Blurring the Borders Between Vision, Cognition, and Action

26th Symposium: May 29-31, 2008

Electronic registration is available

Download the 2008 symposium poster (pdf)

Schedule of Talks

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Thursday, May 29, 2008

9AM-1PM: VISUAL AND COGNITIVE CIRCUITS (Liz Romanski, Session Chair)

9:00 am - 9:45 am: Simon Thorpe, CNRS, France
From vision to action in 100 ms—is there time for cognition?

9:45 am - 10:30 am: Emilio Salinas, Wake Forest University
How behavioral constraints influence sensory tuning curves

11:00 am - 11:45 am: Helen Barbas, Boston University
How the frontal lobe controls the mind's eye

11:45 am - 12:30 pm: Leslie Ungerleider, NIMH
The primate prefrontal cortex and the executive control of attention

12:30 pm - 1:00 pm: Discussion Session

2PM-6PM: VISUAL SIGNALS IN COGNITIVE CIRCUITS (Greg DeAngelis, Session Chair)

2:00 pm - 2:45 pm: Tatiana Pasternak, University of Rochester
Representation of visual motion during motion discrimination tasks in primate prefrontal cortex

2:45 pm - 3:30 pm: Andreas Nieder, University of Tuebingen, Germany
Representation of number in the primate brain

4:00 pm - 4:45 pm: John Assad, Harvard Medical School
Encoding behavioral relevance in parietal cortex

4:45 pm - 5:30 pm: Wendy Suzuki, New York University
Associative learning signals in the monkey medial temporal lobe

5:30 pm - 6:00 pm: Discussion Session

Friday, May 30, 2008

9AM-1PM: COGNITIVE INFLUENCES ON VISUAL PROCESSING I (Charles Duffy, Session Chair)

9:00 am - 9:45 am: Marisa Carrasco, New York University
Spatial and feature-based attention: psychophysics and neuroimaging studies

9:45 am - 10:30 am: Frank Tong, Vanderbilt University
Decoding the contents of perception and attention from human brain activity

11:00 am - 11:45 am: David Heeger, New York University
The normalization model of attention

11:45 am - 12:30 am: Stefan Treue, University of Göttingen, Germany
Attentional influences in the dorsal pathway: of space, features and objects

12:30 pm - 1:00 pm: Discussion Session

2PM-6PM: COGNITIVE INFLUENCES ON VISUAL PROCESSING II (Duje Tadin, Session Chair)

2:00 pm - 2:45 pm: Patrick Cavanagh, University of Paris, France
Attention and nonretinotopics processing in vision

2:45 pm - 3:30 pm: Charles Gilbert, The Rockefeller University
Brain states

4:00 pm - 4:45 pm:Carl Olson, Carnegie Mellon University
Selectivity for features, conjunctions and configurations in ventral stream cortex

4:45 pm - 5:30 pm: Shinsuke Shimojo, California Institute of Technology
Behavioral and neural correlates of visual preference decision making

5:30 pm - 6:00 pm: Discussion Session

Saturday, May 31, 2008

9AM-1PM: VISION DURING ACTION (David Knill, Session Chair)

9:00 am - 9:45 am: David Burr, University of Florence
Keeping vision stable

9:45 am - 10:30 am: Carol Colby, University of Pittsburgh
Attention and active vision

11:00 am - 11:45 am: Tirin Moore, Stanford University
Mechanisms of saccadic suppression in ventral visual cortex

11:45 am - 12:30 am: Randolph Blake, Vanderbilt University
Actions can arbitrate visual conflict

12:30 pm - 1:00 pm: Discussion Session

Organizing Committee:
Tatiana Pasternak
Duje Tadin

Symposium Details

The meeting will be held in the Class of 1962 Medical Education Auditorium located in the Medical Research Building (MRB) at the University of Rochester Medical Center. The meals will be served in the Flaum Atrium adjacent to the open reception area. All facilities are handicap accessible.

Registration Information

Register for the symposium
The registration fee for graduate students and postdocs is $90, and for all others is $150. The deadline to register has been extended to May 15, 2008

Poster Submission

Abstract submission deadline is April 20, 2008. The poster dimensions have changed to 5 ft wide by 3.5 ft high. Please note the change in orientation requirements.

Download the abstract submission form (.doc). Email the completed form to . You will be notified via email that your abstract was received. If you do not receive an email confirmation within 2 business days, you may wish to contact Sara Peterson at the address above or call 585-275-2459 to ensure that your abstract was submitted.

Wireless Internet

There will be wireless internet in the Medical Center Atrium. Details will be provided in the registration packet.

Travel Fellowships

We usually provide about 10 travel fellowships to graduate students and postdocs from within the United States and abroad. The travel fellowships will cover up to $600 USD towards round-trip airfare (You must show actual receipts to be reimbursed). We will also waive your registration fee.

The travel fellowship application deadline has passed.

Hotel Accommodations

Off-Campus Hotels: A block of rooms is available at the Radisson Hotel Rochester Airport, 175 Jefferson Rd. Single rooms are $89, and doubles are $94. Please make your reservations by May 7. Call 585-475-1910 and reference the CVS Symposium when you make your reservation.

Parking

General maps and directions to the university can be found here.
Download meeting site and parking map

Free round-trip shuttle transportation will be provided from the hotel to the Rochester International Airport and to the University of Rochester.

Permits for parking at the Medical Center will be arranged as requested on the registration form.
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