Melanie Wilke

Disentangling Respiratory Phase-Dependent and Anticipatory Cardiac Deceleration in a Visual Perception Task

The paper introduces a method to separate respiratory and non-respiratory cardiac decelerations during a visual perception task and finds they have opposing effects on perceptual performance.

Fixation shifts in a novel 'no-report' binocular rivalry paradigm induce saccade-related perceptual switches

The paper investigates perceptual switches in a no-report binocular rivalry paradigm and finds that saccades, not fixation shifts, are the primary driver of perceptual changes.

Correlations of neural predictability and information transfer in cortex and their relation to predictive coding

The paper investigates predictive coding strategies in cortex by analyzing information transfer and predictability using human and mouse data, finding that predictable information is predominantly encoded.

Optic Ataxia in Patients with Thalamic Lesions

This study investigates optic ataxia in patients with thalamic lesions, finding that multiple thalamic nuclei, particularly in the central thalamus, contribute to visually guided reaching deficits.

Visual, delay and oculomotor timing and tuning in macaque dorsal pulvinar during instructed and free choice memory saccades

The paper investigates the visuomotor properties of macaque dorsal pulvinar during memory saccades, finding limited role in prospective planning but involvement in integrating spatial goals across saccades.

Dorsal pulvinar inactivation leads to spatial selection bias without perceptual deficit

This study inactivates the dorsal pulvinar in macaques and finds a spatial selection bias without perceptual deficit in a color discrimination task.

Reduced alpha amplitudes predict perceptual suppression

The paper finds that reduced prestimulus alpha amplitudes predict perceptual suppression of visual targets in a flash suppression task.

Effective connectivity and spatial selectivity-dependent fMRI changes elicited by microstimulation of pulvinar and LIP

This study uses microstimulation and fMRI to compare effective connectivity of pulvinar and LIP, finding task-specific and polysynaptic effects on cortical activity.

Dissociable effects of subliminal incentives on initiation and velocity control of goal-directed eye movements

This study investigates how subliminal reward cues affect saccade initiation and velocity during a goal-directed eye movement task, finding dissociable effects on speed and accuracy.

Eye position signals in the dorsal pulvinar during fixation and goal-directed saccades

This study investigates how dorsal pulvinar neurons encode eye position during fixation and goal-directed saccades, revealing gaze-dependent modulation and reference frame transformations.

Post-decision wagering after perceptual judgments reveals bi-directional certainty readouts

This study uses post-decision wagering to measure bi-directional certainty readouts, showing that subjects can assess both certainty of being correct and incorrect, with implications for decision-making under uncertainty.