Peer-reviewed Articles (+ = corresponding author)

Li X., Lu⁺  Z.L., Tjan B.S., Dosher B.A., & Chu W., (2008) BOLD contrast response functions identify mechanisms of covert attention in early visual areas. PNAS. 105: 4068-4073. [pdf]

Huang, X., Lu, H., Tjan, B. S., Zhou, Y., & Liu⁺ , Z. (2007). Motion perceptual learning: When only task-relevant information is learned. Journal of Vision, 7(10):14, 1-10, http://journalofvision.org/7/10/14/, doi:10.1167/7.10.14. [pdf]

Chung⁺ S.T.L., & Tjan B.S. (2007). Shift in spatial scale in identifying crowded letters. Vision Research, 47(4):437-51. [pdf]

Pelli⁺ D. G., Cavanagh P., Desimone R., Tjan B.S. & Treisman, A. (2007). Crowding: Including illusory conjunctions, surround suppression, and attention. Journal of Vision, 7(2):i, 1, http://journalofvision.org/7/2/i/, doi:10.1167/7.2.i.

Nandy A.S. & Tjan⁺  B.S. (2007). The nature of letter crowding as revealed by first- and second-order classification images. Journal of Vision. , 7(2):5, 1-26, http://journalofvision.org/7/2/5/, doi:10.1167/7.2.5. [pdf]

Tjan⁺  B.S., & Nandy, A. S. (2006). Classification images with uncertainty. Journal of Vision, 6(4), 387-413, http://journalofvision.org/6/4/8/, doi:10.1167/6.4.8. [pdf]

Tjan⁺  B.S., Lestou, V., & Kourtzi Z. (2006). Uncertainty and invariance in the human visual cortex. J Neurophysiol 96:1556-1568, doi:10.1152/jn.01367.2005. [pdf]

Yue⁺  X., Tjan B.S., Biederman I. (2006) What makes face special? Vision Research, 46(22):3802-11, doi:10.1016/j.visres.2006.06.017 (Epub 2006 Aug 30). [pdf]

Lu H., Tjan, B. S., & Liu⁺ , Z. (2006). Shape recognition alters sensitivity in stereoscopic depth discrimination. Journal of Vision, 6(1), 75-86, http://journalofvision.org/6/1/7/, doi:10.1167/6.1.7. [pdf]

Tjan B. S., & Liu⁺ , Z. (2005). Symmetry impedes symmetry discrimination. Journal of Vision, 5(10), 888-900, http://journalofvision.org/5/10/10/, doi:10.1167/5.10.10. [pdf]

Tjan⁺  B.S., Beckmann P.J., Roy R., Giudice N., Legge G.E. (2005) Digital Sign System for indoor wayfinding for the visually impaired. Proceedings of the First IEEE Workshop on Computer Vision Applications for the Visually Impaired, in conjunction with CVPR 2005, San Diego. IEEE Computer Society (CD-ROM). [pdf]

Chung⁺  S.T.L., Levi D.M.,Tjan B.S. (2005). Learning letter identification in peripheral vision. Vision Research 45(11):1399-1412. [pdf]

Christou C.G., Tjan B.S., & Bulthoff. H.H. (2003). Extrinsic cues aid shape recognition from novel viewpoints. Journal of Vision 3(3):183-198. [pdf]

Legge⁺  G.E., Hooven T.A., Klitz T.S., Mansfield J.S., Tjan B.S. (2002).  Mr. Chips 2002: new insights from an ideal-observer model of reading. Vision Research 42(18):2219-2234. [pdf]

Chung⁺  S.T.L., Legge G.E., & Tjan B.S. (2002). Spatial-frequency characteristics of letter identification in central and peripheral vision.  Vision Research 42(18):2137-2152. [pdf]

Chung⁺  S.T.L., Levi D.M., Legge G.E., & Tjan B.S. (2002). Spatial-frequency properties of letter identification in amblyopia.  Vision Research 42(12):1571-1581. [pdf]

Tjan⁺  B.S. (2001). Adaptive object representation with hierarchically-distributed memory sites.  Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 13, 66-72. [pdf]

Tjan⁺  B.S., & Ruppertsberg A.I. (2001). The pew illusion – a real-world example of misperceived slant. Perception 30(1), 125-128. [pdf]

Newell⁺  F.N., Ernst M.O., Tjan B.S., & Bulthoff. H.H. (2001). Viewpoint dependence in visual and haptic object recognition. Psychological Science 12(1) 37-42. [pdf]

Tjan⁺  B.S., & Legge G.E. (1998). The viewpoint complexity of an object recognition task.  Vision Research 38 (15/16), 2335-50. [pdf]

Legge⁺  G.E., Klitz T.S., & Tjan B.S. (1997). Mr. Chips: An ideal observer model of reading. Psychology Review 104 (3), 524-553. [pdf]

Dogru S., Rajan V., Rieck K., Slagle J.R., Tjan B.S.,  & WangY. (1996). A graphical data flow language for retrieval, analysis, and visualization. Journal of Visual Languages and Computing 7, 247-265. [pdf]

Tjan⁺  B.S., Braje W.L., Legge G.E., & Kersten D. (1995). Human efficiency for recognizing 3-D objects in luminance noise. Vision Research 35 (21), 3053-69. [pdf]

Braje⁺  W.L., Tjan B.S., & Legge G.E. (1995). Human efficiency for recognizing and detecting low-pass filtered objects. Vision Research 35 (21), 2955-66. [pdf]

Tjan⁺  B.S., Breslow L., Dogru S., Rajan V., Rieck K., Slagle J.R., & Poliac M. (1993). A data-flow graphical user interface for querying a scientific database. In IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages,  (pp. 49-54). IEEE Computer Society. [pdf]

Book Chapters

Tjan⁺  B.S. (2002). Object Recognition. In Arbib M. (Ed.), The Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks, 2nd Ed. (pp. 788-792) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. [pdf]

Klitz⁺  T.S., Legge G.E., & Tjan B.S. (2000). Saccade planning in reading with central scotomas: comparison of human and ideal performance. In A. Kennedy, R. Radach, D. Heller, & J. Pynte (Eds.), Reading as a perceptual process. New York: Elsevier.

Tjan⁺  B.S. (1996) Ideal observer analysis of object recognition. Doctoral Thesis, Computer Science Department, University of Minnesota.

Tjan⁺  B.S., Gardiner D., & Slagle J.R. (1992).  Representing and reasoning with set referents and numerical quantifiers.  In NagleT.E., Nalge J., Gerholz L., & Eklund P. (Eds.) Conceptual Structures – current research and practice. Ellis Horwood.

Gardiner⁺  D., Tjan B.S., & Slagle J.R. (1992).  Extending Conceptual Structures: Representation Issues and Reasoning Operations.  In NagleT.E., Nalge J., Gerholz L., & Eklund P. (Eds.) Conceptual Structures – current research and practice. Ellis Horwood.