Color has been scientifically investigated by linking color appearance to colorimetric
measurements of the light that enters the eye. However, the main purpose of color …

A key component of interacting with the world is how to direct ones' sensors so as to extract
task-relevant information—a process referred to as active sensing. In this review, we present …

Interpreting visual scenes typically requires us to accumulate information from multiple
locations in a scene. Using a novel gaze-contingent paradigm in a visual categorization …

The existence of a central fovea, the small retinal region with high analytical performance, is
arguably the most prominent design feature of the primate visual system. This centralization …

There has been an intense discussion among the public about the colour of a dress, shown
in a picture posted originally on Tumblr (http://swiked. tumblr. com/post/112073818575/guys …

It is currently debated whether the perception of gloss is linked to the statistical parameters
of the retinal image. In particular, it has been suggested that gloss is highly correlated with …

When touching the surface of an object, its spatial structure translates into a vibration on the
skin. The perceptual system evolved to translate this pattern into a representation that allows …

This study examined perceptual differentiation of specular from diffuse shading for the
recovery of surface color and gloss. In Experiment 1, we parametrically varied the …

Previous research investigated the perceptual dimensionality of achromatic reflection of
opaque surfaces, by using either simple analytic models of reflection or measured reflection …

Natural surfaces such as soil, grass, and skin usually involve far more complex and
heterogenous structures than the perfectly uniform surfaces assumed in studies on color and …