The probabilistic nature of vision: How should we evaluate the empirical evidence?

Friday, May 13, 2022, 5:00 – 7:00 pm EDT, Talk Room 1 Organizers: Ömer Dağlar Tanrıkulu1, Arni Kristjansson2; 1Williams College, 2University of IcelandPresenters: Ömer Dağlar Tanrıkulu, Dobromir Rahnev, Andrey Chetverikov, Robbe Goris, Uta Noppeney, Cristina Savin < Back to 2022 Symposia The presence of image noise and the absence of one-to-one inverse mapping from images […]

Beyond representation and attention: Cognitive modulations of activity in visual cortex

Friday, May 13, 2022, 12:00 – 2:00 pm EDT, Talk Room 2 Organizers: Alex White1, Kendrick Kay2; 1Barnard College, Columbia University, 2University of MinnesotaPresenters: Alex L. White, Clare Press, Charlie S. Burlingham, Clayton E. Curtis, Jesse Breedlove < Back to 2022 Symposia The concept of sensory representation has been immensely productive for studying visual cortex, […]

Beyond objects and features: High-level relations in visual perception

Friday, May 13, 2022, 12:00 – 2:00 pm EDT, Talk Room 1 Organizers: Chaz Firestone1, Alon Hafri1; 1Johns Hopkins UniversityPresenters: Alon Hafri, Melissa Le-Hoa Võ, Liuba Papeo, Daniel Kaiser, Hongjing Lu < Back to 2022 Symposia A typical VSS program devotes sections to low-level properties such as motion, orientation, and location; higher-level properties such as […]

Past SPC Members

Kathryn Bonnen, New York University, 2020 – 2021Brendan Ritchie, KU Leuven, 2020 – 2021Matthew Boring, University of Pittsburgh, 2020 – 2021Stacey Aston, Durham University, 2020 – 2022Cristina R. Ceja, Northwestern University, 2020 – 2022Björn Jörges, York University, 2020 – 2022Sabrina Hansmann-Roth, Icelandic Vision Lab, 2021 – 2022Doug Addleman, Dartmouth College, 2021 – 2023Takuma Morimoto, University […]

2022 Annual Business Meeting

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, including the outlook and priorities for next year’s meeting. The Business Meeting is an opportunity for VSS members to ask questions of the VSS Board of Directors […]

LabMaestro Pack&Go: a new tool for running MATLAB/Psychtoolbox experiments online

Thursday, June 2, 2022, 2:00 – 3:00 pm EDT, Zoom Session Organizers: Lindsey Fraser, VPixx Technologies; Amanda Estephan, VPixx Technologies Last year at V-VSS 2021, VPixx Technologies introduced a new software tool under development: LabMaestro Pack&Go, a solution for conducting MATLAB/Psychtoolbox experiments online. In this virtual satellite talk, VPixx Staff Scientists will present the current […]

2022 Exhibitors

VPixx Technologies (Gold Sponsor) Booth 4, 5 & 6 VPixx Technologies welcomes the vision science community to VSS 2022.  This year VPixx celebrates our 21th anniversary, and we are marking this special occasion with the launch of two new tools for your research: the LabMaestro Pack&Go Remote Testing Tool and the LabMaestro Hardware Simulator. Over […]

LabMaestro Pack&Go: a new tool for running MATLAB/Psychtoolbox experiments online

Monday, May 16, 2022, 3:15 – 4:30 pm EDT, Horizons Organizers: Lindsey Fraser, VPixx Technologies; Amanda Estephan, VPixx Technologies Last year at V-VSS 2021, VPixx Technologies introduced a new software tool under development: LabMaestro Pack&Go, a solution for conducting MATLAB/Psychtoolbox experiments online. In this satellite talk, VPixx Staff Scientists will present the current status of […]

Visibility: A Gathering of LGBTQ+ Vision Scientists and Friends

Friday, May 13, 2022, 8:30 – 9:30 pm EDT, Beachside Decks Organizers: Alex White, Barnard College; Michael Grubb, Trinity 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 […]

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