Sam Merlin

The paper investigates how V2 receptive fields in primates emerge from V1 inputs using anatomical tracing and functional imaging, finding that linear combinations of V1 inputs can explain V2 selectivity and texture sensitivity.

This study investigates the effects of Immp2l knockdown in a mouse model of ASD and GTS, finding no impact on goal-directed learning or neuron density but increased stimulus-driven behaviour.

This study identifies direct interareal feedback-to-feedforward circuits in primate visual cortex using viral tracing, showing V1 neurons receive monosynaptic feedback from V2.

This study identifies stream-specific feedback connections from V2 to V1 in macaques, showing they mirror feedforward pathways and suggest specialized modulation of V1 responses.

The paper investigates how different layers of primate visual cortex process local and global spatial context through electrophysiological recordings.

This study identifies cellular mechanisms of feedback-mediated modulations in primate visual cortex using optogenetic inactivation and a recurrent network model.