Symposium "Adaptation and Control in Vision"

描述（由申请人提供）：传统上，视觉系统的各个模块，如形式感知、运动感知和颜色感知，都是单独研究的。然而，越来越多的人认识到，这种视觉功能与大脑中潜在的学习、记忆和决策的其他模块密切相关。例如，视觉系统的表征是可塑的，是由经验塑造的。此外，尽管早期视觉通路具有大量并行性的特点，但其工作记忆表征的能力却受到严重限制，变化盲视现象就是一个很好的证明。因此，我们对视觉功能的理解必须通过研究它们与工作记忆的关系来补充。最后，决策过程是理解感官输入如何转化为行为反应的关键。我们建议于2004年6月在罗彻斯特大学视觉科学中心举办一次关于视觉中的自适应表征和控制的研讨会。研讨会的目的是促进视觉科学家和与视觉密切相关的认知过程研究人员之间的互动，如知觉学习、工作记忆、决策和皮质-皮质相互作用。按照过去CVS专题讨论会的传统，我们将向更广泛的受众介绍这些基本重要主题的最新进展，而不是更专业的会议。我们还希望将来自各个领域的演讲者聚集在一起，以促进来自不同领域的研究小组之间的互动。本次研讨会将为视觉和认知科学领域的学生和研究人员提供一个令人兴奋的平台，讨论和辩论这些快速发展的研究领域中各种新范式的价值。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Traditionally, individual modules of visual systems, such as perception of form, motion, and color have been studied separately. Increasingly, however, it is being appreciated that such visual functions are closely tied to other modules in the brain underlying learning, memory, and decision-making. For example, representation of the visual system is plastic and shaped by experience. In addition, although early visual pathway is characterized by its massive parallelism, the capacity of its working memory representation is severely limited, as dramatically demonstrated by the phenomenon of change blindness. Therefore, our understanding of visual functions must be complemented by studies of their relationship with working memory. Finally, the process of decision-making is a key to understanding how the sensory inputs are converted to behavioral responses. We propose to hold a Symposium at the Center for Visual Science at the University of Rochester in June, 2004, on the topic of Adaptive Representation and Control in Vision. The goal of the symposium is to facilitate the interactions among vision scientists and researchers of cognitive processes closely related to vision, such as perceptual learning, working memory, decision-making, and cortico-cortical interactions. In the tradition of past CVS Symposia, we will bring recent developments in these fundamentally important topics to a broader audience than that captured by more specialized meetings. We also wish to bring together speakers from a wide variety of areas in order to promote interactions between groups of investigators from diverse areas. This symposium will provide an exciting vehicle for students and investigators in vision and cognitive sciences to discuss and debate the values of various new paradigms in these rapidly expanding areas of research.