Benjamin Guenther

Lecturer and Undergraduate Coordinator

356 Williams Hall

benjamin.guenther@maine.edu

207-581-2025

ResearchGate

**Note to applicants:  Dr. Guenther does not plan to take a new graduate student for the 2022-2023 academic year.

Research Interests

Selected Publications

Doore, S.A., Kimmel, J.K., Kaplan, T.M., Guenther, B.A., Giudice, N.P. (In Press).  Multimodality as universality:  Designing inclusive accessibility to graphical information.  Frontiers in Education. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2023.1071759

Ahmed, F. S., McMillan, T. M., Guenther, B. A., & Dearborn, P. (2022). Cognitive Performance following Single-or Multi-Session Exercise Intervention in Middle Age: A Systematic Review. Experimental Aging Research, 1-37.  https://doi.org/10.1080/0361073X.2022.2137360

Wade, A.T., Guenther, B.A., Ahmed, F.S., & Elias, M.F. (2021).  Higher yogurt intake is associated with lower blood pressure in hypertensive individuals:  Cross-sectional findings from The Maine-Syracuse Longitudinal Study.  International Dairy Journal, 122, 105159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idairyj.2021.105159

Ahmed, F.S., Wade, A.T., Guenther, B.A., Murphy, K.J., & Elias, M.F. (2020).  Adherence to a Mediterranean diet is associated with lower blood pressure in a US population:  Findings from the Maine-Syracuse Longitudinal Study.  J Clin Hypertens.  22, 2276-2284.  https://doi.org/10.1111/jch.14068

Giudice, N.A., Guenther, B.A., Kaplan, T.M., Anderson, S.M., Knuesel, R.J., & Cioffi, J.F. (2020).  Use of an Indoor Navigation System by Sighted and Blind Travelers:  Performance Similarities across Visual Status and Age.  ACM Trans. Access. Comput. 13, 3.  https://doi.org/10.1145/3407191

Giudice, N.A., Guenther, B.A., Jensen, N.A., & Haase, K.N.  (2020) Cognitive mapping without vision: Comparing wayfinding performance after learning from digital touchscreen-based multimodal maps vs. embossed tactile overlays. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 14, 87.  https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2020.00087

Brown, J.M., Guenther, B.A., Narang, S., Siddiqui, A.P., & Foley, N.C.  (2014)The object advantage can be eliminated under equiluminant conditions.  Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 21, 1459-1464.  https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-014-0630-5

Brown, J.M. & Guenther, B.A.  (2012).  Magnocellular and parvocellular pathway influences on location-based inhibition-of-return.  Perception, 41, 319-338.  https://doi.org/10.1068/p7133

Guenther, B.A. & Brown, J.M.  (2012).  Exploring the effect of stimulus characteristics on location-based inhibition of return using abrupt and ramped stimulus presentation. Vision Research, 60, 28-33.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2012.03.004