Der Schwerpunkt meiner aktuellen Forschung liegt auf den sensomotorischen Determinanten der Wahrnehmung. Ich untersuche, wie das Erscheinungsbild einer einheitlichen visuellen Welt aus dem Zusammenspiel der fovealen Architektur unseres visuellen Systems und unserer Fähigkeit, unsere Umgebung mit Augenbewegungen zu erkunden, entsteht.
Ich interessiere mich auch dafür, wie Augen- und Handbewegungen in der realen Welt kontrolliert und koordiniert werden, von kleinen Augenbewegungen bei Präzisionsaufgaben bis hin zu großen orientierenden Augenbewegungen, die durch mobiles Eye-Tracking gemessen werden.
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Chen, J., Valsecchi, M., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2019). Saccadic suppression measured by steady-state visual evoked potentials.
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Koenderink, J., Valsecchi, M., van Doorn, A., Wagemans, J., & Gegenfurtner, K. (2017). Eidolons: Novel stimuli for vision research.
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Metzger, A., Toscani, M., Akbarinia, A., Valsecchi, M. & Drewing, K. (2021). Deep neural network model of haptic saliency.
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Metzger, A., Toscani, M., Valsecchi, M., & Drewing, K. (2018, June). Haptic Saliency Model for Rigid Textured Surfaces.
In International Conference on Human Haptic Sensing and Touch Enabled Computer Applications (pp. 389-400). Springer, Cham.
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Metzger, A., Toscani, M., Valsecchi, M., & Drewing, K. (2019). Dynamics of exploration in haptic search. In
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Metzger, A., Toscani, M., Valsecchi, M., & Drewing, K. (2021). Target search and inspection strategies in haptic search.
IEEE Transactions on Haptic Perception.
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Schiller, F., Valsecchi, M., & Gegenfurtner, K. (2017). An evaluation of different measures of color saturation.
Vision Research, in press.
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Schmidt, F., Fleming, R. W., & Valsecchi, M. (2020). Softness and weight from shape: Material properties inferred from local shape features.
Journal of Vision, 20(6), 2-2.
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Stewart, E. E. M., Valsecchi, M., & Schütz, A. C. (2020). A review of interactions between peripheral and foveal vision.
Journal of Vision, 20(12), 2-2.
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Toscani , M., Gegenfurtner , K. R. & Valsecchi , M., (2017). Foveal to peripheral extrapolation of brightness within objects.
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Toscani, M., Mamassian, P., & Valsecchi, M. (2021). Underconfidence in peripheral vision.
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Valsecchi, M. (2019). Screen size matches of familiar images are biased by canonical size, rather than showing a memory size effect.
Psychological research, 1-13.
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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.
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Valsecchi, M., Akbarinia, A., Gil-Rodriguez, R., & Gegenfurtner, K. R (2020, June). Pedestrians egocentric vision: individual and collective analysis. In
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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.
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Valsecchi, M., Koenderink, J., van Doorn, A., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2018). Prediction shapes peripheral appearance.
Journal of vision, 18(13), 21-21.
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Valsecchi, M., Stucchi, N., & Scocchia, L. (2018). Repulsive Serial Effects in Visual Numerosity Judgments.
Perception, 47(7), 780-788.
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