VisionScienceList: Workshop: How the brain constructs reality

From: Robert P. O'Shea (r_oshea@otago.ac.nz)
Date: Wed Oct 25 2000 - 19:27:22 PDT

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    Dear Colleague,

    Please accept my apologies if you get more than one copy of
    this notice.

    Sue Galvin and I are pleased to invite you to a Workshop on
    ``How the brain constructs reality'', to be held on 14 and
    15 Dec at University of Otago, New Zealand. The aim of the
    workshop is to promote the study of sensory systems within
    the University of Otago's Research Theme, Neural Structure
    and Function.

    For more details, check <http://psy.otago.ac.nz/reality>.

    Here is a draft list of speakers and their topics:

    Keynote speaker:

    Richard Gregory Bristol Knowledge-based vision

    Invited speakers:

    David Badcock UWA TBA
    David Bilkey Otago Place and movement representation
                                    in the hippocampus
    Paul Corballis Dartmouth Spatial vision and the right-hemisphere
                                    interpreter
    Karen Dobkins UCSD Color contribution to motion processing:
                                    Where in the brain does it come from?
    Liz Franz Otago How do our hands think?
    Bill Friedman Oberlin The construction of time
    Sue Galvin Otago Perception without awareness
    Jeff Miller Otago Does the brain control behaviour?
    Robert Miller Otago Axonal conduction time, cerebral laterality
                                    and the integration of perception
    Janice Murray Otago TBA
    Robert O'Shea Otago Visual consciousness in split-brain observers
    Mike Paulin Otago Coding of dynamic information by vestibular
                                    neurons
    Brian Rogers Oxford Disparity in depth, parallax in perspective

    Registration is free.

    To register, please complete the following form:

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    Name:

    Affiliation:

    Mailing address:

    Phone:

    Fax:

    e-mail:

    URL:

    Do you require accommodation? Yes/No

    If so, what standard?

            Single room at St Margaret's College with shared bathroom
            (includes breakfast) $36.50
            Single room at St Margaret's College with private bathroom
            (incudes breakfast) $45.00
            Local motel over $70.00
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    Send the form (preferably by e-mail) to:

    Ms Debbie McLaughlin
    Department of Psychology
    University of Otago
    Box 56, Dunedin
    New Zealand
    phone: +64 (3) 479 7645
    fax: +64 (3) 479 8335
    e-mail: debbie@psy.otago.ac.nz

    Please pass the message onto any interested colleagues and students.

    Cheers,
    Robert.

    Robert P. O'Shea
    Department of Psychology, University of Otago, PO Box 56,
    Dunedin, New Zealand; phone: +64 (3) 479 7617;
    fax: +64 (3) 479 8335; e-mail: r_oshea@otago.ac.nz;
    home page: <http://psy.otago.ac.nz:800/r_oshea/o'shea.html>
    Come to: Workshop on ``How the brain constructs reality'', 14 and 15 Dec,
    2000 <http://psy.otago.ac.nz/reality/>
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