The meeting of HSE cognitive seminar "Top down control of exogenous attention" by Assistant Professor of School of Psychology W. Joseph MacInnes

We would like to invite you to the second meeting of HSE cognitive seminar. Assistant Professor of School of Psychology W. Joseph MacInnes will present a talk titled "Top down control of exogenous attention". The meeting will be held on May, 11th, at 18:00 at School of Psychology building (46b Volgogradsky Prospekt, Tekstilshiki metro station), room 227.

We would like to invite you to the second meeting of HSE cognitive seminar. Assistant Professor of School of Psychology W. Joseph MacInnes will present a talk titled "Top down control of exogenous attention".

Abstract:

Exogenous attention is typically described as automatic, externally driven and bottom-up.  In the classic Posner cuing paradigm, it is measured as an improvement to reaction time following a spatial onset in peripheral vision.  Recent challenges to this interpretation have suggested new interpretations to its automaticity as well as its interpretation as a purely attentional effect.  I will present a number of new experiments looking at how exogenous cuing effects are modulated by top-down attentional set using a variety of techniques including:  a new temporal cuing paradigm, the anti-saccade task and diffusion models. 

The meeting will be held on May, 11th, at 18:00. The meeting will be held at School of Psychology building (46b Volgogradsky Prospekt, Tekstilshiki metro station), room 227.

Information about the seminar is also avaliable at the seminar web page: https://social.hse.ru/psy/cogsem