Frontiers In Vision Research // Dr. Berson

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Frontiers In Vision Research // Dr. Berson

June 20, 2019 @ 3:15 pm - 4:45 pm

We welcome David M. Berson, PhD, Sidney A. Fox and Dorothea Doctors Fox Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Chair of Neuroscience at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, as he presents: “Retinal Circuits For Visual Reflexes”

 

About Dr. Berson’s Research:

The nervous system extracts and encodes different features of the visual world to accomplish specific tasks. Spotting a familiar face in a crowd requires different information than hitting a fastball or judging the ripeness of fruit from its color. Different “channels” of visual information emerge already at the retinal level and are then routed to distinct visual centers of the brain. We seek to understand how retinal cells and circuits process and filter visual information in specific channels, and how these signals are used by the brain to shape appropriate visual behaviors.

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Date:
June 20, 2019
Time:
3:15 pm - 4:45 pm
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Organizer

Jennifer Priebe/Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Email
priebe2@wisc.edu

Venue

Health Sciences Learning Center (HSLC) #1345
750 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53705 United States
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