Publications
The Effects of Lesions on Visual Motion Perception in Humans
(list of publications with abstracts)
Publications by Topic (Bibliographic information only)
First- and Second-order Motion
Complex Motion
Biological Motion
Deficits in the Perception of Discontinuities from Motion Cues
Eye Movements and Motion Perception
First- and Second-order Motion
1. Vaina LM, Royden C, Bienfang DC, Makris N, Kennedy D “Normal perception of heading in a patient with impaired structure from motion”, Invest. Opth. Vis. Sci., 1996; 37:4890 .
2. Vaina LM, Burin des Roziers E, Belliveau JW “Cerebellar activation during direction discrimination of learning in visual motion stimuli: an fMRI study”, Society of Neuroscience, 1997; 23:1401.
3. Vaina LM, Belliveau JW, Burin des Roziers E, Zeffiro T “The relationship between cortical activation and psychophysical performance in humans during fast learning of motion discrimination”, NeuroImage 1997; 5(4): S137.
4. Clifford CWG and Vaina LM “A computational model of selective deficits in first- and second-order motion processing”, Vision Research, 1999 (in press).
5. Clifford CWG, Vaina LM “Anomalous Perception of Coherence and transparency in moving plaid Patterns: Evidence for Competing Processes”, Cognitive Brain Research (accepted).
6. Vaina LM, Cowey A “Selective deficits to first or second order order motion in stroke patients provides further evidence for separate mechanisms”, Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 1996; 22(1):1718.
7. Vaina LM, Makris N, Cowey A “The neuroanatomical damage producing selective deficits of first or second order motion in stroke patients provides further evidence for separate mechanisms”, in “Functional Mapping of the Human Brain”, NeuroImage, 1996, 3(3):360.
8. Clifford CWG, Vaina LM “A computational model of selective deficits in first- and second- order motion perception”, Investigat. Opthalmology & Visual Science 1998; 39(4): S1077.
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Complex Motion
1. Beardsley S, Vaina LM “Complex Motion Discrimination is Consistent with a Highly Interconnected Population of MSTd-like Units” (submitted)
2. Clifford CW, Beardsley SA, Vaina LM The Perception and Discrimination of Speed in Complex Motion”, Vision Research (accepted).
3. Beardsley S, Vaina LM “Computational Modeling of Optic Flow Selectivity in MSTd Neurons,” Network: Comput. Neural Syst., 1998; 9:467-493.
4. Beardsley S, Clifford CWG, Vaina LM “Discrimination of shifted centers of motion in complex stimuli”, Investigat. Opthalmology & Visual Science 1998; 39(4): S621.
5. Burr D, Morrone MC, Vaina LM “Large Receptive Fields for Optic Flow Detectors in Humans”,Vision Research, 1998; 38(12): 1731-1743.
6. Vaina LM “Complex Motion Perception and its Deficits”, Current Opinions in Neurobiology, 1998; 8:494-502.
7. Beardsley SA, Vaina LM “Computational modeling of optic flow selectivity in MSTd neurons”, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science , 1997; 38(4): S80.
8. Beardsley S, Vaina LM , Poggio T “The development of optic flow selectivity in MSTd neurons using back-propagation networks”,Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 1996; 22(1):1619.
9. Vaina LM, Royden C, Bienfang DC, Makris N, Kennedy D “Normal perception of heading in a patient with impaired structure from motion”, Invest. Opth. Vis. Sci., 1996; 37:4890.
10. Morrone MC, Burr DC, Vaina LM “Two stages of visual processing for radial and circular motion”, Nature, 1995; 376(6540):507-509.
11. Vaina LM “Complex Motion Perception and its Deficits”, Current Opinions in Neurobiology, 1998; 8:494-502.
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Biological Motion
1. Racine C, Vaina LM, Diaz J, Zamani A, Gross CG “Are there specific anatomical correlates of biological perception in the human visual system?”, Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 1996; 22(1):400.
2. Vaina LM, Belliveau JW, B des Roziers E, Sinha P, O'Craven KM “Selective activation of distinct human cortical areas during discrimination of pattern orientation, non-rigid and rigid motion, and face- gender categorization”NeuroImage , 1997; 5(4):S146.
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Deficits in the perception of discontinuities from motion cues
1. Vaina LM, Gryzwacz NM, LeMay M, Bienfang D, Wolpow E “Perception of Motion Discontinuities in Patients with Selective Motion Deficits” in High-level motion processing: computational, neurobiological, and psychophysical perspectives, T. Watanabe (ed), MIT Press, 1998; pp.21
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Eye Movements And Motion Perception
1. Jornales VE, Jakab M, Zamani A, Vaina LM “Deficits on complex motion perception, spatial discrimination and eye-movements in a patient with bilateral occipital-parietal lesions”, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science , 1997; 38(4): S72
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