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Ronald Rensink

Departments of Psychology and Computer Science
University of British Columbia
2136 West Mall
Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4
Canada
Office phone: 604-822-2579
Office fax: 604-822-6923

Email: rensink@psych.ubc.ca
Home page: http://www.psych.ubc.ca/rensink/




Change Detection Research Interests
My research in change detection is based on the assumption that in order to see (i.e., visually experience) change, attention is needed; given this, it becomes possible to use change detection to explore various aspects of visual attention. My particular interests in this regard involve two different sets of issues. The first is the nature of attention itself, i.e., the mechanisms involved in detecting change. This is explored by looking at the ability to detect various kinds of changes under "flicker" conditions, where the automatic drawing of attention has been nulled. The second set of issues concerns how attention is involved in providing our perception of a scene. Here, I have been investigating how nonattentional streams can direct attention and co-ordinate its application so that the result is a dynamic representation capable of providing a subjectively seamless impression of our surroundings.

Other Research Interests
Visual attention, preattentive vision, visual search, spatial perception, visual interface design.

Change Detection Publications
Rensink, R.A., O'Regan, J.K., and Clark, J.J. (1995). Image Flicker is as Good as Saccades in Making Large Scene Changes Invisible. Perception, 24(suppl.):26-27. [ECVP 1995; Tuebingen, Germany.]

>O'Regan, J.K., Rensink, R.A., and Clark, J.J. (1996). "Mud Splashes" Render Picture Changes Invisible. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 37:213. [ARVO 1996; Ft. Lauderdale, FL.]

Rensink, R.A. (1996). The Attentional Capacity of Visual Search Under Flicker Conditions. Perception, 25(suppl.):2. [ECVP 1996; Strassburg, France.]

Rensink, R.A., O'Regan, J.K., and Clark, J.J. (1996). To See or Not to See: The Need for Attention to Perceive Changes in Scenes. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 37:213. [ARVO 1996; Ft. Lauderdale, FL.]

O'Regan, J.K., Deubel, H., Clark, J.J., and Rensink, R.A. (1997). Picture Changes During Blinks: Not Seeing Where You Look and Seeing Where You Don't Look. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 38:707. [ARVO 1997; Ft. Lauderdale, FL.]

Rensink, R.A. (1997a). How Much of a Scene is Seen? The Role of Attention in Scene Perception. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 38:707. [ARVO 1997; Ft. Lauderdale, FL.]

Rensink, R.A. (1997b). Iconoclasm Redux: Limits to the Involvement of Iconic Memory in Visual Search. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 38:364. [ARVO 1997; Ft. Lauderdale, FL.]

Rensink, R.A., O'Regan, J.K., and Clark, J.J. (1997). To See or Not to See: The Need for Attention to Perceive Changes in Scenes. Psychological Science, 8:368-373.

Rensink, R.A. (1998a). On the Failure to Detect Changes in Scenes Under Flicker Conditions. Proceedings of the 69th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, 69:89. 1998. [EPA 1998; Boston, MA.]

Rensink, R.A. (1998b). Mindsight: Visual Sensing Without Seeing. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 39:631. [ARVO 1998; Ft. Lauderdale, FL.]

Rensink, R.A. (1998c). Limits to Attentional Selection for Orientation. Perception, 27(suppl.):36. [ECVP 1998; Oxford, England.]

Rensink, R.A. (1998d). Change Blindness and the Dynamic Nature of Vision. Abstracts of the Psychonomics Society, 3:53. [Psychonomics 1998; Dallas, TX.]

Rosenholtz, R.E., and Rensink, R.A. (1998). Change Detection in Textured Patterns. Perception, 27(suppl.):205-206. [ECVP 1998; Oxford, England.]

Harp, C.J., and Rensink, R.A. (1999). A Comparison of Attentional Processing in Younger and Older Observers. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 40:50. [ARVO 1999; Ft. Lauderdale, FL.]

O'Regan, J.K., Rensink, R.A., and Clark, J.J. (1999). Change Blindness as a Result of 'Mudsplashes'. Nature, 398:34.

Rensink, R.A. (1999a). The Magical Number One, Plus or Minus Zero. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 40:52. [ARVO 1999; Ft. Lauderdale, FL.]

Rensink, R.A. (1999b). Attentional Processing of Geometric Figures. Perception, 28(suppl.):55-56. [ECVP 1999; Trieste, Italy.]

O'Regan, J.K., Deubel, H., Clark, J.J., and Rensink, R.A. (2000). Picture Changes During Blinks: Looking Without Seeing and Seeing Without Looking. Visual Cognition, 7: xx-xx.

Rensink, R.A. (2000a). The Dynamic Representation of Scenes. Visual Cognition, 7:17-42.

Rensink, R.A. (2000b). Visual Search for Change: A Probe into the Nature of Attentional Processing. Visual Cognition, 7:345-376.

Rensink, R.A., O'Regan, J.K., and Clark, J.J. (2000). On the Failure to Detect Changes in Scenes Across Brief Interruptions. Visual Cognition, 7:127-145.

Rensink, R.A. (2000c). Seeing, Sensing, and Scrutinizing. Vision Research, 40: 1469-1487.

Rensink RA (2000d). When Good Observers Go Bad: Change Blindness, Inattentional Blindness, and Visual Experience. Psyche, Psyche, 6, URL: http://psyche.cs.monash.edu.au/v6/psyche-6-09-rensink.html.

Rensink RA (2001). Change Blindness: Implications for the Nature of Attention. In MR Jenkin and LR Harris (eds.), Vision and Attention (pp. 169-188). New York: Springer.

Rensink RA (2002). Change Detection. Annual Review of Psychology, 53:245-277.




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