Our approach to understanding this system entails a combination of neuropsychological testing to analyze how memory breaks down after selective damage to components of this system and electrophysiological recording to characterize how experiences are encoded by the activity patterns of neurons in these brain structures. Investigation of natural associated with such control and the design of experiments which incorporate the natural behavior of the animal. Specific emphasis is on the interactions of cocaine with the NMDA receptor complex. My research investigates the neural mechanisms of visual perception and attention. Current specific topics of interest include visual spatial attention, visual motion perception, lightness perception, and neural computations in primary visual cortex.
Specific emphasis is effects of attention on motion processing.
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