ResearchI use information processing models to explore various issues in cognition, including visual attention and visual working memory. Several of my recent projects have involved the analysis of reaction time distributions in order to model visual attention. Also, I have used eye movements to uncover mechanisms of attention, using a new paradigm called comparative visual search.
I am also investigating directed forgetting with Jonathan Golding. Our recent work has uncovered some of the mechanisms involved in the ability to suppress or forget previously-learned words.
My research subjects include college students and older adults between the ages of 65 and 80. In many of our projects, we compare the performances across age groups in order to understand some of the basic mechanisms underlying cognition.
Selected Publications
- Gottlob, L. R. (in press). Aging and capacity in the same-different judgment. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition. View PDF file here.
- Gottlob, L. R. (in press). Aging and comparative search for feature differences. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition. View PDF file here.
- Gottlob, L. R. (in press). Location cuing and response time distributions in visual attention. Perception & Psychophysics.View PDF file here.
- Golding, J. M. & Gottlob, L. R. (in press). Recall order determines the magnitude of directed forgetting in the within-participants list method. Memory & Cognition.
- Sego, S. A., Golding, J. M., & Gottlob, L. R. (in press). The preservation of mechanisms of directed forgetting in older adults. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition.
- Gottlob, L. R., Goldinger, S.D., Stone, G. O. & Van Orden, G.C. (1999). Reading homographs: Orthographic, phonologic, and semantic dynamics. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perceptual Processes, 25, 561-574.
- Gottlob, L. R., & Madden, D. J. (1998). Time course of allocation of visual attention after equating for sensory differences: An age-related perspective. Psychology and Aging, 13, 138-149.