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...
2:00 PM, Hybrid Colloquium: Harnessing the Computer Science-Vision Science Symbiosis
Thursday, April 20th, 2023 – 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Abstract – Emerging platforms such as Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and autonomous machines, all intimately interact with humans....
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: 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: 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...
Hybrid Colloquium: Developing Disability-First Datasets for Non-Visual Information Access
Thursday, December 8th, 2022 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Image descriptions, audio descriptions, and tactile media provide non-visual access to the information contained in visual media. As intelligent systems are...
Hybrid Colloquium: Measuring featural attention using fMRI and MEG
Friday, December 2nd, 2022 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Abstract – Attention to low-level visual features can alter the activity of neurons in visual cortex. In principle we expect...
Hybrid Colloquium: Gaze and Gait: Changes in gaze behavior during locomotor learning
Thursday, December 1st, 2022 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Abstract – During walking, people use vision to both create movement plans about future steps and correct the execution of...
Hybrid Colloquium: Calculus for the Blind and Visually-Impaired
Thursday, November 17th, 2022 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Abstract: When Isaac Newton developed calculus in the 1600s, he was trying to tie together math and physics in an...
Hybrid Colloquium: Making Calculus Accessible
Monday, November 7th, 2022 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Abstract: When Isaac Newton developed calculus in the 1600s, he was trying to tie together math and physics in an...