All Publications

Spang, K., Gillam, B. & Fahle, M. (2012). Electrophysiological correlates of binocular stereo depth without binocular disparities. PLoS One, 7(8), 1-14. PDF

Gillam, G., & Vecellio, E. (2012). Subjective contours along truncated letters. Perception, 41, 831-839.

Gillam B.J. & Grove P.M. (2011). Contour entropy: a new determinant for perceiving ground or a hole. J ournal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 37(3), 750-757.

Gillam, B.J., Sedgwick. H.A. & Marlow, P (2011). Local and non-local effects on surface-mediated stereoscopic depth. Journal of Vision, Vol 11.no 6. article 5 PDF

Gillam, B., Palmisano, S. & Govan, D.G. (2011). Motion parallax and binocular disparity for depth interval estimation beyond interaction space. Perception, 40, 39-49.

Gillam, B. (2011). Occlusion issues in early Renaissance art. i-Perception, 2, 1-20. PDF

Gillam, B (2011). Sheila Fitzpatrick in New York. in Writing the Stalin Era: Sheila Fitzpatrick and Historiography Editors G.Alexopoulos, J Hassler & K Tomoff Palgrave McMillan. New York, 210-211.

Marlow, P., & Gillam B.J. (2011). Stereopsis loses dominance over relative size as target separation increases. Perception, 40 1413-1427.

Gillam, B. (2011). The influence of monocular regions on the binocular perception of spatial layout. In L.R. Harris & M. Jenkin (Eds.), Vision in 3-D environments. Cambridge University Press PDF

Palmisano, S.P., Gillam B.J., Govan, D., Allison, R.S., & Harris, J. (2010). Stereoscopic perception of real depths at large distances. Journal of Vision, June 24, 2010, vol. 10 no. 6 article. PDF

Peterson, M., Gillam, B., & Sedgwick, H. (Eds) (2010). The Mind's Eye. (Selected papers of Julian Hochberg and 20 articles on the significance of his work). Oxford University Press

Gillam, B.J., Grove, P.M., & Layden, J. (2010). The role of remote closure in the perception of occlusion at junctions and illusory contours. Perception, 39, 145-156.  

Allison, R.S., Gillam, B.J., & Vecellio, E. (2009). Binocular depth discrimination and estimation beyond interaction space. Journal of Vision, 9, (1):10, 1-14. PDF

Gillam, B.J., Anderson, B.L., & Rizwi, F. (2009). Failure of facial configural cues to alter metric stereoscopic depth. Journal of Vision, 9, (1):3, 1-5. PDF

Rogers, B., Gillam, B., & Gregory, R. (2009). Optic arrays and retinal images. Perception, 38, (2), 159-163.

Allison, R.S., Gillam, B.J. & Palmisano, S.A. (2009). Stereoscopic discrimination of the layout of ground surfaces. Journal of Vision, 9, (12):8, 1-11. PDF

Hayhoe, M., Gillam, B., Chajka, K., & Vercellio, E. (2009). The role of binocular vision in walking. Visual Neuroscience, 26, (1), 73-80.

Gillam, B., Blackburn, S., & Brooks, K. (2007). Hinge versus twist : The effects of `reference surfaces' and discontinuities on stereoscopic slant perception. Perception, 36, 596-616.

Grove, P.M., & Gillam, B.J. (2007). Global Patterns of Binocular Image Differences Resolve the Ambiguity between Stereoscopic Slant and Stereoscopic Occlusion. Vision: The Journal of the Vision Society of Japan, 16(1), 15-27.

Gillam, B. (2007). Psychology around the world: A view from Australia. APS Observer (Association of Psychological Science), 20(9), 1-2.

Gillam, B. (2007). Stereopsis & motion parallax. Perception, 36, 953-954.

Brooks, K.R., & Gillam, B.J. (2007). Stereomotion perception for a monocularly camouflaged stimulus. Journal of Vision, 7(13):1, 1-14. PDF

Sachtler, W.L.B., & Gillam, B. (2007). The stereoscopic sliver : a comparison of duration thresholds for fully stereoscopic and unmatched versions. Perception, 36, 135-144.

Grove, P.M., Sachtler, W.L.B., & Gillam, B. (2006). Amodal completion with background determines depth from monocular gap stereopsis. Vision Research, 46, 3771-3774.

Seizova-Cajic, T., & Gillam, B. (2006). Biases in judgments of separation and orientation of elements belonging to different clusters. Vision Research, 46, 2525-2534.

Gillam, B. (2006). Hochberg: a perceptual psychologist. In M. Peterson, B. Gillam, & H. Sedgwick (Eds.), In the Minds Eye., (pp247-264). Oxford University Press

Grove, P.M., Brooks, K.R., Anderson, B.L., & Gillam, B. (2006). Monocular transparency and unpaired stereopsis. Vision Research, 46, 1695-1705.

Gillam, B. (2006). Psychology: The trouble with pseudoscience. R and D Review, June Issue p5. Reproduced in Science Alert, Uniken and On-line Opinion.

Brooks, K.R., & Gillam, B.J. (2006). Quantitative perceived depth from sequential monocular decamouflage. Vision Research, 46, 605-613.

Brooks, K.R. & Gillam, B.J. (2006). The swinging doors of perception: Stereomotion without binocular matching. Journal of Vision, 6(7):2, 685-695.

Grove, P.M., Byrne, J., & Gillam, B.J. (2005). How configurations of binocular disparity determine whether stereoscopic slant or stereoscopic occlusion is seen. Perception, 34, 1083-1094.

Gillam, B.J. (2005) Observations on associative grouping (In honor of Jacob Beck). Spatial Vision, 18(2), 147-157.

Gillam, B.J., & Pianta, M.J. (2005). The effect of surface placement and surface overlap on stereo slant contrast and enhancement. Vision Research, 45, 3083-3095.

Palmisano, S., & Gillam, B. (2005). Visual Perception of Touchdown Point During Simulated Landing. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 11(1), 19-32.

Gillam, B.J. & Grove, P.M. (2004). Slant or occlusion: global factors resolve stereoscopic ambiguity in sets of horizontal lines. Vision Research, 44, 2359-2366.  

Cook, M.L., & Gillam, B.J. (2004). Depth of Monocular Elements in a Binocular Scene: The Conditions for da Vinci Stereopsis. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 30(1), 92-103.

Gillam, B., Cook, M., & Blackburn, S. (2003). Monocular discs in the occlusion zones of binocular surfaces do not have quantitative depth - a comparison with Panum's limiting case. Perception, 32, 1009-1019.

Pianta, M.J., & Gillam, B.J. (2003). Monocular gap stereopsis: manipulation of the outer edge disparity and the shape of the gap. Vision Research, 43, 1937-1950.

Pianta, M.J., & Gillam, B.J. (2003). Paired and unpaired features can be equally effective in human depth perception. Vision Research, 43, 1-6.

Grove, P.M., Gillam, B.J., & Ono, H. (2002). Content and context of monocular regions determine perceived depth in random dot, unpaired background and phantom stereograms. Vision Research, 42, 1859-1870.

Bradshaw, M.F., Hibbard, P.B., & Gillam, B. (2002). Perceptual latencies to discriminate surface orientation in stereopsis. Perception & Psychophysics, 64(1), 32-40.

Gillam, B. & Chan, W.M. (2002). Grouping has a negative effect on both subjective contours and perceived occlusion at T-junctions. Psychological Science, 13(3), 279-283.

Spehar, B. & Gillam, B. (2002). Modal completion in the Poggendorff Illusion: Support for the Depth-Processing Theory. Psychological Science, 13(4), 306-312.

Gillam, B., & Nakayama, K. (2002). Subjective contours at line terminations depend on scene layout analysis, not image processing. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 28(1), 43-53.

Gillam, B.J., & Cook, M.L. (2001). Perspective based on stereopsis and occlusion. Psychological Science, 12(5), 424-429.

Gillam, B. (2001). Varieties of grouping and its role in determining surface layout. In T.F. Shipley & P. Kellman (Eds.), From Fragments to Objects: Segmentation and Grouping in Vision, (pp247-264). Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier Science.

Rich, A., & Gillam, B. (2000). Failure to detect changes in color for lines rotating in depth: the effects of grouping and type of color change. Vision Research, 40, 1377-1384.

Palmisano, S., Gillam, B.J. & Blackburn, S.G. (2000). Global Perspective jitter improves vection in central vision. Perception, 29(1), 57-67.

Gillam, B. (2000). Perceptual constancies. In Encyclopedia of Psychology, (pp89-93). American Psychological Association and Oxford University Press.

Ehrenstein, W.H. & Gillam, B.J. (1999). Early demonstrations of subjective contours, amodal completion, and depth from half-occlusions: "Stereoscopic experiments with silhouttes" by Adolf von Szily (1921). Perception, 27, 1407-1416.

Gillam, B. (1999). Depth perception. The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences, (pp227-229). MIT Press.

Gillam, B. & Nakayama, K. (1999). Quantitative depth for a phantom surface can be based on cyclopean occlusion cues alone. Vision Research, 39, 109-112.

Gillam, B.J., Blackburn, S., & Nakayama, K. (1999). Stereopsis based on monocular gaps: Metrical encoding of depth and slant without matching contours. Vision Research, 39, 493-502.

Gillam, B. (1998). Illusions at Century's End. In J. Hochberg (Ed.) Perception and Cognition at Century's End in the series The Handbook of Cognition and Perception 2nd Edition (Series eds. E. Carterette & M. Friedman). (pp89-93). Academic Press

Palmisano, S. & Gillam, B.J. (1998). Stimulus eccentricity and spatial frequency interact to determine circular vection. Perception, 27, 1067-1077.

Gillam, B.J. & Blackburn, S.G. (1998). Surface separation decreases stereoscopic slant but a monocular aperture increases it. Perception, 27, 1267-1286.

Goodenough, B., & Gillam, B. (1997). Gradients as Visual Primitives. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 23(2), 370-387.  

Gillam, B. (1996). Review of Howard, I.P. and Rogers, B.J. “Binocular Vision and Stereopsis. Perception, 24, 499-501.

Gillam, B. (1995). Matching needed for stereopsis. Nature, 373(6511), 202-203.

Gillam, B. (1995). The static perception of spatial layout. In W. Epstein and S. Rogers (Eds.) Perception of Space and Motion in the series The Handbook of Cognition and Perception 2nd Edition (Series eds. E. Carterette & M. Friedman). (pp23-67). Academic Press.

Ryan, C., & Gillam, B. (1994). Cue conflict and stereoscopic surface slant about horizontal and vertical axes. Perception, 23(6), 645-658.

Gillam, B. (1994). The undergraduate curriculum in psychology. Australian Psychologist, 29(3).

Ryan, C., & Gillam, B. (1993). A proximity-contingent stereoscopic depth aftereffect: evidence for adaptation to disparity gradients. Perception, 22(4), 403-418.

Gillam, B. (1993). Stereoscopic slant reversals: a new kind of 'induced' effect. Perception, 22(9), 1024-1036.

Gillam, B., & Ryan, C. (1992). Perspective, orientation disparity, and anisotropy in stereoscopic slant perception. Perception, 21(4), 427-439.

Gillam, B. (1992). The status of perceptual grouping 70 years after Wertheimer. Australian Journal of Psychology, 44(3), 157-162.

Gillam, B., & Rogers, B. (1991). Orientation disparity, deformation, and stereoscopic slant perception. Perception, 20(4), 441-448.

Gillam, B., & Broughton, R. (1991). Motion capture by a frame: global or local processing?. Perception & Psychophysics, 49(6), 547-550.

Gillam, B. (1989). The American University. Australian Universities' Review, 32(2), 34-39.

Gillam, B., Chambers, D., & Russo, T. (1988). Postfusional latency in stereoscopic slant perception and the primitives of stereopsis. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 14(2), 163-175.

Gillam, B., & Borsting, E. (1988). The role of monocular regions in stereoscopic displays. Perception, 17, 603-608.

Gillam, B., Chambers, D., & Lawergren, B. (1988). The role of vertical disparity in the scaling of stereoscopic depth perception: an empirical and theoretical study. Perception & Psychophysics, 44(5), 473-483.

Gillam, B. (1987). Perceptual grouping and subjective contours. In S. Petry & G. Meyer (Eds.), The Perception of Illusory Contours (pp268-273). New York: Springer

Gillam, B., & Chambers, D. (1985). Size and position are incongruous: measurements on the Müller-Lyer figure. Perception & Psychophysics, 37(6), 549-556.

Gillam, B., & Grant, T. Jnr. (1984). Aggregation and unit formation in the perception of moving collinear lines. Perception, 13, 659-664.

Gillam, B., Flagg, T., & Findlay, D. (1984). Evidence for disparity change as the primary stimulus for stereoscopic processing. Perception & Psychophysics, 36(6), 559-564.

Gillam, B., & Lawergren, B. (1983). The induced effect, vertical disparity, and stereoscopic theory. Perception & Psychophysics, 34(2), 121-130.

Gillam, B. (1981). False Perspectives. Perception, 10, 313-318.

Gillam, B. (1981). Separation relative to length determines the organization of two lines into a unit. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 7(4), 884-889.

Gillam, B. (1980). Geometrical illusions. Scientific American, 242(1), 101-111. Reprinted in Rock, I. (Ed.) (1990). The Perceptual World. New York: W.H. Freeman Reprinted in Wolfe, J. (Ed.) (1986). The Mind's Eye. New York: W.H. Freeman.

Wallach, H., Gillam, B., & Cardillo, L. (1979). Some consequences of stereoscopic depth constancy. Perception & Psychophysics, 26(3), 235-240.

Gillam, B., & McGrath, D. (1979). Orientation relative to the retina determines perceptual organisation. Perception & Psychophysics, 26(3), 177-181.

Gillam, B. (1978). A constancy-scaling theory of the Muller-Lyer illusion. In J.P. Sutcliffe (Ed.), Conceptual Analysis and Method in Psychology, (pp57-70). University of Sydney Press.

Gillam, B.J. (1978). Even a possible figure can look impossible. Perception, 8, 229-232.

Gillam, B.J. (1977). Illusions. In B. Wolman (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Psychology, V.5 (pp479-484). New York: Van-Nostrand - Rineholt - Aesculapius.

Gillam, B.J. (1976). Grouping of multiple ambiguous contours: Towards an understanding of surface perception. Perception, 5, 203-209.

Gillam, B.J. (1975). New evidence for 'closure' perception. Perception and Psychophysics, 17(5), 521-524.

Gillam, B.J. (1975). The nature of constancy scaling in the Ponzo and related illusions. Perception and Psychophysics, 14(2), 353-357.

Gillam, B.J. (1972). Perceived common rotary motion of ambiguous stimuli as a criterion of perceptual grouping. Perception and Psychophysics, 11(1b), 99-101.

Kietzman, M.L., & Gillam, B. (1972). Visual temporal integration and simple reaction time. Perception, 11, 333-340.

Gillam, B.J. (1971). A depth processing theory of the Poggendorff Illusion. Perception & Psychophysics, 10(4a), 211-216.

Gillam, B.J. (1970). Comment on MacRae and Power's “Critical comment on one aspect of Graham's 'On some aspects of real and apparent visual movement'. Journal of the Optical Society of America, 60(2), 284.

Gillam, B.J. (1970). Judgments of slant on the basis of foreshortening. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 11, 31-34.

Graham, C.H. & Gillam, B. (1970). Occurrence of theoretically correct responses during rotation of the Ames window. Perception & Psychophysics, 8, 257-260.

Gillam, B.J. (1968). Perception of slant when perspective and stereopsis conflict: experiments with aniseikonic lenses. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 72(2,Pt2). 299-305.

Gillam, B.J. (1967). Changes in the direction of induced aniseikonic slant as a function of distance. Vision Research, 7, 777-783.