Scientists

Keith Powell, PhD Assistant Professor Director, Visual Perception Laboratory

Research Interests

Visual pathways within the brain contribute and visual attention and processing of space and motion

Education

• Postdoctoral Fellow 1995 - 2001 National Institutes of Health National Eye Institute Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research Sponsor: Michael E. Goldberg, MD

• PhD 1995 Northwestern University Institute for Neuroscience Advisor: James F. Baker, PhD

• BS 1986 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Honors Biology

UIC Appointments

2002 - present Assistant Professor Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, IL

Visual Perception Laboratory

Recent Publications

Powell, K. D., & Goldberg, M. E. (submitted). Remapping of visual responses in primate lateral intraparietal area during smooth pursuit. Journal of Neurophysiology.

Powell, K. D., & Goldberg, M. E. (2000) The response of neurons in the lateral intraparietal area to a distractor flashed during the delay period of a memory-guided saccade. Journal of Neurophysiology, 84, 301-310.

Powell, K. D., Colby, C. L., Gottlieb, J., Kusunoki, M., & Goldberg, M. E. (1999). Space and salience in parietal cortex. In W. Becker, H. Deuble, & T. Mergner (Eds.), Current Oculomotor Research (pp. 25-35). New York: Plenum Press.

Powell, K. D., Peterson, B. W., & Baker, J. F. (1996). Phase shifted direction adaptation of the vestibulo-ocular reflex in cat. Journal of Vestibular Research, 6, 277-293.