Publications and Conferences

Publications

Yue, Xiaomin, Vessel, Edward A., & Biederman, Irving. (2007) The neural basis of scene preferences. NeuroReport. 18(6), 525-529. [PDF]

Biederman, Irving & Vessel, Edward A. (2006) Perceptual Pleasure and the Brain. American Scientist. 94(3), 247-253. [PDF]

Manuscripts

Vessel, Edward A., Starr, G. Gabrielle, & Rubin, Nava. (in preparation) This is your brain on art.

Vessel, Edward A., Kung, Justin, & Rubin, Nava. (in preparation) Preferences for novel abstract images are reflected in the activation of human reward networks.

Vessel, Edward A., & Rubin, Nava. (under review) Beauty and the Beholder: Highly Individual Taste for Abstract, but Not Real-World Images

Vessel, Edward A., Biederman, Irving, & Cohen, Mark S. Neural correlates of perceptual preference. Unpublished Manuscript.

Vessel, Edward A. (2004) Behavioral and Neural Investigation of Perceptual Affect. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, University of Southern California. [PDF]

Vessel, Edward A. (1997) Intentionality in Cognitive Perceptual Systems. Unpublished Undergraduate Honors Thesis, The Johns Hopkins University. [PDF's by chapter]

Conference Presentations

Vessel, Edward. This is your Brain on Art. Invited Talk for the Copenhagen NeuroAesthetics Conference. Sept. 24-26, 2009, U. of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Vessel, Edward A. & Rubin, Nava. (2007) Preferences for novel abstract images are reflected in the activation of human reward networks. Paper presented at the Annual Society for Neuroscience (SFN) meeting in San Diego, CA.

Vessel, Edward A. & Rubin, Nava. (2006) Direct comparison of preferences for dramatically different stimulus types reveals higher observer agreement for images with semantic content. Poster presented at the Annual Vision Sciences Society (VSS) Meeting in Sarasota, Florida.

Vessel, Edward A. & Rubin, Nava. (2005) When beauty is in the eye of the beholder: individual differences dominate preferences for abstract images but not real-world scenes. Paper presented at European Conference for Visual Perception in A Coruna, Spain.

Vessel, Edward A., Biederman, Irving, & Cohen, Mark S. (2003) How opiate activity may determine spontaneous visual selection. Paper presented at the 3rd Annual Vision Sciences Society (VSS) meeting in Sarasota, Florida.

Biederman, Irving, Vessel, Edward A., Cohen, Mark S., Glahn, David C., & Albistequi-Dubois, Richard M. (2002) A neurocomputational theory of perceptual and cognitive pleasure. Paper presented at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society in Kansas City, Missouri.

Vessel, Edward A., & Biederman, Irving. (2001) Why do we prefer looking at some scenes rather than others? Paper presented at OPAM conference in Orlando, Florida.

Posters

Vessel, Edward A., Starr, G. Gabrielle, & Rubin, Nava. (2009) This is your brain on art. Poster presented at the Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting in Naples, FL. May 8-13. [PDF]

Yue, X., Lescroart, M.D., Vessel, E.A., & Biederman, I. (2007)A test of the consistency of scene preferences across cultures. Poster to be Presented at the VSS Conference in Sarasota, FL.

Yue, X., Vessel, E.A., & Biederman, I. (2006). The neural basis of preference for natural scenes. Journal of Vision, 6(6), 474.

Vessel, Edward A. & Rubin, Nava. (2006) Direct comparison of preferences for abstract images and real-world scenes. Poster Presented at the VSS Conference in Sarasota, Florida. [PDF]

Vessel, Edward A., Biederman, Irving, & Cohen, Mark. (2004) Parahippocampal fMRI activity is modulated by scene type. Poster Presented at the VSS conference in Sarasota, Florida. [PDF]

Biederman, Irving, Vessel, Edward A., & Greene, Michelle. (2003) The grouping of contours into an L-Vertex depends on contrast polarity: Evidence for the incorporation of image statistics into mechanisms of perceptual grouping. Poster presented at the VSS conference in Sarasota, Florida. [PDF]

Behizdeh, Rosemary, Vessel, Edward A., & Biederman, Irving. (2003) Verifying objects in minimal scenes. Poster presented at the VSS conference in Sarasota, Florida.

Vessel, Edward A., Biederman, Irving, Cohen, Mark, Albistequi-Dubois, Richard, & Glahn, David. (2003) The neural basis of spontaneous perceptual selection. Poster presented at Cognitive Neuroscience Society Meeting in New York, NY. [PDF]

Vessel, Edward A., & Biederman, Irving. (2002) An fMRI investigation of preference habituation. Poster presented at VSS conference in Sarasota, Florida. [PDF]

Vessel, Edward A., Biederman, Irving, Lee, Ka Hung, and Subramaniam, Suresh. (2001) Contour grouping into L vertices depends on contrast polarity: evidence for the incorporation of image statistics into mechanisms of perceptual grouping. Poster for VSS conference in Sarasota, Florida. [PDF]

Vessel, Edward A., and Biederman, Irving. (2000) Picture preference habituation of full color scenes. Poster for OPAM conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. [PDF]

Vessel, E.A., & Biederman, I. (2000) Brightness judgments within minimal part types are easier than across part types. [ARVO Abstract]. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2000;41(4):S226. Abstract nr 1183.

Vessel, Edward A., Mangini, Michael, and Biederman, Irving. (1999) Experts vs. novices performing subordinate-level RSVP identification. Poster for OPAM conference in Los Angeles, California.

Vessel, E.A., Subramaniam, S., and Biederman, I. (1999) A change in contrast at an L-junction unbinds its segments [ARVO Abstract]. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1999;40(4):S810. Abstract nr 4267.
Online Slide Version & Downloadable PDF version

Vessel, Edward A., Subramaniam, Suresh, and Biederman, Irving. (1998) When does variation in contrast polarity affect contour grouping in object recognition? Poster for OPAM conference in Dallas, Texas.

Fine, E.M., Vessel, E.A., & Rubin, G.S. (1997). Reading with half a visual field. Vision Science and Its Applications 1997 Technical Digest Series Vol. 1, (pp. 212-215). Optical Society of America: Washington, DC.