Dr Stephen Langton

Senior Lecturer

Psychology University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA

Dr Stephen Langton

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About me

I studied for my first degree in Psychology at the University of Nottingham and then stayed there to study for a PhD, part time, whilst working as a Research Assistant in Psychology. I moved to Stirling as a Research Fellow in 1995, and was offered a Lectureship here in 1998 and a Senior Lecturership in 2012.

My main interest is in face perception and, in particular, the influence that faces exert on the allocation of a viewer's visual attention. For example, research in which I have been involved has suggested that not only are faces able to capture a viewer's attention, but that social attention cues worn by these faces (gaze and head orientation) also produce shifts of a viewer's spatial attention which appear to be reflexive in nature.I am also interested in eye-gaze perception and the development of this ability. I am a member of the Face and Devlopment of Communication research group and the Stirling Developmental Psychology Researchers Group.

Research projects (4)

Individual Differences in Holistic processing
PI: Dr Stephen Langton
Funded by: Experimental Psychology Society
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Orienting of Visual Attention in Response to Naturalistic Dynamic Shifts of Another's Gaze
PI: Dr Stephen Langton
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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The Development of Children's Gaze Perception
PI: Dr Stephen Langton
Funded by: The British Academy
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The Influence and Fixation Duration and the Velocity of Gaze Shift on Observer's Visual Attention
PI: Dr Stephen Langton
Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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Outputs (43)

Article

A multilab registered replication of the attentional SNARC effect.

Colling LJ, Szűcs D, De Marco D, Cipora K, Ulrich R, Nuerk H, Soltanlou M, Bryce D, Chen S, Schroeder PA, Henare DT, Chrystall CK, Hancock PJB, Millen AE & Langton SR (2020) A multilab registered replication of the attentional SNARC effect. [Registered Replication Report on Fischer, Castel, Dodd, and Pratt (2003).]. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 3 (2), pp. 143-162. https://doi.org/10.1177/2515245920903079

Book Chapter

Gaze Perception and Visually Mediated Attention

Langton S (2010) Gaze Perception and Visually Mediated Attention. In: Adams JR, Ambady N, Nakayama K & Shimojo S (eds.) The Science of Social Vision. Oxford Series in Visual Cognition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 108-132. http://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-science-of-social-vision-9780195333176;jsessionid=F6391E9408F95E3C492A6700D48B3266?cc=gb〈=en&

Conference Abstract

Disrupting face biases in visual attention

Law AS & Langton S (2008) Disrupting face biases in visual attention. XXIX International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany, 20/07/2008 - 25/07/2008. International Journal of Psychology, 43 (3-4), pp. 321-321. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1080/00207594.2008.10108484/abstract;jsessionid=7FB7CD0FFED40F80D5CFF928982F7D26.f01t01; https://doi.org/10.1080/00207594.2008.10108484

Conference Abstract

The impact of working memory load on eye-gaze cueing

Law AS & Langton S (2008) The impact of working memory load on eye-gaze cueing. XXIX International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany, 20/07/2008 - 25/07/2008. International Journal of Psychology, 43 (3-4), pp. 600-600. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1080/00207594.2008.10108486/abstract; https://doi.org/10.1080/00207594.2008.10108486

Article

The control of attention to faces

Bindemann M, Burton AM, Langton S, Schweinberger SR & Doherty M (2007) The control of attention to faces. Journal of Vision, 7 (10), Art. No.: 15. http://journalofvision.orgwww.journalofvision.org/content/7/10/15.short; https://doi.org/10.1167/7.10.15

Conference Abstract

Early ERP effect elicited by eye-gaze cues

Bindemann M, Schweinberger SR, Burton AM & Langton S (2005) Early ERP effect elicited by eye-gaze cues. 12th Annnual Meeting of the Cognitive-Neuroscience-Society, New York, NY, 09/04/2005 - 12/04/2005. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, (Supplement), pp. 55-55.

Commentary

Attentional capture: Biological relevance, multisensory stimulation, and consciousness

Kingstone A, Danziger S, Langton S & Soto-Faraco S (2002) Attentional capture: Biological relevance, multisensory stimulation, and consciousness. Commentary on: Ruz & Lupiáñez (2002): 'A review of Attentional Capture: On its automaticity and sensitivity to endogenous control', Psicologica (2002), 23, pp311-369. Psicologica, 23 (2), pp. 343-346. http://www.uv.es/psicologica/paraARCHIVES/2002.html

Conference Paper (published)

How the eyes affect the I: Gaze perception, cognition and the robot-human interface

Langton S (2001) How the eyes affect the I: Gaze perception, cognition and the robot-human interface. In: 10th IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2001 Proceedings. 10th IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2001, Bordeaux and Paris, France, 18.09.2001-21.09.2001. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, pp. 359-365. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=981930&abstractAccess=no&userType=inst; https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2001.981930

Book Chapter

The impact of VMC on collaborative problem solving: An analysis of task performance, communicative process, and user satisfaction

Anderson AH, O'Malley C, Doherty-Sneddon G, Langton S, Newlands A, Mullin J, Fleming AM & Van der Velden J (1997) The impact of VMC on collaborative problem solving: An analysis of task performance, communicative process, and user satisfaction. In: Finn K, Sellen A & Wilbur S (eds.) Video-mediated communication. Computers, Cognition, and Work Series. Mahwah, NJ, USA: Lawrence Erlbaum, pp. 133-155. https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=548502