Charles Walter Eriksen (February 4, 1923 – February 16, 2018)[1][2] was an American psychologist who was the editor of
Perception & Psychophysics from 1971 to 1993. Eriksen was a leading academic psychologist researching the field of
visual perception. He developed the
Eriksen flanker task.[3]
Early life
Eriksen's early life was spent in
Omaha, Nebraska. He was keen on fishing, and pranks.[3] He studied at the
University of Nebraska, and did a PhD in clinical psychology at
Stanford University because the queue for psychology was shorter than the one for physics.[3] His first job in 1950 was at
Johns Hopkins University as a clinician and experimenter doing two part times jobs.[3]
Perception
Eriksen's publication of the flanker test has been heavily cited.[4]
Botella, Juan (23 January 2014). "Entrevista a Charles W. Eriksen". Estudios de Psicología (in Spanish). 18 (57): 73–78.
doi:
10.1174/021093997320972061.