Publications

• Binocular Vision and Stereopsis
• Perceptual Organization
• Inter-sensory Integration and Movement Control
• Articles under Review
• Manuscripts in Preparation
• Invited Talks and Colloquia

Binocular Vision and Stereopsis

• Banks, M. S., Gepshtein, S. & Rose, H. F. (2005). Local cross-correlation model of stereo correspondence. Proceedings of SPIE: Human Vision and Electronic Imaging (IS&T/SPIE Paper Number 5666-9).
• Banks, M. S., Gepshtein, S. & Landy, M. S. (2004). Why is spatial stereoresolution so low? Journal of Neuroscience 24 (9) p. 2077-2089. [Reprint] [On-line Supplement] [HTML from The Journal of Neuroscience]
• 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. Perception 33, Supp. 39a. [Abstract - PDF]
• Banks, M. S., Gepshtein, S. & Rose, H. (2004). Do we perceive stereoscopic surfaces by combining patches of constant disparity? Journal of Vision, 4 (8), 173a.
• Banks, M. S., Gepshtein, S., & Landy, M. S. (2003). Why is spatial stereoacuity so low? Journal of Vision 3 (12), 25a. [Power Point - 2.9 MB]
• Gepshtein, S., Banks, M. S. & Landy, M. S. (2003). Spatial Resolution of Stereopsis. Journal of Vision 3 (9), 466a. [Poster - 2 MB]
• Gepshtein, S., Banks, M. S. & Landy, M. S. (2002). Sampling of binocular disparity information and human stereoacuity. Perception 31, Supp., p. 157.
• Gepshtein, S. & Kubovy, M. (1998). Persistence of orientation-tuned noise and instability of perceptual organization. Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science 39 (4): 3952, B778. [Abstract]
• Gepshtein, S. & Cooperman, A. (1998). Stereoscopic transparency: a test for binocular vision's disambiguating power. Vision Research 38 (19) p. 2913-2932. [Abstract][Reprint]
• Gepshtein, S. & Cooperman, A. (1996). Hyperglobal interactions in the perception of stereoscopic transparency, Perception 25, Supp.
• 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.

Perceptual Organization

• Gepshtein, S. & Kubovy, M. (2005). Stability and change in perception: Spatial organization in temporal context. Experimental Brain Research 160 (4) p.487-495 [PDF] [HTML] (Published online on 23 October 2004.)

Featured in January 2005 issue of TRENDS in Cognitive Sciences: Bruno, N. (2005). Unifying sequential effects in perceptual grouping. TICS 9 (1) p. 1-3. [PDF] [HTML]

• 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. [Preprint]
• Gepshtein, S. & Kubovy, M. (2003). Korte's law, the spatiotemporal sensitivity of vision, and the failure of the proximity principle in apparent motion. Perception 32, Supp. 22a [Abstract, Power Point - 0.75 MB]
• 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. [Abstract]
• 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. (2001). The Perceptual Organization of Visual Space-time. Ph.D. Dissertation. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. University of Virginia, Charlottesville.
• 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. [Reprint] [HTML from PNAS]
• 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. [Reprint]
• Kubovy, M. & Gepshtein, S. (2000). Higher curvature is preferred in the completion of visual contours. Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science 41 (4): 2322, B568. [Poster - 53 KB]
• 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. (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.
• Gepshtein, S. & Kubovy, M. (1997). Adaptation and hysteresis in perceptual grouping by proximity. Abstracts of Psychonomic Society, 38th Annual Meeting: 230, p. 24.

Inter-sensory Integration and Movement Control

• 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. Journal of Vision 4 (8), 140a.
• 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. Journal of Vision 4 (8), 145a. [Power Point, 13 MB]
• 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 - HTML]
• Gepshtein, S. & Banks, M. S. (2003). Viewing geometry determines how vision and touch combine in size perception. Current Biology 13 (6) p. 483-488. [Reprint] [Supplementary Materials]
• 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. [Poster - 2 MB]
• Gepshtein, S., Banks, M. S. & Levitan C. A. (2002). How sight and touch combine depends on viewing geometry. Journal of Vision, 2 (7), 399a. [Abstract]
• Banks, M. S., Gepshtein, S., & Levitan C. A. (2002). The combination of sight and touch depends on viewing geometry. Perception 31, Supp., p. 147.

Articles under Review or Revision

• Gepshtein, S., Burge, J., Ernst., M. O., and Banks M. S. Optimal combination of vision and touch has a limited spatial range. [Submitted. A short report on this work appeared at VSS 2004 in Sarasota, Florida, U.S.A.; see below. Abstract]
• Trommershäuser, J., Gepshtein, S., Maloney, L. T., Landy, M. S., and Banks, M. S. Optimal compensation for changes in effective movement variability. [Under review . Reported at TeaP 2004 in Giessen, Germany (Abstract in German) and at VSS 2004 in Sarasota, Florida, U.S.A. (Abstract in English)]
• Gepshtein, S. & Kubovy, M. The lawful perception of visual motion. [Under revision. See Gepshtein & Kubovy (2003) below for an abstract and a Power Point slide show.]
• 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.]

Manuscripts in Preparation

• Gepshtein, S. and 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.) [Poster]
• Gepshtein, S., Rose, H., Banks, M. S., and Landy, M. S.: Perceptual consequences of binocular matching by correlation. (Reported at VSS 2004 in Sarasota, U.S.A. [Abstract-HTML] and at the European Conference on Visual Perception, 2004 in Budapest, Hungary [Abstract-PDF].)

Invited Talks and Colloquia

• September 19, 2002. Advanced Topics in Perceptual Organization (seminar): Vision Science Program, UC Berkeley.
• February 25, 2003. Measurement of Perceptual Organization. (lecture): Vision Science Program, UC Berkeley.
• (September 4, 2003. Statistical Optimality of Inter-sensory Interaction. (lecture): Department of Neurobiology. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
• May 13, 2004. The Integrative Action of The Nervous System: The Case of Vision and Touch. (lecture): Brain Science Forum. Brain Science Institute, Riken, Japan.
• May 14, 2004.The Organization of Visual Motion. (seminar): Perceptual Dynamics Group. Brain Science Institute, Riken, Japan.
• August 31, 2004. The Integrative Action of The Nervous System. (lecture): Department of Psychology. University of Trieste, Italy.
• October 11, 2004. Dynamic Perceptual Organization and Computer Animation. (lecture): Department of Art Practice, UC Berkeley.
• November 2, 2004. New Media and the Aesthetics of Interactivity. (joint seminar with Prof. Greg Niemeyer): Interdisciplinary Center for New Media, UC Berkeley.