Michele Rucci

Michele Rucci is a biomedical engineer and neuroscientist who studies visual perception. He is a Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Boston University.

He is primarily known for his work on active perception in humans and machines, particularly for his research on eye movements^{[1][2][3][4][5]} and for developing robotic systems controlled by computational models of neural pathways in the brain. ^[6][7][8][9]

Selected Works

• Rucci M, Victor JD. (2015) The unsteady eye: an information processing stage, not a bug. Trends in Neurosciences. 38(4):195-206.
• Poletti M, Listorti C, Rucci M. (2013) Microsaccades compensate for non-uniform foveal vision. Current Biology, 23(17):1691-1695.
• Kuang X, Gibson M, Shi BE, Rucci M. (2012) Active vision during coordinated head/eye movements in a humanoid robot. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 99:1-8.
• Kuang X, Poletti M, Victor JD, Rucci M. (2012) Temporal encoding of spatial information during active visual fixation. Current Biology, 22(6):510-514.
• Ko HK, Poletti M, Rucci M. (2010) Microsaccades precisely relocate gaze in a high visual acuity task. Nature Neuroscience, 13:1549-1553.
• Rucci M, Iovin R, Poletti M, Santini F. (2007) Miniature eye movements enhance fine spatial detail. Nature, 447(7146): 851-854.

External links

• Boston University page

References

1. "Eye flickers key for fine detail". BBC News. June 2007.
2. Kowler E, Collewijn H (2010). "The eye on the needle". Nature Neuroscience.
3. Kagan I (2012). "Active vision: Fixational eye movements help seeing space in time". Current Biology.
4. Kagan I, Hafed Z (2013). "Active vision: Microsaccades direct the eye to where it matters most". Current Biology.
5. "Shifty eyes see finer details". Science News. 2007.
6. "Neurotic robots act more human". Discovery News. June 2014.
7. "Imagine machines that can see". Wired. June 2003.
8. "Technology to mimic mother nature". The Boston Globe. August 2005.
9. Service RF (October 2014). "Minds of their own". Science.