Thomas Naselaris

Nov 26, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Ghislain St-Yves |Kendrick N. Kay |Thomas Naselaris

AbstractBrain activity patterns in high-level visual cortex support accurate linear classification of visual concepts (e.g., objects or scenes). It has long been appreciated that the accuracy of linear classification in any brain area depends on the geometry of its concept manifolds---sets of brain activity patterns that encode images of a concept.

Oct 22, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Nicholas Hedger |Thomas Naselaris |Kendrick N. Kay |Tomas Knapen

AbstractOur sensory systems work together to generate a cohesive experience of the world around us. Watching others being touched activates brain areas representing our own sense of touch: the visual system recruits touch-related computations to simulate bodily consequences of visual inputs. One long-standing question is how the brain implements this interface between visual and somatosensory representations.

Dec 13, 2023 | quantamagazine.org | Yasemin Saplakoglu |Thomas Naselaris

IntroductionIn the 16th century, the Belgian cartographer Abraham Ortelius created the world’s first modern atlas — a collection of maps that he called “The Theater of the World.” The maps, drawn by Ortelius and others, detailed what was at the time the best knowledge of the world’s continents, cities, mountains, rivers, lakes and oceans and helped usher in a new understanding of global geography.

Jul 11, 2023 | biorxiv.org | Kendrick N. Kay |Thomas Naselaris |Michael Tarr |Aria Yuan Wang

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Jun 8, 2023 | nexusnewsfeed.com | Thomas Naselaris

Is it real or imagined? How your brain tells the difference New experiments show that the brain distinguishes between perceived and imagined mental images by checking whether they cross a “reality threshold.”Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?