News and Events – August 2007
PUBLICATIONS
Innes CRH, Jones RD, Dalrymple-Alford JC, Hayes S, Hollobon S, Severinsen J, Smith G, Nicholls A, Anderson TJ (2007). Sensory-motor and cognitive tests predict driving ability of persons with brain disorders. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 260(1-2), 188-98.
Kelly BN, Huckabee ML, Jones RD, Carroll G (in press). The influence of volition on breathing-swallowing coordination in healthy adults. Behavioural Neuroscience.
Maclaren JR, Bones PJ, Millane RP, Watts R (in press). MRI with TRELLIS: A novel approach to motion correction. Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
CONFERENCES
Marcus Heitger, Michael MacAskill, and Saskia van Stockum attended the 14th European Conference on Eye Movements in Potsdam, Germany (20-23 August 2007). At the conference results and insights from the latest eye movement studies were presented by researchers from all over the world. Conference abstracts published were:
Heitger MH, Vaga K, Moran C (2007). Inference comprehension in native and non native speakers of English – differences in perception of non-explicitly stated information. Journal of Eye Movement Research, 1 (ECEM 2007 Special Issue): 132: PA-69, http://jemr.org/contents/volume_1/ecem2007_special.
MacAskill M, Shirakura Y, Anderson T (2007). Parkinson’s disease: How does saccadic performance relate to arm movement measures and to clinical ratings? Journal of Eye Movement Research, 1 (ECEM 2007 Special Issue): 87: C2-02, http://jemr.org/contents/volume_1/ecem2007_special.
Van Stockum S, MacAskill M, Anderson T (2007). Effects of L-dope on the saccadic system in Parkinson’s disease – a pilot study. Journal of Eye Movement Research, 1 (ECEM 2007 Special Issue): 118: PA-41,
http://jemr.org/contents/volume_1/ecem2007_special.
Julian Maclaren and Phil Bones attended the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society conference in Lyon, France. There they met up with Bart Vanrumste and Christopher James, both of whom earlier worked with Richard Jones and Phil on neurological signal processing. After the conference, Julian and Phil climbed Mont Blanc. Papers presented were:
Bones PJ, Maclaren JR. Improved bulk rotation detection and correction in MRI. Proceedings of 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC ‘07), Lyon, France, Aug. 2007, 2106-9.
Maclaren JR, Bones PJ, Millane RP, Watts R. A modified view ordering for artefact reduction in MRI. Proceedings of 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC ‘07), Lyon, France, Aug. 2007, 2053-6.
Verena Pritchard attended the Canterbury Health Research Conference held at the University of Canterbury. Her presentation was:
Pritchard V, Woodward LJ, Neumann E. Studying attentional ability in children born very preterm.
AWARDS
Carrie Clark was awarded the Best Student Presentation Prize at the biennial Canterbury Health Research Conference held at the University of Canterbury. Her presentation was:
Clark CAC, Woodward LJ. Executive function at early school age in children born very preterm.
PEOPLE AT VDVI
Leslie Livingston BA (Hons) commenced as a Research Assistant.