by michaelhalassa | Oct 31, 2024 | Cognitive Processing
Human Psychophysics: The Foundation Psychophysics, the study of the relationship between physical stimuli and perceptual experiences, has a rich tradition in human research, dating back to pioneers like Gustav Fechner and Ernst Weber. By designing tasks that precisely...
by michaelhalassa | Oct 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
In the quest to understand how our brains process and adapt to complex environments, computational models have long served as powerful tools to simulate neural circuits. This has been certainly the case for vision, starting with Hubel and Wiesel receptive field models...
by michaelhalassa | Sep 12, 2024 | Michael Halassa, Neuroscience, Science
I have recently had the privilege of writing a book chapter with Bob Vertes and Nicola Palemero-Ghallager on the evolution of the frontal cortex. It was an amazing intellectual journey, where I learned a lot from our interactions. The product was a new hypothesis for...
