Current Research Projects

Project Leader Project Title
Schwaninger Competency assessment and human performance of X-ray screeners
Image-based factors and pre-employment assessment testing for x-ray image interpretation
Development and evaluation of adaptive computer based training systems for airport security screeners
Human-machine interaction and display technology in airport security screening
Effects of age on the visual interpretation of x-ray images

Completed Research Projects

Project Leader Project Title
Hausmann Modeling emotional and cognitive decision making processes under uncertainty
Long Interference and cooperation of perceptive and cognitive processes
Marx Gambler's Fallacy: A Question of Ecological Adaptivity
Decision Making in Public Elections
The Political Landscape of Switzerland
Dimensions of Emotions
Decision Making under Uncertainty
Marx Läge The Subjective Structure of the Swiss Cantons
Mast "Seeing with the mind’s eye" – Functional equivalences in imagination and perception
Mast Jarchow Optic-vestibular interaction in the information processing structure of the subjective vertical
Schwaninger Cognitive and computational modeling of visual processing of natural scenes
Computational modeling of face recognition
Perception of eye gaze direction
Visual processing of identity and emotional expression in faces
Estimation of image difficulty in x-ray screening
Development of a reference levels framework for aVIAtion security screeners (VIA Project)
Time course of processing external and internal features in face matching tasks
Identity verification from photographs in travel documents
Web-based testing and training system for aviation security screeners
The role of consideration information for x-ray image interpretation
Stress and airport security: The effects of psychosocial stress on detection performance of X-ray screeners
Component and configural information in face recognition
Neuronal basis of object recognition in visual inspection of x-ray images
Study on the effect of cabin bag size on the effectiveness of screening
Schwaninger Läge Cognitive Maps of Recognized Faces
Schwaninger Mast Visual information processing in mental rotation of faces
Schwaninger Schiele Human perception, context aware applications and wearable sensors