<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-adn gmail-ads" style="border-left:none;padding:0px;display:flex;font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><div class="gmail-gs" style="margin:0px;min-width:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;width:initial"><div class="gmail-"><div id="gmail-:rf" class="gmail-ii gmail-gt" style="direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:0.875rem;overflow-x:hidden"><div id="gmail-:re" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aiL" style="direction:initial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:auto hidden"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(22,62,100)">Dear Colleagues,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(22,62,100)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(22,62,100)">We would like to draw your attention to this JoV special issue on uncertainty. Please note that the deadline has been extended to the 31st July 2024.</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(22,62,100)"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(22,62,100)"><a href="https://jov.arvojournals.org/ss/uncertainty.aspx" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="color:rgb(81,138,154)">https://jov.arvojournals.org/ss/uncertainty.aspx</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:22pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(127,127,127)">Journal of Vision Special Issue</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:24pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Uncertainty in Sensory Processing and Action Control</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Looking around and interacting with the world brings uncertainty, which our sensory and motor systems have to resolve. First, the processing of incoming sensory information is subject to internal noise, inherent ambiguity in sensory measurements, and processing delays, and is compounded by uncertainty induced by nuisance variability that is typical of natural perceptual tasks. Second, when we interact with our environment, each transition from motor plan inception to execution is associated with additional inherent uncertainty due to potential motor noise and error. In addition, the sensorimotor system has to handle challenging tasks in the real world that often require the simultaneous monitoring of multiple items, making it difficult to make decisions about how to distribute limited cognitive and perceptual resources. A crucial problem for the sensorimotor system is how to combine these different uncertainties, and how to act in a way that resolves uncertainty. Therefore, uncertainty, how to deal with it, and whether it is to some extent represented is an important theme for many areas of research. Topics can range from the control of simple actions and decision-making to behavior in real-world tasks, using psychophysical and</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">neurophysiological approaches to computational models.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">In this special issue, we aim to bring together different fields of research to explore current, common themes for how we deal with uncertainty across the sensorimotor hierarchy, as well as to guide integrative perspectives for future research. Topics include, but are not limited to:</span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"></p><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Perception under uncertainty</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Influence of experience and statistical learning</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Noise and uncertainty in motor control</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Complex real-world behavior</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Multitasking</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Representation of uncertainty</span> </li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Feature Editors:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Bianca R. Baltaretu, <i>Justus-Liebig University Giessen, HE, Germany</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Alexander Goettker, <i>Justus-Liebig University Giessen, HE, Germany</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Robbe L. T. Goris, <i>University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Mary M. Hayhoe, <i>University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Constantin A. Rothkopf, <i>Technical University Darmstadt, HE, Germany</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Emma E. M. Stewart, <i>Justus-Liebig University Giessen, HE, Germany</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">David Whitney, <i>University of California Berkeley, CA, USA</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Submissions Accepted through July 31, 2024. Accepted papers will be published as ready in the current  monthly issue as well as presented together as a special issue on the JOV website.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(22,62,100)">Kind regards,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(22,62,100)">Emma Stewart, on behalf of the Feature Editors.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(22,62,100)">—</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(22,62,100)">Dr Emma E.M. Stewart </span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(22,62,100)">(she/her)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(22,62,100)">Lecturer in Psychology</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(22,62,100)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(22,62,100)">School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(22,62,100)">Queen Mary University of London</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(22,62,100)">G.E. Fogg Building, Room 2.23</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(22,62,100)">Mile End Road, London E1 4NS</span></p><p 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