Collaborators
Basic Visual Science
Dr Dingcai Cao (The University of Chicago, USA)
Professor Joel Pokorny (The University of Chicago, USA)
Applied Visual Science
Dr Dingcai Cao (The University of Chicago)
Dr Beatrix Feigl (QUT)
Assistant Professor Susan Ksiazek (The University of Chicago)
Professor David Y. Lee (Illinois College of Optometry, USA)
Dr Leonard Messner (Illinois College of Optometry, USA)
Professor Joel Pokorny (The University of Chicago)
Basic and Applied Electrophysiology
Dr Beatrix Feigl (QUT)
The primary research focus of the Visual Science Laboratory is to understand the early stage mechanisms controlling visual function and performance. In particular, we investigate the mechanisms of colour vision, temporal processing and rod-cone interaction under mesopic light levels, as well as in applied investigations of the aging eye. To study visual function and performance, we conduct psychophysical studies using 4-primary photostimulator technology, and use electroretinographic techniques to measure in-vivo activity of retinal neurons of the eye. The laboratory translates difficult and time consuming psychophysical procedures into rapid and easily performed non-invasive clinical tests of visual function to improve the diagnosis of patients with eye disease. Computational models are developed to describe the data with parameters based on the physiological properties of the early visual pathways.
Research Funding
Australian Research Council Discovery Project (2007-2009)