1185 Selected Topics: Visual Attention
ATH-1-109, Attenhoferstrasse 9, We 8.30-10
Adrian Schwaninger & Marino Menozzi
ATTENTION:
New Day and Time: Wednesday 8.30-10.00
New Room: ATH-1-109, Attenhoferstrasse 9
Description
In this seminary, which is a cooperation between the University and the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) of Zurich, selected topics of visual attention are discussed in article presentations by students.
Materials
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Schedule and slides
| No. | Date | Topic |
| 1 | 24.10.00 01.11.00 |
Introduction (A. Schwaninger) |
| 2 | 08.11.00 | Inattentional blindness - Mack, A., & Rock, I. (1998). Inattentional Blindness: Perception without attention. In R. D. Wright, Visual attention, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 55-76. [PDF] - Simons DJ, Chabris CF (1999). Gorillas in our midst: sustained inattentional blindness for dynamic events. Perception, 28(9), 1059-74. [PDF] |
| 3 | 22.11.00 | Human factors, ergonomics -Hughes P. K., Cole B. L. (1986). What attracts attention when driving? Ergonomics, 29(3), 377-391. [PDF] - Hitchcock, E.M., Dember, W.N., Warm, J.S., Moroney, B.W., & See, J.E. (1999). Effects of cueing and knowledge of results on workload and boredom in sustained attention. Human Factors, 41(3), 365-72. [PDF] |
| 4 | 06.12.00 | Eye movements and attention - Mackeben, M., & Nackayama, K. (1993). Express attentional shifts. Vision Research, 33, 85-90. [PDF] - Hoffmann, J.E., & Subramaniam, B. (1995). The role of visual attention in saccadic eye movements. Perception & Psychophysics, 57(6), 787-795. [PDF] - Clark, J.J. (1999). Spatial attention and latencies of saccadic eye movements. Vision Res, 39(3), 585-602. [PDF] |
| 5 | 20.12.00 | Location-based or object-based selection? - Vecera, S.P., & Farah, M.J. (1994). Does visual attention select objects or locations? Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 123(2), 146-160. [PDF] - Kramer, A.F., Weber, T.A., & Watson, S.E. (1997). Object-based attentional selection - grouped arrays or spatially invariant representations? Comment on Vecera & Farah (1994). Journal of Experimental Psycholy: General, 126(1), 3-13. [PDF] |
| 6 | 10.01.01 | Features, object files, and binding - Wolfe JM, Bennett SC (1997). Preattentive object files: shapeless bundles of basic features. Vision Research, 37(1), 25-43. [PDF] - Treisman, A. (1999). Feature binding, attention, and object perception. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B., 353, 1295-1306. [PDF] |
| 7 | 24.01.01 | The NEMESIS Project (Chr. Schierz) |
| 8 | 07.02.01 | Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention (A. Schwaninger) |