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  • Lazareva, O.F., Wasserman, E.A., & Biederman, I. (2008). Pigeons and humans are more sensitive to nonaccidental than to metric changes in visual objects. Behavioral Processes, 77, 199-209. [PDF]

  • Biederman, I. & Kim, J.G. (2008). 17,000 years of depicting the junction of two smooth shapes. Perception, 37, 161-164. [PDF]

  • Kim, J.G., Goldman, A.J., & Biederman, I. (2008). Blind or deaf? A matter of aesthetics. Perception. 37, 949-950. [PDF]

  • Biederman, I. (2007). Recent psychophysical and neural research in shape recognition. In N. Osaka, I. Rentschler, & I. Biederman (Eds.) Object Recognition, Attention, and Action. Ch. 5, 71-88. [PDF]

  • Nederhouser, M., Yue, X., Mangini, M.C., & Biederman, I. (2007). The deleterious effect of contrast reversal on recognition is unique to faces, not objects. Vision Research, 47, 2134-2142. [PDF]

  • Yue, X., Vessel, E.A., & Biederman, I (2007). The neural basis of scene preferences. NeuroReport, 18, 525-529. [PDF]

  • Russell, R., Biederman, I., Nederhouser, M, & Sinha, P. (2007). The utliity of surface reflectance for the recognition of upright and inverted faces. Vision Research, 47, 157-165. [PDF]

  • Hayworth, K., & Biederman, I. (2006). Neural evidence for intermediate representations in object recognition, Vision Research, 46, 4024-4031. [PDF]

  • Yue, X., Tjan, B.S., & Biederman, I. (2006). Why are faces special? Vision Research, 46, 3802-3811. [PDF]

  • Peissig, J.J., Klipatrick, K., Young, M. E., Wasserman, E. A., & Biederman, I. (2006). Effects of varying stimulus size on object recognition in pigeons. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior and Processes, 32, 419-430. [PDF]

  • Martin-Malivel, J., Mangini, M. C., Fagot, J., & Biederman, I. (2006). Do humans and baboons use the same information when categorizing human and baboons faces. Psychological Science, 17, 599-607. [PDF]

  • Biederman, I., & Vessel, E. A. (2006). Perceptual Pleasure and the Brain. American Scientist, 94, 249-255. [PDF]

  • Russell, R., Sinha, P., Biederman, I., Nederhouser, M. (2006). Is pigmentation important for face recognition? Evidence from contrast negation. Perception, 35, 749-759. [PDF]

  • Peissig, J. J., Young, M. E., Wasserman, E. A., and Biederman, I. (2005). The role of edges in object recognition by pigeons, Perception, 34,1353-1374. [PDF]

  • Kayaert, G., Biederman, I., Op de Beeck, H., & Vogels, R. (2005). Tuning for shape dimensions in macaque inferior temporal cortex. European Journal of Neuroscience, 22, 212-224. [PDF]

  • Kayeart, G., Biederman, I, & Vogels, R. (2005). Representation of regular and irregular shapes in macaque inferotemporal cortex. Cerbral Cortex, 15, 1308-1321. [PDF]

  • Mangini, M. C., & Biederman, I. (2004). Making the ineffable explicit: Estimating the information employed for face classification. Cognitive Science, 28, 209-226. [PDF]

  • Kayeart, G., Biederman, I., & Vogels, R. (2003). Shape tuning in macaque inferior temporal cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 23, 3016-3027. [PDF]

  • Bourcart, M., Biederman, I., Cuervo, C., Danion,. J.-M., & Wagemans, J. (2003). A study of the effect of benzodiazepines on structural and conceptual priming. Psychopharmacology. [PDF]

  • Michelon, P., & Biederman, I. (2003). Less impairment in face imagery than face perception in prosopagnosia. Neuropsychologia. [PDF]

  • Bourcart, M., Biederman, I., Cuervo, C., Danion,. J.-M., & Wagemans, J. (2002) A study of the effect of benzodiazepines on structural and conceptual priming, Psychopharmacology, 165, 43-50 [PDF]

  • Vogels, R., & Biederman, I. (2002). Effects of lilumination intensity and direction on object coding in macaque inferior temporal cortex. Cerebral Cortex, 12, 756-766. [PDF]

  • Peissig, J. J., Wasserman, E. A., Young, M. E., & Biederman, I. (2002) Learning an object from multiple views enhances its recognition in an orthoganal rotational axis in pigeons. Vision Research, 42, 2051-2062. [PDF]

  • Lorincz, A., Szirtes, G., Takacs, B., Biederman, I., Vogels, R. (2002). Relating priming and repetition suppression. International Journal of Neural Systems, 12, 187-202. [PDF]

  • Vogels, R., Biederman, I., Bar, M, & Lorincz, A. (2001). Inferior temporal neurons show greater sensitivity to nonaccidental than metric differences. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 134: 444-453. [PDF]

  • Fiser, J., Subramaniam, S., & Biederman, I. (2001). Size tuning in the absence of spatial frequency tuning in object recognition. Vision Research, 41, 1931-1950. [PDF]

  • Fiser, J., & Biederman, I. (2001). Invariance of long-term visual priming to scale, reflection, translation, and hemisphere. Vision Research, 41, 221-234. [PDF]

  • Young, M. E., Peissig, J. J., Wasserman, E. A., & Biederman, I. (2001). Discrimination of geons by pigeons: The effects of variations in surface depiction. Animal Learning & Behavior, 29, 97-106. [PDF]

  • Subramaniam, S., Biederman, I., & Madigan, S. A. (2000). Accurate identification but no priming and chance recognition memory for pictures in RSVP sequences. Visual Cognition, 7, 511-535. [PDF]

  • Biederman, I. (2001). Recognizing depth-rotated objects: A review of recent research and theory. Spatial Vision, 13, 241-253. [PDF]

  • Biederman, I., & Bar, M. (2000). Differing views on views: Response to Hayward & Tarr (2000), Vision Research, 40, 3901-3905. [PDF]

  • Bar, M., & Biederman, I. (1999). Localizing the cortical region mediating visual awareness of object identitiy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 96, 1790-1793. [PDF]

  • Biederman, I., Subramaniam, S., Bar, M., Kalocsai, P, & Fiser, J. (1999). Subordinate-Level Object Classification Reexamined. . Psychological Research, 62, 131-153. [PDF]

  • Biederman, I., & Bar, M. (1999). One-shot viewpoint invariance in matching novel objects. Vision Research, 39, 2885-2889. [PDF]

  • Kirkpatrick-Steger, K., Wasserman, E. A., & Biederman, I. (2000). The pigeon's discrimination of shape and location information. Visual Cognition, 7, 417-436. [PDF]

  • Bar, M., & Biederman, I. (1998). Subliminal visual priming. Psychological Science, 9, 464-469. [PDF]

  • Biederman, I., & Kalocsai, P. (1997). Neurocomputational bases of object and face recognition. Phliosophical Transactions of the Royal Society London: Biological Sciences, 352, 1203-1219. [PDF]

  • Biederman, I., Gerhardstein, P.C. , Cooper, E. E., & Nelson, C. A. (1997). High Level Object Recognition Without an Anterior Inferior Temporal Cortex. Neuropsychologia, 35, 271-287. [PDF]

  • Fiser, J., Biederman, I., & Cooper, E.E. (1996). To what extent can matching algorithms based on direct outputs of spatial fliters account for human shape recognition? Spatial Vision, 10, 237-271.

  • Biederman, I. (1995). Visual object recognition. In S. F. Kosslyn and D. N. Osherson (Eds.). An Invitation to Cognitive Science, 2nd edition, Volume 2., Visual Cognition. MIT Press. Chapter 4, pp. 121-165. [PDF]

  • Kirkpatrick-Steger, K., Wasserman, E. A., & Biederman, I. (1996). Effects of spatial rearrangement of object components on picture recognition in pigeons. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behaviror, 65, 465-475. [PDF]

  • Biederman, I., & Gerhardstein, P. C. (1995). Viewpoint-dependent mechanisms in visual object recognition: Reply to Tarrgnition: Reply to Tarr and B?lthoff (1995). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 21, 1506-1514. [PDF]

  • O'Kane, B., Biederman, I., Cooper, E. E., & Nystrom, B. (1995). An account of object identification confusions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 3, 21-41. [PDF]

  • Wasserman, E. A., Gagliardi, J. L., Cook, B. R., Kirkpatrick-Steger, K., Astley, S. L., & Biederman, I. (1995). The Pigeon's Recognition of Drawings of Depth Rotated Stimuli. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes,22, 205-221. [PDF]

  • Fiser, J., Biederman, I., & Cooper, E. E. (1996). To what extent can matching algorithms based on direct outputs of spatial fliters account for human shape recognition? Spatial Vision, 10, 237-271.

  • Wasserman, E. A., Kirkpatrick-Steger, K., Van Hamme, L. J. & Biederman, I. (1993). Pigeons are sensitive to the spatial organization of complex visual stimuli. Psychological Science, 4, 336-341.

  • Biederman, I., & Gerhardstein, P. C. (1993). Recognizing depth-rotated objects: Evidence and conditions for 3D viewpoint invariance. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 19, 1162-1182.

  • Hummel, J. E., & Biederman, I. (1992). Dynamic binding in a neural network for shape recognition. Psychological Review, 99, 480-517. [PDF]

  • Van Hamme, L. J., Wasserman, E. A., & Biederman, I. (1992). Discrimination of contour-deleted images by pigeons. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 18, 387-399. [PDF]

  • Cooper, E. E., Biederman, I., & Hummel, J. E. (1992). Metric invariance in object recognition: A review and further evidence. Canadian Journal of Psychology, 46, 191-214.

  • Biederman, I., Cooper, E. E., Fox, P. W., & Mehadevan, R. S. (1992). Unexceptional spatial memory in an exceptional memorist. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 18, 654-657.

  • Biederman, I., & Cooper, E. E. (1992). Size invariance in visual object priming. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 18, 121-133. [PDF]

  • York, J. L., & Biederman, I. (1991). Hand movement speed and accuracy in detoxified alcoholics. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 15, 982-990. [PDF]

  • Biederman, I., & Cooper, E. E. (1991). Evidence for complete translational and reflectional invariance in visual object priming. Perception, 20, 585-593. [PDF]

  • Biederman, I., Hliton, H. J., & Hummel, J. E. (1991). Pattern goodness and pattern recognition. In J. R. Pomerantz & G. R. Lockhead (Eds.) The Perception of Structure, (Chapter 5, Pp. 73-95). Washington, D.C.: APA.

  • Biederman, I., & Cooper, E. E. (1991). Object recognition and laterality: Null Results. Neuropsychologia, 29, 685-694. [PDF]

  • Biederman, I., & Cooper, E. E. (1991). Priming contour-deleted images: Evidence for intermediate representations in visual object recognition. Cognitive Psychology, 23, 393-419. [PDF]

  • Biederman, I., Blickle, T. W., Teitelbaum, R. C., Klatsky, G. J., & Mezzanotte, R. J. (1988). Object identification in nonscene displays. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 14, 456-467. [PDF]

  • York, J. L., & Biederman, I. (1988). Motor performance in detoxified alcoholics. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 12, 119-124. [PDF]

  • Biederman, I. (1988). Review of Visual Cognition by S. Pinker (Ed.). American Journal of Psychology, 101, 146-148.

  • Biederman, I., & Ju, G. (1988). Surface vs. Edge-Based Determinants of Visual Recognition. Cognitive Psychology, 20, 38-64.

  • Biederman, I., & Shiffrar, M. (1987). Sexing day-old chicks: A case study and expert systems analysis of a difficult perceptual learning task. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 13, 640-645. [PDF]

  • Biederman, I. (1987). Matching Image Edges to Object Memory. In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Vision, IEEE Computer Society, 384-392.

  • Biederman, I. (1987). Recognition-by-Components: A Theory of Human Image Understanding. Psychological Review, 94, 115-147. [PDF]

  • Biederman, I., Teitelbaum, R. C., Mezzanotte, R. J. (1983). Scene perception: A faliure to find a benefit of expectancy or famliiarity. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning And Memory, 9, 411-429. [PDF]

  • Biederman, I., Mezzanotte, R. J., & Rabinowitz, J. C. (1982). Scene perception: Detecting and judging objects undergoing relational violations. Cognitive Psychology, l4, l43-l77. [PDF]

  • Biederman, I. (l982). Do background depth gradients facliitate object identification? Perception, l0, 573-578.

  • Biederman, I., Mezzanotte, R. J., Rabinowitz, J. C., Francolini, C. M., & Plude, D. (l98l). Detecting the unexpected in photointerpretation. Human Factors, 23, l53-l64.

  • Biederman, I. (1981). On the semantics of a glance at a scene. In M. Kubovy & J. R. Pomerantz (Eds.) Perceptual Organization. (Chapter8, pp. 213-263). Hlilsdale, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum. [PDF]

  • Kreigman, D. H., &Biederman, I. (1980). How many letters in Bidwell's Ghost?: An investigation of the upper limits of full report from a brief visual stimulus. Perception &Psychophysics, 27, 82-84. [Featured in the Amateur Scientist section of Scientific American (January 1985).]

  • Moore, T. E., & Biederman, I. (1979). The recognition of ungrammaticality: Multiple violations. Cognition, 7, 285-299.

  • Biederman, I., & Tsao, Y. C. (1979). On processing Chinese ideographs and English words: Some implications from Stroop-test results. Cognitive Psychology, 11, l25-l32. [PDF]

  • Biederman, I., Rabinowitz, J. C., Glass, A. L., & Stacy, W. (1974). On the information extracted from a glance at a scene. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 103, 597-600. [PDF]

  • Biederman, I., Glass, A. L., & Stacy, W. (1973). Searching for objects in real-world scenes. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 97, 22-27. [PDF]

  • Subramaniam, S., Biederman, I., & Cowie, R. I. D. Priming the naming of impossible familiiar objects.

  • Biederman, I., & Cooper, E. E. A direct test of the importance of viewpoint-invariant versus viewpoint-dependent features in object recognition.

  • Subramaniam, S., Biederman, I., & Cooper, E. E. Perceiving irregular objects.