The Active Perception Lab
@aplabUR
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Welcome to the Active Perception Lab's Twitter! We study visual perception in the context of oculomotor behavior. 👀 email: [email protected]
Rochester, NY
Joined March 2020
Happy to share our last research work on Foveal Crowding with A. Clark (@clark_ashley_m) and A. Huynh, featured in "This Week in The Journal"!
jneurosci.org
Crowding, the phenomenon of impaired visual discrimination due to nearby objects, has been extensively studied and linked to cortical mechanisms. Traditionally, crowding has been studied extrafovea...
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Congratulations to Riccardo Brandolani @RBrandolani (Visiting grad student from @Unibo) who presented his APLab work at the Second annual Theoretical and Applied Neuroscience Workshop, in Napoli (Italy) and was selected for the best poster and invited to give a talk! 🥳
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Congratulations to Sanjana Kapisthalam @Sanjana78044408 for getting the Best Poster Award at the CVS retreat at the University of Rochester! 🥳@CvsUor
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A new #NEIfunded study from researchers at University of Barcelona and University of Rochester provides insight into how we understand visual information in complex environments, like while driving a car. Learn more here: https://t.co/k9UIDMs82G
@UniBarcelona @UofR
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Congratulations to Dr. Moon who just defended his thesis dissertation on Oct 8th 🥳👏! Fantastic job! We are so grateful for all you have done for the lab! We wish you the best for your future career...and that maybe at some point you will come back to academia!! @CvsUor
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New paper by C. de la Malla and M. Poletti on the different dynamics of foveal and peripheral processing is out in PNAS: https://t.co/qSP8FTeYzY
@CvsUor @UniBarcelona + @UofR
pnas.org
Humans explore visual scenes by alternating short fixations with saccades directing the fovea to points of interest. During fixation, the visual sy...
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Congratulations to Sanjana @Sanjana78044408 for completing the Rochester Area Triathlon 👏!! And thanks to the APLab members for the support!
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New @APLab study: Spatial tuning in the visual system critically depends on how fixational motion shapes the temporal input to the retina. @CurrentBiology: https://t.co/xzIfzt0wjP
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Congratulations to Angelina, who received the 2024 Makous Prize for her work in the lab. The prize honors graduating seniors who have made outstanding contributions to vision research at Rochester. 👏 https://t.co/Zsol6CkfDz
#CvsUor
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Congratulations 👏👏 to Dr. Clark who just graduated and will soon leave us 😪 for a position at Exponent! The APLab will miss you!
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Other two great posters from @aplabUR. This year the lab had 18 presentations between @VSSMtg and ARVO. @CvsUor
@UoR_BrainCogSci #URochesterResearch #VisionScience #EyeMovements #ActiveVision
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Other 6 great presentations from @aplabUR @VSSMtg today. Don't have pictures from all of them, but here are the talks from @jiesparklin and Ben Moon @CvsUor #UofR
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The @aplabUR at @VSSMtg 2024 @CvsUor
@UoR_BrainCogSci #URochesterResearch #VisionScience #EyeMovements #ActiveVision
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Congratulations to Yue Guzhang for receiving the Edward Peck Curtis Award - an esteemed recognition for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student! 🎉
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Great job by @clark_ashley_m (@aplabUR of @CvsUor and @UoR_BrainCogSci) in organizing and running a vision science booth at the Rochester Museum & Science Center
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Need to check your vision? Interested in participating in vision experiments? Stop by the Market Place Mall in Henrietta for a free vision screening and information! 🤓#visionhealth #Vision #glasses Located near the new UR Ortho East entrance.
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