Professor of Neural Science, Psychology
Ph.D. 1982, University of Washington.

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Research Interests:

Development of visual function.

Selected Works:

Kiorpes, L. and Movshon, J.A. Peripheral and central factors limiting the development of contrast sensitivity in macaque monkeys. Vision Research 38 (1): 61-70,1998.

Kiorpes, L., Kiper, D.C., O'Keefe, L.P., Cavanaugh, J.R., and Movshon, J.A. Neuronal correlates of amblyopia in the visual cortex of macaque monkeys with experimental strabismus and anisometropia. Journal of Neuroscience 18(16): 6411-6424, 1998.

Kiorpes, L. and McKee, S.P. Neural mechanisms underlying amblyopia. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 9: 480-486, 1999.

Kiorpes, L., Tang, C., and Movshon, J.A. Factors limiting contrast sensitivity in experimentally amblyopic monkeys. Vision Research 39(25): 4152-4160, 1999.

Fenstemaker, S.B., Kiorpes, L., and Movshon, J.A. Effects of experimental strabismus on the architecture of macaque monkey striate cortex. Journal of Comparative Neurology 438: 300-317, 2001.

Kiorpes, L. Sensory Processing: Animal models of amblyopia. In Amblyopia: a multidisciplinary approach, M. Moseley and A. Fielder. Eds., Butterworth-Heineman Press, Oxford, 2001.

Kiorpes, L. and Bassin, S.A. Development of contour integration in macaque monkeys. Visual Neuroscience 20, 567-575, 2003.

Kozma, P. and Kiorpes, L. Contour integration in amblyopic monkeys. Visual Neuroscience 20, 577-588, 2003.

Kiorpes, L., Tang, C., Hawken, M.J., and Movshon, J.A. Ideal observer analysis of the development of spatial contrast sensitivity in macaque monkeys. Journal of Vision 3(10): 630-641, 2003.

Kiorpes, L. and Movshon, J.A. Neural limitations on visual development in primates. In The Visual Neurosciences, L.M. Chalupa and J.S. Werner, Eds., MIT Press, 2003, Chapter 12, pages 159-173.

Kiorpes, L. and Movshon, J.A. Development of sensitivity to visual motion in macaque monkeys. Visual Neuroscience 21(6): 851-859, 2004.

Movshon, J.A., Kiorpes, L., Hawken, J.A., and Cavanaugh, J.R. Functional maturation of the macaque's lateral geniculate nucleus. Journal of Neuroscience 25(10): 2712-2722, 2005.

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