Sunyopt Journal Club

presented with support from the Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research
Spring 2008

A forum for discussion of current research for PhD students, postdocs,
and MS students in Vision Science at Sunyopt

Journal Club meets 3-4 pm on Tuesdays in room 1425.

Many of our papers are by SIVR Colloquium speakers.

Date
Presenter
Paper
PDF
3/4
Ben Backus
Javier Morante, Claude Desplan, and Arzu Celik (2007). Generating pattern arrays of photoreceptors. Current Opinion in Genetics and Development, 17(4): 314-319.
3/11
Paul Sajda

Paul Sajda, Kyungim Baek (2004) Integration of form and motion within a generative model of visual cortex. Neural Networks,17 : 809-821

3/18
Zi-dong Zhang
Oliver Sacks(2006) STEREO SUE :Why two eyes are better than one. NewYorker
3/25
Jianzhong Jin/ Yushi Wang

1.Maria V. Sanchez-Vives, Lionel G. Nowak, and David A. McCormick(2000).Membrane Mechanisms Underlying Contrast Adaptation in Cat Area 17 In Vivo.The Journal of Neuroscience, 20(11):4267–4285

2.Maria V. Sanchez-Vives andMel Slater(2005).From presence to consciousness through virtual reality.Nat Rev Neurosci. 2005 Apr;6(4):332-9. Review.

4/1
Yao Chen
Joshua I.Gold and Michael N.Shadlen (2007). The Neural Basis of Decision Making. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 30: 535–74.
4/8
Yinan Wang
T. Rowan Candy and Shrikant R. Bharadwaj (2007). The stability of steady state accommodation in human infants. Journal of Vision, 7(11):4,1–16, http://journalofvision.org/7/11/4/

4/15

12-1pm

Preethi Thiagarajan
Ying Han, Kenneth J. Ciuffreda, Neera Kapoor (2004)Reading-related oculomotor testing and training protocols for acquired brain injury in humans.Brain Research Protocols 14 (2004) 1 – 12
4/22
Zan Pan

Biological Methodology Part I: Immunochemistry and Polymerase Chain Reaction
a talk by Zan Pan that may comment on Odell, Scott, and Van Helden (2005; see link to PDF)

5/6
2-3pm
Jacob Nachmias
Chalk Talk: Recent work related to 'Judging spatial properties of
simple figures' (Nachmias, 2008, Vision Research)
For 22ndmay
Suncica Zdravkovic
Scheduled for SIVR Talk
Suncica Zdravkovic,Elias Economou,Alan Gilchrist (2006) Lightness of an object under two illumination levels. Perception, volume 35, pages 1185 -1201

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