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Colour constancy for an unseen surface (2014)
Journal Article
Norman, L., Akins, K., Heywood, C., & Kentridge, R. (2014). Colour constancy for an unseen surface. Current Biology, 24(23), 2822-2826. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.10.009

The illumination of a scene strongly affects our perception of objects in that scene, e.g., the pages of a book illuminated by candlelight will appear quite yellow relative to other types of artificial illuminants. Yet at the same time, the reader st... Read More about Colour constancy for an unseen surface.

The perception of gloss: A review (2014)
Journal Article
Chadwick, A., & Kentridge, R. (2015). The perception of gloss: A review. Vision Research, 109(Part B), 221-235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2014.10.026

Gloss is a relatively little studied visual property of objects’ surfaces. The earliest recorded scientific reference to gloss appears to have been by Ingersoll in 1921: studies at this time were based on the assumption that gloss could be understood... Read More about The perception of gloss: A review.

What is it like to have type-2 blindsight? Drawing inferences from residual function in type-1 blindsight (2014)
Journal Article
Kentridge, R. (2015). What is it like to have type-2 blindsight? Drawing inferences from residual function in type-1 blindsight. Consciousness and Cognition, 32, 41-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2014.08.005

Controversy surrounds the question of whether the experience sometimes elicited by visual stimuli in blindsight (type-2 blindsight) is visual in nature or whether it is some sort of non-visual experience. The suggestion that the experience is visual... Read More about What is it like to have type-2 blindsight? Drawing inferences from residual function in type-1 blindsight.

Object Perception: Where Do We See the Weight? (2014)
Journal Article
Kentridge, R. (2014). Object Perception: Where Do We See the Weight?. Current Biology, 24(16), R740-R741. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.06.070

A new study of the response of the human brain as subjects view objects of different weights they are about to lift shows that the weight of objects, which influences the way we act upon them, is represented in the ventral stream of the visual cortex... Read More about Object Perception: Where Do We See the Weight?.