[Eeglablist] Special Issue: Objects: from visual features to structure, meaning, and action

[Joseph Brooks]

Dear Colleagues,

We are seeking submissions to a special issue on "Objects: from visual features to structure, meaning, and action" to be published in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. Please see full details below. We welcome submissions which use neuroimaging approaches including EEG. If you would like to have an informal discussion about a potential submission, please contact one of the guest editors (details below). Happy to discuss deadlines where these pose an issue.

All the best,

Joe

Objects: from visual features to structure, meaning, and action

Editors: Sara Spotorno (Durham, UK) and Joseph L Brooks (Keele,UK)

Objects are important perceptual units in our visual experience, playing a critical role in guiding attention, understanding, and action. A long-standing and important issue in visual cognition concerns how structured object representations are derived from unsegmented and often incomplete visual input. Specifically, debate has focused on the extent to which this depends primarily on local features of the input (e.g., feature salience, perceptual grouping) or whether the spatial and temporal contexts in which they are embedded (e.g., scenes, motion) and cognitive processes (e.g., selective attention, memory, predictions) also substantially contribute. Resolving this issue and others related to object formation is important for building models of human perception and informing fast-moving developments in demanding situations (e.g., medical image perception), computer vision, virtual/augmented reality, and other applied domains. To advance understanding of how viewers form and use object representations, this special issue invites empirical work on object processing from across all levels of analysis (e.g., from sensory aspects to semantics), theoretical frameworks, and experimental methods (e.g., behaviour, imaging, eye tracking, brain stimulation, computational modelling). All submissions must make clear how the work addresses psychological (including neuroscientific) theories of object processing. We welcome submissions which include interdisciplinary collaborations between experimental psychology and other disciplines.

We strongly encourage open science practices including sharing of raw data, experimental materials, analysis scripts, and pre-registration. This special issue has made available an option for registered reports. Authors wishing to use the registered reports option are strongly advised to make early submissions to ensure that the overall timeline is feasible. Potential authors are welcome to contact the editorial team to discuss submissions in advance if there are any questions about eligibility.

Proposed Timeline:
Call Opens: 23 August 2024

Registered Report Submissions:
Registered Report Proposal Deadline: 31 October 2024
Initial Decisions: within ~2 months

Standard Submissions:
Standard Submission Deadline: 31 January 2025
Initial Decisions: within 2-3 months

Deadline for Accepting Manuscripts: 30 September 2025

Questions? Email the Guest Editors:

Sara Spotorno (Durham University, UK): sara.spotorno at durham.ac.uk<mailto:sara.spotorno at durham.ac.uk>
Joseph L Brooks (Keele University, UK): j.l.brooks at keele.ac.uk<mailto:j.l.brooks at keele.ac.uk>

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