Anca Velisar

Research Associate

M.S. in Biomedical Engineering
M.S. in Electrical Engineering

Contact Information:

Email: anca.velisar@ski.org

Office Phone: (415) 345-2053


2318 Fillmore St.

San Francisco, CA 94115

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Publications

diagram of a head rotation that does not produce an eye counterrotation and instead the eyes are rotated to a new target by the head

Shanidze, N.M. & Velisar, A. (2025). Cancellation of the Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex during Smooth Pursuit in Patients with Maculopathy. Frontiers in Neurology, 16, 1632527.

Velisar, A. ., & Shanidze, N. . (2024). Noise Estimation for Head-Mounted 3D Binocular Eye Tracking using Pupil Core Eye Tracking Goggles. Behavior Research Methods, 56(1), 27. 10.3758/s13428-023-02150-0 (Original work published 2024)

Agathos, C. P., Velisar, A. ., & Shanidze, N. . (2023). A Comparison of Walking Behavior during the Instrumented TUG and Habitual Gait. Sensors, 23(16). 10.3390/s23167261 (Original work published 2023)

Lotze, A. ., Love, K. ., Velisar, A. ., & Shanidze, N. . (2022). A low-cost robotic oculomotor simulator for assessing eye tracking accuracy in health and disease. Behavior Research Methods. 10.3758/s13428-022-01938-w (Original work published 2022)

Shanidze, N. ., & Velisar, A. . (2020). Eye, Head & Gaze Contributions to Smooth Pursuit in Macular Degeneration. Journal of Neurophysiology. 10.1152/jn.00001.2020 (Original work published 2020)

Agathos, C. P., Velisar, A. ., & Shanidze, N. . (2025). Examining gaze-driven postural adaptations in older adults with and without central visual field loss. Maastricht, Netherlands.

Agathos, C. P., Velisar, A. ., & Shanidze, N. . (2025). Postural Adaptations to Eccentric Viewing Strategies in Age-Related Central Visual Field Loss. Durham, UK.

Velisar, A. ., Agathos, C. P., Telaprolu, D. S. L., & Shanidze, N. . (2025). Lifetime Noise Exposure Affects Age-Related Gait Changes. Maastricht, Netherlands.

Shanidze, N. ., Velisar, A. ., & Agathos, C. P. (2025). Lifetime Noise Exposure is Associated with Greater Postural Sway during Quiet Stance. Maastricht, Netherlands.

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Visht, A., Velisar, A. ., Rosengren, B., & Shanidze, N. . (2025). Vestibulo-ocular Reflex in Central Field Vision Loss. San Diego, California.

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Rosengren, B., Agathos, C. P., Velisar, A. ., Visht, A., & Shanidze, N. . (2025). Fall-related ruminations are linked to spatial orientation and processing efficiency. San Diego, California.

A participant sits in a rotational chair that rotates in the yaw direction.

Velisar, A. ., Visht, A. ., & Shanidze, N. . (2025). Effects of Lifetime Noise Exposure on VOR Adaptation. San Diego, California.

Shanidze, N. ., Agathos, C. P., & Velisar, A. . (2024). Vestibular Damage due to Noise Exposure Leads to Significant Sensory Adaptations During Quiet Stance. Reno, NV, USA.

Agathos, C. P., Velisar, A. ., & Shanidze, N. . (2024). Sensory reweighting in central visual field loss. Reno, NV.

Shanidze, N. ., & Velisar, A. . (2024). Changes in vergence angle and vestibuloocular reflex response for near viewing in central field loss. Seattle, WA, USA.

Agathos, C. P., Velisar, A. ., Young, W. R., Fletcher, D. C., & Shanidze, N. . (2024). Movement-related concerns and cognition in macular degeneration: clinical and laboratory insights. Berkeley, CA, USA.

Stewart, C. E., Bauer, D. S., Velisar, A. ., & Shanidze, N. . (2021). Functional Correlates of Noise-Induced Damage to the Vestibular Periphery. Virtual: Society for Neuroscience Global Connectome. (Original work published 2021)

Projects

Labs

  • Eye-Head Movement Laboratory
    Eye-Head Movement Laboratory
    Principal Investigator:
    Our laboratory is interested in how changes in visual and/or vestibular function affect eye/head coordination, balance, and mobility, particularly in aging. We are currently pursuing two main lines of research:...
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Centers

  • Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center
    Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center
    The Center's research goal is to develop and apply new scientific knowledge and practical, cost-effective devices to better understand and address the real-world problems of blind, visually impaired, and deaf-blind...
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