Foundations of Neuroimaging (2024)
Systems Neuroscience (2024)
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Psych 569/769 — Foundations of Neuroimaging (Fall 2022)
Psych 568/768 — Systems Neuroscience (Spring 2022)
Psych 569/769 — Foundations of Neuroimaging (Fall 2021)
Psych 760/768 — Systems Neuroscience (Spring 2021, Phys. Corr. Behav.)
Psych 569/769 — Foundations of Neuroimaging (Fall 2020)
Psych 568/768 — Systems Neuroscience (Spring 2020)
Psych 569/769 — Foundations of Neuroimaging (Fall 2019)
New: Csurf cortical surface tools (Mac/Linux) (also here) (updated with new parcellation)
New: fMRI mapping stimulus software (Mac/Linux) (also here)
New: Public lecture: The Shape of Thought (2024)
(HD here)
(2022 version w/longer discussion
here)
New: Public lecture: 'DNA' and Language (2021)
New: Public lecture: On Brainmaps (2021)
Talks/Class videos now available on youtube channel
Human cerebellum surface data,
glamour shots
(cut,
floc,
seg), and movies
here
Historical mpeg movies of fMRI and surface morphing
Comparing brains:
dolphin/human and monk/chimp/human
actual and
scaled-to-same
Mpeg movies of California ground squirrel direction selective cell responses
Push stationary lumps
around (recurrent net w/symmetric local diff-Gaussians weights)
Hold moving lump
(asymmetric weights, local stim — see K. Zhang,
J. Neurosci. 16:2112-2126, 1996)
More dynamic lumps (non-mono I/O)
Public lecture Origins of the Human Mind (2005)
Marty's
brain explodes (from Sereno/Dale Soc Neurosci talk, 1992)
[last update: Jul 2024] [Curriculum Vitae PDF here, including download links]
2024
Lei, V.L.C., T.I. Leong, C.T. Leong, L. Liu, C.U. Choi, M.I. Sereno,
D. Li, and R.-S. Huang (2023)
Phase-encoded fMRI tracks down brainstorms of natural language processing
with sub-second precision.
Human Brain Mapping 45:e26617.
(doi: 10.1002/hbm.26617)
(PDF)
(Suppl)
(movie quick links)
Haenelt, D., R. Trampel , S. Nasr, J.R. Polimeni, R.B.H. Tootell,
M.I. Sereno, K.J. Pine, L.J. Edwards, S. Helbling, and N. Weiskop (2023)
High-resolution quantitative and functional MRI indicate lower
myelination of thin and thick stripes in human secondary visual cortex.
eLife 12:e78756.
(doi: 10.7554/eLife.78756)
(PDF)
(appendix)
Sereno, M.I., M.R. Sood, and R.-S. Huang (2022)
Topological maps and brain computations from low to high.
Frontiers in System Neuroscience 16:787737.
(doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2022.787737)
(PDF)
(resources, movies, atlases)
Ksenija Marinkovic, K., A.B. Alderson Myers, D. Arienzo, M.I. Sereno, and
G.F. Mason (2022)
Cortical GABA levels are reduced in young adult binge drinkers: Association
with recent alcohol consumption and sex.
Neuroimage 35:103091.
(doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2022.103091)
(PDF)
Bosi Chen, B., A. Linke, L. Olson, J. Kohli, M. Kinnear, M.I. Sereno,
R.-A. Muller, R. Carper, and I. Fishman (2022)
Cortical myelination in toddlers and preschoolers with autism
epectrum disorder.
Developmental Neurobiology 82: 261-274.
(doi: 10.1002/dneu.22874)
(PDF)
Sereno, M.I., M. Paolini, R. Jeo, A. Dobbins, and J.M. Allman (2022)
Retinotopic organization of extrastriate cortex in a lemuriform primate,
Cheirogaleus medius.
Cerebral Cortex (under second review).
(PDF)
de Haas, B., M.I. Sereno, and D. Samuel Schwarzkopf (2021)
Inferior occipital gyrus is organised along common gradients of
spatial and face-part selectivity
Journal of Neuroscience 41:5511-5521.
(doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2415-20.2021)
(PDF)
Ganepola, T., Y. Lee, D.C. Alexander, M.I. Sereno, and Z. Nagy (2021)
Multiple b-values improve discrimination of cortical gray matter regions
using diffusion MRI: an experimental validation with a data-driven approach
Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine
34:677-687.
(doi:10.1007/s10334-021-00914-3)
(PDF)
Tame, L. R. Tucciarelli, R. Sadibolova, M.I. Sereno, and M.R.Longo (2021)
Reconstructing neural representations of tactile space
Neuroimage 229:117730.
(doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.117730)
(PDF)
Sereno, M.I., J. Diedrichsen, M. Tachrount, G. Testa-Silva, H. d'Arceuil,
and C. De Zeeuw (2020)
The human cerebellum has almost 80% of the surface area of the neocortex.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 117:19538-19543.
(doi: 10.1073/pnas.2002896117)
(PDF)
(Suppl)
(InThisIssue)
(movies)
(data)
Filimon, F. J.D. Nelson, T.J. Sejnowski, M.I. Sereno,
and G.W. Cottrell (2020)
The ventral striatum dissociates information expectation, reward
anticipation, and reward receipt.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 117:15200-1520.
(doi: 10.1073/pnas.1911778117)
(PDF)
Samuelsson, J.G, P. Sundaram, S. Kahan, M.I. Sereno,
and M. Hamalainen (2020)
Detectability of cerebellar activity with magnetoencephalography and
electroencephalography.
Human Brain Mapping 41:2357-2372.
(doi: 10.1002/hbm.24951)
(PDF)
Alvarez, I., R. Smittenaar , S.E. Handley, A. Liasis, M.I. Sereno,
D.S. Schwarzkopf, C.A. Clark (2020)
Altered visual population receptive fields in human albinism.
Cortex 128:107-123.
(doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2020.03.016)
(PDF)
Nimbalkar, S., E. Fuhrer, P. Silva, T. Nguyen, M. Sereno, S. Kassegne,
and J. Korvink (2019)
Glassy carbon microelectrodes minimize induced
voltages, mechanical vibrations, and artifacts in magnetic resonance
imaging.
Microsystems & Nanoengineering - Nature 5:61.
(doi: 0.1038/s41378-019-0106-x)
(PDF)
Mancini, F., A.P Wang, M.M. Schira, Z.J. Isherwood, J. McAuley, G.D. Iannetti,
M.I. Sereno, G.L. Moseley, C.D. Rae (2019)
Fine-grained mapping of cortical somatotopies in
chronic complex regional pain syndrome
Journal of Neuroscience 39:9185-9196.
(doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2005-18.2019)
(PDF)
Diedrichsen, J., M. King, C. Hernandez-Castillo, M. Sereno, and R.B. Ivry (2019)
Universal transform or multiple functionality? Understanding the
contribution of the human cerebellum across task domains.
Neuron 102:918-928.
(doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.04.021)
(PDF)
Mancini, F., M.I. Sereno, M.-H. Lee, G.D. Iannetti, and I. Tracey (2019)
Within-finger maps of tactile and nociceptive input in the human parietal
cortex.
bioRxiv 599167.
(doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/599167)
(PDF)
Dekker, T., S. Schwarzkopf, B. de Haas, M. Nardini, and M.I. Sereno (2019)
Population receptive field tuning properties of visual cortex during
childhood.
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 37:100614.
(doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2019.01.001)
(PDF)
Ching-fu Chen, C.-F., K. Kreutz-Delgado, M.I. Sereno, and R.-S. Huang (2018)
Unraveling the spatiotemporal brain dynamics during a simulated
reach-to-eat task.
Neuroimage 185:58-71.
(PDF)
(Suppl)
(movie-1sub)
(movie-avg)
Pasqualotto, A., M. Furlan, M.J. Proulx, and M.I. Sereno (2018)
Visual loss alters multisensory face maps in humans.
Brain Structure and Function 223:3731-3738.
(doi: 10.1007/s00429-018-1713-2)
(PDF)
Kuehn, E. and M.I. Sereno (2018)
Modeling the human cortex in three dimensions.
Trends in Cognitive Sciences 22:1073-1075.
(doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2018.08.010)
(PDF)
Moutsiana, C., R. Soliman, L. de Wit, M. James-Galton, M.I. Sereno,
G.T. Plant, and D.S. Schwarzkopf (2018)
Unexplained progressive visual field loss in the presence of normal
retinotopic maps.
Frontiers in Psychololgy 9:1722.
(doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01722)
(PDF)
Rosenthal, C.R., I. Mallik, C. Caballero-Gaudes, M.I. Sereno, and D. Soto
(2018)
Learning of goal-relevant and -irrelevant complex visual sequences in human V1.
NeuroImage 179:215-224.
(PDF)
Sood, M. and M.I. Sereno (2018)
Estimating the cortex-wide overlap between wordless narrative scene
comprehension, reading comprehension, and topological visual, auditory,
and somatomotor maps.
bioRxiv 264002.
(doi:10.1101/264002)
(biorxiv PDF)
Huang, R.-S. and M.I. Sereno (2018)
Chapter 7.
Multisensory and Sensorimotor Maps.
In: The Parietal Lobe. Neurological and Neuropsychological Deficits
(Handbook of Clinical Neurology), G. Vallar, H.B. Coslett (eds.),
volume 151 (3rd series), Elsevier, pp. 141-161.
(doi:10.1016/B978-0-444-63622-5.00007-3)
(PDF)
Fischl, B. and M.I. Sereno (2018)
Microstructural parcellation of the human brain.
Neuroimage 182:219-231.
(doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.01.036)
(PDF)
Huang, R.-S., C.-F. Chen, and M.I. Sereno (2018)
Spatiotemporal integration of looming visual and tactile stimuli near the face.
Human Brain Mapping 39:2156-2176.
(doi:10.1002/hbm.23995)
(PDF)
Ganepola, T., Z.N. Nagy, A. Ghosh, T. Papadopoulo, D.C. Alexander, and
M.I. Sereno (2018)
Using diffusion MRI to discriminate areas of cortical grey matter.
Neuroimage 182:456-468.
(doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.12.046)
(PDF)
Kuehn, E., P. Haggard, A. Villringer, B. Pleger, and M.I. Sereno (2018)
Visually-driven maps in area 3b.
Journal of Neuroscience 38:1295-1310.
(doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0491-17.2017)
(PDF)
Dick, F., M. Lehet, M.F. Callaghan, T. Keller, M.I. Sereno, and L. Holt (2017)
Extensive tonotopic mapping across auditory cortex is recapitulated by
spectrally-directed attention and systematically related to cortical
myeloarchitecture.
Journal of Neuroscience 37:12187-12201.
(doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1436-17.2017)
(PDF)
(biorxiv PDF)
Huang, R.-S., C.-F. Chen, and M.I. Sereno (2017)
Mapping the complex topological organization of the human parietal face area.
Neuroimage 163:459-470.
(doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.09.004)
(PDF)
Ganepola, T, Z. Nagy, D.C. Alexander, and M.I. Sereno (2017)
An unsupervised group average cortical parcellation using
diffusion MRI to probe cytoarchitecture.
In: A. Fuster, A. Ghosh, E. Kaden, Y. Rathi, R. Reisert (eds.)
Computational Diffusion MRI. MICCAI 2016. Mathematics and Visualization.
Springer International Publishing, pp. 145-156.
(doi:10.1007/978-3-319-54130-3_12)
(PDF)
Huang, R.-S., C.-F. Chen, K. Kreutz-Delgado, and M.I. Sereno (2017)
Validation of periodic fMRI signals in response to wearable tactile
stimulation.
Neuroimage 150:99-111.
(doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.02.024)
(PDF)
Kuehn, E., J. Dinse, E. Jakobsen, X. Long, A. Schafer, P.-L. Bazin,
A. Villringer, M.I. Sereno, and D.S. Margulies (2017)
Body topography parcellates human sensory and motor cortex.
Cerebral Cortex 27:3790-3805.
(doi:10.1093/cercor/bhx026)
(PDF)
Carey, D., S. Krishnan, M.F. Callaghan, M.I. Sereno, and F. Dick (2017)
Functional and quantitative MRI mapping of somatomotor representations
of human supralaryngeal vocal tract.
Cerebral Cortex 27:265-278.
(doi:10.1093/cercor/bhw393)
(PDF)
Roseman, L., M.I. Sereno, R. Leech, M. Kaelen, C. Orban, J. McGonigle,
A. Feilding, D.J. Nutt, and R.L. Carhart-Harris (2016)
LSD alters eyes-closed functional connectivity within the early visual
cortex in a retinotopic fashion.
Human Brain Mapping 37:3031-3040
(doi:10.1002/hbm.23224)
(PDF)
Carhart-Harris, R.L., S. Muthukumaraswamy, L. Roseman, M. Kaelena,
W. Droogb, K. Murphy, E. Tagliazucchi, E.E. Schenberg, T. Nest, C. Orbana,
R. Leech, L.T. Williams, T.M. Williams, M. Bolstridge, B. Sessa,J. McGonigle,
M.I. Sereno, D. Nichols, P.J. Hellyer, P. Hobden, J. Evans, K.D. Singh,
R.G. Wise, H.V. Curran, A. Feilding, and D.J. Nutt (2016)
Neural correlates of the LSD experience revealed by multimodal neuroimaging.
PNAS 113:4853-4858.
(doi:10.1073/pnas.1518377113)
(PDF)
Sood, M. and M.I. Sereno (2016)
Areas activated during naturalistic reading comprehension overlap
topological visual, auditory, and somatotomotor maps.
Human Brain Mapping 37:2784-2810.
(doi:10.1002/hbm.23208)
(PDF)
(biorxiv)
(cover image
showing multiple wraps of the retinotopy color scale).
Smittenaar, C.R, M. MacSweeney, M.I. Sereno, and D.S. Schwarzkopf
(2016)
Does congenital deafness affect the structural and functional architecture
of primary visual vortex?
The Open Neuroimaging Journal 10:1-19.
(doi:10.2174/1874440001610010001)
(PDF)
Mohammadi, S., D. Carey, F. Dick, J. Diedrichsen, M.I. Sereno, M. Reisert,
M.F. Callaghan, and N. Weiskopf (2015)
Whole-Brain In-vivo Measurements of the Axonal G-Ratio in a Group of 37
Healthy Volunteers.
Frontiers in Neuroscience 9:441.
(doi:10.3389/fnins.2015.00441)
(PDF)
Dekker, T.M., H. Ban, B. van der Velde, M.I. Sereno, A. Welchman,
and M. Nardini (2015)
Late development of cue integration is linked to sensory fusion in cortex.
Current Biology 25:2856-2861.
(doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.09.043)
(PDF)
Angelucci, A., A.W. Roe, and M.I. Sereno (2015)
Controversial issues in visual cortex mapping: Extrastriate cortex
between areas V2 and MT in human and nonhuman primates.
Visual Neuroscience 32:e025, 3 pages.
(doi:10.1017/S0952523815000292)
(PDF)
Sereno, M.I., C.T. McDonald, and J.M. Allman (2015)
Retinotopic organization of extrastriate cortex in the owl monkey —
dorsal and lateral areas.
Visual Neuroscience 32:e021, 39 pages.
(doi:10.1017/S0952523815000206)
(PDF)
Sereno, M.I., J. Diedrichsen, M. Tachrount, G. Silva, and C. De Zeeuw
(2015)
Complete human cerebellar cortex reconstruction and flattening
resolving individual folia.
Human Brain Mapping meeting 2015, HI, #1579.
Huang, R.-S., C.-F. Chen, and M.I. Sereno (2015)
Neural substrates underlying the passive observation and
active control of translational egomotion.
Journal of Neuroscience 35:4258-4267.
(doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2647-14.2015)
(PDF)
Filimon, F, C.A. Rieth, M.I. Sereno, and G.W. Cottrell (2015)
Observed, executed, and imagined action representations can be
decoded from ventral and dorsal areas.
Cerebral Cortex 35:1468-1480.
(doi:10.1093/cercor/bhu110)
(PDF)
Dekker, T.M., D. Mareschal, M.H. Johnson, and M.I. Sereno (2014)
Picturing words? Sensorimotor cortex activation for printed words in
child and adult readers.
Brain & Language 139:58-67.
(doi:10.1016/j.bandl.2014.09.009)
(PDF)
Strappini, F., S. Pitzalis, A.Z. Snyder, M. McAvoy, M.I. Sereno,
M. Corbetta, and S. Gordon (2014)
Eye position modulates retinotopic responses in early visual areas:
a bias for the straight-ahead direction.
Brain Structure and Function doi:10.1007/s00429-014-0808-7.
(PDF)
Lyness, C.R., I. Alvarez, M.I. Sereno, and M. MacSweeney (2014)
Microstructural differences in the thalamus and thalamic radiations in
the congenitally deaf.
Neuroimage 100:347-357.
(doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.05.077)
(PDF)
Sereno, M.I. (2014)
Origin of symbol-using systems: speech, but not sign, without the semantic urge.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 369(1651):20130303.
(doi:10.1098/rstb.2013.0303)
(PDF)
Sereno, M.I. and R.-S. Huang (2014)
Multisensory maps in parietal cortex.
Current Opinion in Neurobiology 24:39-46.
(doi:10.1016/j.conb.2013.08.014)
(PDF)
Lutti, A, F. Dick, M.I. Sereno, and N. Weiskopf (2014)
Using high-resolution quantitative mapping of R1 as an index of
cortical myelination.
Neuroimage 93:176-188.
(doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.06.005)
(PDF)
Huang, R.-S. and M.I. Sereno (2013)
Bottom-up retinotopic organization supports top-down mental imagery.
The Open Neuroimaging Journal 7:58-67.
(doi:10.2174/1874440001307010058)
(PDF)
Budnik, U., M.I. Sereno, R. Trampel, V. Walsh, and R. Turner (2013)
Visuelle and somatotope kartierung des pulvinar nukleus mittels 7 Tesla MRT
[Visuotopic and somatotopic mapping of the pulvinar nucleus at 7T]
Klinische Neurophysiologie 44:P155.
(doi:10.1055/s-0033-1337296))
(PDF)
Apps, M.A.J., A. Tajadura-Jimenez, M. Sereno, O. Blanke, and M. Tsakiris (2013)
Plasticity in unimodal and multimodal brain areas reflects multisensory
changes in self-face identification.
Cerebral Cortex 25:46-55.
(doi:10.1093/cercor/bht199)
(PDF)
Pitzalis, S., M.I. Sereno, G. Committeri, P. Fattori, G. Galati, A. Tosoni,
C. Galletti (2013)
The human homologue of macaque area V6A
Neuroimage 82:517-530.
(doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.06.026)
(PDF)
Nagy, Z., D.C. Alexander, D.L. Thomas, N. Weiskopf, and M.I. Sereno (2013)
Using high angular resolution diffusion imaging data to discriminate
cortical regions.
PLoS ONE 8(5):e63842.
(doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063842)
(PDF)
(PLoS link)
Mancini, F., P. Haggard, G.D. Iannetti, M. Longo, and M.I. Sereno (2012)
Fine-grained nociceptive maps in primary somatosensory cortex.
Journal of Neuroscience 32:17155-17162.
(doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3059-12.2012)
(PDF)
Dick, F., A.T. Tierney, A. Lutti, O. Josephs, M.I. Sereno,
and N. Weiskopf (2012)
In vivo functional and myeloarchitectonic mapping of human
primary auditory areas.
Journal of Neuroscience 32:16095-16105.
(doi:10.1093/cercor/bhs003)
(PDF)
Huang, R.-S., C.-F. Chen, A.T. Tran, K.L. Holstein, and M.I. Sereno (2012)
Mapping multisensory parietal face and body areas in humans.
PNAS 109:18114-18119.
(doi:10.1073/pnas.1207946109)
(PDF incl suppl)
Sereno, M.I., A. Lutti, N. Weiskopf, and F. Dick (2012)
Mapping the human cortical surface by combining quantitative T1 with retinotopy.
Cerebral Cortex 23:2261-2268
(doi:10.1093/cercor/bhs213) [Epub avail from 2012]
(PDF incl better figs and suppl)
(movie)
(better quality, blink-aligned figs)
Tierney, A., F. Dick, D. Deutsch, and M. Sereno (2012)
Speech versus song: multiple pitch-sensitive areas revealed by a
naturally occurring musical illusion.
Cerebral Cortex 23:249-254
(doi:10.1093/cercor/bhs003)
(PDF)
Ye, Z., M. Kutas, M. St. George, M.I. Sereno, F. Ling, and T.F. Munte (2012)
Rearranging the world: Neural network supporting the processing of
temporal connectives.
Neuroimage 59:3662-3669.
(doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.11.039)
(PDF)
Woodhead, Z.J.W., R.J.S. Wise, M. Sereno, and R. Leech (2011)
Dissociation of sensitivity to spatial frequency in word and face
preferential areas of the fusiform gyrus.
Cerebral Cortex 21:2307-2312.
(doi:10.1093/cercor/bhr008)
(PDF)
Dekker, T., D. Mareschal, M.I. Sereno, and M.H. Johnson (2011)
Dorsal and ventral stream activation and object recognition
performance in school-age children.
Neuroimage 57:659-670.
(PDF)
Pitzalis, S., M.I. Sereno, G. Committeri, P. Fattori, G. Galati,
F. Patria, and C. Galletti (2010)
Human V6: the medial motion area.
Cerebral Cortex 20:411-424.
(PDF)
Filimon, F., J. Nelson, R.-S. Huang, and M.I. Sereno (2009)
Multiple parietal reach regions in humans: cortical representations for
visual and proprioceptive feedback during online reaching
Journal of Neuroscience 29:2961-2971.
(PDF)
Josephs, O., F. Dick, M. Sereno, and N. Weiskopf (2009)
An isodynamic high fidelity MRI compatible headphone (HBM abstract).
Neuroimage 47, Supplement 1, S186.
(PDF)
Huang, R.-S. and M.I. Sereno (2008)
Visual stimulus presentation using fiber optics in the MRI scanner
Journal of Neuroscience Methods 169:76-83
(PDF)
Saygin, A.P. and M.I. Sereno (2008)
Retinotopy and attention in human occipital, temporal, parietal, and frontal
cortex.
Cerebral Cortex 18:2158-2168.
(PDF)
(Suppl)
(stim movies)
Filimon, F., J.D. Nelson, D.J. Hagler Jr., and M.I. Sereno (2007)
Human cortical representations for reaching: mirror neurons for executions,
observation, and imagery.
Neuroimage 37:1315-1328.
(PDF)
Grether, D.M., C.R. Plott, D.B. Rowe, M.I. Sereno, and
J.M. Allman (2007)
Mental processes and strategic equilibration: An fMRI study of selling
strategies in second price auctions.
Experimental Economics 10:105-122.
(PDF)
Hagler, D.J. Jr., L. Riecke, and M.I. Sereno (2007)
Pointing and saccades rely on common parietal and superior frontal
visuospatial maps.
Neuroimage 35:1562-1577.
(PDF)
Huang, R.-S. and M.I. Sereno (2007)
Dodecapus: An MR-compatible system for somatosensory stimulation.
Neuroimage 34:1060-1073.
(PDF to print)
(PDF to view)
Hagler, D.J. Jr., A.P. Saygin, and M.I. Sereno (2006)
Smoothing and cluster thresholding for cortical surface-based group
analysis of fMRI data.
Neuroimage 33:1093-1103.
(PDF to print)
(PDF to view)
Sereno, M.I. and R.-S. Huang (2006)
A human parietal face area contains aligned head-centered visual and
tactile maps.
Nature Neuroscience 9:1337-1343.
(PDF)
(movie)
Pitzalis S., C. Galletti, R.-S. Huang, F. Patria,
G. Committeri, G. Galati, P. Fattori, and M.I. Sereno (2006)
Wide-field retinotopy defines human cortical visual area V6.
Journal of Neuroscience 26:7962-7973.
(PDF)
Hagler, D.J. Jr. and M.I. Sereno (2006)
Spatial maps in frontal and prefrontal cortex.
Neuroimage 29:567-577.
(PDF)
Sereno, M.I. (2005)
Nature News and Views: Plasticity and its limits.
Nature 435:288-289.
(PDF)
Sereno, M.I. and R.B.H. Tootell (2005)
From monkeys to humans: what do we now know about brain homologies?
Current Opinion in Neurobiology 15:135-144.
(PDF)
Sereno, M.I. (2005)
Language origins without the semantic urge.
Cognitive Science Online 3:1-12.
(PDF)
Talavage T.M., M.I. Sereno, J.R. Melcher, P.J. Ledden,
B.R. Rosen, and A.M. Dale (2004)
Tonotopic organization in human auditory cortex revealed by progressions
of frequency sensitivity.
Journal of Neurophysiology 91:1282-1296.
(PDF)
Saygin A.P., S.M. Wilson, D.J. Hagler Jr, E. Bates, and M.I. Sereno (2004)
Point-light biological motion perception activates human premotor cortex.
Journal of Neuroscience 24:6181-6188.
(PDF)
Wilson S.M., A.P. Saygin, M.I. Sereno, and M. Iacoboni (2004)
Listening to speech activates motor areas involved in speech production.
Nature Neuroscience 7:701-702.
(PDF)
Bates, E., S.M. Wilson, A.P. Saygin, F. Dick, M.I. Sereno, R.T. Knight,
and N.F. Dronkers (2003)
Voxel-based lesion-symptom mapping.
Nature Neuroscience 6:448-450.
(PDF)
Di Russo, F., A. Martinez, M.I. Sereno, S. Pitzalis, and S.A. Hillyard (2002)
Cortical sources of the early components of the visual evoked potential.
Human Brain Mapping 15:95-111.
(PDF)
Sereno, M.I., S. Pitzalis, and A. Martinez (2001)
Mapping of contralateral space in retinotopic coordinates by a parietal
cortical area in humans.
Science 294:1350-1354.
(PDF)—Go
here for movies.
Martinez, A, F. DiRusso, L. Anllo-Vento, M.I. Sereno,
R.B. Buxton, and S.A. Hillyard (2001)
Putting spatial attention on the map: timing and localization of stimulus
selection processes in striate and extrastriate visual areas.
Vision Research 41:1437-1457.
(PDF)
Sereno, M.E. and M.I. Sereno (1999)
2-D center-surround effects on 3-D structure from motion.
Journal of Experimental Psychology
25:1834-1854.
(PDF)
Fischl, B., M.I. Sereno, R.B.H. Tootell, and A.M. Dale (1999)
High-resolution inter-subject averaging and a coordinate system for the
cortical surface
Human Brain Mapping 8:272-284.
(PDF)
Martinez, A., L. Anllo-Vento, M.I. Sereno, L.R. Frank, R.B. Buxton,
D.J. Dubowitz, E.C. Wong, H. Hinrichs, H.J. Heinze and S.A. Hillyard (1999)
Involvement of striate and extrastriate visual cortical areas in
spatial-selective attention: combined evidence from fMRI and
event-related potentials.
Nature Neuroscience 2:364-369.
(PDF)
St. George, M., M. Kutas, A. Martinez, and M.I. Sereno (1999)
Semantic integration in reading: Engagement of the right hemisphere during discourse processing.
Brain 122:1317-1325.
(PDF)
Fischl, B., M.I. Sereno, and A.M. Dale (1999)
Cortical surface-based analysis II: Inflation, flattening, and a
surface-based coordinate system.
NeuroImage 9:195-207.
(PDF)
Dale, A.M., B. Fischl, and M.I. Sereno (1999)
Cortical surface-based analysis I: Segmentation and surface reconstruction.
NeuroImage 9:179-194.
(PDF)
Halgren, E., A.M. Dale, M.I. Sereno, R.B.H. Tootell et al. (1999)
Location of human face-selective cortex with respect to retinotopic areas.
Human Brain Mapping 7:29-37.
(PDF)
Kutas, M., K.D. Federmeier, and M.I. Sereno (1999)
12 Current approaches to mapping language in electromagnetic space.
In C.M. Brown and P. Hagoort (eds.) The Neurocognition of Language,
Oxford University Press, pp. 359-392.
(PDF)
Sereno, M.I. (1998)
Brain mapping in animals and humans.
Current Opinion in Neurobiology 8:188-194.
(PDF)
Paolini, M., and M.I. Sereno (1998)
Local direction selectivity and receptive field structure in direction
selective cells in extrastriate cortex (manuscript, reviewed once).
Paolini, M., and M.I. Sereno (1998)
Direction selectivity in the middle lateral and lateral (ML and L)
visual areas in the California ground squirrel.
Cerebral Cortex 8:362-371.
(PDF)
Tootell, R.B.H., N.K. Hadjikhani, W. Vanduffel, A.K. Liu, J.D. Mendola,
M.I. Sereno, and A.M. Dale (1998)
Functional analysis of primary visual cortex (V1) in humans.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 95:811-817.
(PDF)
Zhang, K., G. Ganis, and M.I. Sereno (1997)
Anti-Hebbian synapses as a linear equation solver.
Proceedings of International Conference on Neural Networks (ICNN'97),
IEEE, Vol. 1, p. 387-389.
(PDF)
Tootell, R.B.H., J.D. Mendola, N.K. Hadjikhani, P.J. Ledden, A.K. Liu,
J.B. Reppas, M.I. Sereno, and A.M. Dale (1997)
Functional analysis of V3A and related areas in human visual cortex.
Journal of Neuroscience 17:7060-7078.
(PDF)
Reppas, J.B., S. Niyogi, A.M. Dale, M.I. Sereno, and R.B.H. Tootell (1997)
Motion segmentation in retinotopic areas of the human visual cortex.
Nature 388:175-179.
(PDF)
Tootell, R.B.H., A.M. Dale, M.I. Sereno, and R. Malach (1996)
New images from human visual cortex.
Trends in Neurosciences 19:481-489.
(PDF)
Ganis, G, M. Kutas, and M.I. Sereno (1996)
The search for the common sense—an electrophysiological study of the
comprehension of words.
ournal of Cognitive Neuroscience 8:89-106.
(PDF)
Sereno, M.I., A.M. Dale, A. Liu, and R.B.H. Tootell (1996)
A surface-based coordinate system for a canonical cortex.
In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Human Brain
Mapping, Boston, MA.
Neuroimage 3:S252.
(PDF)
Sereno, M.I., A.M. Dale, J.B. Reppas, K.K. Kwong, J.W. Belliveau, T.J.
Brady, B.R. Rosen, and R.B.H. Tootell (1995)
Borders of multiple visual areas
in human revealed by functional magnetic resonance imaging.
Science 268:889-893.
(PDF)
(PDF better figs)
(fieldsign, comparative figs)
Tootell, R.B.H., J. B. Reppas, A. M. Dale, R. B. Look, M. I. Sereno, T.
J. Brady, and B. R. Rosen (1995)
Functional MRI evidence for a visual motion after effect in human cortical area.
MT/V5.
Nature 375:139-141.
(PDF)
Sereno, M.I., C.T. McDonald, and J.M. Allman (1994)
Analysis of retinotopic maps in extrastriate cortex.
Cerebral Cortex 4:601-620.
(PDF scan)
(PDF better figs)
Zhang, K.E., M.I. Sereno, and M.E. Sereno (1993)
Emergence of position-independent detectors of
sense of rotation and dilation with Hebbian learning: an analysis.
Neural Computation 5:597-612.
(PDF)
Dale, A.M. and M.I. Sereno (1993)
Improved localization of cortical
activity by combining EEG and MEG with MRI cortical surface
reconstruction: A linear approach.
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 5:162-176.
(PDF scan)
(PDF bigger equations)
Ulinski, P.S., D.M. Dacey, and M.I. Sereno (1992)
Organization of the optic tectum.
In C. Gans and P.S. Ulinski (eds.),
Sensorimotor Integration, Biology of the Reptilia, Vol. 17, Neurology C.
University of Chicago Press, pp. 241-366.
Sereno, M.I (1991b)
Four analogies between
biological and cultural/linguistic evolution.
Journal of Theoretical Biology 151:467-507.
(doi: 10.1016/S0022-5193(05)80366-2)
(PDF)
(PDF scan bigger text)
(PDF ms. orig figs)
Sereno, M.I. (1991a)
Language and the primate brain.
Proceedings, Thirteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science
Society, Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc., pp. 79-84.
(PDF)
Sereno, M.I. and M.E. Sereno (1991)
Learning to see rotation and dilation with a Hebb rule.
In R.P. Lippmann, J.E. Moody, and D.S. Touretzky (eds.),
Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 3.
Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, pp. 320-326.
(PDF)
Sereno, M.I. and J.M. Allman (1991)
Cortical visual areas in mammals.
In A.G. Leventhal (ed.),The Neural Basis of Visual Function.
London: Macmillan, pp. 160-172.
(PDF)
(N.B.: area in Fig 7.5 labeled "MT" turned out to be human V3A)
Sereno, M.I. (1990)
Language and the primate brain.
Center for Research
in Language Newsletter, University of California, San Diego 4(4), 12 pp.
Sereno, M.I. (1989)
Learning the solution to the aperture problem for pattern motion with
a Hebb rule.
In D.S. Touretzky (ed.), Advances in Neural Information
Processing Systems I. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, pp. 468-476.
(PDF)
Sereno, M.I. (1988)
The visual system.
In W. von Seelen, G. Shaw, and U.M. Leinhos (eds.),
Organization of Neural Networks.
Weinheim: VCH Verlagsgesellscahft, pp. 167-184.
(PDF)
Sereno, M.I., and P.S. Ulinski (1987)
Caudal topographic nucleus isthmi and the rostral
nontopographic nucleus isthmi in the turtle, Peudemys scripta.
Journal of Comparative Neurology 261:319-346.
(PDF)
Sereno, M.I. (1986)
A program for the neurobiology of mind.
Inquiry 29:217-240.
(PDF)
Sereno, M.I. (1985)
Tectoreticular pathways in the turtle, Pseudemys scripta.
I. Morphology of tectoreticular axons.
Journal of Comparative Neurology 233:48-90.
(PDF)
Sereno, M.I. and P.S. Ulinski (1985)
Tectoreticular pathways in the turtle, Pseudemys scripta.
II. Morphology of tectoreticular cells.
Journal of Comparative Neurology 233:91-114.
(PDF)
Sereno, M.I. (1984)
'DNA' and language: the nature of the symbolic-representational system
in cellular protein synthesis and human language comprehension
PhD disseration, Committee on the Conceptual Foundations of Science,
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA, pp. 1-346.
(PDF)
some historical pics
political, anti-war links/diary/blog
pdf slide set
on oil depletion (orig: 2004, this update: Feb 2011)
Claudia's youtube (music videos)
