Visual perception and processing mechanisms

Visual field map size constrains working memory precision

The paper investigates whether the size of visual field maps in the brain correlates with working memory precision and finds a positive association.

Visual cues and strategies for perceiving elasticity

This study investigates how humans perceive object elasticity using visual cues and proposes a resource-rational model based on motion statistics.

Post-Saccadic Disruption of Semantic Category Information in Naturalistic Scenes

The paper investigates how saccades affect semantic category processing in naturalistic scenes, finding reduced accuracy and neural representation degradation shortly after saccades.

Generalisation of training-induced recovery in occipital stroke: neurochemical and fMRI correlates

This study shows that visual rehabilitation improves motion discrimination and Gabor detection in occipital stroke patients, with neural correlates in hMT+ and prefrontal regions.

Population codes for biological stereopsis extend beyond correlation-based binocular disparity computations

The paper investigates how population coding in the brain supports depth perception under ambiguous binocular inputs, finding that representations in V3A align with human perception better than correlation-based models.

Three-dimensional shape cues affect human and artificial recognition systems differently

This study compares how humans and neural networks use shape and texture cues for object recognition, finding that humans rely more on shape while networks are biased towards texture, with 3D cues affecting them differently.

Hierarchical recurrent temporal prediction as a model of the mammalian dorsal visual pathway

This paper develops a hierarchical recurrent temporal prediction model to explain neuronal response properties in the visual cortex by incorporating local and inter-areal feedback connectivity.

Visuomotor flexibility is embedded in the topography of frontal cortex

The paper shows that visual and motor maps in frontal cortex form mosaic patterns that enable flexible visuomotor transformations.

Receptive-field sizes during remapping and uniform transsaccadic updating across the visual space

The paper examines how receptive-field sizes change during remapping and shows they remain stable despite varying input sizes, supporting a mechanism for uniform visual updating.

Inhibition benefits neural system identification

This paper incorporates inhibition into deep neural networks for neural prediction, showing it improves surround suppression learning but not cross-orientation inhibition.

Visual field position shapes input sampling and output routing in the superior colliculus

The paper shows that visual-field position shapes input sampling and output routing in the mouse superior colliculus through specialized circuit modules.

Abstract and Concrete Working Memory Information in Human Visual Cortex

The paper investigates how visuospatial working memory representations are organized in the human brain, finding both abstract and concrete visual representations coexisting in visual areas.

A shared multi-feature population code for sensory reliability across mouse visual cortex

The paper identifies a shared population code in mouse visual cortex that encodes sensory reliability through coordinated changes in response gain, selectivity, and variability across areas.

Expanded Group-Constrained Parcels Enhance Coverage and Reproducibility of the Scene-Selective Cortex

The paper introduces updated group-constrained parcels for scene-selective cortex that improve coverage and reproducibility across adult and pediatric fMRI datasets.

The representation of voluntary and reflexive fast eye movements in the macaque lateral intraparietal area (LIP)

This study examines how macaque lateral intraparietal area (LIP) neurons represent voluntary saccades and reflexive OKN fast phases, finding distinct neural activity patterns for these movements.

A hierarchical computational motif unifies neural dynamics across the ventral visual stream

The paper identifies a common temporal motif in neural dynamics across the ventral visual stream and shows that current models fail to replicate these dynamics.

Computational neural dynamics of goal-directed visual attention in macaques

This study identifies neural population dynamics in macaques during goal-directed visual attention, showing how attention and category are represented across cortical networks.

Incomplete letter recognition is limited by cortical and not optical factors: Simulating the visual deficits of dementia in healthy adults

This study simulates visual deficits in healthy adults to determine if incomplete letter recognition issues in dementia patients are due to cortical or optical factors, finding cortical factors are more significant.

Selective encoding of priors for flexible categorization but not Bayesian inference in the frontal eye field

The paper investigates how neurons in the frontal eye field encode priors for visual stability judgments, finding that they support flexible categorization rather than Bayesian inference.

Unsupervised visual learning is revealed for task-irrelevant natural scenes due to reduced attentional suppression effects in visual areas

The paper shows that task-irrelevant natural scenes induce visual perceptual learning through unsupervised learning, which is not suppressed by attention, unlike artificial stimuli.

Cell-Type Clusters in the MICrONS Connectome Reveal Hidden Organizational Principles of the Mouse Visual Cortex and Possible Candidate Substrates for Elementary Perceptual States

The paper identifies structurally similar neuron clusters in mouse visual cortex using the MICrONS dataset, revealing mesoscale organizational principles and linking them to perceptual models.

Geometric constraints in the development of primate extrastriate visual cortex

This study develops a growth model of the macaque visual cortex to show how geometric constraints shape higher-order retinotopic maps without explicit topographic specifications.

Diffusion-based stimulus optimization reveals functional organization across higher visual cortex

The paper validates a diffusion-based method called BrainDiVE for generating stimuli that activate specific brain regions, showing enhanced category selectivity and revealing functional gradients in visual cortex.

Proximity as a Ground-Truth Proxy for Training Texture Discrimination and Segmentation

The paper trains texture discrimination and segmentation models using spatial proximity as a proxy for same-different ground truth, achieving accurate results without feedback.

Active sensing during a visual perceptual decision-making task

The paper shows that some head-fixed mice use active sensing by wiggling a wheel to improve low-contrast visual task performance.

Distinct response selectivity changes in primary visual and parietal cortex during visual discrimination learning

This study shows that visual discrimination learning increases response selectivity in both primary visual and parietal cortex, but with distinct patterns of feature preference changes between the two areas.

"Magnetic Sand" : Illusions of Interactivity

The paper identifies new visual illusions where hand movements near a random noise display create the perception of interactive control over the display, suggesting involvement of action capture mechanisms.

Human gloss perception reproduced by tiny neural networks

This paper shows that tiny neural networks can accurately replicate human gloss perception judgments better than larger networks estimating physical reflectance.

Binocular vision emerges from the coordinated development of orbit convergence, eye orientation, and high-acuity retinal specializations

This study shows binocular vision develops through coordinated changes in orbital orientation, retinal structure, and neural projections in Octodon degus.

Inferotemporal Cortex Joins the Circuit Before the Code: Non-Serial Inter-Area Synergy in the Macaque Ventral Stream

The paper shows that synergistic coding across visual areas in the primate ventral stream occurs before serial coding, with V1-IT synergy being stronger at higher-level targets.