Martin I. Sereno

Tonotopic mapping in children shows an overrepresentation of high frequencies in autism

The paper examines tonotopic mapping in children with autism and finds an overrepresentation of high frequencies in their auditory cortex, suggesting early disruption in tonotopic map formation.

Tracking bilingual brain processing at high spatiotemporal resolution reveals where and when second language slows down

This study uses rapid phase-encoded fMRI to identify temporal delays in second language processing compared to first language across multiple brain networks.

Time-resolved hemodynamic responses to sentence-level speech perception, production, and self-monitoring

This study uses continuous fMRI to analyze time-resolved hemodynamic responses during speech perception, production, and self-monitoring, identifying distinct neural components and their temporal dynamics.

Neural ensembles for music production recruit more language instruments as rhythmic complexity increases

This study maps neural ensembles for language and music production under varying rhythmic complexity and finds that higher complexity engages more language-related brain regions.

Phasor diagrams clock oscillatory hemodynamic switching between overt speech production and micro resting states

This study uses rapid phase-encoded fMRI and phasor diagrams to show dynamic switching between the default mode network and language network during speech production and micro resting states.

Spatial specificity of the functional gradient echo and spin echo BOLD signal across cortical depth at 7 T

This study compares gradient echo and spin echo BOLD signals in human V1 cortex at 7 T, finding that spin echo improves spatial specificity but both techniques show reduced specificity toward the pial surface.

Hemodynamic traveling waves transport musical codes faster than language codes via shared bilateral streams

The paper compares the speed of information transfer between music and language using fMRI, finding musical codes travel faster than language codes through shared bilateral brain streams.

The Human Cerebellum: A Digital Anatomical Atlas at the Level of Individual Folia

The paper creates a high-resolution digital anatomical atlas of the human cerebellum at the level of individual folia, enabling detailed analysis and visualization of cerebellar data.

Phase-encoded fMRI tracks down brainstorms of natural language processing with sub-second precision

This paper develops phase-encoded fMRI techniques to track neural information flows during language processing with sub-second precision, revealing brain activity patterns as traveling waves.

High resolution quantitative and functional MRI indicate lower myelination of thin and thick stripes in human secondary visual cortex

This study uses high-resolution MRI to show that thin and thick stripes in human V2 have lower myelination compared to surrounding gray matter.

Reconstructing neural representations of tactile space

The paper reconstructs tactile space from fMRI data and finds that primary somatosensory and motor cortices encode tactile space with perceptual distortions.

Altered visual population receptive fields in human albinism

This study examines altered visual receptive fields in albinism using fMRI, finding nasal bias and discrete unilateral receptive fields in the abnormal temporal hemiretina representation.

Fine-grained mapping of cortical somatotopies in chronic Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

This study uses functional MRI to show that S1 representations of the CRPS-affected hand are preserved, challenging the idea that reorganization underlies the condition.

Within-finger maps of tactile and nociceptive input in the human parietal cortex

This study uses fMRI to investigate within-finger maps of nociceptive and tactile input in the human parietal cortex, finding a nociceptive map in hIP1 but not tactile maps.

Population receptive field tuning properties of visual cortex during childhood

This study investigates age-related changes in population receptive field (pRF) properties in children and adults, finding no significant differences in pRF size, shape, or cortical magnification, suggesting visual perception improvements may stem from more efficient information use rather than neural tuning changes.

Learning of goal-relevant and irrelevant complex visual sequences in human V1

This study shows human V1 can learn multiple concurrent complex visual sequences, including goal-irrelevant ones, using fMRI.

Estimating the cortex-wide overlap between wordless narrative scene comprehension, reading comprehension, and topological visual, auditory, and somatomotor maps

The paper investigates the overlap between narrative scene comprehension and reading comprehension by analyzing cortical activations and their alignment with topological maps.

Extensive Tonotopic Mapping Across Auditory Cortex Is Recapitulated By Spectrally-Directed Attention, And Systematically Related To Cortical Myeloarchitecture

This paper shows that spectrally-directed attention modulates auditory cortex activation in a way that mirrors tonotopic organization and correlates with myeloarchitecture.