Perceptual Reality Lab

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2024


Tracking visual targets during simulated self motion. [poster]

M.D. Anderson, J. Otero-Millan and E.A. Cooper.

Journal of Vision, 24:1452, 2024


Bringing color into focus: accommodative state varies systematically with the spectral content of light. [poster]

B.M. Chin, M.S. Banks, D. Nankivil, A. Roorda and E.A. Cooper.

Journal of Vision, 24:729, 2024



2023


Bringing Color into Focus: Dynamic Accommodation Responses to Polychromatic Stimuli.

B.M. Chin, M.S. Banks, D. Nankivil, A. Roorda and E.A. Cooper.

Optica Fall Vision Meeting, 2023


The Effects of Monocular and Binocular Retinal Image Minification on Eyestrain.

I.R. McLean, E.F. Sherbak, L.T. Mikkelsen, I.M. Erkelens, R. Sharma and E.A. Cooper.

Optica Fall Vision Meeting, 2023


The Effects of Monocular and Binocular Retinal Image Minification During Natural Tasks.

[poster]

I.R. McLean, I.M. Erkelens, E.F. Sherbak, L.T. Mikkelsen, R. Sharma and E.A. Cooper.

Journal of Vision, 23:4700, 2023


Natural Scene Statistics of Figure-Ground Motion in MT Receptive Fields.

[poster]

C.T. Friedman*, M. Wang, X. Huang and E.A. Cooper.

Journal of Vision, 23:4934, 2023

*Author name originally published as C.T. Wang



2022


Humans Make Non-ideal Inferences About World Motion.

[poster]

T.S. Manning, J. Pillow, B. Rokers and E.A. Cooper

Journal of Vision, 22:4054, 2022


The Multifaceted Appearance of Dichoptic Gratings and Noise Stimuli.

[poster]

M. Wang, J. Ding, D.M. Levi and E.A. Cooper.

Journal of Vision, 22:3730, 2022


Binocular Perceptual Distortions Produced by Retinal Image Magnification.

[poster]

I.R. McLean, I.M. Erkelens and E.A. Cooper.

Journal of Vision, 22:3292, 2022


A Spherical Arena for Visual Surround Stimulation and Calcium Imaging in Zebrafish.

T.C. Hladnik, E. Alexander, L.T. Cai, Sabrina Fuchs, V. Krishna S., T. Thiele, E.A. Cooper and A. Arrenberg.

Imaging Structure and Function of the Zebrafish Brain Conference, 2022



2021


Perceptual Adaptation to Continuous Versus Intermittent Spatial Distortions.

[poster]

I.R. McLean, T.S. Manning and E.A. Cooper.

Society for Neuroscience, 2021


Role of MT Disparity Tuning Biases in Figure-Ground Segregation.

[poster]

T.S. Manning, E. Alexander, G.C. DeAngelis, X. Huang and E.A. Cooper.

Society for Neuroscience, 2021


Head Tilt Influences Saccade Directions During Free Viewing.

S.M. Reeves, E.A. Cooper, R. Rodriguez and J. Otero-Millan.

Society for Neuroscience, 2021


Estimating Perceptual Priors with Finite Experiments.

[poster]

T.S. Manning, I.R. McLean, B. Naecker, J. Pillow, B. Rokers and E.A. Cooper

Journal of Vision, 21:2215, 2021


Binocular Contrast Perception of Gratings, Noise, and Natural Images.

[poster]

M. Wang, J. Ding, D.M. Levi and E.A. Cooper.

Journal of Vision, 21:2181, 2021


Self-motion Cues in the Natural Habitats of Zebrafish Support Lower Visual Field Bias.

E. Alexander, V. Krishna S., T.C. Hladnik, N.C. Guilbeault, L.T. Cai, T.R. Thiele, A.B. Arrenberg and Emily A. Cooper.

Journal of Vision, 2021



2020


Visual Statistics of Aquatic Environments in the Natural Habitats of Zebrafish.

[poster]

L.T. Cai, V. Krishna, T. Hladnik, N. Guilbeault, S. Juntti, T. Thiele, A. Arrenberg and E.A. Cooper

Journal of Vision, 20:433, 2020


A Re-examination of Dichoptic Tone Mapping Methods.

[poster]

M. Wang and E.A. Cooper

Journal of Vision, 20:887, 2020



2019


Investigation of Visual Circuit Adaptations to Natural Environmental Motion in Zebrafish and Cichlids.

T. Thiele, S. Juntti, K. Wang, L. Cai, T. Hladnik, R. Meier, F. Dehmelt, J. Hinz, V. Subramanian, N.

Guilbeault, E.A. Cooper and A. Arrenberg

Zebrafish Neural Circuits and Behavior, 2019


Effects of Context on the Visual Stability of Depth Edges in Natural Scenes.

[poster]

Z. Başgöze, D. White, J. Burge, and E.A. Cooper

Journal of Vision, 19:223a, 2019


Natural Scene Statistics of Depth and Motion Pertinent to Figure-ground Segregation.

[poster]

X. Huang, C. Wang, B. Arseneau, T.E. Yerxa, and E.A. Cooper

Society for Neuroscience, 2019


Individual Differences in Human Frontoparietal Plasticity.

A. Boroshok, G. Velasquez, A. Park, K. Simon, J. Forde, E.A. Cooper, A.P. Mackey

Flux Congress, 2019



2018


Using Visual Snapshots to Estimate Egocentric Orientation in Natural Environments.

[poster]

M. Kinateder and E.A. Cooper

Journal of Vision, 18:513, 2018



2017


The Visual Features of Smoke.

[poster]

M. Kinateder, T. Pfaff, and E.A. Cooper

Journal of Vision, 17(10):415, 2017


Visual Experience and Spatial Reference Frames for Sound Localization.

S. Finocchetti, E.A. Cooper, and M. Gori

International Multisensory Research Forum, 2017


Optimizing Virtual Reality for All Users Through Adaptive Focus Displays.

N. Padmanaban, R. Konrad, E.A. Cooper, and G. Wetzstein

SIGGRAPH Talks, 2017



2016


Computational Focus-Tunable Near-Eye Displays.

R. Konrad, N. Padmanaban, E.A. Cooper, and G. Wetzstein

SIGGRAPH Emerging Technologies, 3, 2016


How Natural Distributions of Blur Affect 3D Percepts.

M.S. Banks, W.W. Sprague, E.A. Cooper, S. Reissier

Journal of Vision, 16(12):195, 2016



2015


What are the Natural Scene Statistics of Cortical Input?

E.A. Cooper and A.M. Norcia

Journal of Vision, 15(12):1287, 2015


Statistics of Retinal Image Blur During Natural Viewing.

W.W. Sprague, E.A. Cooper, and M.S. Banks

Journal of Vision, 15(12):766, 2015



2014


Perceived Depth in Natural Images Reflects Encoding of Low-Level Luminance Statistics.

E.A. Cooper and A.M. Norcia

Journal of Vision, 14(10):1112, 2014


Disparity Preferences in V1 Reflect the Statistics of Disparity in Natural Viewing.

W.W. Sprague, E.A. Cooper, J.-B. Durand, and M.S. Banks

Journal of Vision, 14(10):1111, 2014


Measuring Perceptual Differences between Compressed and Uncompressed Video Sequences using the Swept-Parameter Visual Evoked Potential.

A.M. Norcia, J.M. Ales, E.A. Cooper, and T. Weigand

Journal of Vision, 14(10):649, 2014



2013


Top-down modulation of brain networks during discourse comprehension.

J. Yang, M. Andric, S. Duncan, A. Holt, U. Hasson, E.A. Cooper, and S.L. Small

Society for the Neurobiology of Language, San Diego, CA, 2013


Is Stereopsis Optimized for Our Natural Environment?

E.A. Cooper, W.W. Sprague, I. Tosic, and M.S. Banks

Journal of Vision, 13(9):612, 2013


Influence of Selective Attention on Story Comprehension.

J. Yang, U. Hasson, E.A. Cooper, and S.L. Small

Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2013



2007-2012


Perception of Depth in Pictures when Viewing from the Wrong Distance.

[poster]

E.A. Cooper and M.S. Banks

Journal of Vision, 12(9):896, 2012


Depth Compression and Expansion in Photographs.

[poster]

E.A. Cooper, E.A. Piazza, and M.S. Banks

Journal of Vision, 11(11):65, 2011


Do People of Different Heights Have Different Horopters?

[poster]

E.A. Cooper, J. Burge, and M.S. Banks

Journal of Vision, 10(7):372, 2010


Blur and Disparity Provide Complementary Distance Information for Human Vision.

R.T. Held, E.A. Cooper, and M.S. Banks.

Journal of Vision, 10(7):57, 2010


Making Big Things Look Small: Blur Combined With Other Depth Cues Affects Perceived Size and Distance.

R.T. Held, E.A. Cooper, J. O'Brien, and M.S. Banks

Journal of Vision, 9(8):959, 2009


Dimensions of Discourse: Brain Activation During the Processing of Temporal, Spatial, and Actional Information in Narrative.

E.A. Cooper, U. Hasson, and S.L. Small

Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, New York, NY, 2007

Abstracts/Posters