ECVP2005

A Coruña, Spain! August 22-26, 2005

Reference
http://ecvp2005.neuralcorrelate.com/

Perception ECVP 2004 abstracts

Reference
http://www.perceptionweb.com/ecvp04/index.html
http://www.perceptionweb.com/perception/ecvp04/0151.html

Fall Vision Meeting

The Fall Vision Meeting is a small, high-quality scientific meeting focused on vision, color and noninvasive assessment techniques. It is organized in collaboration with the Optical Society of America (OSA)

This site provides information on the current meeting (scheduled for October 21-23 2005 in Tucson, Arizona as well as websites for previous meetings

FVM 2004 Abstracts now available at Journal of Vision

Reference
http://www.fallvisionmeeting.org/
http://journalofvision.org/4/11/

VSS 2005 Meeting

VSS 05 will be held at the Hyatt Sarasota beginning May 6, 2005 and will run through Wednesday, May 11, 2005.


Reference
http://www.vision-sciences.org/meeting.html

Perceptual Learning /VSS2004

Garrigan, P., & Kellman, P. J. (2004). Is Perceptual Learning Constrained to Operate Through Perceptual (Not Sensory) Representations? [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 4(8), 305a, http://journalofvision.org/4/8/305/, doi:10.1167/4.8.305.



Vision Sciences Society Meeting, 2004: Abstracts
http://journalofvision.org/4/8/305/

Palmer, Kellman, & Shipley under submission

A Theory of Contour Interpolation in the Perception of Dynamically Occluded Objects

Evan M. Palmer and Philip J. Kellman University of California, Los Angeles
Thomas F. Shipley Temple University

under submission

Abstract
Humans readily perceive objects from visual information that is fragmented across space and accumulated sequentially over time, yet spatiotemporal object formation is poorly understood. We propose a new theory of contour interpolation and object formation for moving, partially occluded objects. The theory of spatiotemporal relatability (STR) extends the Kellman & Shipley (1991) theory of spatial relatability to predict visual unit formation for moving objects whose edges are revealed at different times throughout the visual field due to occlusion and object or observer motion. We report results of two studies using dynamically occluded objects that support the predictions of STR. A third study using dynamic illusory objects provides results consistent with the identity hypothesis in the spatiotemporal domain?that amodal and modal completion share common contour interpolation processes. Based on these results, we offer a formal account of STR that specifies the spatial and temporal relationships among visible regions that lead to visual unit formation. We propose that STR involves a particular kind of mental representation, the dynamic visual icon, which maintains the shape and current position of occluded regions of moving objects for a short time after their disappearance and allows for their perceptual unification with visible regions.

http://homepage.mac.com/evanpalmer/FileSharing2.html