Here's a new paper in which we analyzed >700,000 eye movements to understand attentional suppression of distracting stimuli. This large dataset helps resolve some longstanding questions about the timing and learning of suppression. @kaitlyndrennan.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

new paper in TICS officially out today. great learning from and writing with Anastasia, and super cool cover art from Prof. Pinar Yoldas. www.cell.com/trends/cogni...

What can we learn from >700,000 eye movements about distractor suppression? Tonight, Kaitlyn Drennan will present a large data set that aims to resolve difficult-to-answer questions about distractor suppression. Stop by her poster to see beautiful data! ​

Are working memory representations feature-based or object-based? This afternoon, Chenye Bao will present some awesome ERP work using the CDA component to test between these accounts. She finds an interesting discrepancy between behavior and ERPs. Don't miss her talk! @chenyebao.bsky.social

How do we learn to ignore salient distractors? This morning, Yue Zhang will be present fascinating work suggesting successful ignoring actually requires an initial instance of capture. This learning can occur rapidly within 1-2 trials! Don't miss her talk. @yuezhang-mu.bsky.social ​

Great keynote by Joy Geng at OPAM! Super cool research and great early career advice. Very inspiring and motivational to see!

Does the breadth of attentional focus determine whether salient stimuli capture attention? Theeuwes has suggested prior evidence of signal suppression can be explained by parallel search. Xiaojin Ma put this to the test. Stop by her poster to learn more! @xiaojinma.bsky.social

The human-neuroscience N2pc marker of covert and internal attention co-occurs with spatial biases in microsaccades, 200-300 ms after prompted to shift attention. (How) are these empirical phenomena related? Check it out in the latest work led by @baiweiliu.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Upcoming presentations at Psychonomics. We have many super-cool projects on attention and working memory that you don't want to miss! See you in Denver! @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social @xiaojinma.bsky.social @chenyebao.bsky.social @yuezhang-mu.bsky.social @kaitlyndrennan.bsky.social

#sensoryprocessingsensitivity #neuroskyence

Any early-career researchers in #workingmemory wanting to contribute to an #openscience initiative? I'm looking for help building up a data hub resource for the field. Volunteers can expect to devote a few hours, and might pick up insights into handling research data and how to use Github.

Job announcement! UN Reno Psychology (Cognitive & Brain Sciences division) is hiring for a tenure-track position. Come join us! We have a great group! Deadline December 1. Please share! nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UNR-external... #neuroskyence #neuroscience

I am accepting a Ph.D. student to begin Fall 2026. The position would be part of the Cognition and Neuroscience program at Mizzou. Great opportunities to learn eye tracking and ERPs. Ideal candidates will have some background in attentional capture and visual search. If interested, please email me!

We found attentional suppression might be related to re-coding salient singleton locations in a inverted format to target locations www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

We published a review paper updating the Signal Suppression Account to version 2.0. We explain challenges to the original theory and how it has been updated in response. This refined theory makes new predictions about learned suppression that need testing. gaspelinblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/09/t...

1/ Why are we so easily distracted? 🧠 In our new EEG preprint w/ Henry Jones, @monicarosenb.bsky.social and @edvogel.bsky.social we show that distractibility is associated w/ reduced neural connectivity — and can be predicted from EEG with ~80% accuracy using machine learning.

By integrating the 'pinging' technique with fMRI-based multivariate pattern analysis, we provide evidence for a dual-format representation of attention during the preparatory period. doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

We are looking for our next colleague. Feel free to reach out to me if you have questions!

New paper from my lab testing how the breadth of attentional focus influences visual distraction by salient stimuli. Across six experiments, we find no ERP or behavioral evidence in support of the attentional window account. Read about it on my blog: gaspelinblog.wordpress.com/2025/09/08/t...

Vision peeps... Gah! What's the citation demonstrating people's ability to track objects defined purely by common motion, as in this demo? I've been racking my brain for days. Thanks!

Our new paper using transformers to understanding scene semantics has finally dropped in Open Mind. Fully open access. #cognition #percepton (If you follow me for music you can ignore this one.) direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...

Excited this review paper is out! We update the signal suppression account to explain recent findings related to attention capture by salient stimuli. We also propose new mechanisms of learned attentional control. Written with Steve Luck and @xiaojinma.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.3...

A great tutorial by Xiaojin Ma on how to use PsychoPy for programming a cognitive task.

That's a wrap! The "R Workshop for Psychology and Neuroscience" is officially done. Two weeks coding and fun with amazing junior researchers. If you missed it, you can find the course materials (including videos) on our website. Thanks NSF for funding! See you next year... rworkshop.missouri.edu

Ever notice how a ticking clock or flashing banner stops bothering you? In our new @nature.com Scientific Reports paper, we focus on the stages involved in habituation to visual distractors, using #EEG ERP and oscillations. rdcu.be/euAIE @snsf.ch @unifr.bsky.social @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social

Big congrats!

Celebratory dinner with the Luck and Gaspelin labs at VSS.

So proud to see all of my students past and present at their VSS posters.

Come see our VSS presentations!

Abstract submission is now open for WMS2025 (Deadline: May 31st)! Working memory ECRs, we look forward to receiving your submissions!!! wmsymposium.org

🚨⚠️ Last call for our virtual workshop on "R Programming for Psychology and Neuroscience." Free and over the summer break. Funded by NSF. Open to all students from any university. Applications are due 4/30. Visit our website: rworkshop.missouri.edu

Origins and consequences of cognitive fatigue Feature Review by Mathias Pessiglione, Bastien Blain (@bastien-blain.bsky.social), Antonius Wiehler, & Shruti Naik Free access before May 20: tinyurl.com/2va75b5j

Great opportunity!

This will be a fun Psychonomics!

This looks pretty interesting...

Apply for a FREE virtual workshop on "R Programming for Psychology and Neuroscience." Sponsored by NSF and will take place this summer. Enrollment is open to all students. Direct training on using R to analyze data from psychological tasks. Applications due 4/30. 🤓🧑‍💻 sites.google.com/view/r-progr...

📢 out now in CABN: Individual differences in subcomponents of the N400: Comprehension ability predicts contextual support effects while spelling ability predicts orthographic anomaly effects link.springer.com/article/10.3...

Why not make an impactful contribution to our field by organising the growing Working Memory Symposium? A great opportunity for a postdoc to demonstrate that they care about the researcher community, while having a lot of fun!

This summer, I will be hosting a virtual workshop for computer programming in cognitive neuroscience, funded by NSF. It is designed to teach early-career students the basics of R to analyze data from cognitive tasks. More info, including a syllabus and how to apply: sites.google.com/view/r-progr...

I'm excited to see this work finally out. We used concurrent EEG and eye tracking to measure covert shifts of attention before eye movements. We found limited evidence of a mandatory N2pc before eye movements...but we could decode the target position before an eye movement was generated.

Really enjoying this book. So many great examples for teaching Sensation and Perception!

This looks like a great opportunity for someone to good for our field!

Happy to announce that I'll soon be an associate editor at Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition!

Just in case you missed my Psychonomics talk, we recently found that dynamic stimuli are more difficult to suppress than static stimuli. Interestingly, adding a static salient feature to a dynamic stimulus makes it completely ignorable! gaspelinblog.wordpress.com/2024/06/05/s...

Great time at Psychonomics 2024! @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social

New article in JEP:HPP! We show an interesting relationship of salience and relevance. When a salient item is a target, it is found more easily. But when the *same* salient item is a distractor, it is more easily ignored. Read about it on my blog! gaspelinblog.wordpress.com/2024/08/22/p...

The 2024 Call for Symposia is now open! Organize and submit your proposal by April 1: bit.ly/3uddmkz #psynom24