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AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPTOMETRY VISION SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM
The Scientific Session of the annual meeting of the American Academy of
Optometry will be held on December 11 to December 14, 1998 in San
Francisco, California. Below is the program for the featured symposium of
the Vision Science Section, including some of the world's most respected
vision scientists. We hope to see you at the meeting.
Registration and meeting information is available from the American
Academy of Optometry web site at:
www.aaopt.org.
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Friday, December 11, 1998
Vision Science Section
Thomas Freddo, Chair
Scott Steinman, Vice Chair
Vision Research in the Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay area is the home of several world-renowned experts
in vision science. The Vision Science Section is honored to sponsor a
symposium highlighting the cutting-edge research of these scientists.
Areas to be discussed include multifocal electroretinographic
"perimetry," motion processing in the visual cortex, neuroimaging,
computational models of vision, stereopsis and spatial vision.
1:30 PM
Moderator: Scott B. Steinman, OD, PhD, FAAO
Directror of Research Programs and Chair, Department of Biomedical
Sciences,
Southern College of Optometry, Memphis, TN
1:35 PM
Seeing Motion and Depth: From Neural Circuits to Perceptual Decisions
William T. Newsome, PhD, Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University,
Stanford, CA
2:05 PM
Transient Stereopsis with Non-Fusible Images
Clifton Schor, OD, PhD, FAAO, Mark Edwards and David Pope, School of
Optometry
University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
2:35 PM
Mapping Visual Function with the Multifocal ERG
Erich E. Sutter, PhD, Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, San
Francisco, CA
3:05 PM
The Channel Structure of Spatial Vision: New Insights
Christopher W. Tyler, PhD, Associate Director, Smith-Kettlewell Eye
Research Institute,
San Francisco, CA
3:35 PM
Computational Neuroimaging of the Visual Pathways
Brian Wandell, PhD, Department of Psychology, Stanford University ,
Stanford, CA
4:05 PM
Vision Science and Technology at NASA Ames Research Center
Andrew B. Watson, PhD, Senior Scientist for Vision Research
NASA-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
4:35 PM
Recent Advances in Testing Visual Acuity
Gerald Westheimer, PhD, FAAO, Division of Neurobiology,
University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
5:05 PM
Adjournment
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Scott B. Steinman, OD, PhD, FAAO
Visual Attention and Cognition Laboratory
Chair, Department of Biomedical Sciences
Director of Research Programs
Vice Chair, Vision Science Section, American Academy of Optometry
Southern College of Optometry
1245 Madison Avenue
Memphis, TN 38104
steinman@sco.edu
steinman@midsouth.rr.com [home]
"There is a thin line between ignorance and arrogance, and
only I can blur that line." -- Dr. Science
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