Hüseyin Boyacı and Katja Doerschner and colleagues have published “Perceiving material qualities from moving contours” in Scientific Reports (April 2026).
Can the way an object’s outline moves tell us what it is made of? This study separates contour motion from surface appearance to test whether moving outlines alone carry information about material qualities. The work adds to our understanding of how we judge materials at a glance.
Authors: Amna Malik, Ying Yu, Hüseyin Boyacı, Katja Doerschner