Human action perception
- Faculty Sponsor: Lu, Hongjing
- Department: Psychology
- Contact Name: Lu, Hongjing
- E-mail: hongjing@ucla.edu
- Room Number: 6552 Franz Hall
- Phone: (310) 206-2587
Description of Research Project
We are interested in how the visual system represents and identifies human action in a motion sequence. It is crucial to perceive and interpret human body movements to be able to interact with other people well. This research explores the underlying information use of visual input in a series of psychophysical experiments.
Description of Student Responsibilities
Students will be involved in conducting experiments, data collection and organization. Students also have the opportunity to aid in the design of new experiments and the development of computational modeling. Students are encouraged to be involved in the new experiments for the preparation for the Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference (PURC) at UCLA.
Prior knowledge in high-level cognition
- Faculty Sponsor: Lu, Hongjing
- Department: Psychology
- Contact Name: Lu, Hongjing
- E-mail: hongjing@ucla.edu
- Room Number: 6552 Franz Hall
- Phone: (310) 2062587
Description of Research Project
We study predictive, diagnostic and analogical reasoning from a computational perspective. We are especially interested in what prior knowledge humans assume in making an inference from few examples. Our research aims to develop computational models for a range of reasoning experiments, and assess the validity of computational models by comparing their predictions with human performance in controlled experiments.
Description of Student Responsibilities
Students will be involved in conducting experiments, data collection and organization. Students also have the opportunity to aid in the design of new experiments and the development of computational modeling. Students are encouraged to be involved in the new experiments for the preparation for the Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference (PURC) at UCLA.
Visual Object Recognition
- Faculty Sponsor: Liu, Zili
- Department: Psychology-Cognitive
- Contact Name: Dr. Zili Liu
- E-mail: zili@psych.ucla.edu
- Room Number: 7619 Franz
- Phone: 310-267-4683
Description of Research Project
This National Science Foundation sponsored research investigates how the brain encodes into memory visually perceived scenes and objects (e.g., faces). Counter-intuitive predictions, with promising pilot data, will be tested.
Description of Student Responsibilities
Responsibilities include scheduling experiments on experimentrix, conducting the experiments, and debriefing the participant after each experiment.