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(615) 322-2398
510 Wilson Hall
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Education
Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1966.
Joseph S. Lappin
Professor of Psychology, Emeritus
Research Professor of Psychology
Lappin conducts research on human visual perception: How does knowledge of the surrounding world_solid objects and meaningful events in 3D spaces_derive from patterns of light on the eyes? Current research projects investigate motion perception, perception of solid shape from motion, peripheral vision, and peripheral vision in children with low vision. Current theoretical research concerns a representational theory of information (for a book tentatively titled Information, form, and knowledge).
Representative Publications
- Tadin, D., Paffen, C.L.E., Blake, R., & Lappin, J.S. (2008). Contextual modulations of center-surround interactions in motion revealed with the motion aftereffect. Journal of Vision, 8(7):9, 1-11.
- Tadin, D., Kim, J., Doop, M.L., Gibson, C., Lappin, J.S., Blake, R., & Park, S. (2006). Weakened center-surround interactions in motion processing in schizophrenia. The Journal of Neuroscience, 26, 11403-11412.
- Lappin, J.S., Shelton, A.L., & J.J. Rieser (2006). Environmental context influences visually perceived distance. Perception & Psychophysics, 68 (4), 571-581.
- Tadin, D., Lappin, J.S., & Blake, R. (2006). Fine temporal properties of center-surround interactions in motion processing revealed by reverse correlation. The Journal of Neuroscience, 26, 2614-2622.
- Tadin, D. & Lappin, J.S. (2005). Optimal size for perceiving motion decreases with contrast. Vision Research, 45, 2059-2064.
- Norman, J.F., Norman, H.F., Lee, Y., Stockton, D., & Lappin, J.S. (2004). The visual perception of length along intrinsically curved surfaces. Perception & Psychophysics, 66 (1), 77-88.
- Tadin, D., Lappin, J.S., Gilroy, L.A., & Blake, R. (2003). Perceptual consequences of centre-surround antagonism in visual motion processing. Nature, 424, 312-315.
- Koenderink, J.J., van Doorn, A.J., & Lappin, J.S. (2003). Exocentric pointing to opposite targets. Acta Psychologica, 112, 71-87.
- Tadin, D., Lappin, J.S., Gilroy, L.A., & Blake, R. (2003). Perceptual consequences of centre-surround antagonism in visual motion processing. Nature, 424, 312-315
- Tadin, D., Lappin, J. S., Blake, R., & Grossman, E. D. (2002). What constitutes an efficient reference frame for vision? Nature Neuroscience, 5, 110-115
- Lappin, J.S., Tadin, D. & Whittier, E.J. (2002). Visual coherence of moving and stationary image changes. Vision Research, 42, 1523-1534
- Lappin, J.S., Donnelly, M. P, & Kojima, H. (2001). Coherence of early motion signals. Vision Research, 41, 1631-1644
- Norman, J.F., Lappin, J.S., & Norman, H. (2000). Visual perception of length on a physically curved surface. Perception & Psychophysics, 62(6), 1133-1145
- Lappin, J.S., & Craft, W.D. (2000). Foundations of spatial vision: From retinal images to perceived shapes. Psychological Review, 107 (1), 6-38
- Koenderink, J.J., van Doorn, A.J., & Lappin, J.S. (2000). Direct measurement of the curvature of visual space. Perception, 29, 69-79
- Perotti, V.J., Todd, J.T., Lappin, J.S., & Phillips, F. (1998). The perception of surface curvature from optical motion. Perception and Psychophysics, 60(3), 377-388.
- Lappin, J. S., & Craft, W.D. (1997). Definition and detection of binocular disparity. Vision Research, 37(21), 2953-2974.