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Lester Loschky

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Lester Loschky
NationalityAmerican
EducationColumbia College (BFA)

University of Hawaii at Manoa (MA)

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (PhD)
Known forVisual Cognition
AwardsEye Tracking Research & Applications (ETRA)

Association for Psychological Sciences (APS)

American Psychological Association (APA), Division 3
Scientific career
FieldsCognitive psychology
Doctoral advisorGeorge W. McConkie, David E. Irwin
Other academic advisorsDaniel J. Simons

Lester Loschky is an American cognitive psychologist and professor at Kansas State University, known for his research in visual cognition. His work primarily focuses on how scene perception and event comprehension influence both eye movements[1][2] (attention) and rapid scene perception[3] (information extraction). Methodologically, he has specific interests in eye movements[4][5], gaze-contingent displays[6][7], and rapid scene perception using visual masking.[8][9] At a theoretical level, Loschky has significantly contributed to developing the Scene Perception and Event Comprehension Theory (SPECT).[10][11] This theory aims to elucidate how perceptual processes, and the construction of event models are coordinated during the comprehension of visual narratives, specifically by distinguishing between front-end (perceptual) and back-end (mental model, or event model) cognitive processes.

Early Life and Education

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Loschky received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Columbia College in Missouri in 1986, majoring in Fine Arts. He then pursued a Master of Arts in English as a Second Language from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, graduating in 1989. His early research focused on how second language learners' communication strategies affect their second language comprehension and acquisition. Loschky completed his Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology, in the Perception and Performance area, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2003, under the mentorship of Drs. George McConkie and David Irwin.

Career

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Loschky began his academic career as a full-time Instructor of English as a foreign language at Nanzan University in Nagoya, Japan, from 1990 to 1994. Upon returning to the United States, he first worked as a graduate research assistant for Dr. George W. McConkie, and later as a post-doctoral research associate for Dr. Daniel J. Simons at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign before accepting a position as an Assistant Professor at Kansas State University in 2004, where he is currently a Professor. At Kansas State, he has served in various roles within the Department of Psychological Sciences, including as the Associate Director for the Cognitive & Neurobiological Approaches to Plasticity (CNAP) Center, and currently as Faculty Advisor to the Cognitive Neuroscience Core and Head of the Kansas State University Visual Cognition Laboratory.

Research Interests

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Loschky's research focuses on various aspects of visual cognition, including:

● Attention and eye movements – Investigating how visual attention guides eye movements and influences perception.[1][12]

● Attention and learning – Studying how learners' attention affects their learning of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) subjects (particularly introductory Physics).[5][13][14]

● Foveal and peripheral visual processing of scenes – Investigating the roles of foveal versus peripheral visual processing of scenes, and teasing apart the roles of low-level visual differences versus attention[7][15][16]

● Event comprehension – Studying how people process and understand visual events in narratives and real-world events[1][3][17]

● Scene gist recognition – Exploring how individuals rapidly extract meaning from visual scenes. within a single eye fixation[3][8]

● Visual narrative perception and understanding – Examining how viewers perceive and comprehend visual storytelling in films, slide shows, picture stories, and comics[2][11][17][18]

His research has examined how individuals attend to, perceive, and interpret dynamic visual events in various contexts, including film[18][19], picture stories[1][17], and real-world scenarios.[3] A key aspect of his work is the investigation of eye movements and visual perception, which are critical for navigating and understanding visual narratives and real-world environments that rapidly change.[3][18][19]

Honor and Awards

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Loschky has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles and has been honored with several awards, including the American Psychological Association’s New Investigator Award in 2003[12] and the Best Full Paper Award at the Eye Tracking Research & Applications Symposium in 2014.[20] He was named a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Sciences in 2019.

Selected Works

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Loschky, L. C., Larson, A. M., Smith, T. J., & Magliano, J. P. (2019). The Scene Perception & event comprehension theory (SPECT) applied to visual narratives. Topics in Cognitive Science, 12(1), 311–351. https://doi.org/10.1111/tops.12455

Loschky, L., Larson, A., Magliano, J., & Smith, T. (2014). What would jaws do? the tyranny of film and the relationship between gaze and higher-level comprehension processes for narrative film. Journal of Vision, 14(10), 761–761. https://doi.org/10.1167/14.10.761

Larson, A. M., & Loschky, L. C. (2009). The contributions of central versus peripheral vision to scene Gist Recognition. Journal of Vision, 9(10), 6–6. https://doi.org/10.1167/9.10.6

Loschky, L. C., & McConkie, G. W. (2002). Investigating spatial vision and dynamic attentional selection using a gaze-contingent multiresolutional display. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 8(2), 99.

Loschky, L., McConkie, G., Yang, J., & Miller, M. (2005). The limits of visual resolution in natural scene viewing. Visual Cognition, 12(6), 1057-1092.

Madsen, A. M., Larson, A. M., Loschky, L. C., & Rebello, N. S. (2012). Differences in visual attention between those who correctly and incorrectly answer physics problems. Physical Review Special Topics—Physics Education Research, 8(1), 010122.

Magliano, J. P., Larson, A. M., Higgs, K., & Loschky, L. C. (2016). The relative roles of visuospatial and linguistic working memory systems in generating inferences during visual narrative comprehension. Memory & Cognition, 44, 207-219.

Loschky, L. C., Sethi, A., Simons, D. J., Pydimarri, T. N., Ochs, D., & Corbeille, J. L. (2007). The importance of information localization in scene gist recognition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 33(6), 1431.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Hutson, John P.; Magliano, Joseph P.; Loschky, Lester C. (2018-11). "Understanding Moment‐to‐Moment Processing of Visual Narratives". Cognitive Science. 42 (8): 2999–3033. doi:10.1111/cogs.12699. ISSN 0364-0213. PMC 6587724. PMID 30447018. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ a b Hutson, John P.; Chandran, Prasanth; Magliano, Joseph P.; Smith, Tim J.; Loschky, Lester C. (2022). "Narrative Comprehension Guides Eye Movements in the Absence of Motion". Cognitive Science. 46 (5): e13131. doi:10.1111/cogs.13131. ISSN 1551-6709.
  3. ^ a b c d e Smith, Maverick E.; Loschky, Lester C. (2019-10-17). "The influence of sequential predictions on scene-gist recognition". Journal of Vision. 19 (12): 14. doi:10.1167/19.12.14. ISSN 1534-7362.
  4. ^ Zelinsky, Gregory J.; Loschky, Lester C. (2005-05-01). "Eye movements serialize memory for objects in scenes". Perception & Psychophysics. 67 (4): 676–690. doi:10.3758/BF03193524. ISSN 1532-5962.
  5. ^ a b Zu, Tianlong; Hutson, John; Loschky, Lester C.; Rebello, N. Sanjay (2020-10). "Using eye movements to measure intrinsic, extraneous, and germane load in a multimedia learning environment". Journal of Educational Psychology. 112 (7): 1338–1352. doi:10.1037/edu0000441. ISSN 1939-2176. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ Reingold, Eyal M.; Loschky, Lester C.; McConkie, George W.; Stampe, David M. (2003-06-01). "Gaze-Contingent Multiresolutional Displays: An Integrative Review". Human Factors. 45 (2): 307–328. doi:10.1518/hfes.45.2.307.27235. ISSN 0018-7208.
  7. ^ a b Ringer, Ryan V.; Throneburg, Zachary; Johnson, Aaron P.; Kramer, Arthur F.; Loschky, Lester C. (2016-04-06). "Impairing the useful field of view in natural scenes: Tunnel vision versus general interference". Journal of Vision. 16 (2): 7. doi:10.1167/16.2.7. ISSN 1534-7362.
  8. ^ a b Loschky, Lester C.; Sethi, Amit; Simons, Daniel J.; Pydimarri, Tejaswi N.; Ochs, Daniel; Corbeille, Jeremy L. (2007). "The importance of information localization in scene gist recognition". Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 33 (6): 1431–1450. doi:10.1037/0096-1523.33.6.1431. ISSN 1939-1277.
  9. ^ Hansen, Bruce C.; Loschky, Lester C. (2013-11-20). "The contribution of amplitude and phase spectra-defined scene statistics to the masking of rapid scene categorization". Journal of Vision. 13 (13): 21. doi:10.1167/13.13.21. ISSN 1534-7362.
  10. ^ Dunst, Alexander; Laubrock, Jochen; Wildfeuer, Janina, eds. (2018-07-03). Empirical Comics Research: Digital, Multimodal, and Cognitive Methods (1 ed.). New York: Routledge, 2019. | Series: Routledge advances in comics studies; 6: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315185354-11. ISBN 978-1-315-18535-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  11. ^ a b Loschky, Lester C.; Larson, Adam M.; Smith, Tim J.; Magliano, Joseph P. (2020). "The Scene Perception & Event Comprehension Theory (SPECT) Applied to Visual Narratives". Topics in Cognitive Science. 12 (1): 311–351. doi:10.1111/tops.12455. ISSN 1756-8765. PMC 9328418. PMID 31486277.
  12. ^ a b Loschky, Lester C.; McConkie, George W. (2002). "Investigating spatial vision and dynamic attentional selection using a gaze-contingent multiresolutional display". Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. 8 (2): 99–117. doi:10.1037/1076-898X.8.2.99. ISSN 1939-2192.
  13. ^ Madsen, Adrian M.; Larson, Adam M.; Loschky, Lester C.; Rebello, N. Sanjay (2012-05-11). "Differences in visual attention between those who correctly and incorrectly answer physics problems". Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research. 8 (1): 010122. doi:10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.8.010122.
  14. ^ Chandran, Prasanth; Huang, Yifeng; Munsell, Jeremy; Howatt, Brian; Wallace, Brayden; Wilson, Lindsey; D'Mello, Sidney; Hoai, Minh; Rebello, N. Sanjay; Loschky, Lester C (2024-06-04). "Characterizing Learners' Complex Attentional States During Online Multimedia Learning Using Eye-tracking, Egocentric Camera, Webcam, and Retrospective recalls". Proceedings of the 2024 Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications. ETRA '24. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery: 1–7. doi:10.1145/3649902.3653939. ISBN 979-8-4007-0607-3.
  15. ^ Loschky, Lester; and Miller, Michael (2005-08-01). "The limits of visual resolution in natural scene viewing". Visual Cognition. 12 (6): 1057–1092. doi:10.1080/13506280444000652. ISSN 1350-6285. {{cite journal}}: |first2= missing |last2= (help); |first3= missing |last3= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ Larson, Adam M.; Loschky, Lester C. (2009-09-09). "The contributions of central versus peripheral vision to scene gist recognition". Journal of Vision. 9 (10): 6. doi:10.1167/9.10.6. ISSN 1534-7362.
  17. ^ a b c Magliano, Joseph P.; Larson, Adam M.; Higgs, Karyn; Loschky, Lester C. (2016-02-01). "The relative roles of visuospatial and linguistic working memory systems in generating inferences during visual narrative comprehension". Memory & Cognition. 44 (2): 207–219. doi:10.3758/s13421-015-0558-7. ISSN 1532-5946.
  18. ^ a b c Loschky, Lester C.; Larson, Adam M.; Magliano, Joseph P.; Smith, Tim J. (2015-11-25). "What Would Jaws Do? The Tyranny of Film and the Relationship between Gaze and Higher-Level Narrative Film Comprehension". PLOS ONE. 10 (11): e0142474. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0142474. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4659561. PMID 26606606.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  19. ^ a b Hutson, John P.; Smith, Tim J.; Magliano, Joseph P.; Loschky, Lester C. (2017-11-22). "What is the role of the film viewer? The effects of narrative comprehension and viewing task on gaze control in film". Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications. 2 (1): 46. doi:10.1186/s41235-017-0080-5. ISSN 2365-7464. PMC 5698392. PMID 29214207.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  20. ^ Ringer, Ryan V.; Johnson, Aaron P.; Gaspar, John G.; Neider, Mark B.; Crowell, James; Kramer, Arthur F.; Loschky, Lester C. (2014-03-26). "Creating a new dynamic measure of the useful field of view using gaze-contingent displays". Proceedings of the Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications. ETRA '14. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery: 59–66. doi:10.1145/2578153.2578160. ISBN 978-1-4503-2751-0.
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