Advanced Topics in Attention

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Listed material: Week 1: History of attention research Pashler, H. E. (1998). The psychology of attention. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. (just the introduction – pp. 1-32) Tsotsos, J. K., Itti, L., & Rees, G. (2005). A brief and selective history of attention. In L. Itti, G. Rees, and J. K. Tsotsos (Eds.). Neurobiology of attention (pp. xxiii-xxxii). San Diego, CA: Elsevier Academic Press.

Listed material: Week 2: Attentional capacity Franconeri, S. L., Alvarez, G. A., & Cavanagh, P. (2013). Flexible cognitive resources: competitive content maps for attention and memory. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 17(3), 134-141. Lavie, N. (2005). Distracted and confused?: Selective attention under load. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 9, 75-82. Murphy, G., Groeger, J.A. & Greene, C.M. (2016). Twenty years of load theory—Where are we now, and where should we go next?. Psychon Bull Rev 23, 1316–1340.

Listed material: Week 3: Attention in Time Klein, R. M. (2000). Inhibition of return. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 4, 138-147. Klein, R.M. & MacInnes, W.J. (1999). Inhibition of return is a foraging facilitator in visual search. Psychological Science, 10, 346-352. Shapiro, K. L., Arnell, K. M., & Raymond, J. E. (1997). The attentional blink. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 1, 291-296.

Listed material: Week 4: Change / Inattentional Blindness Simons, D. J., & Levin, D. T. (1997). Change blindness. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 1, 261-267. Chun, M. M., & Marois, R. (2002). The dark side of visual attention. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 12, 184-189. Simons, D. J. (2000). Attentional capture and inattentional blindness. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 4, 147-155.

Listed material: Week 5: Object-Based Attention Scholl, B.J. (2001). Objects and attention: the state of the art. Cognition, 80, 1-46. Moore, C.M., Yantis, S. & Vaughan, B. (1998). Object-based visual selection: Evidence from perceptual completion. Psychological Science, 9, 104-110. Pratt, J., & Sekuler, A.B. (2001). The effects of occlusion and past experience on the allocation of object-based attention. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 8, 721-727.

Listed material: Week 6: Attention and Eye Movements Awh, E., Armstrong, K. M., & Moore, T. (2006). Visual and oculomotor selection: links, causes, and implications for spatial attention. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 10, 124-130. Theeuwes, J., Kramer, A.F., Hahn, S., & Irwin, D.E. (1998). Our eyes do no always go where we want them to go: Capture of the eyes by new objects. Psychological Science, 9, 379-385.

Listed material: Hooge, I.T.C., Over, E.A.B., van Wezel, R.J.A., & Frens, M.A. (2005). Inhibition of return is not a foraging facilitator in saccadic search and free viewing, Vision Research, 45, 1901-1908. Liversedge, S. P., & Findlay, J. M. (2000). Saccadic eye movements and cognition. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 4(1), 6-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1364- 6613(99)01418-7

Listed material: Week 7: Multifocal Attention Cavanagh, P., & Alvarez, G. A. (2005). Tracking multiple targets with multifocal attention. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 9, 349-354. Fehd, H. M., & Seiffert, A. E. (2008). Eye movements during multiple object tracking: Where do participants look? Cognition, 108, 201-209. Meyerhoff, H. S., Papenmeier, F., & Huff, M. (2017). Studying visual attention using the multiple object tracking paradigm: A tutorial review. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 79(5), 1255-1274.

Listed material: Week 8: Training of Attention Green, C. S., & Bavelier, D. (2003). Action video game modifies visual attention. Nature, 423, 534-537. Green, C.S., & Bavelier, D. (2006). Effect of action video games on the spatial distribution of visuospatial attention. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 23, 1465-1478. Tang, Y.-Y., Tang, R., Posner, M. I., & Gross, J. J. (2022). Effortless training of attention and self-control: Mechanisms and applications. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 26, 567-577.

Listed material: Week 9: Attention and Memory Kiyonaga, A., & Egner, T. (2014). The Working Memory Stroop Effect When Internal Representations Clash With External Stimuli. Psychological Science, 25(8), 1619-1629. Awh, E., & Jonides, J. (2001). Overlapping mechanisms of attention and spatial working memory. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 5, 119-126. Fu, Y., Guan, C., Tam, J., O'Donnell, R. E., Shen, M., Wyble, B., & Chen, H. (2023). Attention with or without working memory: mnemonic reselection of attended information. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 27(12), 1111-1122. Downing, P.E. (2000). Interactions between visual working memory and selective attention. Psychological Science, 11, 467-473.

Listed material: There is no textbook.

Listed material: Week 1: History of attention research Pashler, H. E. (1998). The psychology of attention. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. (just the introduction – pp. 1-32) Tsotsos, J. K., Itti, L., & Rees, G. (2005). A brief and selective history of attention. In L. Itti, G. Rees, and J. K. Tsotsos (Eds.). Neurobiology of attention (pp. xxiii-xxxii). San Diego, CA: Elsevier Academic Press.

Listed material: Week 2: Attentional capacity Franconeri, S. L., Alvarez, G. A., & Cavanagh, P. (2013). Flexible cognitive resources: competitive content maps for attention and memory. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 17(3), 134-141. Lavie, N. (2005). Distracted and confused?: Selective attention under load. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 9, 75-82. Murphy, G., Groeger, J.A. & Greene, C.M. (2016). Twenty years of load theory—Where are we now, and where should we go next?. Psychon Bull Rev 23, 1316–1340.

Listed material: Week 3: Attention in Time Klein, R. M. (2000). Inhibition of return. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 4, 138-147. Klein, R.M. & MacInnes, W.J. (1999). Inhibition of return is a foraging facilitator in visual search. Psychological Science, 10, 346-352. Shapiro, K. L., Arnell, K. M., & Raymond, J. E. (1997). The attentional blink. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 1, 291-296.

Listed material: Week 4: Change / Inattentional Blindness Simons, D. J., & Levin, D. T. (1997). Change blindness. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 1, 261-267. Chun, M. M., & Marois, R. (2002). The dark side of visual attention. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 12, 184-189. Simons, D. J. (2000). Attentional capture and inattentional blindness. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 4, 147-155.

Listed material: Week 5: Object-Based Attention Scholl, B.J. (2001). Objects and attention: the state of the art. Cognition, 80, 1-46.

Listed material: Moore, C.M., Yantis, S. & Vaughan, B. (1998). Object-based visual selection: Evidence from perceptual completion. Psychological Science, 9, 104-110. Pratt, J., & Sekuler, A.B. (2001). The effects of occlusion and past experience on the allocation of object-based attention. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 8, 721-727.

Listed material: Week 6: Attention and Eye Movements Awh, E., Armstrong, K. M., & Moore, T. (2006). Visual and oculomotor selection: links, causes, and implications for spatial attention. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 10, 124-130. Theeuwes, J., Kramer, A.F., Hahn, S., & Irwin, D.E. (1998). Our eyes do no always go where we want them to go: Capture of the eyes by new objects. Psychological Science, 9, 379-385. Hooge, I.T.C., Over, E.A.B., van Wezel, R.J.A., & Frens, M.A. (2005). Inhibition of return is not a foraging facilitator in saccadic search and free viewing, Vision Research, 45, 1901-1908. Liversedge, S. P., & Findlay, J. M. (2000). Saccadic eye movements and cognition. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 4(1), 6-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1364- 6613(99)01418-7

Listed material: Week 7: Multifocal Attention Cavanagh, P., & Alvarez, G. A. (2005). Tracking multiple targets with multifocal attention. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 9, 349-354. Fehd, H. M., & Seiffert, A. E. (2008). Eye movements during multiple object tracking: Where do participants look? Cognition, 108, 201-209. Meyerhoff, H. S., Papenmeier, F., & Huff, M. (2017). Studying visual attention using the multiple object tracking paradigm: A tutorial review. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 79(5), 1255-1274.

Listed material: Week 8: Training of Attention Green, C. S., & Bavelier, D. (2003). Action video game modifies visual attention. Nature, 423, 534-537. Green, C.S., & Bavelier, D. (2006). Effect of action video games on the spatial distribution of visuospatial attention. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 23, 1465-1478. Tang, Y.-Y., Tang, R., Posner, M. I., & Gross, J. J. (2022). Effortless training of attention and self-control: Mechanisms and applications. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 26(7), 567-

Listed material: Week 9: Attention and Memory Kiyonaga, A., & Egner, T. (2014). The Working Memory Stroop Effect When Internal Representations Clash With External Stimuli. Psychological Science, 25(8), 1619-1629. Awh, E., & Jonides, J. (2001). Overlapping mechanisms of attention and spatial working memory. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 5, 119-126. Fu, Y., Guan, C., Tam, J., O'Donnell, R. E., Shen, M., Wyble, B., & Chen, H. (2023). Attention with or without working memory: mnemonic reselection of attended information. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 27(12), 1111-1122.

Listed material: Downing, P.E. (2000). Interactions between visual working memory and selective attention. Psychological Science, 11, 467-473.