I'm working to understand why things appear the way they do. An important aspect of this problem is how the perceptual apparatus tunes itself over time to improve its utilization of visual signals. We can catch it in the act using associative learning paradigms: experiments in which we cause the appearance of some visual stimulus to become contingent on a signal that did not previously have this effect before training. I am also interested in stereoscopic depth perception and all aspects of binocular vision, especially the rehabilitation of binocular function in people with a history of strabismus.
Dr. Backus