Publications



Cosman, J. D., & Vecera, S. P. (in press). Object-based attention overrides perceptual load to modulate visual distraction. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance.
Cosman, J. D., Lees, M. N., Lee, J. D., Rizzo, M., & Vecera, S. P. (in press). Age-related useful field of view impairments are associated with an inefficient ability to disengage attention. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Science. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbr116
Cosman, J. D., Lees, M. N., Lee, J. D., Rizzo, M., & Vecera, S. P. (in press). Visual search for features and conjunctions following declines in the useful field of view. Experimental Aging Research.
Lee, H., Mozer, M. C., Kramer, A. F., & Vecera, S. P. (in press). Object-based control of attention is sensitive to recent experience. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance.
Hollingworth, A., Maxcey-Richard, A. M., & Vecera, S. P. (2012). The spatial distribution of attention within and across objects. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 38, 135-151.
Cosman, J. D., & Vecera, S. P. (2011). The contents of visual working memory reduce uncertainty during visual search. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 73, 996-1002.
Hecht, L. N., & Vecera, S. P. (2011). Delayed offset detection on figures relative to backgrounds. Journal of Vision, 11, article 15. doi: 10.1167/11.13.15
Matsukura, M., & Vecera, S. P. (2011). Object-based selection from spatially-invariant representations: Evidence from a feature-report task. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 73, 447-457.
Woodman, G. F., & Vecera, S. P. (2011). The cost of accessing an object's features stored in visual working memory. Visual Cognition, 19, 1-12.
Cosman, J. D., & Vecera, S. P. (2010). Attentional capture under high perceptual load. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 17, 815-820.
Cosman, J. D., & Vecera, S. P. (2010). Attentional capture by motion onsets is modulated by perceptual load. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 72, 2096-2105.
Lee, H., & Vecera, S. P. (2010). Spatial short-term memory assists in maintaining occluded objects. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 17, 846-852.
Cosman, J. D., & Vecera, S. P. (2010). Attention affects visual perceptual processing near the hand. Psychological Science, 21, 1254-1258. PDF
Lester, B. D., Hecht, L. N., & Vecera, S. P. (2009). Visual prior entry for foreground figures. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 16, 654-659. PDF
Lee, H., Mozer, M. C., & Vecera, S. P. (2009). Mechanisms of 'priming of pop-out': Stored representations or feature gain modulations? Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 71, 1059-1071. PDF
Matsukura, M., & Vecera, S. P. (2009). Interference between object-based attention and object-based memory. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 16, 529-536. PDF
Cosman, J. D., & Vecera, S. P. (2009). Perceptual load modulates attentional capture by abrupt onsets. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 16, 404-410. PDF
Richard, A. M, Lee, H., & Vecera, S. P. (2008). Attentional spreading in object-based attention. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 34, 842-853. PDF
Hecht, L. N., & Vecera, S. P. (2007). Attentional selection of complex objects: Joint effects of surface uniformity and part structure. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 14, 1205-1211. PDF
Matsukura, M., Luck, S. J., & Vecera, S. P. (2007). Attention effects during visual short-term memory maintenance: Protection or prioritization? Perception & Psychophysics, 69, 1422-1434. PDF
Lazareva, O. F., Castro, L., Vecera, S. P., & Wasserman, E. A. (2006). Figure-ground assignment in pigeons: Evidence for a figural benefit.  Perception & Psychophysics, 68, 711-724. PDF
Lazareva, O. F., Vecera, S. P., & Wasserman, E. A. (2006). Object discrimination in pigeons: Effects of local and global cues. Vision Research, 46, 1361-1374. PDF
Matsukura, M., & Vecera, S. P. (2006). The return of object-based attention: Selection of multiple-region objects. Perception & Psychophysics, 68, 1163-1175. PDF
Vecera, S. P., & Palmer, S. E. (2006). Grounding the figure: Contextual effects of depth planes on figure-ground organization. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 13, 563-569. PDF
Vecera, S. P., & Rizzo, M. (2006). Eye gaze does not produce reflexive shifts of visual attention: Evidence from frontal-lobe damage. Neuropsychologia, 44, 150-159. PDF
Lee, H., & Vecera, S. P. (2005). Visual cognition influences early vision: The role of visual short-term memory in amodal completion. Psychological Science, 16, 763-768. PDF
Vecera, S. P., & Flevaris, A. V. (2005). Attentional control parameters following parietal-lobe damage: Evidence from normal subjects. Neuropsychologia, 43, 1189-1203. PDF
Lazareva, O. F., Vecera, S. P., Levin, J. I.,, & Wasserman, E. A. (2005).  Object discrimination by pigeons: Effects of object color and shape. Behavioural Processes, 69, 17-31.
Vecera, S. P. (2004). The reference frame of figure-ground assignment. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 11, 909-915. PDF
Vecera, S. P., Flevaris, A. V., & Filapek, J. C. (2004). Exogenous spatial attention influences figure-ground assignment. Psychological Science, 15, 20-26. PDF
Vecera, S. P., & Rizzo, M. (2004). What are you looking at? Impaired 'social attention' following frontal-lobe damage. Neuropsychologia, 42, 1647-1665. PDF
Vecera, S. P., & Rizzo, M. (2003). Spatial attention: Normal processes and their breakdown. Neurologic Clinics of North America, 21, 575-607. PDF
Woodman, G. F., Vecera, S. P., & Luck, S. J. (2003). Perceptual organization influences visual working memory. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 10, 80-87 PDF
Rizzo, M., & Vecera, S. P. (2002). Psychoanatomical substrates of Balint's syndrome. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, 72, 162-178.
Vecera, S. P., Vogel, E. K., & Woodman, G. F. (2002). Lower-region: A new cue for figure-ground assignment. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 131, 194-205. PDF
Vecera, S. P. (2002). Dissociating "what" and "where" in visual form agnosia: A computational investigation. Neuropsychologia, 40, 187-204. PDF
Vecera, S. P., Behrmann, M., & Filapek, J. C. (2001). Attending to the parts of a single object: Part-based selection limitations. Perception & Psychophysics, 63, 308-321. PDF
Vecera, S. P. (2000). Toward a biased competition account of object-based segregation and attention. Brain and Mind, 1, 353-384. PDF
Vecera, S. P., Behrmann, M., & McGoldrick, J. (2000). Selective attention to the parts of an object. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 7, 301-308. PDF
Vecera, S. P., & O'Reilly, R. C. (2000). Graded effects in hierarchical figure-ground organization: A reply to Peterson (1999). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 26, 1221-1231. PDF
Vecera, S. P. (1998). Visual object representation: An introduction. Psychobiology, 26, 281-308.
Vecera, S. P., & Gilds, K. S. (1998). What processing is impaired in apperceptive agnosia? Evidence from normal subjects. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 10, 568-580. PDF
Vecera, S. P., & O'Reilly, R. C. (1998). Figure-ground organization and object recognition processes: An interactive account. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 24, 441-462. PDF
Vecera, S. P. (1997). Grouped arrays versus object-based representations: Reply to Kramer et al. (1997). Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 126, 14-18. PDF
Vecera, S. P., & Behrmann, M. (1997). Spatial attention does not require preattentive grouping. Neuropsychology, 11, 30-43. PDF
Vecera, S. P., & Farah, M. J. (1997). Is visual image segmentation a bottom-up or an interactive process? Perception & Psychophysics, 59, 1280-1296. PDF
Vecera, S. P., & Gilds, K. S. (1997). What is it like to be a patient with apperceptive agnosia? Consciousness and Cognition, 6, 237-266.
Johnson, M. H., & Vecera, S. P. (1996). Cortical differentiation and neurocognitive development: The parcellation conjecture. Behavioural Processes, 36, 195-212.
Vecera, S. P., & Johnson, M. H. (1995). Gaze detection and the cortical processing of faces: Evidence from infants and adults. Visual Cognition, 2, 59-87.
Vecera, S. P. (1994). Grouped locations and object-based attention: Comment on Egly, Driver, & Rafal (1994). Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 123, 316-320. PDF
Vecera, S. P., & Farah, M. J. (1994). Does visual attention select objects or locations? Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 123, 146-160. PDF
Farah, M. J., O'Reilly, R. C., & Vecera, S. P. (1993). Dissociated overt and covert recognition as an emergent property of a lesioned neural network. Psychological Review, 100, 571-588. PDF
Farah, M. J., Wallace, M. A., & Vecera, S. P. (1992). Le "quoi" et le "ou" dans l'attention visuelle: Indications provenant du syndrome d'heminegligence. ["What" and "where" in visual attention: Evidence from the neglect syndrome.] Revue de Neuropsychologie, 2(1), 29-50.
Clohessy, A., Posner, M. I., Rothbart, M. K., & Vecera, S. P. (1991). The development of inhibition of return in early infancy. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 3, 345-350.
Vecera, S. P., Rothbart, M. K., & Posner, M. I. (1991). Development of spontaneous alternation in infancy. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 3, 351-354.