Publications

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Peer-reviewed

Upadhyayula, A., & Cohn, N. (2025). A computational framework to study hierarchical processing in visual narratives. Cognitive Science, 49(5), e70050. Paper · Data & code · Talk

Lu, A., Upadhyayula, A., & Henderson, J. M. (2025). Meaning maps predict reaction time in change detection. Visual Cognition, 33, 89–104. Paper · Free full text · Data

Upadhyayula, A., & Henderson, J. M. (2024). Spatiotemporal jump detections during continuous film viewing: Insights from a flicker paradigm. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics. Paper · Data & materials · Press

Upadhyayula, A., & Henderson, J. M. (2023). Spatiotemporal jump detections during continuous film viewing. Journal of Vision. PDF · Data & materials

Upadhyayula, A., Phillips, I. B., & Flombaum, J. I. (2023). Eccentricity advances arrival into visual perception. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. PDF · Data & materials · Talk

Upadhyayula, A., & Flombaum, J. I. (2020). A model that adopts human fixations explains individual differences in multiple object tracking. Cognition. PDF · Code

Under review and in revision

Upadhyayula, A., Henderson, J. M., Zacks, J. M.*, & Reagh, Z. M.* (under revision). Meaningful moments during film viewing are represented and remembered similarly across participants. Preprint · Data & analysis code · fMRI dataset · Key Moments visualization tool (access on request)

Kim, J.*, Upadhyayula, A.*, Koh, J., Zacks, J. M., Reagh, Z. M.*, & Barnett, A.* (under revision). Key moments scaffold the semantic structure of narratives. Preprint · Data & code · Key Moments visualization tool (access on request)

Upadhyayula, A., Reagh, Z. M., & Zacks, J. M. (under review). Key moments and event boundaries in film comprehension and memory. Preprint · Data & code · Key Moments visualization tool (access on request)

In preparation

Su, S. (X.), Upadhyayula, A., & Zacks, J. M. (in preparation). Semantic information shapes gaze patterns during naturalistic movie viewing: Evidence from computational models of vision and language.

Upadhyayula, A.*, Bailey, H.*, Su, S. (X.), Flores, S., Reagh, Z. M., & Zacks, J. M. (in preparation). Behavioral and neural correlates of situation model updating in the aging brain. Interactive results