Search Results - "Diamond, Mathew E."

Complementary Contributions of Spike Timing and Spike Rate to Perceptual Decisions in Rat S1 and S2 Cortex by Zuo, Yanfang, Safaai, Houman, Notaro, Giuseppe, Mazzoni, Alberto, Panzeri, Stefano, Diamond, Mathew E.

“…When a neuron responds to a sensory stimulus, two fundamental codes [1–6] may transmit the information specifying stimulus identity—spike rate (the total…”
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Perceptual uncertainty by Diamond, Mathew E

“…The number of the distinct tactile percepts exceeds the number of receptor types in the skin, signifying that perception cannot be explained by a one-to-one…”
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A sensory integration account for time perception by Toso, Alessandro, Fassihi, Arash, Paz, Luciano, Pulecchi, Francesca, Diamond, Mathew E

“…The connection between stimulus perception and time perception remains unknown. The present study combines human and rat psychophysics with sensory cortical…”
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Texture Identification by Bounded Integration of Sensory Cortical Signals by Zuo, Yanfang, Diamond, Mathew E.

“…Recent work demonstrated that when a rat palpates a surface to identify its texture, signals generated by whisker kinematics are integrated by the brain, one…”
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Conserved visual capacity of rats under red light by Nikbakht, Nader, Diamond, Mathew E

“…Recent studies examine the behavioral capacities of rats and mice with and without visual input, and the neuronal mechanisms underlying such capacities. These…”
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Neuronal Correlates of Tactile Working Memory in Prefrontal and Vibrissal Somatosensory Cortex by Esmaeili, Vahid, Diamond, Mathew E

“…Tactile working memory engages a broad network of cortical regions in primates. To assess whether the conclusions drawn from primates apply to rodents, we…”
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Active touch sensing by Prescott, Tony J., Diamond, Mathew E., Wing, Alan M.

“…Active sensing systems are purposive and information-seeking sensory systems. Active sensing usually entails sensor movement, but more fundamentally, it…”
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Coherence between Rat Sensorimotor System and Hippocampus Is Enhanced during Tactile Discrimination by Grion, Natalia, Akrami, Athena, Zuo, Yangfang, Stella, Federico, Diamond, Mathew E

“…Rhythms with time scales of multiple cycles per second permeate the mammalian brain, yet neuroscientists are not certain of their functional roles. One leading…”
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'Where' and 'what' in the whisker sensorimotor system by Diamond, Mathew E, von Heimendahl, Moritz, Knutsen, Per Magne, Kleinfeld, David, Ahissar, Ehud

“…Key Points The first study of whisker function, from 1912, showed that rats lose the capacity to navigate in a complex labyrinth if their whiskers are clipped…”
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Active sensation: insights from the rodent vibrissa sensorimotor system by Kleinfeld, David, Ahissar, Ehud, Diamond, Mathew E

“…Rats sweep their vibrissae through space to locate objects in their immediate environment. In essence, their view of the proximal world is generated through…”
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Direct contribution of the sensory cortex to the judgment of stimulus duration by Reinartz, Sebastian, Fassihi, Arash, Ravera, Maria, Paz, Luciano, Pulecchi, Francesca, Gigante, Marco, Diamond, Mathew E.

“…Decision making frequently depends on monitoring the duration of sensory events. To determine whether, and how, the perception of elapsed time derives from the…”
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Tactile perception and working memory in rats and humans by Fassihi, Arash, Akrami, Athena, Esmaeili, Vahid, Diamond, Mathew E.

“…Primates can store sensory stimulus parameters in working memory for subsequent manipulation, but until now, there has been no demonstration of this capacity…”
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Texture sensation through the fingertips and the whiskers by Diamond, Mathew E

“…Texture sensation in primates, through the fingertips, and in rats, through the whiskers, is rapid and accurate. Recent work has provided enough knowledge to…”
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Whisking and whisker kinematics during a texture classification task by Zuo, Yanfang, Perkon, Igor, Diamond, Mathew E.

“…Rats explore objects by rhythmically whisking with their vibrissae. The goal of the present study is to learn more about the motor output used by rats to…”
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Behavioral study of whisker-mediated vibration sensation in rats by Adibi, Mehdi, Diamond, Mathew E., Arabzadeh, Ehsan

“…Rats use their vibrissal sensory system to collect information about the nearby environment. They can accurately and rapidly identify object location, shape,…”
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Hippocampal representation of touch-guided behavior in rats: persistent and independent traces of stimulus and reward location by Itskov, Pavel M, Vinnik, Ekaterina, Diamond, Mathew E

“…Understanding the mechanisms by which sensory experiences are stored remains a compelling challenge for neuroscience. Previous work has described how the…”
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Sensory Prioritization in Rats: Behavioral Performance and Neuronal Correlates by Lee, Conrad C Y, Diamond, Mathew E, Arabzadeh, Ehsan

“…Operating with some finite quantity of processing resources, an animal would benefit from prioritizing the sensory modality expected to provide key information…”
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Neuronal encoding of texture in the whisker sensory pathway by Arabzadeh, Ehsan, Zorzin, Erik, Diamond, Mathew E

“…A major challenge of sensory systems neuroscience is to quantify brain activity underlying perceptual experiences and to explain this activity as the outcome…”
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Shifts in coding properties and maintenance of information transmission during adaptation in barrel cortex by Maravall, Miguel, Petersen, Rasmus S, Fairhall, Adrienne L, Arabzadeh, Ehsan, Diamond, Mathew E

“…Neuronal responses to ongoing stimulation in many systems change over time, or "adapt." Despite the ubiquity of adaptation, its effects on the stimulus…”
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Neuronal activity in rat barrel cortex underlying texture discrimination by von Heimendahl, Moritz, Itskov, Pavel M, Arabzadeh, Ehsan, Diamond, Mathew E

“…Rats and mice palpate objects with their whiskers to generate tactile sensations. This form of active sensing endows the animals with the capacity for fast and…”
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