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Zoom Brown Bag: A New Model of Binocular Eye Movement Control

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021 – 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Despite that we have two eyes, dominant models of voluntary eye movement control except for a single input, and issue a...

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Zoom Brown Bag: Understanding Smooth Pursuit Deficits in Macular Degeneration

Wednesday, June 16th, 2021 – 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most prevalent cause of central visual field loss. Since the high-acuity fovea (the oculomotor...

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Zoom Brown Bag: Multisensory interactions in the primary visual and auditory cortex of humans: Evidence from source-imaged visual and auditory evoked potentials

Wednesday, April 7th, 2021 – 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Abstract – Our environment is multisensory; at any given time, information can be received through multiple senses. While it was previously...

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Zoom Brown Bag: An Indoor Navigation System using Computer Vision and Sign Recognition

Wednesday, March 31st, 2021 – 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Abstract – Indoor navigation is a significant challenge for people with visual impairments, who often lack visual cues such as...

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Zoom Brown Bag: Improving Vision Therapy for Binocular Dysfunction Through Performance Feedback

Wednesday, March 17th, 2021 – 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Abstract – The prevalence of binocular dysfunction in the general population is greater than any other visual condition besides refractive...

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Zoom Brown Bag: Macular Degeneration: Implications for scotoma overlap in the two eyes

Wednesday, March 10th, 2021 – 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Abstract – I will describe two projects in the lab on functional vision in macular degeneration. Individuals with macular degeneration...

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Zoom Brown Bag: Visual dependence and visual-postural interactions in aging: from spatial orientation to postural control and navigation

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021 – 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Abstract – Healthy aging is accompanied by a decline in many perceptual, cognitive, and motor abilities, which can lead to...

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Zoom Brown Bag: The Genesis and Future of Audiom: viewing maps in audio.

Wednesday, February 17th, 2021 – 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Digital maps from Google, ESRI, and other places have always been made completely visual. This means blind, low vision and...

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Zoom Brown Bag: The eye of the beholder. Does visual input and function affect ocular growth?”

Wednesday, January 27th, 2021 – 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Abstract – The eye undergoes significant structural change following birth and through development—a process of ocular growth. Some of the...

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Zoom Brown Bag: Recovering information hidden behind the binocular scotoma in macular degeneration

Wednesday, January 20th, 2021 – 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Abstract – When macular degeneration affects the foveae bilaterally, it results in a binocular scotoma that compromises both high-acuity vision...

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Ethics seminar on: Authorship & Publication

Wednesday, November 18th, 2020 – 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM

AbstractAs part of the SKERI postdoctoral fellowship program and as recipients of the NEI Institutional postdoctoral grant, we are required...

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Ethics Seminar

Wednesday, September 30th, 2020 – 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM

Please Note: The special time change for this upcoming ethics seminar will be 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM Pacific Standard Time...

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