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…
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…
Unilateral amblyopia, a leading cause of childhood vision loss, demands early intervention for optimal treatment outcomes. Unfortunately, accurate screening tools specifically designed for…
Sponsored by The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute (SKERI) & the CPMC Dept. of Ophthalmology Hosted by Don Fletcher, Ron Cole, Gus Colenbrander, Tiffany Chan, and Annemarie Rossi The meeting…
The efficacy of visual prostheses in object recognition is limited. While various limitations exist, here we focus on reducing the impact of background clutter on object recognition. We have proposed…
Walking, a fundamental human activity, presents challenges to visual stability due to motion blur induced by eye movements. The goal of my research is to elucidate the intricate relationship between…
I will discuss human fMRI and MEG studies of binocular rivalry, including some recent work on individual differences. Alternations between bistable percepts provide a powerful platform to study visual…
YouDescribeX (the X is for eXtra eXperimental). In this revised audio description tool for YouTube viewers can request AI described videos in addition to putting videos on the wishlist, the wishlist…
The 49 th Annual Jampolsky Fellows Meeting was held at Smith-Kettlewell on November 7 to 9, 2023. This meeting was the first held since the Pandemic. Dr. Arvind Chandna led its organization, and…
Dual sensory impairment (DSI) refers to combined vision and hearing impairment. DSI concerns a large population and its prevalence increases drastically with age. In the US, it is estimated that 40%…