[visionlist] Journal of Vision: Special Issue on Eye Movements, Deadline extension

[Journal of Vision]

At the request of the Guest Editors, and to encourage the widest possible range of submissions, the deadline for the Special Issue on "Eye movements and the perception of a clear and stable visual world" has been extended to January 15, 2008. We reprise the Call for Papers below.

Journal of Vision  *  Call for Papers  *  Special Issue

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:

    * Visual function with natural and artificial retinal image motions
    * Eye movements and perceptual stability
    * Perceptual localization during and around the time of saccades
    * Transaccadic memory
    * Eye movements of fixation
    * Attention and eye movements
    * Oculomotor compensation for movements of head and body
    * 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, USA 	kowler at rci.rutgers.edu

Extended Deadline for submissions:	January 15, 2008
Target publication date:		June, 2008