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MSU Vision Laboratory

My research is in the area of visual perception.  My laboratory is involved in two lines of research:

-Object-Based Attention

current project: the distribution of attention within moving objects

-Distance Perception

recent project: the effects of changes in the properties of object surfaces on the perception of distance

Publications

Journal Articles

Feria, Cary S. (2007). The distribution of attention within objects in multiple-object scenes: Prioritization by spatial probabilities and a center bias. Manuscript submitted for publication. [please email for copy]

Feria, Cary S., Braunstein, Myron L., & Andersen, George J. (2003). Judging distance across texture discontinuities. Perception, 32, 1423-1440. [download .pdf file]

Braunstein, Myron L., Sauer, Craig W., Feria, Cary S., & Andersen, George J. (2002). Perceived internal depth in rotating and translating objects. Perception, 31, 943-954. [download .pdf file]

Published Abstracts

Feria, C. S., & Doyle, M. (2006). The distribution of attention within moving objects is affected by spatial probabilities [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 6(6), 766a, http://journalofvision.org/6/6/766/, doi:10.1167/6.6.766. [view abstract]

Feria, C. S., Braunstein, M. L., & Andersen, G. J. (2004). The effect of surface curvature on perceived distance [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 4(8), 378a, http://journalofvision.org/4/8/378/, doi:10.1167/4.8.378. [view abstract]

Feria, C. S., Braunstein, M. L., & Andersen, G. J. (2003). Judging distance across discontinuities in the frontal plane [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 3(9), 645a, http://journalofvision.org/3/9/645/, doi:10.1167/3.9.645. [view abstract]

Feria, C. S., & Braunstein, M. L. (2002). Judging distance without a continuously textured ground surface [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 2(7), 719a, http://journalofvision.org/2/7/719/, doi:10.1167/2.7.719. [view abstract]

Feria, C.S., Braunstein, M.L., Sauer, C.W., & Andersen, G.J. (2001). Velocity difference and velocity ratio in structure-from-motion [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 1(3), 330a, http://journalofvision.org/1/3/330/, doi:10.1167/1.3.330. [view abstract]

Conference Presentations

Patterson, Christa N., Watkins, Cassie M., Oliver, Philip W., Pieratt, Amanda K., Baker, Amy R., & Feria, Cary S. (2007, March). During tracking of objects moving in 2D and 3D paths, location information is better retained than motion information. Poster presented at the meeting of the Kentucky Psychological Association, Lexington, KY.

Oliver, Philip W., Watkins, Cassie M. , Patterson, Christa N., & Feria, Cary S. (2007, March). Retention of location and motion information during tracking of objects moving in 2D and 3D paths: Control study. Poster presented at the meeting of the Kentucky Psychological Association, Lexington, KY.

Pieratt, Amanda K., Baker, Amy R., Patterson, Christa N., & Feria, Cary S. (2006, November). The attentional bias toward the centers of objects is not affected by object motion. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Sciences, Morehead, KY.

Patterson, Christa N., Baker, Amy R., Pieratt, Amanda K., & Feria, Cary S. (2006, November). Attention concentrates at the centers of stationary objects. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Sciences, Morehead, KY.

Feria, Cary S., & Doyle, Maureen. (2006, May). The distribution of attention within moving objects is affected by spatial probabilities. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL. [download handout]

Feria, Cary S., & Doyle, Maureen. (2006, May). Spatial probabilities and a center bias affect the distribution of attention within moving objects. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, Louisville, KY.

Oliver, Philip W., Baker, Amy R., Edwards, Joshua M., Feria, Cary S., & Doyle, Maureen. (2006, April). Allocation of attention within moving objects is affected by spatial probabilities as well as a bias toward the objects’ centers. Poster presented at the meeting of the Kentucky Psychological Association, Louisville, KY.

Adams, Allison J., Rudd, Nicholas, & Feria, Cary S. (2005, November). Distance perception across surfaces with three different types of curvature. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Sciences, Richmond, KY.

Edwards, Joshua M., Vaughn, Amy N., Cole, Jamie M., Rudd, Nicholas, Adams, Allison J., & Feria, Cary S. (2005, November). Perceived distance over curved and planar motion-parallax surfaces lacking texture information. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Sciences, Richmond, KY.

Rudd, Nicholas, Adams, Allison J., Vaughn, Amy N., Cole, Jamie M., Edwards, Joshua M., & Feria, Cary S. (2005, November). The effect of curvature on perceived distance across surfaces defined by motion parallax and texture density. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Sciences, Richmond, KY.

Feria, Cary S., Braunstein, Myron L., & Andersen, George J. (2004, May). The effect of surface curvature on perceived distance. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.

Feria, Cary S., Braunstein, Myron L., & Andersen, George J. (2003, May). Judging distance across discontinuities in the frontal plane. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.

Feria, Cary S., & Braunstein, Myron L. (2002, May). Judging distance without a continuously textured ground surface. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.

Feria, Cary S., Braunstein, Myron L., Sauer, Craig W., & Andersen, George J. (2001, May). Velocity difference and velocity ratio in structure-from-motion. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.

Please see the MSU Vision Laboratory's web page for more information.