Organization of Research
Sugihara Group
Research topic: Mathematical modeling of solid visual illusions and its applications
Kokichi Sugihara
(Research Director; Professor, Graduate School of Advanced Mathematical Sciences)
Impossible motion and other new solid visual illusions
Homei Miyashita
(Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Meiji University)
Daily goods that use illusion, media expression
Akiyasu Tomoeda
(Associate Professor, Faculty of Environmental Science, Musashino University)
Elucidation of and countermeasures for phantom jam from misapprehension of road incline
Arai Group
Research topic: Elucidation of the mechanisms of vision and visual illusion through collaboration between mathematics and sensory psychology
Hitoshi Arai
(Researcher; Professor, Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Tokyo)
Elucidation of vision and visual illusions using mathematical methods
Akiyoshi Kitaoka
(Professor, College of Letters, Ritsumeikan University)
A sensory psychological approach to diverse visual illusions
Yamaguchi Group
Research topic: Measurement of biological reactions to visual illusory phenomena and its application to evaluation of image quality and image synthesis
Yasushi Yamaguchi
(Researcher; Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The university of Tokyo)
Visual illusions associated with shift and visual cryptography
Kazuhiro Ueda
(Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies The University of Tokyo)
Elucidation of illusory phenomena associated with decision-making
Haruaki Fukuda
(Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo)
Investigation of brain mechanisms in visual illusory phenomena
