Saturday
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Distributed Networks Subserving Eye Movement Control
What are the widespread networks underlying the control of eye movements, and how can we probe them? This session will describe novel methodologies that address how eye movement control is orchestrated by the interaction among functional networks and subnetworks at various scales, from microcircuit to multiple brain regions.
3:45 pm - 3:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
3:50 pm - 4:05 pm
"Cortical Contributions to the Initiation of Smooth Pursuit Eye Movements"
4:05 pm - 4:10 pm
Discussion
4:10 pm - 4:25 pm
"The Anatomical Characterization of rAAV2-Retro Neuronal Labeling in Rhesus Macaques"
4:25 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Orienting in Space
How do the eyes, and the brain, participate in ensuring appropriate interaction with objects in our environment? This session will describe cutting edge research on how the brain accounts for the spatial relationships between various components of orienting including the eyes, items in the visual field, and movement parameters.
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 7:50 pm
"The Estimation of Object Displacement Across Saccades Is Bayesian but the Judgment of Transsaccadic Visual Stability Is Not"
7:50 pm - 7:55 pm
Discussion
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm
"Micro-Pursuit and Strategies of Allocating Attention During Visual Tasks with Moving Targets"
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
"Diurnal Rhythms in the Inhibitory Control of Attention: Characterisation Using the Antisaccade Task"
8:30 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 8:50 pm
"Neural Mechanisms for Egocentric vs. Allocentric Gaze Coding in the Frontal Eye Fields (FEF) of Rhesus Macaques"
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm
"Eye-Hand Coordination During Online Movement Corrections"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
The Eye as a Window to Cognition
Our increasing knowledge of oculomotor circuitry makes it an ideal platform through which to probe a diverse range of cognitive processes, and also to understand how these processes are affected throughout the course of disease. This session will combine ocular measures (e.g. pupillary responses and saccade metrics) and innovative methodological approaches to understand cognitive function in the healthy brain, across the lifespan, and in disease states.
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:20 am
"Value of Error: Mechanisms that Modulate Sensorimotor Learning"
9:20 am - 9:25 am
Discussion
9:25 am - 9:40 am
"Performance Monitoring During Speed-Accuracy Tradeoff of Visual Search by Supplementary Eye Field"
9:40 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:00 am
"Persistence of Expectation in Saccadic Choice"
10:00 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:20 am
"Pursuit Initiation as the Earliest Readout of Decision Formation"
10:20 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 10:40 am
"Age-Related Oculomotor Prediction and Corresponding Pupil Responses in Healthy Individuals Ages 6-24"
10:40 am - 10:45 am
Discussion
10:45 am - 11:00 am
General Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Emerging Themes in Eye Movement Research and Where to Go from Here
Two well established professors, who will share their career trajectories in academia, discuss their views on emerging themes in neuroscience, and comment on the skills trainees should develop in order to be successful in research. Additionally, our panel includes recent PhD students who have transitioned into exciting positions outside of academia, while still being active within the research community. These panelists can add exceptional value to this session by introducing graduate students and post-docs to career paths that they fail to learn enough about during their academic training. Their unique perspectives will stimulate the consideration of exciting and impactful career paths in science aside from working in an academic institution.
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Emerging Themes in Eye Movement Research and Where to Go from Here
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes
