Publications

A topological solution to object segmentation and tracking

T Tsao, DY Tsao
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2022

On the principles of parsimony and self-consistency for the emergence of intelligence

Y Ma, D Tsao, HY Shum
Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering 2022

Explaining face representation in the primate brain using different computational models

L Chang, B Egger, T Vetter, DY Tsao
Current Biology 2021

Mice and primates use distinct strategies for visual segmentation

FJ LuongoL LiuC Lum A HoJK HesseJB WekselblattF LanfranchiD HuberDY Tsao
BioRXiv 2021

The neural code for face memory

L She, MK Benna, Y Shi, S Fusi, DY Tsao
BioRxiv 2021

The macaque face patch system: a turtle’s underbelly for the brain

JK Hesse, DY Tsao
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 2020

A new no-report paradigm reveals that face cells encode both consciously perceived and suppressed stimuli

JK Hesse, DY Tsao
Elife 2020

Does finding a face cell tell us anything much at all?

Tsao, DY
Progress in Neurobiology 2020

A map of object space in primate inferotemporal cortex

Bao, P, She, L, McGill, M, Tsao, DY
Nature 2020

Representation of multiple objects in macaque category-selective areas

Bao P Tsao DY
Nature Communications 9, 1774, 2018

The representation of colored objects in macaque color patches

Chang L, Bao P, Tsao DY
Nature Communications 8, 2064, 2017

Ultrasonic Neuromodulation Causes Widespread Cortical Activation via an Indirect Auditory Mechanism

Sato T, Shapiro M, Tsao DY
Neuron Volume 98, Issue 5, 6 June 2018, Pages 1031-1041.e5
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2018.05.009
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/234211

How thoughts arise from sights: inferotemporal and prefrontal contributions to vision

Kornblith S, Tsao DY
Current Opinion in Neurobiology 46, 208–218, 2017
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2017.08.016

Consistency of Border-Ownership Cells across Artificial Stimuli, Natural Stimuli, and Stimuli with Ambiguous Contours

Hesse JK, Tsao DY.
Journal of Neuroscience. 2 November 2016, 36 (44) 11338-11349
doi: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1857-16.2016

Anatomical Connections of the Functionally Defined “Face Patches” in the Macaque Monkey

Grimaldi P, Saleem KS, Tsao DY.
Neuron. Volume 90, Issue 6, 15 June 2016, Pages 1325-1342
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2016.05.009

Intelligent Information Loss: The Coding of Facial Identity, Head Pose, and Non-Face Information in the Macaque Face Patch System

Meyers EM, Borzello M, Freiwald WA, Tsao DY.
Journal of Neuroscience. 6 May 2015, 35 (18) 7069-7081
doi: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3086-14.2015

Single-Unit Recordings in the Macaque Face Patch System Reveal Limitations of fMRI MVPA

Dubois J, de Berker AO, Tsao DY.
Journal of Neuroscience. 11 February 2015, 35 (6) 2791-2802
doi: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4037-14.2015

Neurons that keep a straight face

Freiwald WA, Tsao DY.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. June 3, 2014. 111 (22) 7894-7895
doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1406865111

Saccade Modulation by Optical and Electrical Stimulation in the Macaque Frontal Eye Field

Ohayon S, Grimaldi P, Schweers N, Tsao D.
Journal of Neuroscience. 2013 Oct 16; 33(42): 16684–16697.
doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2675-13.2013

A Network for Scene Processing in the Macaque Temporal Lobe

Kornblith  S, Cheng  X, Ohayon S, Tsao DY
Neuron. Volume 79, Issue 4, 21 August 2013, Pages 766-781
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2013.06.015

What makes a cell face selective? The importance of contrast.

Ohayon S, Freiwald WA, Tsao DY
Neuron. 2012 May 10;74(3):567-81.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2012.03.024.

MR-guided stereotactic navigation

Ohayon S, Tsao DY
Journal of Neuroscience Methods. Volume 204, Issue 2, 15 March 2012, Pages 389-397
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.11.031

Functional Compartmentalization and Viewpoint Generalization Within the Macaque Face-Processing System

Freiwald WA, Tsao DY
Science. 05 Nov 2010: Vol. 330, Issue 6005, pp. 845-851
doi: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1194908

Color-tuned neurons are spatially clustered according to color preference within alert macaque posterior inferior temporal cortex

Conway BR, Tsao DY
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. October 20, 2009. 106 (42) 18034-18039
doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0810943106

A face feature space in the macaque temporal lobe

Freiwald WA*, Tsao DY*, Livingstone MS.
Nature Neuroscience. 12, pages 1187–1196 (2009)

Functional Connectivity of the Macaque Brain across Stimulus and Arousal States

Moeller S*, Nallasamy N*, Tsao DY*, Freiwald W.
Journal of Neuroscience. 6 May 2009, 29 (18) 5897-5909
doi: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0220-09.2009

Comparing face patch systems in macaques and humans

Tsao DY, Moeller S, Freiwald W
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 49, 19514-19419, 2008
doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0809662105

Fine-scale spatial organization of face and object selectivity in the temporal lobe: Do fMRI, optical imaging, and electrophysiology agree?

Op de Beeck H, DiCarlo J, Goense J, Grill-Spector K, Papanastassiou A, Tanifuji M, Tsao DY.
Journal of Neuroscience. 28, 11796-11801, 2008

Object Recognition: Physiological and Computational Insights

Tsao DY, Cadieu C, Livingstone MS.
In Primate Neuroethology. , Oxford University Press, ed. Platt ML, Gazanfar AA. 2008
doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195326598.001.0001

Patches of face-selective cortex in the macaque frontal lobe

Tsao DY, Schweers N, Moeller S, Freiwald WA.
Nature Neuroscience. 11, 877-879, 2008

Patches with Links: A Unified System for Processing Faces in the Macaque Temporal Lobe

Moeller S, Freiwald WA, Tsao DY
Science. 320: 1355-1359, 2008
doi: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1157436

Neural mechanisms for face perception

Tsao DY, Livingstone, MS.
Annual Review of Neuroscience. 31, 411-438
doi: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.neuro.30.051606.094238

Specialized Color Modules in Macaque Extrastriate Cortex

Conway BR, Moeller S, Tsao DY.
Neuron. Volume 56, Issue 3, 8 November 2007, Pages 560-573
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2007.10.008

A Dedicated System for Processing Faces

Tsao DY.
Science. 314, 72-73, 2006

A Cortical Region Consisting Entirely of Face-Selective Cells

Tsao DY*, Freiwald WA*, Tootell RBH, Livingstone MSL.
Science. Vol. 311, Issue 5761, pp. 670-674
doi: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1119983

What’s so special about the average face?

Tsao DY, Freiwald WA.
Trends in Cognitive Science. 10, 391-393, 2006
doi: ttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2006.07.009

Color Architecture in Alert Macaque Cortex Revealed by fMRI

Conway*, BR and Tsao*, DY
Cerebral Cortex. 16, 1604-1613, 2005
doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhj099

Response to Tyler: Representation of stereoscopic structure in human and monkey cortex

Tsao DY, Tootell RBH.
Trends in Neurosciences. 27: 118-20, 2004.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2003.12.010

The representation of faces and objects in Macaque Cerebral Cortex

Tsao DY, Freiwald WA, Knutsen TA, Mandeville JB, Tootell RBH.
Nature Neuroscience. 6: 989-95, 2003.

Stereopsis activates V3A and caudal intraparietal areas in macaques and humans.

Tsao DY, Vanduffel W, Sasaki Y, Fize D, Knutsen TA, et al.
Neuron. 39: 555-68, 2003.

Receptive Fields of Disparity-Tuned Simple Cells in Macaque V1

Tsao DY, Conway BR, Livingstone MS.
Neuron. 38: 103-14, 2003.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0896-6273(03)00150-8

Neuroimaging Weighs In: Humans Meet Macaques in “Primate” Visual Cortex

Tootell RBH, Tsao DY, Vanduffel W.
Journal of Neuroscience. 23: 3981-9, 2003
doi: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-03981.2003

Repeated fMRI using iron oxide contrast agent in awake, behaving macaques at 3 Tesla.

Leite FP, Tsao DY, Vanduffel W, Fize D, Sasaki Y, et al.
Neuroimage. 16: 283-94, 2002.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1006/nimg.2002.1110

Receptive fields of disparity-selective neurons in macaque striate cortex

Livingstone MS, Tsao DY
Nature Neuroscience. [erratum appears in Nat Neurosci 2000 Apr;3(4):409]. volume 2, pages 825–832 (1999)