Research Interests

My primary research interests are in the perception, exploration and retention of information from complex, natural stimuli (i.e., real-world scenes). I am interested in how representations are initially formed, what type of information is acquired during this initial extraction, and how this information is retained over the long-term. Using both behavioural and eye movement measures, I explore how the initial representation affects how scene regions are prioritized for further exploration, and affects how information about a particular scene is organized and represented.

Selected Publications

 Rayner, K., Castelhano, M.S., & Yang, J. (in press). Eye Movements and the Perceptual Span in Older and Younger Readers. Psychology and Aging.
 
Castelhano, M.S., Mack, M., & Henderson, J.M. (2009). Viewing Task Influences Eye Movements during Active Scene Perception. Journal of Vision, 9(3):6, 1-15.  http://journalofvision.org/9/3/6/

Castelhano, M.S., Pollatsek, A., & Rayner, K. (2009). Integration of multiple views of scenes. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 71, 490-502.
 
Rayner, K., Castelhano, M.S., & Yang, J. (2009). Eye Movements when Looking at Unusual/Weird Scenes: Are there Cultural Differences? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition, 35, 254-259.

Castelhano, M.S., Pollatsek, A., & Cave, K. (2008). Typicality Aids Search for an unspecified target, but only in identification, and not in attentional guidance. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 15(4), 795-801.
 
Castelhano, M.S., & Henderson, J.M. (2008). The Influence of Color and Structure on Perception of Scene Gist. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance 34(3), 660-675.

Castelhano, M.S. & Henderson, J.M. (2008). Stable Individual Differences across Images in Human Saccadic Eye Movements. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 62(1), 1-14.
 
Castelhano, M.S., & Henderson, J.M. (2007). Initial Scene Representations Facilitate Eye Movement Guidance in Visual Search. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 33(4), 753-763.
 
Torralba, A., Oliva, A., Castelhano, M.S., & Henderson, J.M. (2006). Contextual guidance of eye movements and attention in real-world scenes: the role of global features in object search. Psychological Review, 113, 766-786.
 
Brockmole, J., Castelhano, M.S. & Henderson, J.M. (2006). Contextual Cueing in Naturalistic Scenes: Global and Local Contexts. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 32(4), 699-706.

Castelhano, M.S., & Henderson, J.M. (2005). Incidental Visual Memory for Objects in Scenes. Visual Cognition, 12, 1017-1040.
 
Oliva, A., Torralba, A., Castelhano, M. S., & Henderson, J. M. (2003). Top down control of visual attention in object detection. IEEE Proceedings of the International Conference on Image Processing, Vol I, 253-256.
 
Henderson, J.M., Williams, C., Castelhano, M.S., & Falk, R.J. (2003). Eye movements and picture processing during recognition. Perception & Psychophysics, 65, 725-734.