I
finished my Ph.D. in Berlin in September 2004 at the Berlin NeuroImaging Center.
Since then I am working here at the Smith-Kettelwell Brain Imaging Center.
My
research focuses on human early visual Areas and mid level visual processing
such as contour segregation and figure or object detection.
Publications Scientific Education
Schira
MM, Fahle M, Donner TH, Kraft A, Brandt SA.
Differential
contribution of early visual areas to the perceptual process of contour
processing. In Press: Journal of Neurophysiology.
Greenlee
MW, Schira MM, Kimmig H.
Coherent motion pops out during smooth pursuit. Neuroreport. 2002;1313-6.
Cornelissen FW, Kimmig H, Schira M, Rutschmann RM, Maguire RP, Broerse A, Den
Boer JA, Greenlee MW.
Event-related fMRI responses
in the human frontal eye fields in a randomized pro- and antisaccade task. Exp
Brain Res. 2002, 145,:270-4. Epub 2002.
Kimmig
H, Greenlee MW, Gondan M, Schira M, Kassubek J, Mergner T.
Relationship between saccadic eye movements and cortical activity as measured by
fMRI: quantitative and qualitative aspects. Exp. Brain Res. 2001, 141,184-194
Schira
MM, Fahle M, Donner TH, Camprodon J, Brandt SA.
Preattentive Processing Of Contours From Motion And Texture: Differential
Contribution Of Retinotopic Areas Revealed by FMRI. Society for Neuroscience
meeting, 2003, New Orleans Abstract 819.18
Kraft
A, Schira MM, Hagendorf H, Brocke J, Brandt SA.
A New fMRI Approach For Defining Efficiently Specific Regions Of Interest In
Human Visual Areas. Society for Neuroscience meeting, 2003, New Orleans Abstract
818.16.
Schira
MM , Fahle M , Kraft A , Donner TH , Camprodon JA , Brocke J , Brandt SA
Preattentive contour processing and figure ground detection investigated by
event related fMRI. EBBS-Meeting 2003, Barcelona.
Schira
MM, Fahle M, Donner TH, Villringer A, Brandt SA.
Preattentive Retinotopic Activation Induced By Time Defined Contours Revealed By
Event Related FMRI. Society for Neuroscience meeting, 2002, Orlando. Abstract
721.2.
Schira
MM, Fahle M, Donner TH, Villringer A, Brandt, SA:
Preattentive Retinotopic Activation Induced by Virtual Contours Revealed by fMRI.
Berlin Neuroscience Forum 2002.
Schira
MM, Kimmig H, Greenlee MW:
The effect of smooth pursuit eye movements on the perception of motion coherency.
European Conference on Visual Perception, Trieste 1999.