Writing and talks

More than sixty papers across perception, neuroscience, human factors, consumer psychology, and space physics, plus articles for general readers and talks. A selection, newest first.

Articles

July 21st, 2023
"Gliding, not searching: Here's how to reset your view of ChatGPT to steer it to better results." The Conversation. Steer a long conversation across a problem, instead of firing single questions at it. Read it
Jan 3rd, 2020
"The Future of Human Factors Engineering." Human factors began with the body, then took in the mind, and now has to take in emotion; I proposed Multidimensional Task Analysis for what comes next. Read it

My articles for The Conversation are collected on my author page there.

Selected papers

2025
Pearl, D., Murphy, M., and Intriligator, J. "Polymorphic Combinatorial Frameworks (PCF): Guiding the Design of Mathematically-Grounded, Adaptive AI Agents." arXiv 2508.01581. Read it
2025
Pearl, D., Intriligator, J., and Liu, X. "Seamless Integration: The Evolution, Design, and Future Impact of Wearable Technology." arXiv 2502.05797. Read it
2023
"Unlocking the doors of perception." Physics of Life Reviews 46, 250 to 251. A commentary. Read it
2023
Pearl, D., and Intriligator, J. "Persona Multiplication: A Method to Avoid Designed Injustice." International Journal of Design in Society 17(1), 31 to 44. doi:10.18848/2325-1328/CGP/v17i01/31-44
2022
Intriligator, J. "Multidimensional Task Analysis (MTA): A New Design Method for Human Factors Practitioners." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 66(1), 2229 to 2233. doi:10.1177/1071181322661534
2015
A go/no-go task reveals brand influence. PLoS ONE. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0141787
2015
"Chimpshop and alcohol reduction." Perspectives in Public Health.
2010
zooz (Intriligator, J., and Reynolds, B.). "Continuous R(E)volutions: Thermodynamic Processes, Analog Hybridizations, Transversal Becomings, and the Post-human." postmedieval 1(1/2).
2003
zooz (Intriligator, J., and Reynolds, B.). "Transversal Poetics: I.E. Mode." GESTOS 18(35), 9 to 22.
2001
Intriligator, J., and Cavanagh, P. "The spatial resolution of visual attention." Cognitive Psychology, 171 to 216.
2001
Battelli, L., Cavanagh, P., Intriligator, J., Tramo, M. J., Hénaff, M. A., and Michel, F. "Unilateral right parietal damage leads to bilateral deficit for high-level motion." Neuron 32, 985 to 995.
1998
Cavanagh, P., Hénaff, M. A., Michel, F., Landis, T., Troscianko, T., and Intriligator, J. "Complete sparing of high-contrast colour input to motion perception in cortical colour blindness." Nature Neuroscience 1(3), 242 to 247.
1996
He, S., Cavanagh, P., and Intriligator, J. "Attentional resolution and the locus of visual awareness." Nature 383, 334 to 337. Read it
1992
Kosslyn, S. M., and Intriligator, J. "Is cognitive neuropsychology plausible? The perils of sitting on a one-legged stool." Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 4(1), 96 to 106.

Talks

Oct 2026
A panel at Harvard Business School, "Mother's Love in the Age of AI."
Dec 2023
Keynote at the Symposathon of the International Federation of National Teaching Fellows.
Oct 2023
Moderator of a Tufts panel on generative AI.
2022
Robophilosophy 2022, Helsinki.
Oct 2021
A panel on ethics and machine learning at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society conference.
2021
The inaugural seminar of the International Federation of National Teaching Fellows, on Miro and teaching at a distance.
About 2021
A masterclass for the International Design Forum.
Dec 2020
ADSA Workshop 22, on the work of luggage-scanner operators.
Oct 2020
A panel at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society on educating human factors engineers in the age of data science.
May 1998
"Transversal Power: From molecules, to Jesus, to the Grateful Dead, and beyond." With Bryan Reynolds, as zooz, at the Harvard Manifestos Conference.

Industry white papers

2009
"Dynatmospherics: The Future of DSNs."
2005 to 2006
Digital sign networks.
2003
Data mining and warranty analysis.
2002
Data reporting under the TREAD Act.