2018
Dynamics of neural representations when searching for exemplars and categories of human and non-human faces
Bayet L, Zinszer B, Pruitt Z, Aslin RN, Wu R. Dynamics of neural representations when searching for exemplars and categories of human and non-human faces. Scientific Reports 2018, 8: 13277. PMID: 30185919, PMCID: PMC6125483, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-31526-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-human facesHuman faceNeural representationTime-resolved multivariate pattern analysisFace perception abilitiesTraditional ERP analysisIndividual human facesMultivariate pattern analysisVisual search studiesNature of representationAttentional selectionERP analysisPerception abilityCategory representationsNeural patternsCategories of humanVisual searchExemplar representationsNeural responsesTarget itemsCategory targetsIndividual faceSearch studiesHuman adultsBehavioral effectsEmergence of the benefits and costs of grouping for visual search
Wu R, McGee B, Rubenstein M, Pruitt Z, Cheung OS, Aslin RN. Emergence of the benefits and costs of grouping for visual search. Psychophysiology 2018, 55: e13087. PMID: 29663415, PMCID: PMC6113073, DOI: 10.1111/psyp.13087.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual searchTraining conditionsVisual search efficiencyAttentional selectionNeural responsesExplicit instructionTarget viewPlanned comparisonsRelated itemsSame objectInteraction effectsPretestObjectsDifferent viewsSearch efficiencyPosttestPresent studyParticipantsInstructionItemsViewANOVABenefits
2016
A neural signature of rapid category-based target selection as a function of intra-item perceptual similarity, despite inter-item dissimilarity
Wu R, Pruitt Z, Runkle M, Scerif G, Aslin RN. A neural signature of rapid category-based target selection as a function of intra-item perceptual similarity, despite inter-item dissimilarity. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics 2016, 78: 749-760. PMID: 26732265, PMCID: PMC4811727, DOI: 10.3758/s13414-015-1039-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttentional templatesPerceptual similarityVisual searchVisual search taskHigh-level categorizationNeural measuresNeural signaturesFeature similaritySearch taskCategory itemsSearch templateSearch performanceDissimilar featuresCategory levelNovel categoryAmount of informationTarget selectionCategorizationItemsObjectsWordsTaskAdulthoodCategoriesAdults
2013
Searching for Something Familiar or Novel: Top–Down Attentional Selection of Specific Items or Object Categories
Wu R, Scerif G, Aslin RN, Smith TJ, Nako R, Eimer M. Searching for Something Familiar or Novel: Top–Down Attentional Selection of Specific Items or Object Categories. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2013, 25: 719-729. PMID: 23281777, PMCID: PMC3804645, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00352.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObject categoriesAttentional target selectionTarget-defining featureCategory-based searchVisual search experimentsAttentional templatesAttentional controlAttentional selectionN2pc componentAttentional guidanceCategory learningPrime stimuliVisual searchNovel contextCategory searchItem levelN2pcCategory levelSearch experimentsSpecific itemsTarget selectionFamiliarStimuliPrimesLearning