William Newsome
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William Newsome's Degrees
- PhD Neurobiology California Institute of Technology
- Bachelors Physics Princeton University
Why Is William Newsome Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, William Thomas Newsome is a neuroscientist at Stanford University who works to "understand the neuronal processes that mediate visual perception and visually guided behavior." He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
William Newsome's Published Works
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Published Works
- The Variable Discharge of Cortical Neurons: Implications for Connectivity, Computation, and Information Coding (1998) (2136)
- Noise, neural codes and cortical organization (1994) (1345)
- Visual processing in monkey extrastriate cortex. (1987) (1237)
- Correlated neuronal discharge rate and its implications for psychophysical performance (1994) (1218)
- Context-dependent computation by recurrent dynamics in prefrontal cortex (2013) (1217)
- Neuronal correlates of a perceptual decision (1989) (1126)
- A relationship between behavioral choice and the visual responses of neurons in macaque MT (1996) (1058)
- Matching Behavior and the Representation of Value in the Parietal Cortex (2004) (1017)
- The analysis of moving visual patterns (1985) (983)
- The visual field representation in striate cortex of the macaque monkey: Asymmetries, anisotropies, and individual variability (1984) (950)
- Stimulus onset quenches neural variability: a widespread cortical phenomenon (2010) (939)
- Cortical microstimulation influences perceptual judgements of motion direction (1990) (904)
- Sense and the single neuron: probing the physiology of perception. (1998) (806)
- Visual Response Properties of Striate Cortical Neurons Projecting to Area MT in Macaque Monkeys (1996) (646)
- Responses of neurons in macaque MT to stochastic motion signals (1993) (633)
- Choosing the greater of two goods: neural currencies for valuation and decision making (2005) (581)
- Correlated Firing in Macaque Visual Area MT: Time Scales and Relationship to Behavior (2001) (520)
- Cortical area MT and the perception of stereoscopic depth (1998) (413)
- Microstimulation of the superior colliculus focuses attention without moving the eyes. (2005) (362)
- Organization of Disparity-Selective Neurons in Macaque Area MT (1999) (361)
- Local Field Potential in Cortical Area MT: Stimulus Tuning and Behavioral Correlations (2006) (351)
- Effective parameters for ultrasound-induced in vivo neurostimulation. (2013) (336)
- The pattern of interhemispheric connections and its relationship to extrastriate visual areas in the macaque monkey (1982) (306)
- Power spectrum analysis of bursting cells in area MT in the behaving monkey (1994) (291)
- Task representations in neural networks trained to perform many cognitive tasks (2019) (289)
- The temporal precision of reward prediction in dopamine neurons (2008) (289)
- Motion Opponency in Visual Cortex (1999) (279)
- Visual response properties of neurons in four extrastriate visual areas of the owl monkey (Aotus trivirgatus): a quantitative comparison of medial, dorsomedial, dorsolateral, and middle temporal areas. (1981) (268)
- Context-Dependent Changes in Functional Circuitry in Visual Area MT (2008) (253)
- How Is a Sensory Map Read Out? Effects of Microstimulation in Visual Area MT on Saccades and Smooth Pursuit Eye Movements (1997) (242)
- Estimates of the Contribution of Single Neurons to Perception Depend on Timescale and Noise Correlation (2009) (225)
- Anatomical and physiological asymmetries related to visual areas V3 and VP in macaque extrastriate cortex (1986) (217)
- Correlation between Speed Perception and Neural Activity in the Middle Temporal Visual Area (2005) (197)
- Integration of Sensory and Reward Information during Perceptual Decision-Making in Lateral Intraparietal Cortex (LIP) of the Macaque Monkey (2010) (195)
- Target selection for saccadic eye movements: prelude activity in the superior colliculus during a direction-discrimination task. (2001) (190)
- The BRAIN Initiative: developing technology to catalyse neuroscience discovery (2015) (184)
- Effect of spatial attention on the responses of area MT neurons. (1999) (183)
- Linear-Nonlinear-Poisson models of primate choice dynamics. (2005) (175)
- What electrical microstimulation has revealed about the neural basis of cognition (2004) (173)
- Representation of an abstract perceptual decision in macaque superior colliculus. (2004) (144)
- Separate signals for target selection and movement specification in the superior colliculus. (1999) (140)
- Middle Temporal Visual Area Microstimulation Influences Veridical Judgments of Motion Direction (2002) (139)
- A relationship between behavioral choice and the visual responses of neurons in macaque (2008) (137)
- Color Signals in Human Motion-Selective Cortex (1999) (137)
- Color Signals in Area MT of the Macaque Monkey (1999) (129)
- Dynamics of Neural Population Responses in Prefrontal Cortex Indicate Changes of Mind on Single Trials (2014) (122)
- Functional organization of speed tuned neurons in visual area MT. (2003) (122)
- Interhemispheric connections of visual cortex in the owl monkey, Aotus trivirgatus, and the bushbaby, Galago senegalensis (1980) (120)
- Tracking the eye non-invasively: simultaneous comparison of the scleral search coil and optical tracking techniques in the macaque monkey (2012) (119)
- Tuning bandwidths for near-threshold stimuli in area MT. (1998) (115)
- Can Monkeys Choose Optimally When Faced with Noisy Stimuli and Unequal Rewards? (2009) (109)
- Effects of Cortical Microstimulation on Confidence in a Perceptual Decision (2014) (100)
- Temporal gating of neural signals during performance of a visual discrimination task (1998) (90)
- Perceptual “Read-Out” of Conjoined Direction and Disparity Maps in Extrastriate Area MT (2004) (87)
- Target selection for saccadic eye movements: direction-selective visual responses in the superior colliculus. (2001) (82)
- Natural Grouping of Neural Responses Reveals Spatially Segregated Clusters in Prearcuate Cortex (2015) (82)
- Effects of Cortical Microstimulation on Confidence in a Perceptual Decision (2014) (81)
- A general mechanism for decision-making in the human brain? (2005) (79)
- Orbitofrontal Cortex Value Signals Depend on Fixation Location during Free Viewing (2016) (77)
- The Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) initiative and neurology. (2014) (76)
- Is there a signal in the noise? (1995) (76)
- Probing visual cortical function with discrete chemical lesions (1988) (72)
- Laminar differences in decision-related neural activity in dorsal premotor cortex (2017) (67)
- The Critical Role of Nonhuman Primates in Medical Research (2017) (66)
- Cone signal interactions in direction-selective neurons in the middle temporal visual area (MT). (2005) (65)
- Dissociation of Neuronal and Psychophysical Responses to Local and Global Motion (2011) (65)
- The neurobiology of cognition (1999) (64)
- Foreword to the Second Edition (2015) (47)
- Decoding and perturbing decision states in real time (2019) (46)
- Single neurons and the perception of visual motion (1989) (41)
- Comment on “Single-trial spike trains in parietal cortex reveal discrete steps during decision-making” (2016) (39)
- Effects of inferotemporal cortex lesions on form-from-motion discrimination in monkeys (2005) (36)
- Remote, brain region–specific control of choice behavior with ultrasonic waves (2020) (36)
- Differential encoding in prefrontal cortex projection neuron classes across cognitive tasks (2020) (36)
- The Trouble with Choice: Studying Decision Variables in the Brain (2009) (35)
- Opportunities and limitations of genetically modified nonhuman primate models for neuroscience research (2020) (33)
- Neural Foundations of Visual Motion Perception (1992) (30)
- Deviation from the matching law reflects an optimal strategy involving learning over multiple timescales (2019) (29)
- Visual motion: linking neuronal activity to psychophysical performance (1995) (27)
- Visual Topography and Function: Cortical Visual Areas in the Owl Monkey (1981) (22)
- Criminal Responsibility, Criminal Competence, and Prediction of Criminal Behavior (2013) (22)
- Nonhuman Primate Models of Visually Based Cognition. (1999) (21)
- Direction-selective visual responses in macaque superior colliculus induced by behavioral training (2004) (20)
- A Comparison of Spiking Statistics in Motion Sensing Neurones of Flies and Monkeys (2001) (19)
- Cortical microstimulation influences perceptual judgements of motion direction (1990) (18)
- Population dynamics of choice representation in dorsal premotor and primary motor cortex (2018) (17)
- Clustering and compositionality of task representations in a neural network trained to perform many cognitive tasks (2017) (16)
- Brittleness in model selection analysis of single neuron firing rates (2018) (15)
- Comment on “In Monkeys Making Value-Based Decisions, LIP Neurons Encode Cue Salience and Not Action Value” (2013) (15)
- Remote, brain region-specific control of choice behavior with ultrasonic waves. (2020) (14)
- Value and choice as separable and stable representations in orbitofrontal cortex (2020) (13)
- Neurophysiology: Neural fingerprints of visual attention (1996) (12)
- Visual Topography and Function (1981) (11)
- Learning fast and slow: deviations from the matching law can reflect an optimal strategy under uncertainty (2017) (10)
- Neurophysiology: Sensing and categorizing (1998) (8)
- Visuo-motor control: Giving the brain a hand (2000) (8)
- Neurobiology: Monkeys play the odds (1999) (8)
- Somatosensation: Touching the mind’s fingers (2000) (7)
- Relating Temporal Properties of Spike Trains from Area MT Neurons to the Behavior of the Monkey (1994) (6)
- Errata to Effects of cortical microstimulation on confidence in a perceptual decision [Neuron 83, (2014) 797-804] (2014) (5)
- Brain Stimulation: Feeling the Buzz (2007) (5)
- Manipulating perceptual decisions by microstimulation of extrastriate visual cortex (1991) (5)
- MT Tuning Bandwidths for Near-Threshold Stimuli in Area (1998) (5)
- Correlation between MT activity and behavioral judgment of visual speed in macaque monkeys (2010) (4)
- Transcranial ultrasound selectively biases decision-making in primates (2018) (3)
- Human Freedom “Emergence” (2009) (3)
- Correlated neuronal discharge rate and its implications for psychophysical performance (1994) (3)
- Temporal Structure of Spike Trains from MT Neurons in the Awake Monkey (1993) (3)
- erratum The neurobiology of cognition (2000) (3)
- Changing Scientific Publishing (2004) (3)
- Value and choice as separable and stable representations in orbitofrontal cortex (2020) (2)
- On Neural Codes and Perception (1995) (2)
- Subthreshold electrical stimulation of monkey superior colliculus (SC) mediates spatial attention (2004) (1)
- Choosing the greater of two goods: neural correlates of value based decision making (2005) (1)
- Laminar differences in decision-related neural activity in dorsal premotor cortex (2017) (1)
- Dynamic Decision Making in Complex Task Environments: Principles and Neural Mechanisms (2013) (1)
- Deception of Perception (2000) (1)
- Activity of macaque superior colliculus neurons predicts psychophysical decisions in a motion discrimination task (1996) (1)
- Deviation from the matching law reflects an optimal strategy involving learning over multiple timescales (2019) (0)
- Inhibitory mechanism working in the direction selective MT neurons of the macaque monkey (1985) (0)
- Temporal gatingof neural signalsduringperformance of avisual discrimination task (0)
- 16th symposium—new insights into visual cortex (1988) (0)
- A FREELY-MOVING MONKEY TREADMILL MODEL A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND THE COMMITTEE ON GRADUATE STUDIES OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (2014) (0)
- fMRI and electrophysiological responses in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex of Monkeys engaged in value-based decision making (2007) (0)
- The instructive signal which aligns the auditory space map in the barn owl optic tectum is topographic in nature (1997) (0)
- Spatial and temporal structure of choice representations in primate prefrontal cortex (2019) (0)
- Color Signals in Human Motion-Selective Cortex discrepancies between behavioral measurements and (1999) (0)
- Sensory systems (1995) (0)
- Sensory systems (1999) (0)
- Neuronsof Spatial Attention on the Responses of Area MT (2016) (0)
- Interspecies fMRI in Monkeys and Humans engaged in value-based decision making (2007) (0)
- Life of science , life of faith (2008) (0)
- Colliculusive Visual Responses in the Superior Target Selection for Saccadic Eye Movements (2013) (0)
- Task representations in neural networks trained to perform many cognitive tasks (2019) (0)
- Neuronal firing in MT predicts the perceptual interpretation of depth (1997) (0)
- Book Review:The Brain Machine. The Development of Neurophysiological Thought. Marc Jeannerod, David Urion (1986) (0)
- Foreword to the First Edition (2015) (0)
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