Laboratory Facilities

We work at York University, with a large group of vision scientists, at the York Centre for Vision Research.

Lab members having lunch

The lab having lunch next to the CVR Atrium, which is just outside our offices.

Our Labs at York Centre for Vision Research

Computer Labs / Offices

Four rooms with windows facing the CVR atrium as pictured above.

Neurophysiology Labs

  • Lab #1

    For head-free 3-D gaze control, now with Plexon

  • Lab #2

    Multi-unit recordings in Cortex (Plexon)

  • Lab #3

    Vestibular platform & Alpha-Omega

Psychophysics / TMS Labs

  • Motor Lab

    Two optotraks, eyelink & large 3-D coil system: measure location and orientation of any body part; Trans-Cranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)

  • Eye Movement Lab

    Use eye coil signals or eyelink to control an LCD projector at low latencies, e.g. to present visual stimuli during eye movements for trans-saccadic integration studies; equipped with TMS

  • Clinical Lab

    Located at Sherman Health Science Building equipped with optotrak eye tracker, TMS and visual display

Imaging Facilities

  • •3-T fMRI facilities at the Sherman Health Sciences Research Building, York University.
  • •MEG at Toronto Sick Kids Hospital