Special Issue "Human Attention and Visual Cognition"

Dear Colleagues,

Human abilities of attention and visual cognition are now of great interest to researchers in imaging and computer vision; the purpose of this issue is to present these human abilities in an accessible manner that speaks to those researchers and cognitive scientists in general, while providing a showcase for the brain. Ideal papers would provide big-picture insight into functional aspects of human attention and visual cognition. In addition, papers that explore the interplay of high-level human and machine concepts are of interest.

To give an indication of issue content, the following papers have been promised or are in review:

Gronau, N. To grasp the world at a glance: The role of attention in visual and semantic associative processing.

Loschky, L. et al. Explaining top-down effects on information extraction and attentional selection in real-world video with the scene perception & event comprehension theory (SPECT).

Sanocki, T. & Prakash, A. Attention setting and the machinery of the brain.

Further Information

Visual Cognition is a set of high-level processes that operate on incoming stimulation to select and extract meaningful information, including processes of visual search and scene perception. Attention refers to energy-related modifications of those processes, including effects of intentions and practice. Papers in all areas of human attention and visual cognition with research achievement and big-picture insight will be considered for this Special Issue. Explorations of the interplay of high-level human and machine concepts will also be of interest.

An ideal paper might present an expert’s view of a problem and theoretical approach, and describe supportive evidence with elegance. The goal is to review human attention and visual cognition, supported by current evidence, for educated readers such as computer imaging scientists and graduate students of all stripes. Length and tone should approximate an accessible chapter from a classic chapter collection, with reasonable explanations, and better pictures.

Many processes of visual cognition evolved for the everyday human activity of perceiving scenes, which is very dynamic, varying markedly with situational and task variables, and changing in size and temporal scale, breadth, content, and product. Research areas that reflect such dynamics are of particular interest.

Inquiries welcome.

Prof. Dr. Thomas Sanocki
Guest Editor

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• attention
• visual cognition
• scene perception
• event  perception
• categorization
• task switching
• high level vision

Title: To grasp the world at a glance: The role of attention in visual-associative processing
Authors: Nurit Gronau
Affiliation: Open University of Israel

Title: Explaining top-down effects on information extraction and attentional selection in real-world video with the scene perception & event comprehension theory (SPECT)
Authors: Lester Loschky; et al.
Affiliation: Kansas State University

Title: Attention and visual working memory
Authors: Pushkar Prakash; Tom Sanocki
Affiliation: University of South Florida

Title: Attention setting and the machinery of the brain
Authors: Thomas Sanocki; Pushkar Prakash
Affiliation: University of South Florida