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Dr. Wolfe received his BA in Psychology from Boston University and furthered his training as a research assistant at Vanderbilt University. He earned his PhD in Psychology from the University of California at Berkeley in 2015. After completing his PhD, Dr. Wolfe spent several years in a postdoctoral position at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, focusing on real-world applications to understand visual perception. At the University of Toronto, Dr. Wolfe directs the APPLY Lab, an Applied Perception Psychophysics Laboratory based on the University of Toronto Mississauga campus. The lab emphasizes use-inspired research at the intersection of vision science and real-world problems, particularly in understanding the visual perceptual underpinnings of driver behavior and digital readability. Dr. Wolfe's research spans questions of visual attention, scene perception, and peripheral vision, with a strong focus on naturalistic scenarios. His work bridges visual psychophysics and human factors, aiming to improve our understanding of vision in everyday life and its implications for enhancing the world.
Department of Sociology