Learning artistic intuition from human and machine expertise
Thursday, August 10th, 2017 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Abstract: How might we teach machine learning (ML) systems about what wine tastes like, or how to appreciate the similarities...
Neurophysiology of Vergence Mediated Vestibular Responses
Thursday, April 27th, 2017 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Abstract: Animals with binocular vision exhibit vergence eye position related changes in the gain of their vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) consistent...
Scientific obstacles to perimetry
Thursday, April 20th, 2017 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Abstract: Visual field examination can facilitate the detection, diagnosis, and surveillance of a wide variety of diseases of the eye...
Fast perception of binocular disparity
Thursday, February 9th, 2017 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Is depth perception from binocular disparities—stereopsis—slow or fast? Rapidly changing disparities are perceptually difficult to track, which suggests that stereopsis...
Recovering stereo vision
Wednesday, February 1st, 2017 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Abstract: Stereopsis is the impression of three-dimensionality—of objects “popping out in depth”—that most humans get when they view real-world objects with...
Decisions, accumulators, and neurons: How secure a bridge?
Thursday, January 26th, 2017 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Abstract: The conjecture identifying spiking activity of certain neurons with a stochastic accumulator decision process has inspired a vigorous and...
Natural Image Statistics and Human Vision
Friday, December 23rd, 2016 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Abstract: The retinal images that people experience depend on the visual scene and where within the scene they look. It...
Sublexical Structure in Braille: What we can Learn from Language and Cognition
Thursday, December 8th, 2016 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Abstract: Previous research has overwhelmingly demonstrated that fluent print reading relies heavily on the unconscious visual recognition of units larger...
Cortical networks processing motion and depth in the primate brain: A neuroimaging approach
Thursday, November 17th, 2016 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Abstract: Over the last decades, motion and depth processing have been extensively studied in the nonhuman primate brain from electrophysiological...
Effects of acetylcholine on visual cortex, attention, and learning
Thursday, November 3rd, 2016 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Abstract: The neurotransmitter acetylcholine (ACh) has been extensively studied at the level of synapses and neural circuits, but comparatively little...
Postponed: Applied Haptics: Audio/Tactile Technologies for Improving Access to Maps and Models
Thursday, October 6th, 2016 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Abstract: Since 1998, Touch Graphics, Inc. has created educational products and exhibits that combine tactile graphics and models with touch-activated...
Postponed: Applied Haptics: Audio/Tactile Technologies for Improving Usability of Maps and Models
Thursday, October 6th, 2016 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Since 1998, Touch Graphics, Inc. has created educational products and exhibits that combine tactile graphics and models with touch-activated spoken...