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?