Michael Bach, PhD, Scientist

Preprint: The Rotating Snake Illusion is a straightforward consequence of non-linearity in arrays of standard motion detectors [BioRXiv PDF], to appear in i-Perception
Latest visual illusion: Shape from Shading
New FrACT₁₀ offers 5 acuity options (Sloan Letters, Landolt-C, Tumbling E, Auckland Optotypes, Vernier). Works also on large touch devices.
Bach M, Heinrich SP (2019) Acuity VEP: Improved with machine learning. Doc Ophthalmol, read→here
Atala-Gérard & Bach (2017) Rotating Snakes Illusion – Quantitative analysis reveals a region in luminance space with opposite illusory rotation. i-Perception [PDF]

Publications

“Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence” / “Nicht der Bosheit zuschreiben, was schon durch Inkompetenz erklärt wird” – Robert Hanlon’s Razor 1980 (or Heinlein?)
Weniger ist mehr / Less is more – adopted by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe 1947 (1886–1969), earliest source probably Robert Browning in his poem ‘Andrea del Sarto’ (1855, it’s quite lengthy…)
Die Summe aller Laster bleibt gleich / The sum of all vices stays constant – personal observation
Months in the laboratory can frequently save hours in the library – Frank H Westheimer