Dr Kevin Dent
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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 873785
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Location
3.703, Colchester Campus
Profile
Biography
Following an undergraduate degree in psychology at the University of Sheffield (1995-98), Dr Kevin Dent completed his PhD on visuo-spatial short-term memory at the University of Lancaster. He then worked as research fellow at the University of Birmingham (2003-11) before joining our Department as a lecturer in 2011.
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Visual cognition
Understanding basic mechanisms of visuo-spatial attention
Visuo-spatial short-term memory
The effects of experience on object and word processing
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Cognitive Psychology and Economics (EC956)
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Memory Attention and Language (PS415)
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Cognitive Psychology (PS425)
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Critical Literature Review (PS925)
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Advanced Cognitive Psychology (PS952)
Previous supervision
Degree subject: Psychology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 28/1/2022
Degree subject: Psychology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 4/11/2021
Degree subject: Psychology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 29/5/2018
Degree subject: Psychology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 18/11/2015
Publications
Publications (1)
Martinez-Cedillo, AP., Dent, K. and Foulsham, T., (2022). Social prioritisation in scene viewing is not automatic: Evidence from the effects of a spatial memory load
Journal articles (32)
Dent, K., (2023). On the role of top-down and bottom-up guidance in conjunction search: Singleton interference revisited.. Attention, Perception and Psychophysics. 85 (6), 1784-1810
Martinez Cedillo, A., Dent, K. and Foulsham, T., (2023). Social prioritisation in scene viewing and the effects of a spatial memory load. Attention, Perception and Psychophysics. 86 (4), 1237-1247
Dent, K., (2022). On the relationship between cognitive load and the efficiency of distractor rejection in visual search: The case of motion-form conjunctions. Visual Cognition. 30 (3), 174-194
Martinez-Cedillo, AP., Dent, K. and Foulsham, T., (2022). Do cognitive load and ADHD traits affect the tendency to prioritise social information in scenes?. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 75 (10), 1904-1918
Dent, K. and Cole, G., (2019). Gatecrashing the Visual Cocktail Party: How Visual and Semantic Similarity Modulate the Own Name Benefit in the Attentional Blink. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 72 (5), 1102-1111
Cortis Mack, C., Dent, K. and Ward, G., (2018). Near-Independent Capacities and Highly Constrained Output Orders in the Simultaneous Free Recall of Auditory-Verbal and Visuo-Spatial Stimuli. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. 44 (1), 107-134
Dent, K., (2018). Priming of Pop-out does not provide reliable measures of target activation and distractor inhibition in selective attention: Evidence from a large-scale online study. Vision Research. 149, 124-130
Cortis, C., Dent, K., Kennett, S. and Ward, G., (2015). First things first: Similar list length and output order effects for verbal and nonverbal stimuli.. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. 41 (4), 1179-1214
Roberts, KL., Allen, HA., Dent, K. and Humphreys, GW., (2015). Visual search in depth: The neural correlates of segmenting a display into relevant and irrelevant three-dimensional regions. NeuroImage. 122, 298-305
Dent, K., (2014). Explaining efficient search for conjunctions of motion and form: Evidence from negative color effects. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics. 76 (4), 931-944
Dent, K., Humphreys, GW., He, X. and Braithwaite, JJ., (2014). Surface-based constraints on target selection and distractor rejection: Evidence from preview search. Vision Research. 97, 89-99
Catling, J., South, F. and Dent, K., (2013). The Effect of Age of Acquisition on Older Individuals with and without Cognitive Impairments. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 66 (10), 1963-1973
Catling, J., Dent, K., Preece, E. and Johnston, R., (2013). Age-of-Acquisition Effects in Novel Picture Naming: A Laboratory Analogue. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 66 (9), 1756-1763
Dent, K., Allen, HA., Braithwaite, JJ. and Humphreys, GW., (2012). Parallel Distractor Rejection as a Binding Mechanism in Search. Frontiers in Psychology. 3 (AUG), 278-
Dent, K., Allen, HA., Braithwaite, JJ. and Humphreys, GW., (2012). Inhibitory guidance in visual search: The case of movement–form conjunctions. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics. 74 (2), 269-284
Dent, K., Braithwaite, JJ., He, X. and Humphreys, GW., (2012). Integrating space and time in visual search: How the preview benefit is modulated by stereoscopic depth. Vision Research. 65, 45-61
Braithwaite, JJ. and Dent, K., (2011). New perspectives on perspective-taking mechanisms and the out-of-body experience. Cortex. 47 (5), 628-632
Dent, K., Humphreys, GW. and Braithwaite, JJ., (2011). Spreading suppression and the guidance of search by movement: Evidence from negative color carry-over effects. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 18 (4), 690-696
Dent, K. and Humphreys, GW., (2011). Neuropsychological evidence for a competitive bias against contracting stimuli. Neurocase. 17 (2), 112-121
Dent, K., Allen, H. and Humphreys, GW., (2011). Comparing Segmentation by Time and by Motion in Visual Search: An fMRI Investigation. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 23 (7), 1710-1722
Johnston, RA., Dent, K., Humphreys, GW. and Barry, C., (2010). British-English norms and naming times for a set of 539 pictures: The role of age of acquisition. Behavior Research Methods. 42 (2), 461-469
Dent, K., Lestou, V. and Humphreys, GW., (2010). Deficits in visual search for conjunctions of motion and form after parietal damage but with spared hMT+/V5. Cognitive Neuropsychology. 27 (1), 72-99
Dent, K., (2010). Dynamic Visual Noise Affects Visual Short-Term Memory for Surface Color, but not Spatial Location. Experimental Psychology. 57 (1), 17-26
Catling, JC., Dent, K., Johnston, RA. and Balding, R., (2010). Age of Acquisition, Word Frequency, and Picture–Word Interference. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 63 (7), 1304-1317
Dent, K., (2009). Coding categorical and coordinate spatial relations in visual–spatial short-term memory. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 62 (12), 2372-2387
Chen, B., Dent, K., You, W. and Wu, G., (2009). Age of acquisition affects early orthographic processing during Chinese character recognition. Acta Psychologica. 130 (3), 196-203
Dent, K., Johnston, RA. and Humphreys, GW., (2008). Age of acquisition and word frequency effects in picture naming: A dual-task investigation.. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. 34 (2), 282-301
Catling, JC., Dent, K. and Williamson, S., (2008). Age of acquisition, not word frequency affects object recognition: Evidence from the effects of visual degradation. Acta Psychologica. 129 (1), 130-137
DELVENNE, J-F. and DENT, K., (2008). Distinctive shapes benefit short-term memory for color associations, but not for color. Perception & Psychophysics. 70 (6), 1024-1031
Dent, K., Catling, JC. and Johnston, RA., (2007). Age of acquisition affects object recognition: Evidence from visual duration thresholds. Acta Psychologica. 125 (3), 301-318
Dent, K. and Smyth, MM., (2006). Capacity limitations and representational shifts in spatial short-term memory. Visual Cognition. 13 (5), 529-572
Dent, K. and Smyth, MM., (2005). Verbal coding and the storage of form-position associations in visual–spatial short-term memory. Acta Psychologica. 120 (2), 113-140
Conferences (1)
Dent, K. and Ziemele, A., (2015). The distribution of visual marking in 3-D space: Evidence for a depth sensitive mechanism
Reports and Papers (1)
Martinez Cedillo, AP., Dent, K. and Foulsham, T., (2021). Do cognitive load and ADHD traits affect the tendency to prioritise social information in scenes?