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Stephen Mitroff
Department of Psychology
Harvard University
33 Kirkland Street, #810
Cambridge, MA 02138
USA
Office phone: 617-495-7753
Office fax: 617-496-3122
Email: mitroff@wjh.harvard.edu
Home page: http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~mitroff
Change Detection Research Interests
I am interested in categorization and change detection. By using various change detection tasks, both intentional and incidental, I am looking to explore how categorical information can influence one's ability to notice changes. Intentionally, by combining the methods of Categorical Perception tasks with Change Detection tasks, I hope to uncover possible unconscious or automatic categorical influences. Incidentally, using short video clips with various changes, I am investigating whether or not category membership will aid or hinder detection. In the future I look to use change detection as a tool for studying the development of representation and categorical knowledge. As the adult picture becomes clearer, change detection research should serve as a useful means for studying cognitive development.
Other Research Interests
cognitive development, concepts and categories
Change Detection Publications
Simons, D. J., & Mitroff, S. R. (in press). The incidental stance. In L.R. Harris & M. Jenkin (Eds.), Vision and Attention. Springer.
Mitroff, S. R., & Simons, D. J. (submitted). Changes are not localized before they are detected. JEP:HPP
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