Vision Research Seminar Series 4:10 PM, Wednesday, September 28th, 2016 1220 Medical Research Building III Dennis Levi, Ph.D. Professor of Optometry & Vision Science University of California, Berkeley Title: Recovering Stereovision Abstract: Stereopsis is the impression of three-dimensionality—of objects “popping out in depth”—that most humans get when they view real-world objects with both eyes, based […]
A Little Spark for Sharper Sight Test Stimulating the visual cortex of the brain for 20 minutes with a mild electrical current can improve vision for about two hours, and those with worse vision see the most improvement, according to a Vanderbilt University study published this week in Current Biology. “It’s actually a very simple […]
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences today announced that Centennial Professor of Psychology Gordon D. Logan has been elected as one of its new members, along with 212 other individuals including some of the world’s most accomplished scholars, scientists, writers and artists, as well as civic, business and philanthropic leaders. Logan has made profound […]
(photo by John Russell) Tonia Rex, Ph.D., and colleagues at the Vanderbilt Eye Institute are working to uncover how best to treat ocular trauma, the fourth leading cause of blindness worldwide. It is a growing concern for the Department of Defense, which recently approved Rex for a $1.5 million grant to further study the impact […]
The National Academy of Sciences has announced that Geoffrey Woodman, associate professor of psychology at Vanderbilt University, will receive a 2016 Troland Research Award. The academy gives two of these $75,000 research awards annually to recognize unusual achievement by young investigators and to further empirical research within the broad spectrum of experimental psychology. Woodman […]
Kevin Dieter, PhD and the lab of Dr. Randolph Blake receive a prestigious National Eye Institute NRSA grant Project title: Psychophysical and neural correlates of eye dominance in human vision Advisor: Randolph Blake Consultants: Frank Tong, Psychological Sciences and Sean Donahue, Ophthalmology, Pediatrics, Neurology Summary: While we effortlessly see a single, unitary visual world, it is […]
Save the Date Monday, November 9, 2015 12-9 pm Nashville Marriott at Vanderbilt University This event will celebrate our rich tradition of excellence and rapid growth in vision science across Vanderbilt schools, institutes, and campuses. The schedule will include platform updates from our faculty, posters from our many talented trainees, and lunch, cocktails and dinner. […]
When Anita Disney was growing up in Adelaide, Australia, friends and family assumed she would become a scientist. After all, her father was a biologist and one of the founding faculty members of Flinders University. But in what she admits may have been a bit of youthful rebellion, Disney gained admission to a performing arts magnet […]
