Prof. Karl Gegenfurtner, Ph.D.
Member of the German National Academy of Science
The emphasis of my current research is on information processing in the visual system. Specifically, I am concerned with the relationship between low level sensory processes, higher level visual cognition, and sensorimotor integration.
My goal is to answer the question how complex scenes and objects are perceived in a natural environment, how they are represented in the brain, and how the visual information is used to drive the motor system.
Academic Career
| since 2001 | Professor of Psychology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen |
| 2000 - 2001 | Professor of Biological Psychology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg |
| 1993 - 2000 | Research scientist, MPI for biological Cybernetics, Tübingen (AG Bülthoff) |
| 1990 - 1993 | Postdoctoral fellow, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Center for Neural Science at New York University (Prof. J. Anthony Movshon) |
Education
| 1998 | Habilitation in Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, Medical Faculty, Tübingen University |
| 1986 - 1990 | Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology, New York University, New York (Advisors: Prof. George Sperling and Prof. John Krauskopf) |
| 1981 - 1986 | Diploma in Psychology, Regensburg University |
Contact
Justus-Liebig University Giessen
Experimental Psychology
Otto-Behagel-Str. 10
35394 Giessen (Germany)
Phone: +49 641 99 26 100
Fax: +49 641 99 26 119
E-Mail: gegenfurtner
Office: Room 320, Building F1
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