Solicitations for a special symposium on perceptual learning
for the 1998 Optical Society of America Meeting
to be held in Baltimore, Maryland
October 4-9.
50 word abstract deadline: April 10, 1998
Symposium description:
PERCEPTUAL LEARNING: BIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR
Bettina L. Beard, Albert J. Ahumada, Jr. , Organizers
at NASA Ames Research Center
Perceptual learning involves the development of internal representations of
object features to support detection and discrimination. This symposium
will feature discussions of recent achievements in neurophysiology,
computational modeling and psychophysics related to mathematical
descriptions and phenomenal characteristics of these internal
representations and their development.
Invited Speaker:
Issues in perceptual learning of spatial tasks.
Gerald Westheimer, University of California, Berkeley
Traditionally resolution and similar thresholds were accepted as firm
indicators of anatomical and physiological performance limits. Actually,
thresholds improve considerably with training even in the normal adult,
especially in the retinal periphery. This has implications for clinical
and other testing procedures and for understanding neural plasticity of
early visual processing.
Electronic Submissions:
You may submit your abstract electronically using the following WEB site:
http://www.osa.org/mtg_conf/annual/1998/Symposia
Tina Beard
NASA Ames Research Center
NASA Mail Stop 262-2
Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000
NASA FAX: (650) 604-3323
Phone: (650) 604-1327
tlbeard@mail.arc.nasa.gov