Research Interests

Visual attention and perception

Primary Research Area

Cognition

Training Areas

Behavioral & Cognitive Neuroscience

Cognition

Research Group

Visual Perception

Representative Publications

Stilwell, B. T., Bahle, B., & Vecera, S. P. (2019). Feature-based statistical regularities of distractors modulate attentional capture. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 45(3), 419–433. https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000613

Stilwell, B. T., & Vecera, S. P. (2019). Learned and cued distractor rejection for multiple features in visual search. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 81(2), 359–376. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-018-1622-8

Stilwell, B. T., & Vecera, S. P. (2019). Cued distractor rejection disrupts learned distractor rejection. Visual Cognition, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/13506285.2018.1564808

Lester, B. D., & Vecera, S. P. (2018). Active listening delays attentional disengagement and saccadic eye movements. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 25(3), 1021–1027. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-017-1310-z

Vatterott, D. B., Mozer, M. C., & Vecera, S. P. (2018). Rejecting salient distractors: Generalization from experience. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 80(2), 485–499. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-017-1465-8

Wyland, H. C., & Vecera, S. P. (2017). Goal-directed attentional selection: Limitations from input variables, not imprecision. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 43(1). https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000287

Cosman, J. D., Mordkoff, J. T., & Vecera, S. P. (2016). Stimulus recognition occurs under high perceptual load: Evidence from correlated flankers. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 42(12). https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000278

Research areas

• Attention
• Cognitive Neuroscience
• Executive Function
• Learning and Memory
• Perception
• Vision