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Brett Fajen

HASS Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Cognitive Science Department

Brett Fajen is currently serving as a Cognitive Science HASS Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

HASS Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor

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visual perception visual system visual science cognitive science human movement perception-action loop kinesiology perception system vision research behavioral sciences motor control behavioural process visual function movement analysis movement disorders visual information visual processing eye tracking applied cognitive psychology cognition visual control human behavior behavioral experiments gait analysis dance robot learning bipedal locomotion visual pathways behavioral research machine vision action monitoring human robot interaction psychological science human-computer interaction autonomous robots traffic psychology spatial cognition guidance system object motion animal cognition path planning trajectory planning motion capture behavioral dynamics multiple waypoints image representation sensorimotor transformations motion analysis embodied cognition control strategies autonomous navigation pathological gait driver performance driver behavior route selection field robotics motion detection physiological optics motor skills motor behavior action pattern head position visual guidance affordance-based control rapid recalibration physical medicine vision robotics autonomous driving gait cycle action-scaled affordances recurrent interactions affordance-based approach tracking control chunking (psychology) new research interceptive action navigation

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Gaze-Contingent Visual Occlusions Bias Steering Behavior: Implications for Vision Loss. Journal of Vision (2025)

Arianna P. GiguereMatthew R. CavanaughKrystel R. HuxlinDuje TadinBrett R. FajenGabriel J. Diaz

visual scienceophthalmologyvision researchgaze-contingent visual occlusionsblindsightvisual functionvisual systemvision rehabilitationvisual processingeye trackingvisual perceptionexperimental psychologybehavioral sciences

Information-Based Versus Model-Based Accounts of Gaze Behavior During Steering. Journal of Vision (2025)

Brett FajenAJ Jansen

visual sciencevisual perceptionbehavioural processvision researchattentionbehavioral researchgaze behaviorvisual systemhuman performance modelingeye trackingcognitive scienceapplied cognitive psychologybehavioral sciences

Steering in the Presence of a Gaze-Contingent Occlusion Over a Quarter of the Visual Field. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2025)

Arianna P. GiguereMatthew R. CavanaughKrystel R. HuxlinDuje TadinBrett R. FajenGabriel J. Diaz

visual sciencevisual perceptionvisual informationvisual impairmentsophthalmologyvision researchneuro-ophthalmologyvirtual realityvisual functionvisual systemvisual processingophthalmology retinaeye trackingcognitive science

The Effect of Unilateral Cortical Blindness on Lane Position and Gaze Behavior in a Virtual Reality Steering Task. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2025)

Arianna P. GiguereMatthew R. CavanaughKrystel R. HuxlinDuje TadinBrett R. FajenGabriel J. Diaz

visual sciencevisual perceptionvisual informationvisual impairmentsvision researchturn directionvirtual realityvisual functionvisual systemmovement disordersvision rehabilitationeye trackingcognitive sciencevisual pathwaysneuroscience

The Role of Spatial Knowledge in Guiding High-Speed Steering. Journal of Vision (2025)

Grace RoesslingBrett Fajen

intelligent vehiclesnavigationguidance systemmotor controlspatial knowledgeaerospace engineering

Visual Control of Steering Through Multiple Waypoints. Scientific Reports (2025)

A. J. JansenBrett R. Fajen

kinesiologynavigationguidance systemgame controllerperception-action loophuman movementdronesvisual controlhuman robot interactionautonomous navigationtrajectory planningmultiple waypointscognitive scienceunmanned aircraft systemsautonomous robots

Anticipatory Control of Steering Through Multiple Waypoints. Journal of Vision (2024)

AJ JansenBrett Fajen

systems engineeringcontrol systemsnavigationguidance systemcontrol optimizationtrajectory optimizationautomatic controltrajectory planningmultiple waypoints

Coordination of Gaze and Action During High-Speed Steering and Obstacle Avoidance. PLoS ONE (2024)

Nathaniel V. PowellXavier MarshallGabriel J. DiazBrett R. Fajen

intelligent vehiclesvisual sciencevisual perceptionvisual informationdense forestkinesiologyvision researchvirtual realityperception-action loopvisual systemhigh speedsautonomous drivingeye trackingcognitive sciencebehavioral sciences

Modeling the Information-Based Control of Steering Through Multiple Waypoints. Journal of Vision (2024)

Brett FajenAJ Jansen

systems engineeringcontrol systemsnavigationguidance systemcontrol optimizationtrajectory optimizationautomatic controltrajectory planningmultiple waypoints

Optic Flow Density Modulates Corner-Cutting in a Virtual Steering Task for Younger and Older Adults. Scientific Reports (2024)

Arianna P GiguereKrystel R HuxlinDuje TadinBrett R FajenGabriel J Diaz

optic flow densityvisual sciencevisual perceptionkinesiologyvision researchvirtual realityperception-action loophuman movementvisual functionextended realityvisual systemvirtual steering taskearly visioneye trackingcognitive scienceneuroscience of aging

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Brett Fajen

HASS Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Affiliations

School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Cognitive Science Department

Brett Fajen is currently serving as a Cognitive Science HASS Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Brett Fajen

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

HASS Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor

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Video Presentations

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Gaze-Contingent Visual Occlusions Bias Steering Behavior: Implications for Vision Loss. Journal of Vision (2025)

Arianna P. GiguereMatthew R. CavanaughKrystel R. HuxlinDuje TadinBrett R. FajenGabriel J. Diaz

Information-Based Versus Model-Based Accounts of Gaze Behavior During Steering. Journal of Vision (2025)

Brett FajenAJ Jansen

Steering in the Presence of a Gaze-Contingent Occlusion Over a Quarter of the Visual Field. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2025)

Arianna P. GiguereMatthew R. CavanaughKrystel R. HuxlinDuje TadinBrett R. FajenGabriel J. Diaz

The Effect of Unilateral Cortical Blindness on Lane Position and Gaze Behavior in a Virtual Reality Steering Task. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2025)

Arianna P. GiguereMatthew R. CavanaughKrystel R. HuxlinDuje TadinBrett R. FajenGabriel J. Diaz

The Role of Spatial Knowledge in Guiding High-Speed Steering. Journal of Vision (2025)

Grace RoesslingBrett Fajen

intelligent vehiclesnavigationguidance systemmotor controlspatial knowledgeaerospace engineering

Visual Control of Steering Through Multiple Waypoints. Scientific Reports (2025)

A. J. JansenBrett R. Fajen

Anticipatory Control of Steering Through Multiple Waypoints. Journal of Vision (2024)

AJ JansenBrett Fajen

systems engineeringcontrol systemsnavigationguidance systemcontrol optimizationtrajectory optimizationautomatic controltrajectory planningmultiple waypoints

Coordination of Gaze and Action During High-Speed Steering and Obstacle Avoidance. PLoS ONE (2024)

Nathaniel V. PowellXavier MarshallGabriel J. DiazBrett R. Fajen

Modeling the Information-Based Control of Steering Through Multiple Waypoints. Journal of Vision (2024)

Brett FajenAJ Jansen

systems engineeringcontrol systemsnavigationguidance systemcontrol optimizationtrajectory optimizationautomatic controltrajectory planningmultiple waypoints

Optic Flow Density Modulates Corner-Cutting in a Virtual Steering Task for Younger and Older Adults. Scientific Reports (2024)

Arianna P GiguereKrystel R HuxlinDuje TadinBrett R FajenGabriel J Diaz

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