News Archives

2012

Why do we stop and Stare? Doug Crawford interviewed by Montreal Gazette's Kelly Grieg.

 

2011

Check it out : Can’t keep your eyes to yourself? York U study finds primitive part of brain to blame

 

2010

-Check out this York Research Video featuring Doug Crawford's Lab!

-Discovery Channel/Daily Planet: "Watch Your Head! The best football players have to exercixe their muscles, and their brain."

-YFile: Quarterbacks' hand-eye coordination may be all in the 'PPC'

-Annual CAPnet faculty retreat held in Kingston, Ontario on June 14&15, 2010

-York University's story embodies the new Canada

 

2009

-Annual GAP/CREATE/CAPnet retreat held on Ingersol, Ontario on October 1&2, 2009

-Fairchild Television: Crawford Lab featured on Timeline Magazine

-Ylife: York PhD student Mike Vesia wins award for Brain Day
-First CAPnet Project Funded: NSERC CREATE Program in Computational Approaches to Sensorimotor Transformations for the Control of Action
-METRO: YorkU sets its sights on neuroscience
-CBC Radio: Change to funding blocks neuroscientists
-Globe and Mail: Neuroscientists fear brain drain as crucial funding disappears

-Dr. Crawrford to give a talk at Donder's Institute on the 'Neural mechanisms of Donder's Law in 3-D -gaze shifts'

2008

-Toronto Star: You Can't Believe Your Eyes: Which is Up? Vision, King of Senses Convinces Us of Anything
-Maclean's: Accident prone? Here's why
-York study points to a cause of bad driving
-Grade 8 students learn about vision and the brain
-York launches graduate diploma program in neuroscience


2007

-Mike Vesia wins University -Wide TA Award!!!
-Deep Thoughts: Steve and Lei tell the Toronto Star about their research

-Newly-discovered brain mechanism holds promise for stroke rehabilitation 

-Three Visions of the Future

-New Discovery Holds Promise for Stroke Rehabilitation
-Newly-discovered brain mechanism holds promise for stroke rehabilitation


2006

-Doug Crawford's October 2005 Interview with YorkU : "The Mind's Eye" by Michael Todd
-Alumni Matters: York 2006 - Tier II CRC Holders at York
-Doug's Former Student Denise Henriques wins Polanyi Prize


2005

-Scientist dedicates award to ailing mentor

-Rewarding Interdisciplinary Excellence with York's First Steacie
-Making Knowledge Count

-Helping Stroke and Brain Injury Victims with Vision

-Groundbreaking study will assist stroke and head injury victims rehabilitate their their sight


2004

-Celebrating Teaching Excellence

-Doug gets award for Graduate teaching

-York U. Vision Quest (Innovation Canada)

2003

-Doug gets 'world famous' on Chinese TV
-Headline news:  Team Sees Through Change Blindness<>
-Eliana Klier wins Governor General Gold Medal for her thesis


2002
-Two York Researchers Among Canada's Top 20

-York Professor Links Midbrain Damage to... 


2001

-York Psychologist Wins Canada Research Chair to Study Visual Functions of the Brain
-Premier's Research Excellence Awards go to York Researchers


2000

-York University: York News - York faculty honoured for excellence in research

-NSERC Grants Renewed...


1999

-Team Awarded 1.6 Million...
-Renowned Centre for Vision Research...


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