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 2007 Summer Institute:
Visual Perception and Cognition Conference

summer institute speakers

     The Center for Cognitive Sciences held the 2007 Summer Institute: Visual Perception and Cognition Conference at the Campus Club from Monday, July 23 through Wednesday, July 25.

Monday, July 23rd
8:00 Registration, welcoming remarks and breakfast  
9:00-10:00 Dr. Pawan Sinha, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"From Fragments to Objects: Mechanisms of Visual Integration"
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10:30-11:30 Dr. Marty Banks, Vision Science, University of California, Berkeley
"Solving the correspondence problem in binocular vision and binaural hearing"
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11:30-12:30 Dr. Paul Schrater, Computer Science/Psychology, University of Minnesota
"Scheduling information gathering and planning for uncertainty"
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12:30-2:00 Lunch (Choice of Chicken, Salmon or Vegetable Turnover)  
2:00-3:00 Dr. David Crowe, Brain Sciences Center, University of Minnesota
"Neural Mechanisms of Visual Illusions"
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Tuesday, July 24
8:30 Registration and breakfast  
9:00-10:00 Dr. Sheng He, Psychology, University of Minnesota
"Selectivity and adaptation in the human visual system"
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10:30-11:30

Dr. Gordon Legge, Graduate Prog. in Neuroscience, University of Minnesota
"Neuroplasticity in Implications for Reading Performance Response to Vision Loss"
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11:30-12:30 Dr. Yuhong Jiang, Psychology, Harvard University
"Cognitive limitations in visual perception and memory"
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12:30-2:00 Lunch (Choice of Chicken, Salmon or Mushroom Ravioli)  
2:00-3:00 Dr. Herb Pick, Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota
"Optical flow in the calibration and regulation of locomotion"
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Wednesday, July 25
8:30 Registration and breakfast  
9:00-10:00 Dr. Dan Kersten, Psychology, University of Minnesota
"Contextual Influences on Early Visual Processing"
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10:30-11:30 Dr. Masami Yamaguchi, Psychology, Chuo University
"Infants' brain activity in face perception"
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11:30-12:30 Dr. Al Yonas, Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota
"Development of the ability to perceive spatial layout from pictorial cues: Changing availability of "top down" information"
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