Sami R. Yousif

Sami R. Yousif studies how humans perceive and mentally represent visual and spatial information, including topics like how we sense group sizes, spatial layouts, topological relationships (such as connectedness or containment), and numerical quantities. Much of the work examines perceptual 'adaptation' - how our senses adjust to repeated stimuli - and how these processes shape everyday visual experience. The research combines behavioral experiments with theoretical debates about the mechanisms underlying visual and spatial cognition.

Publication output has grown from a handful of papers in 2017 to a sustained higher rate of around 12 per year in 2024-2025, indicating an active and increasing research output over the past decade.

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