The allocation of attention in scene perception [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Melissa Lê-Hoa Võ

THE ALLOCATIONOF ATTENTIONIN SCENE PERCEPTIONInaugural-Dissertationzur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Philophie an derLudwig-Maximilians-Universität Münchenvorgelegt vonMelissa Lê-Hoa Võim Oktober 2008TO MY PARENTS2Tag der mündlichen Prüfung:19. Dezember 2008Erstgutachter:Prof. Dr. Werner Schneider, Department Psychologie, LMUZweitgutachter:Prof. Dr. Heiner Deubel, Department Psychologie, LMU3CURRICULUM VITAEPERSONAL DETAILSDate of Birth 18. 03. 1981Place of Birth Munich, GermanyNationality U.S. AmericanHome Address Dieselstraße 5, 80993 Munich, GermanyFather Quy Tu Võ, VietnameseMother Judy Kay Võ, U.S. AmericanEDUCATION10/2000 - 9/2003 Diploma Study program in Psychology at the Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt2002 Vordiplom Psychologie (very good)10/2003 - 4/2006 Freie Universität Berlin2006 Diplom Psychologie (very good) "Effects of Emo-tional Valence on Implicit and Explicit Memory forWords: Can Pupil Dilation Give Clarification?"11/2006 - 10/2008 Ph.D. student at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich; (project P167 within the Clus-ter of Excellence “Cognition for Technical Systems -CoTeSys”)2008 Dissertation Psychologie (summa cum laude) “The Allocation of Attention in Scene Perception”since 11/2008 Post-Doctoral Fellow at Edinburgh University4CONTENTSCONTENTSCHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 8I. WHERE DO WE LOOK? 8II. BOTTOM-UP AND TOP-DOWN INFLUENCES ONVISUAL ATTENTION IN SCENE PERCEPTION 10III.