Slides from Yeatman & Kay VSS talk – Network-level interactions drive response properties in word- and face-selective cortex Abstract below: High-level perceptual functions depend on complex interactions within networks of brain regions. However, the typical approach in high-level vision is to localize brain regions that respond selectively to particular categories of images and to probe response properties focusing on these …
Bottom-up and top-down computations in high-level visual cortex
Striving towards the goal of developing a model of the computations that are performed by word- and face-selective regions in high-level visual cortex, we have posted the pre-print of our manuscript on bioRxiv.
Welcome to the lab Douglas Strodtman!
Douglas joins the lab as a research assistant after completing a post-bach in Speech and Hearing Sciences. He is tackling a fascinating project relating the development of auditory pathways in the brain to reading skills. The goal of this work is to develop a deeper understanding of the anatomical basis of reading and language impairments.
Welcome to the lab Libby Huber!
Libby Huber joins the lab after finishing her PhD in Psychology here at the University of Washington. Her dissertation work in the Vision and Cognition Lab focused on how visual experience shapes cortical development. Libby has tackled important questions revolving around plasticity and sensory processing after visual deprivation, including a recent publication examining “A lack of experience-dependent plasticity after more …
IDA Examiner Article on Visual Deficits in Dyslexia
Jason Yeatman’s article on the role of the visual system in reading and dyslexia appeared in the March issue of the International Dyslexia Association’s Examiner. There has been considerable controversy in the field of dyslexia research over the underlying impairment that causes dyslexia. The goal of this article was to provide a balanced perspective on what research on the visual …
Welcome Patrick Donnelly!
We are excited to welcome Patrick Donnelly to the lab as the Brain Development & Education lab manager! Patrick graduated summa cum laude from Tufts University where he majored in Child Development. Working with Professor Maryanne Wolf at the Center for Reading and Language Research, Patrick developed an interest in dyslexia, and particularly dyslexia interventions. He will be continuing this …
Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience – Slides Posted
It’s been a great few days at the Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience at UC Santa Barbara! Here is a link to slides from my lecture on Quantitative neuroimaging of human brain development. Feel free to email with any follow up questions.