管窺台灣心理學界過去十年在注意力與知覺領域之研究

A&P: A Window for Peeking into Attention and Perception Research in Taiwan over the Last Decade

為了促進在注意力及知覺領域的研究與發展，國內一群具有相似研究興趣的認知與實驗心理學者，自西元2000年起持續主辦了注意力與知覺的研討會及工作坊，並將其稱之為A&P。本文先就A&P的肇始及其如何演變為國際研討會的型態（國外知名學者受邀演講以及會中論文皆以英文發表）做一簡介。接著針對在2002年至2012年間的九次A&P研討會中一共發表的124篇論文，區分為八個類別並做主題式的整理與回顧。這八項主題分別是：注意力控制（I及II）、基礎與低階視覺處理、視覺搜尋與眼球運動、臉孔及臉孔相關之處理、注意力與知覺之互動、記憶及注意力與知覺之應用研究。整體而論，這些發表的論文提供了一個窗口，使得吾人得以管窺並且一定程度地瞭解過去十年台灣心理學界在注意力與知覺領域的研究狀況與成就。文末亦就注意力與知覺研究的下一個十年，提出若干思考的方向。

In order to foster the development of research in the broadly defined areas of attention and perception, a group of cognitive and experimental psychologists with the shared research interests have organized a series of workshops and conferences, dubbed Conference on Attention and Perception (or A&P for short), since the year of 2000 and onward. After a brief introduction to how A&P was born and how it has evolved into its current form of international conference (i.e., international scholars were invited as keynote speakers and all papers were presented in English), I provided an overview of the 124 papers presented at the past nine A&Ps, held between 2002 and 2012. Those papers were divided into eight thematic topics, including control of attention (I and II), basic and low-level visual processing, visual search and eye movement, face and face-related processing, interaction of attention and perception, memory, and applied research in attention and perception. Taken together, those papers offer a window into which one can gauge understanding and appreciation of research on attention and perception in Taiwan during the past decade. Possible future directions on attention and perception research for the next decade are also discussed.