Day :
- Neurology and Psychology
Session Introduction
Andrew hwang
Newark Academy, NJ 07039, USA
Title: Finding Waldo: Two Routes for Processing Visual Search in Complex Scenic Images
Biography:
Andrew Hwang is a Senior at Newark Academy in Livingston, NJ. His current research involves analyzing the cognative systems that allows visual processing in the human brain. He enjoys studying biology and cognative science and hopes to persue these subjects in college.
Abstract:
This paper analyzes the cognitive mechanisms underlying visual search in complex visual images. Visual search is a type of task we are constantly engaged in for various everyday activities. This paper introduces the current literature on two different processing routes that support visual search ability in human observers: Bottom-up and Top-down processing. Bottom-up processing allows the visual system to process sensory information from a visual image as it is shown, whereas top-down processing guides the visual system to efficiently allocate attention to a part of the image to facilitate the search process. The two processing routes via bottom-up and top-down processing work in concert during complex visual search, guiding our search behavior to be more efficient and adaptive. In the closing remark, this paper also discusses how the current knowledge about the roles of bottom-up and top-down processing in visual search can contribute to development of computer vision and artificial intelligent systems.
Colin McMillan
Madison High School, NJ 07940, USA
Title: What is Working Memory, and How is it “Working" in the Brain?
Biography:
Colin McMillan is a senior at Madison High School in Madison, NJ. His currect research involves analyzing working memory and decision-making in the brain. He is hoping to persue a Bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience.
Abstract:
Working memory plays vital roles in virtually any type of our behaviors and cognitive tasks, including learning and decision-making. In this paper, the nature and the structure of working memory system are discussed. Working memory is characterized by a short duration of retention and severely limited capacity. This paper analyzes various approaches to study the characteristics of working memory and theoretical models of the underlying core processes. Finally, this paper also discusses an ongoing debate on whether working memory relies on a distinct mechanism from the long-term memory system.
Anastasia Grammenou
Msc Ηumman Communication Sciences Newcastle Ypon Tyne & Phd Student Democritus University of Thrace
Title: The acquisition of social skills in pupils with Special Educational Needs
Biography:
Anastasia Grammenou Director of KEDDY at MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, GREECE Msc Ηumman Communication Sciences Newcastle Ypon Tyne & Phd Student Democritus University of Thrace
Abstract:
Integration of pupils with Special Educational Needs requires the learning of social skills. A lot of research in the international literature explains the difficulty of pupils in the autism spectrum, students with ADHD syndrome and students with mental retardation to acquire social skills and interact with peers and adults. The most commonly used techniques that promote the development of social skills are incidental teaching, structured learning, and discrete-trial teaching, which are discussed in this article.