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Gordon Legge, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology E-mail: legge@umn.edu Professor Legge's Homepage

Research Interests:

My research deals with visual perception and cognition. Currently, projects in my lab focus on the roles of vision in reading, object recognition, and spatial navigation. In all of these areas, I have a special interest in the problems encountered by people with low vision.

My lab has been widely recognized for applying the principles and methods of basic visual science to explain the difficulties encountered by people with low vision. One practical outcome of our research is the development of the MNREAD Acuity Chart, designed for use in normal and low vision.

Other areas of my research include studies of binocular vision (including stereopsis) and contrast coding.

Selected Publications:

(For a comprehensive list of recent publications, refer to PubMed, a service provided by the National Library of Medicine.)

Kwon M, Legge GE. Spatial-frequency cutoff requirements for pattern recognition in central and peripheral vision. Vision Res. 2011 Sep 15;51(18):1995-2007. Epub 2011 Aug 9.

Legge GE, Bigelow CA. Does print size matter for reading? A review of findings from vision science and typography. J Vis. 2011 Aug 9;11(5). pii: 8. doi: 10.1167/11.5.8. Print 2011.

Legge GE, Yu D, Kallie CS, Bochsler TM, Gage R. Visual accessibility of ramps and steps. J Vis. 2010 Sep 1;10(11):8.

Liu, T., Cheung, S.-H., Schuchard, R.A., Glielmi, C.B., Hu, X., He, S. & Legge, G.E. (2010). Incomplete cortical reorganization in macular degeneration. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. doi:10.1167/iovs.09-4926

Lee, H.-W., Kwon, M., Gefroh, J. G. & Legge, G.E. (2010). Training improves reading speed in peripheral vision: is it due to attention? Journal of Vision, 10(6): 18, 1-15. http://www.journalofvision.org/content/10/6/18

Kalia, A.A., Legge, G.E., Roy ,R. & Ogale, A. (2010). Assessment of indoor route finding technology for visually-impaired people. Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 104, 135-147.

Cheung, S.-H., Fang, F., He, S. & Legge, G.E. (2009). Retinotopically-specific reorganization of visual cortex for tactile pattern recognition. Current Biology, 19, 596-601.

Kwon, M., Legge, G.E., Fang, F., Cheong, A.M.Y. & He, S. (2009). Adaptive changes in visual cortex following prolonged contrast reduction. Journal of Vision, 9(2):20, 1-16. http://www.journalofvision.org/9/2/20/Kwon-2009-jov-9-2-20.pdf

Legge G.E., Madison C., Vaughn B.N., Cheong A.M.Y. & Miller J.C. (2008). Retention of high tactile acuity throughout the lifespan in blindness. Perception and Psychophysics, 70, 1471-1488.