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SUMMARY:Visuospatial working memory as a fundamental component of the eye 
 movement system.  - Professor Stefan van der Stigchel\, Professor in Cogni
 tive Psychology\, Utrecht University\, Netherlands
DTSTART:20191129T163000Z
DTEND:20191129T180000Z
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CONTACT:Louise White
DESCRIPTION:Humans make frequent movements of the eyes (saccades) to explo
 re the visual environment. In this talk\, I will argue that visuospatial w
 orking memory (VSWM) is a fundamental component of the eye movement system
 . Memory representations in VSWM are functionally integrated at all stages
  of orienting: (a) selection of the target\; (b) maintenance of visual fea
 tures across the saccade\; (c) the computation of object correspondence af
 ter the saccade\, supporting the experience of perceptual continuity\; and
  (d) the correction of gaze when the eyes fail to land on the intended obj
 ect. VSWM is finely tuned to meet the challenges of active vision.\n\nStef
 an van der Stigchel is a professor in Cognitive Psychology at Utrecht Univ
 ersity and head of the research group Attentionlab. The group's aim is to 
 study how attention and visual awareness shape the perception of the world
  around us. Stefan is a member of the Young Academy of the Royal Netherlan
 ds Academy of Arts and Sciences and author of a recent popular science boo
 k 'How attention works' published by MIT Press.\n\n\n\n\n\n
LOCATION:Ground Floor Lecture Theatre\, Department of Psychology
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