Publications:

Rainville, S. J. M., Yourganov, G., & Wilson, H. R. (in preparation). fMRI evidence for circle-based shape coding in lateral occipital cortex. Neuron.

Rainville, S. J. M., & Makous, W. L. (in preparation). Serial temporal filters. Vision Research.

Collin, C.A., Therrien, M.E., Martin, C., & Rainville, S.J.M. (in press) Spatial frequency thresholds for face recognition when comparison faces are filtered and unfiltered. Perception & Psychophysics.

Rainville, S. J. M., & Wilson, H. R. (2005). Global  shape coding for motion-defined radial-frequency contours. Vision Research, 45(25-26), 3189-3201.

Rainville, S.J., Scott-Samuel, N.E., & Makous, W.L. (2005). Opponent-motion mechanisms are self-normalizing. Vision Research, 45(9), 1115-1127.

Rainville, S. J. M., & Wilson, H. R. (2004). The influence of motion-defined form on the perception of spatially-defined form. Vision Research, 44, 1065-1077.

Rainville, S.J., Scott-Samuel, N.E., & Makous, W.L. (2002). The spatial properties of opponent-motion normalization. Vision Research, 42 (14), 1727-1738.

Rainville, S.J., & Kingdom, F.A. (2002). Scale invariance is driven by stimulus density. Vision Research., 42 (3), 351-367.

Liu, C., Collin, C., Rainville, S. J. M., & Chaudhuri, A. (2000). The effects of spatial-frequency overlap on face recognition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 26 (3), 956-979.

Rainville, S. J. M., & Kingdom, F. A. A. (2000). The functional role of oriented spatial filters in the perception of mirror symmetry – Psychophysics and modeling. Vision Research, 40(19), 2621-2644.

Rainville, S. J. M., & Kingdom, F. A. A. (1999). Spatial-scale contribution to the detection of mirror symmetry in fractal noise. Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 16(9), 2112-2123.

Rainville, S. J. M. (1999). The Spatial Mechanisms Mediating the Perception of Mirror Symmetry in Human Vision. Ph.D. Thesis, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada.

Kingdom, F. A. A., Simmons, D., & Rainville, S. J. M. (1999). On the apparent collapse of stereopsis in random-dot stereograms at isoluminance. Vision Research, 39, 2127-2141.

Rainville, S. J. M., & Kingdom, F. A. A. (1997). The mechanisms for detecting compressively sampled gratings. Vision Research, 37(23), 3237-3254.

Kingdom, F. A. A., & Rainville, S. J. M. (1996). The detection of compressively sampled gratings. In B. E. Rogowitz & J. O. Allebach (Eds.), Human Vision and Electronic Imaging (Vol. 2657, pp. 205-215). San Jose, CA: SPIE.

Conferences:

Rainville, S. J. M. (2006). Acceleration is key in grouping by visual synchrony. Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL, Journal of Vision.

Rainville, S. J. M. (2005). Evidence for an Intermediate Visual-Shape Population Code in Lateral Occipital Cortex. Center for Visual Neuroscience Mini-Conference, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA.

Rainville, S. J. M., Yourganov, G., & Wilson, H. R. (2005). fMRI evidence for shape coding through deviations from circle prototype in lateral-occipital cortex. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Brain, Behavior, and Cognitive Sciences, Montréal, Canada.

Rainville, S. J. M., Yourganov, G., & Wilson, H. R. (2005). fMRI: Circle deviations underly shape coding in lateral-occipital cortex. Computational Vision in Neural and Machine Systems, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Rainville, S. J. M., Yourganov, G., & Wilson, H. R. (2005). Closed-contour shapes encoded through deviations from circularity in lateral-occipital cortex: An fMRI study. Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL, Journal of Vision.

Rainville, S. J. M., & Wilson, H. R. (2004). Motion-defined radial-frequency contours –  Tools for investigating intermediate stages in the processing of shape-from-motion. Brain, Behavior, and Cognitive Sciences (BBCS). Memorial University, St John's, Newfoundland, Canada.

Rainville, S. J. M., & Wilson, H. R. (2004). Global form perception in motion-defined radial-frequency contours. Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL, Journal of Vision.

Makous, W., Rainville, S. J. M., & Chen, B. (2003, October 11). Serial temporal filters in the human visual system. Paper presented at the Center for Visual Science 40th Anniversary, Rochester, N. Y.

Rainville, S. J. M., & Wilson, H. R. (2003). Motion constrains on the integration of spatial cues into global form. Journal of Vision, http://journalofvision.org/3/9/753/.

Rainville, S. J. M., & Wilson, H. R. (2003). Local vs. global influences of motion on the perception of spatially-defined form. CVR 2003 – Visual Processing of Spatial Form Defined by Luminance, Colour, Motion, Texture and Binocular Disparity – Conference to Celebrate the Career of David Martin Regan.

Makous, W. L., Rainville, S. J. M., & Chen, B. (2003). Serial temporal filters in human vision. Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL, Journal of Vision, 3(9), 750a, http://journalofvision.org/3/9/750/.

Scott-Samuel, N. E., &Rainville, S. J. M. (2003). Contrast normalisation in long-range motion processing. Perception, ECVP03 Suppl.

Rainville, S. J. M., Scott-Samuel, N. E., & Makous, W. (2003). The influence of local and global motion cues on the perception of global spatial structure. Meeting of the Canadian Brain, Behavior, and Cognitive Sciences (BBCS), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Rainville, S. J. M., Scott-Samuel, N. E., & Makous, W. (2002). The spatial properties of opponent-motion energy normalization: Lateral vs. superpostion masking. Perception, ECVP02 Suppl.

Rainville, S. J. M., & Makous, W. L. (2002). The temporal mechanisms mediating syncrony perception. Journal of Vision, 1(3), 153a. http://journalofvision.org/2/7/225/.

Rainville, S. J. M., Scott-Samuel, N. E., Makous, W. L.,& Hess, R. F. (2001). The spatial properties of opponent-motion energy normalization. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science.

Scott-Samuel, N. E., Rainville, S. J. M., Hess, R. F.,& Makous, W. L. (2001). Opponent motion energy normalization: Area is the determining factor. Perception, ECVP01 Suppl.

Rainville, S.J.M., & Makous, W. (2001). The spatial tuning of perceived temporal synchrony. Journal of Vision, 1 (3), 153a, http://journalofvision.org/1/3/153/.

Rainville, S. J. M., & Kingdom, F. A. A. (2000). The detection of mirror symmetry in spatially-redundant stimuli. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 41(4), S218.

Kingdom, F. A. A., Li, H.-C. O., & Rainville, S. J. M. (1999). Attention to colour breaks camouflage in detecting mirror symmetry. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 40(4), S177.

Rainville, S. J. M., & Kingdom, F. A. A. (1999). The detection of mirror symmetry over a continuum of contrast polarities. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 40(4), S359.

Simmons, D. R., Kingdom, F. A. A., & Rainville, S. J. M. (1999). Stereo-form versus stereo-depth deficiency in isoluminant random-dot stereograms. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 40 (4), S418.

Simmons, D.R., Kingdom, F.A.A., & Rainville, S. (1998). Is the 'collapse' of stereopsis in isoluminant random-dot stereograms due to a failure of second-order mechanisms? Perception, 27 (12), 1491-1491.

Rainville, S. J. M., & Kingdom, F. A. A. (1998). Does oblique structure support the detection of mirror symmetry? Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 39(4), S170.

Rainville, S. J. M., & Kingdom, F. A. A. (1998). From spatial filters to mirror symmetry: New findings and new model. Perception, 27(supplement), 58a.

Liu, C. H., Collin, C. A., & Rainville, S. J. M. (1998). Effects of overlapping spatial frequencies between learned and test face stimuli on face recognition. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 39(4), S170.

Collin, C. A., Rainville, S. J. M., & Chaudhuri, A. (1998). Effects of viewing angle in a face-name congruency task. Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science, 39(4), S173.

Rainville, S. J. M., Kingdom, F. A. A., & Hayes, A. (1997). The effect of local phase structure on motion perception. Proceedings of the First Meeting on Vision, Recognition, Action: Neural Models of Mind and Machine, Boston, MA.

Rainville, S. J. M., & Kingdom, F. A. A. (1997). Is motion perception sensitive to local phase structures? Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Opthalmology (ARVO), Fort Lauterdale, FL , Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 38(4), S215.

Rainville, S. J. M., & Kingdom, F. A. A. (1997). The blocked Lincoln face: Is motion sufficient to recover low spatial frequencies? Annual Sherbrooke Symposium on Postgraduate Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.

Rainville, S. J. M., & Kingdom, F. A. A. (1996). The detection of mirror symmetry in fractal images. Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Opthalmology (ARVO), Fort Lauterdale, FL , Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 37(3), S292.

Rainville, S. J. M., & Kingdom, F. A. A. (1996). The perception of mirror symmetry in fractal noise patterns. Annual Sherbrooke Symposium on Postgraduate Research in Vision and Ophthalmology; Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada.

Kingdom, F. A. A., & Rainville, S. J. M. (1996). The detection of compressively sampled gratings. IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging Science and Technology Symposium, 96.

Rainville, S. J. M., & Kingdom, F. A. A. (1995). The detection of compressively sampled gratings reveals the role of local light adaptation in contrast processing. Annual Sherbrooke Symposium on Postgraduate Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.

Kingdom, F. A. A., & Rainville, S. J. M. (1995). The detection of compressively sampled gratings reveals the role of local light adaptation in contrast processing. Perception, suppl. ECVP ‘95, 41b.