Mike Tombu

Summary

Affiliation: University of Waterloo
Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi Testing the predictions of the central capacity sharing model
    Michael Tombu
    Centre for Vision ResearchYork University, Toronto, ON, Canada
    J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 31:790-802. 2005
  2. ncbi Does size rescaling require central attention?
    Michael Tombu
    Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1
    Can J Exp Psychol 56:10-7. 2002
  3. ncbi All-or-none bottleneck versus capacity sharing accounts of the psychological refractory period phenomenon
    Mike Tombu
    Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
    Psychol Res 66:274-86. 2002
  4. ncbi A central capacity sharing model of dual-task performance
    Michael Tombu
    Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
    J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 29:3-18. 2003
  5. ncbi Virtually no evidence for virtually perfect time-sharing
    Michael Tombu
    York University, Centre for Vision Research, Toronto, ON, Canada
    J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 30:795-810. 2004
  6. ncbi Symbolic distance affects two processing loci in the number comparison task
    Chris Oriet
    Department of Psychology, University of Regina, 3737 Wascana Parkway, Regina, Saskatchewan, S4S 0A2, Canada
    Mem Cognit 33:913-26. 2005
  7. ncbi Attentional costs in multiple-object tracking
    Michael Tombu
    Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, 418A Wilson Hall, 111 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
    Cognition 108:1-25. 2008
  8. ncbi Attending to orientation results in an inhibitory surround in orientation space
    Michael Tombu
    Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Wilson Hall, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
    Percept Psychophys 70:30-5. 2008

Detail Information

Publications8

  1. ncbi Testing the predictions of the central capacity sharing model
    Michael Tombu
    Centre for Vision ResearchYork University, Toronto, ON, Canada
    J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 31:790-802. 2005
    ..Results of 2 experiments confirm the prediction of the central capacity sharing model...
  2. ncbi Does size rescaling require central attention?
    Michael Tombu
    Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1
    Can J Exp Psychol 56:10-7. 2002
    ..The size ratio effect was additive with SOA indicating that size rescaling is capacity demanding and that it requires central attention...
  3. ncbi All-or-none bottleneck versus capacity sharing accounts of the psychological refractory period phenomenon
    Mike Tombu
    Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
    Psychol Res 66:274-86. 2002
    ..The proportion of capacity allocated to the first task varied from.78 to.91 indicating that capacity can be allocated in a graded fashion...
  4. ncbi A central capacity sharing model of dual-task performance
    Michael Tombu
    Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
    J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 29:3-18. 2003
    ..The CCS model also predicts that Task 1 response times increase with decreasing SOA. The model is a viable alternative to the central bottleneck model...
  5. ncbi Virtually no evidence for virtually perfect time-sharing
    Michael Tombu
    York University, Centre for Vision Research, Toronto, ON, Canada
    J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 30:795-810. 2004
    ..Meyer and D. Kieras (1999)...
  6. ncbi Symbolic distance affects two processing loci in the number comparison task
    Chris Oriet
    Department of Psychology, University of Regina, 3737 Wascana Parkway, Regina, Saskatchewan, S4S 0A2, Canada
    Mem Cognit 33:913-26. 2005
    ..A model is proposed to reconcile existing findings with the new ones revealed in the present investigation...
  7. ncbi Attentional costs in multiple-object tracking
    Michael Tombu
    Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, 418A Wilson Hall, 111 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
    Cognition 108:1-25. 2008
    ..Understanding what factors increase the attentional demands of tracking may help to explain why tracking is sometimes successful and at other times fails...
  8. ncbi Attending to orientation results in an inhibitory surround in orientation space
    Michael Tombu
    Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Wilson Hall, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
    Percept Psychophys 70:30-5. 2008
    ..In line with this prediction, the results revealed an inhibitory surround. As in the spatial domain, attending to a point in orientation space results in an inhibitory surround for nearby orientations...