Spero Nicholas
Senior Programmer-Analyst
Degrees: MS Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh
BS Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University
BS Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University
As a member of the Smith-Kettlewell Brain Imaging Center, I support various labs in programming multi-modal dynamic stimuli for fMRI, EEG, oculomotor, and psychophysical experiments, as well as custom analyses for all of these types of data.
Tabs
Journal Articles
. (2019). Differential Experience-Dependent Plasticity of Form and Motion Mechanisms in Anisometropic Amblyopia. Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science, 60, 4109. http://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.19-27005 (Original work published 2019)
. (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
. (Feb 14 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 (Original work published Feb 14 2016)
. (2016). Fundamental anti-symmetries in the brain organization of conceptual knowledge representation help resolve long-standing controversies. Journal Of Vision., (16(12). (Original work published 2016)
. (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
. (2015). Consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury for Human Vergence Dynamics. Frontiers In Neurology, 5. http://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2014.00282
. (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
. (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
. (2012). Analysis of human vergence dynamics. Journal Of Vision, 12(11)(21), 1-19. http://doi.org/10.1167/12.11.21
. (2006). A proposed role for all-trans retinal in regulation of rhodopsin regeneration in human rods. Vision Research, 46, 4449-4463. http://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2006.07.035
. (7AD). Toward a unified model of vertebrate rod phototransduction. Visual Neuroscience, 22, 417-436. http://doi.org/10.1017/S0952523805224045 (Original work published 7AD)
. (2003). Multiple Steps of Phosphorylation of Activated Rhodopsin Can Account for the Reproducibility of Vertebrate Rod Single-photon Responses. The Journal Of General Physiology" Volume = "122, 419-444. http://doi.org/10.1085/jgp.200308832
. (1998). A Link-Segment Model of Upright Human Posture for Analysis of Head-Trunk Coordination. Journal Of Vestibular Research, 8, 187-200. http://doi.org/10.3233/VES-1998-8301
Presentations/Posters
. (2019). Audio-Visual Interactions in The Visual and Auditory Cortices. Chicago, IL: Society for Neuroscience Conference.
. (2019). Is the face schema innate? Evidence from learning faces in the congenital blind. Retrieved from SfN
. (2019). Top-down control of spatial memory visualization in early visual cortex. Retrieved from VSS, Fl
. (2017). Top-down working memory reorganization of the primary visual cortex: Granger Causality analysis. http://doi.org/10.1167/17.10.594
. (2016). High-order multisensory mechanisms: Insights from Braille writing and reading. Retrieved from IS&T Int Symp Electron Imaging
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...
Chandna Lab (SEELAB)
We use rigorous scientific research with the goal to improve detection and treatment outcomes for individuals with strabismus, amblyopia, and cerebral visual impairment.
Likova Lab
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Tyler Lab
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Harnessing the Power of Drawing for the Enhancement of Learning across Levels of Vision Function
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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.
Contact Information
2318 Fillmore St.
San Francisco, CA 94115
Email:
spero@ski.org