How is visual salience computed in the brain? Insights from behaviour, neurobiology and modelling

The singular nature of auditory and visual scene analysis in autism

(2017) I.-Fan Lin et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Is predictability salient? A study of attentional capture by auditory patterns

(2017) Rosy Southwell et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Modelling auditory attention

(2017) Emine Merve Kaya et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Sharper, Stronger, Faster Upper Visual Field Representation in Primate Superior Colliculus

(2016) Ziad M. Hafed et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Neural activities in V1 create the bottom-up saliency map of natural scenes

(2016) Cheng Chen et al.   EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH

The what, where, and why of priority maps and their interactions with visual working memory

(2015) Gregory J. Zelinsky et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Neuronal Response Gain Enhancement prior to Microsaccades

(2015) Chih-Yang Chen et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

A hard-wired priority map in the superior colliculus shaped by asymmetric inhibitory circuitry

(2015) Peter O. Bayguinov et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Primary Visual Cortex as a Saliency Map: A Parameter-Free Prediction and Its Test by Behavioral Data

(2015) Li Zhaoping et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Distinct local circuit properties of the superficial and intermediate layers of the rodent superior colliculus

(2014) Penphimon Phongphanphanee et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

S-cone Visual Stimuli Activate Superior Colliculus Neurons in Old World Monkeys: Implications for Understanding Blindsight

(2014) Nathan Hall et al.   JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE

Response Normalization in the Superficial Layers of the Superior Colliculus as a Possible Mechanism for Saccadic Averaging

(2014) C. R. Vokoun et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Excitatory Synaptic Feedback from the Motor Layer to the Sensory Layers of the Superior Colliculus

(2014) N. Ghitani et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Distinct Representation and Distribution of Visual Information by Specific Cell Types in Mouse Superficial Superior Colliculus

(2014) S. D. Gale et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Comparison of superior colliculus and primary visual cortex in the coding of visual saliency

(2014) B. White et al.   JOURNAL OF VISION

Saliency and Saccade Encoding in the Frontal Eye Field During Natural Scene Search

(2013) Hugo L. Fernandes et al.   CEREBRAL CORTEX

Subcortical connections of area V4 in the macaque

(2013) Ricardo Gattass et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

A Functional Hierarchy within the Parietofrontal Network in Stimulus Selection and Attention Control

(2013) G. Ibos et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

On the Dissociation between Microsaccade Rate and Direction after Peripheral Cues: Microsaccadic Inhibition Revisited

(2013) Z. M. Hafed et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Dissociation between saliency signals and activity in early visual cortex

(2013) T. Betz et al.   JOURNAL OF VISION

Orientation pop-out processing in human visual cortex

(2013) Carsten Bogler et al.   NEUROIMAGE

Alteration of Visual Perception prior to Microsaccades

(2013) Ziad M. Hafed   NEURON

The Mechanism of Saccade Motor Pattern Generation Investigated by a Large-Scale Spiking Neuron Model of the Superior Colliculus

(2013) Jan Morén et al.   PLoS One

What stands out in a scene? A study of human explicit saliency judgment

(2013) Ali Borji et al.   VISION RESEARCH

Interaction between Bottom-up Saliency and Top-down Control: How Saliency Maps Are Created in the Human Brain

(2012) Lucia Melloni et al.   CEREBRAL CORTEX

Residual Attention Guidance in Blindsight Monkeys Watching Complex Natural Scenes

(2012) Masatoshi Yoshida et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Similarity of superior colliculus involvement in microsaccade and saccade generation

(2012) Ziad M. Hafed et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Attention deficits without cortical neuronal deficits

(2012) Alexandre Zénon et al.   NATURE

Optimal Control of Saccades by Spatial-Temporal Activity Patterns in the Monkey Superior Colliculus

(2012) H. H. L. M. Goossens et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Decoding Successive Computational Stages of Saliency Processing

(2011) Carsten Bogler et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Order of operations for decoding superior colliculus activity for saccade generation

(2011) Husam A. Katnani et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Signals Conveyed in the Pulvinar Pathway from Superior Colliculus to Cortical Area MT

(2011) R. A. Berman et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Fastigial Oculomotor Region and the Control of Foveation During Fixation

(2010) Lorenzo Guerrasio et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Visual Saliency Computations: Mechanisms, Constraints, and the Effect of Feedback

(2010) A. Soltani et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Functional Identification of a Pulvinar Path from Superior Colliculus to Cortical Area MT

(2010) R. A. Berman et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Microsaccades precisely relocate gaze in a high visual acuity task

(2010) Hee-kyoung Ko et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Social Attention and the Brain

(2009) Jeffrey T. Klein et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Color-Related Signals in the Primate Superior Colliculus

(2009) B. J. White et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Inactivation of primate superior colliculus impairs covert selection of signals for perceptual judgments

(2009) Lee P Lovejoy et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

A Neural Mechanism for Microsaccade Generation in the Primate Superior Colliculus

(2009) Z. M. Hafed et al.   SCIENCE

Goal Representations Dominate Superior Colliculus Activity during Extrafoveal Tracking

(2008) Z. M. Hafed et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Superior Colliculus Inactivation Causes Stable Offsets in Eye Position during Tracking

(2008) Z. M. Hafed et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE