Psychology Building Addition
152 Frelinghuysen Road, Busch Campus
Piscataway, NJ 08854-8020
Telephone: 732-445-6660; Fax: 732-445-6715
Thomas Papathomas, Director
The Laboratory of Vision
Research (LVR) has three major objectives: to conduct advanced
interdisciplinary research in vision by engaging undergraduate, graduate, and
postdoctoral researchers; to offer undergraduate and graduate courses in
visual perception and related areas; and to serve as a consulting body to local
and global institutions and scientific journalists. Research is focused on
early vision, such as texture, stereoscopic depth, and motion perception, as
well as the role of cognitive processes in perception. Of particular interest are
the interactions of data-driven signals arriving to the eyes and schema-driven
processes that are based on previous experiences and biases, as they pertain to
perceiving three-dimensional (3-D) objects, scenes, and faces. LVR uses real 3-D
volumetric illusions and virtual-reality stimuli to examine these interactions.
