The present study investigates temporal characteristics of speech conveying emotion and attitude. First, a production study was conducted at the global level of the whole utterance, determining the p̋roduction values of “global speech rate” f̋or each emotion and attitude involved in the study. A perception study ̋ was also carried out at this global level, seeking perceptually optimal “global spe...

Biological-motion perception can be regarded as a template-matching process. We are concerned with the visual cues in this template. Biological-motion perception is usually studied with point-light displays similar to the point-light displays invented by Johansson (1973 Perception and Psychophysics 14 201 - 211). These stimuli are in some ways abstract. In order to use more natural stimuli, we ...

Grouping local elements into a holistic percept, also known as spatial binding, is crucial for meaningful perception. Previous studies have shown that neurons in early visual areas V1 and V2 can signal complex grouping-related information, such as illusory contours or object-border ownerships. However, relatively little is known about higher-level processes contributing to these signals and med...

Most of today’s ADASs rely on the data of local perception sensors. With the introduction of Vehicle-to-X (V2X) communication, the perception range of next generation vehicles will be extended even further. In addition to the introduction of local perception sensors in Veins, we present ArteryLTE, a holistic simulation environment for using the vehicle position data from the microscopic traffic...

Most neurons in cortical area MT (V5) are strongly direction selective, and their activity is closely associated with the perception of visual motion. These neurons have large receptive fields built by combining inputs with smaller receptive fields that respond to local motion. Humans integrate motion over large areas and can perceive what has been referred to as global motion. The large size a...

Accurate motion perception of self and object speed is crucial for successful interaction in the world. The context in which we make such speed judgments has a profound effect on their accuracy. Misperceptions of motion speed caused by the context can have drastic consequences in real world situations, but they also reveal much about the underlying mechanisms of motion perception. Here we show ...