Visual processing varies dramatically across the visual field. These differences start in the
retina and continue all the way to the visual cortex. Despite these differences in processing …

Considerable information about mental states can be decoded from noninvasive measures
of human brain activity. Analyses of brain activity patterns can reveal what a person is …

Representational similarity analysis of activation patterns has become an increasingly
important tool for studying brain representations. The dissimilarity between two patterns is …

In addition to bottom-up input, the visual cortex receives large amounts of feedback from
other cortical areas [1–3]. One compelling example of feedback activation of early visual …

Human early visual cortex was traditionally thought to process simple visual features such
as orientation, contrast, and spatial frequency via feedforward input from the lateral …

High-acuity foveal processing is vital for human vision. Nonetheless, little is known about
how the preparation of large-scale rapid eye movements (saccades) affects visual sensitivity …

Category information for visually presented objects can be read out from multi-voxel patterns
of fMRI activity in ventral–temporal cortex. What is the nature and reliability of these patterns …

Real-world scenes are incredibly complex and heterogeneous, yet we are able to identify
and categorize them effortlessly. In humans, the ventral temporal parahippocampal place …

Visual imagery allows us to vividly imagine scenes in the absence of visual stimulation. The
likeness of visual imagery to visual perception suggests that they might share neural …

During mental imagery, visual representations can be evoked in the absence of “bottom-up”
sensory input. Prior studies have reported similar neural substrates for imagery and …