The Directory of Research and Researchers at Brown: Michael Tarr

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Research interests are: visual object and face representation and recognition; perceptual categorization, learning, and expertise; how cognitive and perceptual knowledge interact; how the effects of illumination affect object perception and recognition; and visual navigation and scene representation in virtual environments.

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As of September 2009, I will be moving to the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition as Co-Director and as a faculty member in the Department of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University.

MICHAEL TARR, PhD, 1989
Co-director, Center for Neural Basis of Cognition, Professor of Psychology
Carnegie Mellon University

E-mail: michaeltarr@cmu.edu

Michael Tarr's Brown Research URL:
http://research.brown.edu/myresearch/Michael_Tarr

On The Web:
Tarr Lab
Features or Creatures: Visual Expertise Taps Same Neural Networks
The Face Database
Perceptual Expertise Network (PEN)
How Experience Shapes Vision
CNBC

Brown collaborators:

David Sheinberg

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