Colloquium Events

Stereoscopic vision in the praying mantis

Tuesday, October 24th, 2023 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Stereopsis – deriving information about distance by comparing views from two eyes – is widespread in vertebrates but so far...

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Dual Sensory Impairment: Spatial Localization with Combined Vision and Hearing impairment

Thursday, November 2nd, 2023 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Dual sensory impairment (DSI) refers to combined vision and hearing impairment. DSI concerns a large population and its prevalence increases...

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Visual perception, eye movements and visual field awareness after central vision loss: Evidence from patients with Macular degeneration, simulated scotoma, and visual training

Wednesday, October 25th, 2023 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Macular Degeneration (MD) represents the leading cause of visual impairment in the Western World. Late-stage MD eventually leads to the...

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Fixational Eye Movements in Strabismus and Amblyopia: Implications for visual function deficits and treatment outcomes

Thursday, November 18th, 2021 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

We have developed robust and objective measures that do not depend upon the young patient’s cooperation or provider’s assessments of...

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Identifying neural sub-systems underlying human stereopsis

Thursday, March 18th, 2021 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

The psychophysical and oculomotor literatures have long proposed that stereoscopic vision is served by multiple underlying subsystems. The subsystems are...

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Neuroimaging Studies of Binocular Rivalry: How the brain changes its mind

Thursday, December 7th, 2023 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

I will discuss human fMRI and MEG studies of binocular rivalry, including some recent work on individual differences. Alternations between...

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Brain-Based Visual Dysfunction (Cerebral Visual Impairment)

Thursday, June 29th, 2023 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

CVI is now the commonest cause of bilateral visual functional loss in children with a visual impairment and the prevalence...

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Hybrid Colloquium: Studying representational dynamics in statistical perception

Tuesday, March 28th, 2023 – 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Abstract – To overcome variability, estimate scene characteristics, and compress sensory input, perceptual systems pool sensory data into statistical summaries....

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*Special Time* Hybrid Colloquium: Brain plasticity in people born blind: Individual differences of plasticity and sight restoration

Monday, March 27th, 2023 – 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM

What does the visual cortex do in people born completely blind? Early-onset blindness leads to reorganization in visual cortex connectivity...

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Hybrid Colloquium: The early life of an extraocular motor neuron: from birth to disease to function

Thursday, March 23rd, 2023 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Abstract – Normal vision relies on exquisite control of the eye movements. Vertebrate extraocular motor neurons control the six muscles...

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Hybrid Colloquium: Compensatory oculomotor strategies in central vision loss: Insights from simulated scotoma and visual training

Thursday, March 30th, 2023 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Abstract – Macular degeneration (MD) represents one of the main causes of vision loss and a serious health concern worldwide....

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Hybrid Colloquium: Cerebellar contributions to visual attention and working memory

Thursday, March 2nd, 2023 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Abstract- The amount of sensory information we receive at any one moment far outstrips our brain’s ability to process this...

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