Faculty
James R. Brockmole
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Profile
Dr. Brockmole’s research focuses on understanding how human observers acquire information about objects and scenes, how that information is retained in memory, and how stored knowledge about the visual world in turn guides behavior. Specific interests include understanding how the deployment of attention through visual displays is controlled, how visual features are bound to form object representations in short-term memory, how visual memory abilities change across the lifespan, how attention and memory interact to subserve various cognitive tasks such as visual search and spatial reasoning, and how long-term memory, context, and experience influence performance on visually guided tasks. The work in his lab therefore sits at the intersection of research on visual attention, visual memory, gaze control, spatial cognition, and cognitive ageing. Each of these interrelated issues is central to understanding how observers construct and use meaningful mental representations of visual environments. His lab uses a variety of tasks and dependent measures to investigate these aspects of cognition, but a major methodology involves the recording and analysis of eye movements, which reveal what and how visual information is processed in real time.
Recent Papers
Brockmole, J. R., & Boot, W. R. (in press). Should I stay or should I go? Attentional disengagement from visually unique and unexpected items at fixation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance.
Matsukura, M., Brockmole, J. R., & Henderson, J. M. (in press). Overt attentional prioritization of new objects and feature changes during real-world scene viewing. Visual Cognition.
Logie, R. H., Brockmole, J. R., & Vandenbroucke, A. R. E. (2009). Bound feature combinations are fragile in visual short-term memory but form the basis for long-term learning. Visual Cognition, 17, 160-179.
Brockmole, J. R., Hambrick, D. Z., Windisch, D. J., & Henderson, J. M. (2008). The role of meaning in contextual cueing: Evidence from chess expertise. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 61, 1886-1896.
Brockmole, J. R., & Henderson, J. M. (2008). Prioritizing new objects for eye fixation in real-world scenes: Effects of object-scene consistency. Visual Cognition, 16, 375-390.
Brockmole, J. R., Parra, M. A., Della Sala, S., & Logie, R. H. (2008). Do binding deficits account for age-related decline in visual working memory?. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 15, 543-547.
Ehinger, K. A., & Brockmole, J. R. (2008). The role of color in visual search in real-world scenes: Evidence from contextual cueing. Perception & Psychophysics, 70, 1366-1378.
Brockmole, J. R., Castelhano, M. S., & Henderson, J. M. (2006). Contextual cueing in naturalistic scenes: Global and local contexts. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 32,699-706.
Brockmole, J. R., & Henderson, J. M. (2006). Recognition and attention guidance during contextual cueing in real-world scenes: Evidence from eye movements. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 59, 1177-1187.
Brockmole, J. R., & Henderson, J. M. (2006). Using real-world scenes as contextual cues during search. Visual Cognition, 13, 99-108.
Gajewski, D. A., & Brockmole, J. R. (2006). Feature bindings endure without attention: Evidence from an explicit recall task. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 13, 581-587.
Boot, W. R., Brockmole, J. R., & Simons, D. J. (2005). Attention capture is modulated in dual-task situations. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 12, 662-668
Brockmole, J. R., & Henderson, J. M. (2005). Attentional prioritization of new objects in real-world scenes: Evidence from eye movements. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 31, 857-868.
Brockmole, J. R., & Henderson, J. M. (2005). Object appearance, disappearance, and attention prioritization in real-world scenes. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 12, 1061-1067.
Brockmole, J. R., & Irwin, D. E. (2005). Eye movements and the integration of visual memory and visual perception. Perception & Psychophysics, 67, 495-512.
Contact Information
Office: 118C Haggar Hall
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
Phone : 574-631-7257
Email: james.brockmole@nd.edu
Website:
http://www.nd.edu/~jbrockm1