Laurina presented in a talk session at the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) conference( 5.5.23 Stockholm, Sweden) and a poster at the Vision Science Society (VSS) conference (21.5.23 Saint Pete, USA) her Ph.D. project. In this project, Laurina shows that when making perceptual decisions on low-level stimuli, individuals diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder integrate prior, likelihood, and reward information in the same suboptimal manner as individuals typically developed. 

Kewan-Khalayly B., Migo M., & Yashar A., (in press) Transient attention equally reduces visual crowding in radial and tangential axes. Journal of Vision

Congratulation to Laurina on her first VSS presentation! Laurina presented her recent finding on decision making in ASD, showing that contrary to some dominant views, individuals on the spectrum utilize perceptual prior similarly to typically developed individuals.

We welcome a new member to our team, Dr. Kendra Kandana Arachchige! who will conduct her postdoc research. Good luck, and enjoy your stay at Haifa!

Mikel presented his poster titled “Crowding Occurs at Different Stages of Visual Processing” at the the 43rd European Conference on Visual Perception. Congratulations!

Bahiya will present her poster during the 2021 V-VSS Annual Meeting. The poster is scheduled for Sunday, May 23, 2021, 8:00 – 10:00 am EDT.

Bahiya received a university scholarship for an early submission of her master’s thesis and for finishing with an excellent GPA!

Bahiya will present a poster titled “The role of transient attention on the inner-outer asymmetry of crowding” in the upcoming ISCOP, conference, which will take place in February 24th, 2021, between 3-5pm (GMT+2).