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Mapping tonotopic and periodotopic gradients in human auditory cortex: a traveling wave fMRI study
Grant Award Center for Hearing Research Pilot Award, University of California, Irvine December, 2010 - November, 2011 Award Amount: $4,000 Co-PIs: Alyssa A. Brewer, M.D., Ph.D.; Gregory Hickok, Ph.D.; Kourosh Saberi, Ph.
Jan 1, 2011 1 min read Awards
The dorsal visual stream: Visual field maps and functional plasticity
Grant Award National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program Scholar 2010 - 2012 Award Amount: $35,702.07 PI: Alyssa A. Brewer, M.D., Ph.D.
Jan 1, 2011 1 min read Awards
Optical Society of America 2010 Fall Vision Meeting
Professional Research Presentation October 22-24, 2010 Rochester CVS, Rochester, New York, USA Poster Presentations: B. Barton & A.A. Brewer. (2010) Perceptual and fMRI Evidence for Filling-In of the Rod Scotoma Under Scotopic Conditions.
Oct 23, 2010 1 min read Presentations
Society for Neuroscience 2010 Annual Meeting
Professional Research Presentation October 13-17, 2010 San Diego, California, USA Oral Presentation: B. Barton & A.A. Brewer. (2010) Pinwheel cartography: A fundamental organizing principle of the human visual system. Program No.
Oct 14, 2010 1 min read Presentations
In the Media
‘Treating Blindness Takes More Than Meets The Eye.’ Standen, Amy. National Public Radio (NPR). September 13. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129731859
Sep 14, 2010 1 min read
Alzheimer’s Association International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease
Professional Research Presentation July 10-15, 2010 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Poster Presentations: B. Barton & A.A. Brewer. (2010) White and gray matter of visual cortex in Alzheimer’s disease: Visual field maps, population receptive fields, and diffusion tensor imaging.
Jul 11, 2010 1 min read Presentations
Alzheimer’s Imaging Consortium
Professional Research Presentation July 8-9, 2010 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Poster Presentations: B. Barton & A.A. Brewer. White and gray matter of visual cortex in Alzheimer’s disease: Visual field maps, population receptive fields, and diffusion tensor imaging.
Jul 9, 2010 1 min read Presentations
Joint Symposium on Neural Computation
Professional Research Presentation May 22, 2010 La Jolla, California, USA Poster Presentation Lin, L., Barton, B. & Brewer, A.A. Putting The Prisms Back On: Both Maps of Visual Space Persist, as Revealed by Cortical Adaptation to Left-Right Field Reversal.
May 23, 2010 1 min read Presentations
Vision Sciences Society 2010 Annual Meeting
Professional Research Presentation May 7-12, 2010 Naples, Florida, USA B. Barton & A.A. Brewer. (2010) Visual Working Memory Capacity in Retinotopic Cortex: Number, Resolution, and Population Receptive Fields. Vision Sciences Society.
May 8, 2010 1 min read Presentations
Visual working memory in the human dorsal stream
Grant Award Social Sciences Assistant Professor Research Award, University of California, Irvine May, 2010 – April, 2011 Award Amount: $1,500 PI: Alyssa A. Brewer, M.D., Ph.D.
May 2, 2010 1 min read Awards