2007 Summer Institute: Visual Perception and Cognition Conference
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.
>Photos from the conference
Summer Institute 2007 Schedule
| Monday, July 23rd |
| 8:00 |
Registration, welcoming remarks and breakfast |
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| 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) |
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| 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 |
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| 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) |
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| 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 |
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| 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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Further information regarding the program, speakers, and registration information will be forthcoming. Please contact Ellen Seagren, cogsci@umn.edu or Al Yonas, yonas@umn.edu with any interim questions. If you are aware of any individuals, departments, or listservs that would be interested in this topic, please feel encouraged to pass the information on. We look forward to a dynamic conference!
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