It all comes down to objects. How does the visual system manage to establish and maintain representations of objects in the world, despite almost constant change in input with shifts of the head and eyes, change in the urgency of different goals, and change in the objects themselves? It’s crazy, really, that it can be […]
Imagine I flash you an image of an animal in a savannah scene, say an elephant. You briefly view the image, and then you are asked to report its content while referring to specific details such as the type of animal and its position in the scene (e.g., was it facing the right or the […]
Anne Treisman’s most important contribution to science is her feature integration theory of visual attention, which is arguably one of the most important works in the history of cognitive psychology and visual science. In brief, this theory proposed a two-level model. Preattentive features are extracted in parallel in the early visual system so that the […]
I once asked Anne Treisman, my Ph.D. supervisor, how and when I could get my Ph.D. Anne told me that I will get it once I learn all the good things from her and establish something of my own. This meant that I must learn everything about focused attention then find something new. Considering the […]
Many a child has had the pleasure of entertaining their families and close neighbors with their musical stylings when learning a new musical instrument. I first enjoyed playing the recorder and then to the sheer delight of my parents, the clarinet. My musical training lasted the duration of the requirements of the educational system in […]
One needs to look no further than the rich set of articles in this special issue to know that Feature Integration Theory (FIT) continues to be one of the most influential sets of ideas in cognitive psychology. From research on multi-sensory integration to depression, the seeds of Anne Treisman’s theory have spread far and wide. […]
My decades-long involvement with Anne Treisman’s Feature Integration Theory (FIT) must have begun in 1986. I was a junior faculty member at MIT at the time, working on visual aftereffects and binocular vision. I didn’t know much about attention. One might say that I had not paid attention to attention. Then, in 1986, Anne published an […]
The awkward greeting. We’ve all seen it. Many of us have participated in it. For some, it may be a daily occurrence. This could happen when you go in for a high-five but the other person fist bumps. Or when you wave at someone who is actually waving to a person behind you. Or when […]
Professor David Rapp is one of the Guest Editors for a special issue in Cognitive Research: Principles & Implications (aka CR:PI) on the Psychology of Fake News. The submission deadline has been extended, so if you think that you missed your chance to submit your work on this important topic in what is sure to […]
In this interview, I talk with Lisa Leaver about her paper published in the Learning & Behavior Special Issue in Honor of Stephen Lea. Transcription Intro Fazio: You’re listening to All Things Cognition, a Psychonomic Society podcast. Now here’s your host, Laura Mickes. Interview with co-Guest Editor Lisa Leaver Mickes: I’m back with Lisa Leaver and I […]