Publications

2026

Illustration of two figures walking on a wavy road, with thought bubbles; one figure contemplates falling and an ambulance, while the other thinks of a sad face and a foot, representing themes of fall-related ruminations and cognitive processes.
Shanidze, N.M., Agathos, C.P., Ellmers, T.J., & Young, W.R., (2026). Links Between Central Visual Field Loss and Movement Processing during Walking. Gait & Posture, 110095.
Graphical representation of stereoacuity data with a color gradient, featuring points labeled with coordinates, relevant to Angela Gomes Tomaz's research on visual perception.
(2026). The best stereoacuity is rarely at the fovea. Vision Research, 240, 108748. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2025.108748
a picture describing an experimental setup where a robot bird is shown on a platform waiting for a live bird to land on a perch to start a birdsong
Araguas, A., Valencia, D., Chopin, A., Thomas, A., Gauthier, P., Richer, F., Guellai, B., & Deregnaucourt, S. (2026). Influence of behavioural contingency on developmental song learning in young zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) tutored by a robot bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 293(2066), 20252834. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.2834

2025

Image illustrating the interaction between head movements and gaze in a gallery setting, featuring art pieces on the walls and a sculptural display, with annotations highlighting "Shift Gaze with Head" and "Cancel VOR," relevant to research on vestibular function in patients with central field loss.
Shanidze, N.M. & Velisar, A. (2025). Cancellation of the Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex during Smooth Pursuit in Patients with Maculopathy. Frontiers in Neurology, 16, 1632527.
Logo of the MacKeben Lab, featuring a stylized eye design in blue, representing vision research related to eye movement training and gaze strategies.

Dixon, A., Martinez, J., Mukhtar, A., Pettingill, M., Teng, S., & Puri, A. (2025). Echoic-haptic object recognition: The role of object properties in human active echolocation. Arkansas INBRE 2025, Fayetteville, AR, United States.
Bar graph illustrating the difference in visual perception between eyes, showing bias towards the sighting eye and non-sighting eye with and without attention, related to Zhangziyi Zhou's research on visual perception.
Zhou, Z., Hou, C.; Attentional Eye Selection Affects Perception During Binocular Rivalry. Trans. Vis. Sci. Tech. 2025;14(10):26.
Hand pointing at a drawing of an airplane wing, with highlighted features in green, illustrating tactile graphics for educational purposes related to Khadija Ezrouri's research on accessibility in visual materials.
Ahmetovic, D., Coughlan, J., Dal Santo, G., Ezrouri, K., Manzoni, M., & Mascetti, S. (2025). CamIO in the Browser: A Cross-Platform Audio Label Tool for Tactile Graphics. MobileHCI 2025
Logo of the MacKeben Lab, featuring a stylized eye design in blue, representing vision research related to eye movement training and gaze strategies.
Verghese P, Chopin A, Gomes-Tomaz Â, Alcalde NG, Levi DM. (2025). Vergence anomalies are associated with impaired stereopsis in amblyopia. Vision Res. 237:108696. doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2025.108696.
Schematic diagram illustrating echoacoustic perception research, featuring a head-mounted device, sound settings interface, chair emitting echoes, and sound wave visualization, relevant to cognitive neuroscience studies at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute.

Bhattacharyya, P., Tam, R., Reynolds, I., Orsmond, P., & Teng, S. (2025). Optimizing Signal Parameters to Enhance Echoacoustic Perception in Humans. Durham, UK.
Navigation graph illustrating blind travelers' navigation paths and current target indicator, featuring nodes (n1 to n5) and associated navigation aids (NA(e1) to NA(e5)).

S. Mascetti, Dr. Ahmetovic, G. Galimberti and J. Coughlan. “NavGraph: Enhancing Blind Travelers’ Navigation Experience and Safety.” Proc. ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT), Volume 9, Issue 3, Article No.: 117, Pages 1 – 27. 2025.
Canonical Deep Neural Network model for human symmetry processing, activation difference graphs, and signal-to-noise ratio analysis.

Bonneh, Y. ., & Tyler, C. W. (2025). The Canonical Deep Neural Network as a Model for Human Symmetry Processing. IScience. (Original work published 2025)
Graph depicting Vernier acuity (arcmin) as a function of gestational age (weeks) and total serum bilirubin (TSB) levels (mg/dL) for infants, with linear regression lines indicating trends in treated and untreated groups, relevant to Vinod Bhutani's research on visual development in preterm infants.

Good, W. V., Wong, R. J., Norcia, A. ., Hou, C. ., Cellucci, J. ., McGovern, M. ., … Bhutani, V. K. (2025). Effect of bilirubin on visuocortical development in preterm infants. Journal of Perinatology. 10.1038/s41372-025-02213-4 (Original work published 2025)
A diagram illustrating target position in visual perception research, featuring visible target points, eccentricity-dependent noise, and a graph showing bias in relation to distance from the plate edge, relevant to Jason Rubinstein's studies on motion perception in individuals with age-related macular degeneration.

Rubinstein, J. F., Alcalde, N. G., Chopin, A. ., & Verghese, P. . (2025). Oculomotor challenges in macular degeneration impact motion extrapolation. Journal of Vision, 25(1). 10.1167/jov.25.1.17
IMRF logo featuring a stylized brain, event details for IMRF in Durham, UK, from July 15th-18th, 2025.

García-Lázaro, H. G., & Teng, S. . (2025). The role of motor control in echolocation performance: self-initiated vs. passive listening for object spatial localization. Durham, UK. Retrieved from https://imrf2025.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/30
Spatial location thresholds graph illustrating click-echo delays, featuring expert blind echolocator threshold, mean individual thresholds, and group-level thresholds with linear fit equation.
García-Lázaro, H. G., & Teng, S. . (2025). Novel Stimuli to Benchmark and Train Echolocation Skills. The Journal on Technology & Persons With Disabilities, 13. 20.500.12680/b2774511d (Original work published 2025)
Logo of an eye care organization featuring a stylized eye design with a blue outline and a white pupil, symbolizing vision health and ophthalmology.
Hartelius, G., Likova, T. L., Haldeman, D. D., Sester, M., Elfers, J., & Tyler, W. C. (2025). Evidence that Attentional Stance Shift is Learned Rapidly, Reliably Induces Mindfulness, and Constitutes a Distinctive Marker of Cognitive Process. Mindfulness, 16(5), 1258–1272.
Colorful trajectory visualization of hand movements, depicting memory-guided drawing patterns with geometric shapes, relevant to Kristyo Mineff's research on spatiomotor dynamics in vision science.
Tyler, W. C., Mineff, N. K., Liang, M., & Likova, T. L. (2025). Spatiomotor dynamics of hand movements during the drawing of memory-guided trajectories without visual feedback. Journal of neurophysiology, 133(6), 1665–1674.
Hand pointing at tactile map of 20 W 34th St. with Braille labels and an audio device for interactive navigation.
Manzoni, M. ., Mascetti, S. ., Ahmetovic, D. ., Crabb, R. ., & Coughlan, J. . (2025). MapIO: a Gestural and Conversational Interface for Tactile Maps. IEEE Access.
Logo of the MacKeben Lab, featuring a stylized eye design in blue, representing vision research related to eye movement training and gaze strategies.

Agathos, C. P., Velisar, A. ., & Shanidze, N. . (2025). Examining gaze-driven postural adaptations in older adults with and without central visual field loss. Maastricht, Netherlands.
Meta Ray-Ban WhatsApp video call setup with dual display windows for client application, screen capture, and frame resizing for streaming.
Zaman, N., Potluri, V., Biggs, B., & Coughlan, M. J. (2025). WhatsAI: Transforming Meta Ray-Bans into an Extensible Generative AI Platform for Accessibility. arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.09823.
Modeling target search in blind echolocators using a Kalman Filter; visual elements include diagrams, graphs, and equations related to echolocation and human behavior simulations, presented at CNS 2025 by Aarshil Patel and colleagues from the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute.

Krasovskaya, S. ., Coughlan, J. ., Patel, A. ., & Teng, S. . (2025). Modeling target search in blind echolocators using a Kalman Filter with realistic exploratory behavior simulations. Boston, MA.
Logo of the MacKeben Lab, featuring a stylized eye design in blue, representing vision research related to eye movement training and gaze strategies.
Likova, T. L., Mineff, N. K., Zhou, Z., Liang, M., & Tyler, W. C. (2025). Training-induced Reorganization of the Cross-modal Connectivity of the Human Motion Area in Severe Low Vision. Electronic Imaging, 37, 1–8.
Healthcare professional engaging with elderly patient, discussing low vision rehabilitation and treatment options.

Agathos, C.P, Shanidze, N.M., Fletcher, D.C. (2025). Importance of screening for contrast sensitivity, falls and mobility limitations in older adults with maculopathy. American Journal of Ophthalmology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajo.2025.08.051
Camera-based eye-tracking model illustrating left and right eyeball configurations, pupil normal vectors, and coordinate systems for eye-tracking cameras, relevant to the Robotic Oculomotor Simulator project at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute.
Shanidze, M. N., Velisar, A., Lotze, A. W., & Love, K. K. (2025). Oculomotor simulator for assessing eye-tracking accuracy. US Patent 12,474,771
Graph depicting decoding accuracy over time in response to two clicks, illustrating variations in accuracy percentages represented by multiple colored lines, relevant to echolocation research.

Garcia Lazaro, G. H. & Teng, S. (2025). Neural and behavioral correlates of evidence accumulation in human click-based echolocation. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.30.673202
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