Table Of ContentTutorials in
Visual Cognition
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Tutorials in Visual Cognition, Veronika Coltheart (Ed.).
Tutorials in
Visual Cognition
edited by
Veronika Coltheart
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Tutorials in visual cognition / editor, Veronika Coltheart.
p. cm. -- (Macquarie monographs in cognitive science)
Based on presentations at a meeting held at the Macquarie Center for
Cognitive Science in Sydney, Australia.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-84872-853-0 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1. Visual perception--Congresses. 2. Cognition--Congresses. I. Coltheart,
Veronika.
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Contents
Contributors vii
1 Introduction 1
Veronika Coltheart
2 Iterative Reentrant Processing: A Conceptual Framework for
Perception and Cognition (The Binding Problem? No Worries, Mate) 9
Vincent Di Lollo
3 Dissecting Spatial Visual Attention 4 3
William Prinzmetal and Ayelet N. Landau
4 Top-Down and Bottom-Up Control of Visual Selection:
Controversies and Debate 6 7
Jan Theeuwes and Artem Belopolsky
5 Getting Into Guided Search 9 3
Jeremy M. Wolfe, Todd S. Horowitz, Evan M. Palmer,
Kristin O. Michod, and Michael J. Van Wert
6 Eyeblinks and Cognition 121
David E. Irwin and Laura E. Thomas
7 Visual Spatial Attention and Visual Short-Term Memory:
Electromagnetic Explorations of the Mind 143
Pierre Jolicœur, Roberto Dell’Acqua, Benoit Brisson,
Nicolas Robitaille, Kevin Sauvé, Émilie Leblanc, David Prime,
Stéphan Grimault, René Marois, Paola Sessa, Christophe Grova,
Jean-Marc Lina, and Anne-Sophie Dubarry
8 A Review of Repetition Blindness Phenomena and Theories 187
Veronika Coltheart
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9 Spatial Attention and the Detection of Weak Visual Signals 211
Philip L. Smith
10 Face and Object Recognition: How Do They Differ? 261
Elinor McKone
11 Is Face Processing Automatic? 305
Romina Palermo and Gillian Rhodes
12 Visuospatial Representation of Number Magnitude 337
Carlo Umiltà, Konstantinos Priftis, and Marco Zorzi
13 Visual Memories 349
Max Coltheart and Veronika Coltheart
Author Index 367
Subject Index 375
Contributors
Artem Belopolsky Stéphan Grimault
Vrije University University of Montreal
Amsterdam, the Netherlands Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Benoit Brisson Christophe Grova
University of Montreal University of Montreal
Montreal, Quebec, Canada Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Todd S. Horowitz
Max Coltheart
Visual Attention Lab, Brigham and
Macquarie Centre for Cognitive
Women’s Hospital
Science
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Macquarie University
Department of Ophthalmology,
New South Wales, Australia
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Veronika Coltheart
Macquarie Centre for Cognitive
David E. Irwin
Science
Department of Psychology
Macquarie University
University of Illinois
New South Wales, Australia
Champaign, Illinois, USA
Roberto Dell’Acqua
Pierre Jolicœur
University of Padua
University of Montreal
Padua, Italy
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Vincent Di Lollo Ayelet N. Landau
Department of Psychology Department of Psychology
Simon Fraser University University of California
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Berkeley, California, USA
Anne-Sophie Dubarry Émilie Leblanc
University of Montreal University of Montreal
Montreal, Quebec, Canada Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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viii contributors
Jean-Marc Lina William Prinzmetal
University of Montreal Department of Psychology
Montreal, Quebec, Canada University of California
Berkeley, California, USA
René Marois
Vanderbilt University Gillian Rhodes
Nashville, Tennessee, USA School of Psychology
University of Western Australia
Elinor McKone Perth, Australia
School of Psychology
Australian National University Nicolas Robitaille
Canberra, Australia University of Montreal
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Kristin O. Michod
Department of Psychology Kevin Sauvé
University of Delaware University of Montreal
Newark, Delaware, USA Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Romina Palermo Paola Sessa
Macquarie Centre for Cognitive University of Padua
Science Padua, Italy
Macquarie University
New South Wales, Australia Philip L. Smith
University of Melbourne
Evan M. Palmer Melbourne, Australia
Visual Attention Lab, Brigham and
Women’s Hospital Jan Theeuwes
Cambridge, Massachusetts Department of Cognitive Psychology
Department of Ophthalmology, Vrije University
Harvard Medical School Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Laura E. Thomas
Konstantinos Priftis Department of Psychology
Department of General Psychology University of Illinois
University of Padua Champaign, Illinois, USA
Padua, Italy
Carlo Umiltà
David Prime Department of General Psychology
University of Montreal University of Padua
Montreal, Quebec, Canada Padua, Italy
contributors ix
Michael J. Van Wert Marco Zorzi
Visual Attention Lab Department of General Psychology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital University of Padua
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Padua, Italy
Jeremy M. Wolfe
Visual Attention Lab, Brigham and
Women’s Hospital
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Department of Ophthalmology,
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
