The Vision Lab at the Institute of Neuroscience of the italian National Research Council in Pisa, Italy, focuses its research on the functional aspects of the visual system using psychophysical, electrophysiological and neuoroimaging techniques.

MEMORY PROJECT

During year 2004, publications from our group dealt mainly with different aspects of Visual Attention, following the publication of the Special Issue of 'Vision Research' on the topic. The special issue was triggered by the International Workshop on Visual Attention that we organized in june 2004 ... (continue)>>

We were present at VSS 2004 with two studies presented by Stefano Baldassi and Michela Del Viva, respectively... (continue)>>

One study from our group, performed by David Alais and David Burr, has examined the mechanism of 'ventriloquism', earning much attention from the media. The topic is indeed of interest for a broad audience ... (continue)>>

The faults and the contradictions of the italian research systems have been punctually highlighted on a correspondance to Nature by David Burr. In fact, challenging the phylosophy of the recent 'riforma Moratti' ... (continue)>>

Besides the projects presented at VSS, the lab is now working on a series of studies for the forthcoming 2004 ECVP to be held in Budapest, Aug 22-26. David Burr, Stefano Baldassi, Roberto Arrighi and Roberta Igliozzi will present ... (continue)>>

The Perception lecture of ECVP 2004 in Budapest will be held by Concetta Morrone, whose outstanding career in vision was acknowledged again by the international committee of the meeting ... (continue)>>