Toni Saarela, PhD

Present address:
Department of Psychology
University of Pennsylvania
3401 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

email: my last name at sas dot upenn dot edu   [PGP/GPG public key]

CV: web page (short) pdf (full).


Research interests

I'm a neuroscientist and psychophysisist studying human perception and decision making. My research interests include visual object recognition, visual segmentation, probabilistic modeling of perception and decision making, and transcranial magnetic stimulation.

Read more about ongoing research projects or see my publications below.


Publications

Saarela, T. P. & Landy, M. S. (2015). Integration trumps selection in object recognition. Current Biology, 25, 920-927.
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Saarela, T. P. & Landy, M. S. (2012). Combination of texture and color cues in visual segmentation. Vision Research, 58, 59-67.
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Saarela, T. P., Westheimer, G., & Herzog, M. H. (2010). The effect of spacing regularity on visual crowding. Journal of Vision, 10(10):17, 1-7.
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Saarela, T. P. & Herzog, M. H. (2009). Size tuning and contextual modulation of backward contrast masking. Journal of Vision, 9(11):21, 1-12.
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Saarela, T. P., Sayim, B, Westheimer, G., & Herzog, M. H. (2009). Global stimulus configuration modulates crowding. Journal of Vision, 9(2):5, 1-11.
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Saarela, T. P. & Herzog, M. H. (2008). Time-course and surround modulation of contrast masking in human vision. Journal of Vision, 8(3):23, 1-10.
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Manuscripts

Olkkonen, K.M, Saarela, T.P., & Allred, S.R. (2015). Perception-memory interactions reveal a computa- tional strategy for perceptual constancy. Journal of Vision, In revision.

Saarela, T.P., Manassi, M., & Herzog, M.H.H. (in preparation). Effect of TMS on visual signal detection is a result of both noise and signal suppression.

Saarela, T. P, Mattar, M. G., & Olkkonen, M. (in preparation). ShapeToolbox: Generating parametric 3D shapes for visual perception and cognition experiments.


Last update: 2015-08-17