Lab Research Focus:
The perception lab at Swarthmore studies a number of issues
related to perception and cognition. A chief focus of research is the
study of the visual representation of properties of texture
distribution as revealed by texture-density adaptation (e.g.,
Durgin, 1995). The lab is also much engaged in the study of other
kinds of calibratory processes, such as stereoscopic depth
constancy in naturalistic environments, intersensory facilitation,
perceptual-motor adaptation in response to altered visual flow, and
implicit learning in active vision. Our focus on the everyday
illusion of direct perceptual experience revealed by these kinds
of investigations means that we are interested in ways that the
perceptual systems tune themselves to the environment as well as in
the constructive nature of certain aspects of conscious experience.
Studies of the phenomenon of perceptual filling-in, broadly
construed, include investigations of metacontrast masking, blind-spot
interpolation (and peripheral interpolation more generally), the
illusory filling-in of visual detail, and anomalies of
spatio-temporal integration (e.g., the rubber pencil illusion).
The Following Links Provide More Information About:
- Ongoing Research Projects
- Publications
- Resources
- Abstracts of Current and Recent Presentations
- Undergraduate opportunities for summer research
- Research Personnel 1996-97
Research Personnel (Summer 99):
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Other Local Links:
Web Sites for Vision Science:
- NASA's Vision Science home page
- Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
- The CVNET Archive.
Created by Richa Jain, rjain1@swarthmore.edu
Updated by James Waddington, James_Waddington@georgeschool.org