Thomas Cherian

Do monkeys dream about food while sleeping?

The paper shows that monkeys reactivated visual responses to food during REM-like sleep, suggesting selective dreaming about food.

High-level visual and motor regions are doubly dissociated in controlled tasks but only at specific times during natural behaviors

The paper shows that high-level visual and motor brain regions show a double dissociation in controlled tasks, and this dissociation persists at specific times during natural behaviors.

Resolving the treachery of images: Neural signatures during natural interactions with real objects are as reliable as while viewing images

The paper shows that neural activity during natural interactions with real objects is as reliable as when viewing images, suggesting efficient encoding of real objects.

Do monkeys see the way we do? Qualitative similarities and differences between monkey and human perception

This study compares visual perception between monkeys and humans using a general oddball visual search task, revealing both similarities and differences in perceptual phenomena.