Paul Bulakowski
Graduate Student, Whitney Lab, Center for Mind and Brain
| Email: | pbulakowski | @ | ucdavis.edu |
I have broad interests in perception and cognition: the ways in which we gain understanding and awareness of the world through sensory experience. With Dr. David Whitney, and in collaboration with Dr. Robert Post, I investigate the mechanisms of visual and motor crowding, whereby an object (or feature of an object) becomes unrecognizable or un- manipulable due to the presence of closely surrounding objects. Please see < http://www.journalofvision.org/7/9/415/ > for an abstract on visual and motor crowding presented at 2007 annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society & < http://www.journalofvision.org/7/10/10/ > for a recent paper on the effects of divided attention on seeing the whole and/or parts of a crowded visual scene. In other research with Dr. Post (of the Psychology Department), we apply psychophysics to understand how people with and without visual impairment perceive the spatial layout and textures of environments through a probing device (such as a white cane). This research aims to determine if people with visual impairment may benefit from additional sensory input from a probing device. In non- laboratory situations I am an avid tree hugger and a vegetarian cook.
- Paul Bulakowski (in Whitney lab) and Dr. Robert Post receive collaborative teaching fellowship — by Paul Bulakowski — last modified 2007-04-06 04:12 AM
- Paul and Dr. Post (Psychology) were awarded a Chancellor’s Teaching Fellowship, giving them an opportunity to co-teach a course in Perception next year.
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