Computational Cognitive and Visual Neuroscience
Through experience, we learn to interpret the sights and sounds around us and to make decisions that move us closer to achieving our goals. Our ability to learn from and adapt to our ever changing environment is a foundation of complex behavior, as it allows us to make sense of incoming sensory stimuli and to plan successful actions. To study these questions, our laboratory uses advanced neurophysiological and behavioral techniques, in parallel with machine learning approaches for studying cognitive computations in artificial neural networks. Together, our work is providing insights into the brain mechanisms of visual learning, recognition and decision making.
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Postdoctoral - Neurobiology
2008
M.I.T.
Cambridge, MA
Ph.D. - Systems Neuroscience
2002
Frontal Eye Field Leads a Distributed Oculomotor Circuit for Abstract Categorical Decisions.
Frontal Eye Field Leads a Distributed Oculomotor Circuit for Abstract Categorical Decisions. bioRxiv. 2026 Jul 06.
PMID: 42465361
Visual learning at fast and slow timescales is driven by distinct plasticity rules in primate inferotemporal cortex.
Visual learning at fast and slow timescales is driven by distinct plasticity rules in primate inferotemporal cortex. Nat Commun. 2026 Jul 04; 17(1).
PMID: 42401574
How distributed is the brain-wide network that is recruited for cognition?
How distributed is the brain-wide network that is recruited for cognition? Nat Rev Neurosci. 2026 Feb; 27(2):138-150.
PMID: 41345295
Race-neutral Pediatric Reference Ranges for Bone Mineral Density Predict Prospective Fractures in Childhood.
Race-neutral Pediatric Reference Ranges for Bone Mineral Density Predict Prospective Fractures in Childhood. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2025 Oct 16; 110(11):3034-3048.
PMID: 40129031
Firing rate diversity lowers the dimension of population covariability in neuronal networks.
Firing rate diversity lowers the dimension of population covariability in neuronal networks. bioRxiv. 2025 Jun 01.
PMID: 39257801
Multiplexing of cognitive encoding by oculomotor networks leads to incidental gaze shifts.
Multiplexing of cognitive encoding by oculomotor networks leads to incidental gaze shifts. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Apr 15; 122(15):e2422331122.
PMID: 40198709
Primate superior colliculus is causally engaged in abstract higher-order cognition.
Primate superior colliculus is causally engaged in abstract higher-order cognition. Nat Neurosci. 2024 Oct; 27(10):1999-2008.
PMID: 39300307
Neuronal firing rate diversity lowers the dimension of population covariability.
Neuronal firing rate diversity lowers the dimension of population covariability. bioRxiv. 2024 Aug 31.
PMID: 39257801
Alterations of neural activity in the prefrontal cortex associated with deficits in working memory performance.
Alterations of neural activity in the prefrontal cortex associated with deficits in working memory performance. Front Behav Neurosci. 2023; 17:1213435.
PMID: 37915531
Redundant representations are required to disambiguate simultaneously presented complex stimuli.
Redundant representations are required to disambiguate simultaneously presented complex stimuli. PLoS Comput Biol. 2023 08; 19(8):e1011327.
PMID: 37556470