Abstract
Dr. Mel Goodale
Department of Psychology
Western University
VISUAL DUPLICITY How (and why) our brain allows us to grasp the world without perceiving it
Dr. Goodale is best known for his work onthe functional organization of the visual pathways in the cerebral cortex, and was a pioneer in the study of visuomotor control inneurological patients. His recent research uses functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to look at the activity in the normal human brain as it performs different kinds of visual tasks. He has also developed virtual-object technology to study the visual information used to program and control grasping movements.
