
Office: 202 Audubon Hall
Department of Psychology
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Office Phone: (225) 578-7214
Email: mbeck@lsu.edu
Department of Psychology
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Office Phone: (225) 578-7214
Email: mbeck@lsu.edu
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RESEARCH INTEREST
The research in my laboratory focuses on understanding the cognitive processes involved in the perception of a complete and continuous visual world.
To this end, the research in my lab focuses on the following more specific areas:
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Levin, D.T., Angelone, B.A., & Beck, M.R. (in press). Visual search for rare targets: Distracter-tuning as a mechanism for learning from repeated failed searches. British Journal of Psychology.
Beck, M.R. & van Lamsweerde, A.E.(2011). Accessing long-term memory representations during visual change detection. Memory and Cognition. Download PDF
Beck, M.R., Lohrenz, M.C., Trafton, J.G., (2010). Measuring search efficiency in complex visual search tasks: Global and local clutter. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 16(3), 238-250. Download PDF
Hong, L. S. & Beck, M. R. (2010). Uncertainty compensation in human attention: Evidence from response times and eye fixation durations. PLOS One, 5(7).
Lohrenz, M.C., Trafton, J.G., Beck, M.R., & Gendron, M.L. (2009). A model of clutter for complex, multivariate, geospatial displays. The Journal of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 51(1), 90-101.
Beck, M. R., Angelone, B.A., Levin, D.T., Peterson, M.S., & Varakin, A. (2008). Implicit learning for probable changes in a visual change detection task. Consciousness and Cognition, 17, 1192-1208.
Peterson, M.S., Beck, M.R. & Wong, J. H. (2008). Executive control is required for efficient visual search. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 15(2), 372-377.
Beck, M.R., Peterson, M.S., & Angelone, B.A. (2007). The roles of encoding, retrieval, and awareness in change detection. Memory and Cognition, 35(4), 610-620.
Peterson, M.S., Beck, M.R., & Vomela, M. (2007). The guidance of attention by retrospective and prospective memory during visual search. Perception and Psychophysics, 69(1), 123-135.
Beck, M.R., Peterson, M.S., & Angelone, B.A. (2007). The roles of encoding, retrieval, and awareness in change detection. Memory and Cognition, 35(4), 610-620.
Peterson, M.S., Beck, M.R., & Vomela, M. (2007). The guidance of attention by retrospective and prospective memory during visual search. Perception and Psychophysics, 69(1), 123-135.
Beck, M. R., Levin, D.T. & Angelone, B.A. (2007) Metacognitive errors in change detection: Lab and life converge. Consciousness and Cognition, 16, 58-62.
Beck, M. R., Levin, D.T. & Angelone, B.A. (2007) Change blindness blindness: Beliefs about the roles of intention and scene complexity in change detection. Consciousness and Cognition, 16, 31-51.
Beck, M. R., Peterson, M.S., Boot, W.R., Vomela, M. & Kramer, A.K. (2006) Explicit Memory for Rejected Distractors During Visual Search. Visual Cognition, 14(2), 150-174.
Beck, M.R., Peterson, M.S. & Vomela, M. (2006). Memory for where, but not what, is used during visual search. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 32(2), 235-250.
Beck, M. R., Angelone, B.A., & Levin, D. T. (2004). Knowledge about the probability of change affects change detection performance. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 30(4), 778-791.
Levin, D. T. & Beck, M. R. (2004). Thinking about seeing: Spanning the differences between metacognitive failure and success. In Daniel Levin (Ed) Thinking about seeing: Visual metacognition in adults and children. (pp. 121 – 144). Cambridge MA: MIT Press.
Beck, M. R. & Levin, D. T. (2003). The role of representational volatility in recognizing pre- and postchange objects. Perception and Psychophysics, 65(3), 458-468.
Levin, D.T., Drivdahl, S., Momen, N, Beck, M. (2002). False predictions about the detectablility of visual changes: The role of beliefs about attention, memory, and the continuity of attended objects in causing change blindness blindness. Consciousness and Congnition, 11, 507-527.
Zaragoza, M. S., Payment, K. E., Ackil, J.K., Drivdahl, S. B., & Beck, M. R. (2001). Interviewing witnesses: Forced confabulation and confirmatory feedback increase false memories. Psychological Science, 12(6), 473-477.
Click here to view my lab website.
RESEARCH INTEREST
The research in my laboratory focuses on understanding the cognitive processes involved in the perception of a complete and continuous visual world.
To this end, the research in my lab focuses on the following more specific areas:
The roles of memory, attention, and decision making in visual perception
The effects of visual changes in the environment on psychophysical and behavioral measures of performance
Using eye movements to measure the role of attention during visual perception
The influence of previous knowledge and expectations on visual processing
The role of metacognitive beliefs in visual perception
Cognitive modeling of visual processing
The application of human visual processing capacities and limits to the design of robot and computer interfaces
The effects of visual changes in the environment on psychophysical and behavioral measures of performance
Using eye movements to measure the role of attention during visual perception
The influence of previous knowledge and expectations on visual processing
The role of metacognitive beliefs in visual perception
Cognitive modeling of visual processing
The application of human visual processing capacities and limits to the design of robot and computer interfaces
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Levin, D.T., Angelone, B.A., & Beck, M.R. (in press). Visual search for rare targets: Distracter-tuning as a mechanism for learning from repeated failed searches. British Journal of Psychology.
Beck, M.R. & van Lamsweerde, A.E.(2011). Accessing long-term memory representations during visual change detection. Memory and Cognition. Download PDF
Beck, M.R., Lohrenz, M.C., Trafton, J.G., (2010). Measuring search efficiency in complex visual search tasks: Global and local clutter. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 16(3), 238-250. Download PDF
Hong, L. S. & Beck, M. R. (2010). Uncertainty compensation in human attention: Evidence from response times and eye fixation durations. PLOS One, 5(7).
Lohrenz, M.C., Trafton, J.G., Beck, M.R., & Gendron, M.L. (2009). A model of clutter for complex, multivariate, geospatial displays. The Journal of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 51(1), 90-101.
Beck, M. R., Angelone, B.A., Levin, D.T., Peterson, M.S., & Varakin, A. (2008). Implicit learning for probable changes in a visual change detection task. Consciousness and Cognition, 17, 1192-1208.
Peterson, M.S., Beck, M.R. & Wong, J. H. (2008). Executive control is required for efficient visual search. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 15(2), 372-377.
Beck, M.R., Peterson, M.S., & Angelone, B.A. (2007). The roles of encoding, retrieval, and awareness in change detection. Memory and Cognition, 35(4), 610-620.
Peterson, M.S., Beck, M.R., & Vomela, M. (2007). The guidance of attention by retrospective and prospective memory during visual search. Perception and Psychophysics, 69(1), 123-135.
Beck, M.R., Peterson, M.S., & Angelone, B.A. (2007). The roles of encoding, retrieval, and awareness in change detection. Memory and Cognition, 35(4), 610-620.
Peterson, M.S., Beck, M.R., & Vomela, M. (2007). The guidance of attention by retrospective and prospective memory during visual search. Perception and Psychophysics, 69(1), 123-135.
Beck, M. R., Levin, D.T. & Angelone, B.A. (2007) Metacognitive errors in change detection: Lab and life converge. Consciousness and Cognition, 16, 58-62.
Beck, M. R., Levin, D.T. & Angelone, B.A. (2007) Change blindness blindness: Beliefs about the roles of intention and scene complexity in change detection. Consciousness and Cognition, 16, 31-51.
Beck, M. R., Peterson, M.S., Boot, W.R., Vomela, M. & Kramer, A.K. (2006) Explicit Memory for Rejected Distractors During Visual Search. Visual Cognition, 14(2), 150-174.
Beck, M.R., Peterson, M.S. & Vomela, M. (2006). Memory for where, but not what, is used during visual search. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 32(2), 235-250.
Beck, M. R., Angelone, B.A., & Levin, D. T. (2004). Knowledge about the probability of change affects change detection performance. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 30(4), 778-791.
Levin, D. T. & Beck, M. R. (2004). Thinking about seeing: Spanning the differences between metacognitive failure and success. In Daniel Levin (Ed) Thinking about seeing: Visual metacognition in adults and children. (pp. 121 – 144). Cambridge MA: MIT Press.
Beck, M. R. & Levin, D. T. (2003). The role of representational volatility in recognizing pre- and postchange objects. Perception and Psychophysics, 65(3), 458-468.
Levin, D.T., Drivdahl, S., Momen, N, Beck, M. (2002). False predictions about the detectablility of visual changes: The role of beliefs about attention, memory, and the continuity of attended objects in causing change blindness blindness. Consciousness and Congnition, 11, 507-527.
Zaragoza, M. S., Payment, K. E., Ackil, J.K., Drivdahl, S. B., & Beck, M. R. (2001). Interviewing witnesses: Forced confabulation and confirmatory feedback increase false memories. Psychological Science, 12(6), 473-477.






