Current Issues & News
■Miller SM, Ngo TT, van Swinderen B (2012).
Attentional switching in humans and flies: Rivalry in large and miniature brains.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 5: 188. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2011.00188 [PDF][HTML]
■Ngo TT, Mitchell PB, Martin NG, Miller SM (2011).
Psychiatric and genetic studies of binocular rivalry: An endophenotype for bipolar disorder?
Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 23 (1): 37–42.[PDF][HTML]
■Tang S, Juusola M (2010).
Intrinsic activity in the fly brain gates visual information during behavioral choices.
PLoS ONE, 5 (12): e14455. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0014455
■’The genetics of binocular rivalry’ at7th FENS Forum of European Neuroscience
■Binocular rivalry: mechanisms, genetics, applications and the scientific study
of consciousness
– 4:20pm talk in Attention, Rivalry, and Illusionssession (26 June, 2010)
at 14th annual meeting of Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness.
■Miller SM, Hansell NK, Ngo TT, Liu GB, Pettigrew JD, Martin NG, Wright MJ (2010).
Genetic contribution to individual variation in binocular rivalry rate.
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 107 (6): 2664–2668.[PDF]
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■Nagamine M, Yoshino A, Miyazaki M, Takahashi Y, Nomura S (2009).
Difference in binocular rivalry rate between patients with bipolar I and bipolar II disorders.
Bipolar Disorders, 11 (5): 539–546. [abstract]
»Go to PROJECTS:Clinical studies of binocular rivalry
■CVS and neuropathic pain – invited symposium presentation at
29th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Pain Society
■Wang CZH, Herbst JA, Keller GB, Hahnloser RHR (2008).
Rapid interhemispheric switching during vocal production in a songbird.
PLoS Biology, 6 (10): e250. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060250
Schmidt MF (2008).
Using both sides of your brain: The case for rapid interhemispheric switching.
PLoS Biology, 6 (10): e269. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060269[Primer on Wang et al., 2008]
■Fagard J, Sacco S, Yvenou C, Domellöf E, Kieffer V, Tordjman S, Moutard M-L, Mamassian P (2008).
The role of the corpus callosum in the perception of reversible figures in children.
Vision Research, 48 (23–24): 2451–2455. [abstract]
»See also PROJECTS:IHS model of ambiguous-figure rivalry
■CONSCIOUSNESS WORKSHOP
Alan Gilbert Building (Level 1), University of Melbourne, corner of Grattan and Barry Streets, Melbourne.
Monday, 20 October, Theatre 3:
Current issues in interdisciplinary consciousness research (5:15pm – 6:15pm)
– Prof. David Chalmers (Philosophy, ANU)
Extending communication for patients with post-coma unresponsiveness (6:30pm – 7:30pm)
– Dr Levin Kuhlmann (Neuroengineering, Melbourne Uni)
Tuesday, 21 October:
Constitution, correlates and states of consciousness (5:15pm – 6:15pm, Theatre 2)
– Dr Steven Miller (Medicine, Monash Uni) and Dr Jakob Hohwy (Philosophy, Monash Uni)
Part 1: Pharmacology and consciousness research (6:30pm – 7:30pm, Theatre 3)
Part 2: Introduction to the Association of the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC)
– Dr Olivia Carter (MHRI, Melbourne Uni; Exec. Director, ASSC)
■Bajwa S, Bermpohl F, Rigonatti SP, Pascual-Leone A, Boggio PS, Fregni F (2008).
Impaired interhemispheric interactions in patients with major depression.
Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease, 196 (6): 671–677.[abstract]
»See also PROJECTS:Sticky-switch model of bipolar disorder
■Krug K, Brunskill E, Scarna A, Goodwin GM, Parker AJ (2008).
Perceptual switch rates with ambiguous structure-from-motion figures in bipolar disorder.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B (Biological Sciences), 275 (1645): 1839–1848.
»Go to PROJECTS:Clinical studies of binocular rivalry
■Dichotomies of the Visual Brain:A workshop on neuroscience and philosophy.[PDF]
■Announcement of the VNI Fellowships for 2008