2013
Shared space, separate processes: Neural activation patterns for auditory description and visual object naming in healthy adults
Hamberger MJ, Habeck CG, Pantazatos SP, Williams AC, Hirsch J. Shared space, separate processes: Neural activation patterns for auditory description and visual object naming in healthy adults. Human Brain Mapping 2013, 35: 2507-2520. PMID: 23918095, PMCID: PMC4091775, DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22345.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual namingVisual objectsAuditory descriptionActivation patternsPosterior temporal activationNeural activation patternsCommon neural substrateTask-related differencesTask-specific regionsPosterior temporal regionsAnterior temporal cortexTypes of tasksCortical stimulation studiesTemporo-parietal regionsTemporal lobe epilepsy patientsHealthy adultsCognitive scientistsStandard univariate analysisNeural processesNeural substratesFunctional neuroimagingCerebral organizationTask specificityTemporal cortexLeft posterior
2006
Predictive Codes for Forthcoming Perception in the Frontal Cortex
Summerfield C, Egner T, Greene M, Koechlin E, Mangels J, Hirsch J. Predictive Codes for Forthcoming Perception in the Frontal Cortex. Science 2006, 314: 1311-1314. PMID: 17124325, DOI: 10.1126/science.1132028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFrontal cortexIncoming sensory informationMedial frontal cortexPresence of facesPerceptual ambiguityPerceptual decisionsSensory evidenceNeural representationVisual objectsSensory environmentVisual areasPredictive codingSensory informationPredictive codePerceptionCortexFaceHuman subjectsBrainObserved evidenceDecisionsAmbiguityRepresentationEvidenceObjectsA Neural Representation of Categorization Uncertainty in the Human Brain
Grinband J, Hirsch J, Ferrera VP. A Neural Representation of Categorization Uncertainty in the Human Brain. Neuron 2006, 49: 757-763. PMID: 16504950, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2006.01.032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCategorization uncertaintyEvent-related functional MRIFundamental cognitive functionFrontoparietal attention networkMedial frontal gyrusStimulus categorizationNeural representationParietal eye fieldsVisual objectsCategorical boundariesAnterior insulaFrontal gyrusCortical substratesAttention networkCognitive functionVentral striatumFunctional MRIPsychophysical functionsEye fieldBrain regionsHuman brainDorsomedial thalamusDiscrete categoriesInsulaThalamic network