Public Lecture – Patrick Cavanagh

Patrick Cavanagh Department of Psychology, Glendon College, Toronto, Canada Using Illusions and Art to Understand the Visual Brain Monday, May 19, 2025, 3:00 – 4:00 pm, The Dalí Museum, One Dalí Boulevard, St. Petersburg. Everybody loves illusions. At times, the content on the internet seems to be mostly about illusions – shoes, dresses, straight lines […]

Meeting Registration

Registration Fees Registration Type EarlyDecember 16, 2024 – February 28, 2025 StandardMarch 1, 2025 – April 24, 2025 LateApril 25, 2025 – May 20, 2025 Undergraduate Student Member $160 $160 $250 Research Assistant/Post-Baccalaureate $195 $245 $290 Graduate Student Member $195 $245 $290 Postdoctoral Member $285 $345 $410 Regular Member $425 $500 $565 Emeritus $195 $245 […]

Planning a Satellite or Social Event

VSS welcomes members to submit proposals for both satellite and social events to be held at VSS 2025. A VSS satellite or social event is an event originated by VSS members or conference attendees that require venue facilities, publicity in VSS media, or coordination with VSS staff. Examples of satellites include special interest groups, user […]

Government Room Rate Request Form

Thank you for your interest. The hotel is fully booked and the form is now closed. Please see our list of other hotels within walking distance of the meeting.

Undergraduate Just-In-Time (UJIT) Poster Submissions

VSS 2025 is pleased to announce 2 “Just-In-Time” poster sessions for undergraduate students, post-bacs and research assistants working on independent research projects. Posters will be presented in person at the annual meeting in two sessions on Sunday morning, May 18 and Tuesday afternoon, May 20. The window for submissions will open on March 3 and […]

Regular Abstract Submission Guidelines & Policies

Policies For questions about Abstract Submission Policies, please Contact Us. Abstract Format Regular abstracts are limited to 300 words. This does not include title, authors, and affiliations. Additional space is provided for funding acknowledgments and for declaration of commercial interests and conflicts. Your abstract should consist of an introduction, methods and results sections, and a conclusion. […]

Symposium Submission Guidelines & Policies

Policies For questions about Symposium Submission Policies, please contact us at Symposia are presented at the VSS 2025 Annual Meeting on the first day (Friday). VSS 2025 will be a fully in-person meeting with no virtual components. Four to six symposia will be scheduled, each in a 2-hour time slot. Symposia can be organized […]

Using deep networks to re-imagine object-based attention and perception

< Back to 2024 Symposia Symposium: Friday, May 17, 2024, 5:00 – 7:00 pm, Talk Room 2 Organizers: Hossein Adeli1, Seoyoung Ahn2, Gregory Zelinsky2; 1Columbia University, 2Stony Brook UniversityPresenters: Patrick Cavanagh, Frank Tong, Paolo Papale, Alekh Karkada Ashok, Hossein Adeli, Melissa Le-Hoa Võ What can Deep Neural Network (DNN) methods tell us about the brain […]

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