PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence
Gro Horgen Vikesdal, Faculty of Science and Technology (RealTek), NMBU & Department of Optometry and Vision Science, University College of Southeast Norway (USN) will defend her PhD thesis "Vision, eye movements and dyslexia - Saccade latency, fixation stability and the relationship with optometric measures" on 19 April 2017.
Norwegian title of thesis:
"Syn, øyebevegelser og dysleksi – Sakkade reaksjonstid, fikseringsstabilitet og forholdet til optometriske målinger"
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture:
"The development of human visual functions and their critical periods"
Norwegian title of thesis:
"Syn, øyebevegelser og dysleksi – Sakkade reaksjonstid, fikseringsstabilitet og forholdet til optometriske målinger"
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture:
"The development of human visual functions and their critical periods"
Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence:
Wednesday 19 April 2017 in Festsalen (U215), The Clock Building, Ole Sverres plass 1, Ås.
12:15 Trial lecture
13:30 Public defence
Evaluation committee:
First opponent: Associate Professor Rune Brautaset, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Second opponent: Senior lecturer Gael Gordon, Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland
Third member (USN-representative): Associate Professor Ellen Svarverud, USN, Norway
Committee coordinator: Professor Knut Kvaal, RealTek, NMBU
Supervisors:
Main supervisor: Professor Gaute T. Einevoll, RealTek, NMBU
Co-supervisor: Associate Professor Trine Langaas, USN, Norway
Co-supervisor: Associate Professor Helle Kristine Falkenberg, USN, Norway
Co-supervisor: Professor Patricia Riddell, University of Reading, UK
The doctoral thesis is available for public review at the NMBU library.
Thesis number 2017:9. ISSN: 1894-6402. ISBN: 978-82-575-1418-1.