Tasks and their role in visual neuroscience

K Kay, K Bonnen, RN Denison, MJ Arcaro, DL Barack - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
Vision is widely used as a model system to gain insights into how sensory inputs are
processed and interpreted by the brain. Historically, careful quantification and control of …

A massive 7T fMRI dataset to bridge cognitive neuroscience and artificial intelligence

EJ Allen, G St-Yves, Y Wu, JL Breedlove… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Extensive sampling of neural activity during rich cognitive phenomena is critical for robust
understanding of brain function. Here we present the Natural Scenes Dataset (NSD), in …

[HTML][HTML] Engaging distributed cortical and cerebellar networks through motor execution, observation, and imagery

JU Henschke, JMP Pakan - Frontiers in systems neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
When we interact with the environment around us, we are sometimes active participants,
making directed physical motor movements and other times only mentally engaging with our …

[HTML][HTML] Associations between ghrelin and leptin and neural food cue reactivity in a fasted and sated state

MCM Wever, F van Meer, L Charbonnier, DR Crabtree… - NeuroImage, 2021 - Elsevier
Food cue exposure can trigger eating. Food cue reactivity (FCR) is a conditioned response
to food cues and includes physiological responses and activation of reward-related brain …

[HTML][HTML] State-related neural influences on fMRI connectivity estimation

CG Martin, BJ He, C Chang - NeuroImage, 2021 - Elsevier
The spatiotemporal structure of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) signals has
provided a valuable window into the network underpinnings of human brain function and …

[HTML][HTML] Spoken language processing activates the primary visual cortex

A Seydell-Greenwald, X Wang, EL Newport, Y Bi… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Primary visual cortex (V1) is generally thought of as a low-level sensory area that primarily
processes basic visual features. Although there is evidence for multisensory effects on its …

A massive 7T fMRI dataset to bridge cognitive and computational neuroscience

EJ Allen, G St-Yves, Y Wu, JL Breedlove, LT Dowdle… - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Extensive sampling of neural activity during rich cognitive phenomena is critical for robust
understanding of brain function. We present the Natural Scenes Dataset (NSD), in which …

[HTML][HTML] Representations in human primary visual cortex drift over time

ZN Roth, EP Merriam - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Primary sensory regions are believed to instantiate stable neural representations, yet a
number of recent rodent studies suggest instead that representations drift over time. To test …

[HTML][HTML] High-frequency neuronal signal better explains multi-phase BOLD response

Q Zhang, SR Cramer, KL Turner, T Neuberger… - Neuroimage, 2023 - Elsevier
Visual stimulation-evoked blood-oxygen-level dependent (BOLD) responses can exhibit
more complex temporal dynamics than a simple monophasic response. For instance, BOLD …

Brain representations of motion and position in the double-drift illusion

NJ Steinberg, ZN Roth, JA Movshon, E Merriam - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
In the 'double-drift'illusion, local motion within a window moving in the periphery of the visual
field alters the window's perceived path. The illusion is strong even when the eyes track a …