Research Projects
Scenes & Associative Processing
associative processing is inherently involved in understanding scenes.
how do associations facilitate our visual perception?
how do associations account for the processes and representation of scenes?
Top down processing in scene understanding
how do our expectations affect how we "see"?
how do our experiences affect how we "see"?
Spatial and temporal representations of scenes and associations in the brain
What are the functional roles of different brain regions in processing scenes and objects?
How quickly do we resolve different aspects of a scene?
When can different features of the visual world affect other cognitions?
Computational representation of human perception
Can artificial visual models (e.g., DNNs) help us understand human perception?
Can computational models help define features we use in human perception?
Can human perception help improve computer vision?
How can large datasets facilitate our investigation of human perception?
Mental states and scene processing
Perception does not occur in isolation of other cognitive domains (e.g., mental state).
How does one's mental state affect scene perception?
Can aligning the orientation of scene perception and mental state facilitate one another?
Scene and associative processing and episodic memory
Depending on how we "see" a scene and represent a scene in the brain, does that affect how we may remember past experiences?
Do past experiences affect how we "see" a scene?