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UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 19h

#cvstoday October 8, 2:30-4:00 pm, K207 Auditorium, URMC 2-6408

CVS Research Talks: Benjamin Chin, RIT
Alexander Kotelsky, Bausch & Lomb
Raja Narayanan, Ophthalmology, URMC

www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/index...

UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 1d

TOMORROW at 2:30PM: Don't miss the upcoming CVS Research talks by Benjamin Chin, Alex Kotelsky, and Raja Narayanan. More info: www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/index...

UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 2d

New paper from @drsmsilverstein.bsky.social
Identifying individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis using a battery of tasks sensitive to symptom mechanisms.
doi.org/10.1038/s413... #URochesterResearch @flaumeye.bsky.social

Identifying individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis using a battery of tasks sensitive to symptom mechanisms - Translational Psychiatry

Translational Psychiatry - Identifying individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis using a battery of tasks sensitive to symptom mechanisms

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Schallek Lab @schalleklab.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulations to Susana Marcos @marcoslabur.bsky.social receiving the Tillyer Award @optica.org Fall Vision Meeting in #minneapolis
Introduced by Steve Burns, her mentor from postdoctoral days.
@cvsuor.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social

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UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 5d

New research from Ania Majewska shows that PFHxA, a chemical found in pregnant women and breast milk, may affect brain development. In mice, it elicited subtle changes in brain cells in ways that suggest possible risks to both males and females. doi.org/10.3390/ijms... #URochesterResearch

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UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 7d

NEW from Marc Schieber: Disentangling indirect versus direct effects of somatosensory cortex microstimulation on neurons in primary motor and ventral premotor cortex in J. of Neural Engineering. #URochesterResearch
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UR Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social · 8d

We’re hiring a tenure-track Assistant Prof in Computational Neuroscience/Cognition at
@uor-braincogsci.bsky.social! Join a Simons-supported cluster across Math/Physics/Biology/BCS. Apply by Nov 1, 2025: www.sas.rochester.edu/bcs/jobs/fac... #ComputationalNeuroscience #Cognition #FacultyJobs

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UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 8d

New from Liz Romanski: Inactivation of Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex During Auditory Working Memory in JIN.
doi.org/10.31083/JIN... #URochesterResearch @urneuroscience.bsky.social

Inactivation of Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex During Auditory Working Memory

Background: The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) is a critical node in the working memory (WM) neural circuit, established through neurophysiology, neuropsychology, and neuroimaging studies in…

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UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 9d

NEW from @johnfoxe.bsky in EJN: Is Competition the Default Configuration of Cross-Sensory Interactions? doi.org/10.1111/ejn.... #URochesterResearch @urneuroscience.bsky.social .social

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UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 12d

NEW from Manuel Gomez-Ramirez & @johnfoxe.bsky.social
Distinct audio and visual accumulators co-activate motor preparation for multisensory detection.
doi.org/10.1038/s415... #URochesterResearch @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social

Distinct audio and visual accumulators co-activate motor preparation for multisensory detection - Nature Human Behaviour

Egan et al. examine multisensory evidence accumulation and show that auditory and visual evidence is accumulated in distinct processes during multisensory detection, and cumulative evidence in the…

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UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 13d

@drsmsilverstein.bsky.social contributed to an article in Schizophrenia Bulletin:
Sample Ascertainment and Recruitment Sources in the Accelerating Medicines Partnership Schizophrenia Program.
doi.org/10.1093/schi... #URochesterResearch @urneuroscience.bsky.social

Validate User

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UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 14d

#cvstoday 3:00 pm, Helen Wood Hall SON Auditorium, 1W-304
Knill Lecture: Daniel Wolpert, Columbia University
Computational principles underlying the learning of sensorimotor repertoires

There will be a reception immediately following the lecture in Helen Wood Hall 1W-300.

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UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 15d

TOMORROW at 3PM: Helen Wood Hall SON Auditorium, 1W-304

Knill Lecture: Daniel Wolpert, Columbia

Computational principles underlying the learning of sensorimotor repertoires

There will be a reception following the lecture in Helen Wood Hall 1W-300.
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UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 16d

OUT NOW from Michele Rucci: Spatial and Temporal Factors Influencing Fixational Saccades in J. Neuroscience.
doi.org/10.1523/JNEU... #URochesterResearch @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social @aplabur.bsky.social

Spatial and Temporal Factors Influencing Fixational Saccades

Much research has focused on how perceptual, cognitive, and attentional processes modulate microsaccades, the small rapid gaze shifts that humans perform when at tempting to maintain steady gaze on a…

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UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 18d

CVS members: register today for the CVS Retreat on October 24 in the Feldman Ballroom. More details will be available soon. Register online at forms.gle/WLa1BV2qk6P1...

UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 19d

Announcing CVS Research Talks: October 8, 2:30-4:00 pm, K207 Auditorium, & Zoom (check Slack Events for link)
Benjamin Chin, Alexander Kotelsky, Raja Narayanan
www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/index...

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UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 19d

#cvstoday September 19 at 11:00 am, RIT Wallace Hall 3440

RIT Cognitive Science Speaker Series: Coraline Rinn Iordan

Investigating and Improving the Neural Mechanisms of Episodic Memory and Communication for Naturalistic Narratives

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Upcoming Events | Center for Visual Science

September 17, 2025 12:00 pm, Kresge Room, 269 Meliora Hall

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UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 20d

NEW paper co-authored by @drsmsilverstein.bsky.social in Schizophrenia Bulletin: Baseline Clinical Characterization of Participants in the Accelerating Medicines Partnership Schizophrenia Program doi.org/10.1093/schi... #URochesterResearch @flaumeye.bsky.social

Baseline Clinical Characterization of Participants in the Accelerating Medicines Partnership Schizophrenia Program

AbstractBackground. This paper focuses on the baseline clinical characterization of the participants in the Accelerating Medicines Partnership Schizophreni

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UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 21d

Next Wednesday September 24 at 3:00 pm
Helen Wood Hall SON Auditorium, 1W-304

Knill Lecture: Daniel Wolpert, Columbia University

Computational principles underlying the learning of sensorimotor repertoires

www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/index...

UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 21d

#cvstoday September 17, 2025
12:00 pm, Kresge Room, 269 Meliora Hall

BCS Lunch Talk: Yue Guzhang, Graduate Student (Advisor: Martina Poletti)

Fine-scale attention control within the foveola: insights from behavior and EEG
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Upcoming Events | Center for Visual Science

September 10, 2025 9:30 am, Kresge Room, 269 Meliora Hall & Zoom (check Slack Events channel for link)

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UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 22d

OUT NOW from @zvrlab.bsky.social in Nat. Communications: Fear conditioning activates brain areas linked to emotion and stress. Brain responses vary by task and mental health, showing different patterns in people with anxiety or depression.
doi.org/10.1038/s414... #URochesterResearch

Neural correlates of human fear conditioning and sources of variability in 2199 individuals - Nature Communications

A large brain imaging study of over 2000 people worldwide shows that fear conditioning engages brain regions linked to emotion and attention, with differences in individuals with anxiety or…

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UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 23d

NEW from Marc Schieber in @elife.bsky.social
Progressively shifting patterns of co-modulation among premotor cortex neurons carry dynamically similar signals during action execution and observation
doi.org/10.7554/eLif... #URochesterResearch

Progressively shifting patterns of co-modulation among premotor cortex neurons carry dynamically similar signals during action execution and observation

Population trajectories of premotor cortex mirror neurons progress through distinct subspaces during execution versus observation of reach-grasp-manipulate movements, yet latent dynamics can be…

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UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 26d

NEW from Ania Majewska in EJN: Ethanol Increases Diffuse Amyloid Plaque Load and Impairs Memory in the 5xFAD Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease.
doi.org/10.1111/ejn.... #URochesterResearch @urneuroscience.bsky.social

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UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 28d

2of2 Events: 12:00 pm, Kresge Room, 269 Meliora Hall
BCS/CVS Research Talk: Eli Merriam, Laboratory of Brain and Cognition, National Institute of Mental Health
Representations in human primary visual cortex drift over time

UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 28d

#cvstoday 1of2 Events: 9:30 am, 269 Meliora Hall & Zoom (check Slack Events channel for link)
BCS Thesis Defense: Bikash Sahoo, Graduate Student (Advisor: Adam Snyder)
Multiscale Neural Computations in Attention and Decision-making

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