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Efficient Visual Heuristics in the Perception of Physical Object Properties.
Paulun, V. C., Bayer, F. S., Tenenbaum, J. B., & Fleming, R. W. (2023)
bioRxiv, doi: /10.1101/2023.03.24.534031
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Distinct neural components of visually guided grasping during planning and execution.
Klein, L.K.*, Maiello, G.*, Stubbs, K.M., Proklova, D., Chen, J., Paulun, V.C., Culham, J.C., & Fleming, R.W. (in press)   *these authors contributed equally
Journal of Neuroscience
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journal articles

Material perception for philosophers
Ritchie, J.B., Paulun, V. C.*, Storrs, K.R.*, & Fleming, R. W. (2021)   *these authors contributed equally
Philosophy Compass, e12777, doi: 10.1111/phc3.12777
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Humans Can Visually Judge Grasp Quality and Refine Their Judgments Through Visual and Haptic Feedback
Maiello, G., Schepko, M., Klein, L. K., Paulun, V. C., & Fleming, R. W. (2021)
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 14:591898, doi: 10.3389/fnins.2020.591898
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Predicting precision grip grasp locations on three-dimensional objects
Klein, L. K.*, Maiello, G.*, Paulun, V. C., & Fleming, R. W. (2020)   *these authors contributed equally
PLOS Computational Biology, 16(8):e1008081. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008081
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Visually inferring elasticity from the motion trajectory of bouncing cubes
Paulun, V. C., & Fleming, R. W. (2020)
Journal of Vision, 20(6):6, 1–14, https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.20.6.6
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Integration of prior knowledge during haptic exploration depends on information type
Zöller, A.C., Lezkan, A., Paulun, V.C., Fleming, R.W., & Drewing, K. (2019)
Journal of Vision, 19(4):20, 1-15, doi:10.1167/19.4.20
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The Material-Weight Illusion disappears or inverts in objects made of two materials
Paulun, V. C., Buckingham, G., Goodale, M.A., & Fleming, R. W. (2019)
Journal of Neurophysiology, 121, 996-1010, doi:10.1152/jn.00199.2018
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Object visibility, not energy expenditure, accounts for spatial biases in human grasp selection
Maiello, G.*, Paulun, V. C.*, Klein, L. K., & Fleming, R. W. (2019)   *these authors contributed equally
i-Perception, 10(1), 1-5, doi:10.1177/2041669519827608
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The Sequential-Weight Illusion
Maiello, G., Paulun, V. C., Klein, L. K., & Fleming, R. W. (2018)
i-Perception, 9(4), 1–6. doi:10.1177/2041669518790275
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Inferring the stiffness of unfamiliar objects from optical, shape and motion cues
Schmidt, F., Paulun, V.C., van Assen, J.J.R., & Fleming, R.W. (2017)
Journal of Vision, 17(3):18, 1-17, doi:10.1167/17.3.18
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Shape, motion and optical cues to stiffness of elastic objects
Paulun, V.C., Schmidt, F., van Assen, J.J.R., & Fleming, R.W. (2017)
Journal of Vision, 17(1):20, 1-22, doi:10.1167/17.1.20
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Effects of material properties and object orientation on precision grip kinematics
Paulun, V.C., Gegenfurtner, K.R., Goodale, M.A., & Fleming, R.W. (2016)
Experimental Brain Research, 234, 2253-2265, doi:10.1007/s00221-016-4631-7
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A tetrachromatic display for the spatiotemporal control of rod and cone stimulation
Bayer, F.S., Paulun, V.C., Weiss, D., & Gegenfurtner, K.R. (2015)
Journal of Vision, 15(11):15, 1-16, doi:10.1167/15.11.15
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Visual search under scotopic lighting conditions.
Paulun, V.C., Schütz, A.C., Michel, M.M., Geisler, W.S., & Gegenfurtner, K.R. (2015)
Vision Research, 113, 155-168, doi:10.1016/j.visres.2015.05.004

Seeing liquids from static snapshots
Paulun, V.C., Kawabe, T., Nishida, S., & Fleming, R.W. (2015)
Vision Research, 115, 163-174, doi:10.1016/j.visres.2015.01.023
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Center or side: Biases in selecting grasp points on small bars.
Paulun, V.C., Kleinholdermann, U., Gegenfurtner, K.R., Smeets, J.B.J., & Brenner, E. (2014)
Experimental Brain Research, 232(7), 2061-2072, doi:10.1007/s00221-014-3895-z

conference papers
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Chessa, M., Maiello, G., Klein, L.K., Paulun, V.C., & Solari, F., 2019). Grasping objects in immersive Virtual Reality. In 2019 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR) , (pp. 1749-1754). IEEE, doi: 10.1109/VR.2019.8798155
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Zöller, A.C., Lezkan, A., Paulun, V.C., Fleming, R.W., & Drewing, K. (2018). Influence of Different Types of Prior Knowledge on Haptic Exploration of Soft Objects. In International Conference on Human Haptic Sensing and Touch Enabled Computer Applications , (pp. 413-424). Springer, Cham, doi: /10.1007/978-3-319-93445-7_36

conference talks
[22] Paulun, V.C., Pramod, RT., & Kanwisher, N. (2023). "Things" versus "Stuff" in the Brain. Annual meeting of the Vision Science Society (VSS), St. Petersburg, FL, USA
[21] Paulun, V.C., Bayer, F.S., Tenenbaum, J.B., & Fleming, R.W. (2023). Efficient perception of physical object properties with visual heuristics. Computational and Mathematical Models in Vision (MODVIS), St. Petersburg, FL, USA
[20] Paulun, V.C., Zheng, K., & Kar, K. (2022). Distributed population activity in the macaque inferior temporal cortex reflects perceived not retinal object size. Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN), San Diego, CA, USA
[19] Paulun, V.C., Bayer, F.S., & Fleming, R.W. (2019). Visual Perception of Elasticity in Bouncing Objects. European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Leuven, BEL
[18] Maiello, G., Schepko, M., Klein, L.K.,Paulun, V.C., & Fleming, R.W. (2019). Hand Pose Selection in Visually Guided Grasping. ECVP, Leuven, BEL
[17] Maiello, G., Schepko, M., Klein, L.K.,Paulun, V.C., & Fleming, R.W. (2019). Visual Judgements of Grasp Optimality. VSS, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
[16] Paulun, V.C., Schmidt, F., & Fleming, R.W. (2018). Visual Perception of Deformable Things. The Skin of Things, Amsterdam, NL
[15] Paulun, V.C., Schmidt, F., & Fleming, R.W. (2018). A feature-based model of visually perceiving deformable objects. MODVIS, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
[14] Maiello, G., Klein, L.K., Paulun, V.C., Storrs, K., & Fleming, R.W. (2018). The road towards image-computable models of human visual grasp planning. MODVIS, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
[13] Klein, L.K., Maiello, G., Proklova, D., Chen, J., Paulun, V.C., Culham, J.C., & Fleming, R.W. (2018). Predicting how we grasp arbitrary objects. VSS, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
[12] Paulun, V.C.**, Schmidt, F., & Fleming, R.W. (2018). Visual perception of the properties of deformable objects. Conference of Experimental Psychologists (TeaP), Marburg, DE, **session chair
[11] Maiello, G., Klein, L.K., Paulun, V.C., & Fleming, R.W. (2018). Human visual grasp selection. TeaP, Marburg, DE
[10] Paulun, V.C., Schmidt, F., & Fleming, R.W. (2017). Perceiving the softness and plasticity of deformable materials. ECVP, Berlin, DE
[9] Fleming, R.W., Paulun, V.C., Van Assen, J.J.R., & Schmidt, F. (2017). Jelly and goop: Visual perception of non-rigid materials. ECVP, Berlin, DE
[8] Klein, L.K., Maiello, G., Paulun, V.C., & Fleming, R.W. (2017). Who's up for some heavy lifting? How three-dimensional shape and material properties determine precision grip grasp locations. ECVP, Berlin, DE
[7] Paulun, V.C., & Fleming, R.W. (2017). Visual perception of elastic behavior of bouncing objects. VSS, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
[6] Paulun, V.C., & Fleming, R.W. (2017). Heuristics from statistics— Modeling the behavior and perception of non-rigid materials. MODVIS, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
[5] Maiello, G., Klein, L.K., Paulun, V.C., & Fleming, R.W. (2017) Modeling Grip Point Selection in Human Precision Grip. MODVIS, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
[4] Paulun, V.C., Schmidt, F., van Assen, J.J.R., & Fleming, R.W. (2016). Wibble-wobble: motion and shape indicate softness of deformable materials. ECVP, Barcelona, ES
[3] Paulun, V.C., Buckingham, G., Gegenfurtner, K.R., Fleming, R.W., & Goodale, M.A. (2015). Inversion of the Material-Weight Illusion in objects made of two materials. ECVP, Liverpool, UK
[2] Paulun, V.C., Gegenfurtner, K.R., Goodale, M.A., & Fleming, R.W. (2014). Getting a grip on different materials. VSS, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
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Fleming, R.W. & Paulun, V.C. (2012). Goop! On the visual perception of fluid viscosity. VSS, Naples, FL, USA

conference posters
[23] Paulun, V.C., Siegel, M.H., & Tenenbaum, J.B. (2022). Joint online inference of material properties and object shape. CogSci, Toronto, CAN
[22] Paulun, V.C., Zheng, K., & Kar, K. (2022). Distributed population activity in the macaque inferior temporal cortex but not current deep neural networks predict the Ponzo illusion. VSS, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
[21] Paulun, V.C., Schmidt, F., Bayer, F.S., Wangler, J., Tenenbaum, J.B., & Fleming, R.W. (2021). Visual Prediction of Bounce Trajectories. V-VSS, zoom-land
[20] Klein, L.K., Maiello, G., Schepko, M., Paulun, V.C., & Fleming, R.W. (2019). Grasping Spheres with a Twist: Maping out end-state comfort. ECVP, Leuven, BEL
[19] Klein, L.K., Maiello, G., Proklova, D., Paulun, V.C., Culham J.C., & Fleming, R.W. (2019). Whih brain areas are responsible for which aspects of grasping?VSS, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
[18] Maiello, G., Klein, L.K., Paulun, V.C., & Fleming, R.W. (2018). Grasping the Skin of Things.The Skin of Things, Amsterdam, NL
[17] Paulun, V.C., Schmidt, F., & Fleming, R.W. (2018). Visual Features of Non-Rigid Objects. Optical Society of America (OSA) Fall Vision Meeting, Reno, NV, USA
[16] Klein, L.K., Maiello, G., Proklova, D., Chen, J., Paulun, V.C., Culham, J.C., & Fleming, R.W. (2018). Neural correlates of visual grasp selection. ECVP, Trieste, IT
[15] Paulun, V.C., Schmidt, F., & Fleming, R.W. (2018). Visual perception of deformable materials. VSS, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
[14] Maiello, G., Paulun, V.C., Klein, L.K., & Fleming, R.W. (2018).The Sequential-Weight Illusion. VSS, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
[13] Klein, L.K., Maiello, G., Chen, J., Paulun, V.C., Culham, J.C., & Fleming, R.W. (2018). Predicting how we grasp arbitrary objects. TeaP, Marburg, DE
[12] Maiello, G., Klein, L.K., Paulun, V.C., & Fleming, R.W. (2017). A model that predicts where we grasp 3D objects. ECVP, Berlin, DE
[11] Zöller, A., Lezkan, A., Paulun, V.C., Fleming, R.W., Drewing, K. (2017). Influence of different types of predictive signals on haptic exploration of soft material. ECVP, Berlin, DE
[10] Klein, L.K., Paulun, V.C., & Fleming, R.W. (2017). You break it, you buy it—effect of object shape on grasp locations. VSS, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
[9] Paulun, V.C., van Assen, J.J.R., & Fleming, R.W. (2016). Visual cues to stiffness of elastic objects. VSS, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
[8] Paulun, V.C., Buckingham, G., Gegenfurtner, K.R., Fleming, R.W., & Goodale, M.A. (2015). Modulation of the Material-Weight Illusion in objects made of more than one material. VSS, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
[7] Paulun, V.C., Gegenfurtner, K.R., Goodale, M.A., Fleming, R.W. (2014). How do material and orientation of an object influence precision grip? ECVP, Belgrade, RS
[6] van Assen, J.J.R., Paulun, V.C., Fleming, R.W. (2014). Visual perception of fluid viscosity over time. VSS, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
[5] van Assen, J.J.R., Paulun, V.C., Fleming, R.W. (2014). Constancy of visually perceived fluid viscosity. TeaP, Gießen, DE
[4] Paulun, V.C., Gegenfurtner, K.R., Fleming, R.W. (2014). Influence of material properties and object orientation on precision grip. TeaP, Gießen, DE
[3] Paulun, V.C., Kleinholdermann, U., Gegenfurtner, K.R., Smeets, J.B.J., & Brenner, E. (2013). Influence of object weight and movement distance on grasp point selection. ECVP, Bremen, DE
[2] Paulun, V.C., Kleinholdermann, U., Gegenfurtner, K.R., Smeets, J.B.J., & Brenner, E. (2013). How to choose where to place the fingers when grasping a small bar: Effects of object weight and movement distance on grasp point selection. VSS, Naples, FL, USA
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Paulun, V.C., Schütz, A.C., & Gegenfurtner, K.R. (2012). Searching in the dark—Saccades during scotopic and photopic visual search. ECVP, Alghero, IT

others
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Paulun, V.C. (2018). Wie Greifen im Gehirn entsteht. Retrieved from: https://scilogs.spektrum.de/klartext/wie-greifen-im-gehirn-entsteht/ [Blog post]