Event Category
Event Type
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 Brown Bag: Maps through the ears
Wednesday, March 29th, 2023 – 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Investigating spatial knowledge acquisition through audio, Brandon will discuss the research he has been performing and plans to perform to...
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...
Low Vision Rehabilitation Study Group 18th Annual Meeting
Friday, February 3rd, 2023 – 9:00 AM to Saturday, February 4th, 2023 – 12:00 PM
Announcing the Eighteenth Annual Meeting Low Vision Rehabilitation Study Group (Returning to in-person meeting in San Francisco) Purpose: An informal...
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 Brown Bag: My perspective on Vision and Vision Rehabilitation
Wednesday, December 7th, 2022 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Ophthalmology, visual science, and vision rehabilitation have significant areas of overlap. In this presentation, I want to discuss insights into...
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...