A matter of availability: sharper tuning for memorized than for perceived stimulus features

S Chota, S Gayet, JL Kenemans, CNL Olivers… - Cerebral …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Our visual environment is relatively stable over time. An optimized visual system could
capitalize on this by devoting less representational resources to objects that are physically …

[HTML][HTML] Electrophysiological aftereffects of high-frequency transcranial random noise stimulation (hf-tRNS): an EEG investigation

F Ghin, L O'Hare, A Pavan - Experimental Brain Research, 2021 - Springer
There is evidence that high-frequency transcranial random noise stimulation (hf-tRNS) is
effective in improving behavioural performance in several visual tasks. However, so far there …

Visual stimulation induces distinct forms of sensitization of On-Off direction-selective ganglion cell responses in the dorsal and ventral retina

X Huang, AJ Kim, HA Ledesma, J Ding… - Journal of …, 2022 - Soc Neuroscience
Experience-dependent modulation of neuronal responses is a key attribute in sensory
processing. In the mammalian retina, the On-Off direction-selective ganglion cell (DSGC) is …

Neural basis of semantically dependent and independent cross-modal boosts on the attentional blink

S Zhao, C Feng, X Huang, Y Wang, W Feng - Cerebral Cortex, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The present study recorded event-related potentials (ERPs) in a visual object-recognition
task under the attentional blink paradigm to explore the temporal dynamics of the cross …

Neural correlates of metacontrast masking across different contrast polarities

A Aydin, H Ogmen, H Kafaligonul - Brain Structure and Function, 2021 - Springer
Metacontrast masking is a powerful illusion to investigate the dynamics of perceptual
processing and to control conscious visual perception. However, the neural mechanisms …

[HTML][HTML] Automatic compensation enhances the orientation perception in chronic astigmatism

S Son, WM Shim, H Kang, J Lee - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Astigmatism is a prevalent optical problem in which two or more focal points blur the retinal
image at a particular meridian. Although many features of astigmatic vision, including …

Behavioral and ERP evidence that object-based attention utilizes fine-grained spatial mechanisms

EN Catak, M Özkan, H Kafaligonul, GR Stoner - cortex, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Valdes-Sosa, Cobo, and Pinilla (1998) introduced a transparent-motion design that
provided evidence of object-based attention whereby attention embraces all features of an …

[HTML][HTML] After-image formation by adaptation to dynamic color gradients

MS Alzeer, K Houwers, M van de Smagt… - Attention, Perception, & …, 2023 - Springer
The eye's retinotopic exposure to an adapter typically produces an after-image. For
example, an observer who fixates a red adapter on a gray background will see an illusory …

[HTML][HTML] Common and independent processing of visual motion perception and oculomotor response

S Yoshimoto, T Hayasaka - Journal of Vision, 2022 - tvst.arvojournals.org
Visual motion signals are used not only to drive motion perception but also to elicit
oculomotor responses. A fundamental question is whether perceptual and oculomotor …

A matter of availability: Neural representations of task-relevant stimulus features are sharper when stimuli are memorized rather than perceived

S Chota, S Gayet, JL Kenemans, CNL Olivers… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Our visual environment is relatively stable over time and an optimized visual system ought to
capitalize on this by not devoting any representational resources to objects that are still …