Cambridge Research Systems are proud to continue our support of the vision science community during 2005.

At the AVA Annual Meeting (23rd March in Bristol, UK), we are sponsoring the Geoffrey J. Burton Memorial Lecture, which is being given by Michael F. Land FRS (pictured left) from the University of Sussex and is entitled “The relations between eye movements and actions”.

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The following is an extract from yesterday's visionlist mailing list:

"The International Colour Vision Society is pleased to announce that the Verriest Medal will be awarded at the biennial meeting in Lyon, France (July 8-12, 2005) to John D. Mollon, Professor of Visual Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge, UK. This award is bestowed by the Society to honor long-term contributions to the field of color vision.

If the field of color vision was itself a rainbow, then Professor Mollon's contributions cover nearly its full spectrum, including the isolation and elucidation of basic chromatic coding mechanisms and the constraints that they impose on human (and more generally primate) visual performance, the genetic basis of spectral coding mechanisms, the ecological influences on and evolutionary orgins of chromatic discrimination. He has been instrumental in the design of several new color vision tests and has extensively exploited abnormal models, both congenital and acquired, to further our understanding of normal mechanisms. He is especially appreciated for his keen and profound sense of the history of science, in particular with respect to the field of color vision.

The selection committee members were: John L. Barbur, Steven Buck, Gabriele Jordan, Kenji Kitahara, Jay Neitz, Joel M. Pokorny and Andre Roth."

Cambridge Research Systems is proud to have worked with John Mollon (pictured left) on the Cambridge Colour Test.

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This is the first time that we have attended the Tübingen Perception Conference (25th - 27th Feb)

... so we hope that you will visit our display during the meeting and talk to Thierry Decoster to find out more about our latest tools for vision science.

For more sights from Tübingen, try this live webcam from Tübinger Marktplatz

Cambridge Research Systems are very pleased to report that the Journal of Vision have recently published a paper from Coubard & Kapoula that uses the Skalar IRIS IR Light Eye Tracker to investigate eye movements in their experiments:

Coubard, O. A., & Kapoula, Z. (2005). Inhibition of saccade and vergence eye movements in 3D space. Journal of Vision, 5(1), 1-19, http://journalofvision.org/5/1/1/, doi:10.1167/5.1.1.

This is the first paper to be published that uses the limbus tracking technology since CRS have assumed exclusive worldwide responsibility for the supply, support and service of the device.

The Kapoula laboratory in the Laboratoire de Physiologie de la Perception et de l'Action at the CNRS-Collège de France, in Paris, France is well known for its work on the human oculomotor system, neurophysiology, cognitive neurosciences and psychology.

The Journal of Vision, an official journal of ARVO, is a scientific periodical devoted to all aspects of visual function in humans and other organisms. It is published exclusively in digital form: full-text articles may be accessed for free via the Internet.

Improved eye position precision with the BiteBuddy and EyeLock headrest

The BiteBuddy dental impression member (pictured left, attached to the crossbar) from UHCOTech is now compatible with the EyeLock headrest from Cambridge Research Systems.

UHCOTech have developed the Metric Member adapter to rigidly integrate these two excellent pieces of equipment to provide high precision, repeatable location of your experimental subject.

The EyeLock headrest also integrates with a camera and hot-mirror as part of our Video Eyetracker Toolbox, and with our ergonomic adjustable-height Vision Science Workbench.

The BiteBuddy is also available direct from UHCOTech, and integrates with their own headrest, the HeadSpot, and other accessories.

The Colour Group's Cambridge Research Systems Sponsored Lecture 2005

The lecture will be given by Professor Karl Gegenfurtner (pictured left) of the University of Giessen, on Colour Constancy, Categorisation and Memory Colours.

The Colour Group's meeting, on Aspects of Colour Vision, is being held at the Institute of Ophthalmology, UCL, London, on Wednesday 12th January 2005.