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Terence Tyson

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PhD Student

Vision Science

Otero-Millan Lab

Current Research

I’m interested in how the brain stem and cerebellum adapts given specific input statistics. I use eye movement data and computational models to investigate these adaptive mechanisms.

Background

I started my journey at Berkeley as a Vision Science PhD student in 2022 where I joined the lab of Dr. Jorge Otero-Millan, a faculty member of the School of Optometry and Vision Science. I also joined the Redwood Center in 2023 during a rotation with Dr. Bruno Olshausen’s Lab. Outside of my doctoral studies I work as a research engineer at the NASA Ames Research Center in the Human Systems Integration Division.

Prior to my work at Ames, I was supporting several labs/projects involving low vision (impaired vision) research at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute. I completed a bachelor of science in psychology with an emphasis in mathematics at UC Davis and a master of science in human factors and ergonomics in the College of Engineering at San Jose State University.

Selected Journal Articles

  • Berneshawi, A. R., Seyedmadani, K., Goel, R., Anderson, M. R., Tyson, T. L., Akay, Y., Akay, M., Leung, L.-S. B., & Stone, L. S. (2024). Oculometric Markers of Visuomotor Deficits in Asymptomatic Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Undergoing Long-Term Hydroxychloroquine Treatment. Frontiers in Ophthalmology. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fopht.2024.1354892.
  • Tyson, T. L., Flynn-Evans, E. E., & Stone, L. S. (2023). Differential Saccade-Pursuit Coordination under Sleep Loss and Low-Dose Alcohol. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 16 (1067722), 1-18. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2022.1067722.
  • Hou, C., Tyson, T. L., Uner, I. J., Nicholas, S. C., & Verghese, P. (2021). Excitatory Contribution to Binocular Interactions in Human Visual Cortex is Reduced in Strabismic Amblyopia. The Journal of Neuroscience, 41 (41), 8632-8643. doi: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0268-21.2021.
  • Tyson, T. L., Feick, N. H., Cravalho, P. F., Flynn-Evans, E. E., & Stone, L. S. (2021). Dose-dependent sensorimotor impairment in human ocular tracking after acute low-dose alcohol administration. The Journal of Physiology, 599 (4), 1225-1242. doi: 10.1113/JP280395.
  • Stone, L. S., Tyson, T. L., Cravalho, P. F., Feick, N. H., & Flynn-Evans, E. E. (2019). Distinct pattern of oculomotor impairment associated with acute sleep loss and circadian misalignment. The Journal of Physiology, 597 (17), 4643-4660. doi: 10.1113/JP279357.
  • Verghese, P., Tyson, T. L., Ghahghaei, S., & Fletcher, D. C. (2016). Depth Perception and Grasp in Central Field Loss. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 57 (3), 1476-1487. doi: 10.1167/iovs.15-18336.
  • Geng, J. J., Blumenfeld, Z., Tyson, T. L., & Minzenberg, M. J. (2015). Pupil diameter reflects uncertainty in attentional selection during visual search. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9 (435), 1-14. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00435.