Within the European Glaucoma Research and Training program (http://www.egret-program.eu/), 10 PhD students will receive training to become the next generation of clinical vision- and neuroscientists, specialized in studying neurodegenerative diseases and glaucoma in particular. Our international team includes academic, health … Continued
In this study in the Journal of Vision, Funda Yildirim and colleagues used eye movements show for the first that crowding similarly affects the accuracy of peripheral recognition and saccadic target localization, thereby confirming earlier model predictions that suggested that … Continued
The European Marie-Curie training network NextGenVis (“Training the Next Generation of European Visual Neuroscientists”) is a collaboration between 10 European labs and companies in the field of visual and computational neuroscience. We offer 15 (3 year) full-time PhD positions. An … Continued
Cortical connective field estimates from resting state fMRI activity Similar organization of visual cortex can be inferred from both retinotopic mapping and resting state data.Nicolás Gravel et. 2014; the full paper can be downloaded at Frontiers in Neuroscience.
The Promise project, a collaboration of UMCG’s LEO, Royal Dutch Visio, the RUG, and Reperio has been nominated for the Health Valley Bridge price. The price highlights projects that use technology to ensure... READ MORE
Are you, like us, fascinated by vision, the brain and technology and consider it important to help visually impaired people? Do you have an inquisitive mind, and are you looking for a PhD... READ MORE
Joana Carvalho, former PhD student of the lab, was awarded the UNESCO-L’Oreal price for “Portuguese woman scientist of the year”. The good news does not stop there for Joana. She also got a... READ MORE
During the on-line Wintermeeting of the Research School of Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences on Feb. 4th 2021, “our” Joana Carvalho has won the “best thesis of the year award” for her PhD thesis... READ MORE