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Dr Meike Scheller's Outputs (3)

Assessing people with visual impairments’ access to information, awareness and satisfaction with high-tech assistive technology (2022)
Journal Article
Liang, I., Spencer, B., Scheller, M., Proulx, M. J., & Petrini, K. (2024). Assessing people with visual impairments’ access to information, awareness and satisfaction with high-tech assistive technology. British Journal of Visual Impairment, 42(1), 149-163. https://doi.org/10.1177/02646196221131746

Assistive technology (AT) devices are designed to help people with visual impairments (PVIs) perform activities that would otherwise be difficult or impossible. Devices specifically designed to assist PVIs by attempting to restore sight or substitute... Read More about Assessing people with visual impairments’ access to information, awareness and satisfaction with high-tech assistive technology.

The Power of the Self: Anchoring Information Processing Across Contexts (2022)
Journal Article
Scheller, M., & Sui, J. (2022). The Power of the Self: Anchoring Information Processing Across Contexts. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 48(9), 1001-1021. https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0001017

A stable self-representation has an intrinsically beneficial connotation for information processing: it allows the individual to flexibly adapt to different contexts, while prioritizing information that pertains to the own immediate survival. Indeed,... Read More about The Power of the Self: Anchoring Information Processing Across Contexts.

Social relevance modulates multisensory integration (2022)
Journal Article
Scheller, M., & Sui, J. (2022). Social relevance modulates multisensory integration. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 48(9), 1022-1038. https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0001013

When interacting with the environment, humans exhibit robust biases towards information that pertains to themselves: Self-relevant information is processed faster and yields more accurate responses than information linked to others. Recent studies ha... Read More about Social relevance modulates multisensory integration.