The UTC Graduate School is pleased to announce that\u00a0Chase Artopoeus will present Master’s research titled,\u00a0A Look Into How Inhibition and Stress Influence Visual Orienting on\u00a003\/03\/2025 at\u00a010:00 in\u00a0540 McCallie Ave. Room 357. Everyone is invited to attend.\u00a0
Psychology
Chair:\u00a0Bret Eschman
Co-Chair:\u00a0Jill Shelton
Abstract:
Abstract Our experience is often a product of the allocation of attention to a specific object in a given visual field. Commonly referred to as selective attention, it acts as the driver for our perception of the world. Selective attention involves two main processes, visual orienting and inhibition. Visual orienting is the act of visually attending to a specific object, while inhibition is the act of suppressing any outside noise that isn\u2019t the current object of focus. The Posner paradigm effectively measured visual orienting and inhibition together in adults and has been viewed as a foundational measure of these two processes. Years later, the infant orienting with attention (IOWA) task was created and successfully shown to reliably measure visual orienting in infants. By demonstrating the IOWA task can accurately measure orienting in adult populations as well, the current study hopes to bridge the gap between adult and infant measures of attention by providing (a potential) longitudinal measure of an individual\u2019s orienting using the same task. In addition, the current study aims to measure how perceived stress influences both orienting and inhibition. Using eye tracking technology to measure orienting via reaction time and accuracy values, we expect an adult population using the IOWA task to produce similar trends compared to those attained in the original Posner task. Furthermore, a significant relationship between stress and orienting ability is anticipated. Participants with higher levels of perceived stress will experience slower reaction times and accuracy compared to participants with lower levels of perceived stress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The UTC Graduate School is pleased to announce that\u00a0Chase Artopoeus will present Master’s research titled,\u00a0A Look Into How Inhibition and Stress Influence Visual Orienting on\u00a003\/03\/2025 at\u00a010:00 in\u00a0540 McCallie Ave. Room 357. Everyone is invited to attend.\u00a0 Psychology Chair:\u00a0Bret Eschman Co-Chair:\u00a0Jill Shelton Abstract: Abstract Our experience is often a product of the allocation of attention to… <\/p>\n