Past Events

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A Forum (Part I)

Thursday, November 21st, 2019 – 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM

The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute (SKI) 2318 Fillmore St, San Francisco, CA, 94115 Facilitated by Dr Chandna’s CVI Lab @SKI...

Community Outreach


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How does action training affect perception and cognition?

Thursday, November 21st, 2019 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Abstract – Our daily experience can be thought of as a sequence of acquiring perceptual input to make decisions, then...

Colloquium


VPEM Journal Club Meeting

Tuesday, November 19th, 2019 – 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Nick will be presenting the following paper: Chen et al., 2019, IOVS, “: Differential Experience-Dependent Plasticity of Form and Motion Mechanisms...

Journal Club


VPEM Journal Club Meeting

Tuesday, November 12th, 2019 – 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Steve will be presenting the following paper: Lappi et al., 2017, Frontiers in Psychology, “Systematic Observation of an Expert Driver’s Gaze...

Journal Club


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Low Vision Support Group, 11/6/19: How Come I Have Trouble Seeing When My Eye Doctor Says My Vision Is Fine?

Wednesday, November 6th, 2019 – 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Abstract – Common age related changes in components of the eye reduce the light level to the back of the...

Low Vision Support Group


VPEM Journal Club Meeting

Tuesday, November 5th, 2019 – 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Santani will be presenting the following paper: Norman & Thaler, 2019, Proc R. Soc B, “Retinotopic-like maps of spatial sound...

Journal Club


VPEM Journal Club Meeting

Tuesday, October 29th, 2019 – 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Natela will be presenting the following paper: Aspinall et al., 2014, British J. Ophthalmology,”Gaze and pupil changes during navigation in...

Journal Club


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Society For Neuroscience

Saturday, October 19th, 2019 – 3:30 PM to Wednesday, October 23rd, 2019 – 3:30 PM

Introduction. Two key issues in the cortical mapping of receptive field (RF) size are its population composition and its scaling...

Conference


VPEM Journal Club Meeting

Tuesday, October 15th, 2019 – 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Preeti will be presenting the following paper: Weiss et al., 2002, Nat. Neurosci. “Motion illusions as optimal percepts.”  Abstract: The pattern...

Journal Club


Presenting Our Science: Centers, Labs and Projects

Wednesday, October 9th, 2019 – 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM

Abstract – This is the third of a series of Brown Bag sessions about using the SKERI Website to communicate our...

Workshop


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