manishM a n i s h   S i n g h

Professor
Department of Psychology
& Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science (RuCCS)
Rutgers University– New Brunswick

152 Frelinghuysen Rd., Piscataway, NJ 08854

Email: <my first name> <DOT> <my last name> <AT> r u t g e r s <DOT> e d u

 


Ph.D., 1998: Department of Cognitive SciencesUniversity of California, Irvine

1998 - 2001: Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Brain and Cognitive SciencesMassachusetts Institute of Technology


R e s e a r c h   I n t e r e s t s

  • Computational and psychophysical investigation of contour and surface representations in human vision
  • Probabilistic computation and representation of structure in perception
  • Visual representation of shape
  • Visual interpolation and extrapolation of contour and surface geometry
  • Computation of layered surface structure under partial occlusion and transparency
  • Visual prediction of the physical behavior of objects

R e c e n t   P u b l i c a t i o n s

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Froyen, V., Feldman, J., & Singh, M. (2015). Bayesian Hierarchical Grouping: Perceptual grouping as mixture estimation. Psychological Review, 122(4), 575-597.

Hoffman, D., Singh, M., & Prakash, C. (2015). Interface Theory of Perception. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, in press.

Hoffman, D., Singh, M., & Prakash, C. (2015). Probing the Interface Theory of Perception: Reply to Commentaries. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, in press.

Denisova, K., Feldman, J., Su, X, & Singh, M. (2015). Investigating shape representation using sensitivity to part- and axis-based transformations. Vision Research, in press.

Wilder, J., Feldman, J., & Singh, M. (2015). The role of shape complexity in the detection of closed contours. Vision Research, in press.

Cholewiak, S., Fleming, R. & Singh, M. (2015). Perception of physical stability and center of mass of 3-D objects. Journal of Vision, 15(2):13, 1-11.

Wilder, J., Feldman, J., & Singh, M. M. (2015). Contour complexity and contour detection. Journal of Vision, 15(6):6, 1-16.

Singh, M. (2015). Visual representation of contour and shape. In J. Wagemans (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Perceptual Organization (pp. 236-257). Oxford University Press.

Singh, M. (2014). Transparency and translucency. In K. Ikeuchi (Ed.), Computer Vision: A Reference Guide, pp. 815-819. Springer Verlag.

Feldman, J., Singh, M., & Froyen, V. (2014). Perceptual grouping as Bayesian mixture estimation. In S. Gepshtein, L. Maloney, & M. Singh (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Computational Perceptual Organization. Oxford University Press. In press.

Fulvio, J., Singh, M., & Maloney, L. (2014). Visual interpolation and extrapolation of contours. In S. Gepshtein, L. Maloney, & M. Singh (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Computational Perceptual Organization. Oxford University Press. In press.

Froyen, V., Feldman, J., & Singh, M. (2013). Rotating columns: Relating structure-from-motion, accretion/deletion, and figure/ground.Journal of Vision, 13(10), 1-12.

Cholewiak, S., Fleming, R. & Singh, M. (2013). Visual perception of the physical stability of asymmetric three-dimensional objects. Journal of Vision, 13(4):12, 1-13.

Kim, S.-H., Feldman, J., & Singh, M. (2013). Perceived causality can alter the perceived trajectory of apparent motion. Psychological Science, 24(4), 575-582.

Singh, M. & Hoffman, D. (2013). Natural selection and shape perception. In S. Dickinson & Z. Pizlo (Eds.), Shape Perception in Human and Computer Vision: An Interdisciplinary Perspective (pp. 171-185). Springer Verlag.

Feldman, J., Singh, M., Briscoe, E., Froyen, V., Kim, S. & Wilder, J. (2013). An integrated Bayesian approach to shape representation and perceptual organization. In S. Dickinson & Z. Pizlo (Eds.), Shape Perception in Human and Computer Vision: An Interdisciplinary Perspective (pp. 55-70). Springer Verlag.

Hoffman, D. & Singh, M. (2012). Computational Evolutionary Perception. Perception (Special Issue on the 30th anniversary of Marr's "Vision"), 41(9), 1073-1091.

Kim, S.-H., Feldman, J., & Singh, M. (2012). Curved apparent motion induced by amodal completion. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 74(2), 350-364.

Singh, M. & Feldman, J. (2012). Principles of contour information: A response to Lim & Leek (2012). Psychological Review, 119(3), 678-683.

Wagemans, J., Elder, J., Kubovy, M., Palmer, S., Peterson, M., Singh, M., & von der Heydt, R. (2012). A century of Gestalt psychology in visual perception: Perceptual grouping and figure-ground organization. Psychological Bulletin, 138(6),1172-1217.