[visionlist] AVA Xmas Meeting UK (Provisional programme)

Tue Dec 4 14:04:23 GMT 2007

The Twelfth AVA Christmas Meeting
17th Dec 2007
Aston University
6th Floor, Main Building
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

10.00
Registration & Morning Coffee (Café Lago)

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10.50 (Warwick Lecture Theatre)
Welcome
Tim Meese

11.00
SESSION 1 (Chair: Andrew Welchman)

Invited Lecture
Zoe Kourtzi (University of Birmingham, UK)
Perceptual decisions and visual learning in the human brain

11.30
Tim Preston, Zoe Kourtzi & Andrew Welchman
BOLD activity in human visual cortex correlates with perceptual judgements
of 3D shape

11.45
D. Samuel Schwarzkopf & Zoe Kourtzi
Perceptual learning for global contour integration

12.00
Ellen Svarverud, Stuart Gilson & Andrew Glennerster
The combination of absolute and relative cues for location investigated
using immersive virtual reality

12.15
Peter A. Howarth
The rotating restaurant effect

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12.30 (Café Lago)
Lunch & Posters

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1.30 (Warwick Lecture Theatre)
SESSION 2 (Chair: Mark Georgeson)

CRS Guest Lecture
Stuart Anstis (University of California, San Diego, USA)
Colours, faces and Mrs Thatcher¹s bikini

2.00
David R. Simmons & J. W. H. Watson
Wiggly motion looks wonky: A directional anisotropy found with non-linear
motion trajectories

2.15
Gerrit W. Maus & Romi Nijhawan
Motion into and out of the blind spot: Evidence for spatial extrapolation of
moving objects

2.30
Daniel H. Baker & Erich W. Graf
Perceived and true speed have the same effect on binocular rivalry

2.45
Li Zhaoping
Unique eye of origin attracts attention automatically even when it cannot be
detected by forced-choice<evidence for the role of the primary visual cortex
in bottom-up visual saliency

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3.00 (Café Lago)
Afternoon tea and Posters

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3.30 (Warwick Lecture Theatre)
SESSION 3 (Chair: Stephen Anderson)

Invited Lecture
Anya Hurlbert (University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK)
Polychromatic colour constancy

4.00
Ben T. Vincent & Roland J. Baddeley
Energy efficient retinal colour coding: renewed support for the human visual
system being matched to the natural environment

4.15
Jim Parkinson, Benjamin, J. Dyson & Beena Khurana
As you write it so you see it: Event-related potential evidence for a stroke
order priming effect in letter recognition

4.30
John Harris, Amy Laverock & Claire Phillips
The effect of contrast reversal on the recognition of faces, hands, and
landscapes

4.45
Tom Troscianko, Laura Gregory, Kate Hawker, Annelise Bhatt, Gillian Porter,
George Lovell & Tim S. Meese
The big, the bad, and the ugly: An investigation into the effect of video
screen size on visual cognition

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5.00  late (Café Lago)
Wine reception & Posters

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Posters, in alphabetical order
Poster board size: 117cm wide x 150cm high

1. D. R. Cantrell, S. Inayat, L. H. Pinto & John B. Tyoy
Characterization of nob4 retinal ganglion cell responses

2. Kirsten L. Challinor, Tim S. Meese & David J. Holmes
A two-stage process for masking: Linear suppression is more broadly tuned
than super-suppression

3. Cyriel Diels, Peter A. Howarth & Simon G. Hodder
Misperception of the direction of visually induced illusory self-motion

4. Claire V. Hutchinsom & Tim Ledgeway
The effect of image size on the perception of luminance-defined and
contrast-defined motion

5. Andrew J. Kolarik & Tom C. A. Freeman
Age and eye movement

6. Robert J. Summers, Tim S. Meese & Daniel, H. Baker
Luminance contrast is summed across eyes before space

7. Sven Mucke, V. Manahilov, N. Strang & D. Seidel
Neural suppression during accommodation step responses

8.  J. Rhys Davies & Tom C. A. Freeman
Perceived direction of motion aftereffect following adaptation to orthogonal
retinal motion and smooth pursuit eye movement

9. Stuart Wallis, Mark A. Georgeson & Puja Mehta
Seeing light vs dark lines: Psychophysical performance is based on separate
channels, limited by noise and uncertainty

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REGISTRATION - IN ADVANCE
With the exception of overseas visitors, attendees should pay in advance at
the registration rate shown below. If needs be, payment will be accepted on
the door though credit card facilities will not be available. Overseas
visitors may pay on the door but, in any case, we would be most grateful if
you could give us advance warning of your intention to attend.

                           R E G I S T R A T I O N   F E E S
                      Students         Other         Premium
Members              15                30                  80 Pounds
Sterling
Non-members      25                40                  80
Membership plus  35                50                  80
registration

As you may know, the AVA has a one payment, life membership fee (of 25.00
pounds sterling). One way to offset some of our meeting costs is by the
'premium' category of registration fee. There is no obligation to pay this
fee, and we expect that most people will pay either the 'student' or 'other'
rates as appropriate. But, we do hope that grant holders might consider
paying the premium rate. In all cases, a receipt will be provided on the day
for the fee paid, but this will not indicate the category.

We will be accepting registration fees using Paypal.
To register go to <http://www.theAVA.net>  and select the link to the
Christmas meeting 2007 at Aston.
When you use Paypal for the first time it takes a little time to set things
up, but thereafter it is quite quick. We do hope you will find this a
convenient way of paying your registration fee.

Alternatively, we still accept cheques, payable to "Applied Vision
Association", and these should be sent to Tim Meese at the address below.
(If sending cheques please indicate the registration category and whose
registration the cheque is intended to cover.)

Tim Meese <mailto:t.s.meese at aston.ac.uk>
School of Life and Health Sciences
Aston University
Aston Triangle
Birmingham
B4 7ET UK

In ALL cases, whether pre-registered or not, if you are expecting to attend
the AVA Christmas meeting, please send an e-mail to Stuart Wallis
<mailto:wallissa at aston.ac.uk>, so that we can cater for the appropriate
numbers.

All other enquiries should also be sent to Stuart Wallis
(<mailto:wallissa at aston.ac.uk>).

DIRECTIONS
Information on how to get to Aston University can be found at:
http://www.aston.ac.uk/about/directions/
Once at the University's main building enter the red sky lift in the
reception area and go to the sixth floor. Exit the lift and turn right
through the double doors. Walk to the end of the wide corridor (part of the
Aston Business School) and turn left at the stairs. Walk through two more
sets of double doors and you will find the reception desk in Cafe Lago.

CARS
There is some car parking space on the Aston campus. At the intercom by the
campus entrance barrier, you should inform security that you are attending
the AVA Christmas meeting.

TRAINS
Aston University is about a 15 minute walk from Birmingham New Street train
station. (See site map above for directions).

ACCOMMODATION
A list of local hotels can be provided on request.
<mailto:wallissa at aston.ac.uk>

We look forward to seeing you on the 17th December.
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Dr Tim Meese
Senior Lecturer
School of Life and Health Sciences
Aston University
Aston Triangle
Birmingham
B4 7ET UK

Voice: +44 (0)121 359 3611 (switchboard)
Lab/Office: +44 (0)121 204 4130
Fax:   +44 (0)121 204 4048
e-mail: <mailto:t.s.meese at aston.ac.uk>

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