Ute Leonards
University of Bristol
Professor (Associate, Full, Senior Lecturer or above)
- The impact of the visual environment on locomotion
- Gibson Revisited: toward understanding sensory affordances of real-world environments
- Toward inclusive sustainable cities: Making a case for urban design informed by vision science
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My work falls into two areas: cognitive neurosciences and humanoid robotics. What unifies my work is its focus on human vision. Why vision? Because what we see guides our movements, shapes our experiences and thoughts, influences how we interact with others, and ultimately defines who we are. Who we are defines what we see and how we see it.
I have a long history of working with neurologists, neuropsychologists, psychiatrists and roboticists to explore the mechanisms underlying visual perception, action and interaction in the context of a person’s individual characteristics and the environment they live in.
More recently, and my main research area, I have been collaborating closely with colleagues in biomechanics, computer vision, civil engineering and humanities to understand how patterns in the visual environment impact our movements, health and wellbeing.