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Vision Sciences Society 19th Annual Meeting, May 17-22, 2019 TradeWinds Island Resorts, St. Pete Beach, Florida Program Contents Board of Directors . 2 Exhibitors . 30 President’s Welcome . 3. Meet the Professors . 32 . Committees, Staff, and Sponsors . 4 17th Annual Dinner and Demo Night . 33 Opening Night Reception . .4 . Attendee Resources . 36 . Meeting Schedule . 5 Club Vision Dance Party . 39 Keynote Address . .9 . Member-Initiated Symposia . 40 Schedule-at-a-Glance . .10 . Saturday Morning Talks . 43 . Graphics Competition . .12 . Saturday Morning Posters . 44 Sponsors . 12. Saturday Afternoon Talks . 48. Talk Schedule . 13. Saturday Afternoon Posters . .49 . Poster Schedule . 14 Sunday Morning Talks . 53. Abstract Numbering System . 15. Sunday Morning Posters . 54 Ken Nakayama Medal for Sunday Afternoon Talks . 58 . Excellence in Vision Science . 16. Sunday Afternoon Posters . 59 Elsevier/VSS Young Investigator Award . 17 Monday Morning Talks . 63 VSS@ARVO 2019 . 17. Monday Morning Posters . 64. Davida Teller Award . 18 Tuesday Morning Talks . 68 FABBS Early Career Impact Award . 18 Tuesday Morning Posters . 69. Public Lecture . 19. Tuesday Afternoon Talks . 73 National Eye Institute Travel Grants . .20 . Tuesday Afternoon Posters . .75 . Elsevier/Vision Research Wednesday Morning Talks . 79 Student Travel Awards . .21 . Wednesday Morning Posters . 81. Connect with Industry . .21 . Topic Index . .85 . Satellite Events . 22 . Author Index . 88 . Funding Workshops . 25 . Posters & Exhibits Floor Plans . 101. In Memoriam . 27 Advertisements . 103. Student and Postdoc Workshops . 28 TradeWinds Island Resort Directory . 104. Undergraduate Meet & Greet . 28 Board of Directors David Brainard Eli Brenner Lynne Kiorpes Eileen Kowler Jeffrey Schall (2021) President Elect (2019) Past President (2020) Director (2022) Director (2020) President University of Vrije Universiteit New York University Rutgers University Vanderbilt University Pennsylvania Founders Ken Nakayama Harvard University Tom Sanocki University of South Florida Johan Wagemans Michael Webster Laurie Wilcox Jeremy Wolfe (2019) Director (2022) Director (2021) Treasurer (2021) Director (year) denotes end of University of Leuven, University of Nevada, York University, Harvard Medical School term Belgium Reno Toronto Boston, USA Past Presidents Past Directors Eli Brenner Tony Movshon Andrew Watson Barbara Dosher Steve Shevell 2017 – 2018 2009 – 2010 2015 – 2018 2010 – 2013 2006 – 2009 Preeti Verghese Wilson (Bill) Geisler Preeti Verghese Karl Gegenfurtner Marvin Chun 2016 – 2017 2008 – 2009 2014 – 2018 2010 – 2014 2005 – 2008 Anthony Norcia Steve Shevell Norma Graham Marisa Carrasco Tatiana Pasternak 2015 – 2016 2007 – 2008 2014 – 2017 2009 – 2013 2002 – 2008 Mary Hayhoe Tatiana Pasternak Anthony Norcia Zoe Kourtzi David Knill 2014 – 2015 2005 – 2007 2013 – 2017 2009 – 2012 2002 – 2007 Frans Verstraten Ken Nakayama Frank Tong Pascal Mamassian Mike Paradiso 2013 – 2014 2001 – 2005 2013 – 2016 2008 – 2012 2002 – 2007 Karl Gegenfurtner Mary Hayhoe Tony Movshon Randolph Blake 2012 – 2013 2012 – 2016 2008 – 2011 2002 – 2006 Marisa Carrasco Frans Verstraten Wilson (Bill) Geisler Tom Sanocki 2011 – 2012 2011 – 2015 2007 – 2010 2001 – 2005 Pascal Mamassian Julio Martinez Allison Sekuler Ken Nakayama 2010 – 2011 2012 – 2015 2006 – 2009 2001 – 2005 Miguel Eckstein Mary Peterson 2011 – 2014 2006 – 2009 2 Vision Sciences Society President’s Welcome Welcome to the 19th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society The VSS Board of Directors, with the dynamic duo of NSF. Our FABBS membership also offers an opportunity Shauney Wilson and Shawna Lampkin, ably assisted by Jeff to recognize the achievements of more VSS members. For Wilson, have organized the meeting, showcasing the scope her insightful research on how the visual system creates a of VSS in nearly 1,400 presentations and 6 symposia. You can percept of a continuously stable world from an ever-changing enjoy 12 satellite sessions to get technical advice on various stream of sensory input, Julie Golomb, from The Ohio State topics and network through various social events. University, will receive the FABBS Early Career Impact Award. Beginning Saturday, you can learn about new products and The Public Lecture will appear at a new venue, the St. services from the dozen exhibitors promoted at VSS. We are Petersburg Public Library, offering new opportunities to share grateful to VPixx Technologies for their ongoing sponsorship iconic narratives about vision research. Peter Thompson, from of the Keynote Lecture. We are also grateful to Facebook the University of York, will deliver this year’s Public Lecture: Reality Labs (formerly Oculus) for sponsoring Demo Night. Visual Illusion in the Real World. We thank Elsevier for their continued support of the Student The 2019 Keynote Address will be delivered by William Travel Awards and the Young Investigator Award. T. Freeman, the Thomas and Gerd Perkins Professor of Please join me in congratulating the diverse and talented Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachu- Student Travel Award winners. FoVea supports VSS with the setts Institute of Technology and Google Research. He will attendance of 6 students. For the first time, VSS has obtained describe his motion microscope that enables visualization of funds from the National Eye Institute to provide travel grants the invisible through detection and amplification of normally to 34 post-doctoral and 24 early career scientists. imperceptible fluctuations in movies. Several events have been organized for our students. On The Ken Nakayama Medal for Excellence in Vision Science Saturday and Sunday are Student Workshops, one on will be awarded to Concetta Morrone for her inter-disciplinary peer-networking and the other on time management as a insights into how we segment visual scenes into functional young researcher. Monday afternoon is the Undergrad Meet objects, how vision interacts with the motor system, and how & Greet, offering students an opportunity to meet peers and the brain reorganizes during development and disease. The talk with graduate students. This is followed by Meet the Davida Teller Award will be presented to Barbara Dosher for Professors, a chance to chat casually with faculty. her investigations of cue combination in visual perception, formulation of powerful tests and models of visual attention, Tuesday afternoon, Connect with Industry provides an oppor- and network models of visual perceptual learning. The tunity for you to interact with representatives of industry Elsevier/VSS Young Investigator Award will go to Talia Konkle and government agencies to discuss opportunities for vision for showing that object recognition depends on the physical scientists in their organizations. size of objects in the world and that long-term memory Each year, VSS welcomes many colleagues with young retrieval is driven by conceptual more than perceptual children. The Board is pleased this year to introduce a new similarities. Please join us on Monday for the Awards high- quality childcare program offered by ACCENT on Ceremony, which will include presentations from the three Children’s Arrangements, Inc. We are anxious to learn how award recipients. the parents and kids like this pilot program. Finally, with fondness and respect we remember the We regret that some of our colleagues cannot attend due colleagues and pioneers lost this year: Aaron Clarke, Robert to the policies of the current United States administration Fox, Barrie Frost, Andrei Gorea, Andrea Li, Jacob Nachmias, and please know that the Board has instituted more flexible Jan van Gisbergen, and Charlie Gross. policies about presentation and discussed holding the Whether this is your first VSS meeting or you are a regular meeting outside the United States. attendee, the VSS Board wants to hear your suggestions for To engage in advocacy around this and other issues, VSS improving the meeting. Please join the conversation at the is now a member of the Federation of Associations in Business Meeting on Tuesday. Behavioral & Brain Sciences (FABBS), a coalition of scien- I look forward to seeing you at VSS, tific societies advancing the sciences of mind, brain, and behavior by communicating the importance of basic and Jeffrey D. Schall, Ph.D. applied research to policy makers and the public as well President, VSS Board of Directors, 2018-2019. as advocating for policies and funding from the NIH and Vision Sciences Society 3 Committees, Staff, and Sponsors Davida Teller Dirk Bernhardt-Walther Fred Kingdom Mike Tarr Nominating Award Marina Bloj Talia Konkle Jessica Taubert Committee Sabine Born Rich Krauzlis Jan Theeuwes Committee