Paola Binda

Residual cortical responses and network reorganization in inherited retinal degeneration: electrophysiological evidence

This study investigates cortical responses in retinal degeneration using electrophysiological methods, finding preserved or enhanced cortical reactivity despite reduced visual input.

Physiologically Informed PCA-Partial Correlation for highly Collinear Brainstem fMRI Networks

This paper introduces a physiologically informed PCA-regularized partial correlation method to estimate direct brainstem functional connectivity in highly collinear fMRI data, improving robustness and interpretability.

The pulvinar regulates plasticity in human visual cortex

The paper shows that monocular deprivation in humans reduces pulvinar-to-V1 connectivity, correlating with reduced ocular dominance shift, suggesting pulvinar modulates adult visual plasticity.

Short-term monocular deprivation in adult humans: a meta-analysis and new perspectives

This study meta-analyzes 73 studies showing that short-term monocular deprivation in adults shifts ocular dominance toward the deprived eye, with effects lasting longer with extended deprivation.

Acute supplementation of beta-hydroxybutyrate increases visual cortical excitability in humans: a combined EEG and MRS study

Attention cueing in rivalry: insights from pupillometry

This study uses pupillometry to track perceptual changes in rivalry, finding that attention affects perceptual dominance but not pupil oscillations during exclusive dominance phases.

Short-term plasticity in the visual thalamus

The paper investigates short-term plasticity in the visual thalamus, finding plasticity in the ventral pulvinar but not in the lateral geniculate nucleus.

Predictive visuo-motor communication through neural oscillations

The paper investigates neural oscillations in motor and sensory cortices using fMRI to show oscillatory coupling between V1 and M1 during voluntary action.

Objective pupillometry shows that perceptual styles covary with autistic-like personality traits

The paper shows that pupillary responses to visual stimuli correlate with autistic-like traits, indicating a perceptual style focused on local features.

A closer look at the timecourse of mind wandering: pupillary responses and behavior

This study examines pupillary responses during mind wandering episodes, finding systematic dilation after verbal cues that trigger self-reported mind wandering, but high variability in episode duration.

Short-term plasticity of the human adult visual cortex measured with 7T BOLD

This study shows that short-term monocular deprivation in adults increases BOLD response to the deprived eye in V1, V2, V3, and V4, indicating homeostatic plasticity in the visual cortex.