new project-related publications
Cheeseman, J. R., Fleming, R. W., & *Schmidt, F.* (2022). Scale ambiguities in material recognition. iScience, 25(3), 103970.
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Filip, J., Lukavsky, J., Dechterenko, F., Fleming, R. , & Schmidt, F. (2023). Perceptual dimensions of wood materials. Journal of Vision, 24(5), 12-12.find paper, DATA
Flachot, A., Akbarinia, A., Schütt, H. H., Fleming, R. W., Wichmann, F. A., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2022). Deep neural models for color classification and color constancy. Journal of Vision, 22(4), 17-17. find paper
Guerrero‐Viu, J., Subias, J. D., Serrano, A., Storrs, K. R., Fleming, R. W., Masia, B., & Gutierrez, D. (2024). Predicting Perceived Gloss: Do Weak Labels Suffice?. Computer Graphics Forum (Vol. 43, No. 2, p. e15037).find paper, DATA
Hartmann, F., Maiello, G., Rothkopf, C. A., & Fleming, R. W. (2023). Estimation of Contact Regions Between Hands and Objects During Human Multi-Digit Grasping. JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments), (194), e64877. find paper
Klein, L. K., Maiello, G., Stubbs, K., Proklova, D., Chen, J., Paulun, V. C., Culham, J. D., & Fleming, R. W. (2023). Distinct neural components of visually guided grasping during planning and execution. Journal of Neuroscience, 43(49), 8504-8514. find paper
Morgenstern, Y., Storrs, K. R., Schmidt, F., Hartmann, F., Tiedemann, H., Wagemans, J., & Fleming, R. W. (2024). High-level aftereffects reveal the role of statistical features in visual shape encoding. Current Biology. find paper
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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

Prokott, E., & Fleming, R. W. (2022). Identifying specular highlights: Insights from deep learning. Journal of Vision, 22(7), 6-6. find paper
Schmidt, F. (2022). The Perception of “Intelligent” Design in Visual Structure. i-Perception, 13(1), 20416695221080184.
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Schmidt, F., Noejovich, L., Chakalos, G., & Phillips, F. (2024). Perceptual plausibility of exaggerated realistic motion. Cognition, 251, 105880. find paper
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Schmidt, F., Tiedemann, H., Fleming, R. W., & Morgenstern, Y. (2025). Inferring shape transformations in a drawing task. Memory & Cognition, 53, 189-199.
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Stegmann, U. E., & Schmidt, F. (2023). Homology judgements of pre-evolutionary naturalists explained by general human shape matching abilities. Scientific Reports, 13, 12269.
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Stewart, E. E. M., & Fleming R. W. (2023). The eyes anticipate where an object will move based on its shape. Current Biology, 33(17), R894-R895. find paper

Stewart, E. E., Hartmann, F. T., Morgenstern, Y., Storrs, K. R., Maiello, G., & Fleming, R. W. (2023). Mental object rotation based on two-dimensional visual representations. Current Biology, 32(21), R1224-R1225. find paper

Tamura, H., Prokott, K. E., & Fleming, R. W. (2022). Distinguishing mirror from glass: A “big data” approach to material perception. Journal of vision, 22(4), 4-4.
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Tiedemann, H., Morgenstern, Y., Schmidt, F., & Fleming, R. W. (2022). One-shot generalization in humans revealed through a drawing task. eLife 2022; 11:e75485.
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Tiedemann, H., Schmidt, F., & Fleming, R. W. (2022). Superordinate categorization based on the perceptual organization of parts. Brain Sciences, 12(5), 667. find paper

former project-related publications
Fleming RW & Schmidt F (2019). Getting ‘‘fumpered’’: Classifying objects by what has been done to them. Journal of Vision, 19(4):15
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Kunsberg B, Holtmann-Rice D, Alexander E, Cholewiak S, Fleming RW, Zucker SW. (2018). Colour, contours, shading and shape: flow interactions reveal anchor neighbourhoods. Interface Focus 8: 20180019.
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Maiello G, Paulun VC, Klein LK, & Fleming RW. (2018). The Sequential-Weight Illusion. i-Perception, 9(4), 1–6.
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Maiello, G., Paulun, V. C., Klein, L. K., & Fleming, R. W. (2019). Object visibility, not energy expenditure, accounts for spatial biases in human grasp selection. i-Perception.
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Schmidt F & Fleming RW (2018). Identifying shape transformations from photographs of real objects. PLoS ONE 13(8): e0202115.
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Schmidt F, Phillips F, & Fleming RW (2019). Visual perception of shape-transforming processes: ‘Shape Scission’. Cognition, 189, 167-180.
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Schmidt, F., Hegele, M., & Fleming, R. W. (2017). Perceiving animacy from shape. Journal of Vision, 17(11), 10-10.
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Vangorp P, Barla, P & Fleming RW (2017). The perception of hazy gloss. Journal of Vision 17(5):19. doi: 10.1167/17.5.19
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Fleming, R. W. (2014). Visual Perception of Materials and their Properties. Vision Research, 94, 62-75.
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Fleming, R. W. (2017). Material Perception. Annual Reviews of Vision Science, 3, 8.1–8.24.
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Fleming, R. W., & Storrs, K. R. (2019). Learning to see stuff. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 30, 100-108.
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Klein, L. K., Maiello, G., Fleming, R. W., & Voudouris, D. (2021). Friction is preferred over grasp configuration in precision grip grasping. Journal of Neurophysiology, 125(4), 1330-1338.
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Klein, L. K., Maiello, G., Paulun, V. C., & Fleming, R. W. (2020). Predicting precision grip grasp locations on three-dimensional objects. PLoS Computational Biology, 16(8): e1008081.
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Lauer, T., Schmidt, F., & Võ, M. L. H. (2021). The role of contextual materials in object recognition. Scientific reports, 11(1), 1-12.
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Morgenstern, Y., Hartmann, F., Schmidt, F., Tiedemann, H., Prokott, E., Maiello, G., & Fleming, R. W. (2021). An image-computable model of human visual shape similarity.PLOS Computational Biology, 17(6), e1008981. find paper.

Morgenstern, Y., Schmidt, F., & Fleming, R. W. (2019). One-shot categorization of novel object classes in humans. Vision research, 165, 98-108.
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Morgenstern, Y., Schmidt, F., & Fleming, R. W. (2020). A dataset for evaluating one-shot categorization of novel object classes. Data in brief, 29, 105302.

Muryy, A. A., Fleming, R. W., & Welchman, A. E. (2016). ‘Proto-rivalry’: how the binocular brain identifies gloss. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 283, 20160383.
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Paulun, V. C., & Fleming, R. W. (2020). Visually inferring elasticity from the motion trajectory of bouncing cubes. Journal of Vision, 20(6), 6-6.
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Paulun, V. C., Buckingham, G., Goodale, M. A., & Fleming, R. W. (2019). The Material-Weight Illusion disappears or inverts in objects made of two materials. Journal of Neurophysiology. 121: 996-1010
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Paulun, V., Schmidt, F., van Assen, J. J. R., & Fleming, R. W. (2017). Shape, motion and optical cues to stiffness of elastic objects. Journal of Vision, 17(1):20, 1-22.
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Phillips, F. & Fleming, R. W. (2020). The Veiled Virgin illustrates visual segmentation of shape by cause. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117 (21), 11735-11743.
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Preißler, L., Jovanovic, B., Munzert, J., Schmidt, F., Fleming, R.W. & Schwarzer, G. (2021). Effects of visual and visual-haptic perception of material rigidity on reaching and grasping in the course of development. Acta Psychologica, 221, 103457.
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Prokott, K. E., Tamura, H., & Fleming, R. W. (2021). Gloss perception: Searching for a deep neural network that behaves like humans. Journal of Vision, 21(12), 14-14.
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Ritchie, J. B., Paulun, V. C., Storrs, K. R., & Fleming, R. W. (2021). Material perception for philosophers. Philosophy Compass, e12777.
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Schmidt, F. (2020). The art of shaping materials. Art & Perception, 1(aop), 1-27.
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Schmidt, F., & Fleming, R. W. (2016). Visual perception of complex shape-transforming processes. Cognitive Psychology, 90, 48-70.
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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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Schmidt, F., Hegele, M., & Fleming, R. W. (2017). Perceiving animacy from shape. Journal of Vision, in press.
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Schmidt, F., Kleis, J., Morgenstern, Y., & Fleming, R. W. (2020). The role of semantics in the perceptual organization of shape. Scientific Reports, 10/, 22141.
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Schmidt, F., Paulun, V. C., van Assen, J. J. R., & Fleming, R. W. (2017). Inferring the stiffness of unfamiliar objects from optical, shape, and motion cues. Journal of Vision, 17(3):18, 1-17.
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Schmidt, F., Spröte, P., & Fleming, R. W. (2016). Perception of shape and space across rigid transformations. Vision Research, 126, 318-329.
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Spröte, P., & Fleming, R. W. (2016). Bent out of shape: The visual inference of non-rigid shape transformations applied to objects. Vision Research,126, 330-346.
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Spröte, P., Schmidt, F., & Fleming, R.W. (2016). Visual perception of shape altered by inferred causal history. Scientific Reports, 6:36245.
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Storrs, K. R., & Fleming, R. W. (2021). Learning about the world by learning about images. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 30(2), 120-128.
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Storrs, K. R., Anderson, B. L., & Fleming, R. W. (2021). Unsupervised learning predicts human perception and misperception of gloss. Nature Human Behaviour, 1-16.
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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.
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van Assen, J. J. R., & Fleming, R. W. (2016). Influence of optical material properties on the perception of liquids. Journal of Vision, 16(15):12, 1–20.
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Van Assen, J. J. R., Barla, P., & Fleming, R. W. (2018). Visual features in the perception of liquids. Current Biology, 28(3), 452-458.
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Van Assen, J. J. R., Nishida, S., & Fleming, R. W. (2020). Visual perception of liquids: Insights from deep neural networks. PLoS Computational Biology, 16(8): e1008018.
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Vergne, R., Barla, P., Bonneau, G. P., & Fleming, R. (2016). Flow-Guided Warping for Image-Based Shape Manipulation. ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH), 35(4): 93.
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Zoeller, A. C., Lezkan, A., Paulun, V. C., Fleming, R. W., & Drewing, K. (2019). Integration of prior knowledge during haptic exploration depends on information type. Journal of vision, 19(4), 20-20.
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