Misidentifying materials—such as mistaking soap for pâté, or vice versa—could lead to
some pretty messy mishaps. Fortunately, we rarely suffer such indignities, thanks largely to …

Gloss is a relatively little studied visual property of objects' surfaces. The earliest recorded
scientific reference to gloss appears to have been by Ingersoll in 1921: studies at this time …

Cross-modal integration between sound and texture is important to perception and action.
Here we show this has repercussions for the structure of spoken languages. We present a …

It is easy to visually distinguish a ceramic knife from one made of steel, a leather jacket from
one made of denim, and a plush toy from one made of plastic. Most studies of material …

Translucency is an optical and a perceptual phenomenon that characterizes subsurface light
transport through objects and materials. Translucency as an optical property of a material …

Individuals spend most of their time indoors, and therefore indoor environments are
important aspects of one's life. Creating healthful indoor environments should be a priority …

Under typical viewing conditions, human observers effortlessly recognize materials and infer
their physical, functional, and multisensory properties at a glance. Without touching …

Most research on the multimodal perception of material properties has investigated the
perception of material properties of two modalities such as vision–touch, vision–audition …

Research on material perception has received an increasing amount of attention recently.
Clearly, both the visual and the haptic sense play important roles in the perception of …

Perceptual organization comprises a wide range of processes such as perceptual grou**,
figure-ground organization, filling-in, completion, perceptual switching, etc. Such processes …