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Overview

John M. Henderson is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Computer Science, with 63 and 45 publications respectively. Within these fields, their work focuses on several subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Sensory Systems, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Human-Computer Interaction.

Their research topics cover a range of areas related to visual and sensory processing. Prominent themes include Visual Attention and Saliency Detection, Visual perception and processing mechanisms, Face Recognition and Perception, Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies, Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, and Neural dynamics and brain function.

Frequent co-authors in their publications highlight ongoing collaborations with Taylor R. Hayes, Candace E. Peacock, Gwendolyn Rehrig, Deborah Cronin, and Lisa M. Oakes.

John M. Henderson has published extensively in venues such as the Journal of Vision, with 15 publications, followed by Attention Perception & Psychophysics, Cognition, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, and Frontiers in Psychology. These venues reflect a consistent focus on cognitive and perceptual psychology, as well as interdisciplinary approaches to sensory and neural processes.

Several recent papers illustrate the scope of their work. These include:

  • Looking for Semantic Similarity: What a Vector-Space Model of Semantics Can Tell Us About Attention in Real-World Scenes, 2021, Psychological Science
  • Meaning and expected surfaces combine to guide attention during visual search in scenes, 2021, Journal of Vision
  • Eye Movements in Real-World Scene Photographs: General Characteristics and Effects of Viewing Task, 2020, Frontiers in Psychology
  • Boreal forest fire CO and CH 4 emission factors derived from tower observations in Alaska during the extreme fire season of 2015, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Developmental changes in natural scene viewing in infancy., 2021, Developmental Psychology

Best Publications

  • Contextual guidance of eye movements and attention in real-world scenes: the role of global features in object search.

    Antonio Torralba;Aude Oliva;Monica S. Castelhano;John M. Henderson

  • Human gaze control during real-world scene perception

    John M. Henderson

  • HIGH-LEVEL SCENE PERCEPTION

    John M. Henderson;Andrew Hollingworth

  • The effects of semantic consistency on eye movements during complex scene viewing

    John M. Henderson;Phillip A. Weeks Jr.;Andrew Hollingworth

  • Effects of foveal processing difficulty on the perceptual span in reading: Implications for attention and eye movement control.

    John M. Henderson;Fernanda Ferreira

  • Accurate visual memory for previously attended objects in natural scenes

    Andrew Hollingworth;John M. Henderson

  • Top-down control of visual attention in object detection

    A. Oliva;A. Torralba;M.S. Castelhano;J.M. Henderson

  • Eye movements are functional during face learning

    John M. Henderson;Carrick C. Williams;Richard J. Falk

  • Eye Movements During Scene Viewing: An Overview

    John M. Henderson;Andrew Hollingworth

  • VISUAL SALIENCY DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR EYE MOVEMENTS DURING VISUAL SEARCH IN REAL-WORLD SCENES

    John M. Henderson;James R. Brockmole;Monica S. Castelhano;Michael Mack

  • The Role of Fixation Position in Detecting Scene Changes Across Saccades

    John M. Henderson;Andrew Hollingworth

  • Use of verb information in syntactic parsing : evidence from eye movements and word-by-word self-paced reading

    Fernanda Ferreira;John M. Henderson

  • Clustering of Gaze During Dynamic Scene Viewing is Predicted by Motion

    Parag K. Mital;Tim J. Smith;Robin L. Hill;John M. Henderson

  • Viewing task influences eye movement control during active scene perception

    Monica S. Castelhano;Michael L. Mack;John M. Henderson

  • Executive functions and ADHD in adults: evidence for selective effects on ADHD symptom domains.

    Joel T. Nigg;Gillian Stavro;Mark Ettenhofer;David Z. Hambrick

  • To see and remember: visually specific information is retained in memory from previously attended objects in natural scenes.

    Andrew Hollingworth;Carrick C. Williams;John M. Henderson

  • Recovery from misanalyses of garden-path sentences ☆

    Fernanda Ferreira;John M Henderson

  • The Interface of Language, Vision, and Action: Eye Movements and the Visual World

    John M. Henderson;Fernanda Ferreira

  • Does consistent scene context facilitate object perception

    Andrew Hollingworth;John M. Henderson

  • Scene Perception for Psycholinguists.

    John M. Henderson;Fernanda Ferreira

Frequent Co-Authors

Fernanda Ferreira
Fernanda Ferreira University of California, Davis
Tim J. Smith
Tim J. Smith Birkbeck, University of London
Andrew Hollingworth
Andrew Hollingworth University of Iowa
James R. Brockmole
James R. Brockmole University of Notre Dame
Antje Nuthmann
Antje Nuthmann Kiel University
Marc G. Berman
Marc G. Berman University of Chicago
Joel T. Nigg
Joel T. Nigg Oregon Health & Science University
Keith Rayner
Keith Rayner University of California, San Diego
Rutvik H. Desai
Rutvik H. Desai University of South Carolina
Alexander Pollatsek
Alexander Pollatsek University of Massachusetts Amherst

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