Smith-Kettlewell Brain Imaging Center

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Our work centers on human visual neuroscience and computational vision, especially in the areas of stereoscopic depth, form, symmetry, and motion perception in adults, and the development of tests for the diagnosis of eye diseases in infants and adults. The current focus of the lab is on theoretical, psychophysical, oculomotor and fMRI studies of the integration of cues to the full scope of 3D depth perception. We are particularly interested in the normal capabilities binocular eye movement control and its disruption by forms of traumatic brain injury.

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Journal Articles
Karim, R., & Likova, L. T.. (2018). Tactile aesthetics in the blind: Behavioral and fMRI investigation. Imaging Science And Technology: Human Vision And Electronic Imaging, 532: 1-10. http://doi.org/DOI: 10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2018.14.HVEI-532
Likova, L. T., & Tyler, C. W.. (2018). When light hurts: Comparative morphometry of human brainstem in traumatic photalgia. Nature Scientific Reports, 8(1):6256. http://doi.org/doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-24386-z
Tyler, C. W., & Likova, L. T.. (2017). Studying the Retinal Source of Photophobia by Facial Electroretinography. Optometry And Vision Science, 94(4). http://doi.org/10.1097/OPX.0001064
Tyler, C. W., Howarth, C., & Likova, L. T.. (2016). Editorial:“Neural signal estimation in the human brain”. Frontiers In Neuroscience, 10, 185. http://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2016.00185
Likova, L. T., Tyler, C. W., Cacciamani, L., Mineff, K. N., & Nicholas, S. C.. (2016). The Cortical Network for Braille Writing in the Blind. Electronic Imaging, 2016, 1–6. http://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2016.16.HVEI-095
Tyler, C. W., Howard, C., & Likova, L. T.. (2016). Neural Signal Estimation in the Human Brain. Frontiers In Neuroscience, (979). http://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2016.00185 (Original work published 2016)
Tyler, C. W., Likova, L. T., Mineff, K. N., Elsaid, A. M., & Nicholas, S. C.. (2015). Consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury for Human Vergence Dynamics. Frontiers In Neurology, 5. http://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2014.00282
Tyler, C. W., Likova, L. T., & Nicholas, S. C.. (2015). Analysis of Neural-BOLD Coupling Through Four Models of the Neural Metabolic Demand. Frontiers In Neuroscience, 9. http://doi.org/doi: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00419.
Tyler, C. W., Likova, L. T., Mineff, K. N., & Nicholas, S. C.. (2015). Deficits in the activation of human oculomotor nuclei in chronic traumatic brain injury. Frontiers In Neurology, 6(173), 9. http://doi.org/doi: 10.3389/fneur.2015.00173
Conference Papers
Likova, L. T. (2015). Temporal evolution of brain reorganization under cross-modal training: insights into the functional architecture of encoding and retrieval networks. In IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging. International Society for Optics and Photonics. http://doi.org/ 10.1117/12.2178069
Tyler, C. W., Likova, L. T., Atanassov, K., Ramachandra, V., & Goma, S.. (2012). 3D discomfort from vertical and torsional disparities in natural images. In IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging. International Society for Optics and Photonics. http://doi.org/10.1117/12.915466
Likova, L. T. (2012). The spatiotopic'visual'cortex of the blind. In IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging. International Society for Optics and Photonics. http://doi.org/10.1117/12.912257
Likova, L. T. (2010). Drawing in the blind and the sighted as a probe of cortical reorganization. In IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging XV. Human Vision and Electronic Imaging. http://doi.org/10.1117/12.849116 (Original work published 2010)
Likova, L. T., & Tyler, C. W.. (2007). Instantaneous stimulus paradigm: cortical network and dynamics of figure-ground organization. In Electronic Imaging XII, 64921E. International Society for Optics and Photonics. http://doi.org/10.1117/12.707556 (Original work published 2007)
Likova, L. T., & Tyler, C. W.. (2005). Transient-based image segmentation: top-down surround suppression in human V1. In Electronic Imaging 2005. Human Vision and Electronic Imaging. http://doi.org/10.1117/12.610865 (Original work published 2005)
Likova, L. T., & Tyler, C. W.. (2003). Failure of stereomotion capture in an object disappearance paradigm. In Human Vision and Electronic Imaging. http://doi.org/10.1117/12.485517

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