Eric Castet - Senior Researcher - CNRS Research Director
(National Center for Scientific Research, CNRS), Life Sciences Department.
(Ph. D. in Neuroscience, Paris VI, 1993)
(National Center for Scientific Research, CNRS), Life Sciences Department.
(Ph. D. in Neuroscience, Paris VI, 1993)
For any information, do not hesitate to send me an email : eric.castet@univ-amu.fr
See our open-source Perception Toolbox for Virtual Reality ("PTVR") :
PTVR Website : https://ptvr.inria.fr/
Latest PTVR release : Version 2.0.1 (May 2025)
Have a look at its extensive Documentation !
“PTVR – A software in Python to make virtual reality experiments easier to build and more reproducible” (2024) : published in the Special Issue of the Journal Of Vision on Virtual Reality :
https://jov.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2793602
Keywords: psychophysics, visual perception, saccades, active vision, reading, attention
Before 1999, my main reseach interests concerned the spatio-temporal integration of low level motion signals. (link to publications)
For instance, I studied some perceptual illusions
After 1999, I worked on the interaction between visual perception and saccadic eye movements (Active Vision). In order to investigate this broad issue, I followed the following axes:
A/ Low Vision and visual deficits (often in relation to eye movements) (link to publications)
Natural Reading, Face recognition
Development of innovative visual aids and rehabilitation methods
B/ Reading (with and without eye movements) in normally-sighted subjects + visuo-motor control (link to publications)
C/ Stable perception of the world despite a non-coherent retinal inflow. (link to publications)
How can we perceive the world in a coherent way although our eyes are continuously moving around at very high speeds thanks to saccades ? What are the respective roles of visual and extra-retinal factors ?
D/ Dynamics of the coupling between attention and eye movements. (link to publications)
What are the relationships between visuo-attentional processes and saccadic eye movements? What is the temporal dynamics of these processes?