[visionlist] Deadline extended for the JOV special issue on the vision-language interface

[Alex White]

Attention colleagues:

The *Journal of Vision* <https://jov.arvojournals.org/> invites submissions
for a Special Issue
<https://jov.arvojournals.org/ss/visionlanguageinterface.aspx> on* the
interface between vision and language.* The deadline has been extended to *June
30, 2026. *

Vision and language are often considered to be separate cognitive systems,
studied by separate research teams. However, they interact when we use
vision for linguistic communication: when reading printed text, when
describing verbally the things we see, and when observing the expressions
and gestures of an interlocutor (during sign language, for example). The
development of these critical skills changes the brain, such that the
visual and language systems influence one another. In particular, regions
of the cerebral cortex that are typically responsive to visual stimuli are
also recruited for linguistic tasks. But some of those ideas are
controversial. For instance, for well over a century scientists have
debated whether the brains of literate individuals contain a region that is
specialized for recognizing written words.

The unique perspectives and techniques of vision science contribute much to
the understanding of language. This special issue welcomes empirical papers
that use behavioral/psychophysical, neuroimaging, electrophysiological and
stimulation methods.

*Topics* include, but are not limited to:

   - Functional specialization in the brain for reading and naming
   - Semantic representations in the brain
   - Letter recognition and perceptual learning
   - Sign language comprehension
   - Eye movements during reading or other linguistic tasks
   - Development of visual skills for reading and communication
   - Links between visual cortical activity and representations in large
   language models
   - Visual processing differences in dyslexia

*Editors:* Susana Chung, Kalanit Grill-Spector, Garikoitz Lerma-Usabiaga,
Hans Op de Beeck, Zeynep Saygin, Alex White and Oscar Woolnough.

*Deadline* for submissions: June 30, 2026. To submit a paper to this
special issue please follow the Instructions for Authors at
https://jov.arvojournals.org/SS/PeerReview.aspx. All papers will be subject
to peer review.
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