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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
*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...
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...
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....
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...