{"id":840,"date":"2012-07-18T14:08:10","date_gmt":"2012-07-18T18:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ophthalmology\/?page_id=840"},"modified":"2012-09-05T13:02:56","modified_gmt":"2012-09-05T17:02:56","slug":"finnegan-calabro-phd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ophthalmology\/core\/finnegan-calabro-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Finnegan Calabro, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"styled alignleft\" title=\"Finnegan J. Calabro, PhD\" src=\"\/ophthalmology\/files\/2012\/07\/finnbrain-322x300.jpg\" alt=\"Finnegan J. Calabro, PhD\" width=\"160\" height=\"140\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bravi\/\">Brain &amp; Vision Research Lab<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bme.bu.edu\/\">Department of Biomedical Engineering<\/a><br \/>\n44 Cummington St, Room 336<br \/>\nBoston University<br \/>\nBoston, MA 02215<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:fcalabro@bu.edu\">fcalabro@bu.edu<\/a><br \/>\n(617) 353-9144<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Research interests<\/h2>\n<p>I work in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bravi\/people\/lucia.html\">Dr. Lucia Vaina<\/a>&#8216;s lab (the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bravi\/\">Brain and Vision Research Lab<\/a><br \/>\nat Boston University). Our lab studies the neural processing of<br \/>\nvisual motion, including the perception of self- and object<br \/>\nmotion. We combine psychophysics, functional neuroimaging and<br \/>\ncomputational modeling to investigate how known properties of<br \/>\ncortical neurons give rise to complex visual perception.<\/p>\n<h2>Publications<\/h2>\n<p>Calabro FJ, Vaina LM (in press). &#8220;Interaction of cortical networks mediating object motion<br \/>\ndetection by moving observers.&#8221; Experimental Brain Research.<\/p>\n<p>Calabro FJ, Beardsley SA, Vaina LM (2011). Different motion cues are used to estimate<br \/>\ntime-to-arrival for frontoparallel and looming trajectories.<br \/>\nVision Research 2011 Dec 8;51(23-24):2378-85<\/p>\n<p>Calabro FJ, Soto-Faraco S, Vaina LM (2011).  Acoustic facilitation of<br \/>\nobject movement detection during self-motion.  Proceedings of the Royal<br \/>\nSociety of London B. Sep 22;278(1719):2840-7. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/21307050\">Abstract<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bravi\/files\/2011\/02\/Proc.-R.-Soc.-B-2011-Calabro.pdf\">pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Calabro FJ, Rana KR, Vaina LM (2011). &#8220;Two mechanisms for optic flow and<br \/>\nscale change processing of looming.&#8221; Journal of Vision 11 (3): 5, 1-9.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/21385865\">Abstract<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bravi\/files\/2011\/02\/Calabro_JVis_2011.full_.pdf\">pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Calabro FJ, Vaina LM (2011). &#8220;A Computerized Perimeter for Assessing Modality-Specific Visual<br \/>\nField Loss&#8221;. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2011;2011:2025-8  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bravi\/files\/2011\/02\/Calabro_EMBC_2011.pdf\">pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Calabro FJ, Vaina LM. (2011). Population Anisotropy in Area MT Explains a Perceptual Difference Between Near<br \/>\nand Far Disparity Motion Segmentation.  Journal of Neurophysiology, 105 (1):200-208.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/21068268\">Abstract<\/a>,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/jn.physiology.org\/content\/105\/1\/200.full.pdf+html\">pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vaina LM, Calabro FJ, Lin FH, Hamalainen MS. (2010). Long-range coupling of prefrontal cortex and visual<br \/>\n(MT) or polysensory (STP) cortical areas in motion perception. BIOMAG2010, IFBME Proceedings Series, Springer<br \/>\nVerlag IFBME.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bravi\/publications\/Vaina-Biomag2010.pdf\">pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sikoglu EM, Calabro FJ, Beardsley SA, Vaina LM. (2010). Integration mechanisms for heading perception.  Seeing<br \/>\nand Perceiving, 23 (3): 197-221.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/20529443\">Abstract<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bravi\/files\/2011\/04\/Sikoglu_SeeingandPerceiving_2010.pdf\">pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Calabro FJ, Vaina LM. (2006). Stereo motion transparency processing implements an ecological smoothness<br \/>\nconstraint. Perception, 35 (9), 1219-1232.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.perceptionweb.com\/abstract.cgi?id=p5426\">Abstract<\/a>,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.perceptionweb.com\/perception\/fulltext\/p35\/p5426.pdf\">pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Conference presentations<\/h2>\n<p>Calabro, FJ, Vaina, LM (2011). Detection of object motion during<br \/>\nself-motion: psychophysics and neuronal substrate. Journal of Vision,<br \/>\n11(11):722. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.journalofvision.org\/content\/11\/11\/722.abstract?sid=aab6d62e-89b8-4e80-ad73-11779248997b\">Abstract<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vaina, LM, Rana, KD, Buonanno, F, Calabro, FJ, Hamalainen, M. (2011).<br \/>\nDeficit of temporal dynamics of detection of a moving object during<br \/>\negomotion in a<br \/>\nstroke patient: a psychophysical and MEG study. Journal of Vision,<br \/>\n11(11): 723. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.journalofvision.org\/content\/11\/11\/723.abstract?sid=aab6d62e-89b8-4e80-ad73-11779248997b\">Abstract<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Calabro FJ, Vaina LM. (2009).  Modeling disparity tuning properties of MT for depth segmentation during motion<br \/>\nperception.  Thirteenth International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems.  Boston, Ma.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cns-web.bu.edu\/cns-meeting\/schedule2009.htm\">Conference Information<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Calabro FJ, Vaina LM. (2007) Scale changes provide an alternative means for coarse heading perception.<br \/>\nPerception 36 (Abstract Supplement).  European Conference on Visual Perception.  Arezzo, Italy.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.perceptionweb.com\/abstract.cgi?id=v070489\">Abstract<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Calabro FJ, Vaina LM. (2006)  Perception of stereomotion coherence in the presence of planar or volumetric dynamic noise.<br \/>\nJournal of Vision, 6(6): 624; doi:10.1167\/6.6.624<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.journalofvision.org\/6\/6\/624\/\">Abstract<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sikoglu EM, Beardsley SA, Calabro FJ, Vaina LM. (2006). Comparison of 2D and 3D ideal observers to<br \/>\ncharacterize heading perception with directional range noise.  Journal of Vision, 6(6): 632;<br \/>\ndoi:10.1167\/6.6.632<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.journalofvision.org\/6\/6\/632\/\">Abstract<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Calabro FJ, Beardsley SA, Vaina LM. (2005). The contribution of disparity to motion contrast segmentation.<br \/>\nJournal of Vision, 5(8), 726; doi:10.1167\/5.8.726.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.journalofvision.org\/5\/8\/726\/\">Abstract<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Calabro FJ, Beardsley SA, Vaina LM. (2004). Effects of disparity and noise on motion transparency.<br \/>\nJournal of Vision, 4(8), 857; doi:10.1167\/4.8.857.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.journalofvision.org\/4\/8\/857\/\">Abstract<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brain &amp; Vision Research Lab Department of Biomedical Engineering 44 Cummington St, Room 336 Boston University Boston, MA 02215 fcalabro@bu.edu (617) 353-9144 &nbsp; &nbsp; Research interests I work in Dr. Lucia Vaina&#8217;s lab (the Brain and Vision Research Lab at Boston University). 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