Richard Wilkie moved to the University of Leeds in 2005. 

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From 2004-05 I worked as a postdoc supported by our EPSRC grant: Active Gaze and Control of Locomotion (GR/S86358/01). 

My research investigates how we steer through the world, be it when walking, running, cycling or driving. 

Selected Publications:

Wilkie, R.M., & Wann, J. P. (2006). Judgements of path, not heading, guide locomotion. JEP:HPP, 32(1), 88-96.

Wilkie, R. M., & Wann, J. P. (2005). The Role of Visual and Non-Visual Information in the Control of Locomotion. JEP:HPP, 31(5), 901-911.

Wilkie R.M. & Wann J.P. (2003) Controlling Steering and Judging Heading: Retinal flow, visual direction and extra-retinal information. JEP:HPP, 29 (2), 363 - 378

Wilkie R.M. & Wann J.P. (2002) Driving as night falls: The contribution of retinal flow and visual direction to the control of steering. Curr Biol, 12 (23), 2014-2017 

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Research Themes

My thesis explored how we use optic flow (the movement of objects and surfaces around you) for navigating around the world, and the role that eye-movements and a visual reference play in steering an accurate course.  An online presentation (first presented at Vision Sciences Society) questions our ability to discern heading, and asks whether active steering is based on a perception of path.

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Telephone: 0118 378 5011