<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="elementToProof" style="color:black;font-size:12pt;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">(apologies for cross-posting)</div><div class="elementToProof" style="color:black;font-size:12pt;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>ANNOUNCEMENT - THE AVA - DAVID MARR MEDAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF AWARD 2025</b></div><div class="elementToProof" style="color:black;font-size:12pt;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="elementToProof" style="color:black;font-size:12pt;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Every 2 years, the AVA invites nominations for the David Marr medal, recognizing the achievements of an outstanding vision scientist in the early part of their research career. The award is named in memory of one of Britain's most distinguished vision researchers.</div><div class="elementToProof" style="color:black;font-size:12pt;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="elementToProof" style="color:black;font-size:12pt;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">The AVA is pleased to announce that:</div><div class="elementToProof" style="color:black;font-size:12pt;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="elementToProof" style="color:black;font-size:12pt;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">For his pioneering research on visual experience, particularly his psychophysical studies challenging the role of vergence (eye rotation) in size and distance perception, his theoretical work developing new theories of 3D vision and the ‘perception’ / ‘cognition’ distinction, and his recent work developing new illusions of visual experience.<b> The AVA has decided to award the Marr Medal for 2025 to Dr Paul Linton</b>, NOMIS Foundation Fellow at the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies, Columbia University, and Presidential Scholar in Society and Neuroscience at the Centre for Science and Society, Columbia University.</div><div class="elementToProof" style="color:black;font-size:12pt;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="elementToProof" style="color:black;font-size:12pt;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><img id="gmail-x_image_1" width="200" height="166" size="253164" src="https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A3=ind2506&L=CVNET-UK&E=base64&P=331483&B=--_006_AM9PR01MB8214E53A98565831C0153170FD46AAM9PR01MB8214eurp_&T=image%2Fpng;%20name=%22image.png%22&N=image.png" style="width: 200.77px; height: 166px; max-width: 579px; min-width: auto; min-height: auto; margin: 0px;"></div><div class="elementToProof" style="color:black;font-size:12pt;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Dr Paul Linton</div><div class="elementToProof" style="color:black;font-size:12pt;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="elementToProof" style="color:black;font-size:12pt;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Dr Linton will be invited to receive the award and to give a keynote lecture on his research entitled:</div><div class="elementToProof" style="color:black;font-size:12pt;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">“Five Illusions Challenge Our Understanding of Visual Experience”</div><div class="elementToProof" style="color:black;font-size:12pt;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">At the AVA’s Christmas Conference, December, 2025.</div><div class="elementToProof" style="color:black;font-size:12pt;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="elementToProof" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium;margin:0px"><div class="elementToProof" style="margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Our warm congratulations go to Paul as winner of the AVA Marr award in 2025.</div></div><div class="elementToProof" style="color:black;font-size:12pt;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="elementToProof" style="color:black;font-size:12pt;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helve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