Presentations

Graduate and undergraduate student trainees are underlined.

Talks

Using machine learning to categorize facial emotions during online video communications.

Pereira, E. J., Ayers-Glassey, S., Hicks, L., Korst-Fagundes, B., & Smilek, D. (Jul 2023). Talk, Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science; Guelph, ON.

Cognition in hindsight: A novel way to capture dynamic changes in attentional engagement over time.

Pereira, E. J., Ayers-Glassey, S., Wammes, J. D., & Smilek, D. (Jun 2023). Talk, Canadian Psychological Association; Toronto, ON.

Mind-wandering is not as memorable as attentional engagement: Probe framing affects retrospective reporting of remembered attentional states.

Ayers-Glassey, S., Pereira, E. J., Wammes, J. D., & Smilek, D. (Jul 2022). Talk, Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science; Halifax, NS.

Does ‘the pill’ predict attention? The relation between oral contraceptive use and sustained attention.

Smith, A. C., Pereira, E. J., & Smilek, D. (Jul 2022). Talk, Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science; Halifax, NS.

• CSBBCS Hebb Student Award, Best Oral Presentation

Interested minds are predictable minds: Establishing a link between individual traits and temporal fluctuations of attentional engagement.

Pereira, E. J., Ayers-Glassey, S., Wammes, J. D., & Smilek, D. (Jun 2021). Talk, Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science; Virtual Meeting.

Examining the relation between oral contraceptive use and trait- and state-level attention.

Smith, A. C., Pereira, E. J., & Smilek, D. (Jun 2021). Talk, Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science; Virtual Meeting.

Within-individual oscillatory patterns of mind wandering and attentive states are associated with functional life outcomes.

Pereira, E. J. & Ristic, J. (Jun 2019). Talk, Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science; Waterloo, ON.

• CSBBCS Hebb Student Award, Runner-up for Best Oral Presentation

Within-individual oscillatory patterns of mind wandering and attentive states are associated with functional life outcomes.

Pereira, E. J. & Ristic, J. (May 2019). Talk, Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives Research Day; Montreal, QC.

• CFREF Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives Award, Best Oral Presentation

Oscillatory patterns of mind wandering predict real-world costs & benefits.

Pereira, E. J. & Ristic, J. (Jan 2019). Talk, Graduate Student Colloquium; Montreal, QC.

Oscillatory patterns of mind wandering predict real-world costs & benefits.

Pereira, E. J. & Ristic, J. (Aug 2018). Talk, Symposium on Nonlinear Dynamics; Montreal, QC.

Searching for the social attention bias.

Ristic, J., Birmingham, E., & Pereira, E. J. (Nov 2017). Talk, Psychonomics Society; Vancouver, BC.

Functional fractionation of the default mode network is associated with real-world mind wandering behaviours.

Pereira, E. J., Gurguryan, L., & Ristic, J. (Sep 2016). Talk, Graduate Student Colloquium; Montreal, QC.

Functional fractionation of the default mode network is associated with real-world mind wandering behaviours.

Pereira, E. J., Gurguryan, L., & Ristic, J. (Jun 2016). Talk, Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science; Ottawa, ON.

The Utility of Questionnaires & Portable Monitoring for the Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

Pereira, E. J., Driver, H. S., Stewart, S. C., & Fitzpatrick, M. F. (Jun 2012). Oral symposium, Ottawa-Kingston Respirology PneumoClub; Ottawa, ON.

Validated Questionnaires and an Ambulatory Monitor in the Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

Pereira, E. J., Driver, H. S., Stewart, S. C., & Fitzpatrick, M. F. (Sep 2011). Sleep Medicine, 12(1), S12. Oral symposium, International World Sleep Congress & Conference of the Canadian Sleep Society; Quebec City, QC.

Posters

Are attention and learning during online video lectures influenced by the presence and relevance of chat comments?

Heitzner, J., Pereira, E. J., Ayers-Glassey, S., Korst-Fagundes, B., & Smilek, D. (Jul 2023). Poster, Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science; Guelph, ON.

Examining the influence of motivation on media multitasking over time-on-task.

Drody, A., Pereira, E. J., Ralph, B. C. W., Danckert, J., & Smilek, D. (May 2023). Poster, Association for Psychological Science Annual Conference; Washington, DC.

How memorable are momentary states of mind-wandering?

Ayers-Glassey, S., Pereira, E. J., Wammes, J. D., & Smilek, D. (Feb 2023). Poster, Lake Ontario Visionary Establishment Conference; Niagara Falls, ON.

Faces may not be special for attention after all.

Pereira, E. J. & Ristic, J. (Jun 2022). Poster, Vision Sciences Society; Virtual Meeting.

Attention in hindsight: Using video-stimulated recall as a novel approach to capturing fluctuations in self-reported attentional engagement.

Ayers-Glassey, S., Pereira, E. J., Wammes, J. D., & Smilek, D. (Jun 2021). Poster, Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science; Virtual Meeting.

• CSBBCS Hebb Student Award, Best Poster Presentation

Covert and overt social attention is differentially affected by a reintroduction of face novelty, context, and attractiveness.

Pereira, E. J., Birmingham, E., & Ristic, J. (Nov 2020). Poster, Psychonomics Society; Virtual Meeting.

• J. Frank Yates Student Conference Award

Variability in the content of mind wandering is associated with intrinsic connectivity within the default network.

Pereira, E. J., Gurguryan, L., Sheldon, S., & Ristic, J. (Nov 2019). Poster, Object, Perception, Attention, & Memory; Montreal, QC.

Overt social attention is differentially affected by differences in stimulus content information.

Pereira, E. J., Birmingham, E., & Ristic, J. (Nov 2019). Poster, Psychonomics Society; Montreal, QC.

Looking at faces is differentially modulated by context and novelty.

Pereira, E. J., Birmingham, E., & Ristic, J. (May 2018). Poster, Vision Sciences Society; St. Pete Beach, FL.

Who are you again? The butcher-on-the-bus phenomenon revisited.

Pereira, E. J., Markham, R., & Ristic, J. (Nov 2017). Poster, Object Perception, Attention, & Memory; Vancouver, BC.

On-task, Off-task, Rinse, & Repeat: Oscillatory patterns of mind wandering predict real-world functioning.

Pereira, E. J. & Ristic, J. (Nov 2017). Poster, Psychonomics Society; Vancouver, BC.

Wandering Minds & Dwindling Grades: Temperament traits and acdemic performance predict rates of mind wandering.

Gurguryan, L., Pereira, E. J., & Ristic, J. (Jun 2016). Poster, Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science; Ottawa, ON.

The Eyes don’t have it after all? Attention is not biased towards faces or eyes.

Pereira, E. J., Birmingham, E., & Ristic, J. (May 2016). Poster, Vision Sciences Society; St. Pete Beach, FL.

Controlling a Wandering Mind: Tasks dictate differences in the estimates of mind wandering.

Pereira, E. J., Gurguryan, L., & Ristic, J. (Jun 2015). Poster, Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science; Ottawa, ON.

What’s that smile worth? Social reward influences spatial orienting.

Hayward, D. A., Pereira, E. J., Vogel, T. A., Stewart, K. E., & Ristic, J. (May 2015). Poster, Vision Sciences Society; St. Pete Beach, FL.

Is a Picture worth a Thousand Objects? How set size and scene context affect visual search efficiency.

Tian, L., Pereira, E. J., & Castelhano, M. S. (Nov 2014). Poster, Object Perception, Attention, & Memory; Long Beach, CA.

Inhibition of attention to irrelevant areas of a scene: Investigating mechanisms of attention during visual search.

Pereira, E. J., Liu, Y. Q., & Castelhano, M. S. (Jul 2014). Poster, Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science; Toronto, ON.

Inhibition of attention to irrelevant areas of a scene: Investigating mechanisms of attention during visual search.

Pereira, E. J., Liu, Y. Q., & Castelhano, M. S. (May 2014). Poster, Vision Sciences Society; St. Pete Beach, FL.

The Influence of Scene Context on Parafoveal Processing of Objects.

Pereira, E. J. & Castelhano, M. S. (Feb 2014). Poster, Lake Ontario Visionary Establishment Conference; Niagara Falls, ON.

The Influence of Scene Context on Parafoveal Processing of Objects.

Pereira, E. J. & Castelhano, M. S. (May 2013). Journal of Vision, 13(9), 513. Poster, Vision Sciences Society; Naples, FL.

Deconstructing the Wisconsin Card Sort Test: Investigating Cognitive Impairments in Schizophrenia using Eye Tracking.

Pereira, E. J., David, L. A., Stefanik, L. N., & Bowie, C. R. (Apr 2013). Poster, International Congress on Schizophrenia Research: Cognition Satellite Meeting; Orlando, FL.

Cognitive mechanisms underlying adaptive behaviour on a performance-based measure in schizophrenia: An eye tracking study.

Gupta, M., Pereira, E. J., Stefanik, L., Holshausen, K., David, L., & Bowie, C. R. (Apr 2013). Poster, International Congress on Schizophrenia Research: Cognition Satellite Meeting; Orlando, FL.

On-Line Contributions of Peripheral Information to Visual Search in Scenes: Further Explorations of Object Content and Scene Context.

Pereira, E. J. & Castelhano, M. S. (May 2012). Journal of Vision, 12(9), 740. Poster, Vision Sciences Society; Naples, FL.

Expiratory Threshold Loading in Obesity and Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

Pereira, E. J., Tang, C., Glew, J. R., Driver, H. S., & Fitzpatrick, M. F. (Sep 2011). Sleep Medicine, 12(1), S107. Poster, International World Sleep Congress & Conference of the Canadian Sleep Society; Quebec City, QC.

Guidance during Visual Search in Real-World Scenes: Scene Context vs. Object Content.

Pereira, E. J. & Castelhano, M. S. (May 2011). Journal of Vision, 11, 1320. Poster, Vision Sciences Society; Naples, FL.

The Importance of Psychache in Statistically Predicting Suicidality and Self-Harm in Samples of Federal Offenders and Undergraduates.

Pereira, E. J., Kroner, D. G., Holden, R. R., & Flamenbaum, R. (Jun 2009). Poster, Canadian Psychological Association Convention; Montreal, QC.

Evaluation of a Portable Monitor compared with Polysomnography for the Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

Driver, H., Bjerring, K., Toop, F., Pereira, E., Toop, F., Stewart, S., Munt, P., & Fitzpatrick, M. (Apr 2009). Poster, Conference of the Canadian Sleep Society; Toronto, ON.