Conference Abstracts

Klein, T., Brendel, W., and Wichmann, F. A. (2023). Feature Visualizations do not sufficiently explain hidden units of Artificial Neural Networks [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL, USA (poster).

Künstle, D.-E., and Wichmann, F. A. (2023). Measuring lightness constancy with varying realism [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL, USA (poster).

Sauer, Y.,  Künstle, D.-E., Wichmann, F. A., and Wahl, S. (2023). Psychophysical scale of optical distortions of multifocal spectacle lenses [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL, USA (poster).

Schmittwilken, L., Wichmann, F. A., and Maertens, M. (2023). Is edge sensitivity more than contrast sensitivity? [Abstract.] Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL, USA (poster).

Geirhos, R., Narayanappa, K., Mitzkus, B., Thieringer, T., Bethge, M., Wichmann, F. A., and Brendel, W. (2022). The bittersweet lesson: data-rich models narrow the behavioural gap to human vision [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL, USA (talk).

Künstle, D., von Luxburg, U., and Wichmann, F. A. (2022). Estimating the perceived dimensionality of psychophysical stimuli using a triplet accuracy and hypothesis testing procedure [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL, USA (poster).

Schönmann, I., Künstle, D., and Wichmann, F. A., (2022). Using an Odd-One-Out Design Affects Consistency, Agreement and Decision Criteria in Similarity Judgement Tasks Involving Natural Images [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL, USA (poster).

Huber, L. S., Geirhos, R. and Wichmann, F. A. (2021). The developmental trajectory of object recognition robustness: comparing children, adults, and CNNs [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society, virtual meeting (V-VSS), (talk)

Geirhos, R., Jacobsen, J.-H., Michaelis, C., Zemel, R., Brendel, W., Bethge, M., Wichmann, F. A. (2020). Unintended cue learning: Lessons for deep learning from experimental psychology [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society, virtual meeting (V-VSS), (poster).

Bruijns, S. A., Meding, K., Schölkopf, B. and Wichmann, F. A. (2019). Phenomenal Causality and Sensory Realism [Abstract]. European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Leuven, BEL (poster).

Flachot, A. C., Schütt, H. H., Fleming, R. W., Wichmann, F. A. and Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2019). Color Constancy in Deep Neural Networks [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL, USA (poster).

Flachot, A. C., Schütt, H. H., Fleming, R. W., Wichmann, F. A. and Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2019). Color Constancy in Deep Neural Networks [Abstract]. European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Leuven, BEL (talk)

Geirhos, R., Rubisch, P., Rauber, J., Medina Temme, C. R., Michaelis, C., Brendel, W., Bethge, M. and Wichmann, F.A. (2019). Inducing a human-like shape bias leads to emergent human-level distortion robustness in CNNs [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL, USA (talk).

Lang, B., Aguilar, G., Maertens, M. and Wichmann, F. A. (2019). The influence of observer lapses on maximum-likelihood difference scaling [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL, USA (poster).

Li, S., Lang, B., Aguilar, G., Maertens, M. and Wichmann, F. A. (2019). Comparing scaling methods in lightness perception [Abstract]. European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Leuven, BEL (poster).

Meding, K., Schölkopf, B. and Wichmann, F. A. (2019). Perception of temporal dependencies in autoregressive motion [Abstract]. European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Leuven, BEL (poster).

Schütt, H. H. and Wichmann, F. A. (2019). A divisive model of midget and parasol ganglion cells explains the contrast sensitivity function [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL, USA (poster).

Wichmann, F. A.  (2019). Object recognition in man and machine [Abstract]. European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Leuven, BEL (talk).

Wu, S., Geirhos, R. and Wichmann, F. A.  (2019). An early vision-inspired visual recognition model improves robustness against image distortions compared to a standard convolutional neural network [Abstract]. EPFL Neuro Symposium: Neuroscience meets Deep Learning, Lausanne, CH (poster)

Lang, B., Aguilar, G., Maertens, M. and Wichmann, F. A. (2018). Generating Photorealistic Stimuli for Psychophysical Experiments [Abstract]. 14th Biannual Conference of the German Cognitive Science Society (KogWis), Darmstadt, FRG (poster).

Meding, K., Hirsch, M. and Wichmann, F. A. (2018). Retinal image quality of the human eye across the visual field [Abstract]. 14th Biannual Conference of the German Cognitive Science Society (KogWis), Darmstadt, FRG (poster).

Schütt, H. H., Rothkegel, L., Trukenbrod, H. A., Engbert, R. and Wichmann, F. A. (2018). Predicting the fixation density over time [Abstract]. Computational and Mathematical Models in Vision (MODVIS), St. Pete Beach, FL, USA (talk).

Schütt, H. H., Rothkegel, L., Trukenbrod, H. A., Engbert, R. and Wichmann, F. A. (2018). Predicting fixation densities over time from early visual processing [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL, USA (poster).

Schütt, H. H., Rothkegel, L., Trukenbrod, H. A., Engbert, R. and Wichmann, F. A. (2018). Predicting fixation densities over time from early visual processing [Abstract]. European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Triest, IT (poster).

Schütt, H. H., Rothkegel, L., Trukenbrod, H. A., Engbert, R. and Wichmann, F. A. (2018). Predicting the fixation densitiy over time [Abstract]. 14th Biannual Conference of the German Cognitive Science Society (KogWis), Darmstadt, FRG (talk).

Wichmann, F. A. and Schütt, H. H. (2018). Modelling early influences on visual perception [Abstract]. European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Trieste, IT (talk).

Funke, C. M., Wallis, T. S. A., Ecker, A. S., Gatys, L. A., Wichmann, F. A. and Bethge, M. (2017). A parametric texture model based on deep convolutional features closely matches texture appearance for humans [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL, USA (poster).

Geirhos, R., Janssen, D., Schütt, H. H., Bethge, M. and Wichmann, F. A. (2017). Of Human Observers and Deep Neural Networks: A Detailed Psychophysical Comparison [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL, USA (poster).

Rothkegel, L. O. M., Schütt, H. H.,Trukenbrod, H. A., Wichmann, F. A. and Engbert, R. (2017). We know what we can see - peripheral visibility of search targets shapes eye movement behavior in natural scenes [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL, USA (poster).

Schütt, H. H., Rothkegel, L., Trukenbrod, H. A., Engbert, R. and Wichmann, F. A. (2017). Testing an Early Vision Model on Natural Image Stimuli [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL, USA (poster).

Schütt, H. H., Rothkegel, L., Trukenbrod, H. A., Engbert, R. and Wichmann, F. A. (2017). Using an Image-Computable Early Vision Model to Predict Eye Movements [Abstract]. European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Berlin, FRG (poster).

Schütt, H. H., Rothkegel, L., Trukenbrod, H. A., Reich, S., Wichmann, F. A. and Engbert, R. (2017). Likelihood-based Parameter Estimation and Comparison of Dynamical Eye [Abstract]. European Conference on Eye Movements (ECEM), Wuppertal, FRG (talk).

Wallis, T. S. A., Funke, C. M., Ecker, A. S., Gatys, L. A., Wichmann, F. A. and Bethge, M. (2017). Towards matching peripheral appearance for arbitrary natural images using deep features [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL, USA (poster).

Wallis, T. S. A., Funke, C. M., Ecker, A. S., Gatys, L. A., Wichmann, F. A. and Bethge, M. (2017). Matching peripheral scene appearance using deep features: Investigating image-specific variance and contributions of spatial attention [Abstract]. European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Berlin, FRG (poster).

Janssen, D. H. J., Schütt, H. H. and Wichmann, F. A. (2016). Some observations on the psychophysics of Deep Neural Networks [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL, USA (poster).

Lewke, B., Wallis, T. S. A. and Wichmann, F. A. (2016). The influence of semantic information on early visual processing in natural scenes [Abstract]. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP), Heidelberg, FRG (poster).

Rothkegel, L. O. M., Trukenbrod, H. A., Schütt, H. H., Wichmann, F. A. and Engbert, R. (2016). Reducing the central fixation bias: The influence of scene preview [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL, USA (poster).

Schütt, H., Baier, F. and Fleming, R. (2016). Perception of Light Source Distance from Shading Patterns [Abstract]. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP), Heidelberg, FRG (poster).

Schütt, H. H. and Wichmann, F. A. (2016). An Image-Based Model for Early Visual Processing [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL, USA (poster).

Wallis, T. S. A., Bethge, M. and Wichmann, F. A. (2016). Testing models of peripheral encoding using metamerism in an oddity paradigm [Abstract]. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP), Heidelberg, FRG (poster).

Wallis, T. S. A., Ecker, A. S., Gatys, L. A., Funke, C. M., Wichmann, F. A. and Bethge, M. (2016). Seeking summary statistics that match peripheral visual appearance using naturalistic textures generated by Deep Neural Networks [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL, USA (poster).

Wichmann, F. A., Eichert, N. and Schütt, H. H. (2016). An Image-Based Multi-Channel Model for Light Adaptation [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL, USA (talk).

Aguilar, G., Wichmann, F. A. and Maertens, M. (2015). Comparing sensitivity estimates from MLDS and forced-choice methods in a slant-from-texture experiment [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL, USA (poster).

Schütt, H., Harmeling, S., Macke, J. and Wichmann, F. A. (2015). Psignifit 4: Pain-free Bayesian inference for psychometric functions [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL, USA (poster).

Schütt, H., Trukenbrod, H. A., Rothkegel, L. and Engbert, R. (2015). Test of a Dynamical Model for Natural Scene Exploration [Abstract]. European Conference on Eye Movements (ECEM), Wien, Austria (poster).

Wallis, T. S. A., Bethge, M. and Wichmann, F. A. (2015). Metamers of the ventral stream revisited [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL, USA (talk).

Aguilar, G., Wichmann, F. A. and Maertens, M. (2014). On the role of two-dimensional cues for perceived differences in slant [Abstract]. European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Belgrad, SRB (poster).

Betz, T., Wichmann, F. A., Shapley, R. and Maertens, M. (2014). Testing the ODOG brightness model with narrowband noise stimuli [Abstract]. European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Belgrad, SRB (poster).

Janssen, D. and Wichmann, F. A. (2014). Subband decompositions are inherently incompatible with (most) non-linear models of visual perception [Abstract]. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP), Giessen, FRG (poster).

Janssen, D. and Wichmann, F. A. (2014). Improving models of early vision through Bayesian analysis [Abstract]. European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Belgrad, SRB (poster).

Janssen, D. and Wichmann, F. A. (2014). A better image decomposition for computational vision models [Abstract]. European Mathematical Psychology Group Meeting (EMPG), Tübingen, FRG (poster).

Kümmerer, M., Wallis, T. and Bethge, M. (2014). How close are we to understanding saliency? [Abstract]. Bernstein Conference (BCCN), Göttingen, FRG (poster).

Schütt, H. and Wichmann, F. A. (2014). Uncertainty effects in visual psychophysics [Abstract]. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP), Giessen, FRG (poster).

Schütt, H., Harmeling, S., Macke, J. and Wichmann, F. A. (2014). Pain-free Bayesian inference for psychometric functions [Abstract]. European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Belgrad, SRB (poster).

Tobias, S., Wallis, T., Bethge, M. and Wichmann, F. A. (2014). Human sensitivity to spatial distortions in the periphery [Abstract]. Bernstein Conference (BCCN), Göttingen, FRG (poster).

Wallis, T., Dorr, M. and Bex, P. (2014). A Bayesian multilevel modelling approach to characterising contrast sensitivity in naturalistic movies [Abstract]. European Mathematical Psychology Group Meeting (EMPG), Tübingen, FRG (poster).

Barthelmé, S., Trukenbrod, H., Engbert, R. and Wichmann, F. A. (2013). Point process models for eye movement data [Abstract]. Annual Meeting of the Society of Mathematical Psychology (MathPsych), Potsdam, FRG (talk).

Betz, T., Maertens, M. and Wichmann, F. A. (2013). Spatial filtering vs edge integration: comparing two computational models of lightness perception [Abstract]. European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Bremen, FRG (poster).

Engbert, R., Trukenbrod, H. A. and Wichmann, F. A. (2013). Using spatial point processes to evaluate models of eye guidance in scene viewing [Abstract]. European Conference on Eye Movements (ECEM), Lund, S (poster).

Engbert, R., Trukenbrod, H. A. and Wichmann, F. A. (2013). Using spatial point processes to evaluate models of eye guidance in scene viewing [Abstract]. Annual Meeting of the Society of Mathematical Psychology (MathPsych), Potsdam, FRG (poster).

Gerhard, H. E., Wichmann, F. A. and Bethge, M. (2013). How sensitive is the human visual system to the local statistics of natural images? [Abstract]. Computational and Mathematical Models in Vision (MODVIS), Naples, FL, USA (talk).

Janssen, D. and Wichmann, F. A. (2013). Bayesian analysis of a psychophysical model of human pattern detection [Abstract]. Bernstein Conference (BCCN), Tübingen, FRG (poster).

Maertens, M., Wichmann, F. A. and Shapley, R. M. (2013). Context affects lightness at the level of surfaces [Abstract]. OSA Fall Vision Meeting, Houston, TX, USA (poster).

Putzky, P., Wichmann, F. A. and Macke, J. H. (2013). A statistical framework for molecular psychophysics [Abstract]. Osnabrück Computational Cognition Alliance Meeting (OCCAM), Osnabrück, FRG (poster).

Trukenbrod, H. A., Wichmann, F. A. and Engbert, R. (2013). A dynamical model of attentional selection for saccades during scene viewing [Abstract]. European Conference on Eye Movements (ECEM), Lund, S (poster).

Wichmann, F. A. (2013). Machine learning methods for system identification in sensory psychology [Abstract]. Annual Meeting of the Society of Mathematical Psychology (MathPsych), Potsdam, FRG (keynote talk).

Wichmann, F. A. (2013). Models of Early Spatial Vision: Bayesian Statistics and Population Decoding [Abstract]. European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Bremen, FRG (invited talk).

Barthelmé, S., Trukenbrod, H. A., Engbert, R. and Wichmann, F. A. (2012). Fixation patterns as point processes [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), Naples, FL, USA (poster).

Barthelmé, S., Trukenbrod, H. A., Engbert, R. and Wichmann, F. A. (2012). Analysing fixations using latent Gaussian fields [Abstract]. Computational and Systems Neuroscience (COSYNE), Salt Lake City, UT, USA (poster).

Fründ, I., Wichmann, F. A. and Macke, J. H. (2012). Dealing with sequential dependencies in psychophysical data [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), Naples, FL, USA (poster).

Fründ, I., Wichmann, F. A. and Macke, J. H. (2012). Dealing with sequential dependencies in psychophysical data [Abstract]. Computational and Systems Neuroscience (COSYNE), Salt Lake City, UT, USA (poster).

Gerhard, H. and Wichmann, F. A. (2012). How sensitive is the human visual system to the local statistics of natural images? [Abstract]. Bernstein Conference, München, FRG (poster).

Maertens, M. and Wichmann, F. A. (2012). When luminance increment thresholds depend on apparent lightness [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), Naples, FL, USA (poster).

Trukenbrod, H. A., Barthelmé, S., Wichmann, F. A. and Engbert, R. (2012). Color does not guide eye movements: Evidence from a gaze-contingent experiment [Abstract]. European Conference of Visual Perception (ECVP), Alghero, I (poster).

Barthelmé, S., Trukenbrod, H. A., Engbert, R. and Wichmann, F. A. (2011). Inferring intrisinc saliency from free-viewing data [Abstract]. Bernstein Conference, Freiburg, FRG (poster).

Dold, H. M. H., Fründ, I. and Wichmann, F. A. (2011). Separate Bayesian inference reveals model properties shared between multiple experimental conditions [Abstract]. Bernstein Conference, Freiburg, FRG (poster).

Dold, H. M. H., Fründ, I. and Wichmann, F. A. (2011). How to identify a model for spatial vision? [Abstract]. Computational and Systems Neuroscience (COSYNE), Salt Lake City, UT, USA (poster).

Fründ, I., Haenel, V. and Wichmann, F. A. (2011). Leistungsschwankungen in wahrnehmungspsychologischen Verhaltensmessungen [Abstract]. Tagung Experimentell Arbeitender Psychologen, Halle(Saale), FRG (talk).

Fründ, I., Dold, H. M. H. and Wichmann, F. A. (2011). Statistical model structure represented by Bayesian priors [Abstract]. Society for Mathematical Psychology Meeting, Somerville, MA, USA (talk).

Fründ, I., Wichmann, F. A. and Macke, J. H. (2011). Sequential dependencies in perceptual decisions [Abstract]. European Mathematical Psychology Group Meeting, Paris, F (talk).

Fründ, I., Wichmann, F. A. and Macke, J. H. (2011). Sequential dependencies in perceptual decisions [Abstract]. Bernstein Conference, Freiburg, FRG (poster).

Gerhard, H. E., Wiecki, T., Wichmann, F. A. and Bethge, M. (2011). Perceptual sensitivity to statistical regularities in natural images [Abstract]. The 9th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society, Göttingen, FRG (poster).

Goris, R., Putzeys, T., Wagemans, J. and Wichmann, F. A. (2011). A neural population model for pattern detection [Abstract]. Computational and Systems Neuroscience (COSYNE), Salt Lake City, UT, USA (poster).

Goris, R., Putzeys, T., Wagemans, J. and Wichmann, F. A. (2011). A neural population model for pattern detection [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), Naples, FL, USA (poster).

Putzeys, T., Bethge, M., Wichmann, F. A., Wagemans, J. and Goris, R. (2011). A new perceptual bias reveals suboptimal bayesian decoding of sensory responses [Abstract]. European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Toulouse, F (poster).

Schönfelder, V. H. and Wichmann, F. A. (2011). Extracting Auditory Cues in Tone-in-Noise detection with a Sparse Feature Selection Algorithm [Abstract]. Bernstein Conference, Freiburg, FRG (poster).

Schönfelder, V. H. and Wichmann, F. A. (2011). Peering into the Black Box — Using sparse feature selection to identify critical stimulus properties in audition [Abstract]. Berlin Brain Days, Berlin, FRG (talk).

Dold, H. M. H., Dähne, S. and Wichmann, F. A. (2010). Effects of arbitrary structural choices on the parameters of early spatial vision models [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), Naples, FL, USA (poster).

Dold, H. M. H., Fründ, I. and Wichmann, F. A. (2010). Bayesian estimation of shared parameters [Abstract]. Berlin Brain Days, Berlin, FRG (talk).

Fründ, I., Haenel, V. and Wichmann, F. A. (2010). Estimating psychometric functions in nonstationary observers [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), Naples, FL, USA (poster).

Fründ, I., Haenel, V. and Wichmann, F. A. (2010). Estimating psychometric functions in nonstationary observers [Abstract]. European Mathematical Psychology Group Meeting (EMPG), Jyväskylä, FIN (talk).

Goris, R., Putzeys, T., Wagemans, J. and Wichmann, F. A. (2010). Neural population code model for pattern detection [Abstract]. Research in Encoding And Decoding of Neural Ensembles (AREADNE), Santorini, GR (poster).

Maertens, M. and Wichmann, F. A. (2010). On the relationship between luminance increment thresholds and apparent brightness [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), Naples, FL, USA (poster).

Schönfelder, V. H. and Wichmann, F. A. (2010). Machine Learning in Auditory Psychophysics: System Identification with Sparse Pattern Classifiers [Abstract]. 10th Biannual Conference of the German Society for Cognitive Science (KogWis), Potsdam, FRG (talk).

Macke, J. H. and Wichmann, F. A. (2009). Estimating Critical Stimulus Features from Psychophysical Data: The Decision-Image Technique Applied to Human Faces [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), Naples, FL, USA (poster).

Macke, J. H. and Wichmann, F. A. (2009). Estimating Critical Stimulus Features from Psychophysical Data: The Decision-Image Technique Applied to Human Faces [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), Symposium: Modern Approaches to Modeling Visual Data, Naples, FL, USA (invited talk).

Macke, J. H. and Wichmann, F. A. (2009). Predicting psychophysical responses from stimulus features: A statistical evaluation of human gender categorization models. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), Naples, FL, USA (poster).

Schönfelder, V. H. and Wichmann, F.A. (2009). Machine Learning in Auditory Psychophysics: System Identification beyond Regression Analysis [Abstract]. ITD Processing, Frauenwörth, FRG (poster).

Schönfelder, V. H. and Wichmann, F. A. (2009). Machine Learning in Auditory Psychophysics: System Identification beyond Regression Analysis [Abstract]. Berlin Brain Days, Berlin, FRG (poster).

Wichmann, F. A. and Henning, G. B. (2009). Spatial-frequency tuning develops over time [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), Naples, FL, USA (poster).

Wichmann, F. A. and Henning, G. B. (2009). Spatial-frequency tuning develops over time [Abstract]. ARVO Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA (poster).

Wichmann, F. A., Kienzle, W., Schölkopf, B. and Franz, M. (2009). Non-linear System Identification: Visual Saliency Inferred from Eye-Movement Data [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), Symposium: Modern Approaches to Modeling Visual Data, Naples, FL, USA (invited talk).

Drewes, J., Hübner, G., Wichmann, F. A., Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2008). How natural are natural images? [Abstract]. European Conference of Visual Perception (ECVP), Utrecht, NL (poster).

Schönfelder, V. H. and Wichmann, F. A. (2008). Machine Learning and Psychophysics: Unveiling Tone-in-Noise detection [Abstract]. Bernstein Conference, München, FRG (poster).

Schönfelder, V. H. and Wichmann F. A. (2008). Machine Learning and Auditory Psychophysics: Unveiling Tone-in-Noise detection [Abstract] . Berlin Brain Days, Berlin, FRG (talk).

Wichmann, F. A., Kienzle, W., Schölkopf, B. and Franz, M. (2008). Visual saliency re-visited: Center-surround patterns emerge as optimal predictors for human fixation targets [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), Naples, FL, USA (poster).

Jäkel, F., Schölkopf, B. and Wichmann, F.A. (2007). About the triangle inequality in perceptual spaces [Abstract]. Computational and Systems Neuroscience (COSYNE), Salt Lake City, UT, USA (poster).

Kienzle, W. , Macke, J. H., Wichmann, F. A., Schölkopf, B. and Franz, M. O. (2007). Nonlinear receptive field analysis: Making kernel methods interpretable [Abstract]. Computational and Systems Neuroscience (COSYNE), Salt Lake City, UT, USA (poster).

Kienzle, W., Wichmann, F. A., Schölkopf, B. and Franz, M. O. (2007). Learning the influence of spatio-temporal variations in local image structure on visual saliency [Abstract]. Tübingen Perception Conference (TWK), Tübingen, FRG (poster).

Kienzle, W., Wichmann, F. A., Schölkopf, B. and Franz, M. O. (2007). Center-surround filters emerge from optimizing predictivity in a free-viewing task [Abstract]. Computational and Systems Neuroscience (COSYNE), Salt Lake City, UT, USA (poster).

Wiebel, Ch. and Wichmann, F. A. (2007). Oblique- and plaid-masking re-visited [Abstract]. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP), Mannheim, FRG (talk).

Drewes, J., Wichmann, F. A. and Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2006). Classification of natural scenes: Critical features revisited [Abstract]. Tübingen Perception Conference (TWK), Tübingen, FRG (poster).

Drewes, J., Wichmann, F. A. and Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2006). Classification of natural scenes: Critical features revisited [Abstract]. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP), Mainz, FRG (poster).

Drewes, J., Wichmann, F. A. and Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2006). Classification of natural scenes: Critical features revisited [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), Sarasota, FL, USA (talk).

Wichmann, F. A. and Henning, B. (2006). The pedestal effect is caused by off-frequency looking, not nonlinear transduction or contrast gain-control [Abstract]. Tübingen Perception Conference (TWK), Tübingen, FRG (poster).

Wichmann, F. A. and Henning, B. (2006). The pedestal effect is caused by off-frequency looking, not nonlinear transduction or contrast gain-control [Abstract]. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP), Mainz, FRG (talk).

Wichmann, F. A. and Henning, B. (2006). The pedestal effect is caused by off-frequency looking, not nonlinear transduction or contrast gain-control [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), Sarasota, FL, USA (poster).

Jäkel, F. and Wichmann, F. A. (2005). Kernel-methods, similarity and exemplar theories of categorization [Abstract]. Annual Summer Interdisciplinary Conference (ASIC), Briançon, F (poster).

Jäkel, F., Hill, J. and Wichmann, F. A. (2004). m-Alternative-Forced-Choice: Improving the efficiency of the method of constant stimuli [Abstract]. Tübingen Perception Conference (TWK), Tübingen, FRG (poster).

Braun, D., Wichmann, F. A. and Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2002). Phase information in the recognition of natural images [Abstract]. European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Glasgow, UK (poster).

Henning, G. B., Wichmann, F. A. and Bird, C. M. (2002). Pulse-train detection and discrimination in pink noise [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), Sarasota, FL, USA (poster).

Rosas, P., Shepers, J., Wichmann, F. A. and Wagemans, J. (2002). Surface-slant and surface-curvature from texture [Abstract]. European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Glasgow, UK (poster).

Rosas, P., Wichmann, F. A. and Wagemans, J. (2002). Surface-slant-from-texture discrimination: Effects of slant level and texture type [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), Sarasota, FL, USA (poster).

Wichmann, F. A. (2002). Modelling Contrast Transfer in Spatial Vision [Abstract]. Optical Society of America (OSA) Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, USA (poster).

Wichmann, F. A. (2002). Application of Monte Carlo Methods to Psychometric Function Fitting [Abstract]. European Mathematical Psychology Conference (EMPG), Bremen, FRG (talk).

Wichmann, F. A. and Henning, G. B. (2002). Detection and discrimination in pink noise [Abstract]. Tübingen Perception Conference (TWK), Tübingen, FRG (poster).

Henning, G. B., Wichmann, F. A. and Bird, C. M. (2001). The pedestal effect with a pulse train and its constituent sinusoids [Abstract]. Annual Interdisciplinary Conference (AIC), Teton Village, WY, USA (talk).

Wichmann, F. A. (2001). Plaid maskers revisited: asymmetric plaids [Abstract]. Tübingen Perception Conference (TWK), Tübingen, FRG (poster).

Wichmann, F. A., Willems, B., Rosas, P. and Wagemans, J. (2001). Perception of planar shapes in depth [Abstract]. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), Sarasota, FL, USA (poster).

Wichmann, F. A. and Henning, G. B. (2000). Contrast discrimination using periodic pulse trains [Abstract]. Tübingen Perception Conference (TWK), Tübingen, FRG (poster).

Henning, G. B. and Wichmann, F. A. (1999). The masking effect of pulse trains on trains of pulses [Abstract]. European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Trieste, ITA (poster).

Ploghaus, A., Clare, S., Wichmann, F. A., and Tracey, I. T. (1999). Unexpected and anticipated pain: Identification of specific brain activations by correlation with reference functions derived from conditioning theory [Abstract]. Society for Neuroscience, Miami Beach, FL, USA (poster).

Wichmann, F. A. and Henning, G. B. (1999). Implications of the pedestal effect for models of contrast-processing and gain-control [Abstract]. Optical Society of America (OSA) Annual Meeting, Santa Clara, CA, USA (talk).

Hill, N. J. and Wichmann, F. A. (1998). A bootstrap method for testing hypotheses concerning psychometric functions [Abstract]. Computers in Psychology Conference, York, UK (poster).

Wichmann, F. A. and Henning, G. B. (1998). Masking by plaid patterns: Effects of presentation time and mask contrast [Abstract]. Tübingen Perception Conference (TWK), Tübingen, FRG (poster).

Wichmann, F. A., Henning, G. B. and Ploghaus, A. (1998). Non-linearities and the pedestal effect [Abstract]. European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Oxford, UK (poster).

Wichmann, F. A. and Tollin D. J. (1997). Masking by plaid patterns is not explained by adaptation, simple contrast gain-control or distortion products [Abstract]. ARVO Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA (poster).

Wichmann, F. A. and Tollin, D. J. (1997). Masking by plaid patterns: Spatial-frequency tuning and contrast dependency [Abstract]. OSA Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA, USA (talk).

Wichmann, F. A. and Henning, G. B. (1996). Does motion-blur facilitate motion detection? [Abstract]. OSA Annual Meeting, Rochester, NY, USA (poster).

Gegenfurtner, K. R., Sharpe, L. T. and Wichmann, F. A. (1995). The contribution of colour to recognition memory in normal and colour-deficient observers [Abstract]. European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Tübingen, FRG (talk).

Wichmann, F. A. and Gegenfurtner, K. R. (1995). Colour in Recognition Memory and Image Understanding [Abstract]. ARVO Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA (talk).

Wichmann, F. A. and Henning, G. B. (1995). Image segmentation from motion: Just the loss of high-spatial-frequency content? [Abstract].  European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Tübingen, FRG (poster).