Juno Kim B.Sc., Ph.D.

My research is concerned with understanding how we visually appreciate the physical properties of objects and surfaces in the world around us. The structure in light we receive in the form of images is informative of static properties of surfaces (e.g., shape, lightness, glossiness, translucency), and changes in the structure of this light is informative of how entities in the world (including ourselves) actually move.
Below you can find some gif animations and publications from my research on the perception of surface properties and the perception of self-motion.

Software that I have created and released for research/teaching purposes can be obtained on request.

If you need any advice or to contact me for further information, please email me here: juno.kim@unsw.edu.au.


Publications (peer reviewed)

Chowdhury N, Marlow P, Kim J (2017). Translucency and the perception and shape. Journal of vision, 17(3), 17.

[doi:10.1167/17.3.17]

 

Kim J, Marlow P (2016). Turning the world upside down to understand perceived transparency. i-Perception, 7, 1-5.

[doi:10.1177/2041669516671566]

 

Kim J, Marlow P, Anderson B (2012) The dark side of gloss. Nature Neuroscience, Accepted 17 August 2012.

Marlow P, Kim J, Anderson B (2012) The perception and misperception of specular surface reflectance. Current Biology, 22(20), 1909鈥�1913.

[doi:10.1016/j.cub.2012.08.009]

 
 

Kim J (2013) Tonic eye movements induced by bilateral and unilateral galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) in guinea pigs. Brain Research Bulletin, 90, 72-78.

[doi:10.1016/j.brainresbull.2012.09.010]

 
 

Kim J, Palmisano S, Bonato F (2012) Simulated angular head oscillation enhances vection in depth. Perception, 41(4), 402-414.

[doi:10.1068/p6919]

 

Anderson B, Khang B, Kim J (2011) Using color to understand perceived lightness. Journal of Vision, 11(13), 19.

[doi:10.1167/11.13.19]

 

Kim J, Marlow P, Anderson B (2011) The perception of gloss depends on highlight congruence with surface shading. Journal of Vision, 11(9), 4.

[doi:10.1167/11.9.4]

 

Marlow P, Kim J, Anderson B (2011) The role of brightness and orientation congruence in the percpetion of surface gloss. Journal of Vision, 11(9), 16.

[doi:10.1167/11.9.16]

 
Animation

Anstis S, Kim J (2011) Local versus global perception of ambiguous motion displays. Journal of Vision, 11(3), 13.

[doi:10.1167/11.3.13]

 
Animation

Palmisano S, Allison R, Kim J, Bonato F (2011) Simulated viewpoint jitter shakes sensory conflict accounts of vection. Seeing and Perceiving, 24(2), 173-200.

[doi:10.1163/187847511X570817]

 
 

Ash A, Palmisano S, Govan D, Kim J (2011) Display lag and gain effects on vection experienced by active observers. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, 82(8), 763-769.

 
 

Ash A, Palmisano S, Kim J (2011) Vection in depth during consistent and inconsistent multisensory stimulation. Perception, 40, 155-174

[doi:10.1068/p6837]

 
Animation

Kim J, Palmisano S (2010) Eccentric gaze dynamics enhance vection in depth. Journal of Vision, 10(12), 7

[doi:10.1167/10.12.7]

Kim J, Anderson B (2010) Image statistics and the perception of surface gloss and lightness. Journal of Vision, 10(9), 3

[doi:10.1167/10.9.3]
Tap2010

Kim J, Palmisano S, Ash A, Allison R (2010) Pilot gaze and glideslope control. ACM Transaction on Applied Perception, 7(3), 1-20

[doi:10.1145/1773965.1773969]
Ebr2010

Kim J, Palmisano S (2010) Visually mediated eye movements regulate the capture of optic flow in self-motion perception. Experimental Brain Research, 202(2), 355-361

[doi: 10.1007/s00221-009-2137-2]

Palmisano S, Kim J (2009) Effects of gaze on vection from jittering, oscillating and purely radial optic flow. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 71, 1842-1853

[doi: 10.3758/APP.71.8.1842]
Animation

Anderson B, Kim J (2009) Image statistics do not explain the perception of gloss and lightness. Journal of Vision, 9(11):10, 1-17

[doi:10.1167/9.11.10]
Animation

Kim J (2009) Short-term habituation of eye-movement responses induced by galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) in the alert guinea pig. Brain Research Bulletin, 79(1), 1-5

[doi:10.1016/j.brainresbull.2008.12.016]

Kim J, Palmisano S (2008) Viewpoint jitter effects on vection in depth. Brain Research Bulletin, 77(6), 335-342.

[doi:10.1016/j.brainresbull.2008.09.011]
Animation

Kim J, Schiemer G, Narushima T (2007) Oculog: Playing with Eye Movements, in Crawford, L (Ed), Proceedings of the 2007 Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression NIME2007, p.p 50-55, New York.

GO TO THE OCULOG HOMEPAGE

[doi:10.1145/1279740.1279747]


Iwasaki S, McGarvie LA, Halmagyi GM, Burgess AM, Kim J, Colebatch JG, Curthoys IS (2007) Head taps evoke a crossed vestibulo-ocular reflex. Neurology, 68, 1227-1229

[doi.10.1212/01.wnl.0000259064.80564.21]

Curthoys, I.S., Kim, J., McPhedran, S.K., Camp, A.J. (2006). Bone conducted vibration selectively activates irregular primary otolithic vestibular neurons in the guinea pig. Experimental Brain Research, 175(2), 256-267

[doi: 10.1007/s00221-006-0544-1]
Animation

Kim, J., Curthoys, I.S. (2004). Responses of primary vestibular neurons to galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) in the anaesthetised guinea pig. Brain Research Bulletin, 64 (3): 265-271

[doi: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2004.07.008]
Animation

Kim, J. (2004). A simple pupil-independent method for recording eye movements in rodents using video. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 138 (1-2): 165-171

[doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2004.04.016]


Invited talks

"How do we perceive the material properties of surfaces?" - Presentation as part of the Early Career Research Showcase at The University of Sydeny 31 October 2011.

"Why do surfaces look the way they do?" - Colloquium presentation at the School of Psychology, University of Wollongong, 26 October 2011.

"State of mind - unique perspectives on mental health" - Contributed talk at Vibewire Events, Surry Hills Library, 13 October 2011 (Mental Health Week).

"Why do things look shiny?" - Colloquium presentation at the MARCS Auditory Laboratories, University of Western Sydney, 12 October 2011.

"How do we perceive our self motion?" - Colloquium presentation at the School of Psychology, University of Wollongong, October 2009.


Conference Presentations (past 5 years)

Kim J, Marlow P, Anderson B (2012) The dark side of gloss perception. Paper presented at Experimental Psychology Conference (EPC), 12 - 15 April, University of New South Wales, Australia.

Marlow P, Kim J, Anderson B (2012) Perceptual constancies gloss over image cues for material perception. Paper presented at Experimental Psychology Conference (EPC), 12 - 15 April, University of New South Wales, Australia.

Anderson B, Kim J, Marlow P (2011) At what level of representation is surface gloss computed? Paper presented at the Vision Sciences Society (VSS) meeting, May 6-11, Naples, Florida.

Kim J, Marlow P, Anderson B (2011) The perception of surface gloss depends on shape and shading. Paper presented at Experimental Psychology Conference (EPC), 28 - 30 April, University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Marlow P, Kim J, Anderson B (2011) Highlight alignment and the perception of surface gloss. Poster presented at Experimental Psychology Conference (EPC), 28 - 30 April, University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Kim J, Palmisano S (2010) The birds, the bees and aircraft pilots. Paper presented at Experimental Psychology Conference (EPC), 8 - 10 April, University of Melbourne, Australia.

Kim J, Palmisano S (2009) The role of eye movements in self-motion perception. Paper presented at Experimental Psychology Conference (EPC), 17 - 19 April, University of Wollongong, Australia.

Palmisano S, Kim J, Ash A, Allison R (2009) Where pilots look when they land. Poster presented at Experimental Psychology Conference (EPC), 17 - 19 April, University of Wollongong, Australia.

Anderson B, Kim J (2008) Coupled computations of lightness, 3D shape, and gloss.  Paper presented at European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), 24 – 28 August 2008, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Anderson B, Kim J (2008) Image statistics and surface perception. Paper presented at Asia Pacific Conference on Vision (APCV), 18 – 21 July 2008, Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane, Australia.

Kim J, Palmisano S (2008) Global perspective jitter enhances vection in both active and passive observers. Poster P3-23, presented at the XXV International Congress of the Bárány Society, 31 March to 3 April 2008, Kyoto International Conference Center (ICC Kyoto), Kyoto, Japan.

Kim, J., Narushima, T., Schiemer, G. (2007). Oculog: Playing with eye movements. Paper presentation at New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME ’07), New York, USA.

Research Grants

Anderson B, Kim J, Fleming R (2010) Discovery Project, Australian Research Council (ARC), University of Sydney. January 2010

Kim J, Palmisano S (2008) Role of eye movements in viewpoint jitter effects on vection in depth. Faculty Research Council (FRC) grant awarded by Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences (HBS), University of Wollongong. August 2008