Visual Perception Lab at NJIT

VPLab is run by Dr. Yelda Semizer at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Our research uses a computational-experimental framework, involving computational modeling, behavioral psychophysics, and eye-tracking, to determine how human visual system integrates sensory information to make perceptual judgments while accounting for uncertainty and statistical variability.

Our research aims to answer questions such as “How much information survives in the periphery?”, “How do we decide where to look next?”, “How can we improve our visual abilities to overcome the fundamental limitations of human vision?”, “ How can we design better technologies to assist humans while engaged in crucial tasks?”.

We study these phenomena using well-controlled tasks in laboratory environments as well as naturalistic tasks in more applied and professional settings. We also develop computational models to characterize visual environments and to estimate performance of human observers in crucial tasks such as radiological search.