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Referred Journal Articles
 
Wang, S., & Mitroff, S. R. (2009). Preserved visual representations despite change blindness in 11-month-old infants. Developmental Science.

  
Mitroff, S. R., Arita, J. T., & Fleck, M. S. (2009). Staying in bounds: Contextual constraints on object file coherence. Visual Cognition, 17, 195-211.

  
Cheries, E., Mitroff, S. R., Wynn, K., & Scholl, B. J. (2008). Cohesion as a principle of object persistence in infancy. Developmental Science, 11, 427-432.

  
Mitroff, S. R., Scholl, B. J., Noles, N. S. (2007). Object files can be purely episodic. Perception, 36, 1730-1735.

  
Mitroff, S. R., & Alvarez, G. A. (2007). Space and time, not surface features, underlie object persistence. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 14, 1199-1204.

  
Fleck, M. S., & Mitroff, S. R. (2007). Rare targets are rarely missed in correctable search. Psychological Science, 18, 943-947

  
Mitroff, S. R., Sobel, D. M., & Gopnik, A. (2006). Reversing how to think about ambiguous figure reversals: Spontaneous alternating by uninformed observers. Perception, 35, 709-715.

  
Noles, N. S., Scholl, B. J., & Mitroff, S. R. (2005). The persistence of object file representations. Perception & Psychophysics, 67, 324 - 334.

  
Mitroff, S. R., Scholl, B. J., & Wynn, K. (2005). The relationship between object files and conscious perception. Cognition, 96(1), 67 - 92.

  
Mitroff, S. R. & Scholl, B. J. (2005). Forming and updating object representations without awareness: Evidence from motion-induced blindness. Vision Research, 45(8), 961-967.

  
Mitroff, S. R. & Scholl, B. J. (2004). Seeing the disappearance of unseen objects. Perception, 33, 1267 - 1273.

  
Mitroff, S. R., Scholl, B. J., & Wynn, K. (2004). Divide and Conquer: How object files adapt when an object splits into two. Psychological Science, 15(6), 420 - 425.

  
Mitroff, S. R., Simons, D. J., & Levin, D. T. (2004). Nothing compares 2 views: Change blindness can occur despite preserved access to the changed information. Perception & Psychophysics, 66, 1268-1281.

  
Mitroff, S. R. & Simons, D. J. (2002). Changes are not localized until they are explicitly detected. Visual Cognition, 9, 937 - 968.

  
Mitroff, S. R., Simons, D. J., & Franconeri, S. L. (2002). The siren song of implicit change detection. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 28(4), 798 - 815.

  
Book Chapters and Commentaries
 
Cheries, E., Mitroff, S. R., Wynn, K. & Scholl, B. J. (in press). Constraints on Persisting Object Representations in Infants and Adults. In B. Hood & L. Santos (Eds.), The Origins of Object Knowledge. London: Oxford University Press.
Simons, D. J., Mitroff, S. R., & Franconeri, S. L. (2003). Scene perception: What we can learn from visual integration and change detection. In M. Peterson & G. Rhodes (Eds.), Perception of faces, objects, and scenes: Analytic and holistic processes. Advances in visual cognition. London: Oxford University Press.

  
Simons, D. J. & Mitroff, S. R. (2001). The role of expectation in change detection and attentional capture. In L.R. Harris & M. Jenkin (Eds.), Vision and Attention. Springer.

 
Mitroff, S. R. & Simons, D. J. (2001, March). Reasons for change blindness. Cognet. MIT Press,http://cognet.mit.edu/perspective/ (non-peer reviewed)

  
Presentations
 
 Clark, K., Fleck, M. S., & Mitroff, S. R. (2009, May). Effects of videogame expertise on change detection abilities. Presentation submitted to the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL.
 
 Donohue, S. E., Woldorff, M. G., & Mitroff, S. R. (2009, May). Multisensory benefits of playing video games. Presentation submitted to the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL.
 
 Jordan, K. E., Clark, K., & Mitroff, S. R. (2009, May). See an object, hear an object file: Object correspondence transcends sensory modality. Presentation submitted to the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL.
 
 Dunsmoor, J. E., Mitroff, S. R., & LaBar, K. S. (2008, November). Generalization of human fear learning along a perceptual gradient of expression intensity. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC.
 
 Wu, W., Tiesinga, P. H., Tucker, T. R., Mitroff, S. R., Heiner, J. A., & Fitzpatrick, D. (2008, November). V1 population response to changes in direction of stimulus motion: modeling and perception. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC.
 
 Mitroff, S. R. (2008, November). Motivational benefits of video game playing. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago, IL.
 
 Mitroff, S. R. (2008, October). Identification and Training of "Hyperfocusers": those with remarkable attentional capability. Invited Paper presented at the Neuroergonomics and Neuromorphics Workshop sponsored by the Life Sciences Division of the U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command of the Army Research Office. University of Maryland, MD.
 
 Mitroff, S. R. (2008, August). The malleability of visual cognition: Effects of videogame playing on vision and motivation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Association for Interdisciplinary Learning, Hood River, OR.
 
 Carter, O., Luedeman, R., & Mitroff, S. R., & Nakayama, K. (2008, May). Motion induced blindness: The more you attend the less you see. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL.
 
 Fleck, M. S., & Mitroff, S. R. (2008, May). Videogamers excel at finding rare targets. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL.
 
 Mitroff, S. R., & Jordan, K. E. (2008, May). Videogame players demonstrate enhanced multi-sensory abilities. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL.
 
 Wu, W., Tiesinga, P., Tucker, T., Heiner, J., Mitroff, S. R. & Fitzpatrick, D. (2008, May). The dynamics of V1 population response to instantaneous changes in direction of stimulus motion. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL.
 
 Mitroff, S. R., Arita, J. T., & Fleck, M. S. (2007, November). Staying in Bounds: Contextual constraints on object file coherence. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Long Beach, CA.
 
 Mitroff, S. R. & Wang, S. (2007, May). Preserved visual representations despite change blindness in 11-month-old infants. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.
 
 Fleck, M. S. & Mitroff, S. R. (2007, May). Catching a miss: Error reduction in low prevalence search. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.
 
 Mitroff, S. R., & Alvarez, G. A. (2006, November). Space and time, not surface features, underlie object persistence. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Houston, TX.
 
 Mitroff, S. R. (2006, May). Seeing without seeing: Complex perception outside of awareness. Invited talk presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, New York, NY.
 
 Arita, J. T. & Mitroff, S. R. (2006, May), Staying in bounds: A critical role of closure for object files. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.
 
 Mitroff, S. R., Sobel, D. M., Gopnik, A. (2006, May). Reversing how to think about ambiguous figure reversals: Spontaneous alternating by uninformed observers. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.
 
 Mitroff, S. R. (2006, February). Visual perception without awareness: Evidence from motion-induced blindness. Invited talk presented at the annual meeting of the North Carolina Cognition Conference, Greensboro, NC.
 
 Mitroff, S. R., Scholl, B. J., & Wynn, K. (2005, November). One plus one equals one: The effects of merging on object files. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Toronto, ON, Canada.
 
 Mitroff, S. R., Cheries, E. W., Scholl, B. J., & Wynn, K. (2005, May). Cohesion as a principle of object persistence in infants and adults. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.
 
 Mitroff, S. R., Scholl, B. J., & Wynn, K. (2005, April). What vision scientists can learn from infants: Evidence of core principles guiding adult object persistence. Paper presented at the Yale Object Symposium, New Haven, CT.
 
 Mitroff, S. R., Wynn, K., & Scholl, B. J. (2005, April). Exploring persisting object representations with infants and adults. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.
 
 Mitroff, S. R. & Scholl, B. J. (2004, May). Online grouping and segmentation without awareness: Evidence from motion-induced blindness. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.
 
 Mitroff, S. R., Wynn, K., Scholl, B. J., Johnson, S. P., & Shuwairi, S. M. (2004, May). 'Bouncing vs. streaming' as a measure of infants' dynamic object individuation. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society on Infant Studies, Chicago, IL.
 
 Mitroff, S. R. & Scholl, B. J. (2003, November). Perceiving the disappearances of unseen objects in Motion-induced Blindness. Paper presented at the annual Object Perception, Attention, and Memory meeting, Vancouver, B.C.
 
 Mitroff, S. R., Scholl, B. J., & Wynn, K. (2003, May). The relationship between object files and conscious perception. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.
 
 Noles, N. S., Scholl, B. J., Mitroff, S. R. (2003, May). The persistence of object-file representations. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.
 
 Mitroff, S. R., Simons, D. J., & Levin, D. T. (2002, November). Three blinding devices: See how change detection runs. Paper presented at the annual Object Perception, Attention, and Memory meeting, Kansas City, MO.
 
 Mitroff, S. R. & Simons, D. J. (2001, May). A lack of confidence in implicit change detection. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.
 
 Mitroff, S. R. & Simons, D. J. (2000, November). Without explicit detection, change localization is chance localization. Poster presented at the annual Object Perception, Attention, and Memory meeting, New Orleans, LA.
 
 Mitroff, S. R. & Simons, D. J. (2000, March). Changes are not localized until they are explicitly detected. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.