Category: 3D Perception

How the primary visual cortex encodes stable 3D head direction signals?

Grigori Guitchounts, William Lotter, Joel Dapello, David Cox. Stable 3D Head Direction Signals in the Primary Visual Cortex. bioRxiv 2020.09.04.283762; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.04.283762

Abstract
Visual signals influence the brain’s computation of spatial position and orientation. Accordingly, the primary …

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How does the retina construct the distinct neural representations required for diverse behaviors?

Mathew T. Summers, Marla B. Feller. Distinct Inhibitory Pathways Control Velocity and Directional Tuning in the Retina. bioRxiv 2022.01.13.476257; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.01.13.476257

Abstract
“The sensory periphery is responsible for detecting ethologically relevant features of the external world, using compact, predominantly …

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Whether the encoding of the speed of sound in the brain is innate or learned for echolocating bats?

Eran Amichai, Yossi Yovel. Echolocating bats rely on an innate speed-of-sound reference. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences May 2021, 118 (19) e2024352118; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2024352118

Abstract
“Animals must encode fundamental physical relationships in their brains. A heron plunging …

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How can 3D head orienting movements be encoded in the primary visual cortex?

Grigori Guitchounts, Javier Masís, Steffen B.E. Wolff, David Cox. Encoding of 3D Head Orienting Movements in the Primary Visual Cortex. Neuron, August 11, 2020, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2020.07.014

Summary
Animals actively sample the sensory world by generating complex patterns of movement

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How the representation of visual objects is organized in the brain?

Bao, P., She, L., McGill, M. et al. A map of object space in primate inferotemporal cortex. Nature (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2350-5

Abstract
“The inferotemporal (IT) cortex is responsible for object recognition, but it is unclear how the representation of visual

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Neural-inspired Sparse Sensing and Control for Agile Flight

MURI Project: Neural-inspired Sparse Sensing and Control for Agile Flight

“Researchers from the University of Washington, Carnegie Mellon University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have been awarded a 2019 multidisciplinary university research initiative (MURI) award from the Air Force

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How the 3D Head Orienting Movements are encoded in Primary Visual Cortex?

Grigori Guitchounts, Javier Alejandro Masis, Steffen B.E. Wolff, David Cox. Encoding of 3D Head Orienting Movements in Primary Visual Cortex. bioRxiv 2020.01.16.909473; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.01.16.909473

Abstract
Animals actively sample from the sensory world by generating complex patterns of movement

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How to use bioinspired sonar reflectors as guiding beacons for autonomous navigation

Ralph Simon, Stefan Rupitsch, Markus Baumann, Huan Wu, Herbert Peremans, Jan Steckel. Bioinspired sonar reflectors as guiding beacons for autonomous navigation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Jan 2020, 201909890; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1909890117

Significance
“Artificial landmarks are widely used …

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How different sensory streams are integrated to drive spatial navigation in the brain?

Currier, Timothy A., and Katherine I. Nagel. “Multisensory control of navigation in the fruit fly.” Current Opinion in Neurobiology 64 (2020): 10-16.

Spatial navigation is influenced by cues from nearly every sensory modality and thus provides an …

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How an allocentric representation of surrounding visual space can be constructed and stored by the dorsal visual path?

Li, Tianyi, Angelo Arleo, and Denis Sheynikhovich. “A model of a panoramic visual representation in the dorsal visual pathway: the case of spatial reorientation and memory-based search.” bioRxiv (2019): 827667.

Abstract
Primates are primarily visual animals and …

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How the brain processes sensory information to guide behavior?

de Vries, Saskia EJ, Jerome A. Lecoq, Michael A. Buice, Peter A. Groblewski, Gabriel K. Ocker, Michael Oliver, David Feng et al. “A large-scale standardized physiological survey reveals functional organization of the mouse visual cortex.” Nature Neuroscience (2019): …

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What’s the neural basis of probabilistic computation in visual cortex?

Walker, Edgar Y., R. James Cotton, Wei Ji Ma, and Andreas S. Tolias. “A neural basis of probabilistic computation in visual cortex.” Nature Neuroscience 23, no. 1 (2020): 122-129.

Abstract
Bayesian models of behavior suggest that organisms

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How 3D vision neurons in insect brains compute 3D distance and direction?

Ronny Rosner, Joss von Hadeln, Ghaith Tarawneh & Jenny C. A. Read. A neuronal correlate of insect stereopsis. Nature Communications volume 10, Article number: 2845 (2019) 

Abstract
A puzzle for neuroscience—and robotics—is how insects achieve surprisingly complex behaviours with

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Neuromorphic Perception: Event-based Vision

Guillermo Gallego, Tobi Delbruck, Garrick Orchard, Chiara Bartolozzi, Brian Taba, Andrea Censi, Stefan Leutenegger, Andrew Davison, Jorg Conradt, Kostas Daniilidis, Davide Scaramuzza. Event-based Vision: A Survey. arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.08405 (2019).

Abstract: Event cameras are bio-inspired sensors that work radically

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Neuromorphic Stereo Vision for Biologically Plausible Robots

Lea Steffen, Daniel Reichard, Jakob Weinland, Jacques Kaiser, Arne Roennau and Rüdiger Dillmann. Neuromorphic Stereo Vision: a Survey of Bio-inspired Sensors and Algorithms. Front. Neurorobot. | doi: 10.3389/fnbot.2019.00028

Anstract: Any visual sensor, whether artificial or biological, maps the 3D-world …

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