Conference
The Scientific Meeting on Attention (RECA) began in Madrid in 1997, with the first congress, organised by Juan Botella. Since then, it has become a point of reference in Spain for all researchers interested in the Psychology of Attention, from its different areas, and a scientific space that allows the strengthening of collaborative ties between people dedicated to its study. Before the world bowed to the whims of the COVID, the congress was held every two years, having previously been held in Madrid, Santiago de Compostela, Valencia, Barcelona, Murcia, Mallorca, Seville, Jaén and Almería. This year we are bringing the congress back to Granada after 13 years, and we hope that it will be even stronger and with the same enthusiasm as always. Although RECA is a national scientific forum, in most of its previous editions it has also been able to count on the participation of internationally renowned researchers from other countries, since the first edition, with the guest lectures by Risto Näätänen and Steven P. Tipper. On this occasion we have the participation of Marisa Carrasco (New York University), Bruce Milliken (McMaster University) and Salvador Soto-Faraco (Pompeu Fabra University). The conference will take place on 6-8 October 2022, in the Aula Magna of the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology.
During these days we will meet to share the most recent research on attention and the advances made in recent years. As in past editions, we hope to have papers that address different aspects related to the scientific study of attention, both from basic research in Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, as well as from other more applied fields. We are very excited about the organisation of this edition and we are sure that it will be interesting and entertaining for everyone.
We encourage you to participate in this event which, in addition to having a scientific character, has always been intended to be a pleasant occasion for those of us who, through our common interest in care, have ended up cultivating a beautiful friendship.
Warm greetings and a warm welcome in advance.
The Organising Committee of RECA XIII.
Localitation
Hospice Avenue s/n Granada, España, 18010Important dates
- Submission of abstracts:: until 10 July
- Notice of acceptance: 30 July
- Registration with reduced fee: from 20 July to 15 September
- Registration with general fee: from 15 September onwards
Registrations
- Registration with reduced fee: from 20 July to 15 September
- Registration with general fee: from 15 September onwards
| REGISTRATIONS | |
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| Students (Undergraduate and Postgraduate) - reduced fee | 120 euros |
| Professors and Postdoctoral Researchers- reduced fee | 250 euros |
| Students (Undergraduate and Postgraduate) | 170 euros |
| Professors and Postdoctoral Researchers | 300 euros |
| Companios (60 euros) | 60 euros |
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The registration fee includes:
- Assistants: Abstract book, Coffee and fruit breaks, Friday lunch, Gala dinner, Guided tour, Farewell drink.
- Companions: Gala dinner and guided visit.
Registration Form (deadline)
Committees
Organising committee
- Juan Lupiáñez Castillo (University of Granada)
- Elisa Martín-Arévalo (University of Granada)
- Mª Concepción Castellanos (University of Granada)
- Fabiano Botta (University of Granada)
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* in alphabetical order
- Ana Francisca Palenciano Castro (Universidad de Granada)
- Belén Aranda Martín (University of Granada)
- Cristina Narganes Pineda (University of Granada)
- Greta Manini (University of Granada)
- Klara Hemmerich (University of Granada)
- Mar Martín Signes (University of Granada/University of Burdeos)
- María Cobos (University of Granada)
- Pablo Rodríguez (University of Granada)
- Rafael Román Caballero (University of Granada)
- Rocío Martínez Caballero (University of Granada)
- Tao Coll Martín (University of Granada)
Scientific committee
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* in alphabetical order
- Ana Chica (University of Granada)
- Andrea Marotta (University of Granada)
- Carlos González Garcia (University of Granada)
- Carmen Noguera Cuenca (University of Almería)
- Daniel Sanabria (University of Granada)
- Elisa Martín-Arévalo (University of Granada)
- Fabiano Botta (University of Granada)
- Juan José Ortells Rodríguez (University of Almería)
- Juan Lupiáñez (University of Granada)
- Mª Jesús Funes (University of Granada)
- Mª Rosario Rueda (University of Granada)
- María José Contreras (National University of Distance Education)
- Mariagrazia Capizzi (University of Granada)
- Pedro Montoro (National University of Distance Education)
Invited conferences:
Marisa Carrasco 🔗
Conferencia financiada por la SEPEX.How Attention shapes Perception
Visual attention is essential for visual perception. In this brief talk, I will illustrate how endogenous (voluntary) and exogenous (involuntary) attention differentially modulate visual perception. I will highlight findings from: (1) psychophysical experiments investigating how endogenous and exogenous covert attention alter tasks mediated by basic visual dimensions as well as their featural representations; (2) neuroimaging (fMRI) experiments differentiating effects of endogenous and exogenous attention on occipital cortex; (3) neurostimulation experiments establishing that transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) on occipital cortex extinguishes the effects of exogenous attention but not those of endogenous attention. Together these studies reveal how endogenous and exogenous attention shape perception by altering the processing of basic visual dimensions.
Bruce Milliken 1 🔗 and Brett Cochrane2.
1McMaster University , 2University of AberdeenLearning, Memory, and Imagery Effects in Pop-out Visual Search
Visual search is a widely used tool to study attention. When a search target differs from distractors on the basis of a single feature, pop-out is said to occur; that is, search performance is insensitive to display size. Although pop-out search was long thought to be driven entirely by bottom-up perceptual processing, research over the past two decades has pointed to a range of other factors that influence pop-out search. This talk will focus on research from our labs and others that point to all of learning, memory, and imagery effects in studies of pop-out search. In particular, we have found that imagery effects can occur together with memory effects on pop-out search, and that setting these two effects in opposition helps isolate their separate influences. We have also found a strong correspondence between subjective reports of vividness of imagery and pop-out search performance, and that repeated acts of imagining may itself form a type of memory habit that contributes to pop-out search. We discuss these results in the context of contemporary ideas about priority maps that guide visual search."
Salvador Soto-Faraco 🔗
Conflict in Perception
Multisensory perception is often studied through the effects of inter-sensory conflict, such as in the McGurk effect, the Ventriloquist illusion, and the Rubber Hand Illusion. Moreover, Bayesian approaches to cue fusion and causal inference overwhelmingly draw on cross-modal conflict to measure and to model multisensory perception. Given the prevalence of conflict, it is remarkable that accounts of multisensory perception have so far neglected theories of conflict monitoring and cognitive control, well established since about twenty years ago. I hope to make a case for the role of conflict monitoring and resolution during multisensory perception, and extend the case to visual perception in general. To this end, I will present EEG and fMRI data showing that cross-modal conflict in speech, resulting in either integration or segregation, triggers neural mechanisms of conflict detection and resolution. I will also present data supporting a role of these mechanisms during perceptual conflict in general, using Binocular Rivalry, surrealistic imagery, and cinema. Based on this preliminary evidence, I will argue that it is worth considering the potential role of conflict in perception and its incorporation in a causal inference framework. Finally, I will raise some potential problems associated with this proposal.
Schedule (provisional)
Oral Comunication: Presentations should not exceed 12 minutes in order to allow time for questions.
The maximum time for each paper shall be 15 minutes including the question time.
Written Comunication: Posters must have a dimension (width x height) of 90 x 120 cm in portrait format.
Papers can be presented in both Spanish and English. It is recommended that if you are presenting in one of the languages, the slides are in the other language.
Delivery of documentation
Inauguration of the RECA
Inaugural conference. Bruce Milliken
Learning, Memory, and Imagery Effects in Pop-out Visual Search.
Break and coffe
Session 1. Oral Communication
Cultural event
Friday 7 October
Session 2. Oral Communications
Coffe and Posters session I
Session 3. Oral Communications
Lunch.
Palace of santa paula
Session 4. Oral Communications
Break and coffe
Conference. Salvador Soto-Faraco
Conflict in Perception.
Reca13 Dinner.
Alameda Restaurant.
Saturday 8 October
Session 5. Oral Communications
Coffe and Posters session II
Closing conference (financed by sepex). Marisa Carrasco
How Attention shapes Perception.
Closing snack Reca.
College of Architects of Granada.
Venue
Aula Magna of the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology. Granada
Located on Rector López Argüeta Street, s/n.
Hotels
Hotels near the venue
Atenas Hotel * 🔗
20% discount with the code: UNIVERSIDAD22
Cancellation is free of charge up to 24 hours before arrival*.
The offer is valid subject to availability or until 7 days prior to arrival, after which time rooms can be booked but without the discount.
Gallery
Submission
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Submission of abstracts:: from 23 May to 10 July
Notice of acceptance: 30 July
Posters and oral presentations are welcome in either Spanish or English. Papers can be presented in both Spanish and English. It is recommended that if you are presenting in one of the languages, the slides are in the other language.