Visual neuroscience and population coding, natural images and texture. she/her.
Queen’s-McGill-Monash
Joined April 2008
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Really great article where @HsinHaoYu demonstrates how to use open science to debunk a myth for the poor, oft-maligned koala: hhyu.org/posts/koala/
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Really pleased to see this work out in its final form! The intuition from the modelling here is some of the most satisfying science I've had the pleasure of working on.
New lab paper out in @ScienceAdvances. It turns out that retinotopic maps can and do contain "twists" in primate extrastriate cortex! From @HsinHaoYu and @ezavitz on Twitter; as well as Declan Rowley, Nic Price and Marcello Rosa.
advances.sciencemag.org/cont…
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This also explains a lot about why some papers/sub-subfields are impenetrable to casual or student readers. Before you know enough to see the tricks people use, the puzzle pieces of different papers just feel like they don't fit together and it's hard to tell why.
1/n) A small thread on argument structure... I've been thinking about this bc @TheFrontalLobe_ recently posted about Tim Van Gelder's famous paper, and I turned into a complete jerk in response (sorry again André). I was asking myself, why does that paper make me so irritable?
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Great to have @mauhagan, @ezavitz, and Nic Price presenting our latest work at the Systems and Computational Neuroscience Down Under conference #SCINDU @BrainDialogue @QldBrainInst
This was a great read! Recommended for anyone working to connect their results to the kind of narrative that makes people care (ie: me, I am bad at this).
"sell me this pen"
except it's even more useless than a pen. It's your research.
plus some thoughts on the narrative and the creative component of problem-creation in science.
2/52: rdgao.com/blog/2020/01/19/
Anyone doing sensory neuro have a way of coping with one word two meanings here? (sensory v. viral transduction?). I try to avoid this when I write, but neither really has an alternate.
Dear neuroscientists: when you use a viral vector to express stuff, the correct term is "transduction", which refer to introduction of foreign DNA into cells. "Infection" is used to describe the natural process by which a (wt) virus propagates in an organism/tissue. 🤓
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It's the end of the year, so it feels like time to reread Hamming's You and Your Research
cs.virginia.edu/~robins/YouA…
Paper of the day: "Laminar Differences in Responses to Naturalistic Texture in Macaque V1 and V2" by Ziemba, Perez, Pai et al. in @JNeuroscience. I like how they break down selectivity across spiking, MUA, and LFP.
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I like how this article takes the long view, but I’d add: IF your field has good tools, AND you believe the data will take the same form for your entire career.
Coding for yourself means that you can independently ask new questions with new kinds of data.
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This work inspired my interest in how neurons organise themselves in the brain, not just what they do wherever they are. I've so enjoyed this collaboration with @HsinHaoYu!
A "twisted" visual field map in the primate cortex predicted by topographic continuity biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #biorxiv_neursci
Beautiful images of one of our ephys cases!
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Liz Zavitz retweeted
Contrast and luminance adaptation alter neuronal coding and perception of stimulus orientation go.nature.com/2XzBngy from @MonashBDI, @ezavitz, and @BrainDialogue #neuroscience
I love that #FENS2018 highlights the global participation (and makes it easy to find your people!). – at Berlin, Germany
Question for those who speak English as a second language: I usually make sure most of the details are in writing on my slides when presenting in ESL-dominant venues, just in case something I say is unclear. Is this helpful, or annoying? xitter.cf/sfntweets/status/10138… – at Düsseldorf, Germany
Learn how to use visual aids effectively and connect with any audience using advice from this Career Skills Toolkit: bit.ly/2uxcLdR
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Canada Day in Dusseldorf. Should I work on my slides or find a rye & ginger* before the sun goes down? (I’m thinking the answer is both)
*assuming a Caesar is out of the question. – at Düsseldorf, Germany
Between AREADNE and #FENS2018, I spent a short holiday in Crete. I’m surprised at how much I’m going to miss this amazing place. Back to Athens tonight, Germany tomorrow! – at Chania, Greece
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This is my first #sciart - very out of my comfort zone, but it's good to try new things? xitter.cf/monashunilib/status/98…
Meet the researcher @ezavitz to hear about the science behind the #DigitalExhibition ‘From noise to meaning: how visual information makes sense’ at the Hargrave-Andrew Library next Wed 18 April, 4pm. goo.gl/FgeXoX
