PS1061: Sensation and
Perception
Term I, THURSDAY 2-4
pm (Windsor Auditorium)
Lecture 9: Attentional Modulation
of Perception
Lecturer: Gustav
Kuhn, Gustav.Kuhn@brunel.ac.uk,
(Brunel University)
Learning outcomes
- Purpose of attention. What does attention do? Historic Perspective
- How do we modulate/orient attention? – Endogenous vs Exogenous
- How do we select information? – Covert vs Overt attention
- The grand illusion of attention
- The science of magic
Reading:
a textbook reflecting the course contents will
be published in March 2010:
Zanker (2010) Sensation, Perception, Action - an evolutionary perspective. Palgrave
(chapter 11)
Specific References:
- Corbetta, M., & Shulman, G. L. (2002). Control of goal-directed
and stimulus-driven attention in the brain. Nat Rev Neurosci, 3(3), 201-215.
click here
(download from virtual resources)
- Kuhn, G., Amlani, A. A., & Rensink, R. A. (2008). Towards a
science of magic. Trends in cognitive sciences, 12(9), 349-354. click here
(download from journal)
- Kuhn, G., & Land, M. F. (2006). There's more to magic than meets
the eye. Current Biology, 16(22), R950-R951. click here
(download from journal)
- Kuhn, G., & Tatler, B. W. (2005). Magic and fixation: Now you
don't see it, now you do. Perception, 34(9), 1155-1161. click here
(download from journal, second paper in file)
- Rensink, R. A. (2002). Change detection. Annual Review of Psychology,
53, 245-277. click here
(download from journal)
- Simons, D. J. (2000). Attentional capture and inattentional blindness.
Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 4(4), 147-155. click here
(download from journal)
to download pdf-file of e-handout click here
to download pdf-file of the draft textbook chapter 11 click here
(feedback very welcome!)
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outline
last update
8-12-2009
Johannes M.
Zanker