How the Brain Moves the Eyes and the Head: Neural Mechanisms of Oculomotor and Vestibular Function

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Program - October 6

The following is the scheduled program of events for October 6th, a description of each event can be found at the bottom of the page. You may download a printable (.pdf) copy of the schedule of events for this day (October6.pdf) or the entire conference (Program.pdf).

Please note: A detailed schedule has not yet been finalized. When we have a final schedule, we will update this page with more information (including the downloadable .pdf schedules listed above). If you have questions or concerns, please contact a conference coordinator.

October 6

Hour
Event
Notes
7:00
Continental Breakfast
at the Ashland Springs Hotel
8:00
(7:30-8:30am)
9:00
Saccadic Eye Movements
there will be a 30 minute
10:00
(9:00-12:00am)
Coffee Break at 10:30am
11:00
12:00
Lunch on Own
1:00
(12:00-2:00pm)
2:00
Poster Session
3:00
(2:00-4:00pm)
4:00
Smooth Pursuit
5:00
Eye Movements
there will be a 30 minute
6:00
(4:00-7:00pm)
Coffee Break at 5:30pm
7:00
8:00
Dinner on Own
9:00

 

Continental Breakfast (7:30-8:30am)

Saccadic Eye Movements (9:00am-12:00pm):
Organizer: Chris Kaneko

There will be a coffee break during this session from 10:30-11:00am. The presentations for this session are listed below, starting times are given in parentheses:

  • (9:00am) Forty Years of Saccade Studies. C. Kaneko
  • (9:30am) Neural Circuit for Generation of Saccades in the Brainstem. Shinoda
  • (10:00am) Driving Signals for Saccade Adaptation from the Superior Colliculus. Iwamoto
  • (11:00am) The Balance of Activity in FEF Accounts for Increases in Saccadic Reaction Time as a Function of the Number of Response Choices. Keller
  • (11:30am) Modulation of Visual Processing by Saccades. R. Wurtz (Click for Abstract)

Lunch (12:00-2:00pm)

Poster Session (2:00-4:00pm):

For more information about the poster session, please refer to the poster session page.

Smooth Pursuit Eye Movements (4:00-7:00pm):
Organizer: Steve Lisberger

There will be a coffee break during this session from 5:30-6:00pm. The presentations for this session are listed below, starting times are given in parentheses:

  • (4:00pm) The flocculus: 1971-2008. S. Lisberger
  • (4:30pm) The Visual Processing Underlying the Initial Ocular Following Response. Miles
  • (5:00pm) P'ing and Time: Aging, Urgency and Probability. Shadlen
  • (6:00pm) Visual Motion-Memory and Predictive Pursuit: Comparison of SEF and FEF. Fukushima
  • (6:30pm) Signal Identification in Parallel Cortical-Pontine Pathways for Smooth Pursuit. Mustari

Dinner on Own