Outputs (7)

Change blindness and the primacy of object appearance (2006)
Journal Article
Cole, G., & Liversedge, S. (2006). Change blindness and the primacy of object appearance. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 13(4), 588-593. https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03193967

A large body of work suggests that the visual system is particularly sensitive to the appearance of new objects. This is based partly on evidence from visual search studies showing that onsets capture attention whereas many other types of visual even... Read More about Change blindness and the primacy of object appearance.

Object onset and parvocellular guidance of attentional allocation (2005)
Journal Article
Cole, G., Kentridge, R., & Heywood, C. (2005). Object onset and parvocellular guidance of attentional allocation. Psychological Science, 16(4), 270-274. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0956-7976.2005.01527.x

The parvocellular visual pathway in the primate brain is known to be involved with the processing of color. However, a subject of debate is whether an abrupt change in color, conveyed via this pathway, is capable of automatically attracting attention... Read More about Object onset and parvocellular guidance of attentional allocation.

Visual salience in the change detection paradigm: The special role of object onset (2004)
Journal Article
Cole, G., Kentridge, R., & Heywood, C. (2004). Visual salience in the change detection paradigm: The special role of object onset. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 30(3), 464-477. https://doi.org/10.1037/0096-1523.30.3.464

The relative efficacy with which appearance of a new object orients visual attention was investigated. At issue is whether the visual system treats onset as being of particular importance or only 1 of a number of stimulus events equally likely to sum... Read More about Visual salience in the change detection paradigm: The special role of object onset.

The primacy of chromatic edge processing in normal and cerebrally achromatopsic subjects (2003)
Journal Article
Kentridge, R., Cole, G., & Heywood, C. (2003). The primacy of chromatic edge processing in normal and cerebrally achromatopsic subjects. Progress in brain research, 144(144), 161-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0079-6123%2803%2914411-1

The local chromatic contrast between surfaces in a visual scene plays an important role in theories of color perception. Our studies of cerebral achromatopsia suggest that this contrast signal is computed independently of the more complex processes s... Read More about The primacy of chromatic edge processing in normal and cerebrally achromatopsic subjects.

Attentional capture by colour and motion in cerebral achromatopsia (2003)
Journal Article
Cole, G., Heywood, C., Kentridge, R., Fairholm, I., & Cowey, A. (2003). Attentional capture by colour and motion in cerebral achromatopsia. Neuropsychologia, 41(13), 1837-1846. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0028-3932%2803%2900184-2

Cerebral achromatopsia is a rare condition in which damage to the ventromedial occipital area of the cortex results in the loss of colour experience. Nevertheless, cortically colour-blind patients can still use wavelength variation to perceive form a... Read More about Attentional capture by colour and motion in cerebral achromatopsia.

Detectability of onsets versus offsets in the change detection paradigm (2003)
Journal Article
Cole, G., Kentridge, R., Gellatly, A., & Heywood, C. (2003). Detectability of onsets versus offsets in the change detection paradigm. Journal of Vision, 3(1), 22-31. https://doi.org/10.1167/3.1.3

The human visual system is particularly sensitive to abrupt onset of new objects that appear in the visual field. Onsets have been shown to capture attention even when other transients simultaneously occur. This has led some authors to argue for the... Read More about Detectability of onsets versus offsets in the change detection paradigm.

Effect of object onset on the distribution of visual attention (2001)
Journal Article
Cole, G., Gellatly, A., & Blurton, A. (2001). Effect of object onset on the distribution of visual attention. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 27(6), 1356-1368. https://doi.org/10.1037/0096-1523.27.6.1356

There now exists considerable evidence to suggest that the appearance of a new object in the visual field captures visual attention. One of the consequences of this attentional capture is that the object initiates a redistribution of attentional reso... Read More about Effect of object onset on the distribution of visual attention.