Runnan Cao

2 months ago | nature.com | Runnan Cao |Cory S Inman |Xin Li |Adam N. Mamelak |Jon Willie

AbstractHow the brain encodes, recognizes, and memorizes general visual objects is a fundamental question in neuroscience. Here, we investigated the neural processes underlying visual object perception and memory by recording from 3173 single neurons in the human amygdala and hippocampus across four experiments. We employed both passive-viewing and recognition memory tasks involving a diverse range of naturalistic object stimuli.

Jan 14, 2025 | nature.com | Runnan Cao

AbstractObject recognition is fundamental to how we interact with and interpret the world around us. The human amygdala and hippocampus play a key role in object recognition, contributing to both the encoding and retrieval of visual information. Here, we recorded single-neuron activity from the human amygdala and hippocampus when neurosurgical epilepsy patients performed a one-back task using naturalistic object stimuli.

Dec 4, 2024 | science.org | Mohammad Asghari |Melica Nourmoussavi Brodeur |Horacio Maldonado |Runnan Cao

AbstractInferring the intentions and emotions of others from behavior is crucial for social cognition. While neuroimaging studies have identified brain regions involved in social inference, it remains unknown whether performing social inference is an abstract computation that generalizes across different stimulus categories or is specific to certain stimulus domain.

Jun 28, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Jie Zhang |Runnan Cao |Xiaocang Zhu |Huihui Zhou

AbstractVisual attention and object recognition are two critical cognitive functions that significantly influence our perception of the world. While these neural processes converge on the temporal cortex, the exact nature of their interactions remains largely unclear. Here, we systematically investigated the interplay between visual attention and object feature coding by training macaques to perform a free-gaze visual search task using natural face and object stimuli.