Articles & Chapters

Kubovy, M. & Gepshtein, S. (2000). Gestalt: from Phenomena to Laws. In: Perceptual Organization for Artificial Vision Systems. (Eds. Boyer, K. L. & Sarkar, S.) Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston. p. 41-71.

Gepshtein, S. & Kubovy, M. (2000). The emergence of visual objects in space-time. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 97 (14) p. 8186-8191. [HTML] [PDF]

Kubovy, M., Epstein, W. & Gepshtein, S. (2002). Foundations of visual perception. In: Healy, A. F. & Proctor, R. W. (Eds.) Experimental Psychology. Volume 4 in Weiner, I. B. (Editor-in-Chief) Handbook of Psychology, p. 87-119, New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Gepshtein, S. & Banks, M. S. (2003). Viewing geometry determines how vision and touch combine in size perception. Current Biology 13 (6) p. 483-488. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]

Kubovy, M. & Gepshtein, S. (2003). Grouping in Space and in Space-Time: An Exercise in Phenomenological Psychophysics. In: Behrmann, M., Kimchi, R. & Olson, C. (Eds.) Perceptual Organization in Vision: Behavioral and Neural perspectives. Lawrence Erlbaum Association, Mahwah, N.J. p. 45-85.

Banks, M. S., Gepshtein, S. & Landy, M. S. (2004). Why is spatial stereoresolution so low? Journal of Neuroscience 24 (9) p. 2077-2089. [PDF] [On-line Supplement] [Complete text from The Journal of Neuroscience]

Gepshtein, S. & Kubovy, M. (in press). Stability and change in perception: Spatial organization in temporal context. Experimental Brain Research. [Preprint]

Gepshtein, S. & Kubovy, M. The lawful perception of visual motion. [Under revision. See Gepshtein & Kubovy (2003) below for a short report.]

Levitan, C. A. Gepshtein, S. & Banks, M. S. Visual and haptic perception of curved surfaces. [Under revision. See Levitan, Gepshtein & Banks (2003) below for a short report.]

Trommershäuser, J., Gepshtein, S., Maloney, L. T., Landy, M. S., and Banks, M. S. Optimal compensation for changes in effective movement variability. [Under review . Abstracts of this work appeared at TeaP 2004 in Giessen, Germany (Giessen Abstract) and at VSS 2004 in Sarasota, Florida, U.S.A. (VSS Abstract)]

Article Manuscripts in Preparation

Gepshtein, S., Burge, J., Ernst., M. & Banks M. S.: Spatial tuning of visual-haptic interaction. (A first report of this work appeared at VSS 2004 in Sarasota, Florida, U.S.A.; see below) [Abstract]

Gepshtein, S. & Kubovy, M.: Optimal curvature in the completion of visual contours. (An early report of this study appeared in Kubovy, M. & Gepshtein, S. (2000). Higher curvature is preferred in the completion of visual contours. Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science 41 (4): 2322, B568: PDF.)

Banks, M. S., Gepshtein, S. & Rose, H.: Do we perceive stereoscopic surfaces by combining patches of constant disparity? (A first report of this work appeared at VSS 2004 in Sarasota, U.S.A.) [Abstract]

Published Conference Proceedings

Gepshtein, S. & Cooperman, A. (1996). Hyperglobal interactions in the perception of stereoscopic transparency, Perception 25, Supp.

Gepshtein, S. & Kubovy, M. (1997). Adaptation and hysteresis in perceptual grouping by proximity. Abstracts of Psychonomic Society, 38th Annual Meeting: 230, p. 24.

Gepshtein, S. & Kubovy, M. (1998). Persistence of orientation-tuned noise and instability of perceptual organization. Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science 39 (4): 3952, B778. [HTML]

Gepshtein, S. & Kubovy, M. (1999). Competition between static and dynamic organizations in apparent motion. Paper presented to the European Conference on Visual Perception, Trieste, Italy. Abstract: Perception 28, Supp., p. 43.

Gepshtein, S. & Proffitt, D. R. (1999). Visual surfaces guide the integration of local motion signals. Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Vision Research Conference: 45, p. 145.

Kubovy, M. & Gepshtein, S. (2000). Higher curvature is preferred in the completion of visual contours. Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science 41 (4): 2322, B568. [PDF]

Kubovy, M. & Gepshtein, S. (2000). From good continuation to best continuation. Abstracts of Psychonomic Society, 41st Annual Meeting, 767, p. 115.

Gepshtein, S. & Kubovy, M. (2001). The weights of space and time in the perception of visual motion. Journal of Vision 1(3) 243a.

Bonneh, Y. & Gepshtein, S. (2001). Rivalry between alternative percepts of motion occurs within objects. Journal of Vision 1(3) 382a.

Gepshtein, S., Banks, M. S. & Landy, M. S. (2002). Sampling of binocular disparity information and human stereoacuity. Perception 31, Supp., p. 157.

Gepshtein, S., Banks, M. S. & Levitan C. A. (2002). How sight and touch combine depends on viewing geometry. Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, Florida. Abstract: Journal of Vision, 2(7), 399a.

Banks, M. S., Gepshtein, S., & Levitan C. A. (2002). The combination of sight and touch depends on viewing geometry. Perception 31, Supp., p. 147.

Gepshtein, S., Banks, M. S. & Landy, M. S. (2003). Spatial Resolution of Stereopsis. Journal of Vision 3(9), 466a. [PDF]

Levitan, C. A., Gepshtein, S. & Banks, M. S. (2003). Visual and Haptic Precision and Inter-modal Perception of Curved Surfaces. Journal of Vision 3(9), 779a. [PDF]

Banks, M. S., Gepshtein, S., & Landy, M. S. (2003). Why is spatial stereoacuity so low? Journal of Vision 3(12), 25a.

Gepshtein, S. & Kubovy, M. (2003). Korte's law, the spatiotemporal sensitivity of vision, and the failure of the proximity principle in apparent motion. Paper presented to the European Conference on Visual Perception, Paris, France. Abstract: to appear in Perception 32, Supp. [ABSTRACT]

Trommershäuser, J., Gepshtein, S., Maloney, L. T., Landy, M. S., & Banks, M. S. (2004). When visual and motor noise matters: Bewegungsplanung unter Risiko. Symposium Multisensorik und Handlungssteuerung. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen, April, 2004. Giessen, Germany. [ABSTRACT]

Gepshtein, S., Burge, J., Ernst., M. & Banks M. S. (2004). What is an inter-sensory object? Optimal combination of vision and touch depends on their spatial coincidence. Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, Florida. Abstract: Journal of Vision, accepted. [ABSTRACT]

Banks, M. S., Gepshtein, S. & Rose, H. (2004). Do we perceive stereoscopic surfaces by combining patches of constant disparity? Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, Florida. Abstract: Journal of Vision, accepted.

Trommershäuser, J., Gepshtein, S., Maloney, L. T., Landy, M. S. & Banks M. S. (2004). Optimal compensation for changes in effective movement variability in planning movement under risk. Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, Florida. Abstract: Journal of Vision, accepted.

Gepshtein, S., Rose, H., Banks, M. S. & Landy, M. S. (2004). Perceptual consequences of binocular matching by correlation: Effects of disparity waveform and waveform orientation. European Conference on Visual Perception, Budapest, Hungary. Abstract accepted: to appear in Perception 33, Supp.

Advanced Topics in Perceptual Organization, Lecture: University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A. September 19, 2002

Measurement of Perceptual Organization. Lecture to interdisciplinary graduate class Vision Science: University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A. February 25, 2003.

The Integrative Action of The Nervous System: The Case of Vision and Touch. Lecture: Brain Science Forum. Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, Japan. May 13, 2004.

The Organization of Visual Motion. Seminar: Perceptual Dynamics Group. Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, Japan. May 14, 2004.

Other Publications

Gepshtein S. (1996). Psychophysical Studies of Binocular Stereopsis: Double-nail Illusion and Stereoscopic Transparency. Master Thesis. Feinberg Graduate School, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

Gepshtein, S. & Cooperman, A. (1996). Psychophysical studies of stereoscopic hyperglobality: stereoscopic transparency problem. Technical Report GC-DS/96-8, The Grodetsky Center for Research of Higher Brain Functions, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

Gepshtein S. (2001). The Perceptual Organization of Visual Space-time. Doctoral Dissertation. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. University of Virginia, Charlottesville.