Multisensory integration is essential for postural control and enabling safe navigation. The vestibular system plays a crucial role in these processes, contributing to functions important for…
Lack of timely access to information is a significant problem for the nearly 24 million blind or visually impaired (BVI) individuals in the U.S. and 285 million globally. Significant progress has been…
Assessing visual function is a fundamental aspect of eye research. However, existing tests often face limitations due to their design for in-clinic use, the necessity for trained personnel, time…
Artificial deep neural networks (DNNs) are used in many different ways to address scientific questions about how biological vision works. In spite of the wide usage of DNNs in this context, their…
Visual impairment refers to a condition where a person's eyesight cannot be improved with medical treatment. Such individuals face difficulties in performing daily living activities independently and…
Our eyes are never at rest. Between the microsaccadic eye movements and microfluctuations of the eye's autofocus mechanism (ocular accommodation), our visual system constantly encounters time-varying…
Digital drawing has historically been a significant challenge for blind individuals, with previous solutions requiring extensive imagination and technical skills. However, the Coughlan lab has been…
I will present a system based on an iPhone app developed in the Coughlan Lab . This system is a novel “Point-and-Tap” interface that enables people who are blind or visually impaired (BVI) to easily…
Movement is ubiquitous in everyday life, and accounting for our physical position as we move through the world is a constant process. Over the lifespan, experience in estimating one’s position…
I will describe our research into a surprising visual illusion in which humans misperceive the shape of a highly familiar object in a highly familiar context: their own mobile phone while they hold it…