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How we find what we are looking for and how we choose to perceive some things and not others (visual attention)

Benjamin Wolfe

Assistant Professor,

Co-Director, Applied Perception and Psychophysics Laboratory

  • Campus
    • U of T Mississauga
  • Faculty
    • Faculty of Arts & Science
  • Department
    • Psychology

Areas of Expertise

  • How drivers acquire the visual information they need to be safe on the road and what that means for road safety and autonomous vehicles (traffic safety; driver behaviour)
  • How we find what we are looking for and how we choose to perceive some things and not others (visual attention)
  • How we perceive the visual world (visual perception)
  • How we read on screens and how we can improve reading for everyone (digital readability)
  • Why we miss things we thought we saw?

Office: 905-828-5367
Website
Email: benjamin.wolfe@utoronto.ca
Preferred method of contact: Email
Media availablity: TV, Radio, Print/Online

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