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Information Processing in the Visual System

A Symposium in Honor of the Centenary of Torsten Wiesel & David Hubel

A Symposium in Honor of the Centenary of Torsten Wiesel & David Hubel

December 3, 2024 9:00 am - 6:00 pm Caspary Auditorium, The Rockefeller University
Register by November 18th Register
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Speakers:

Takao Hensch
Margaret Livingstone
Liqun Luo
Edvard Moser
Pieter Roelfsema
Carla Shatz
Doris Tsao

Round Table Discussion:

Torsten Wiesel
Richard Axel
Charles Gilbert
Bill Newsome

Organized by:

Columbia University, New York University, and The Rockefeller University

Sponsored by:

The Shelby White and Leon Levy Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior
The Center for Neural Science and the Neuroscience Institute at New York University
The Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute at Columbia University

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