Vision

Recently, CIS caught up with Nicholas Ng, one of our summer interns in 2012. He reminisced about his internship experience and updated us on what he's up to next.

Briefly describe what your research project involved.
I was working in the visual perception lab with Dr. Jeff Pelz and Susan Farnand.  My project was to see if there was a correlation between the method of reading textbooks and how much content is absorbed.  My theory was that people who spent a greater percentage of time looking at the diagrams and figures would score higher on a quiz.  I used an eye tracking software called SMI to find exactly where people were looking on the page, and with some simple math I found the percentage.  After testing 12 people, I found that I was right.

Recently, CIS caught up with Cicely DiPaulo, one of our summer interns back in 2010. She reminisced about her internship experience and updated us on what she's up to now.

Briefly describe what your research project involved.
The research that I was involved in was centered around the Multi-Displinary Research Lab and the concept of Novices vs. Experts.  This entailed several experiments using stationary and mobile eye trackers to determine differences in the skill-set of novices and experts.  What does a senior medical practitioner see when they look at an xray? Are there certain areas they look that was drilled into them through experience that makes them better at what they do than novices?  Could what the experts see be taught to up and coming doctors so experience did not have to do so, speeding up the process of becoming an expert?