Publications
2014
- D. Hoffman, C. Prakash.
Objects of consciousness.
Frontiers in Psychology, 2014.
2013
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D. Hoffman, M. Singh.
Natural selection and shape perception: Shape as an effective code for fitness.
In Shape Perception in Human and Computer Vision: An Interdisciplinary Perspective. S. Dickinson & Z. Pizlo (Eds.) Springer Verlag, 2013.
2012
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D. Hoffman, M. Singh.
Computational evolutionary perception.
Perception, 41, 1073-1091 (special issue in honor of David Marr) 2012.
2011
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D. Hoffman. The construction of visual reality.
In Hallucination: Research and Practice. J.D. Blom & I. Sommer (Eds.). Springer Verlag, 7 – 15, 2011.
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D. Peshek, N. Sammak-Nejad, D. D. Hoffman, P. Foley.
Preliminary evidence that the limbal ring influences facial attractiveness. Evolutionary Psychology, 9, 137–146, 2011.
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D. Hoffman.
The sculpting of human thought.
In How has the internet changed the way you think? (John Brockman, Ed) New York: Harper Perennial, 2011, 90–92.
2010
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J. Mark, B. Marion, D. Hoffman.
Natural selection and veridical perception.
Journal of Theoretical Biology, 2010, 266, 504–515.
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D. Hoffman.
Learning colors.
In [ark]: The StoJournal for Architects, 2, 52–55, 2010.
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D. Hoffman.
The laptop quantum computer.
In This will change everything: Ideas that will shape the future. (John Brockman, Ed) New York: Harper Perennial, 2010, 47–50.
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D. Hoffman.
Human vision as a reality engine.
In Psychology Reader, Foundation for the Advancement of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2010.
2009
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D. Hoffman.
The interface theory of perception: Natural selection drives true perception to swift extinction.
In Object categorization: Computer and human vision perspectives, S. Dickinson, M. Tarr, A. Leonardis, B. Schiele (Eds.) Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2009, 148–165.
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D. Hoffman.
Non-veridical perception.
In What have you changed your mind about?: Today's leading minds rethink everything, (J. Brockman, Ed), 2009, Harper Perennial, New York, 75–77.
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D. Hoffman.
Mind and body.
In The Encyclopedia of Perception, (B. Goldstein, Ed), 2009, 554–555.
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D. Hoffman.
Consciousness.
In The Encyclopedia of Perception, (B. Goldstein, Ed), 2009, 300–304.
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D. Hoffman.
Computer consciousness.
In The Encyclopedia of Perception, (B. Goldstein, Ed), 2009, 283–285.
2008
- D. Hoffman. Conscious realism and the mind-body problem. Mind & Matter, 2008, 6, 87–121.
- D. Hoffman. Sensory experiences as cryptic symbols of a multi-modal user interface. (Computer, Felsen, Gehirne und Sterne: Raetselhafte Zeichen einer multimodalen Benutzerschnittstelle). In Kunst und
Kognition, (M. Bauer, F. Liptay, S. Marschall, Eds), Munich: Wilhelm Fink, 2008, 261–279.
2007
- D. Hoffman. Solving the mind-body problem. In What are you optimistic about?: Today's leading thinkers on why things are good and getting better, (J. Brockman, Ed), 2007, HarperCollins, New York, 279–282.
- J. Pyles, J. Garcia, D. Hoffman, E. Grossman. Visual perception and neural correlates of novel 'biological motion'. Vision Research, 2007, 47, 2786–2797.
- D. Hoffman. A spoon is like a headache. In What is your dangerous idea? Today's
leading thinkers on the unthinkable. John Brockman (Ed.) New York: HarperCollins, 2007, 211–213.
- D. Hoffman. Images as interstellar messages. In Between worlds: The art and science of interstellar message composition, Doug Vakoch (Ed.) Cambridge: MIT Press.
2006
- D. Hoffman. The Scrambling Theorem: A simple proof of the logical possibility of spectrum inversion. Consciousness and Cognition, 2006, 15, 31–45.
- D. Hoffman. The Scrambling Theorem unscrambled: A response to commentaries. Consciousness and Cognition, 2006, 15, 51–53.
- D. Hoffman. Mimesis and its perceptual reflections. In W. Pape (ed.)A View in the Rear-Mirror: Romantic Aesthetics, Culture, and Science Seen from Today. Festschrift for Frederick Burwick on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday. Trier: WVT, Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 2006 (Studien zur Englischen Romantik. 3). 201–209.
2005
- D. Hoffman. Consciousness is fundamental. In What we believe but cannot prove: Today's leading thinkers on science in the age of certainty, J. Brockman (Ed.) New York: HarperCollins and London: Free Press, 2005, 93–96.
- D. Hoffman. Visual illusions and perception. In 2005 McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology.
- R. Sneddon, W. R. Shankle, J. Hara, A. Rodriquez, D. Hoffman, U. Saha. EEG detection of early Alzheimer's disease using psychophysical tasks. Clinical EEG Neuroscience, 2005, 36, 141–150. R. Sneddon, W. R. Shankle, J. Hara, A. Rodriquez, D. Hoffman, U. Saha.
2004
- D. Hoffman. Kann man Gott abschreiben? In Im Anfang war Kein Gott: Naturwissenschaftliche und theologische Perspektiven, Tobias Daniel Wabbel (Ed.) 2004, Duesseldorf: Patmos. Pages 166–174.
2003
- D. Hoffman, M. Singh. Vision: Form perception. In L. Nadel (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science, Volume 4, 2003, 486–490. London: Macmillan Publishers Limited.
- D. Hoffman. Does perception replicate the external world?Commentary in Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 2003, 26, 415–416.
- T. Davies, D. Hoffman. Facial attention and spacetime fragments. Axiomathes, 2003, 13, 303–327.
- D. Hoffman. An internalist account of colour. Commentary in Colour: Mind and the Physical World, D. Heyer and R. Mausfeld (Eds.) 2003, Oxford University Press, 435–436.
- D. Hoffman. Colour construction. Commentary in Colour: Mind and the Physical World, D. Heyer and R. Mausfeld (Eds.) 2003, Oxford University Press, 273–274.
- D. Hoffman. The interaction of colour and Motion. In Colour: Mind and the Physical World, D. Heyer and R. Mausfeld (Eds.) 2003, Oxford University Press, 361–377.
2002
- T. Davies, D. Hoffman. Psychophysical studies of expressions of pain. Commentary in Behavioral Brain Sciences, 2002, 25, 458–459.
- D. Wollschlaeger, A.M. Rodriguez, D.D. Hoffman. Flank transparency: The effects of gaps, line spacing, and apparent motion. Perception, 2002, 31, 1073–1092.
- T. Davies, D. Hoffman. Reality check: Insights from cognitive science. Topic, 2002, 1, 2, 102–105.
- T. Davies, D. Hoffman. Attention to faces: A change-blindness study. Perception, 2002, 31, 9, 1123–1146.
- T. Davies, D. Hoffman, A. Rodriguez. Visual
worlds: Construction or reconstruction? Journal of Consciousness Studies, 2002, 9, 72–87.
- B. Bennett, D. Hoffman, C. Prakash. Perception and evolution. In Perception and the Physical World: Psychological and Philosophical Issues in Perception, D. Heyer and R. Mausfeld (Eds.) 2002, Chichester, UK: Wiley, pp. 229–245.
2001
- W. Prophet, D. Hoffman, C. Cicerone. Contours
from apparent motion:
A computational theory. In From
fragments to objects: Segmentation and grouping in vision P.
Kellman and T. Shipley (Eds), 2001, Elsevier Science, pp. 509–530.
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M. Singh, D. Hoffman. Part-based
representations
of visual shape
and implications for visual cognition. In From fragments to objects: Segmentation
and grouping in vision P. Kellman and T. Shipley (Eds), 2001,
Elsevier Science, pp. 401–459.
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D. Wollschlaeger, A. Rodriguez, D. Hoffman. Flank
transparency:
Transparent filters seen in dynamic two-color displays. Perception, 2001, 30, 1423–1426.
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D. Hoffman. Mereology
of visual form. Proceedings of
the Fourth International
Workshop on Visual Form, Capri, Italy 2001, 40–50.
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D. Hoffman. The
data problem for color
objectivism. Commentary in
Consciousness and Cognition,
2001, 10, 74–77.
2000
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C. Fidopiastis, D.D. Hoffman, W.D. Prophet, M.
Singh. Constructing
surfaces and contours in displays of color from motion: The role of
nearest neighbors and maximal disks. Perception,
2000, 29, 567–580.
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M. Albert, D. Hoffman. The
generic-viewpoint
assumption and
illusory contours. Perception,
2000, 29, 303–312.
1999
- M. Singh, D. Hoffman. Perception, inference, and the veridicality of natural constraints. Commentary in Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1999, 22, 395–396.
- M. Singh, D. Hoffman, M. Albert. Contour completion and relative depth: Petter’s rule and support ratio. Psychological Science, 1999, 10, 423–428.
- M. Singh, D. Hoffman. Completing visual contours: The relationship between relatability and minimizing inflections. Perception & Psychophysics, 1999, 61, 943–951.
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M. Singh, G. Seyranian, D. Hoffman. Parsing silhouettes: The short-cut rule. Perception & Psychophysics, 1999, 61, 636–660.
1998
- M. Singh, D. Hoffman. Active vision and the basketball problem. Commentary in Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 1998, 21, 772–773.
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M. Singh, D. Hoffman. Part boundaries alter the perception of transparency. Psychological Science, 1998, 9, 370–378.
- D. Hoffman. Visual
intelligence:
How we create what we see. 1998, W.W. Norton & Co.
1997
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C. Cicerone, D. Hoffman. Color
from motion: Dichoptic activation and a possible role in breaking camouflage. Perception, 1997, 26, 1367–1380.
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M. Singh, D. Hoffman. Constructing
and
representing visual objects. Trends
in Cognitive Sciences,
1997, 1, 98-102.
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D. Hoffman, M. Singh. Salience
of visual parts. Cognition,
1997, 63, 29–78.
1996
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D. Hoffman. What do we mean by the structure of the world? In D. Knill and W. Richards (Eds) Perception as Bayesian inference, 1996, Cambridge University Press, pp.
219–221.
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B. Bennett, D. Hoffman, C. Prakash, S. Richman. Observer
theory,
Bayes theory, and psychophysics. In D. Knill and W. Richards (Eds) Perception as Bayesian inference,
1996, Cambridge University Press, pp. 163–212.
1995
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M. Albert, D. Hoffman. Genericity
in spatial
vision. In D. Luce, K.
Romney, D. Hoffman, & M. D’Zmura (Eds.), Geometric Representations of Perceptual
Phenomena: Articles in Honor of Tarow Indow’s 70th Birthday.
1995, Erlbaum, New York, pp. 95–112.
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C. Cicerone, D. Hoffman, P. Gowdy, J. Kim. The
perception of color
from motion. Perception &
Psychophysics, 1995, 57(6), 761–777.
1994
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B. Bennett, D. Hoffman. Inferring
3D structure
from three points in
rigid motion. Journal of
Mathematical Imaging and Vision, 1994, 4, 401–406.
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J. Liter, M. Braunstein, D. Hoffman. Detection
of one versus two
objects in structure from motion. Journal
of the Optical Society of America, A, 1994, 11, 3162–3166.
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A. Saidpour, M. Braunstein, D. Hoffman. Interpolation
Across
Surface Discontinuities in Structure-from-motion. Perception & Psychophysics,
1994, 55, 611–622.
1993
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J. Liter, M. Braunstein, D. Hoffman. Inferring
structure from
motion in two-view and multi-view displays. Perception, 1993, 22, 1441–1465.
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B. Bennett, D. Hoffman, J. Kim, S. Richman. Inferring
3D structure
from image motion: The constraint of Poinsot motion. Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision,
1993, 3, 143–166.
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B. Bennett, D. Hoffman, R. Kakarala. Modeling
performance in observer theory. Journal
of Mathematical Psychology,
1993, 37, 2, 220–240.
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D. Hoffman. No perception
without
representation. Commentary in
Behavioral and Brain Sciences,
1993, 16, 2, 247–247.
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B. Bennett, D. Hoffman, P. Murthy. Lebesgue
logic
for probabilistic reasoning and some applications to perception. Journal of Mathematical Psychology,
1993, 37, 1, 63–103.
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B. Bennett, D. Hoffman, C. Prakash. Recognition
polynomials. Journal of the
Optical
Society of America, A, 1993, 10, 4, 759–764.
1992
- C. Cicerone, D. Hoffman. Dynamic
neon colors: Perceptual evidence for parallel visual pathways. In Advances in color vision, Optical
Society of America 1992 Technical Digest Series, Volume 4, 66–68.
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M. Albert, D. Hoffman. Perception
is no
accident. Optics & Photonics
News,
1992,
3 (9), 50–51.
- M. Albert, D. Hoffman. Topological
factors in neon color spreading. In Advances in color vision, Optical
Society of America 1992 Technical Digest Series, Volume 4, 158–160.
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A. Saidpour, M. Braunstein, D. Hoffman. Interpolation
in structure from motion. Perception
& Psychophysics,
1992, 51 (2), 105–117.
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D. Hoffman. Vision.
1992 McGraw-Hill Yearbook of
Science and
Technology, 1992, 487–489.
1991
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B. Bennett, D. Hoffman, C. Prakash. Unity
of
perception. Cognition,
1991,
38, 295–334.
1990
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M. Braunstein, D. Hoffman, F. Pollick. Discriminating
rigid from nonrigid motion: Minimum points and views. Perception & Psychophysics,
1990, 47, 3, 205–214.
1989
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M. Braunstein, D. Hoffman, A. Saidpour. Parts
of
visual objects: An experimental test of the minima rule. Perception, 1989, 18, 817–826.
- B. Bennett, D. Hoffman, J. Nicola, C. Prakash. Structure from two orthographic views of rigid motion. Journal of the Optical Society of America, A, 1989, 6, 1052–1069.
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Bennett, D.
Hoffman, J. Nicola, C. Prakash. Inferring
structure from motion: A homotopy algorithm. Proceedings of the
IEEE
Workshop on Visual Motion, Irvine, 1989, 238–245. B.
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B. Bennett, D. Hoffman, C. Prakash. Observer Mechanics: A formal theory of
perception. 1989, Academic Press, New York.
1988
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D. Hoffman, B. Bennett. Perceptual representations: Meaning and truth conditions. In Cognition and representation, S. Schiffer and S. Steele (Eds), Westview Press, Boulder, 1988, 87–128.
1987
- B. Bennett, D. Hoffman. Shape decompositions for
visual shape recognition: The role of transversality. In Image Understanding, W. Richards
(Ed), Ablex Publishing Company, New Jersey, 1987, 215–256.
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M. Braunstein, D. Hoffman, L. Shapiro, G.
Andersen,
B. Bennett. Minimum
points and views for the recovery of three-dimensional
structure. Journal of
Experimental
Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 1987, 13, 335–343.
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B. Bennett, D. Hoffman, C. Prakash. Perception
and computation. IEEE First International Conference on Computer Vision, London, 1987, 356–364.
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W. Richards, J. Koenderink, D. Hoffman. Inferring
three-dimensional shapes from two-dimensional silhouettes. Journal of the Optical Society of America,
A, 1987, 4, 1168–1175.
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J. Beusmans, D. Hoffman, B. Bennett. Description
of
solid shape and its inference from occluding contours. Journal of the Optical Society of America,
A, 1987, 4, 1155–1167.
1986
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D. Hoffman, B. Bennett. The
computation of
structure from fixed-axis
motion: Rigid structures. Biological
Cybernetics, 1986, 54, 71–83.
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S. Reuman, D. Hoffman. Regularities
of nature:
The interpretation of
visual motion. In From Pixels to
Predicates: Recent Advances in Computational Vision, A. Pentland
(Ed), Ablex Publishing Company, New Jersey, 1986, 201–226.
1985
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W. Richards, D. Hoffman. Codon
constraints on
closed 2-D shapes. Computer
Vision,
Graphics, and Image
Processing, 1985, 31, 265–281.
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D. Hoffman, B. Bennett.
Inferring the relative 3-D positions of two moving points. Journal of the
Optical Society of America A,
2, 350–353.
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B. Bennett, D. Hoffman.
The computation of structure from fixed-axis motion: Nonrigid structures.
Biological Cybernetics, 1985, 51, 293–300.
1984
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D. Hoffman, W. Richards.
Parts of recognition.
Cognition, 1984, 18, 65–96.
1983
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D. Hoffman.
The interpretation of visual illusions.
Scientific American, 1983, 249, 6, 154–162.
1982
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D. Hoffman, B. Flinchbaugh.
The interpretation of biological motion.
Biological Cybernetics, 1982, 42, 3, 197–204.
- W. Richards, J. Rubin, D. Hoffman.
Equation counting and the interpretation of sensory data.
Perception, 1982, 11, 557–576.