{"id":1986,"date":"2026-02-11T15:00:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T20:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/mbi\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=1986"},"modified":"2026-02-11T15:00:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T20:00:48","slug":"bodian-seminar-sarah-shomstein-ph-d","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/mbi\/event\/bodian-seminar-sarah-shomstein-ph-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Bodian Seminar: Sarah Shomstein, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"tribe-events-schedule tribe-clearfix\" >\n\t<p class=\"tribe-events-schedule__datetime\">\n\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__date tribe-events-schedule__date--start\">\n\t\t\tMarch 2\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__separator tribe-events-schedule__separator--date\">\n\t\t\t\t @ \t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__time tribe-events-schedule__time--start\">\n\t\t\t\t4:00 pm\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__separator tribe-events-schedule__separator--time\">\n\t\t\t\t\t &#8211; \t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__time tribe-events-schedule__time--end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t5:00 pm\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Sarah Shomstein<\/strong><\/strong>, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Professor, Cognitive Neuroscience<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Department of Psychological &amp; Brain Sciences<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><strong><strong><strong>Columbian College of Arts &amp; Sciences<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Rethinking Attention: Dynamic Prioritization<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Decades of research on understanding the mechanisms of attentional selection have focused on identifying the units (representations) on which attention operates in order to guide prioritized sensory processing. In this talk, I will focus on attentional phenomena that are not easily accommodated within current theories of attentional selection \u2013 the \u201cattentional platypuses,\u201d as they allude to an observation that within biological taxonomies the platypus does not fit into either mammal or bird categories. Similarly, attentional phenomena that do not fit neatly within current attentional models suggest that current models need to be revised. 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