Thaddeus B. Czuba (CV)

Graduate Student

Dept. of Psychology

UT Austin

Advisors:    Lawrence K. Cormack

                   Alexander C. Huk

I am currently studying the binocular mechanisms of 3D motion perception. Although motion perception has been a topic of vision research for many decades, the majority of research has been limited to 2D motion within the frontoparallel plane (i.e. as displayed on a computer monitor). However, in the real world, motion through the third dimension—depth—is arguably the most important information that can be extracted from a scene. Over the last three years, I have developed a number of research projects exploring how the visual system utilizes binocular cues to process 3D motion information.

Advances in computer technology over the last decade have uncapped our ability to present a wide array of dynamic 3D stimuli. I believe these new capabilities will allow us to advance current models of motion processing to better encompass the dynamics of natural 3D environments.

In that vein, I am working to develop the neuroimaging and electrophysiological branches of my research to broaden the body of psychophysical research that I have developed over the course of my graduate career.

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