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Zoom Colloquium: Road to Academia: Experts Provide Guidance

Thursday, December 16th, 2021 – 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM

This workshop will cover the academic job application process. The panelists will include experienced search committee members and junior faculty...

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Zoom Colloquium: 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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Zoom Colloquium: The neural correlates of visuo-spatial information processing in healthy aging

Thursday, December 9th, 2021 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

The 21st century is marked by a demographic “graying” of the global population. In this context, spatial navigation as a...

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Zoom Colloquium: New developments in measuring stereoscopic vision

Thursday, December 2nd, 2021 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Recent data have demonstrated limits in the way clinical and psychophysical stereo tests measure stereopsis. Among others, we discovered a new family...

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Zoom Colloquium: Scaling Accessible Systems

Thursday, October 7th, 2021 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Abstract -In this talk, I will discuss ongoing work in developing scalable tools for seamlessly interactive accessibility systems. The proposed...

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Zoom Colloquium: Extreme nature – Ocular motor control in Chameleons

Thursday, September 30th, 2021 – 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM

Chameleons are considered a potentially important model for vision in non-mammalian vertebrates. They provide exceptional behavioral tools for studying eye...

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Zoom Colloquium: Eye movements as readout of predictive and decision processes

Thursday, June 24th, 2021 – 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Visually-guided orienting eye movements (saccades and smooth pursuit) are primarily determined by the physical properties of the target stimuli. However,...

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Zoom Colloquium: The 3 Ps of 3D: Perception, Pedagogy, and Practice for 3D Printing

Thursday, May 27th, 2021 – 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Abstract – Nonscriptum LLC (www.nonscriptum.com) is a consulting and training firm founded in 2015 by Joan Horvath and Rich “Whosawhatsis”...

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Postponed Zoom Colloquium: This date is reserved

Thursday, July 1st, 2021 – 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

The title and abstract are forthcoming. https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/psychology/faculty/fp4834  

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Zoom Colloquium: The CVI Practice Framework: An approach to Supporting Children with Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI)

Thursday, May 20th, 2021 – 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Cerebral visual impairment (CVI) is the most common cause of visual impairment affecting children in the developed world. For her...

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Zoom Colloquium: ACTION AUDIO: Accessible Sports Broadcasting

Thursday, April 22nd, 2021 – 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Abstract – Billions of people in the world watch sport media broadcasts to follow their favorite sports, e.g., tennis, soccer,...

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Zoom Colloquium: Harnessing Augmented Reality to Assist People who are Blind with Orientation and Mobility

Thursday, April 8th, 2021 – 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Abstract – Smartphones have been a massive boon for people who are blind in terms of their ability to access...

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