[visionlist] VSS 2021 | Announcing Martina Poletti as the Elsevier/VSS Young Investigator Award Recipient

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Congratulations to Martina Poletti, 

Recipient of the 2021 Elsevier/VSS Young Investigator Award

 




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VSS is pleased to present the 2021 Young Investigator Award to  <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001HUPM5lXd7o3o0UF98u7hT96CYpvFqPK8wJXFHQV7A3SHYdtUU4Tpd-Ac0A8k-Rk7uiIBU9ehXP7zBK_I9b3xSHlmyvTRTuwkJZgvvst3WQRdGgJdjBcPLjTg9OPW1FRwhFOCKWCmngmw7IflDkFiieyvedUTUp_XED_64hsKg_c=&c=LvYkRYQ6oSWjCQwIb_rYXfim-ERbiJ5Ss87MlHAl0lAL48ELU6thxQ==&ch=EDmx6F7qVIoP7icvwsG6htGea0kCi7RON5g6jSH5GqL5UqyklPt-Eg==> Martina Poletti. 

 

Dr. Poletti is an assistant professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the University of Rochester. She is recognized for fundamental contributions to our understanding of eye movements, microsaccades, and the nature of visual-motor function and attention within the foveola. She received her Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree at the University of Padova, and completed her doctoral and postdoctoral work at Boston University.

 

Dr. Poletti’s research addresses core questions regarding the interplay of attention and eye movements at the foveal scale. Her scholarly contributions will help revise textbook descriptions of the central fovea as a region of uniformly high acuity and microsaccades as involuntary eye movements, which purpose is to merely refresh the retinal image during fixation. Dr. Poletti’s experiments have capitalized on high-resolution eye tracking and gaze-contingent display to demonstrate that microsaccades are not random but purposeful, serving to bring task-relevant items to the preferred region within the foveola. Her work has revealed that fine spatial vision within the 1-deg foveola is non-uniform and it is selectively modulated by attention. Within this microcosm of visual space, covert and overt shifts of attention can still be observed operating with a remarkably high-precision, and guiding microsaccades in an active exploration of details. Dr. Poletti’s research exemplifies creative experimentation, cutting-edge methodology, and rigorous evaluation of longstanding theories in vision science.

 

Dr. Poletti will be presented with her award and deliver a talk at the V-VSS Awards Session on Sunday, May 23, 2021, 2:30 – 3:30 pm EDT.

 





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