Vassiki S. Chauhan

Simultaneous cortical responses to multiple written words

This fMRI study examines how the brain processes multiple written words simultaneously, finding linear BOLD responses with word count but reduced lexical sensitivity during simultaneous presentation.

Behaviorally-relevant features of observed actions dominate cortical representational geometry in natural vision

The paper shows that behavioral models of action purpose and social content better predict neural representational geometry than other models in the action observation network.

Reading reshapes stimulus selectivity in the visual word form area

This study investigates how reading tasks modulate the visual word form area (VWFA) by comparing responses to words, pseudowords, and unfamiliar characters under different tasks.

Familiarity facilitates detection of angry expressions

This study finds that familiar faces lead to faster and more accurate detection of angry expressions compared to unfamiliar faces, while happy expressions are detected similarly.

An fMRI dataset in response to "The Grand Budapest Hotel", a socially-rich, naturalistic movie

The paper describes and shares an fMRI dataset from 25 subjects watching 'The Grand Budapest Hotel', focusing on social interactions and face processing.

How familiarity warps representation in the face space

This study investigates how familiarity affects the categorical boundaries in face recognition by mixing familiar and unfamiliar faces, finding that familiarity narrows the boundary for familiar faces.