News.
24th April 2023:
4th NWVC Seminar scheduled for 21st June 2023
The 4th NWVC research seminar will take place 21st June 2023 @ Edge Hill University
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​​Please see our BPS Seminar Series page for full details.
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19th Jan 2023:
3rd NWVC Seminar Schedule for 24th March 2023
The 3rd NWVC research seminar will take place 24th March 2023 @ University of Salford
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​​Please see our BPS Seminar Series page for full details.
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22nd Sept 2022:
2nd NWVC Seminar Schedule for 9th November 2022
The 2nd NWVC research seminar will take place 9th Nov 2022 @ Liverpool Hope.
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​​Please see our BPS Seminar Series page for full details.
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1st July 2022:
1st NWVC Seminar Schedule of talks and abstracts now available
The 1st NWVC research seminar (5th July 2022 @ UClan): Full list of talks and abstracts now available.
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​​Please see our BPS Seminar Series page for full details.
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25th April 2022:
1st NWVC Seminar rescheduled for 5th July 2022
After an extended delay because of COVID-19, we are pleased to announce that we have now rescheduled our NWVC research seminar series. These will be fully face-to-face research seminars that provide a chance to meet up and discuss research and we begin as planned with the first seminar at UCLan. Details of the subsequent research seminars will be released in due course.
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**New date of 1st seminar at UCLan: 5th July 2022
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Key dates:
**New dates: Monday 25th April: Opening abstract submissions
**New dates: Monday 20th June: Deadline for all abstract submissions
**New dates: Monday 24th June: Notification regarding general abstract submissions
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​​Please see our BPS Seminar Series page for full details.
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11th March 2020:
1st NWVC Seminar postponed due to Coronavirus (COVID-19):
**New date: TBC
Due to the growing Coronavirus situation we have had to postpone our 1st NWVC seminar. We will update this site when a rescheduled date has been agreed.
17th Feb 2020:
1st NWVC Seminar rescheduled due to UCU Strike Action:
**New date: Wed 8th April 2020
Unfortunately due to UCU strike action we have had to postpone our 1st NWVC seminar.
Below is the new dates for the seminar and abstract submissions.
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**New date of 1st seminar: 8th April 2020
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Key dates:
Monday 3rd February: Opening abstract submissions
**New dates: Monday 8th March: Deadline for all abstract submissions
**New dates: Monday 23rd February: Notification regarding general abstract submissions
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3rd Feb 2020:
1st North-West Visual Cognition group seminar at UClan: Wed 26th Feb 2020
Abstract Submissions Now Open:
We are pleased to invite authors to submit their abstracts for oral and poster presentations to be delivered at the 1st North-West Visual Cognition group seminar. The seminar will take place in the School of Psychology at UCLan (Preston) on Wednesday the 26th of February 2020.
We welcome abstracts that relate to how the use of eye tracking has informed the field of human language processing and development.
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There are three sub-themes as follows:
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Eye Movements and Reading
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Eye Movements and Speech Perception
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Eye Movements across the Life Span
All abstract submissions are required to be sent to Dr Federica Degno at FDegno@uclan.ac.uk.
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Abstracts should be no more than 150 words and should include title, authors, authors’ affiliations and the sub-theme the abstract relates to. Please indicate the preferred presentation format (oral or poster) when submitting your abstract. For further information please check the abstract submission doc.
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Key dates:
Monday 3rd February: Opening abstract submissions
Monday 10th February: Deadline for all abstract submissions
Monday 17th February: Notification regarding general abstract submissions
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Presentation formats:
Oral Presentations:
30-minute time slot (20 minutes talk + 10 minutes questions)
Posters:
60-minute time slot (9:45am-10:45am)
Size of the poster: A0, portrait.
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Seminar Location:
School of Psychology
Darwin Building
University of Central Lancashire
Preston PR1 2HE
Abstract submission doc
26th Nov 2019:
NWVC Launch event on Thurs 12th Dec 2019
To help launch the North-West Visual Cognition group there will be a drinks reception at Media City - Salford
4th Nov 2019:
Article to appear in BPS Cognitive Psychology Bulletin
To help launch the North-West Visual Cognition group the following article is to appear in the BPS Cognitive Bulletin.