And as the film world continues its rapid transition from traditional 2 D celluloid film to 3 D digital, a weekend conference at the TIFF Bell Lightbox is aimed at boosting the Toronto film community鈥檚 chances of capitalizing on the next wave in film 鈥 3-D, wrote the Toronto Star June 9: The [Toronto International […]
The brain's ability to change or adapt across a person's lifespan is much greater than originally thought and scientists are still discovering just how far that plasticity goes. At the upcoming International Conference on Plastic Vision at 91亚色, some 24 researchers from around the world will discuss their latest findings. "We try to touch on […]
Conference driven by 91亚色 research in digital media, psychology, vision and computer science The Toronto International Stereoscopic 3D Conference, a one-of-a-kind gathering of experts in stereoscopic 3D art and entertainment, takes place in Toronto June 11 to 14. Major figures from the USA, UK, Russia, Germany and Canada will convene at TIFF Bell Lightbox to […]
Programs in vision research and atmospheric chemistry and physics will provide enhanced research and training for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows If you鈥檙e working in 3D film or aerospace engineering, what impact do the latest developments in brain and vision research have on your industry鈥檚 practices? What if you鈥檙e drafting government policy on air quality […]
The Toronto International Stereoscopic 3D Conference, a one-of-a-kind gathering of experts in stereoscopic 3D art and entertainment, takes place in Toronto June 11 to 14. Major figures from the USA, UK, Russia, Germany and Canada will convene at TIFF Bell Lightbox to address and analyze the latest developments in the field. The first of its […]
Students Angela Deotto and Lilly Solomon recognized for poster projects If you were wandering through Vari Hall last Wednesday afternoon, you could have stopped and chatted with聽fourth-year psychology students about聽some pretty esoteric聽subjects. The rotunda was a maze of posters featuring聽the thesis projects of 78 students ready to explain whether聽eating disturbances are聽symptoms of depression, how to […]
The Centre for Vision Research is seeking an MRI analyst to work in the Neuroimaging Laboratory, located in the Sherman Health Sciences Research Centre. More details, including salary, deadlines and how to apply, are available in the Research Jobs section. Please note that only resumes submitted through the described process will be considered. The posting […]
If you're a patient at Southlake Regional Health Centre, there's now a better chance you'll be part of a research project, wrote the Newmarket Era March 16; the story also appeared on 91亚色Region.com: A partnership between the local hospital and 91亚色 will embed leading scientists from the postsecondary institution as researchers to work alongside […]
91亚色 visual arts Professor Katherine Knight鈥檚 documentary film about influential Winnipeg artist Wanda Koop in some ways mirrors the style found in Koop鈥檚 paintings: full of colour and precise, playing with the idea of glancing and observation, and entering into a world where the real and the abstract co-exist. The world premiere of the 52-minute […]
Can 3D images be made to look more realistic? 91亚色 vision researchers have discovered how a to keep our eyes on the prize, so to speak. In order to see 3D images properly, our left and right eyes have to view separate images. Because 3D display technology isn鈥檛 perfect, there are times when images […]
The Daily Planet featured the robotics collaboration between 91亚色 Professor Michael Jenkin and McGill University Professor Gregory Dudek on January 14, 2011.They are the co-creaters of AQUA, a small submersible robot that swims using paddle legs and carries cameras and position sensors that relay information back to the screen of the tablet computer via an […]
Research from 91亚色 is revealing which regions in the brain 鈥渇ire up鈥 when we suppress an automatic behaviour, such as the urge to look at other people as we enter an elevator. A 91亚色 study, published recently in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, used fMRI (functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) to track brain activity […]
A team of researchers from 91亚色 has helped created a robot with the smarts to think for itself as it swims underwater, wrote Metro (Canada) Dec. 7: The team, led by Michael Jenkin, a computer science professor in 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Science & Engineering, is working together with teams from McGill University and Dalhousie […]
On Saturday, Kara Hawkins stepped forward to receive a $2,500 award recognizing her as the highest-ranking applicant in Canada for a graduate scholarship in the field of aging. She accepted the Canadian Institutes聽of Health Research Institute of Aging Recognition Prize in Research in Aging at the annual conference of the Canadian Association on Gerontology in […]
Four professors at 91亚色 had their Canada Research Chairs (CRCs) renewed by the federal government yesterday, bringing $5.6 million to invest in their research at the University. Tier 1 CRCs were renewed for professors Gordon Flett,聽Eric Hessels and John Tsotsos. Professor Leah Vosko was awarded an Advancement Chair, taking her from a Tier 2 to […]
91亚色 psychology Professor Fran Wilkinson will talk about her visual neuroscience research, including the connection between vision and migraine headaches, tomorrow as part of the Faculty Research Profile Series. 鈥淔rom Cats Eyes to Headaches: Adventures in Neuroscience鈥 will take place Thursday, Nov. 11, from 2 to 3:30pm at 214 Calumet College, Keele campus. RSVP by […]
Professor Michael Jenkin, professor in 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Science & Engineering and a member of the Centre for Vision Research, is in the news again. NTD, a New 91亚色-based television station, covered the AQUA robot on November 5: This marine robot is called AQUA, and its creators believe it will help researchers better explore […]
People who can no longer recognize faces compensate with heightened voice recognition abilities, says a 91亚色 study, which also finds that our brains may identify people and things on separate neurological planes. The study, recently published in the journal Neuropsychologia looked at a rare disorder called prosopagnosia, in which the ability to visually identify […]
New research from 91亚色 is the first to show how several distinct brain areas control eye and hand movements 鈥 explaining, for example, how a quarterback can make a split-second play with pinpoint accuracy. The study, recently published in The Journal of Neuroscience, examined the inner workings of the posterior parietal cortex (PPC), located […]
You can read how researchers from the Centre for Vision Research at 91亚色聽used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine the effect of video-game experience on the neural control of increasingly complex visuomotor tasks in young men, in the October issue of Cortex, an Elsevier journal, wrote MediLexicon.com Sept. 27: Lead author and PhD […]