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Jose Antonio Aznar Casanova



Contact
Dept Basic Psychology
Faculty of Psychology
University of Barcelona

Pg Vall d´Hebron 171
08035 Barcelona
Spain

 


T: 0034 933425017
F: 0034 934021363
E: jaznar2@ub.es
U: www.grinvi.org

 


Research Interest
My research interest is directed at the study of depth perception and stereopsis, 3D vision and binocularity from the approach of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychophysics. I am particularly interested in enhancing our understanding of the three-dimensional space representation in the brain.

How the binocular disparity is coded and computed in the Visual System?. How, through a sequence of fixations of the gaze, we obtain the 3D structure of any scene. In order to achieve this aim I have used a variety of methods such as:

  1. Computational simulation of some visual processes. For example, model neurones tuned to binocular disparity.
  2. Global and Local Spectral Analysis, included wavelet transform. For example to match features between left and right stereo images, having the same energy (luminance) spatial frequency and orientation, but different phase.
  3. Psychophysics methods. For example, compare estimations of properties of the stimuli in the real world with those in virtual space.
  4. Computer design of virtual worlds based on Virtual Reality technology. For example, obtain data of gaze fixations by eye tracking technology.
  5. Exploring a virtual space. For example, reconstruct a scene from a number of views showed to the subjects.