Recent Conference Presentations & Posters
[* = published abstract]
* Kimchi, R. & Peterson, M. A. (May, 2008). Figure-ground segmentation can occur without attention. Vision Sciences Society Meeting,
* Skow, E., & Peterson, M. A. (2007, May). Identity,
location, and direction can be learned quickly in repeated search. Vision
Sciences Society Meeting,
Trujillo, L.T., Peterson, M.A., & Allen, J.J.B. (November, 2005). Human ERP Correlates of Cross-Edge Competition During Figure-Assignment. Annual Society for Neuroscience Meeting, Washington, DC. [Poster]
Peterson, M.A., & Skow, E. (May, 2005). Intermediate level medium-span configurations can mediate past experience effects on figure assignment. Vision Sciences Society Meeting, Sarasota, FL. [Poster]
Kim, J.H., & Peterson, M.A. (May, 2005). The time course of the operation of bilateral symmetry as a configural cue. Vision Sciences Society Meeting, Sarasota, FL. [Poster]
Landau, A., Aviezer, H., Robertson, L.C., Peterson, M.A., Soroker, N., Sacher, Y., Boneh, Y., & Bentin, B. Implicit object recognition in visual integrative agnosia: case SE. Vision Sciences Society Meeting, Sarasota, FL. [Abstract]
Skow, E., & Peterson, M.A. (May, 2005). Competing action memories can produce the appearance of memory-free visual search. Vision Sciences Society Meeting, Sarasota, FL. [Poster]
Trujillo, L.T., Peterson, M.A., & Allen, J.J.B. (May, 2005). Electrophysiological evidence for early access to object memories during figure assignment in humans. Vision Sciences Society Meeting, Sarasota, FL. [Abstract]Trujillo, L. T. & Peterson, M. A., & Allen, J.J.B. (October, 2004). P100 and N170 ERP Components Reflect Differences Among Upright, Inverted, And Scrambled Mooney Faces. Poster presented at the Annual Society for Neuroscience Meeting, San Diego, CA. [Poster]
Peterson, Mary A. (August, 2004). Past Experience and Competition in Figure Assignment. Talk invited for symposium, "Neo-Gestalt Contributions to the Understanding of Perceptual Organization," at the International Congress of Psychology, Beijing, China. [Abstract]
Skow-Grant, E., & Peterson, M. A. (May, 2004). Past experience in figural assignment: partial configurations are sufficient. Vision Sciences Society Meeting, Sarasota, FL. [Abstract] [Poster]
Rauschenberger, R., & Peterson, M. A. (May. 2004). When unambiguous stimuli become ambiguous: Spatiotemporal context effects with nominally unambiguous stimuli. Vision Sciences Society Meeting, Sarasota, FL. [Abstract]
Burge, J., Peterson, M. A., & Palmer, S. E. (May, 2004). Perceived depth is influenced both by binocular disparity and configural cues. Vision Sciences Society Meeting, Sarasota, FL. [Abstract]
Skow-Grant, E., Rauschenberger, R., & Peterson, M. A. (2003, November). Attention, not Inhibition of Return, Tracks Objects. Object Perception, Attention, and Memory Meeting, Vancouver, B.C.
Kim, J.H., & Peterson, M.A. (2003, November). Long range interactions among local competitions for figural status. Object Perception, Attention, and Memory meeting, Vancouver, B.C. [Poster]
Peterson, M. A., & Kim, J. H. (2003, October). Does context modulate the strength of the configural cue of symmetry? Fall Vision Meeting, Tucson, AZ.
* Skow-Grant, E. & Peterson, M. A. (2003, May). Where has object-based IOR gone? Vision Sciences Society Meeting, Sarasota, FL. Abstract published in: Journal of Vision, 3, 9, 335. [Abstract] [Poster]
* Peterson, M. A., & Rauschenberger, R. (2003, May). Context affects border assignment in the target stimulus in visual search. Vision Sciences Society Meeting, Sarasota, FL. Abstract published in: Journal of Vision, 3, 9, 232. [Abstract] [Poster]
* Kim, J.H., & Peterson, M.A. (2002, May). Contextual modulation of the strength of Gestalt configural cues. Vision Sciences Society Meeting, Sarasota, FL. Abstract published in: Journal of Vision, 2, 7, 481. [Abstract] [Poster]
* Schulz, M. F., Rauschenberger, R., & Peterson, M. A. (2002, May). Amodal completion in passively viewed displays: A priming study. Vision Sciences Society Meeting, Sarasota, FL. Abstract published in: Journal of Vision, 2, 681. [Abstract] [Poster]
* Skow Grant, E., Lampignano, D. W., Kim, J. H., & Peterson, M. A. (2002, May). Tests of a competitive interactive model of figure assignment. Vision Sciences Society Meeting, Sarasota, FL. Abstract published in: Journal of Vision, 2, 7, 472. [Abstract] [Poster]
* Rauschenberger, R. Peterson, M. A., Mosca, F., & Brun, N. (2002, May). A modified search task investigates an alternative to the two-stage model of amodal completion. Vision Sciences Society Meeting, Sarasota, FL. Abstract published in: Journal of Vision, 2, 7, 680. [Abstract]
* Peterson, M. A. & Enns, J. T. (2002, May). Memory for an edge includes figure and ground assignment. Vision Sciences Society Meeting, Sarasota, FL. Abstract published in: Journal of Vision, 2, 7, 497. [Abstract] [Poster]
* Peterson, M. A. & Lampignano, D. L.(2002, May). Memory for novel shapes of grounds? An alternative hypothesis. Vision Sciences Society Meeting, Sarasota, FL. Abstract published in: Journal of Vision, 2, 408. [Abstract]
Payne, J. D, Jacobs, W.J., Peterson, M. A., Lopez, C., Hardt, O., & Nadel, L. (2002, April). Stressing Memory: Effects on Spatial and Episodic Memory. Cognitive Neuroscience Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Peterson, M. A., & Kim, J.H. (2001, November). Context Modulates the Gestalt Configural Cue of Convexity. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Orlando, FL.
Schulz, M. F., Peterson, M. A., Sanocki, T., & Sellers, E. W. (2001, November). Time course of perceptual grouping: A priming study. Paper to be presented at the Annual Object Perception and Memory Meeting, Orlando, FL.
Payne, J.D. Peterson, M.A. Jacobs, W.J.& Nadel, L. (2001. November). Stress Effects On Perceptual Binding, Attention And False Memory. Poster presented at the Annual Society for Neuroscience Meeting, San Diego, CA.
* Kim, J. H. & Peterson, M. A. (2001, May). Contextual modulation of the strength of the Gestalt configural cues. Poster presented at the first annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL. Abstract published in: Journal of Vision, 1, 3, 390. [Abstract] [Poster]
* Lampignano, D. L., & Peterson, M. A. (2001, March). Are long term memories established for the shapes of grounds? Poster presented at the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, New York, NY.
Peterson, M.A., & Rapscak, S. Z. (2001, March). Task requirements and attention. Poster presented at the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, New York, NY. [Poster]
* Peterson, M. A. & Zemel, R. S. (2000, May). Location specificity in object learning. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Abstract published in: Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, 41, 1725.
Peterson, M. A. (1999, November). Inhibition and facilitation of object memories during image segregation. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Los Angeles, CA.
* Peterson, M. A. & Gerhardstein, P. C. (1999, May). Object-centered attentional biases in the intact brain. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
Peterson, M. A., & Zemel, R. S. (1998, November). Location specificity in memories of novel objects. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Dallas, TX.
* Peterson, M. A., de Gelder, B., Rapcsak, S. Z., Gerhardstein, P. C., and Bachoud-Lvi, A.-C. (1998, May). A double dissociation between implicit and explicit object recognition processes revealed by figure-ground segmentation. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
Peterson, M. A., Suzuki, S., Zemel, R. S., & Rapcsak, S. Z. (1998, March). Intact and impaired object processing following dorsal visual system damage. Poster presented at the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA.
Peterson, M. A, & Hector, J. E. (1997, November). Relative location-specificity of object recognition cues to depth segregation. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Peterson, M. A., & de Gelder, B. (1997, June). Preserved object recognition contributions to depth segregation in an agnosic patient. Poster presented at the McDonnell-Pew Cognitive Neuroscience Meeting, Oxford, England.
* Suzuki, S., & Peterson, M. A. (1997, May). Intentional (Attentional) Control of Bi-Stable Apparent Motion Depends Upon Retinal Location. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
Suzuki, S., Peterson, M. A., Moscovitch, M., and Behrmann, M. (1997, March). Viewpoint Specificity in the Identification of Simple Volumetric Objects (Geons) is Evident in Control Subjects and Very Exaggerated in Persons with Visual Object Agnosia. Poster presented at the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston, MA.
Peterson, M. A., and Hector, J. E. (1996, November) Evidence for the Piecemeal Nature of Pre-depth Object Recognition Processes. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago, IL.
Peterson, Mary A. (1995, November). Do Equiluminant Borders Reveal Influences of Pre-Depth Object Recognition Processes? Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Los Angeles, CA.
* Gerhardstein, P. C., & Peterson, M. A. (1995, May). On the role of symmetry and axis of elongation in the recognition of misoriented objects. Poster presented at the meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Orlando, FL.