Breaking the Fourth Wall of Cognitive Science: Attention in the lab and in the wild
Alan Kingstone, Professor and Distinguished University Scholar, University of British Columbia
Psychology Common Room, Social Sciences Complex, 12a Priory Road
Please note, the seminar will take place on Wednesday 12 June, rather than a Friday, due to Friday 14 June being a University Open Day.
Abstract
The “fourth wall” in theatre is the illusory barrier that allows the audience to believe that the stage is a world apart from theirs. Experiments in social attention, just like in theatre, employ a similarly convenient, illusory barrier between participants and the stimuli they are presented with.
This talk presents evidence that when the fourth wall of cognitive science is broken - when the stimuli can look back at the participant - common results can be turned on their head, leading to fundamental new insights and directions for research on eye movements and attention.
Short biography
Alan Kingstone (PhD, FRSC) is interested in the brain mechanisms of human behaviour in real world situations. He is a Professor and Distinguished Scholar in the Department of Psychology at The University of British Columbia; and serves as the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Advisor in the Office of the VPRI at UBC.
Contact information
For any queries, please contact bvi-enquiries@bristol.ac.uk.
