Current Projects

• Adaptation aftereffects in the perception of gender from biological motion
  We demonstrate a pronounced aftereffect in response to adaptation to the perceived gender of biological motion point-light walkers.
• The inversion effect in biological motion: Maybe there are two of them!
  What happens when biological motion point-light displays are presented upside down?
• Analysis and synthesis of walking patterns
  How is information encoded in biological motion patterns and how can be retrieved?
• Person Identification from Biological Motion: Models and Psychophysics
  What are the perceptual cues to person identification from motion?
• Gravity and its Role in Biological Perception
  Gravity links spatial and temporal scales in our visual environment. Is our visual system able to use this relation for the interpretation of biological motion?
• The Functional Significance of Head-Bobbing in Birds
  Why do some bird species show head-bobbing while others can well survive without it?
• The Virtual Pigeon Project
  Which are the features that turn a computer animation of a pigeon into an acceptable mate?

Past Projects

• Projects (before 1999)
  Research on face perception, recognition of faces from different view points, 3D face database...