Research
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Latest papers
Visual factors that determine sensory uncertainty in rapid interceptive hand movements.
Journal of vision · 2025 · senior author
Poor fixation stability does not account for motion perception deficits in amblyopia.
Scientific reports · 2025
Target interception in virtual reality is better for natural versus unnatural trajectory shapes and orientations.
Journal of vision · 2025
Latest funding
- $72,000
Sensorimotor prediction in dynamic visual scenes
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $103,863
Robotic Integrated Gaze Tracker for Mapping Eye-Hand Interactions during Motor Learning
NSERC · 2019 · Co-investigator
- $135,000
Eye movements as a sensitive indicator of motion perception in healthy older adults and patients with ophthalmic diseases
CIHR · 2019 · Supervisor
40 publications.
Visual factors that determine sensory uncertainty in rapid interceptive hand movements.
Akande AA, Kreyenmeier P, Spering M
Poor fixation stability does not account for motion perception deficits in amblyopia.
Meier K, Warner S, Spering M, Giaschi D
Target interception in virtual reality is better for natural versus unnatural trajectory shapes and orientations.
Varon S, Babin K, Spering M, Culham JC
Hummingbirds use compensatory eye movements to stabilize both rotational and translational visual motion.
Lapsansky AB, Kreyenmeier P, Spering M, Wylie DR, Altshuler DL
Shared Mechanisms Drive Ocular Following and Motion Perception.
Kreyenmeier P, Kumbhani R, Movshon JA, Spering M
A unifying framework for studying discrete and continuous human movements.
Kreyenmeier P, Spering M
Smooth pursuit inhibition reveals audiovisual enhancement of fast movement control.
Kreyenmeier P, Bhuiyan I, Gian M, Chow HM, Spering M
Eye movements in Parkinson's disease: from neurophysiological mechanisms to diagnostic tools.
Antoniades CA, Spering M
Shared mechanisms drive ocular following and motion perception.
Kreyenmeier P, Kumbhani R, Movshon JA, Spering M
Rapid Audiovisual Integration Guides Predictive Actions.
Kreyenmeier P, Schroeger A, Cañal-Bruland R, Raab M, Spering M
Sensorimotor prediction in dynamic visual scenes
Principal investigators: Spering, Miriam
Keywords: eye movement; saccade; pursuit; visual psychophysics; prediction; decision-making; multisensory integration; eye-hand coordination; perception-action
Robotic Integrated Gaze Tracker for Mapping Eye-Hand Interactions during Motor Learning
Principal investigators: Boyd, Lara
Eye movements as a sensitive indicator of motion perception in healthy older adults and patients with ophthalmic diseases
Principal investigators: Chow, Hiu Mei
Keywords: Aging; Eye Movements; Ophthalmic Diseases; Perception; Psychophysics; Vision
Human eye movements as a model of visual prediction
Principal investigators: Spering, Miriam
Human eye movements as a model of visual prediction
Principal investigators: Spering, Miriam
Visual motion processing for perception and smooth pursuit eye movements
Principal investigators: Spering, Miriam
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Luke Clark and Miriam Spering: 2 shared papers
- Deborah Giaschi and Miriam Spering: 1 shared paper
- Joseph Baker and Miriam Spering: 1 shared paper
- Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Other
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