The secret life of predictive brains: what's spontaneous activity for?
Brains at rest generate dynamical activity that is highly structured in space and time. We
suggest that spontaneous activity, as in rest or dreaming, underlies top-down dynamics of …
suggest that spontaneous activity, as in rest or dreaming, underlies top-down dynamics of …
On the relationship between maps and domains in inferotemporal cortex
MJ Arcaro, MS Livingstone - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2021 - nature.com
How does the brain encode information about the environment? Decades of research have
led to the pervasive notion that the object-processing pathway in primate cortex consists of …
led to the pervasive notion that the object-processing pathway in primate cortex consists of …
Odor-driven face-like categorization in the human infant brain
Understanding how the young infant brain starts to categorize the flurry of ambiguous
sensory inputs coming in from its complex environment is of primary scientific interest. Here …
sensory inputs coming in from its complex environment is of primary scientific interest. Here …
Maternal childhood adversity associates with frontoamygdala connectivity in neonates
Background It is well established that exposure to adversity, especially during sensitive
periods of development such as childhood, has both behavioral (eg, increasing one's risk for …
periods of development such as childhood, has both behavioral (eg, increasing one's risk for …
Precision estimates of parallel distributed association networks: evidence for domain specialization and implications for evolution and development
LM DiNicola, RL Buckner - Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Within-individual precision estimates reveal multiple juxtaposed distributed
networks.•Adjacent networks share a spatial motif, potentially reflecting common …
networks.•Adjacent networks share a spatial motif, potentially reflecting common …
High-level representations in human occipito-temporal cortex are indexed by distal connectivity
Human object recognition is dependent on occipito-temporal cortex (OTC), but a complete
understanding of the complex functional architecture of this area must account for how it is …
understanding of the complex functional architecture of this area must account for how it is …
Changes in cortical coherence supporting complex visual and social processing in adolescence
Despite our differences, there is much about the natural visual world that most observers
perceive in common. Across adults, approximately 30% of the brain is activated in a …
perceive in common. Across adults, approximately 30% of the brain is activated in a …
Beyond the Platonic Brain: facing the challenge of individual differences in function-structure mapping
M Viola - Synthese, 2021 - Springer
In their attempt to connect the workings of the human mind with their neural realizers,
cognitive neuroscientists often bracket out individual differences to build a single, abstract …
cognitive neuroscientists often bracket out individual differences to build a single, abstract …
A sinusoidal transformation of the visual field is the basis for periodic maps in area V2
M Sedigh-Sarvestani, KS Lee, J Jaepel, R Satterfield… - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
Retinotopic maps of many visual areas are thought to follow the fundamental principles
described for the primary visual cortex (V1), where nearby points on the retina map to …
described for the primary visual cortex (V1), where nearby points on the retina map to …
Beyond category-supervision: instance-level contrastive learning models predict human visual system responses to objects
T Konkle, GA Alvarez - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Anterior regions of the ventral visual stream have substantial information about object
categories, prompting theories that category-level forces are critical for shaping visual …
categories, prompting theories that category-level forces are critical for shaping visual …