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About my research
My work focuses on the visual perception of materials and intuitive physics.
At a glance, we get a rich and deep understanding of the physical world around us. Not only can we recognize objects, we also get a sense of their internal (material) properties:
We can see how an object would feel when touched, squeezed or lifted and, importantly, we can predict its possible futures.
How do humans perceive and reason about the physical properties of objects or materials, such as softness or elasticity?
How does the human brain represent materials and their properties in such rich and efficient manner?
What is the computational basis of visual intuitive physics?
To study these questions, I combine psychophysics, neuroimaging, computational modeling, physical simulations and computer graphics.
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