Our recent study on visual orienting activity just appeared as an Early Release on the Journal of Neuroscience website. Do visual targets elicit N2pc without concurrent distractors? No, but they do elicit visual orienting activity (VOA). jneurosci.org/content/early/…

Our manuscript on Visual Orienting Activity (VOA) is now available publicly on ResearchGate: researchgate.net/publication/35…

Here's the latest research from the goofballs in HEL ResearchGate: researchgate.net/publication/36…

Do salient visual objects invariably capture attention? Authors Daniel Tay, Ali Jannati, MD, PhD, Jessica Green & John McDonald investigated by recording brain electricity in a novel paradigm. Findings detailed in APA Journals Human Perception & Performance. Link: doi.org/10.1037/xhp000…

What’s wrong with this picture? 1—Iowa's 88-year-old, ANTI-ABORTION Senator Chuck Grassley is running for re-election. 2—His opponent called the recent SCOTUS decision "a direct attack on women." 3—American Psychological Association’s affiliated "Psychology PAC" just donated $2500 to Grassley’s campaign.

Congrats to Andrew Lowery for publishing this cool paper! It is available on JEPGEN (online first) and on my ResearchGate page. Revisiting the automaticity of reading: Electrophysiological recordings show that stroop words capture spatial attention. psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-85…

People have difficulty responding to a second target (T2) while they are busy processing a preceding target (T1). But can people suppress a salient visual distractor (D2) that accompanies T2? Is there an attentional blink for distractor suppression?

Something new from my lab! The attentional blink affects the ability to suppress salient visual distractors. Please share if you think it is cool. ResearchGate: researchgate.net/publication/36…

Dear fellow profs, especially those of you in swing states: According to the Higher Education Act of 1965, it is not only our right, but our obligation to teach civic engagement. We have at least some influence over our students, so let’s use it! Here are some ideas....

5) Many groups are working to increase voter participation among students, like allinchallenge.org You can also work with them on your campus and direct your students to do the same. 6) Write a letter in your faculty newsletter with any of the ideas here.

7) Please retweet this thread adding with your own ideas.

The deadline to apply for the SFU PhD Program in Psychology is quickly approaching (Dec 1, 11:59 PM PST)! If you're interested in studying attention and distraction using EEG and behavioural measures, please do not hesitate to contact me! sfu.ca/psychology/gra…

#Attention is theorized to play a key role in #WorkingMemory, a link between selective-enhancement processes & WM has proved elusive. Daniel Tay & John McDonald reveal this missing link and the condition that is sufficient to reveal it #PLOSBiology plos.io/3XzfXiC

#SFUPsychology students! We are looking for people to participate in our EEG studies. Each session takes two hours or less. We pay you $20 as a small token of our appreciation for helping us in our scientific pursuits!

Do salient visual distractors elicit early ERP activity associated with suppression of an "attend-to-me" signal? Or is this early activity associated with the attend-to-me signal itself? Find out here: rdcu.be/eRXYG Keywords: distraction, distractor positivity, PD.