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Karl R. Gegenfurtner, Ph.D.

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Justus-Liebig University Giessen FB 06 Psychology and Sports-Sciences
Alter Steinbacher Weg 38
35394 Giessen (Germany)

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The emphasis of my current research is on information processing in the visual system. Specifically, I am concerned with the relationship between low level sensory processes, higher level visual cognition, and sensorimotor integration.

My goal is to answer the question how complex scenes and objects are perceived in a natural environment, how they are represented in the brain, and how the visual information is used to drive the motor system.

project-related publications
Aizenman, A. M., Gegenfurtner, K. R., & Goettker, A. (2024). Oculomotor routines for perceptual judgments. Journal of Vision,24(5), 3-3. find paper
Akbarinia, A., Morgenstern, Y., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2023). Contrast sensitivity function in deep networks.Neural Networks, 164, 228-244. find paper
Albers, A. M., Baumgartner, E., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2022). Color constant representations in early visual cortex. bioRxiv (2022): 2022-06. find paper
de Vries, J.P., Akbarinia, A., Flachot, A. & Gegenfurtner, K.R. (2022). Emergent color categorization in a neural network trained for object recognition. eLife, 11, e76472. find preprint DOI
de Vries, J.P., Flachot, A., Morimoto, T. & Gegenfurtner, K.R. (2023). A deep new look at color. Behavioral and Brain Sciences46 (2023): e389 find paper
Gegenfurtner, K. R., Weiss, D., & Bloj, M. (2024). Color constancy in real-world settings. Journal of Vision24, no. 2 (2024): 12-12. find paper
Gil Rodríguez, R., Bayer, F., Toscani, M., Guarnera, D. Y., Guarnera, G. C., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2022). Colour calibration of a head mounted display for colour vision research using virtual reality. SN Computer Science, 3, 1-10. find paper
Gil Rodríguez, R., Hedjar, L., Toscani, M., Guarnera, D., Guarnera, G.C. & Gegenfurtner, K.R. (2024). Color Constancy mechanisms in virtual reality environments. Journal of Vision24, no. 5 (2024): 6-6. find paper
Goettker, A. & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2024). Individual differences link sensory processing and motor control. Journal of Vision,23(10), 12-12. Download PDF (preprint)
Goettker, A., Borgerding, N., Leeske, L., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2023). Cues for predictive eye movements in naturalistic scenes. Journal of Vision,23(10), 12-12. find paper
Goettker, A., Locke, S. M., Gegenfurtner, K. R., & Mamassian, P. (2023). Sensorimotor Confidence for Tracking Eye Movements. Journal of Vision,24(5), 3-3. find paper
Morimoto, T., Akbarinia, A., Storrs, K., Cheeseman, J. R., Smithson, H. E., Gegenfurtner, K. R., & Fleming, R. W. (2023). Color and gloss constancy under diverse lighting environments. Journal of Vision, 23(7), 8-8. find paper DOI
Morimoto, T., Akbarinia, A., Storrs, K., Cheeseman, J. R., Smithson, H. E., Gegenfurtner, K. R., & Fleming, R. W. (2023). Color and gloss constancy under diverse lighting environments. Journal of Vision, 23(7), 8-8. find paper DOI
Zhang, Y., Valsecchi, M., Gegenfurtner, K. R., & Chen, J. (2023). Laplacian reference is optimal for steady-state visual-evoked potentials. Journal of Neurophysiology, 130(3), 557-568. find paper
Zhang, Y., Valsecchi, M., Gegenfurtner, K. R., & Chen, J. (2023). The time course of chromatic adaptation in human early visual cortex revealed by SSVEPs. Journal of Vision23, no. 5 (2023): 17-17. find paper
Zhang, Y., Valsecchi, M., Gegenfurtner, K. R., & Chen, J. (2024). The execution of saccadic eye movements suppresses visual processing of both color and luminance in the early visual cortex of humans. Journal of Neurophysiology, 131(6), 1156-1167. find paper
former project-related publications
Akbarinia, A., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2018). Color metamerism and the structure of illuminant space. JOSA A, 35(4), B231-B238. find paper
Arendt, T., Brand, O., Krippes, C., Gabriel, A., Helf, C., Gegenfurtner, K.R., Schütz, A.C. (2020). NeurOscientific Workflow Assistance (NOWA). Poster presented at Jahrestagung RDA Deutschland, Potsdam, Germany. find poster
Arendt, T., Brand, O., Krippes, C., Gabriel, A., Valsecchi, M., Helf, C., Gegenfurtner, K. R., Schütz, A. C. (Januar, 2019). NeurOscientific Workflow Assistance. Poster präsentiert an der DINI Jahrestagung 2018, Bielefeld, Deutschland. find poster
Billino, J., Hennig, J., & Gegenfurtner, K. (2016a). Association between COMT genotype and the control of memory guided saccades: Individual differences in healthy adults reveal a detrimental role of dopamine. Vision Research. DOI find paper
Billino, J., Hennig, J., & Gegenfurtner, K. (2016b). The role of dopamine in anticipatory pursuit eye movements: Insights from genetic polymorphisms in healthy adults. eNeuro, 3(6). DOI find paper
Bloj, M., Weiß, D., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2016). Bias effects of short-and long-term color memory for unique objects. JOSA A, 33(4), 492-500. find paper
Braun, D. I. & Gegenfurtner, K.R. (2016). Dynamics of oculomotor direction discrimination. Journal of Vision, 16(13):4. find paper DOI
Braun, D. I., Schütz, A. C., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2021). Age effects on saccadic suppression of luminance and color. Journal of Vision, 21(6), 11-11. find paper DOI
Braun, D.I., Schütz & Gegenfurtner, K.R. (2017). Visual sensitivity for luminance and chromatic stimuli during the execution of smooth pursuit and saccadic eye movements. Vision Research, 136,57-69. find paper DOI
Chen, J ., Valsecchi , M. & Gegenfurtner , K.R. (2017b). Attention is allocated closely ahead of the target during smooth pursuit eye movements: evidence from EEG frequency tagging. Neuropsychologia . find paper DOI
Chen, J., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2021). Electrophysiological evidence for higher-level chromatic mechanisms in humans. Journal of Vision, 21(8), 12-12. find paper DOI
Chen, J., Valsecchi, M. & Gegenfurtner, K.R. (2016a). Role of motor execution in the ocular tracking of self-generated movements. Journal of Neurophysiology, 16(6):2586-2593. find paper DOI
Chen, J., Valsecchi, M. & Gegenfurtner, K.R. (2017a). Enhanced brain responses to color during smooth pursuit eye movements. Journal of neurophysiology, 118(2), 749-754. find paper DOI
Chen, J., Valsecchi, M., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2016b). LRP predicts smooth pursuit eye movement onset during the ocular tracking of self-generated movements. Journal of neurophysiology, 116(1):18-29. find paper DOI
Chen, J., Valsecchi, M., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2019). Saccadic suppression measured by steady-state visual evoked potentials. Journal of Neurophysiology, 122(1), 251–258. find paper DOI
Churan, J., Braun, D. I., Gegenfurtner, K. R., & Bremmer, F. (2018). Comparison of the precision of smooth pursuit in humans and head unrestrained monkeys. Journal of Eye Movement Research, 11(4). find paper DOI
de Haas, B., Iakovidis, A. L., Schwarzkopf, D. S., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2019). Individual differences in visual salience vary along semantic dimensions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(24), 11687-11692. find paper, DATA
Ennis, R., Toscani , M., & Gegenfurtner , K. R. (2017). Seeing lightness in the dark. Current Biology, 27(12), R586-R588. DOI find paper
Ennis, R., Schiller, F., Toscani, M., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2018). Hyperspectral database of fruits and vegetables. JOSA A, 35(4), B256-B266. find paper DOI
Flachot, A., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2018). Processing of chromatic information in a deep convolutional neural network. JOSA A, 35(4), B334-B346. find paper
Flachot, A., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2021). Color for object recognition: Hue and chroma sensitivity in the deep features of convolutional neural networks. Vision Research, 182(1), 89-100. find paper
Flachot, A., Akbarinia, A., Schütt, H. H., Fleming, R. W., Wichmann, F. A., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2020). Deep Neural Models for color discrimination and color constancy. arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.14402. find preprint
Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2016). The interaction between vision and eye movements (Review based on ECVP 2014 Rank Prize Lecture).Perception, 45:12, 1333-1357. find paper
Gegenfurtner, K. R., Bloj, M., & Toscani, M. (2015). The many colours of ‘the dress’. Current Biology, 25(13), R543-R544. find paper
Goettker, A., Agtzidis, I., Braun, D., Dorr, M. & Gegenfurtner, K.R. (2020). From Gaussian blobs to natural videos: Comparison of oculomotor behavior across different stimulus complexities. Journal of Vision, 20(8), 26. find paper, DATA
Goettker, A., Braun, D. I., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2019). Dynamic combination of position and motion information when tracking moving targets. Journal of vision, 19(7), 2-2. find paper DOI
Goettker, A., Braun, D. I., Schütz, A. C., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2018). Execution of saccadic eye movements affects speed perception. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(9), 2240-2245. find paper DOI
Goettker, A., Brenner, E., Gegenfurtner, K. R., & de la Malla, C. (2019). Corrective saccades influence velocity judgments and interception. Scientific reports, 9(1), 1-12. find paper DOI
Goettker, A., Pidaparthy, H., Braun, D. I., Elder, J. H., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2021). Ice hockey spectators use contextual cues to guide predictive eye movements. Current Biology, 31(16), R991-R992. find paper, DATA
Göttker, A., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2021). A change in perspective: The interaction of saccadic and pursuit eye movements in oculomotor control and perception. Vision Research. find preprint
Hansen, T. & Gegenfurtner, K.R. (2017). Color contributes to object contour perception in natural scenes. Journal of Vision, 17(3), 14-14. find paper
Huang, J., Gegenfurtner , K. R., Schütz , A. C., & Billino , J. (2017). Saccadic adaptation reveals differential ageing processes. Journal of Vision , 17(6):9, 1-18. find paper DOI
Koenderink, J., Valsecchi, M., van Doorn, A., Wagemans, J., & Gegenfurtner, K. (2017). Eidolons: Novel stimuli for vision research. Journal of Vision, 17(2), 7-7. find paper
Koenderink, J., van Doorn, A. & Gegenfurtner, K.R. (2017). Color weight photometry Vision Research , in press. DOI find paper
Koenderink, J., van Doorn, A. & Gegenfurtner, K.R. (2021). RGB Colors and Ecological Optics. Front. Comput. Sci. 3: 630370. find paper
Koenderink, J., van Doorn, A., & Gegenfurtner, K. (2018a). Area Dominates Edge in Pointillistic Colour. i-Perception, 9(4), 2041669518788582. find paper DOI
Koenderink, J., van Doorn, A., & Gegenfurtner, K. (2018b). Graininess of RGB-Display Space. i-Perception, 9(5), 2041669518803971. find paper DOI
Koenderink, J., van Doorn, A., & Gegenfurtner, K. (2018c). Color weight photometry. Vision research, 151, 88-98. find paper DOI
Koenderink, J., van Doorn, A., & Gegenfurtner, K. (2019). Colour Order. i-Perception, 10(5), 2041669519872516. find paper
Koenderink, J., van Doorn, A., & Gegenfurtner, K.R. (2020). Color & Things. i-Perception, 11(6), 1-43. find paper
Koenderink, J., van Doorn, A., Witzel, C. & Gegenfurtner, K.R. (2020). Hues of color afterimages. i-Perception 11(1), 2041669520903553. find paper
Luna, R., Serrano-Pedraza, I., Gegenfurtner, K. R., Schütz, A. C., & Souto, D. (2021). Achieving visual stability during smooth pursuit eye movements: Directional and confidence judgements favor a recalibration model. Vision research, 184, 58-73. find paper DOI
Paeye, C., Schütz, A. C., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2016). Visual reinforcement shapes eye movements in visual search. Journal of Vision, 16(10):15-15. find paper DOI
Paulun, V. C., Schütz, A. C., Michel, M. M., Geisler, W. S., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2015). Visual search under scotopic lighting conditions. Vision Research, 113, 155-168.
Ross , N., Göttker , A., Schütz , A.C., Braun , D.I. & Gegenfurtner , K.R. (2017). Discrimination of curvature from motion during pursuit and fixation. Journal of Neurophysiology, jn-00324. find paper DOI
Schiller, F., Valsecchi, M., & Gegenfurtner, K. (2017). An evaluation of different measures of color saturation. Vision Research, in press. DOI find paper
Schütz, A. C., Lossin, F., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2015). Dynamic integration of information about salience and value for smooth pursuit eye movements. Vision Research, 113, 169-178. DOI find paper
Souto, D., Gegenfurtner, K. R., & Schütz, A. C. (2016). Saccade adaptation and visual uncertainty. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 10, 227. find paper DOI
Toscani , M., Gegenfurtner , K. R. & Valsecchi , M., (2017). Foveal to peripheral extrapolation of brightness within objects. Journal of Vision, 17(9), 14-14. find paper DOI
Toscani, M., Gegenfurtner, K. R., & Doerschner, K. (2017). Differences in illumination estimation in# thedress. Journal of Vision, 17(1), 22-22. DOI find paper
Toscani, M., Guarnera, D., Guarnera, C., Hardeberg, J. Y., & Gegenfurtner, K. (2020). Three perceptual dimensions for specular and diffuse reflection. ACM Transactions on Applied Perception (TAP), 17(2), 1-26. find paper
Toscani, M., Milojevic, Z., Fleming, R. W., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2020). Color consistency in the appearance of bleached fabrics. Journal of Vision, 20(4), 11-11. find paper
Valsecchi, M., & Gegenfurtner, K.R. (2016). Dynamic Re-calibration of Perceived Size in Fovea and Periphery through Predictable Size Changes. Current Biology , 26, 59-63. DOI find paper
Valsecchi, M., Akbarinia, A., Gil-Rodriguez, R., & Gegenfurtner, K. R (2020, June). Pedestrians egocentric vision: individual and collective analysis. In ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications (pp. 1-5). find paper, DATA
Valsecchi, M., Billino, J., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2018). Healthy aging is associated with decreased risk-taking in motor decision-making. Journal of experimental psychology: human perception and performance, 44(1), 154-167. find paper DOI
Valsecchi, M., Cassanello, C., Herwig, A., Rolfs, M., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2020). A comparison of the temporal and spatial properties of trans-saccadic perceptual recalibration and saccadic adaptation. Journal of vision, 20(4), 2-2. find paper DOI
Valsecchi, M., Koenderink, J., van Doorn, A., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2018). Prediction shapes peripheral appearance. Journal of vision, 18(13), 21-21. find paper DOI
Witzel, C., & Gegenfurtner, K. R (2018a). Color Perception: Objects, Constancy, and Categories. Annual review of vision science, (0). doi:10.1146/annurev-vision-091517-034231 find paper
Witzel, C., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2015). Categorical facilitation with equally discriminable colors. Journal of vision, 15(8), 22-22. DOI find paper
Witzel, C., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2016). Categorical perception for red and brown. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, Vol 42(4), Apr 2016, 540-570. DOI find paper
Witzel, C., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2018b). Are red, yellow, green, and blue perceptual categories?. Vision research, 151, 152-163. find paper DOI
Witzel, C., Olkkonen, M., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2016). Memory colours affect colour appearance. Behavioral and brain sciences, 39, 51-52. find paper
Witzel, C., Olkkonen, M., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2018). A Bayesian Model of the Memory Colour Effect. i-Perception, 9(3), 2041669518771715. find paper
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