Short-term picture comprehension and memory

Potter, M. C., & Fox, L. F. (submitted). Detecting and remembering simultaneous pictures in RSVP.

Potter, M. C., Staub, A., & O'Connor, D. H. (2004). Pictorial and conceptual representation of glimpsed pictures. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 30, 478-489. [PDF]

Potter, M.C. (1976). Short-term conceptual memory for pictures. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 2, 509-522.[PDF]

Potter, M.C. (1975). Meaning in visual search. Science, 187, 965-966. [PDF]

Potter, M.C., & Levy, E.I. (1969). Recognition memory for a rapid sequence of pictures. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 81, 10-15. [PDF]

Attention in search tasks: The Attentional Blink

Nieuwenstein, M.R., Johnson, A., Kanai, R., & Martens, S. (in press). Cross-task repetition amnesia: Impaired recall of RSVP targets held in memory for a secondary task. Acta Psychologica.[PDF]

Nieuwenstein, M.R. (2006). Top-down controlled, delayed selection in the attentional blink. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 32, 973-985.[PDF]

Nieuwenstein, M.R., & Potter, M.C. (2006). Temporal limits of selection and memory encoding: A comparison of whole versus partial report in rapid serial visual presentation. Psychological Science,17(6),471-475.[PDF]

Nieuwenstein, M.R., Chun, M.M., Hooge, I.T.C., & Van der Lubbe, R.H.J. (2005). Delayed attentional engagement in the attentional blink. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. [PDF]

Chun, M. M., & Potter, M. C. (2001). The attentional blink and task-switching within and across modalities. In K. Shapiro (Ed.), The limits of attention: Temporal constraints on human information processing (pp. 20-35). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Potter, M. C., Chun, M. M., Banks, B. S., & Muckenhoupt, M. (1998). Two attentional deficits in serial target search: The visual attentional blink and an amodal task-switch deficit. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 24, 979-992. [PDF]

Chun, M.M., & Potter, M.C. (1995). A two-stage model for multiple target detection in rapid serial visual presentation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 21, 109-127. [PDF]

Detecting words in two streams at high rates

Potter, M. C., Dell'Acqua, R., Pesciarelli, F., Job, R., Peressotti, F., & O'Connor, D. H. (2005). Bidirectional semantic priming in the attentional blink. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.[PDF]

Davenport, J. L., & Potter, M. C. (2005). The locus of semantic priming in RSVP target search. Memory & Cognition.[PDF]

Potter, M. C. (2005). Competition for attention in space and time: The first 200 ms. In H. Ogmen & B. G. Breitmeyer (Eds.) The first half second: The microgenesis and temporal dynamics of unconscious and conscious visual processes. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. [PDF]

Potter, M. C., Staub, A., & O'Connor, D. H. (2002). The time course of competition for attention: Attention is initially labile. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 28, 1149-1162. [PDF]

Comprehension of an object and its background

Davenport, J. L. (under review). Contextual effects in object and scene processing.

Davenport, J. L., & Potter, M. C. (2004). Scene consistency in object and background perception. Psychological Science, 15, 559-564. [PDF]

Conceptual Short Term Memory (CSTM)

O'Connor, K. J., & Potter, M. C. (2002). Constrained formation of object representations. Psychological Science, 13, 106-111. [PDF]

Potter, M. C. (1999). Understanding sentences and scenes: The role of Conceptual Short Term Memory. In V. Coltheart (Ed.), Fleeting memories: Cognition of brief visual stimuli (pp.13-46). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.[PDF]

Potter, M.C., & Lombardi, L. (1998). Syntactic priming in immediate recall of sentences. Journal of Memory and Language, 38, 265-282. [PDF]

Potter, M.C., Stiefbold, D., & Moryadas, A. (1998). Word selection in reading sentences: Preceding versus following contexts. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 24, 68-100.[PDF]

Potter, M.C. (1993). Very short-term conceptual memory. Memory & Cognition, 21, 156-161. [PDF]

Potter, M.C., Moryadas, A., Abrams, I., & Noel, A. (1993). Word perception and misperception in context. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 19, 3-22.[PDF]

Lombardi, L., & Potter, M.C. (1992). The regeneration of syntax in short term memory. Journal of Memory and Language, 31, 713-733.[PDF]

Potter, M.C., & Lombardi, L. (1990). Regeneration in the short-term recall of sentences. Journal of Memory and Language, 29, 633-654.[PDF]

Potter, M.C. (1990). Remembering. In D. Osherson & E. Smith (Eds.), An invitation to cognitive science. Vol. 3: Thinking (pp. 3-32). Cambridge, MA: Bradford/MIT Press.[PDF]

Potter, M.C. (1984). Rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP): A method for studying language processing. In D. Kieras & M. Just (Eds.), New methods in reading comprehension research (pp. 91-118). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.[PDF]

Potter, M.C. (1983). Representational buffers: The eye-mind hypothesis in picture perception, reading, and visual search. In K. Rayner (Ed.), Eye movements in reading: Perceptual and language processes (pp. 423-437). New York: Academic Press.[PDF]

Potter, M.C., Kroll, J.F., & Harris, C. (1980). Comprehension and memory in rapid sequential reading. In R. Nickerson (Ed.), Attention and Performance VIII (pp. 395-418). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.[PDF]

Repetition Blindness

Bavelier, D., & Potter, M.C. (1992). Visual and phonological codes in repetition blindness. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 18, 134-147. [PDF]

Kanwisher, N.G., & Potter, M.C. (1990). Repetition blindness: Levels of processing. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 16, 30-47. [PDF]

Kanwisher, N.G., & Potter, M.C. (1989). Repetition blindness: The effects of stimulus modality and spatial displacement. Memory & Cognition, 17, 117-124.[PDF]

Pictures and words

Potter, M. C., Staub, A., Rado, J., & O'Connor, D. H. (2002). Recognition memory for briefly-presented pictures: The time course of rapid forgetting. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 28, 1163-1175.[PDF]

Potter, M.C., & Kroll, J.F. (1987). Conceptual representation of pictures and words: Reply to Clark. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 116, 310-311. [PDF]

Potter, M.C., Kroll, J.F., Yachzel, B., Carpenter, E., & Sherman, J. (1986). Pictures in sentences: Understanding without words. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 115, 281-294. [PDF]

Von Eckardt, B., & Potter, M.C. (1985). Clauses and the semantic representation of words. Memory & Cognition, 13, 371-376. [PDF]

Potter, M.C., So, K.-F, Von Eckardt, B., & Feldman, L. (1984). Lexical and conceptual representation in beginning and proficient bilinguals. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 23, 23-38. [PDF]

Kroll, J.F., & Potter, M.C. (1984). Recognizing words, pictures, and concepts: A comparison of lexical, object, and reality decisions. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 23, 39-66.[PDF]

Potter, M.C. (1979). Mundane symbolism: The relations among objects, names, and ideas. In N.R. Smith & M. B. Franklin (Eds.), Symbolic functioning in childhood (pp. 41-65). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. [PDF]

Potter, M.C., & Faulconer, B.A. (1979). Understanding noun phrases. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 18, 509-521.[PDF]

Potter, M.C., Valian, V.V., & Faulconer, B.A. (1977). Representation of a sentence and its pragmatic implications: Verbal, imagistic, or abstract? Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 16, 1-12.[PDF]

Potter, M.C., & Faulconer, B.A. (1975). Time to understand pictures and words. Nature, 253, 437-438.[PDF]

Other

Potter, M. C., & O'Connor, D. H. (Submitted). Recognizing a word in an RSVP stream: Against an early phonological route.

Xu, Y., Pollatsek, A., & Potter, M. C. (1999). The activation of phonology during silent Chinese word reading. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 25, 838-857. [PDF]

Potter, M.C., & Levy, E.I. (1968). Spatial enumeration without counting. Child Development, 39, 265-272. [PDF]

Potter, M.C. (1966). On perceptual recognition. In J.S. Bruner, R.A. Olver, & P.M. Greenfield (Eds.), Studies in cognitive growth (pp. 103-134). New York: Wiley.

Bruner, J.S., & Potter, M.C. (1964). Interference in visual recognition. Science, 144, 424-425. Reprinted in R.N. Haber (Ed.) (1968). Contemporary theory and research in visual perception, and in J.S. Bruner (1973), Beyond the information given. [PDF]