Matteo Toscani

Matteo Toscani is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Bournemouth University since 2021. He holds a PhD in Psychology and has affiliations with Giessen University (Germany) and Florence University (Italy). His research focuses on visual and haptic perception, particularly color vision, material properties, eye movements, and peripheral vision.

• Education: Undergraduate in Florence (Italy), MSc thesis on EEG correlates of visual sensitivity and memory for facial emotions
• Collaborations: Karl Gegenfurtner, Pascal Mamassian, Roland Fleming, Katja Dörschner, Knut Drewing, Arash Akbarinia, Anna Metzger

His work combines eye tracking with computer graphics and machine learning, including research on face perception in peripheral vision and haptic exploration of material textures. Recent projects examine color constancy mechanisms in virtual reality environments and vibratory signal analysis in haptic perception.

Key research trends include color perception under varying illumination, 3D object visual analysis, haptic saliency modeling, and cross-modal integration of tactile and visual cues. His studies often involve computational approaches and neural network modeling.

• Scientific Recognition:
  • Invited lecture at University of Washington (2022)

Current grants include modeling peripheral vision in natural scenes (British Academy, 2024) and spectral color analysis (BBSRC, 2023). He serves as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Neuroscience and has extensive journal reviewing experience across vision science disciplines.