James T. Todd

Professor of Psychology

Director of the Vision Laboratory at The Ohio State University


Teaching

Psychology 310
Psychology 606
Psychology 737

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Research Areas

o Visual Perception
o Visual Cognition


Curriculum Vitae:

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Current Research Program

My research is primarily concerned with the visual perception of 3-dimensional form from various types of optical information, such as shading, texture, motion, and binocular disparity. The specific goals of this research are twofold: First, to identify the formal characteristics of how an object's 3-dimensional form is perceptually represented; and second, to discover how these representations are computed from the measurable properties of visual images. In addressing these issues we attempt to develop specific computational models of how image structure could be perceptually analyzed, and to empirically test the validity of those models for actual human observers.


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Recent Publications

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Mysore, S. G., Vogels, R., Raiguel, S. E., Todd, J. T. & Orban, G. A. (2010) The selectivity of FST neurons for 3D structure from motion. Journal of Neuroscience, 30, 15491–15508.

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Thaler, L. & Todd, J.T. (2010).  Evidence from Visuo-Motor Adaptation for two partially independent Visuo-motor systems.  Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 36, 924-935.

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Phillips, F & Todd, J. T. (2010) Texture discrimination based on global phase alignments. Journal of Vision, 10 (6):6, 1–14.

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Todd, J. T. & Thaler, L. (2010) The perception of 3D shape from texture based on directional width gradients. Journal of Vision, 10 (5):17, 1–13.

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Todd, J. T., Christensen, J. C. & Guckes, K. M. (2010). Are discrimination thresholds a valid measure of variance for judgments of slant from texture? Journal of Vision, 10(2):20, 1-18.

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Koenderink, J. J., Albertazzi, L., van Doorn, A. J., van de Grind, W. A., Kappers, A. M. L., Lappin, J. L., Norman, J. F., Oomes, A. H. J., te Pas, S. P., Phillips, F., Pont, S. C., Richards, W. A., Todd, J. T., van Ee, R., Verstraten, F. A. J. & de Vries, S. (2010) Does monocular visual space have planes? Acta Psychologica, 134, 40–47.

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Nelissen, K., Joly,  O., Durand, J. B., Todd, J. T., Vanduffel, W. & Orban, G. A. (2009) The extraction of depth structure from shading and texture in the macaque brain. PLoS One, 4, e8306

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Durand J. B., Peeters, R., Norman, J. F., Todd, J. T. & Orban, G. A. (2009) Parietal regions processing visual 3D shape extracted from disparity. Neuroimage, 46, 1114-1126.

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Thaler, L. & Todd, J. T. (2009) The Use of Head/Eye-Centered, Hand-Centered and Allocentric Representations for Visually Guided Hand Movements and Perceptual Judgments. Neuropsychologia, 47, 1227–1244.

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Thaler, L. & Todd, J. T. (2009) The Control Parameters used by the CNS to Guide the Hand Depend on the Visuo-Motor Task: Evidence from Visually Guided Pointing. Neuroscience, 159, 578-598

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Georgieva, S., Peeters, R., Kolster1, H., Todd, J. T &.Orban, G. A. (2009) The processing of 3D shape from disparity in the human brain. Journal of Neuroscience, 29, 727-742.

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Koenderink, J. J., van Doorn, A. J. & Todd, J. T. (2009). Wide distribution of external local sign in the normal population. Psychological Research, 73, 14-22.

Georgieva, S. G., Todd J. T., Peeters, R. and Guy A. Orban, G. A. (2008) The extraction of 3D shape from texture and shading in the human brain. Cerebral Cortex, 18, 2416– 2438.  

Wilbraham, D. A., Christensen, J., Martinez, A. M. & Todd (2008). Can low level image differences account for the ability of human observers to discriminate facial identity?  Journal of Vision, 8(15)5, 1-12.

Koenderink, J. J., van Doorn, A. J., Kappers, A. M. L., Doumen, M. J. & Todd, J. T. (2008)  Exocentric pointing in depth.  Vision Research, 48, 716-723.

Durand, J. B., Nelissen, K., Joly, O., Wardak, C., Todd, J. T, Norman, J. F., Janssen, P., Vanduffel, W. & Orban, G. A. (2007) Anterior Regions of Monkey Parietal Cortex Process Visual 3D Shape. Neuron, 55, 493-505

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Koenderink, J. J., Pont, S. C., van Doorn, A. J., Kapers, A. M. L. & Todd, J. T. (2007). The visual light field. Perception, 36.

Todd, J. T. (2007) On the internal consistency of perceptual organization. In M. A. Peterson, B. Gillam & H. A. Sedgwick (Eds.) In the Minds's Eye: Julian Hochberg on the Perception of Pictures, Film, and the World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp 531-538.

Thaler, L., Todd, J. T. & Dijkstra, T. M. H.(2007) The effects of phase on the perception of 3D shape from texture: Psychophysics and modeling. Vision Research, 47, 411-427.

Thaler, L., Todd, J. T., Spering, M. & Gegenfurtner, K. (2007) Illusory Bending of a Rigidly Moving Line Segment: Effects of Image motion and Smooth Pursuit Eye Movements. Journal of Vision, 7(6)9, 1-13.

Todd, J. T., Thaler, L., Dijkstra, T. M. H., Koenderink, J. J. & Kappers, A. M. L. (2007). The effects of viewing angle, camera angle and sign of surface curvature on the perception of 3D shape from texture. Journal of Vision, 7(12)9, 1-16.

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Orban, G. A., Claeys, K., Nelissen, K., Smans, R., Sunaert, S., Todd, J. T., Wardak, C., and Vanduffel, W. (2006) Mapping the parietal cortex of human and non-human primates. Neuropsychologia, 44, 2646-2667.

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Mailing Address:

Psychology Department
216 Lazenby Hall
1827 Neil Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210 USA

Email:

todd.44@osu.edu

Phone:

614-292-8661