Visual perception and processing mechanisms

Neural network-based encoding in free-viewing fMRI with gaze-aware models

This paper introduces gaze-aware encoding models for fMRI data that improve performance with fewer parameters by incorporating eye-tracking data from naturalistic viewing conditions.

Readout and delayed transmission of initial afferent V1 activity in decisions about stimulus contrast

The paper investigates whether early visual processing signals predict perceptual decisions about stimulus contrast, finding that the C1 component can predict decisions for a narrow range of response times.

Object category warps the topography of object space for behavior

The paper shows that behavioral preferences in a 2D object space are stable within object categories but fail to generalize across categories, challenging a universal topography hypothesis.

Atypical weighting of sensory evidence and priors in causality perception along the autism-schizotypy continuum

This study examines how prior experience and cognitive traits influence causality perception in neurotypical individuals along the autism-schizotypy spectrum using psychophysical data and computational modeling.

Spatial subdomains in the Optic Tectum for the encoding of visual information

The paper maps spatial subdomains in the zebrafish optic tectum that encode different visual features using information theory.

Three distinct profiles of visual category preference within the anterior temporal lobe

The paper identifies three distinct visual category preference profiles in the anterior temporal lobe using fMRI data from the Human Connectome Project.

Transfer of symbolic numeral adaptation across eyes and hemifields

This study investigates how adaptation to symbolic numerals transfers between eyes and hemifields, revealing integration across visual processing stages.

Macaque retina simulator

The paper develops a macaque retina simulator to generate biologically plausible spike trains for downstream visual cortex simulations.

Transient focal inactivation of the primary visual cortex abolishes saccadic inhibition

This study shows that transient inactivation of the primary visual cortex eliminates visually-driven saccadic inhibition, highlighting the dominance of the geniculostriate pathway in this reflex.

Reassessing Number-Detector Units in Convolutional Neural Networks

This study challenges the role of number-detector units in CNNs by showing they are not critical for numerosity representation using pruning and CORnet.

Movie reconstruction from mouse visual cortex activity

This paper reconstructs natural movies from mouse visual cortex activity using single-cell recordings and achieves high-quality reconstructions with pixel-level accuracy.

The rotating tilted lines illusion for the evaluation of cognitive abnormalities

This paper introduces a novel method using the rotating tilted lines illusion to estimate population receptive fields, showing it can approximate fMRI results and detect visual processing abnormalities in neurological conditions.

Widespread Corticothalamic Connectivity Identifies the Inferior Pulvinar as a Central Node in Visual Network Architecture

This study maps the cortical inputs to the inferior pulvinar in marmosets, revealing its role as a central integrative node in visual and visuomotor networks.

History bias and its perturbation of the stimulus representation in the macaque prefrontal cortex.

The paper investigates how previous stimuli influence magnitude processing in the macaque prefrontal cortex during stimulus presentation, showing that history biases affect neural decoding of stimulus magnitude.

Predisposed and learned preferences for multipoint visual statistics in visually naïve newly hatched chicks

This paper shows that visually naive chicks prefer specific multipoint correlation patterns, similar to humans and rats, and that early visual experience can alter these preferences.

Functional clusters for shape, texture, and motion encoding in macaque V2

The paper investigates functional organization in macaque V2 using high-density recordings, finding dense clusters for shape, texture, and motion, contrasting with V1's columnar structure and V4's sparse coding.

Absence of Local Retinotopy in the Mouse Optic Tract

The paper shows that mouse optic tract axons lack fine-scale retinotopy, maintaining only coarse topographic structure.

Machine Learning Discovers Numerous New Computational Principles Supporting Elementary Motion Detection

This paper uses machine learning to discover new computational principles for motion detection in neural circuits, uncovering novel architectures that improve upon classical models.

Early development of direction selectivity in higher visual cortex

This study investigates how direction selectivity develops in higher visual cortex areas of ferrets, finding that PMLS develops direction selectivity earlier than V1 and responds differently to visual stimuli.

The effect of unilateral cortical blindness on lane position and gaze behavior in a virtual reality steering task

This study examines steering and gaze behavior in individuals with unilateral cortical blindness in a virtual reality task, finding preserved performance despite visual field loss.

Converting color memory toward a spatial format to benefit behavior

This study shows that color memory benefits from spatial information when the response wheel is fixed, with faster response initiation and gaze bias toward anticipated spatial positions.

Late cortical dynamics mediate the symmetry-induced numerosity illusion

This study investigates how the brain processes numerosity perception using EEG, finding that physical numerosity is encoded early, while symmetry-induced illusions emerge from later spatial grouping processes.

Dendritic Computation and the Fine Structure of Receptive Fields: A Model of V1 Neurons

This paper presents a computational model showing how dendritic integration of excitatory and inhibitory inputs generates diverse receptive field structures in V1 neurons.

The refresh rate of overhead projectors may affectthe perception of fast moving objects: a modellingstudy

This study models how overhead projector refresh rates may influence the perception of fast-moving objects at retinal, cortical, and psychophysical levels.

Contributions of superior colliculus and primary visual cortex to visual spatial detection in freely moving mice

This study investigates the roles of superior colliculus and primary visual cortex in visual spatial detection in freely moving mice, finding that SC has a stronger causal impact than V1.

Compact deep neural network models of visual cortex

This paper develops compact deep neural network models that predict macaque V4 neural responses with high accuracy while using significantly fewer parameters than existing models.

Transsaccadic working memory in healthy ageing and neurodegenerative disease

This study investigates how spatial and colour information is updated across saccades in healthy ageing and neurodegenerative diseases, finding that spatial memory is selectively impaired.

Representational invariance of numerosity via divisive normalization in coarse and fine visual channels

The paper tests divisive normalization and Fourier decomposition models for numerosity perception, showing divisive normalization explains neural and behavioral data better.

Characterising semantic prioritisation in visual working memory

This study uses hierarchical drift-diffusion modelling to show semantic prioritisation in visual working memory is faster and more resilient to interference than perceptual details.

Common neural representation between visual perception and imagery in eidetikers

The paper investigates neural substrates shared between eidetic imagery and perception, finding that eidetikers show stronger shared representations in higher-level visual cortex.