Cutting, James Eric

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Professor, Psychology (PSYCH), College of Arts and Sciences
Department Chairperson, Psychology (PSYCH), College of Arts and Sciences

James Cutting received his BA from UNC - Chapel Hill and his PhD from Yale University. He taught at Yale, and then Wesleyan University before coming to Cornell in 1980. He has published over 100 scientific papers on various aspects of perception, including many on how we perceive depth, motion, and pictures. The latter have been coupled with long term interest in high and popular culture. His current interests are in structure of popular film and how it conforms to the “shape” of the human mind.

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cognitive studies

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Psychology (PSYCH)

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individual publications

academic article
- Visual activity in Hollywood film: 1935 to 2005 and beyond. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. 5:115-125. 2011
- How Act Structure Sculpts Shot Lengths and Shot Transitions in Hollywood Film. Projections: The Journal for Movies and Mind. 5:1-16. 2011
- The Changing Poetics of the Dissolve in Hollywood Film. Empirical Studies of the Arts. 29:149-169. 2011
- Attention and the Evolution of Hollywood Film. Psychological Science. 21:432-439. 2010
- The End of Art?. Empirical Studies of the Arts. 27:153-158. 2009
- Gustave Caillebotte, French Impressionism, and mere exposure. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review. 10:319-343. 2003
- Representing motion in a static image: constraints and parallels in art, science, and popular culture. Perception. 31:1165-1193. 2002
- Images, imagination, and movement: Pictorial representations and their development in the work of James Gibson. Perception. 29:635-648. 2000
book
- Impressionism and its canon. Lanham, MD: University Press of America. 2006

selected publications listing

Cutting, J. E., DeLong, J.E, Brunick, K.L., Iricinschi, C., & Candan, A. (in press). Quicker, faster, darker: Changes in Hollywood film over 75 years. i-Perception.

Cutting, J. E., Brunick, K.L. & DeLong, J.E. (2011). The changing poetics of the dissolve in Hollywood film. Empirical Studies in the Arts, 29, 149-169.

Cutting, J. E., DeLong, J.E., & Brunick, K.L. (2011). Visual activity in Hollywood film: 1935 to 2005 and beyond. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 5, 115-125.

Cutting, J. E., DeLong, J.E., & Nothelfer, C.E. (2010). Attention and the evolution of Hollywood film.Psychological Science, 21, 440-447.

Cutting, J. E. (2006). Impressionism and its canon. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.

Cutting, J. E. (2003). Gustave Caillebotte, French Impressionism, and mere exposure. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 10, 319-343.

Cutting, J. E. (2002). Representing motion in a static image: Constraints and parallels in art, science, and popular culture. Perception, 31,1165-1194.

Cutting, J. E. (2000). Accuracy, scope, and flexibility of models. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 44,3-19.

Cutting, J. E. (2000). Images, imagination, and movement: Pictorial representations and their development in the work of James Gibson. Perception, 29,635-648.

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Study: Pattern in movies mimics that found in our brains