You are welcome to attend the Symposium entitled "Vision: from
neurons to cognition". This event will take place in Montreal (Quebec,
Canada), May 8 and 9, 2000. This is a unique cultural environment
for a unique event! This symposium will bring together researchers of
specific domains using multidisciplinary approaches and will provide a
comprehensive general view of the mechanisms by which visual
information is processed from the retina to the visual cortex, and
beyond.... Sections are: Retinal function and parallel pathways;
Subcortical structures: active modulation of visual signals; The primary
visual cortex: binocularity and visual integration; Beyond the primary
visual cortex: specific channels of information; Coding and perception:
from neuronal observations to visual consciouness. Speakers are:
Curtis Baker, Jean Bullier, Christian Casanova, Leo Chalupa, Alan
Cowey, Bogdan Dreher, Jocelyn Faubert, Robert Fendrich, Ralph
Freeman , Douglas Frost, Melvyn Goodale, Daniel Guitton, Peter
Hoffmann, Jon Kaas, Murray Sherman, Andrew Parker, Alvaro
Pascual- Leone, Maurice Ptito, Helen Sherk, Peter Schiller, Barry
Stein, Trichur Vidyasagar.
A preliminary program is available at
http://www.crsn.umontreal.ca/symposia.html. Additional information
regarding registration, accomodation, and other things will be posted
very shortly at the same site. For more information, please contact:
Christian Casanova (casanovc@ere.umontreal.ca).
We hope to see you there!
The organizers: Christian Casanova and Maurice Ptito, Université de
Montreal.
--------------------------
Christian Casanova
Associate professor
School of Optometry
University of Montreal
C.P. 6128, succ Centre-ville
Montreal, Qc
Canada, H3C 3J7
tel: 514-343-2407
fax: 514-343-2382
http://mistral.ere.umontreal.ca/~casanovc/intro.htm
For FedEx mail please add the following information:
3744 jean Brillant, local 260-7,
and change the postal code to: H3T 1P1