[visionlist] Journal of Vision - Call for Papers - Special Issue on Eye Movements and Perception

[Journal of Vision]

Eye movements and the perception of a clear and stable visual world

Natural vision occurs under daunting conditions:  Saccadic eye movements abruptly shift the retinal image at intervals ranging from once every several seconds to 2 or 3 times per second, bringing an entirely new image to the fovea each time.  These abrupt displacements are superimposed on a platform of irregular retinal oscillations that can reach velocities of several degrees per second when head and body, as well as the eye, are free to move.   Despite these continually changing retinal conditions,  the visual world appears stable and clear.  Recent developments have led to new insights into how the visual system copes with natural retinal image motions, as well as the neural mechanisms underlying their perceptual suppression.  These developments are highlighted by behavioral, psychophysical, computational and neurophysiological research carried out under conditions that increasingly approach the complexities of the natural retinal environment.

The topics of the special issue include:

o	Visual function with natural and artificial retinal image motions
o	Eye movements and perceptual stability
o	Perceptual localization during and around the time of saccades
o	Transaccadic memory
o	Eye movements of fixation
o	Attention and eye movements
o	Oculomotor compensation for movements of head and body
o	Perceptual suppression of eye movements

Guest Editors:

Susana Martinez-Conde 	Barrow Neurological Institute, USA	smart at neuralcorrelate.com
Rich Krauzlis		Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA	rich at salk.edu
Joel Miller			Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, USA	jmm at ski.org
Concetta Morrone		Istituto di Neuroscienze CNR, Italy	concetta at in.cnr.it
David Williams		University of Rochester, USA	david at cvs.rochester.edu
Eileen Kowler 		Rutgers University	kowler at rci.rutgers.edu

Deadline for submission:	December 1, 2007
Target publication date:	June, 2008

Online call for papers:	http://journalofvision.org/specialissues/