Gordon Legge's Book Release and Mini-Conference

Gordon Legge and the seminar speakers -- From Left: Sheng He, Susana Chung, Denis Pelli, Gordon Legge, Gary Rubin, Dan Kersten, Bosco Tjan, Sing-Hang Cheung

Legge, G.E. (2007). Psychophysics of Reading in Normal and Low Vision . Mahwah , NJ & London : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. ISBN 0-8058-4328-0

Mini-Conference:

A Celebration of Collaboration: Vision from Features to Faces
Friday, March 30, 2007

1:00-4:00 p.m.: Mini Conference 
Coffman Union , 4th floor, Dale Shephard Room
University of Minnesota
4:30-6:30 p.m. Reception (Coffman Union, 4th floor)

Invited Speakers:

Denis Pelli ( New York University )
" Reading is crowded"

Gary Rubin (University College London)
"How to make the perfect BBQ ribs, or
Reading without a fovea"

Susana Chung ( University of Houston )
" Reading jagged letters"

Coffee Break and Discussion

Dan Kersten ( University of Minnesota )
"Natural perception"

Bosco Tjan ( University of Southern California )
"Back to  the features -- a journey with human and ideal observers"

Sheng He ( University of Minnesota )
"Processing of faces and words in the absence of awareness: Psychophysical and fMRI studies"

Sing-Hang Cheung ( Stanford University )
"Adult brain plasticity revealed by studies of visual impairment"