Likova Lab

Lora Likova

Senior Scientist, Likova Lab Director

Degrees: Ph.D.

The research in my Lab is focused on the fields of neuroplasticity, brain mechanisms of art and learning, neurorehabilitation of blindness, memory and spatial cognition, navigation, vision deficits in TBI, and multimodal sensorimotor processing across levels of visual impairment. For this research we integrate multiple brain imaging techniques, including functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), tensor-based brain morphometry (TBM), and electroencephalography (EEG), as well as virtual reality, motion-capture, and specialized remote-research systems.

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Journal Articles

Do we enjoy what we sense and perceive? A dissociation between aesthetic appreciation and basic perception of environmental objects or events. (2022). Do we enjoy what we sense and perceive? A dissociation between aesthetic appreciation and basic perception of environmental objects or events. Cognitive, Affective, And Behavioral Neuroscience .

Editorial: Special Issue on Multisensory and Crossmodal Interactions. (2022). Editorial: Special Issue on Multisensory and Crossmodal Interactions. Journal Of Perceptual Imaging.

Brain trauma impacts retinal processing: photoreceptor pathway interactions in traumatic light sensitivity. (2022). Brain trauma impacts retinal processing: photoreceptor pathway interactions in traumatic light sensitivity. Documenta Ophthalmologica, 144, 1–12. http://doi.org/doi.org/10.1007/s10633-022-09871-1

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Self-regulation of the seat of attention Into various attentional stances facilitates access to cognitive and emotional resources: An EEG study. (2022). Self-regulation of the seat of attention Into various attentional stances facilitates access to cognitive and emotional resources: An EEG study. Frontiers In Psychology, 13, 810780–810780. http://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.810780

Neuroplasticity and Crossmodal Connectivity in the Normal, Healthy Brain. (2021). Neuroplasticity and Crossmodal Connectivity in the Normal, Healthy Brain. Psychology & Neuroscience.

Mental visualization in the cerebellum: Rapid non-motor learning at sub-lobular and causal network levels. (2021). Mental visualization in the cerebellum: Rapid non-motor learning at sub-lobular and causal network levels. Frontiers In Systems Neuroscience. http://doi.org/doi.org/10.3389/fnsys.2021.655514

Perception and Appreciation of Tactile Objects: The Role of Visual Experience and Texture Parameters. (2021). Perception and Appreciation of Tactile Objects: The Role of Visual Experience and Texture Parameters. Special Issue On Multisensory And Crossmodal Interactions, Jpi. Editors: Likova, L.t., Jiang, F., Stilles, N., Tanguay, A.r.

Differences in the major fiber-tracts of people with congenital and acquired blindness. (2020). Differences in the major fiber-tracts of people with congenital and acquired blindness. Imaging Science & Technology / Human Vision And Electronic Imaging 2020. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2020.11.HVEI-366

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Learning face perception without vision: Rebound learning effect and hemispheric differences in congenital vs late-onset blindness. (2019). Learning face perception without vision: Rebound learning effect and hemispheric differences in congenital vs late-onset blindness. Imaging Science And Technology: Human Vision And Electronic Imaging. http://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2019.12.HVEI-237 Human Vision and Electronic Imaging 2019

Comparative tensor-based morphometry of human brainstem in traumatic photophobia. (2018). Comparative tensor-based morphometry of human brainstem in traumatic photophobia. Nature: Scientific Reports, (6256). Retrieved from https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-24386-z

Brain reorganization in adulthood underlying a rapid switch in handedness induced by training in memory-guided drawing. (2018). Brain reorganization in adulthood underlying a rapid switch in handedness induced by training in memory-guided drawing. Neuroplasticity Ed. Chaban V. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.76317

Fiber-tract differences in people with congenital and acquired blindness. (2018). Fiber-tract differences in people with congenital and acquired blindness. Journal Of Vision, (18(10).

Haptic aesthetics in the blind: Behavioral and fMRI investigation. (2018). Haptic aesthetics in the blind: Behavioral and fMRI investigation. Imaging Science And Technology: Human Vision And Electronic Imaging, 532: 1-10. http://doi.org/DOI: 10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2018.14.HVEI-532

Transfer of Learning in People Who Are Blind: Enhancement of Spatial-Cognitive Abilities through Drawing. (2018). Transfer of Learning in People Who Are Blind: Enhancement of Spatial-Cognitive Abilities through Drawing. Journal Of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 4(112). Retrieved from https://www.afb.org/jvib/Newjvibabstract.asp?articleid=jvib120406

When light hurts: Comparative morphometry of human brainstem in traumatic photalgia. (2018). When light hurts: Comparative morphometry of human brainstem in traumatic photalgia. Nature Scientific Reports, 8(1):6256. http://doi.org/doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-24386-z

Memory-guided drawing training increases Granger causal influences from the perirhinal cortex to V1 in the blind. (2017). Memory-guided drawing training increases Granger causal influences from the perirhinal cortex to V1 in the blind. Neurobiology Of Learning And Memory, 141. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2017.03.013 PMID: 28347878 PMCID: PMC 5488874

Studying the Retinal Source of Photophobia by Facial Electroretinography. (2017). Studying the Retinal Source of Photophobia by Facial Electroretinography. Optometry And Vision Science, 94(4). http://doi.org/10.1097/OPX.0000000000001064 PMID: 28338564

Addressing long-standing controversies in conceptual knowledge representation in the temporal pole: A cross-modal paradigm. (2017). Addressing long-standing controversies in conceptual knowledge representation in the temporal pole: A cross-modal paradigm. Electronic Imaging: Human Vision And Electronic Imaging, Pp. 268-272(5). http://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2017.14.HVEI-155

Anticlockwise or Clockwise? A Dynamic Perception-Action-Laterality Model for Directionality Bias in Visuospatial Functioning. (June 24 2016). Anticlockwise or Clockwise? A Dynamic Perception-Action-Laterality Model for Directionality Bias in Visuospatial Functioning. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. http://doi.org/DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.06.032 PMID: 27350096 PMCID: PMC5003653

The Cortical Network for Braille Writing in the Blind. (2016). The Cortical Network for Braille Writing in the Blind. Electronic Imaging, 2016, 1–6. http://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2016.16.HVEI-095 PMID: 28890944 PMCID: PMC5589194

Fundamental anti-symmetries in the brain organization of conceptual knowledge representation help resolve long-standing controversies. (Aug 31 2016). Fundamental anti-symmetries in the brain organization of conceptual knowledge representation help resolve long-standing controversies. Journal Of Vision., (16(12).

Editorial:“Neural signal estimation in the human brain”. (2016). Editorial:“Neural signal estimation in the human brain”. Frontiers In Neuroscience, 10, 185. http://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2016.00185 PMID: 27199647 PMCID: PMC4850329

Tactile object familiarity in the blind brain reveals the supramodal perceptual-mnemonic nature of the perirhinal cortex. (Apr 12 2016). Tactile object familiarity in the blind brain reveals the supramodal perceptual-mnemonic nature of the perirhinal cortex. Frontiers In Human Neuroscience, 10, 92. http://doi.org/ 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00092 PMID: 27148002 PMCID: PMC4828456

Neural Signal Estimation in the Human Brain. (2016). Neural Signal Estimation in the Human Brain. Frontiers In Neuroscience, (979). http://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2016.00185

The role of the perirhinal cortex in tactile perception and memory in the blind. (2016). The role of the perirhinal cortex in tactile perception and memory in the blind. Journal Of Vision, 16(12).

Temporal evolution of brain reorganization under cross-modal training: insights into the functional architecture of encoding and retrieval networks. (Apr 10 2015). Temporal evolution of brain reorganization under cross-modal training: insights into the functional architecture of encoding and retrieval networks. Is&T/Spie Electronic Imaging. Retrieved from http://doi.org/ 10.1117/12.2178069

Analysis of Neural-BOLD Coupling Through Four Models of the Neural Metabolic Demand. (2015). Analysis of Neural-BOLD Coupling Through Four Models of the Neural Metabolic Demand. Frontiers In Neuroscience, 9. http://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2015.00419

Consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury for Human Vergence Dynamics. (2015). Consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury for Human Vergence Dynamics. Frontiers In Neurology, 5. http://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2014.00282

Deficits in the activation of human oculomotor nuclei in chronic traumatic brain injury. (2015). Deficits in the activation of human oculomotor nuclei in chronic traumatic brain injury. Frontiers In Neurology, 6(173), 9. http://doi.org/doi: 10.3389/fneur.2015.00173

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Effect of familiarity on Braille writing and reading in the blind: From graphemes to comprehension. (2015). Effect of familiarity on Braille writing and reading in the blind: From graphemes to comprehension. Journal Of Vision, 15, 920–920. http://doi.org/10.1167/15.12.920

Learning-Based Cross-Modal Plasticity in the Human Brain: Insights from Visual Deprivation fMRI. (2014). Learning-Based Cross-Modal Plasticity in the Human Brain: Insights from Visual Deprivation fMRI. Advanced Brain Neuroimaging Topics In Health And Disease-Methods And Applications, 327–358. http://doi.org/10.5772/58263

A cross-modal perspective on the relationships between imagery and working memory. (Jan 2013). A cross-modal perspective on the relationships between imagery and working memory. Frontier In Psyhology , 3. http://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00561

3D discomfort from vertical and torsional disparities in natural images. (2012). 3D discomfort from vertical and torsional disparities in natural images. Is&T/Spie Electronic Imaging. Retrieved from http://doi.org/10.1117/12.915466

Analysis of human vergence dynamics. (2012). Analysis of human vergence dynamics. Journal Of Vision, 12(11)(21), 1-19. http://doi.org/10.1167/12.11.21

Drawing enhances cross-modal memory plasticity in the human brain: a case study in a totally blind adult. (2012). Drawing enhances cross-modal memory plasticity in the human brain: a case study in a totally blind adult. Front. Hum. Neurosci, 6, 3389. http://doi.org/ 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00044

The role of the visual arts in enhancing the learning process. (2012). The role of the visual arts in enhancing the learning process. Frontiers In Human Neuroscience, 6. http://doi.org/ 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00008

The spatiotopic'visual'cortex of the blind. (2012). The spatiotopic'visual'cortex of the blind. Is&T/Spie Electronic Imaging. Retrieved from http://doi.org/10.1117/12.912257

Estimating neural signal dynamics in the human brain. (2011). Estimating neural signal dynamics in the human brain. Frontiers In Systems Neuroscience, 5. http://doi.org/ 10.3389/fnsys.2011.00033

The primary visual cortex as a modality-independent ‘screen’ for working memory. (2010). The primary visual cortex as a modality-independent ‘screen’ for working memory. Journal Of Vision, 10(7). http://doi.org/10.1167/10.7.776

An Algebra for the Analysis of Object Encoding. (2010). An Algebra for the Analysis of Object Encoding. Neuroimage, 50, 1243–1250. http://doi.org/doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.10.091

Drawing in the blind and the sighted as a probe of cortical reorganization. (2010). Drawing in the blind and the sighted as a probe of cortical reorganization. Is&T/Spie Electronic Imaging Xv. Retrieved from http://doi.org/10.1117/12.849116

Occipital network for figure/ground organization. (2008). Occipital network for figure/ground organization. Experimental Brain Research, 189, 257–267. http://doi.org/ 10.1007/s00221-008-1417-6

Crowding: A neuro-analytic approach. (2007). Crowding: A neuro-analytic approach. Journal Of Vision, Http:// Journalofvision.org/7/2/16/ , 7(2)(16). http://doi.org/10.1167/7.2.16

Instantaneous stimulus paradigm: cortical network and dynamics of figure-ground organization. (2007). Instantaneous stimulus paradigm: cortical network and dynamics of figure-ground organization. Is&T/Spie Electronic Imaging Xii, 64921E. Retrieved from http://doi.org/10.1117/12.707556

Stereomotion processing in the human occipital cortex. (2007). Stereomotion processing in the human occipital cortex. Neuroimage, 38, 293–305. http://doi.org/org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.06.039

The specificity of cortical region KO to depth structure. (2006). The specificity of cortical region KO to depth structure. Neuroimage, 30, 228–238. http://doi.org/doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.09.067

Extended concepts of occipital retinotopy. (2005). Extended concepts of occipital retinotopy. Current Medical Imaging Reviews, 1, 319–329. http://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157340505774574772

Transient-based image segmentation: top-down surround suppression in human V1. (2005). Transient-based image segmentation: top-down surround suppression in human V1. Is&T/Spie Electronic Imaging. Retrieved from http://doi.org/10.1117/12.610865

Is the hMT+/V5 complex in the human brain involved in stereomotion perception? An fMRI study. (2004). Is the hMT+/V5 complex in the human brain involved in stereomotion perception? An fMRI study. Electronic Imaging 2004. http://doi.org/10.1117/12.568026

Predominantly extra-retinotopic cortical response to pattern symmetry. (2004). Predominantly extra-retinotopic cortical response to pattern symmetry. Neuroimage, 24, 306–314. http://doi.org/doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.09.018

Failure of stereomotion capture in an object disappearance paradigm. (2003). Failure of stereomotion capture in an object disappearance paradigm. Is&T/Spie Electronic Imaging. Retrieved from http://doi.org/10.1117/12.485517

Peak localization of sparsely sampled luminance patterns is based on interpolated 3D surface representation. (2003). Peak localization of sparsely sampled luminance patterns is based on interpolated 3D surface representation. Vision Research, 43, 2649–2657. http://doi.org/org/10.1016/S0042-6989(02)00575-8

Spatiotemporal relationships in a dynamic scene: stereomotion induction and suppression. (2003). Spatiotemporal relationships in a dynamic scene: stereomotion induction and suppression. Journal Of Vision, 3. http://doi.org/10.1167/3.4.5

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EEG frequency dynamics during movements imagery. (2000). EEG frequency dynamics during movements imagery. Acta Physiologica Et Pharmacologica Bulgarica, 26, 115–118.

The discrimination of abrupt changes in speed and direction of visual motion. (2000). The discrimination of abrupt changes in speed and direction of visual motion. Vision Research, 40, 409–415. http://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/S0042-6989(99)00185-6

Perception and Appreciation of Tactile Objects: The Role of Visual Experience and Texture Parameters. Perception and Appreciation of Tactile Objects: The Role of Visual Experience and Texture Parameters. Jpi Special Issue On Multisensory And Crossmodal Interactions. Editors: Likova, L.t., Jiang, F., Stilles, N., Tanguay, A.r.

Conference Papers

Multipurpose spatiomotor capture system for haptic and visual training and testing in the blind and the sighted. (2021). Multipurpose spatiomotor capture system for haptic and visual training and testing in the blind and the sighted. In IS&T Human Vision and Electronic Imaging Proceedings.

Face perception as a multisensory process. (2020). Face perception as a multisensory process. In Multisensory and Crossmodal Interactions, at IS&T HVEI. Multisensory and Crossmodal Interactions, at IS&T HVEI: Burlingame, California. Retrieved from https://www.imaging.org/site/IST/Conferences/EI/EI_2020/Conference/C_HVEI.aspx

Presentations/Posters

Cerebellum vs. cerebrum in memory visualization: Rapid cognitive learning at sub-lobular and causal network levels. (2021). Cerebellum vs. cerebrum in memory visualization: Rapid cognitive learning at sub-lobular and causal network levels. IS&T Human Vision and Electronic Imaging .

Rapid reorganization of the cerebellum in memory visualization. (2021). Rapid reorganization of the cerebellum in memory visualization. Vision Sciences Society.

Rapid training of supramodal spatial cognition and memory for improved navigation in low vision and blindness. (2020). Rapid training of supramodal spatial cognition and memory for improved navigation in low vision and blindness. ARVO Issue abstract 2020. ARVO 2020. Retrieved from https://iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2766791&resultClick=1

Enhancement of spatial cognition and brain connectivity in people with low vision and blindness. (2019). Enhancement of spatial cognition and brain connectivity in people with low vision and blindness. Retrieved from ARVO, Vancouver, Ca

Is the face schema innate? Evidence from learning faces in the congenital blind. (2019). Is the face schema innate? Evidence from learning faces in the congenital blind. Retrieved from SfN

Learning face perception without vision: Rebound learning effect and hemispheric differences in blind and sighted. (2019). Learning face perception without vision: Rebound learning effect and hemispheric differences in blind and sighted. Retrieved from ECVP, Leuven

Top-down control of spatial memory visualization in early visual cortex. (2019). Top-down control of spatial memory visualization in early visual cortex. Retrieved from VSS, Fl

Your brain on memory drawing. (2019). Your brain on memory drawing. Retrieved from VSAC, Leuven (to be presented)

Brain plasticity and art. (2018). Brain plasticity and art. Retrieved from Guangzhou Technology Institute

Fiber-tract differences in people with congenital and acquired blindness. (2018). Fiber-tract differences in people with congenital and acquired blindness. http://doi.org/10.1167/18.10.543

Memory Visualization and spatial learning. (2018). Memory Visualization and spatial learning. Retrieved from Nano-symposium at SfN

Rapid switches of handedness in late adulthood: Neuroplasticity driven by drawing training. (2018). Rapid switches of handedness in late adulthood: Neuroplasticity driven by drawing training. Retrieved from Human Vision and Electronic Imaging, Burlingame, Ca

Release of Cone-Rod Suppression as a Key Mechanism for Concussion-Induced Light Sensitivity. (2018). Release of Cone-Rod Suppression as a Key Mechanism for Concussion-Induced Light Sensitivity.

Spatial Awareness Training via Memory-Drawing: Enhancement of Brain Plasticity, Learning and Memory, and Transfer of Training Effects. (2018). Spatial Awareness Training via Memory-Drawing: Enhancement of Brain Plasticity, Learning and Memory, and Transfer of Training Effects. Retrieved from MacFarland Seminar, AER Conference, Reno, July 25, 2018

Spatiomotor and memory training through drawing in the blind. (2018). Spatiomotor and memory training through drawing in the blind. Retrieved from Southern China Normal University

Art training matters: Enhancement of spatial cognition and brain connectivity. (2017). Art training matters: Enhancement of spatial cognition and brain connectivity. Retrieved from Human Vision and Electronic Imaging Feb 2017

Granger Causality analysis reveals the role of the hippocampal complex in the memory functions of primary visual cortex. (2017). Granger Causality analysis reveals the role of the hippocampal complex in the memory functions of primary visual cortex. Retrieved from European Conference on Visual Perception

Object understanding and cortical functional reorganization in the blind. (2017). Object understanding and cortical functional reorganization in the blind. Retrieved from National Conference on Neuroscience Research in Bangladesh

Top-down working memory reorganization of the primary visual cortex: Granger Causality analysis. (2017). Top-down working memory reorganization of the primary visual cortex: Granger Causality analysis. http://doi.org/10.1167/17.10.594

Aesthetic appreciation and perception of 3D shapes through the sense of touch in the blind and the sighted: on the properties of contour curvature and symmetry of 3D tactile shapes. (2016). Aesthetic appreciation and perception of 3D shapes through the sense of touch in the blind and the sighted: on the properties of contour curvature and symmetry of 3D tactile shapes.

Art, brain plasticity and rehabilitation training in blindness. (2016). Art, brain plasticity and rehabilitation training in blindness. Retrieved from Professional Development Workshops (PDW13 Invited Speaker), SfN, San Diego, Ca

Brain reorganization and performance correlates of a rapid switch in handedness induced by drawing training in a left-handed blind individual. (2016). Brain reorganization and performance correlates of a rapid switch in handedness induced by drawing training in a left-handed blind individual. Retrieved from SfN, San Diego, Ca, USA

Color components under joint recording from the human retina and cortex with a high-density electrode net. (2016). Color components under joint recording from the human retina and cortex with a high-density electrode net.

Dissociable brain networks revealed to single-repetition learning in Braille reading and Braille writing-fromm. (2016). Dissociable brain networks revealed to single-repetition learning in Braille reading and Braille writing-fromm. Retrieved from ECVP 2016 Perception 45, 164-165

High-order multisensory mechanisms: Insights from Braille writing and reading. (2016). High-order multisensory mechanisms: Insights from Braille writing and reading. Retrieved from IS&T Int Symp Electron Imaging

Memory-guided drawing training increases Granger causal influences from the perirhinal cortex to V1 in the blind. (2016). Memory-guided drawing training increases Granger causal influences from the perirhinal cortex to V1 in the blind. Retrieved from SfN. San Diego Ca, USA

Perception and aesthetic appreciation of textures through the sense of touch: do the blind differ from the sighted?. (2016). Perception and aesthetic appreciation of textures through the sense of touch: do the blind differ from the sighted?. Retrieved from Annual Envision Conference on Low Vision Rehabilitation & Research. Denver, Co.

Can brain changes from art training reveal commonalities between the mechanisms of drawing and of music? . (2015). Can brain changes from art training reveal commonalities between the mechanisms of drawing and of music? . Retrieved from Human Vision and Electronic Imaging, San Francisco Ca, USA.

Cross-modal insights into the controversies of conceptual knowledge representation and temporal pole asymmetry. (2015). Cross-modal insights into the controversies of conceptual knowledge representation and temporal pole asymmetry. Retrieved from Perception (Supp). 44, 310.

Harnessing the power of drawing to drive brain plasticity. (2015). Harnessing the power of drawing to drive brain plasticity. Retrieved from Live Webinar on my work on blindness rehabilitation through the Cognitive-Kinesthetic Drawing training, National Endowment for the Arts, National Science Foundation & Inter agency Task Force on the Arts and Human Development. Washington, DC.

How is conceptual knowledge represented in the temporal pole? A cross-modal perspective and familiarity effects. (2015). How is conceptual knowledge represented in the temporal pole? A cross-modal perspective and familiarity effects. Retrieved from SfN. Chicago, USA.

Tactile aesthetics in the blind and the sighted. (2015). Tactile aesthetics in the blind and the sighted. Retrieved from Annual Envision Conference on Low Vision Rehabilitation & Research. Denver, Co.

Harnessing the power of visual art to drive brain plasticity to enhance learning and memory in STEM education, and in blindness rehab. Harnessing the power of visual art to drive brain plasticity to enhance learning and memory in STEM education, and in blindness rehab. Bay Area Science Fair (BASF).

Face perception as a multisensory process. Face perception as a multisensory process. Date Published 2020, “Multisensory and Crossmodal Interactions” symposium, EI/HVEI: Burlingame, California. Retrieved from https://www.imaging.org/site/IST/Conferences/EI/EI_2020/Conference/C_HVEI.aspx

Rapid training of supramodal spatial cognition and memory for improved navigation in low vision and blindness. Rapid training of supramodal spatial cognition and memory for improved navigation in low vision and blindness. Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science (iOVS). ARVO 2020. Retrieved from https://iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2766791

Face perception as a multisensory process. Face perception as a multisensory process. Date Published 01/30/2020, Multisensory and Crossmodal Interactions, at IS&T Human Vision and Electronic Imaging: Burlingame, California. Retrieved from https://www.imaging.org/site/IST/Conferences/EI/EI_2020/

Face perception as a multisensory process. Face perception as a multisensory process. Date Published 01/2020, “Multisensory and Crossmodal Interactions” symposium, EI/HVEI: Burlingame, California. Retrieved from https://www.imaging.org/site/IST/Conferences/EI/EI_2020/

Other Publications

Cognitive-Kinesthetic Method: Hands-on demonstration with trainers and educators for the blind. (2018). Cognitive-Kinesthetic Method: Hands-on demonstration with trainers and educators for the blind. Retrieved from Satellite Symposium, Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired, Reno. July, 2018.

Memory drawing and learning in the class room. (2018). Memory drawing and learning in the class room. Retrieved from Southern China Normal University, Guangzhou

Art training and the brain: brain plasticity and blindness rehabilitation. (2016). Art training and the brain: brain plasticity and blindness rehabilitation. Retrieved from SfN. San Diego Ca, USA, 2016, A Professional Development Workshop

Key results from the reported research and their impact for the blind and low vision community. (2016). Key results from the reported research and their impact for the blind and low vision community. Retrieved from National State of the Science of Blindness Rehabilitation, Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, San Francisco, 2016

Keynote address at the Ciancia Festschrift meeting in Buenos Aires . (2016). Keynote address at the Ciancia Festschrift meeting in Buenos Aires . Retrieved from The XI Reunión de los Discípulos del Dr. Ciancia, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Rehabilitation training and brain plasticity in blindness: non-visual drawing, spatial cognition enhancement and transfer of training effects. (2016). Rehabilitation training and brain plasticity in blindness: non-visual drawing, spatial cognition enhancement and transfer of training effects. Retrieved from Envision Research Institute, Wichita, Kansas, USA, July 2016.

Harnessing the power of drawing to drive brain plasticity. Live Webinar, Washington, DC. (2015). Harnessing the power of drawing to drive brain plasticity. Live Webinar, Washington, DC. Retrieved from NEA, NSF & Inter agency Task Force on the Arts and Human Development

The neurometabolic underpinnings of fMRI BOLD dynamics. (2014). The neurometabolic underpinnings of fMRI BOLD dynamics. In Advanced Brain Neuroimaging Topics in Health and Disease-Methods and Applications:. InTech. http://doi.org/10.5772/58274

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Smith-Kettlewell Brain Imaging Center

The Smith-Kettlewell Brain Imaging Center supports a wide variety of human brain imaging modalities, including MRI, MRI morphometry, functional MRI, fMR Iretonogrphy, fMRI dynamics, functional connectivity, Granger-causal connectivity, DTI, DTI tractography, whole-head EEG, EEG functional connectivity, ERG, EEG eye tracking, electroblepharography, etc. Our work centers on human visual neuroscience and computational vision, especially in the areas of human visual processing in adults, of the diagnosis of eye diseases and cortical deficits in infants and adults, on brain plasticity in relation to low vision and blindness, and on the processes of blindness rehabilitation. We are particularly interested in the normal capabilities of binocular visual processing and its disruption by forms of traumatic brain injury.

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Mechanisms of Photophobia in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Human Subjects: Therapeutic Implications

The purpose of this grant is to identify the mechanisms responsible for generating photophobia in patients who have suffered mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Currently, estimates indicate that this painful condition persists in about 60% of those who suffered from blast-related traumatic brain injury and 30% of those who suffered non-blast-related concussive injuries.

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SL-CN: Harnessing the Power of Drawing for the Enhancement of Learning across Levels of Vision Function

This Science of Learning Collaborative Network brings together researchers and experts from the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, University of Bamberg (Germany), Columbia University and Emory University to investigate how the visual art of drawing can enhance learning. Underlying learning principles and neural mechanisms will be considered, and how these can be harnessed for real-life learning enhancement. Though humans have been drawing for at least 30,000 years, little is understood about brain processes involved in this activity.

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Advanced Spatiomotor Rehabilitation for Navigation in Blindness & Visual Impairment

Successful navigation requires the development of an accurate and flexible mental, or cognitive, map of the navigational space and of the route trajectory required to travel from the current to the target location. The Cognitive-Kinesthetic (C-K) Rehabilitation Training that we have developed in the preceding period utilizes a unique form of blind memory-guided drawing to develop cognitive mapping to a high level of proficiency.

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Spectral ERG analysis of hypersensitivity to light in traumatic brain injury

The purpose of this research study is to use the spectral electroretinogram (ERG) to deteremine how the retinal mechanisms of sufferers from abnormal light sensitivity due to head injury differ from those without abnormal light sensitivity.

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Learning in the Sighted and the Blind through Different Sensory Modalities: Structure and Dynamics of Cortical Reorganization

This project focuses on the emerging area of the neuroscience of art learning. It addresses the important issue of how the brain learns complex skills, specifically the process of drawing, through two different sensory modalities. Visual art, and drawing in particular, engages an orchestrated...

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Human Oculomotor Functions & Their Deficits in Traumatic Brain Injury

Recent studies have established that a high proportion of patients diagnosed with mild (or diffuse) traumatic brain injury (mTBI) exhibit binocular vision dysfunctions, particularly, deficiencies in the binocular coordination of eye movements.

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Stereoscopic motion-in-depth perception: fMRI and neurophysiological studies

This project is designed to advance the integration of high field fMRI in alert macaque monkeys with "informed" neurophysiology, and to apply it in addressing a long-standing research question regarding the neural processing of stereoscopic 3-D motion.

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Advanced Spatiomotor Rehabilitation in Blindness and Visual Impairment

We propose a multidisciplinary approach to effective spatiomotor rehabilitation in blindness and visual impairment. For those who have lost vision, the eye-hand coordination normally available for the manipulation of objects for everyday activities is unavailable and has to be replaced by information from other senses

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