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Research interests I am generally
interested in the relationship between perception and recognition.
Specifically, I am investigating the cognitive mechanisms and neural
substrates of perceptual learning and recognition in higher visual domains. As a member of
Michael Ramscar's lab, I am conducting research to understand the
asymmetries in associative learning. How does the order of presentation (an
object followed by a label, or vice versa) affect learning? Can simple
learning models account for these differences? Are separate neural circuits
involved in the two types of associative learning? As a member of Kalanit Grill-Spector's
lab, I am investigating the neural mechanisms involved in the perception and
representation of faces. Using a fully parameterized space of face silhouettes, we are
examining the sensitivity of face-selective regions in the fusiform gyrus.
With high-resolution fMRI, we are finding evidence that the fusiform face
area (FFA) is not homogeneously responsive to all faces, and attempting to
define a map between "face space" and FFA activity. |