David Somers
Professor
Psychology & Brain Science
Boston University
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Somers research employs functional MRI, psychophysics, and computational modeling to investigate the mechanisms underlying visual perception and cognition. My laboratory performs experiments to identify the human brain circuitry which support different visual tasks, and to study how different cognitive factors such as attention modulate these circuits. Modeling work investigates the computational mechanisms at work in these circuits.
Research Interest
Functional MRI, psychophysics, and computational modeling to investigate the mechanisms underlying visual perception and cognition
Publications
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Somers DC, Dale AM, Seiffert AE, Tootell RB. Functional MRI reveals spatially specific attentional modulation in human primary visual cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 1999 Feb 16;96(4):1663-8.
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Somers DC, Nelson SB, Sur M. An emergent model of orientation selectivity in cat visual cortical simple cells. Journal of Neuroscience. 1995 Aug 1;15(8):5448-65.
