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PROF SAGAR VIDYASAGAR



Contact Details

Organization: Optometry and Vision Sciences
Position: PROFESSOR
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Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Visual Neuroscience, Attention, Dyslexia Vision, Visual Cortex,Visual Memory Germany, India, United Kingdom, United States of America

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
United States Massachusetts Institute of Technology Exchange, Research, Technical Assistance/Training
Germany Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum Exchange, Research, Technical Assistance/Training

Languages

Languages

Language Proficiency
Tamil Speak, Read & Write
English Speak, Read & Write

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Habilitation University of Goettingen 07-Jul-1989
Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery University of Madras 01-Jan-1975
Doctor of Philosophy The University of Manchester 01-Jan-1979

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Australian Neuroscience Society Member 01-Jan-1990
Member Society For Neuroscience Member 01-Jan-1998

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Cellular and network basis of information processing in the mammalian visual system Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2003
Cortical interactions of parallel afferent channels underlying visual perception, attention and memory Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2003
Optical imaging of brain activity: studies of the neural basis of sensory perception, plasticity and behaviour Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Infrastructure (Equipment and Facilities) 01/01/2004
Relationship of the functional architecture of the mammalian brain to its microcircuitry Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage International Awards 01/01/2004
Synaptic and network properties underlying neural coding in the mammalian visual cortex Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2005
Neural basis of attention Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2007
Afferent channels in vision Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2008
Thalamo-cortical organisation in visual information processing Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2009

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

  • A minimally invasive and reversible system for chronic recordings from multiple brain sites in macque monkeys.
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Journal of Neuroscience Methods
    Volume: 181
    Page numbers: 151-158
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  • Segregation of short-wavelength-sensitive (S) cone signals in the macaque dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus.
    Year: 2009
    Journal: European Journal of Neuroscience
    Volume: 30
    Page numbers: 1517-1526
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Interactions between luminance and colour channels in visual search and their relationship to parallel neural channels in vision
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Experimental Brain Research
    Volume: 176
    Page numbers: 510-518
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  • Modulation of neuronal responses in macaque primary visual cortex in a memory task
    Year: 2007
    Journal: European Journal of Neuroscience
    Volume: 25
    Page numbers: 2547-2557
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  • Neural Mechanisms of Visual Attention: How Top-Down Feedback Highlights Relevant Locations
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Science
    Volume: 316
    Page numbers: 1612-1615
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Irregularity in neocortical spike trains: Influence of measurement factors and another method of estimation
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Neuroscience Methods
    Volume: 157
    Page numbers: 264-273
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Attentional gating in primary visual cortex: A physiological basis for dyslexia
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Perception
    Volume: 34
    Page numbers: 903-911
    Publisher: Pion(London)
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  • Integration of the visual and auditory networks in dyslexia: a theoretical perspective
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Research in Reading
    Volume: 28
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 320-331
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Oxford)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Neural underpinnings of dyslexia as a disorder of visuo-spatial attention
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Clinical and Experimental Optometry
    Volume: 87
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 4-10
    Publisher: Optometrists Association Australia(Carlton)
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  • Surface segregation influences pre-attentive search in depth
    Year: 2004
    Journal: NeuroReport
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 303-305
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins(Pennsylvania)
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  • The role of the magnocellular pathway in serial deployment of visual attention
    Year: 2004
    Journal: European Journal of Neuroscience
    Volume: 20
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 2188-2192
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Oxford)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Convergence of parvocellular and magnocellular information channels in the primary visual cortex of the macaque.
    Year: 2002
    Journal: European Journal of Neuroscience
    Volume: 16
    Page numbers: 945-956
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Oxford)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Primary visual cortex and memory

    Retinal position specificity and lack of size constancy at early stages of learning a visual memory task in the macaque


    Year: 2001
    Journal: Experimental Brain Research
    Volume: 140
    Page numbers: 311-317
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  • From attentional gating in macaque primary visual cortex to dyslexia in humans
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Progress in Brain Research
    Volume: 134
    Page numbers: 297-312
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