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Research interests My research
focuses on the cognitive, visual, and neural representations of objects and
faces. I am particularly interested in how parametric characterizations of a
stimulus space can inform our theories of representation. As a Research Associate in Kalanit
Grill-Spector's lab, I am investigating the perceptual and neural mechanisms
involved in the representation of human faces. Using a fully parameterized
space of face silhouettes,
we are examining the sensitivity of face-selective regions in the human
ventral lateral cortex and relating responses to behavior. We are finding
evidence that responses in face-selective regions in the fusiform gyrus and
inferior occipital gyrus are driven by the face-likeness and variability
of visually presented stimuli. |