Got a chance to present our poster with James Coughlan & @echodislocation.bsky.social from @skeriresearch.bsky.social on modeling human echolocation using a Kalman filter approach at this year's #CCN26 in New York. The preprint is available here: doi.org/10.64898/202...

New research led by Smith-Kettlewell’s Adrien Chopin, Ph.D., identifies two faster, more reliable methods for measuring perceptual thresholds, even when response patterns are complex. To learn more, visit: www.ski.org/publication/... #Neuroscience #SmithKettlewell #VisionResearch

Comparison of methods for quick estimation of psychometric thresholds | Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research

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🚨 New preprint: How does an echolocator orient toward an object in a realistic active-sensing scenario, where #echolocation is interleaved with motor actions? We took a shot at finding out: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Sensorimotor dynamics of target acquisition and homing in human echolocation

Blindness imposes constraints on the acquisition of environmental sensory information. To mitigate those constraints, some blind people employ active echolocation, a technique in which self-generated ...

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1/2🔬 Smith-Kettlewell researchers Dr. James M. Coughlan and Dr. Síle O'Modhrain are hosting a "State of the Science" conference for the NIDILRR-funded Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) on Blindness and Low Vision.

James Coughlan | Computer Vision & Assistive Technology | Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research

Dr. James Coughlan leads the Coughlan Lab at Smith-Kettlewell, developing computer vision-based assistive technology for blind and visually impaired users.

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Last week at the Vision Sciences Society meeting, Stephen Heinen and colleagues presented their poster, Following an Invisible Target: Oculomotor Control of a Blind Eye. 1/2

Big congratulations to T. Rowan Candy on receiving the 2026 Davida Teller Award from the Vision Sciences Society! 🎉 A proud Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute alum. #VisionSciencesSociety #SKERI www.visionsciences.org/2026-davida-...

From clicks to space: each echo adds information. Blind expert echolocators integrate successive clicks to refine spatial representations, outperforming novices. EEG captures the evolving neural dynamics underlying this accumulation process. @skeriresearch.bsky.social @echodislocation.bsky.social

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#eNeuro | Neural and Behavioral Correlates of Evidence Accumulation in Human Click-Based Echolocation https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0342-25.2026

Accessibility innovation is stronger together. 🤝 Great conversations at the newly rebranded #ANG2026 Conference this week! SKERI's Charity Pitcher-Cooper, alongside SFSU & Northeastern Univ, led a fantastic panel highlighting YouDescribe and the future of audio description. A11y #Accessibility

Accessibility innovation is stronger together. Today at 10:15am, SKERI's Charity Pitcher-Cooper is speaking at the newly rebranded #ANG2026 Conference alongside SFSU & Northeastern Univ. She'll be highlighting YouDescribe & the future of audio description! narrtc.org/annual-meeti... #A11y

How does the brain "see" with sound? 🔊🧠 New research from our Teng Lab at SKERI shows how expert blind echolocators use successive mouth clicks to build spatial maps of their environment — tracked in real-time with EEG. www.ski.org/news/science... #Neuroscience #VisionScience #Echolocation

Nice writeup from @norabradford.bsky.social of @haydeegl.bsky.social's new paper on human #echolocation! We show with psychophysics and #EEG how proficient echolocators build percepts from successive clicks. www.sciencenews.org/article/huma...

Human echolocation works step by step

Experts in echolocation use multiple clicks and echoes to sense objects, offering insight into how the brain builds perception.

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1/2 As #BrailleLiteracyMonth wraps up, we’re highlighting research from Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute showing why braille literacy still matters. Our researchers found that both blind and sighted readers understand text better when they actively read,using hands

Our women scientists loved chatting with an insightful group of 4th & 5th grade Girl Scouts about what it really takes to be a scientist hosted at the Truhlsen-Marmor Museum of the Eye. Future scientists in the making 💜 #WomenInScience #GirlsInSTEM #STEMOutreach #FutureScientists

Starting the year off with some publications! In a fun collaboration with @kate-agathos.bsky.social, @tobyellmers.bsky.social and Will Young, we looked at changes in gait-specific attention in individuals with maculopathy. authors.elsevier.com/c/1mPew3RoQ8...

Happy Holidays from all of us at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute! ✨ We’re grateful for the people and partnerships that make our work meaningful. Thank you to everyone who supports and believes in this work. Photos from our Holiday Lunch celebrating the season together.

1/2✨ 50 Years at Smith-Kettlewell ✨ Today we celebrate a scientist whose five decades at Smith-Kettlewell have helped shape modern vision science. From inventing the autostereogram to advancing binocular vision, sweep VEP, and

1/1 💙This Giving Tuesday, we’re celebrating the real-world impact our supporters make possible. At the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, our mission is to advance understanding of human vision, improve diagnosis and treatment of visual disorders, and create innovative technologies

1/1 🌟 Big news from Smith-Kettlewell! 🌟 One of our researchers, Brandon Biggs, just won a GAADy Award and was named a 2025 PitchAbility Winner for Audiom, the first cross-sensory digital map that lets blind users navigate using both sound and sight. Audiom makes maps accessible

Thrilled to have SKERI scientists in San Diego this week for the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, presenting their newest discoveries! 🧠✨ #SfN #Neuroscience #SKERI #SanDiego

💜 World Prematurity Day Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) is a serious vision risk for premature infants. At SKERI, Dr. William Good is advancing research to improve early detection and long-term outcomes for these vulnerable newborns. www.ski.org/directory/wi...

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🌍 Today is World Philanthropy Day! For over six decades, SKERI has advanced research that expands accessibility & independence for people who are blind or have low vision. If you believe in science that makes a real-world impact, consider supporting our work: www.paypal.com/donate/?host...

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A second fellowship position at SKERI, funded for 2 years and open to all applicants, is now available! See below for details about us and the application process 👇🏼 #postdoc #neurojobs

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🚨Postdoc fellowship alert! Applications due Dec. 10🚨 Interested in vision science, accessibility, eye movements, brain plasticity, mobility or related fields? A 1-year #NIH T32-funded opening, extensible contingent on funding, has become available in SKERI’s #postdoc #fellowship program. #neurojobs

🚨Postdoc fellowship alert! Applications due Dec. 10🚨 Interested in vision science, accessibility, eye movements, brain plasticity, mobility or related fields? A 1-year #NIH T32-funded opening, extensible contingent on funding, has become available in SKERI’s #postdoc #fellowship program. #neurojobs

Our event, Scaling Up Accessible Tactile Maps & 3D Models, showcased how visual & spatial data can be transformed into touchable formats. Huge thanks to Mykhailo Boiko from Rivne Applied College of Information Technology, who traveled from Rivne, Ukraine, for this international collaboration.

Join us at the Bay Area Science Festival for hands-on demos exploring neuroscience, vision, and blindness. 🧠👁️ All the event details are in the flyer below. We hope to see you there! #BayAreaScienceFestival #SmithKettlewell #ScienceForAll #Neuroscience

🎉Congrats to USF psychology students Ariana Zhao & Jade Fakuade for receiving the $1,000 Changemakers stipend in recognition of their research internships in Dr. Santani Teng's Cognition, Action, and Neural Dynamics Laboratory at Smith-Kettlewell. #USFCA #SmithKettlewell #Changemakers

🔬Two innovative accessibility studies are close to full funding! Help push them past the finish line: experiment.com/projects/brain-dynamics-in-braille-reading-letters-to-language experiment.com/projects/how-can-ultrasonic-wearables-be-most-useful-for-humans #Neuroscience #SupportScience

🚨 Help my lab at @skeriresearch.bsky.social advance innovative research on the technology, perception, and neuroscience of accessibility! The Teng Lab has launched a pair of campaigns through @experiment.com. 🧠 experiment.com/braille 🦇 experiment.com/robinecho

An excellent way to mark #FallsPrevention week with work from SKERI scientists @kate-agathos.bsky.social, @vestivisilab.bsky.social, and Dr. Don Fletcher

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It's #FallsPrevention awareness week, and I'm excited to share our latest publication on raising fall risk awarenes among clinicians and patients with maculopathies www.ajo.com/article/S000... 1/2

Excited for our study on the importance of mobility screening and referral in AMD to be finally published! www.ajo.com/article/S000.... In it @kate-agathos.bsky.social, Dr. Don Fletcher, and I show that over half of patients screened had balance/mobility concerns.

Importance of screening for contrast sensitivity, falls, and mobility limitations in older adults with maculopathy

Falls are a major and growing concern as they are the second leading cause of unintentional injury deaths worldwide1 and the mortality rate of falls in individuals over 65 is increasing.2 Falls among ...

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