Cortical plasticity and eye diseases: the influence of experience on spatial vision
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Abstract In this talk, I will present recent results from my lab showing how visual experience can modify the way...
How Exotropes Alternate to Make Accurate Saccades to Visual Targets
Thursday, July 18th, 2019 – 1:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Abstract: Patients with exotropia are able to make accurate saccades to visual targets, often using either eye. · Which eye...
“Intellectual Property”
Friday, July 12th, 2019 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
The abstract is forthcoming. https://www.linkedin.com/in/poornima-balasubramanyam-31143580/zh-cn
Anticipation and its troubles
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Abstract: A short reaction time is necessary for survival in a rapidly changing environment, and anticipatory actions are often initiated...
An explanation for overlapping saccade and pursuit architecture
Thursday, June 27th, 2019 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Abstract: Traditionally, it was thought that the saccade and pursuit oculomotor systems were separate, with distinct functions. In the mid-2000s,...
Resilience and flexibility in the human brain: evidence from cognitive neuroscience studies of blindness
Thursday, March 21st, 2019 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Abstract: Flexibility is of the remarkable properties of the human brain. I will describe research on how the human brain...
Topographic population codes in primate V1
Thursday, March 14th, 2019 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Abstract: What is the nature of the neural code in primate primary visual cortex (V1)? Two key properties of primate...
Self-motion perception: interactions between visual, vestibular and motor signals
Thursday, January 17th, 2019 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Abstract: To reconstruct how the head is moving relative to the environment, the nervous system relies on a combination of...
(Computer) Vision without Sight: Finding, Reading, and Magnifying Text
Thursday, December 20th, 2018 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Abstract: Reading is a pervasive activity in our daily life. We read text printed on books and documents, shown on...
Stopping the Rise of Myopia
Thursday, October 4th, 2018 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Abstract: Myopia (near-sightedness) is on the rise worldwide. In East and Southeast Asia, up to 95% of young people require...
NAVILENS: Integrating a new visual tag with the needs of the visually impaired
Thursday, August 2nd, 2018 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Abstract: Visual tags play a key role in the guidance of the visually impaired (VI) through unknown environments. Since QR...
Color contrast gain in anomalous trichromats
Thursday, July 12th, 2018 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Abstract: Anomalous trichromats have three cone types, but with diminished L vs M sensitivity due to shifted spectral sensitivities. We...