Ilker Yildirim

Hypothesis-Driven Identification of Neural Algorithms With Dynamical Structure-Preserving Manifolds.

This paper introduces dSPMs to identify brain algorithms for scene prediction in macaques, finding a 'manifold-based simulation' algorithm in the DMFC.

Temporal segmentation and 'look ahead' simulation: Physical events structure visual perception of intuitive physics

The paper investigates how perception segments visual input into physical events and uses predictive simulations to prioritize objects in intuitive physics.

Perception of soft materials relies on physics-based object representations: Behavioral and computational evidence

The paper shows humans can perceive cloth stiffness through visual motion and presents a computational model simulating mental physics to explain this behavior.

Efficient inverse graphics in biological face processing

The paper presents a neurally plausible model for efficiently inverting generative models of images, specifically testing its application in face perception.