Research
Chick Retina. Andy Fischer, 2008.
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Research InterestsI am interested in the mechanisms guiding visual attention. Specifically, I'm interested in the influences on attention allocation, including our tasks or goals, memory content, social environment, non-visual sensory experiences, actions, and affect. I'm also interested in how components of a scene can influence the way we move our attention through it and in how moving our attention can change perception. I have experience conducting both behavioral and eye-tracking studies.
Current Research Topics: - Perceptual stability across eye movements - Semantic guidance in scenes - Attention during visual search Collaborations with Industry: From March 2016-December 2017 I collaborated with Sandia National Labs in conjunction with the University of Illinois' Simulator Lab. The data I collected was used to develop a model of overt attention to data visualizations. In the summer of 2014, I conducted a research for McDonald's Corporation to ensure the best possible methods were being used to maintain food quality across changes in their supply chain. Click here to download my CV. |
Publications
Cronin, D.A., Buetti, S., & Lleras, A. (in preparation). Parallel mechanisms guide attention during search: Evidence from eye-movements.
Cronin, D.A., Lleras, A., & Buetti, S. (in preparation). Target-similarity of distractors in a heterogeneous search array is predictive of reaction time.
Madison, A., & Cronin, D.A., (in preparation). Is visual working memory capacity correlated with search performance?
Divis, K.M., Matzen, L.E., Cronin, D.A., Hass, M.J. (in preparation). Control of eye movements in data visualizations.
Cronin, D.A., & Irwin, D.E. (2018). Visual working memory supports perceptual stability across saccadic eye movements. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1037/xhp0000567
Lleras, A., Cronin, D.A., Madison, A.M., Wang, Z., & Lleras, A. (2017). Oh, the number of things you will process (in parallel)! Commentary on Hulleman & Olivers (2017). Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 40, E146. DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X16000169
Buetti, S., Cronin, D.A., Madison, A.M., Wang, Z., & Lleras, A. (2016). Towards a better understanding of parallel processing in human vision: Evidence for exhaustive analysis of visual information. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 145 (6), 672-707. DOI: 10.1037/xge0000163
Cronin, D.A., & Brockmole, J.R. (2016). Evaluating the influence of a fixated object's spatio-temporal properties on gaze control. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 78 (4), 996-1003. DOI: 10.3758/s13414-016-1072-0
Brockmole, J.R., Davoli, C.C., & Cronin, D.A. (2012). The visual world in sight and mind: How attention and memory interact to determine visual experience. In B.Ross (Ed.), The Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Vol.57.
Cronin, D.A., Lleras, A., & Buetti, S. (in preparation). Target-similarity of distractors in a heterogeneous search array is predictive of reaction time.
Madison, A., & Cronin, D.A., (in preparation). Is visual working memory capacity correlated with search performance?
Divis, K.M., Matzen, L.E., Cronin, D.A., Hass, M.J. (in preparation). Control of eye movements in data visualizations.
Cronin, D.A., & Irwin, D.E. (2018). Visual working memory supports perceptual stability across saccadic eye movements. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1037/xhp0000567
Lleras, A., Cronin, D.A., Madison, A.M., Wang, Z., & Lleras, A. (2017). Oh, the number of things you will process (in parallel)! Commentary on Hulleman & Olivers (2017). Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 40, E146. DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X16000169
Buetti, S., Cronin, D.A., Madison, A.M., Wang, Z., & Lleras, A. (2016). Towards a better understanding of parallel processing in human vision: Evidence for exhaustive analysis of visual information. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 145 (6), 672-707. DOI: 10.1037/xge0000163
Cronin, D.A., & Brockmole, J.R. (2016). Evaluating the influence of a fixated object's spatio-temporal properties on gaze control. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 78 (4), 996-1003. DOI: 10.3758/s13414-016-1072-0
Brockmole, J.R., Davoli, C.C., & Cronin, D.A. (2012). The visual world in sight and mind: How attention and memory interact to determine visual experience. In B.Ross (Ed.), The Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Vol.57.
Posters and Talks
Cronin, D.A. & Irwin, D.E. (Nov 2018). Effects of Object Correspondence and Visual Transients on Saccade Target Displacement Detection. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society. New Orleans, Louisiana. [View Poster]
Cronin, D.A. & Irwin, D.E. (Nov 2017). Visual working memory load disrupts perceptual stability across saccadic eye movements. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Vancouver, CA. [View Poster]
Cronin, D.A., Lleras, A., & Buetti, S. (May 2015). The Information Theory of Vision: Evidence from eye-tracking. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, St. Pete Beach, Florida.
Cronin, D.A., Buetti, S., & Lleras, A. (May 2014). The role of lure heterogeneity in logarithmic visual search. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, St. Pete Beach, Florida.
Cronin, D.A., & Brockmole, J.R. (Nov 2012). Reference frames, motion and animacy: Influences on gaze control. Paper presented at the 20th annual meeting of the society for Object Perception, Attention and Memory (OPAM). Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Cronin, D.A. & Irwin, D.E. (Nov 2017). Visual working memory load disrupts perceptual stability across saccadic eye movements. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Vancouver, CA. [View Poster]
Cronin, D.A., Lleras, A., & Buetti, S. (May 2015). The Information Theory of Vision: Evidence from eye-tracking. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, St. Pete Beach, Florida.
Cronin, D.A., Buetti, S., & Lleras, A. (May 2014). The role of lure heterogeneity in logarithmic visual search. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, St. Pete Beach, Florida.
Cronin, D.A., & Brockmole, J.R. (Nov 2012). Reference frames, motion and animacy: Influences on gaze control. Paper presented at the 20th annual meeting of the society for Object Perception, Attention and Memory (OPAM). Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Skills and Methods
Programming
Matlab with Psychophysics Toolbox
Python
R
SR Research Experiment Builder
Data Collection Methods
Eye-Tracking (EyeLink 2, EyeLink 1000, EyeLink 1000 Plus; SmartEye Pro)
Behavioral Methods
Data Analysis
Matlab
R
SPSS
SR Research Data Viewer
Matlab with Psychophysics Toolbox
Python
R
SR Research Experiment Builder
Data Collection Methods
Eye-Tracking (EyeLink 2, EyeLink 1000, EyeLink 1000 Plus; SmartEye Pro)
Behavioral Methods
Data Analysis
Matlab
R
SPSS
SR Research Data Viewer