Human Perception

 
Mission
Our main research interest is the perception of space, form and material properties by humans. We study both the visual and the haptic system. Closely related to this research is work in ecological physics, at this moment mainly the optics of materials.
Scientific staff   Technical staff
Astrid Kappers   Pieter Schiphorst
Postdoc / PhD Title of project Funding
Wouter Bergmann Tiest Haptic perception of materials and its influence on shape perception NWO (Postdoc)
Mieke Bijveld Children with night blindness ODAS/Bartiméus (PhD)
Mirela Kahrimanovic Haptic perception of shape, space and materials NWO (PhD)
Stefan Karlsson Shape from shading for rough surfaces VISIONTRAIN (PhD)
Myrthe Plaisier Haptic pop-out UU (PhD)
Vacancy Psychophysics of the hand EU (PhD)
Vacancy Psychophysics of the hand EU (Postdoc)
Emeritus Professor
Jan Koenderink    
Maarten Bouman    
Publications    
  2009 - 2001  
Former employees
Hans Kolijn    
Bram Sanders Haptic perception of space  
Ans van Doorn    
Sylvia Pont    
Alexander Mury Ecological optics - light fields  
Maarten Wijntjes Haptic perception of two-dimensional shapes and line drawings  
Bernard van der Horst Haptic perception of shape under influence of spatial location  
Robert Volcic The structure of haptic space in object manipulation  
Balaraju Battu Visual perception of shape  
Oscar van Hoof Ecological (plen-)optics of natural scenes: Material appearance  
Michelle Doumen The structure of optical space under free viewing conditions  
Byung-Geun Khang Visual perception of material properties  
Stefan Louw Haptic perception of relief at various spatial scales  
Harold Nefs 3D shape and material properties for recognition  
Jan Joris Roessingh Perceptual motor learning