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Contact
Dr. Massimiliano Di Luca |
| Address: | Spemannstr. 41 72076 Tübingen |
| Room number: | 2.A.02 |
| Phone: | +49 7071 601 641 |
| Fax: | +49 7071 601 616 |
| E-Mail: |  max |
News
- 04/05/2011: Personal website: massimilianodiluca.info
- 03/05/2011: From 01/08/2011 I will be lecturer at the University of Birmingham in the CNCR (center for Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics). I will leave the Max Planck in Tüebingen during the summer.
Research
The goal of my research is to understand perceptual processing of multiple sources of sensory information. In particular, I investigate what are the temporal properties of multisensory perception.
Perceptual theories usually consider a steady-state situation, but in reality the information we pick up from the environment is continuously varying: objects move unpredictably, signals appear and disappear, sensory noise changes, and our sensory system adapts to the sensory stimuli. Nevertheless, the perceptual system can combine information even when the conditions of stimulation are not stable over time, but it is not clear whether this makes a difference for the theoretical accounts of perception. One can discover what are the characteristics of the perceptual system only by using stimuli that contain such natural-occurring changes.
Subjective timing is also an open window from which to investigate perception. Perceptual time is subject to distortion and seldom corresponds to objective time. For example, event timing is not perceived consistently across modalities, it is influenced by our actions, it changes depending on previous stimulation, and it is also affected by the status of the observer. These influences can be exploited to investigate how multimodal percepts are created and what are the temporal constraints in the integration mechanism.
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2010 - 2011 7th FP IP 248587 “THE” (www.thehandembodied.eu)
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Apr-Jun 2010 HFSP grant RPG 2006/3 (with Ben Backus)
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2006 - 2010 6th FP IP 27141 “ImmerSence” (www.immersence.info)
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01/06/2006 - 31/09/2011 Postdoctoral fellow, MPI
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01/09/2001 - 28/05/2006 PhD in Cognitive science, Brown Universtity
14/09/1994 - 11/12/2000 Laurea in psicologia, Universitá degli studi di Trieste
Training
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Sheridan teaching certificate, Brown University
Electronics officer navy training
CAD-CAM course: 3D and electronic circuit design
Technical high school in telecommunication
Awards
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2005 Corinna Borden Keen research fellowship
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2001 Brown University fellowship
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2000 Summa cum Laude, Universitá di Trieste
Courses taught
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04/2009 Blockpraktikum (2-week behavioral laboratory course), MPI
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Su 2005 CG044/PY044 Perception and Mind, Brown University
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Su 2003 One-day course on simultaneous contrast, Summer@Brown
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Su 1999 150 hours course on Windows NT and Office, Italian public administration
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Sp 1999 150 hours course on Windows NT and Office, Italian public administration
Other teaching experience at Brown University
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Sp 2005 Teaching Fellow: CG144 Visualizing Vision, Michael Tarr & Fulvio Domini
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Fa 2004 TA: CG001 Approaches to the Mind, Sheila Blumstein
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Sp 2004 TA: CG011 Perception, Illusion, and the Visual Arts, William Warren
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Sp 2003 TA: CG011 Perception, Illusion, and the Visual Arts, William Warren
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Fa 2002 Teaching Fellow: CG144 Visualizing Vision, Michael Tarr & Fulvio Domini
Mentoring
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02/2009 - present Jessica Harcther-O’brian (University of Oxford), PhD project
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06/2006 - present Tonja-Kathryn Machulla (MPI, Tübingen), PhD dissertation
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09/2010 - 11/2010 Ellen Brölz (MPI, Tübingen), Internship, with Harcther-O’brian
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02/2010 - 10/2010 Cesare Parise (University of Oxford), PhD project
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12/2009 - 02/2010 Vera Mönter (MPI, Tübingen), Lab rotation
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02/2009 - 09/2009 Devika Narain (LMU, Munich), Master dissertation
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07/2008 - 08/2008 Lubov Zeifman (Penn State), Internship
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06/2007 - 06/2008 Eva Frolich (University of Tübingen), Internship, with Machulla
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08/2008 - 10/2008 Devika Narain (LMU, Munich), Internship
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04/2008 - 08/2008 Rachel Foster (Brown University), Internship
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06/2007 - 08/2007 Dana Darmohray (Mercer College), Internship, with Machulla
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02/2007 - 10/2007 Katja Martina Mayer (University of Tübingen), Master dissertation
Articles (15): | |
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Machulla TK  , Di Luca M , Fröhlich E and Ernst MO (December-2011) Multisensory simultaneity recalibration: storage of the aftereffect in the absence of counterevidence
Experimental Brain Research Epub ahead. 
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Di Luca M , , Ernst MO and (June-2011) Effects of visual–haptic asynchronies and loading–unloading movements on compliance perception
Brain Research Bulletin 85(5) 245-259.
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Di Luca M (April-2011) Perceived compliance in a pinch
Vision Research 51(8) 961-967.
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Maier JX , Di Luca M and Noppeney U (February-2011) Audiovisual asynchrony detection in human speech
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance 37(1) 245-256.
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Di Luca M (December-2010) New method to measure end-to-end delay of virtual reality
Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments 19(6) 569-584.
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, Di Luca M , and Klatzky RL (October-2010) Combination and Integration in the Perception of
Visual-Haptic Compliance Information
IEEE Transactions On Haptics 3(4) 234-244.
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, Di Luca M and (October-2010) User-based evaluation of data-driven haptic rendering
Transactions on Applied Perception 8(1:7) 1-23.
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Di Luca M , Ernst M and Backus B (September-2010) Learning to use an invisible visual signal for perception
Current Biology 20(20) 1860-1863.
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Di Luca M , and (May-2010) Inconsistency of perceived 3D shape
Vision Research 50(16) 1519-1531.
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Battaglia PW , Di Luca M , Ernst MO , , Machulla T and Kersten D (March-2010) Within- and cross-modal distance information disambiguates visual size perception
PLoS Computational Biology 6(3) 1-10.
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Di Luca M , Machulla T-K and Ernst MO (December-2009) Recalibration of multisensory simultaneity: Cross-modal transfer coincides with a change in perceptual latency
Journal of Vision 9(12:7) 1-16.
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Di Luca M , and (May-2007) The relation between disparity and velocity signals of rigidly moving objects constrains depth order perception
Vision Research 47(10) 1335-1349.
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Di Luca M , and (December-2004) Spatial integration in structure from motion.
Vision Research 44(26) 3001-3013.
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, and Di Luca M (May-2002) Short-term temporal recruitment in structure from motion
Vision Research 42(10) 1213-1223.
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, and Di Luca M (April-2002) Illusory 3-D rotation induced by dynamic image shading.
Perception and Psychophysics 64(3) 366-379.
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Conference papers (3): | |
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, Di Luca M and (October-2009) Influence of visual and haptic delays on stiffness perception in augmented reality
8th IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2009), IEEE Service Center, Piscataway, NJ, USA, 49-52.
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, Di Luca M , and (March-2009) Computationally efficient techniques for data-driven haptic rendering
In: World Haptics 2009, Third Joint EuroHaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems (WHC 2009), IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, USA, 39-44.
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, , Di Luca M , Ernst M and (June-2008) Motion Primitives of Dancing
In: Haptics: Perception, Devices and Scenarios, 6th International Conference EuroHaptics 2008, Springer, Berlin, Germany, 838-843.
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Contributions to books (1): | |
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Ernst M and Di Luca M : Multisensory perception: from integration to remapping, 225-250.
In: Sensory Cue Integration, (Ed) , Oxford University Press, New York, NY, USA, (October-2011).
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Posters (35): | |
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Di Luca M , Ernst MO and Backus BT (June-2010): An invisible signal can be made accessible to consciousness by training the perceptual system to use it for a novel purpose, 4th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC 4), 4 8-9.
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Parise CV , Di Luca M and Ernst MO (June-2010): Multiple criteria for multisensory signals, 11th International Multisensory Research Forum (IMRF 2010), Liverpool, UK.
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Hartcher-O‘Brien J , Telgen S , Di Luca M and Ernst MO (June-2010): Nonlinear temporal distortions in vision and audition, 11th International Multisensory Research Forum (IMRF 2010), Liverpool, UK.
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Di Luca M and Barnett-Cowan M (June-2010): Recalibration of audiovisual simultaneity changes detection threshold to sound but not to light, 33rd European Conference on Visual Perception, Lausanne, Switzerland, Perception, 39(ECVP Abstract Supplement) 187.
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Hartcher-O'Brien J , Di Luca M and Ernst MO (May-2010): Audiovisual integration: the duration of uncertain times, 10th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS 2010), Naples, FL, USA, Journal of Vision, 10(7) 1408.
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Machulla T , Di Luca M and Ernst MO (May-2010): Does audiovisual temporal recalibration store without stimulation?, 10th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS 2010), Naples, FL, USA, Journal of Vision, 10(7) 1414.
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Di Luca M , , and Ernst MO (May-2010): Influence of asynchrony on the perception of visual-haptic compliance, 10th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS 2010), Naples, FL, USA, Journal of Vision, 10(7) 852.
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Ernst MO , Di Luca M and Backus B (August-2009): Recruitment of an invisible depth cue, 9th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS 2009), Naples, FL, USA, Journal of Vision, 9(8) 34.
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Rohde M , Di Luca M and Ernst MO (August-2009): The time course of proprioceptive drift in the rubber hand illusion, 9th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS 2009), Naples, FL, USA, Journal of Vision, 9(8) 712.
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, , Di Luca M and (March-2009): Designing a Virtual Partner for a Haptic Interaction Task, RAVE-09. |
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Di Luca M , and Ernst M (October-2008): Timing cue reliability, Cue combination - Unifying Perceptual Theory, Rauischholzhausen (Germany). |
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Di Luca M , Ernst M and (June-2008): Amodal multimodal integration, 8th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS 2008), Naples, FL, USA, Journal of Vision, 8(6) 526.
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Battaglia P , Ernst M , , Di Luca M , Machulla T and Kersten D (June-2008): Humans use stereo and haptic distance cues to improve physical object size estimates, 8th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS 2008), Naples, FL, USA, Journal of Vision, 8(6) 1090.
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, , Di Luca M and (February-27-2008): Challenges of Dancing in Virtual Reality, RAVE-08 (Barcelona). |
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Ernst MO and Di Luca M (September-2007): Altering cue reliability changes visual: auditory perception within seconds, Perception, 36(ECVP 2007 Abstract Supplement) 172.
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Machulla T , Di Luca M and Ernst M (September-2007): Perception of crossmodal simultaneity is not transitive, Perception, 36(ECVP 2007 Abstract Supplement) 209.
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Di Luca M , Machulla T and Ernst M (September-2007): Temporal adaptation influences non-adapted modality pairs, Perception, 36(ECVP 2007 Abstract Supplement) 207.
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Machulla TK , Di Luca M and Ernst MO (July-2007): Crossmodal simultaneity is not transitive, 10th Tübinger Wahrnehmungskonferenz (TWK 2007), 10 1.
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Mayer KM , Di Luca M and Ernst MO (July-2007): Perceived duration in crossmodally defined intervals, 10th Tübinger Wahrnehmungskonferenz (TWK 2007), 10 1.
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Di Luca M , Machulla T and Ernst M (July-2007): Perceived timing across modalities, International Intersensory Research Symposium 2007: Perception and Action, 2007 15.
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Machulla T , Di Luca M and Ernst M (July-2007): Temporal calibration between the visual, auditory and tactile senses: A psychophysical approach, 1st Peach Summer School, 1 36-37.
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Di Luca M and Ernst M (July-2007): The time course of multimodal percepts induced by reliability changes, 8th International Multisensory Research Forum (IMRF 2007), 8 105.
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Ernst M , Di Luca M and (May-2007): How long does it take to adjust a weight?, Journal of Vision, 7(9) 92.
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Di Luca M and Ernst M (May-2007): Integration of alternating cues to slant, Journal of Vision, 7(9) 90.
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Di Luca M , and (May-2006): Depth cues do not specify a unique Affine or Euclidean shape representation., Journal of Vision, 6(6) 340.
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, Di Luca M and (May-2005): Deformation of perceived shape with multiple illumination sources, Journal of Vision, 5(8) 243.
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, Di Luca M and (May-2005): Depth from Stereo-Motion: estimating the Intrinsic Constraint Line, Journal of Vision, 5(8) 992.
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Di Luca M and (May-2005): Interpolation of occluded surfaces in
Structure from Motion, Journal of Vision, 5(8) 989.
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Di Luca M , and (August-2004): Combination of stereo and motion information, ISEP, 2004, Hartford (CT). |
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Di Luca M , and (July-2004): Depth-order relationship in Stereo-Motion stimuli, Psychonomic Society 45th Annual Meeting, 2004, Minneapolis MN. |
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Di Luca M , and (May-2004): Non-linear combination of stereo and
motion, Journal of Vision, 4(8) 466.
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