2026 Benjamin W. Tatler: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	34	10104	9458	992	948	77	6402

Overview

Benjamin W. Tatler is affiliated with the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields with a focus on neuroscience and computer science, covering 13 publications in neuroscience and 9 in computer science.

The scientist's work primarily focuses on several subfields, including cognitive neuroscience, computer vision and pattern recognition, social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, and human-computer interaction.

Main topics in Tatler's research include:

Visual Attention and Saliency Detection
Visual Perception and Processing Mechanisms
Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
Free Will and Agency
Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology
Face Recognition and Perception

Their recent publications include:

"Social Agency as a continuum" (2020), published in Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
"The effects of cognitive distraction on behavioural, oculomotor and electrophysiological metrics during a driving hazard perception task" (2020), published in Accident Analysis & Prevention
"The interplay between gaze and consistency in scene viewing: Evidence from visual search by young and older adults" (2021), published in Attention Perception & Psychophysics
"Navigating the narrative: An eye-tracking study of readers' strategies when Reading comic page layouts" (2022), published in Applied Cognitive Psychology
"Age Differences in Gaze Following: Older Adults Follow Gaze More than Younger Adults When free-viewing Scenes" (2022), published in Experimental Aging Research

Tatler frequently publishes in venues such as Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, Accident Analysis & Prevention, Applied Cognitive Psychology, Attention Perception & Psychophysics, and Cognitive Research Principles and Implications.

Regular collaborators include Crystal A. Silver, Ramakrishna Chakravarthi, Bert Timmermans, Louise H. Phillips, and Eunice G. Fernandes.

Best Publications

Visual correlates of fixation selection: effects of scale and time

Benjamin W. Tatler;Roland J. Baddeley;Iain D. Gilchrist

911
Citations
Eye guidance in natural vision: reinterpreting salience.

Benjamin W. Tatler;Mary Myleen Hayhoe;Michael F. Land;Dana Harry Ballard

898
Citations
Looking and Acting: Vision and eye movements in natural behaviour

Michael F Land;Benjamin W Tatler

574
Citations
Yarbus, eye movements, and vision

Benjamin W Tatler;Nicholas J Wade;Hoi Kwan;John M Findlay

305
Citations
The prominence of behavioural biases in eye guidance

Benjamin W. Tatler;Benjamin T. Vincent

240
Citations
Steering with the head: The visual strategy of a racing driver

Michael F Land;Benjamin W Tatler

240
Citations
Systematic tendencies in scene viewing

Benjamin W. Tatler;Benjamin T. Vincent

237
Citations
The long and the short of it: spatial statistics at fixation vary with saccade amplitude and task.

Benjamin W. Tatler;Roland J. Baddeley;Benjamin T. Vincent

220
Citations
The moving tablet of the eye

Nicholas J. Wade;Benjamin W. Tatler

206
Citations
You look where I look! Effect of gaze cues on overt and covert attention in misdirection

Gustav Kuhn;Benjamin W. Tatler;Geoff G. Cole

188
Citations
Magic and fixation: now you don't see it, now you do.

Gustav Kuhn;Benjamin W Tatler

151
Citations
Visual memory for objects in natural scenes: From fixations to object files

Benjamin W. Tatler;Iain D. Gilchrist;Michael F. Land

145
Citations
Vision and the representation of the surroundings in spatial memory

Benjamin W. Tatler;Michael F. Land

134
Citations
The time course of abstract visual representation

Benjamin W Tatler;Iain D Gilchrist;Jenny Rusted

131
Citations
Does preoccupation impair hazard perception? A simultaneous EEG and Eye Tracking study

Steven W. Savage;Douglas D. Potter;Benjamin W. Tatler

129
Citations
Misdirection in magic: Implications for the relationship between eye gaze and attention

Gustav Kuhn;Benjamin W. Tatler;John M. Findlay;Geoff G. Cole

127
Citations
Global visual scanning abnormalities in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Patricia E.G. Bestelmeyer;Benjamin W. Tatler;Louise H. Phillips;Gillian Fraser

119
Citations
LATEST: A model of saccadic decisions in space and time.

Benjamin W. Tatler;James R. Brockmole;R. H. S. Carpenter

118
Citations
Characterising the visual buffer: real-world evidence for overwriting early in each fixation.

Benjamin W Tatler

97
Citations
Do as eye say: Gaze cueing and language in a real-world social interaction

Ross G. Macdonald;Benjamin W. Tatler

93
Citations
Gaze in a real-world social interaction: A dual eye-tracking study.

Ross G Macdonald;Benjamin W Tatler

81
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Iain D. Gilchrist University of Bristol

Gustav Kuhn Plymouth University

Louise H. Phillips University of Aberdeen

John M. Findlay Durham University

Martin H. Fischer University of Potsdam

Samuel B. Hutton University of Sussex

James R. Brockmole University of Notre Dame

Philip J. Benson University of Aberdeen

David Melcher University of Trento

External Links

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