We are pleased to announce that we will host an online Mind Matching session (powered by Neuromatch) ahead of the VSS conference. It’s a great opportunity to make new connections online through VSS before the conference begins. Those who want to continue the conversations can later arrange to meet up in person at the conference. […]
Each abstract is assigned a unique 4 or 5-digit number based on when and where it is being presented. Talk presentations are a 4-digit number and Poster presentations are a 5-digit number (the last two digits of a poster are the board number). The format of the abstract numbering is DT.RN, where D is the […]
Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 10:00 pm – 2:00 am, Talk Room 1-2 Club Vision, held on the last night of the meeting, is the final social event of VSS. Wearing glowing or flashing accessories is a tradition for the party and we will again be distributing free glow-in-the-dark necklaces and bracelets. Feel free to also […]
Monday, May 22, 2023, 12:30 – 2:00 pm, Talk Room 2 The Vision Sciences Society is honored to present Brian A. Anderson with the 2023 Elsevier/VSS Young Investigator Award. The Elsevier/VSS Young Investigator Award, sponsored by Vision Research, is given to an early-career vision scientist who has made outstanding contributions to the field. The nature of […]
Tuesday, May 23, 2023, 12:30 – 1:00 pm, Talk Room 2 We encourage you to join the VSS Board of Directors for the Annual Business Meeting. During this meeting, the VSS leadership will provide an overview of the Society and the outlook and priorities. This year’s meeting will include a discussion of options for the […]
Rowan Candy Professor of Optometry, Vision Science and Neuroscience, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana Seeing through the eyes of a baby Sunday, May 21, 2023, 1:00 – 2:00 pm, Enoch Davis Center located at 1111 18th Ave South, St. Petersburg, 33705 Have you wondered what a baby can see? Can they see colors? Can they see […]
Friday, May 19, 2023, 8:30 – 9:30 pm, Garden Courtyard Organizers: Michael Grubb, Trinity College; Alex White, Barnard College LGBTQ students are disproportionately likely to drop out of science early. Potential causes include the lack of visible role models and the absence of a strong community. This social event is one small step towards filling […]
Friday, May 19, 2023, 9:00 – 11:30 am, Jasmine/Palm Organizer: Dr. Sophie Kenny, Staff Scientist at VPixx Technologies While most vision researchers use flat-panel displays for their experiments, many also use projection systems due to their extensive range of potential applications. Projectors can be a practical solution for environments sensitive to magnetic fields (fMRI, MEG, […]
Sunday, May 21, 2023, 8:45 – 9:45 pm, Garden Courtyard Sponsored by: Females of Vision et al (FoVea) Organizers: Charisse B. Pickron, University of Minnesota & Diane Beck, University of Illinois Career transitions are both exciting and scary. Some of the uncertainty regarding a new role, however, can be reduced by talking to others who […]
A message from the Board of Directors of VSS: VSS is one of the many member societies of FABBS, the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences. VSS has been invited to contribute articles to an issue of the FABBS journal, Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences (PIBBS). The issue will consist of 23 invited articles, […]
