Tal Golan

A Python Toolbox for Representational Similarity Analysis

The paper introduces an open-source Python toolbox for representational similarity analysis, providing tools to evaluate neural representations and models.

Emergence of brain-like mirror-symmetric viewpoint tuning in convolutional neural networks

This paper shows that mirror-symmetric viewpoint tuning emerges in convolutional neural networks trained on object recognition tasks, even without face-specific training, and explains its mechanism through reflection-equivariant representations.

Face dissimilarity judgements are predicted by representational distance in morphable and image-computable models

The paper shows that Euclidean distance in a 3D morphable face model predicts human face dissimilarity and identity judgements as well as deep neural networks.

Self-Supervised Natural Image Reconstruction and Large-Scale Semantic Classification from Brain Activity

This paper develops a self-supervised method to reconstruct images and classify semantic categories from fMRI data without paired training examples.

Widespread suppression of high-order visual cortex during blinks and external predictable visual interruptions

The paper investigates how predictability affects neural responses in visual cortex during blinks and visual interruptions, finding suppression in mid- and high-level visual regions for predictable events.

Repeated performance in problem-solving tasks attenuates human cortical responses

This study shows that repeated performance in complex visual problem-solving tasks leads to reduced cortical responses in specific brain regions, but not changes in response time.

Increasing suppression of saccade-related transients along the human visual hierarchy

The paper shows that saccade-related transients are suppressed in higher-level visual cortex but not early visual cortex in humans.

Persistent neural activity encoding real-time presence of visual stimuli decays along the ventral stream

This study examines how visual stimuli are persistently encoded in the human brain, finding that this encoding decays along the ventral visual stream.