Attention and Perception Laboratory

Recent Scientific Meetings

 

 

Tsal, Y., Max, R. & Benoni, H. (2015). "Bottom-up" capture is a top-down phenomenon. Paper presented at the VSS Annual meeting,                St. Pete Beach, Florida.

 

 

Max, R. & Tsal, Y. (2015). Selection in flanker task is governed by identities and not by Locations. Paper presented at the VSS Annual              meeting, St. Pete Beach, Florida.

 

 

Max, R. & Tsal, Y. (2014). The exact timecourse of attention: The mutation paradigm .Paper presented at the VSS Annual meeting, St.              Pete Beach, Florida.

 

 

Tsal, Y & Benoni, H. (2014). Singleton capture can be a top-down. Paper  presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society,            Long Beach, CA.

 

 

Max, R. & Tsal, Y. (2014).. Attention judges by first impssion: The mutation paradigm. Paper  presented at the annual meeting of the                Psychonomic Society, Long Beach, CA.

 

 

Max, R. & Tsal, Y. (2013). The exact time window of visual distraction .Paper presented at the VSS Annual meeting, Naples Florida.

 

 

Mevorach, C. Humphreys, G. & Tsal, Y. (2013). Low level perceptual, not attention, processes modulate distractor intereference in high           perceptual load displays: Evidence from neglect patients. Paper presented at the VSS Annual meeting, Naples Florida.

 

Tsal, Y. (2012). Contrasting the theories of perceptual load and perceptual dilution. Invited Address, International Psychological                       Association. Cape town, South Africa

 

 

Tsal, Y. & Avital, R. (2012). Its all in your head: Distractor interference produced by top down expectations. Paper presented at the VSS          Annual meeting, Naples Florida.

 

 

Benoni, H., Zivoni, A & Tsal, Y. (2012). Attentional sets interact with load but not with dilution. Paper presented at the VSS Annual                  meeting, Naples Florida.

 

 

Max, R. & Tsal, Y. (2012). Selection modulated by intertribal discriminability: Robust reversals of perceptual load effects. Paper                        presented at the VSS Annual meeting, Naples Florida.

 

 

Tsal, Y. & Benoni, H. (2011). Dilution and task difficulty, but not load, affects selective  Attention. Paper presented at the VSS Annual              meeting, Naples Florida.

 

 

Tsal, Y. & Avital R. (2011). Its All In Your Head: Distractor Interference Produced By Top Down expectations. Paper presented at the              annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Seattle, U.S.A.

 

 

Avital, R. & Tsal, Y. (2011). It's All In Your Head: Congruency Effects Can Be Determined By Context Rather Than By Stimulus Identity.          Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Seattle, U.S.A.

 

 

Lahav, A. & Tsal, Y. (2011). Attention allocated to distractor locations is based on top down expectations. Paper presented at the                    annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Seattle, U.S.A.

 

 

Max, R. & Tsal, Y. (2011). Efficient Selection Modulated by Implicit Discriminability. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the                    Psychonomic Society, Seattle, U.S.A.

 

 

Benoni, H. & Tsal, Y. (2011). How does perceptual load differ from sensory constraints. Paper presented at the 27th meeting of the                  international society of Psychophysics. Tel Aviv, Israel.

 

 

Benoni, H., Zivoni, A. & Tsal, Y. Attentional sets do not impair the effects of dilution in selective attention. Paper presented at the 27th              meeting of the international society of Psychophysics. Tel Aviv, Israel.

 

 

Max, R. & Tsal, Y. (2011). Efficient Selection Modulated By Implicit Inter-Trial Patterns:    Convergent Dissociations from Perceptual                Load. Paper presented at the 27th meeting of the international society of Psychophysics. Tel Aviv, Israel.

 

 

Lahav, A. & Tsal, Y. (2011). Attention allocated to distractor locations is based on top down expectations. Paper presented at the 27th            meeting of the international society of Psychophysics. Tel Aviv, Israel.

 

 

Tsal, Y. & Benoni, H. (2011). Dilution and task difficulty, but not load, affect selective attention. Paper presented at the VSS Annual                  meeting, Naples Florida.

 

 

Max,  R. & Tsal, Y. (2011)  Efficient Selection Modulated By Implicit Inter-Trial Patterns:    Convergent Dissociations from Perceptual                Load. Proceedings of the 27th meeting of the ISP.

 

 

Lahav, A. & Tsal, Y. (2011). Attention allocated to distractor locations is based on top down expectations. Proceedings of the 27th                    meeting of the ISP.

 

 

Benoni, H. & Tsal, Y. (2011). How does perceptual load differ from sensory constraints. Proceedings of the 27th meeting of the ISP.

 

 

Benoni, H., Zivoni, A. & Tsal, Y. (2011). Attentional sets do not impair the effects of dilution in  selective attention. Proceedings of the              27th meeting of the ISP.

 

 

Invited Presentations

 

 

 

Tsal, Y. (2012). Contrasting the theories of perceptual load and perceptual dilution. Invited Address. International Psychological                      Association. Cape town, South Africa.

 

 

Tsal, Y. & Benoni, H. (2010). Dilution and task difficulty, but not load, affect selective attention. Invited lecture. The International                      Conference on Selection and Control Mechanism in Perception and Action, Jerusalem, Israel.

 

 

Tsal, Y. (1998). Effects of attention on length perception, gap detection, and visual localization: Towards a theory of attentional                        receptive fields. Invited lecture. Max Plank Symposium on Cognitive Contributions to the Perception of Spatial and Temporal                   Events. Ohlstadt, Germany.

 

 

Zakay, D., Block, R. & Tsal, Y.  (1996).  Time production as a workload measure.  Invited lecture. The annual meeting of Attention and            Performance XVII, Haifa, Israel.

 

 

Tsal, Y.  (1993).  Towards a resolution theory of visual attention. Invited lecture, the Sixth Conference of the European Society for                    Cognitive Psychology, Copenhagen. Denmark.

 

 

Tsal, Y. (1993).  Theoretical and applied aspects of attention. Invited symposium. The Israeli Psychological Association, Bar Ilan, Israel.

 

 

Tsal, Y.  (1992).  Effects of attention on perception of features and figural organization.  Invited lecture. Workshop on “Perceptual                    Organization and Object Recognition". Brussels, Belgium.               

 

 

Tsal, Y., Mevorach, L. and Meiran, N.  (1992).  Effects of attention on early perceptual processes:  Attention as a corrective mechanism.          Invited lecture, The Conference on Attention, Haifa, Israel.

 

 

Tsal, Y. (1987).  Location precedence in processing visual information. Invited lecture, The Bat Sheva International Seminar in Attention          and Sensory Processing.  Jerusalem, Israel.