Philip J. Kellman

• Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Psychology, 1980
• M.A., University of Pennsylvania, Psychology, 1977
• B.S., magna cum laude, Georgetown University, 1976

Positions

• Chair, Cognitive Area, UCLA Department of Psychology, 2007 - present; 2001-2002
• Professor of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1993 - present
• Professor Step VI, University of California, 2004 (Step VI is a special rank conferred in the US system "upon evidence of great distinction, recognized nationally or internationally, in scholarly or creative achievement.")
• Director, UCLA Cognitive Science Research Program, Director, 1993-2003
• Director, UCLA Human Perception Laboratory, 1993 - present
• Director, UCLA Psychology Department Honors Program, 1994-1996
• Professor of Psychology, Swarthmore College, 1992-93; Associate Professor, 1986-92; Assistant Professor, 1980-1986
• Chair, Division of Natural Sciences and Engineering, Swarthmore College, 1989-91
• National Research Council Senior Associate, Aerospace Human Factors Division, NASA Ames Research Center, 1991-92
• Adjunct Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 1988-93
• Fulbright Senior Scholar, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 1987-1988
• Visiting Scientist, Psykologiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet, Uppsala, Sweden, 1984

Selected Honors and Awards

• Distinguished Teaching Award, UCLA Department of Psychology, 2008
• Finalist, 2nd International Best Visual Illusion of the Year Contest (with Evan Palmer), 2004
• Irvin Rock Memorial Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley, 2004
• Supervised dissertation by Evan M. Palmer, "Spatiotemporal relatability in the perception of dynamically occluded objects," winner of James McKeen Cattell Award (for "best dissertation in Psychology"), New York Academy of Sciences, 2004
• Wolf Aviation Prize (national award given annually by the Alfred and Constance Wolf Foundation for "best new idea benefitting aviation"; awarded for the idea of aviation perceptual learning modules (PLMs)), 1993
• National Research Council Senior Associateship, 1991-92
• Fulbright Senior Scholar Program, Research Award to Australia, 1987-88
• James McKeen Cattell Fund Sabbatical Award, 1987-88
• William Chase Memorial Award (award given biennially by Carnegie-Mellon University for early career contributions in cognitive psychology), 1987
• Boyd R. McCandless Young Scientist Award (award given for early career contributions in developmental psychology), American Psychological Association, 1986
• Graduate Fellowships and Awards: National Institute of Mental Health Predoctoral Fellowship, 1979-1980; Graduate Teaching Award, University of Pennsylvania, 1980; Dean's Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, 1979-1980; Danforth Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1976-1980

Research Grants

Current

• US Dept. of Education, Institute for Education Sciences, Cognition and Student Learning Program R305H060070 (2006-2009), “Integrating Conceptual Foundations in Mathematics through the Application of Principles of Perceptual Learning" PI: P. Kellman; Co-PI: C. Massey (University of Pennsylvania)
• UCLA Behavioral Neurosciences Training Grant (2000-2007), Co-Investigator.

Selected Earlier Grants and Contracts

• NSF Research on Learning and Education (ROLE) Program 0231826 (2003 – 2006): "Perceptual learning in mathematics and science: Structure discovery, fluency and integration." PIs: P. Kellman and C. Massey (University of Pennsylvania).
• Keck Foundation Vision Sciences Grant (2005-2006), Co-PI.
• National Eye Institute EY13518 (2001-2005), "Spatial and Temporal Integration in Visual Object Perception," PI: P. Kellman; Co-PI: Thomas F. Shipley (Temple University).
• Office of Naval Research Multi-University Research Initiative (2001 - 2005), "Integrated decision technology -- Combining and optimizing expert systems, interfaces and training." PIs: J. Pearl, A. Darwiche (UCLA Dept. of Computer Science). Co-PIs: R. Dechter, S. Irani, D. Roth, P. Kellman.
• NASA Human-Centered Computing Program NRA2-37143, " Multi-media human computer interfaces for mission-critical systems," (collaborative with NASA/CalTech Jet Propulsion Laboratory). PI: P. Kellman, 2002-2004.
• HRL Laboratories, "Human Factors Analysis of Air Traffic Control Displays and Controller Performance", 2000-2002
• NSF Learning and Intelligent Systems (LIS) Program, "Learning in Complex Environments by Natural and Artificial Systems," Co-PI, 1997-2000
• NSF SBR- 9496112: "Spatial and Temporal Interpolation in Visual Object Perception," 1993-1998
• UCLA Developmental Cognitive Science Training Grant, Co-PI, 1997-2000.
• UCLA Academic Senate Grant, "Perceptual Learning and its Applications," 2000
• Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Contract, “Perceptual Learning Modules for Instrument Flight Training,” 1997-1999
• UCLA Academic Senate Grant, "Perception of Motion and Stability by Moving Observers," 1999
• Federal Aviation Administration, "Human Factors in Airport Security," 1998
• Hughes Research Laboratories, "Human Factors Analysis of Air Traffic Control Displays and Controller Performance", 1998-1999
• NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996
• NSF BNS 91-20969: "Spatial and Temporal Interpolation in Object Perception," 1992-1993
• UCLA Academic Senate Grant, "Studies of Perceptual Learning," 1993-98
• Lang Faculty Fellowship, Swarthmore College, 1991-92, 1987-88, 1983-84
• NSF BNS 89-13707: "Spatial and Temporal Interpolation in Visual Object Perception," 1990-91
• Sloan Foundation Summer Grant for Technology in the Liberal Arts, "Flight Simulation in Aeronautics and Human Factors Psychology Courses", 1990
• NSF BNS 85-19851: "Perceptual kinematics of object and space perception in infancy," 1986-89
• NSF INT 83-15436: "Infant visual perception of unity, form and events," 1984
• NSF BNS 82-10110: "The kinetics of unity and form perception in infancy," 1982-84

Professional Affiliations

• Configural Processing Consortium
• Vision Sciences Society
• Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
• American Psychological Society
• Aerospace Medical Association
• Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
• The Psychonomic Society
• Society for Research in Child Development

Selected Other Professional Activities

• Program Reviewer, U.S. Department of Energy, 2008
• Chair, Configural Processing Consortium (CPC) Annual Meeting, Long Beach CA, 2007
• Founder and President, Insight Learning Technology, Inc., 2002 – present
• Review Board, Vision Sciences Society, 2000 - present
• Program Committee, Cognitive Science Society, 2000
• Member, Committee of Visitors to review the Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences Division and the Human Cognition & Perception Program, National Science Foundation, 1999
• Member, Panel on Cognitive Resources for Force-after-Next, US Department of Defense, 1999
• Human factors consultant to CA Attorney General, Exponent Failure Analysis Associates, Inc., Hughes Research Laboratories, Electric Power Research Institute, LA County Dept. of Water and Power, Merck, Inc., Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Federal Aviation Administration
• Associate Editor, Perception & Psychophysics, 1993-1998
• Panel Member, National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship Program, 1990-92; 1994-95
• Expert witness in numerous legal cases involving visibility, conspicuity, aviation and motor vehicle accidents
• UCLA Psychology Department positions: Chair, Cognitive Area, 2001 – 2002; 2007 – present; Chair, Space Committee, 2000 -2001; Chair, Cognitive Science Major Committee, 1999-2002; Executive Committee, 1996-1998; 2005-2006; Chair, Information Services Committee, 1996-1999
• External Evaluation Committee, Department of Psychology, Gettysburg College, 2000; Department of Psychology, Franklin & Marshall College, 1991
• National Science Foundation Advisory Panel, Human Cognition and Perception Program, Division of Behavioral and Neural Sciences, 1987-1990
• Swarthmore College positions: Chair, Computing Services Committee, Swarthmore College, 1988-89; Chair, Linguistics Search Committee, 1986-87; Sigma Xi Chapter President, 1986-87
• Consultant on NICHD Grant #PHS/HCFA 88-1, "Residential Swimming Pool Protective Systems" to COMSIS Corporation, 1988
• Consultant on US Consumer Product Safety Commission Contract #CPSC-P-87-1143, "Evaluation of Swimming Pool Protective Devices" to COMSIS Corporation, 1987
• Consulting Editor, Developmental Psychology, 1986-92
• Session Chair, Meetings of: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), The Psychonomic Society, Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Jean Piaget Society
• Grant reviewer for NASA, NSF, NIH, NIMH, Australian National Research Council
• Reviewer for numerous journals, including: Science, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, Journal of the Optical Society of America A, Perception, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Perception & Psychophysics, Psychological Science, Spatial Vision, Vision Research, Current Directions in Psychological Science, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Developmental Psychology, Infant Behavior and Development, Cognition, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Science, Contemporary Psychology, Contemporary Psychological Research and Reviews

Publications

Books

• Shipley, T.F. & Kellman, P. J. (Eds.). (2001). From Fragments to Objects: Segmentation and Grouping in Vision. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Press. ISBN 0-444-50506-7
• Kellman, P.J. & Arterberry, M. (1998). The Cradle of Knowledge: Perceptual Development in Infancy. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. ISBN 0-262-11232-9

Articles and Manuscripts

• Kellman, P.J. & Garrigan, P.B. (in press). Perceptual learning and human expertise. Physics of Life Reviews.
• Fantoni, C., Hilger, J., Gerbino, W. & Kellman, P.J. (in press). Surface interpolation and 3D relatability. Journal of Vision.
• Massey, C.M., Kellman, P.J., Roth, Z., & Burke, T. (in press). Perceptual learning and adaptive learning technology: Developing new approaches to mathematics learning in the classroom. In Stein, N.L. (Ed.), Developmental and learning sciences go to school: Implications for education.
• Garrigan, P.B. & Kellman, P.J. (2008). Perceptual learning depends on perceptual constancy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
• Kellman, P.J., Massey, C.M., Roth, Z., Burke, T., Zucker, J., Saw, A., Aguero, K. & Wise, J.A. (2008). Perceptual learning and the technology of expertise: Fraction learning and algebra, Pragmatics & Cognition, Special Issue on Cognition and Technology, 16(2), 356-405.
• Clausner, T.C., Palmer, E.M. & Kell,am P.J. (2008). Conceptualization of spatial altitude guided by language, perception and imagination. Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 197-198). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
• Fantoni, C., Gerbino, W. & Kellman, P.J. (2008). Approximation, torsion, and amodally completed surfaces. Vision Research, 48(10), 1196-1216.
• Palmer, E.M., Clausner, T.C., & Kellman, P.J. (2008). Enhancing air traffic displays via perceptual cues. ACM Transactions on Applied Perception (TAP), 5(1), 1-22.
• Keane, B.P., Lu, H. & Kellman, P.J. (2007). Classification imaging reveals spatiotemporal contour interpolation. Vision Research, 47, 3460-3475..
• Kellman, P.J., Garrigan, P.B., Shipley, T.F. & Keane, B.P. (2007). Postscript: Identity and constraints in models of object formation. Psychological Review, 114(2), 502-508.
• Kellman, P.J., Garrigan, P.B., Shipley, T.F. & Keane, B.P. (2007). Interpolation processes in object perception: A reply to Anderson. Psychological Review, 114(2), 488-502.
• Palmer, E.M., Kellman, P.J., & Shipley, T.F. (2006). A theory of dynamic occluded and illusory object perception. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 135, 513-541. [Awarded 2007 American Psychological Association prize to E.M. Palmer for best paper published in JEP: General by a young investigator.]
• Kellman, P.J., Garrigan, P. & Shipley, T.F. (2005). Object interpolation in three dimensions. Psychological Review, Vol. 112, No. 3, 586-609.
• Kellman, P.J., Garrigan, P., Yin, C., Shipley, T. & Machado, L. (2005). 3d interpolation in object perception: Evidence from an objective performance paradigm. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 31, 558-583.
• Guttman, S.E. & Kellman, P.J. Contour interpolation revealed by a dot localization paradigm. Vision Research, 44(15), 1799-1815.
• Guttman, S.E., Sekuler, A.B. & Kellman, P.J. (2004). Temporal variations in visual completion: A reflection of spatial limits? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance.
• Kellman, P.J. (2003). Perceptual processes that create objects from fragments. Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks.
• Shipley, T.F. & Kellman, P.J. (2003). Boundary completion in illusory contours: Interpolation or extrapolation? Perception.
• Kellman, P.J. (2003). Interpolation processes in the visual perception of objects. Neural Networks, 16, 915-923.
• Kellman, P.J. (2002). Vision - occlusion, illusory contours and 'filling in. In Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science, Oxford, UK: Nature Publishing Group.
• Kellman, P.J. (2001). Separating processes in object perception. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 78, 84-97.
• Yin, C., Kellman, P.J. & Shipley, T.F. (2000). Surface integration influences depth discrimination. Vision Research, 40(15), 1969-1978.
• Kellman, P.J. & Arterberry, M.A. (2000). Learning and developing from innate foundations: Invited commentary on A. Slater_s review of The Cradle of Knowledge. British Journal of Educational Psychology.
• Wise, J.A., Kubose, T., Chang, N., Russell, A. and Kellman, P.J. (2000). Perceptual learning modules in mathematics and science instruction. In D. Lemke (Ed.) Proceedings of the TechEd 2000 Conference, Amsterdam: IOS Press.
• Kellman, P.J., Burke, T. & Hummel, J. (1999). Modeling the discovery of abstract invariants. In Stankewicz, B. & Sanocki, T. (Eds.). Proceedings of The 7th Annual Workshop on Object Perception and Memory (OPAM), 48-51.
• Silva, A.B. & Kellman, P.J. (1999). Perceptual learning in mathematics: The algebra-geometry connection. In Hahn, M. & Stoness, S.C. (Eds.). Proceedings of the Twenty-First Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 683-688.
• Kellman, P.J., Burke, T. & Hummel, J. (1999). Perceptual learning of abstract invariants. In Hahn, M. & Stoness, S.C. (Eds.). Proceedings of the Twenty-First Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 264-269.
• Kellman, P.J., Stratechuk, T. & Hampton, S. (1999). Training pilots_ pattern recognition skills: Perceptual learning modules (PLMs) in instrument flight training. In Wiggins, M. (Ed.) Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Flight Instructor Conference, Daytona Beach, FL: Embry-Riddle University Press.
• Cunningham, D., Shipley, T.F. & Kellman, P.J. (1998). The dynamic specification of surfaces and boundaries. Perception, 27(4), 403-415.
• Cunningham, D.W., Shipley, T.F. & Kellman, P.J. (1998). Interactions between spatial and spatiotemporal information in spatiotemporal boundary formation, Perception & Psychophysics, 60(5), 839-851.
• Hummel, J. & Kellman, P.J. (1998). Finding the Pope in the pizza: Abstract invariants and constraints in perceptual learning. Commentary on P. Schyns, R. Goldstone, & J. Thibaut, The development of features in object concepts. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 21, 30.
• Kellman, P.J., Yin, C. & Shipley, T.F. (1998). A common mechanism for illusory and occluded object completion. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, Vol. 24, No. 3, 859-869.
• Yin, C., Kellman, P.J. & Shipley, T.F. (1997). Surface completion complements boundary interpolation. Perception, special issue on surface appearance, 26, 1459-1479.
• Kellman, P.J. (1997). From chaos to coherence: How the visual system recovers objects. Psychological Science Agenda of the American Psychological Association, 10(4), 8-9.
• Shipley, T.F. & Kellman, P.J. (1996). Spatiotemporal boundary formation: The role of local motion signals in boundary perception. Vision Research, Vol. 37, No. 10, 1281-1293.
• Kellman, P.J. (1995). Infant cognition. In International Yearbook of Science and Technology, New York: McGraw-Hill.
• Kellman, P.J. & Kaiser, P.J. (1995). Extracting object motion without distance information: Combining constraints from optic flow and binocular disparity. Journal of the Optical Society of America (A), Vol. 12, No. 3.
• Shipley, T. F. & Kellman, P. J. (1994). Optical tearing in spatiotemporal boundary formation: When do local element motions produce boundaries, form and global motion? Spatial Vision, Vol. 7, No. 4, 323-339.
• Shipley, T.F. & Kellman, P.J. (1994). Spatiotemporal boundary formation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Vol. 123, No. 1, 3-20.
• Kellman, P.J. & Kaiser, M.K. (1994). Perceptual learning modules in flight training. Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 1183-1187.
• Slater, A., Johnson, S.P., Kellman, P. & Spelke, E. (1994). The role of three-dimensional depth cues in infants' perception of partly occluded objects. Early Development, Vol. 3(3), 187-191.
• Shipley, T. F. Cunningham, D. W., & Kellman, P. J. (1993). Spatiotemporal stereopsis. Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Event Perception and Action, 279-283.
• Kellman, P.J. & Shipley, T.F. (1992). Visual interpolation in object perception. Current Directions in Psychological Science, Vol. 1, No. 6, 193-199.
• Shipley, T.F. & Kellman, P.J. (1992). Strength of visual interpolation depends on the ratio of physically-specified to total edge length. Perception & Psychophysics, 52(1), 97-106.
• Hofsten, C. von, Kellman, P.J. & Putaansuu, J. (1992). Young infants' sensitivity to motion parallax. Infant Behavior & Development, 15, 245-264.
• Kellman, P.J. (1992). Perception, conception and self-awareness: A comment on Butterworth. Psychological Inquiry.
• Shipley, T.F. & Kellman, P.J. (1992). Perception of partly occluded objects and illusory figures: Evidence for an identity hypothesis. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, Vol. 18, No. 1, 106-120.
• Kellman, P.J. & Shipley, T. (1991). A theory of visual interpolation in object perception. Cognitive Psychology, 23, 141-221.
• Shipley, T.F. & Kellman, P.J. (1990). The role of discontinuities in the perception of subjective contours. Perception & Psychophysics, 48, (3), 259-270.
• Sedney, K., Lerner, N., Kellman, P. & Denham, S. (1989). Childhood drownings in residential pools. Report to National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. (Contract #NO1-HD-8-2912 to COMSIS Corp.).
• Kellman, P. (1988). Inquiries into the origins of the mind: Blooming and still buzzing. Contemporary Psychology, 33(7), 590-592.
• Sedney, K., Lerner, N., Cannon-Bowers, J. & Kellman, P. (1987). Evaluation of swimming pool protective devices. Report to US Consumer Product Safety Commission. (Contract #CPSC-P-87-1143 to COMSIS Corp.).
• Kellman, P. J. & Short, K. R. (1987). Development of three-dimensional form perception. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 13(4), 545-557.
• Kellman, P. J. Gleitman, H. & Spelke, E. S. (1987). Object and observer motion in the perception of objects by infants. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 13(4), 586-593.
• Kellman, P. (1987). Review of The Origins of Logic: One to Two Years, by Jonas Langer, Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography, 61, 101-2.
• Kellman, P. J. Von Hofsten, C. & Soares, J. (1987). Concurrent motion in infant event perception. Infant Behavior and Development, 10, 1-10.
• Kellman, P. J., Spelke, E. S. & Short, K. R. (1986). Infant perception of object unity from translatory motion in depth and vertical translation. Child Development, 57(1), 72-86.
• Kellman, P. J. (1984). Perception of three-dimensional form by human infants. Perception & Psychophysics, 36(4), 353-358.
• Kellman, P. J. & Cohen, M. H. (1984). Kinetic subjective contours. Perception & Psychophysics, 35(3), 237-244.
• Kellman, P. J. & Spelke, E. S. (1983). Perception of partly occluded objects in infancy. Cognitive Psychology, 15, 483-524.

Book Chapters

• Kellman, P.J. & Garrigan, P.B. (2007). Segmentation, grouping, and shape: Some Hochbergian questions. In M. A. Peterson, B. Gillam & H. A. Sedgwick, (Eds.) Julian Hochberg on the perception of pictures, films, and the world, NY: Oxford University Press.
• Kellman, P.J. & Arterberry, M.A. (2006). Infant visual perception. In R. Siegler and D. Kuhn (Eds.), Handbook of Child Psychology, Sixth Edition, Volume 2: Cognition, Perception, and Language. New York: Wiley.
• Kellman, P.J. (2003). Segmentation and grouping in object perception: A 4-dimensional approach. In M. Behrmann and R. Kimchi (Eds.). Perceptual Organization in Vision: Behavioral and Neural Perspectives: The 31st Carnegie Symposium on Cognition. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Kellman, P.J. (2002). Perceptual learning. In R. Gallistel (Ed.), Stevens' handbook of experimental psychology, third edition, Vol. 3 (Learning, motivation and emotion), John Wiley & Sons.
• Kellman, P.J., Guttman, S. & Wickens, T. (2001). Geometric and neural models of contour and surface interpolation in visual object perception. In Shipley, T.F. & Kellman, P.J. (Eds.) From fragments to objects: Segmentation and grouping in vision. Elsevier Press.
• Kellman, P.J. (2000). An update on Gestalt Psychology. In B. Landau, J. Jonides, E. Newport & J. Sabini (Eds.), Essays in Honor of Henry and Lila Gleitman, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
• Kellman, P.J. and Banks, M.S. (1997). Infant visual perception. In R. Siegler and D. Kuhn (Eds.), Handbook of Child Psychology, Fifth Edition, Volume 2: Cognition, Perception, and Language. New York: Wiley, 103-146.
• Kellman, P.J. (1996). The origins of object perception. In Gelman, R. & Au, T. (Eds.), Handbook of Perception and Cognition, Volume 8: Perceptual and Cognitive Development, Academic Press.
• Kellman, P.J. (1995). Ontogeny of visual space and motion perception. In Epstein, W. & Rogers, S. (Eds.), Handbook of Perception and Cognition, Volume 5: Perception of Space and Motion, Academic Press.
• Kellman, P. J. (1992). Kinematic foundations of perceptual development. In Granrud, C. (Ed.), Development of Perception: The 1989 Carnegie-Mellon Symposium on Cognition, Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Kellman, P. J. & von Hofsten, C. (1992). The world of the moving infant: Perception of motion, stability and space. In Rovee-Collier, C. & Lipsitt, L. (Eds.), Advances in Infancy Research, Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
• Kellman, P. & Loukides, M.G. (1987). An object perception approach to static and kinetic subjective contours. In Meyer, G. & Petry, G., (Eds.), The Perception of Illusory Contours, New York: Springer-Verlag, 151-164.
• Kellman, P.J. (1987). Theories of perception and research in perceptual development. In Yonas, A. (Ed.), Perceptual Development in Infancy: The Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology, Vol. 20, 267-281.
• Baron, J., Treiman, R., Freyd, J. & Kellman, P. J. (1979). Spelling and reading by rule. In Frith, U. (Ed.), Studies in spelling. London: Academic Press.

Published Abstracts

• Hilger, J.D. & Kellman, P.J. (2008). Misalignment constraints on visual interpolation, Journal of Vision, http://journalofvision.org/8/6/583/
• Unuma, H., Hasegawa, H. & Kellman, P.J. (2008). Contour and surface integration behind moving occluder, Journal of Vision, http://journalofvision.org/8/6/588/
• Mettler, E., Keane, B. & Kellman, P.J. (2008). Contour interpolation affects multiple object tracking, Journal of Vision, http://journalofvision.org/8/6/507/
• Keane, B., Lu, H. & Kellman, P.J. (2008). Contour interpolation and lightness induction mechanisms interact to produce classification image features in a shape discrimination task, Journal of Vision, http://journalofvision.org/8/6/584/
• Palmer, E., Clausner, T. & Kellman, P.J. (2008). Visual search in air traffic control: Altitude correlated depth cues enhance conflict detection, Journal of Vision, http://journalofvision.org/8/6/324/
• Unuma, H., Hasegawa, H. & Kellman, P.J. (2007). Spatiotemporal interpolation behind moving occluders, Journal of Vision, http://journalofvision.org/7/9/610/
• Keane, B., Kellman, P.J. & Edwell, C. (2007). Classification images reveal differences between spatial and spatiotemporal contour interpolation, Journal of Vision, http://journalofvision.org/7/9/603/
• Unuma, H., Hasegawa, H. & Kellman, P.J. (2006). Spatiotemporal contour interpolation and shape discrimination. Journal of Vision, http://journalofvision.org/6/6/333/
• Hilger, J.D., Fantoni, C., Gerbino, W. & Kellman, P.J. (2006). Surface interpolation and slant anisotropy, Journal of Vision, http://journalofvision.org/6/6/334/
• Keane, B.P. & Kellman, P.J. (2006). Classification images reveal interpolation in dynamic displays. Journal of Vision, http://journalofvision.org/6/6/335/
• Fantoni, C., Gerbino, W. & Kellman, P. (2005). Amodal unification of surfaces with torsion requires visual approximation. Perception.
• Garrigan, P. & Kellman, P.J. (2005). Contour shape effects on search performance: Evidence for constant curvature coding. Journal of Vision, http://journalofvision.org/5/8/468/
• Kalar, D.J., Garrigan, P. & Kellman, P.J. (2005). Second-order contour discontinuities in segmentation and shape representation. Journal of Vision, http://journalofvision.org/5/8/212/
• Fantoni, C., Hilger, J.D., Gerbino, W. & Kellman, P.J. (2005). Surface interpolation and 3D relatability. Journal of Vision, http://journalofvision.org/5/8/341/
• Hilger, J.D. & Kellman, P.J. (2005). Tolerance for misalignment in contour interpolation: retinal or relational? Journal of Vision, http://journalofvision.org/5/8/571/
• Kellman, P. & Garrigan, P. (2004). Is perceptual learning constrained to operate through perceptual (not sensory) representations? Journal of Vision, http://journalofvision.org/4/8/305/
• Fantoni, C., Gerbino, W., & Kellman, P. (2004). Approximation, torsion, and amodally-unified surfaces. Journal of Vision, http://journalofvision.org/4/8/726/
• Hass, R.W., Shipley, T.F., & Kellman, P.J. (2004). Decrease in illusory contour completion with retinal eccentricity is not due to loss of phase information, Journal of Vision http://journalofvision.org/4/8/733/
• Kalar, D.J., Garrigan, P., Kellman, P., & Wickens, T.D. (2004). A unified operator for contour interpolation, Journal of Vision, http://journalofvision.org/4/8/791/
• Kellman, P.J., Garrigan, P., Kalar, D. & Shipley, T.F. (2003). Good continuation and relatability: Related but distinct principles of perceptual organization. Journal of Vision.
• Shipley, T.F. & Kellman, P.J. (2003). Retinal anisotropies in illusory contour formation. Journal of Vision.
• Palmer, E. & Kellman, P.J. (2003). (Mis)Perception of motion and form after occlusion: Anorthoscopic perception revisited. Journal of Vision.
• Guttman, S.E., Kellman, P.J. & Sekuler, A.B. (2003). Temporal variations in visual completion: A reflection of spatial limits? Journal of Vision.
• Palmer, E. & Kellman, P.J. (2002). Underestimation of velocity after occlusion causes the aperture-capture illusion. [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 2(7), 477a, http://journalofvision.org/2/7/477/
• Garrigan, P. & Kellman, P.J. (2002). Three-dimensional contour interpolation: Testing the 90-degree constraint. [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 2(7), 356a, http://journalofvision.org/2/7/356/
• Guttman, S. E., & Kellman, P. J. (2002). Do spatial factors influence the microgenesis of illusory contours? [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 2(7), 355a, http://journalofvision.org/2/7/355/
• Palmer, E. & Kellman, P.J. (2001). The aperture capture effect: Misperceived forms in dynamic occlusion displays. [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 1(3), 381a, http://journalofvision.org/1/3/381/
• Guttman, S.E. & Kellman, P.J. (2001). Contour interpolation: necessary but not sufficient for the perception of interpolated contours. [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 1(3), 384a, http://journalofvision.org/1/3/384/
• Choplin, J., Huttenlocher, J. & Kellman, P.J. (2001). Perceptual discrimination and memory. [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 1(3), 472a, http://journalofvision.org/1/3/472/
• Guttman, S.E. & Kellman, P.J. (2000). Seeing between the lines: Contour interpolation without perception of interpolated contours. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 41(4), 723.
• Kellman, P.J., Temesvary, A., Palmer, E.M. & Shipley, T.F. (2000). Separating local and global processes in object perception: Evidence from an edge localization paradigm. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 41(4), 741.
• Palmer, E.M., Kellman, P.J. & Shipley, T.F. (2000). Modal and amodal perception of dynamically occluded objects. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 41(4), 439.
• Guttman, S.E. & Kellman, P.J. (1999). Distinguishing object from observer motion in impoverished visual displays. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 40(4), 800.
• Palmer, E.M., Unuma, H. & Kellman, P.J. (1999). Spatiotemporal illusory contour perception. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 40(4), 809.
• Kellman, P.J., Palmer, E. & Shipley, T.F. (1998). Effects of velocity in dynamic object completion. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 39(4), 855.
• Cunningham, D.W., Shipley, T.F. & Kellman, P.J. (1997). The roles of spatial and spatiotemporal surface information in spatiotemporal boundary formation. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 38(4), 1005.
• Palmer, E., Kellman, P. J. & Shipley, T.F. (1997). Spatiotemporal relatability in dynamic object completion. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 38(4), 256 .
• Kellman, P.J., Yin, C. & Shipley, T.F. 3-D relatability determines 3-D object completion. (1997). Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 2.
• Yin, C., Kellman, P.J. & Shipley, T.F. Surface and edge interactions in the perception of partly occluded objects. (1997). Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 2.
• Yin, C., Kellman, P.J. & Shipley, T.F. (1996). Surface completion: Evidence from a depth discrimination paradigm. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 37(3).
• Cunningham, D.W., Shipley, T.F. & Kellman, P.J. (1996). Spatiotemporal boundary formation: The role of global motion signals. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 37(3), 172.
• Kellman, P.J., Machado, L., Shipley, T.F. & Li, C.C. (1996). 3-D determinants of object completion. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 37(3), 685.
• Kellman, P.J. & Shipley, T.F. (1996). Depth and motion in object completion. Perception supplements, 25.
• Kellman, P.J., Shipley, T.F. & Kim, J. (1996). Global and local effects in object completion: Evidence from a boundary localization paradigm. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 1, 34.
• Shipley, T.F., Cunningham, D. & Kellman, P.J. (1995). From interpolation to extrapolation. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society.
• Yin, C., Kellman, P.J. & Shipley, T.F. (1995). A surface spreading process complements boundary interpolation under occlusion. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 36(4).
• Kellman, P.J., Yin, C. & Shipley, T.F. (1995). A common mechanism for illusory and occluded figure completion: Evidence from hybrid displays. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 36(4).
• Shipley, T.F. & Kellman, P.J. (1994). Spatiotemporal boundary formation: Evidence for recovery of shape and motion from local motion signals. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 35(4), 1665.
• Shipley, T.F. & Kellman, P.J. (1993). Spatiotemporal boundary formation: Temporal integration occurs within a fixed 150 msec window. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 34(4), 1082.
• Shipley, T.F. & Kellman, P.J. (1992). Constraints on spatiotemporal boundary formation. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science Supplements, 33(4), 958.
• Shipley, T.F. & Kellman, P.J. (1991). Spatiotemporal boundary formation. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science Supplements, 32(4), 1279.
• Shipley, T.F. & Kellman, P.J. (1990). Perception of partly occluded objects and subjective figures: Evidence for a common process. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science Supplements, 31(4), 106.
• Kellman, P. J., Power, L. & Shipley, T. F. (1989). Visual interpolation in object perception: Evidence from a kinematic occlusion paradigm. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Event Perception and Action, 78.
• Kellman, P. J. & Loukides, M. G. (1986). Configuration and brightness as causal factors in subjective contours: Two direct tests (abstract). Perception & Psychophysics, 39(3), 212.

Patents

System and Method for Adaptive Learning. US #10,020,718. Issued April 2006. Inventor: P. Kellman.

System and Method for Perceptual and Strutural Learning. Inventor: P. Kellman, US patent pending.

System and Method for Representation of Aircraft Altitude using Natural Perceptual Dimensions. Inventors: P. Kellman, T. Clausner, E. Palmer. Filed by Raytheon Corporation; pending. (European patent granted 3/05; US Patent awarded 6/08.

Presentations at Professional Meetings

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