Visual Science Laboratories
University of Chicago
940 East 57th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
Office phone: (773) 702-8842
Lab phone: (773) 702-9412
Fax: (773) 702-0939
Office: BPSB 129 (940 E. 57th Street)
Lab: BPSB 112
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Steven K. Shevell
Biography
Steven Shevell is Professor of Psychology and Ophthalmology & Visual Science, and a faculty member in the graduate program in Computational Neuroscience. He received an A.B. in Psychology and M.S. in Engineering from Stanford University in 1973; an M.A. in statistics from the University of Michigan in 1975; and a Ph.D. in Psychology (mathematical psychology area) from the University of Michigan in 1977. He currently serves as chair of the Psychology Department’s graduate program in Integrative Neuroscience.
He is the founding associate editor of the Journal of Vision, senior editor of Vision Research and the editor of the Optical Society of America's most recent edition of The Science of Color.
Research Interests
- Human vision (especially color vision)
- Mathematical psychology
Recent Publications
Shevell S. K. and Cao D. (2004) Chromatic assimilation unaffected by perceived depth of inducing light. Visual Neuroscience, in press.
Monnier P. and Shevell S. K. (2004) Chromatic induction from S-cone patterns. Vision Research, 44, 849-856.
Hong S. W. and Shevell S. K. (2004) Brightness contrast and assimilation from patterned inducing backgrounds. Vision Research, 44, 35-43.
Monnier P. and Shevell S. K. (2003) Large shifts in color appearance from patterned chromatic backgrounds. Nature Neuroscience, 6, 801-802.
Shevell S. K. and Cao D. (2003) Chromatic assimilation: Evidence for a neural mechanism. In J. D. Mollon, J. Pokorny & K. Knoblauch (Eds.), Normal and Defective Colour Vision. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, pp. 114-121.
Knoblauch K. and Shevell S. K. (2003) Color appearance. In L. Chalupa and J. Werner (Eds.),The Visual Neurosciences. Cambridge MA: MIT Press, pp. 892-907.
Shevell S. K. (2003) Color appearance. In S. K. Shevell (Ed.), The Science of Color (2nd edition). Oxford UK: Elsevier, pp. 149-190.
Yang J. N. and Shevell S. K. (2003) Surface color perception under two illuminants: The second illuminant reduces color constancy. Journal of Vision, 3, 369-379.
Yang J. N. and Shevell S. K. (2002) Stereo disparity improves color constancy. Vision Research, 42, 1979-1989.
Schirillo J. A. and Shevell S. K. (2002) Articulation: Brightness, apparent illumination, and contrast ratios. Perception, 31, 161-169.
Barnes C. S. and Shevell S. K. (2002) Simultaneous S-cone contrast. Vision Research, 42, 75-88.
Courses
- Mind (undergraduate)
- Color Vision (undergraduate and graduate)
- Sensation and Perception (undergraduate and graduate)
- Experimental Design I & II (graduate)
