conferences

  1. Oas, J. G., Kainec, K. A., Cox, C., Teaford, M., Pettijohn, K., Merfeld, D. (2026, May). Mild hypoxia increases vertical translation thresholds in patients with unilateral vestibular hypofunction. Poster presented at the Aerospace Medical Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Denver, CO.
  2. Deepak, P., Teaford, M. & Guo, F. (2026, April). Beyond self-report: VR study of feedback framing and abusive supervision. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). New Orleans, LA.
  3. Beach, C., Graphos, K., Pullam, S., Moore, W. , Card, T. , Ebert, A. , Greene, T. , Jones, A. , Lawshe, J. , Mejia, M. , Parrilla, C. , Shaheen, J. , Weller, S. , Brown, A., Charnley, I., Claxton, T., Daugherty, H., Dean, S., LeBlanc, I., Mathis, C., Permenter, B., Selsvik, D. & Teaford, M. (2026, March). The impact of off-axis rotations on pitch vection. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association (SEPA). New Orleans, LA.
  4. Graphos, K., Beach, C., Pullam, S., Moore, W., Card, T. , Ebert, A., Greene, T. , Jones, A., Lawshe, J. , Mejia, M. , Parrilla, C. , Shaheen, J. , Weller, S. & Teaford, M. (2026, March). The impact of agentic control on circular vection. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association (SEPA). New Orleans, LA.
  5. Moore, W. & Teaford, M. (2026, March). Heartbeat change detection as interoceptive accuracy: The relationship with interoceptive sensibility. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association (SEPA). New Orleans, LA.
  6. Kainec, K.A., Oas, J. G., Pettijohn, K. A., Cox, C., Teaford, M. & Merfeld, D. (2025, November). Mild hypoxia significantly worsens vestibular performance. Poster Presented at the annual meeting of The Society for Neuroscience (SFN). San Diego, CA.
  7. Merfeld, D., Kainec, K., Teaford, M., Oas, J., Cox, C., Crecilius, A. & Pettijohn, K. (2025, April). Mild Hypoxia impacts precision of vestibular perception. Poster presented at the American Physiology Summit (APS). Baltimore, MD.
  8. Moore, W., Khan, S., Cahoon, C. , Pullam, S. , Greene, T. , Holtz, M.  & Teaford, M. (2025, April). Interoceptive contributions to spatial orientation perception. Presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association (SEPA). Atlanta, GA.
  9. Khan, S., Gaines, L., Moore, W. , Murray, M. , Mejia, M., Greene, T., Holtz, M., Shaheen, J., Lawshe, J., & Teaford, M. (2025, April). The impact of mild hypoxia on visual pitch tilt illusions. Presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association (SEPA). Atlanta, GA.
  10. Khan, S., Moore, W., Daugherty, H., Gaines, L., Murray, M., Mejia, M., Greene, T., Holtz, M., Shaheen, J., Lawshe, J., & Teaford, M. (2024, October). The impact of hypoxia on visual tilt illusions. Presented at the annual meeting of the Tennessee Psychological Association, Franklin, TN.
  11. Teaford, M., Khan, S., Greene, T., Mejia, M. , Murray, M. , Deyo, P. , Gaines, L., Lawshe, J. & Shaheen, J. (June, 2024). The Rubber Foot Illusion is Not Constrained by Anatomical Plausibility. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Multisensory Research Form. Reno, NV.
  12. Perry, C.G, Berg, W. & Teaford, M. (June, 2024). The Effect of Long-Term Specialized Motor Experience of the Lower Limb on the Moving Rubber Foot Illusion. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity. New Orleans, LA.
  13. Khan, S., Greene, T., Mejia, M., Murray, M., Deyo, P., Gaines, L., Lawshe, J., Shaheen, J. & Teaford, M. (April, 2024). Preliminary Evaluation of the Impact of Foot Position on the Rubber Foot Illusion. Poster presented at the annual UTC Spring Research and Arts Conference. Chattanooga, TN.
  14. Merfeld, D., Teaford, M., Crecilius, A., Mularczyk, Z. & Pettijohn, K. (2024, April). Vestibular Function: A Hidden Harbinger of Human Hypoxia. Poster presented at the American Physiology Summit (APS). Long Beach, CA.
  15. Teaford, M., Pettijohn, K., Crecilius, A.,  Gernon, A., Mularczyk, Z.  & Merfeld, D. (2023, August). Mild Hypoxia Increases Vestibular Perceptual Thresholds. Poster presented at the Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS). Kissimmee, FL.
  16. Kuna, G. U, McArdle, S. U & Teaford, M. (2020, May). The Impact of Current Affective State On Color Associations. Poster presented at the annual Hinkle Poster Session, Oxford, OH.
  17. Fitzpatrick, J., Gilliland, J., Kroener, C., Pawlecki, E., Sampson, W., Shand, N., Teaford, M., Smith, N., Drew, A. & Smart, L. J. (2020, May). Kinematic Parameters as a Means of Predicting Biological Motion Attribute Ratings. Poster presented at the annual Hinkle Poster Session, Oxford, OH.
  18. Teaford, M., Fitzpatrick,J., Filipkowski, M., Drew, T., Hassebrock, J., Smith, N. & Smart, L.J. (2019, May). Peripheral Ischemia as a Means to Induce Altered Multisensory Integration. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Cognitive Science Conference, Columbus, OH.
  19. Teaford, M., Fitzpatrick, J., Filipkowski, M., Gilliland, J., Schoepf, C., Drew, A., Hassebrock, J., Smith, N. & Smart, L. J. (2019, May). Inducing Anorexia Nervosa like Multisensory Abnormalities in Healthy Individuals. Poster presented at the annual Hinkle Poster Session, Oxford, OH.
  20. Feld, E., Tracy, B., Gray, K., Reid, T., Sprock, L., Delacruz, R., Fitzpatrick, J., Groome, A., Shoemaker, Z., Smith, N., Teaford, M., Drew, A. & Smart, L. J. (2019, April). Use of Social Information to Classify Human Biological Motion. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA), Chicago, IL.
  21. Filipkowski, M., Fitzpatrick, J., Schoepf, C., Teaford, M. & Smart, L. J. (2018, April). Evaluating the Viability of Transcutaneous Nerve Stimulation as a Tool for Manipulating Body Size Perceptions. Poster presented at the annual Hinkle Poster Session, Oxford, OH.
  22. Teaford, M., Budde, A.,  Fitzpatrick, J., Frankel, J., Laane, S., Drew, T., Gong, M., Hassebrock, J.  & Smart, L. J. (2017, June). Preliminary Evaluation of a Modified Pressure Cuff Ischemia Protocol. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Cognitive Science Conference, Oxford, OH.
  23. Laane, S., Feltz, A., Smith, N., Brown , V., Teaford, M. & Smart, L. J. (2017, April). Effects of Constraints in a Virtual Task. Poster presented at the annual Hinkle Poster Session, Oxford, OH.
  24. Napolitano, S., Abraham, N., Barboza, M., Krivenko, A., O’ Hara, H., Ozinga, G., Teaford, M. A., Tolfo, S. E. & Poreh, A.M. (2017, February). The Geriatric Complex Figure: A test for the Assessment of Planning, Visuospatial Ability, and Memory in Older Adult Populations. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Neuropsychology Society (INS), New Orleans, LA.
  25. Teaford, M., Kotowski, B., McGlaughlin, K., Krivenko, A., Tolfo, S., Houston, H. & Poreh, A. (2016, October). The Poreh Adaption of the Yerkes Logical Prose Test – Preliminary Results. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN), Seattle, WA.
  26. Teaford, M., Kotowski, B., Houston, H., & Poreh, A. (2016, February). Convergent Validity of the Poreh Nonverbal Memory Test. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Neuropsychology Society (INS), Boston, MA.
  27. Krivenko, A., Teaford, M., Houston H., Tolfo, S., & Poreh, A. (2016, February). Decomposition of the Trail Making Test in a Clinical Population of Dementia. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Neuropsychology Society (INS), Boston, MA.
  28. Tolfo, S., Houston, H., Teaford, M., Krivenko, A. & Poreh, A. (2016, February). Base Rate and Norms for the Embedded Rey Auditory Learning Test in Samples of Patients Suspected with Dementia, Forensic Patients, Simulators, and Normal Control. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Neuropsychology Society (INS), Boston, MA.
  29. Poreh, A., Houston, H., Teaford, M. & Dines, P. (2015, November). Reexamination of the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test Embedded Validity Indicator. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN), Austin, TX.
  30. Teaford, M. & Barden, M. (2015, May). The Effect of State Empathy on the Rubber Hand Illusion. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA), Chicago, IL.
  31. Houston, H., Teaford, M. & Poreh, A. (2015, May). Validation of the Cleveland Adaptive Personality Inventory. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA), Chicago, IL.
  32. Teaford, M., Kotowski, B. U, Houston, H. & Poreh, A. (2015, April). Validating the Poreh Nonverbal Memory Test through the Biber Figure Learning Test. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the College of Science and Health Professions Research Day (COSHP), Cleveland, OH.
  33. Teaford, M., Houston, H., Day, E. & Poreh, A. (2015, April). Preliminary Normative Data for the Poreh Universal Scoring System. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Neuropsychology Group (MNG), Akron, OH.

Invited Talks

  1. Teaford, M. (2024, December). The Impact of Hypoxia on Human Vestibular Function. Presentation at the Cognitive and Brain Sciences Early Career Seminar Series, University of Nevada at Reno.

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