Program

The program for the 16th Annual OPAM is available to download. It contains the schedule for talks (also shown below), information about the poster session, abstracts for all talks and posters, and the abstract for the keynote talk.

Download: Program for 16th Annual OPAM (pdf)

OPAM 2008 Talk Session
Continental A, Hilton Hotel Chicago
7:30Registration 
8:10Opening Remarks 
Chair: Joseph BrooksOrganization, Emotion, & Multisensory Perception
8:15Erik Van der Burg, Christian N.L. Olivers, Adelbert W. Bronkhorst, Durk Talsma & Jan TheeuwesMultisensory synchrony guides attention in dynamic cluttered environments
8:30Martha Kaiser & Maggie ShiffrarIndividual differences in perceptual sensitivity to emotional human movement.
8:45Mitsouko van Assche, Pierre Gos & Anne GierschPerceptual organization across hemispheres
9:00Break 
Chair: Kim CurbyFaces, Objects, & Scenes
9:15Michael L. Mack & Thomas J. PalmeriObjects in scenes: Is one system enough?
9:30Rama Amishav & Ruth KimchiPerceptual Interactions Between Facial Properties
9:45Tim Smith & John HendersonFacilitation of return during scene viewing
10:00Ming Meng, Sharon Gilad & Pawan SinhaFace Recognition with Contrast Chimeras
10:15-11:45Poster SessionNorthwest Hall, Lower Level Hilton Hotel
11:45Lunch(on your own)
Chair: Artem BelopolskyWorking Memory
12:45Benoit Brisson & Pierre JolicoeurExpress re-engagement of attention but delayed entry into visual short-term memory following invalid spatial cueing
1:00Mariko Yamaguchi & Lisa FeigensonSelective attention of working memory contents by 11 month-old infants
1:15Stephenie Harrison & Frank TongDecoding reveals the contents of working memory in human visual cortex
1:30Nancy B. Carlisle, Leanne Boucher & Geoff WoodmanThe influence of strategy on the interaction of working memory guidance of attention
1:45Break 
Chair: Sarah ShomsteinObjects and Attention
2:00Lauren Hecht, Brandon Abbs & Shaun VeceraAuditory object-based attention
2:15Brian Levinthal & Alejandro LlerasContext-free inhibition: attentional biases transfer strongly across temporal and spatial search tasks
2:30Louis K. H. Chan & William G. HaywardObject-based attention is "turned off" by top-down control
2:45Ana Torralbo & Diane BeckPerceptual load-induced selection as a consequence of local spatial interactions
3:00Keynote Speaker: Glyn HumphreysAttention and action - an intimate coupling
4:00Closing Remarks