Symposium
Optimising echolocation in orientation and mobility
Date: Friday February 5th, 13.15-17.00
Location: Grotius building, Radboud University
Montessorilaan 10, Nijmegen
Room: -1.070
Symposium programme
13.15-13.30 Arrival with coffee and tea
13.30-13.45 Opening by Prof Dr. Bert Steenbergen
13.45-14.30 Dr. Lore Thaler
“Echolocation and other sensory modalities”
14.30-15.00 Marina Ekkel, Dr. Rob van Lier, Prof Dr. Bert Steenbergen
“Learning echolocation in sighted people: attention as a key factor”
15.00-15.30 Coffee and tea break
15.30-16.00 Dr. Ir. Maarten Hornikx, Rick de Vos
“Human echolocation performance of object size and orientation: influence of frequency spectrum and location of the click signal”
16.00-16.30 Prof. Dr. Herbert Peremans, Marc Van Baelen
“The role of human echolocation in obstacle avoidance during walking”
16.30-16.50 Wim Pierik
“De omgeving reflecteert! Echolokalisatie in de praktijk”
16.50 Closing and drinks
Register
If you have any questions, you can contact Marina Ekkel (Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken.).