Dr Kevin Dent
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Email
kdent@essex.ac.uk -
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
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?