Jing Feng
Bio
Jing Feng is a Professor in the Human Factors and Applied Cognition Program at the Department of Psychology, North Carolina State University. She completed her undergraduate study at Zhejiang University in China and received her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Cognitive Psychology at the University of Toronto in Canada. Prior to joining NC State, she received postdoctoral training at the Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest on the cognitive neuroscience of aging, and at the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, the University of Toronto, on human factors in driving.
Dr. Feng conducts research integrating theories of attention and relevant applications in human factors. On the theoretical side, she studies attention across the visual field, individual differences and age-related changes in attention, as well as the effects of cognitive training. On the practical side, she applies these theoretical findings to understand aging and driving, driver distraction, driver-automation interaction, and the design of information displays. She is the recipient of the 2016-2017 Outstanding Junior Faculty Award and the 2023 Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and is selected as a member of NC State’s 2017-2018 class of University Faculty Scholars. She is recognized with the Earl Alluisi Award for Early Career Achievement from Division 21 (Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology) of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2021 and has been elected to an APA Fellow in 2023.
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Research Publications
Recent Journal Publications
2023
- Feng, J., Deng, Y., Mei, Y. L., Cauffman, S. J., Johnson, E., Cunningham, C., & Kaber, D. B. (2023). Age differences in driver visual behavior and vehicle control when driving with in-vehicle and on-road deliveries of service logo signs. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 93, 103386.
- Alili, A., Nalam, V., Li, M., Liu, M., Si, J., Feng, J., & Huang, H. (2023). A Novel Framework to Facilitate User Preferred Tuning for a Robotic Knee Prosthesis. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems & Rehabilitation Engineering, 31, 895-903.
- Kim, B., Joines, S., & Feng, J. (2023). Technology-driven design process: teaching and mentoring technology-driven design process in industrial design education. International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 33, 521-555.
- Cauffman, S. J., Lau, M., Deng, Y., Cunningham, C., Kaber, D. B., & Feng, J. (2022). Research and Design Considerations for Presentation of Non-Safety Related Information via In-Vehicle Displays during Automated Driving. Applied Sciences, 12, 10538.
- Yuan, J., Bai, X., Driscoll, B., Liu, M., Huang, H., & Feng, J. (2022). Standing and Walking Attention Visual Field (SWAVF) task: A new method to assess visuospatial attention during walking. Applied Ergonomics, 104, 103804.
- Choi, H., Grühn, D., & Feng, J. (2022). A Two-Part Approach Distinguishing the Occurrence and Frequency of Self-Reported Attentional Failures during Driving to Predict Crash Risks Among Older Drivers. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, gbac077.
- Yuan, J., Crowson, A., Richardson, G., & Feng, J. (2021). Drive aware training: A computerized training program for older drivers’ detection of road hazards. Traffic Injury Prevention, 22(6), 443-448.
- Yuan, J., Cline, E., Liu, M., Huang, H., & Feng, J. (2021). Cognitive measures during walking with and without lower-limb prosthesis: protocol for a scoping review. BMJ Open, 11:e039975.
- Hancock, P., Kajaks, T., Caird, J. Chignell, M., Mizobuchi, S., Burns, P. C., Feng, J., Fernie, G. R., Lavallière, M., Noy, I., Redelmeier, D., & Vrkljan, B. H. (2020). Challenges to Human Drivers in Increasingly Automated Vehicles. Human Factors, 62(2), 310-328.
- Sall, R., & Feng, J. (2019). Dual-target hazard perception: Could identifying one hazard hinder a driver’s capacity to find a second? Accident Analysis & Prevention, 131, 213-224.
- Geden, M., Smith, A., Campbell, J., Spain, R., Amos-Binks, A., Mott, B., Feng, J., & Lester, J. (2019). Construction and validation of an anticipatory thinking assessment. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 2749.
- Feng, J., Sanchez, J., Sall, R., Lyons, S., & Nam, C. (2019). Emotion facilitates human-human reliance when using automation in high risk situations. Military Psychology. doi:10.1080/08995605.2019.1630227
- Choi, H., Kasko, J., & Feng, J. (2019). An attention assessment for informing older drivers’ crash risks in various hazardous situations. The Gerontologist, 59(1), 112-123.
- Yuan, J., Bai, X. Alilis, A., Liu, M., Huang, H., & Feng, J. (2023). Understanding the Preferences for Lower-Limb Prosthesis: A Think-Aloud Study during User-Guided Auto-Tuning. To appear in Proceedings of the 2023 HFES 67th International Annual Meeting.
- Bai, X., & Feng, J. (2023). What Does That Car Mean? The Influence of Vehicle Motion and Symbolic Patterns of LED Signals on Pedestrians’ Interpretation of a Vehicle’s Intent. To appear in Proceedings of the 2023 HFES 67th International Annual Meeting.
- Chu, Y., Hariharan, D., Hollar, S., & Feng, J. (2022). What does that car mean? The influence of vehicle motion and symbolic patterns of LED signals on pedestrians’ interpretation of a vehicle’s intent. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 65(1), 1099–1103.
- Morrison, D., Cui, L., & Feng, J. (2022). An online method to study remote operation of automated vehicles. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 66(1), 923-927 .
- Yuan, J., Bai, X., Alilis, A., Liu, M., Feng, J. & Huang, H. (2022). Understanding the preferences for lower-limb prosthesis: A think-aloud study during auto-tuning. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 66(1), 2159-2163.
- Brantley, S., Wilkinson, M., & Feng, J. (2021). Beat the bots: exploring the effects of placebo/nocebo manipulation on performance during video gameplay. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, online.
- Wilkinson, M., Brantley, S., & Feng, J. (2021). A mini review of presence and immersion in virtual reality. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, online.
- Cauffman, S. J., Deng, Y., Liu, Y., Cunningham, C., Kaber, D., & Feng, J. (2020). Driver logo sign detection and hazard responses during partially automated driving. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, online.
- Wagner, R. B., Geden, M., Forster, S., & Feng, J. (2020). Driver visual processing of relevant and irrelevant information during mind wandering. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, online.
- Deng, Y., Cauffman, S. J., Lau, M. Y., Johnson, E., Avr, A., Cunningham, C., Kaber, D., & Feng, J. (2020). Driver hazard response when processing on-road and in-vehicle messaging of non-safety-related information. Proceedings of the 1st IEEE International Conference on Human Machine Systems, online.
- Sall, R., & Feng, J. (2019). Drivers’ Perceptions of Events: Implications for Theory and Practice. Proceedings of the 2019 International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Seattle, WA, USA.
- Deng, Y., Cauffman, S., Lau, M., Johnson, E., Cunningham, C., Kaber, D., & Feng, J. (2019). On-Road and In-Vehicle Delivery of Service Signs: Effects of Information Source and Age. Proceedings of the 2019 International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Seattle, WA, USA.
- Kasko, J., Choi, H., & Feng, J. (2019). Older Drivers’ Differential Performance across Hazardous Scenarios. Proceedings of the 2019 International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Seattle, WA, USA.
- Wilkinson, M., Pugh, Z., Crowson, A., Mayhorn, C., Gillan, D., & Feng, J. (2019). Seeing in slow motion: Manipulating Arousal in virtual reality. Proceedings of the 2019 International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Seattle, WA, USA.
Education
Ph.D. Cognitive Psychology University of Toronto 2011
M.A. Cognitive Psychology University of Toronto 2006
B.S. Applied Psychology Zhejiang University 2005
Area(s) of Expertise
Spatial, selective, and sustained attention; Age-related changes in attention, driving safety, and brain plasticity; Driver distraction, mind wandering, driver-automation interaction; Information displays to facilitate attentional processing