Cognitive influences in the perceptual brain experiments and computational models for the ames window illusion

By: MARIA ELENI KARAKATSANI A thesis submitted to the Graduate School-New Brunswick Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey In partial fulfillment of the requirements For the degree of Master of Science Graduate Program in Biomedical Engineering written under the direction of Dr. Thomas V. Papathomas, PhD Dr. Steven M. Silverstein, PhD and approved by: