Jacob Feldman
Professor
Dept. of Psychology
Center for Cognitive Science
Rutgers University - New Brunswick
152 Frelinghuysen Rd.
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Professor
Dept. of Psychology
Center for Cognitive Science
Rutgers University - New Brunswick
152 Frelinghuysen Rd.
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Research Interests:
Computational models and empirical studies of human visual perception and concept learning, including perceptual organization, grouping, and shape.
Selected papers:
• Feldman, J. (2009) Bayes and the simplicity principle in perception. Psychological Review, 116(4), 875–887.
• Kim, S. and Feldman, J. (2009) Globally inconsistent figure/ground relations induced by a negative part. Journal of Vision, 9(10), 1–13.
• Feldman, J. (2007) The formation of visual “objects” in the early computation of spatial relations. Perception & Psychophysics, 69(5), 816–827.
• Feldman, J. and Singh, M. (2006) Bayesian estimation of the shape skeleton. PNAS, 103(47), 18014–18019.
• Feldman, J. (2006) An algebra of human concept learning. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 50, 339–368. Software
• Barenholtz, E. and Feldman, J. (2006). Determination of visual figure and ground in dynamically deforming shapes. Cognition, 101(3), 530–544. Demos
• Feldman, J. and Tremoulet, P. (2006) Individuation of visual objects over time. Cognition, 99, 131–165.
• Tremoulet, P. D. and Feldman, J. (2006) The influence of spatial context and the role of intentionality in the interpretation of animacy from motion. Perception & Psychophysics, 68(6) 1047–1058.
• Feldman (2004) How surprising is a simple pattern? Quantifying "Eureka!" Cognition, 93, 199–224.
• Feldman, J. (2000) Minimization of Boolean complexity in human concept learning. Nature, 407, 630–633.
