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Journal Articles

Karim, A. K. M. Rezaul, Proulx, M. J., de Sousa, A. A., & Likova, L. T.. (2022). Do we enjoy what we sense and perceive? A dissociation between aesthetic appreciation and basic perception of environmental objects or events. Cognitive, Affective, And Behavioral Neuroscience .

Likova, L. T., Jiang, F., Stiles, N. R. B., & Tanguay, Jr., A. R.. (2022). Editorial: Special Issue on Multisensory and Crossmodal Interactions. Journal Of Perceptual Imaging.

Tyler, C. W., & Likova, L. T.. (2022). Brain trauma impacts retinal processing: photoreceptor pathway interactions in traumatic light sensitivity. Documenta Ophthalmologica, 144, 1–12. http://doi.org/doi.org/10.1007/s10633-022-09871-1

Hartelius, G., Likova, L. T., & Tyler, C. W.. (2022). Self-regulation of the seat of attention Into various attentional stances facilitates access to cognitive and emotional resources: An EEG study. Frontiers In Psychology, 13, 810780–810780. http://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.810780

Karim, A. K. M. Rezaul, Proulx, M. J., de Sousa, A. A., & Likova, L. T.. (2021). Neuroplasticity and Crossmodal Connectivity in the Normal, Healthy Brain. Psychology & Neuroscience.

Likova, L. T., Mineff, K. M., & Nicholas, S. N.. (2021). Mental visualization in the cerebellum: Rapid non-motor learning at sub-lobular and causal network levels. Frontiers In Systems Neuroscience. http://doi.org/doi.org/10.3389/fnsys.2021.655514

Karim, R., Prativa, S., & Likova, L. T.. (2021). Perception and Appreciation of Tactile Objects: The Role of Visual Experience and Texture Parameters. Special Issue On Multisensory And Crossmodal Interactions, Jpi. Editors: Likova, L.t., Jiang, F., Stilles, N., Tanguay, A.r.

Tregillus, K. E. M., & Likova, L. T.. (2020). Differences in the major fiber-tracts of people with congenital and acquired blindness. Imaging Science & Technology / Human Vision And Electronic Imaging 2020. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2020.11.HVEI-366

Likova, L. T., Mei, M., Mineff, K. N., & Nicholas, S. C.. (2019). Learning face perception without vision: Rebound learning effect and hemispheric differences in congenital vs late-onset blindness. Imaging Science And Technology: Human Vision And Electronic Imaging. http://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2019.12.HVEI-237 Human Vision and Electronic Imaging 2019

Likova, L. T., & Tyler, C. W.. (2018). Comparative tensor-based morphometry of human brainstem in traumatic photophobia. Nature: Scientific Reports, (6256). Retrieved from https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-24386-z

Likova, L. T. (2018). Brain reorganization in adulthood underlying a rapid switch in handedness induced by training in memory-guided drawing. Neuroplasticity Ed. Chaban V. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.76317

Tregillus, K. E. M., & Likova, L. T.. (2018). Fiber-tract differences in people with congenital and acquired blindness. Journal Of Vision, (18(10).

Karim, R., & Likova, L. T.. (2018). Haptic 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., & Cacciamani, L.. (2018). Transfer of Learning in People Who Are Blind: Enhancement of Spatial-Cognitive Abilities through Drawing. Journal Of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 4(112). Retrieved from https://www.afb.org/jvib/Newjvibabstract.asp?articleid=jvib120406

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

Cacciamani, L., & Likova, L. T.. (2017). Memory-guided drawing training increases Granger causal influences from the perirhinal cortex to V1 in the blind. Neurobiology Of Learning And Memory, 141. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2017.03.013 PMID: 28347878 PMCID: PMC 5488874

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.0000000000001064 PMID: 28338564

Likova, L. T. (2017). Addressing long-standing controversies in conceptual knowledge representation in the temporal pole: A cross-modal paradigm. Electronic Imaging: Human Vision And Electronic Imaging, Pp. 268-272(5). http://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2017.14.HVEI-155

Karim, R., Proulx, M. J., & Likova, L. T.. (2016). Anticlockwise or Clockwise? A Dynamic Perception-Action-Laterality Model for Directionality Bias in Visuospatial Functioning. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. http://doi.org/DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.06.032 PMID: 27350096 PMCID: PMC5003653

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/10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2016.16.HVEI-095 PMID: 28890944 PMCID: PMC5589194

Likova, L. T., Tyler, C. W., Mineff, K. N., & Nicholas, S. C.. (2016). Fundamental anti-symmetries in the brain organization of conceptual knowledge representation help resolve long-standing controversies. Journal Of Vision., (16(12).

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/10.3389/fnins.2016.00185 PMID: 27199647 PMCID: PMC4850329

Cacciamani, L., & Likova, L. T.. (2016). Tactile object familiarity in the blind brain reveals the supramodal perceptual-mnemonic nature of the perirhinal cortex. Frontiers In Human Neuroscience, 10, 92. http://doi.org/ 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00092 PMID: 27148002 PMCID: PMC4828456

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

Cacciamani, L., & Likova, L. T.. (2016). The role of the perirhinal cortex in tactile perception and memory in the blind. Journal Of Vision, 16(12).

Likova, L. T. (2015). Temporal evolution of brain reorganization under cross-modal training: insights into the functional architecture of encoding and retrieval networks. Is&T/Spie Electronic Imaging. Retrieved from http://doi.org/ 10.1117/12.2178069

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/10.3389/fnins.2015.00419

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., 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

Likova, L. T., Tyler, C. W., Cacciamani, L., Mineff, K. N., & Nicholas, S. C.. (2015). Effect of familiarity on Braille writing and reading in the blind: From graphemes to comprehension. Journal Of Vision, 15, 920–920. http://doi.org/10.1167/15.12.920

Likova, L. T. (2014). Learning-Based Cross-Modal Plasticity in the Human Brain: Insights from Visual Deprivation fMRI. Advanced Brain Neuroimaging Topics In Health And Disease-Methods And Applications, 327–358. http://doi.org/10.5772/58263

Likova, L. T. (2013). A cross-modal perspective on the relationships between imagery and working memory. Frontier In Psyhology , 3. http://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00561

Tyler, C. W., Likova, L. T., Atanassov, K., Ramachandra, V., & Goma, S.. (2012). 3D discomfort from vertical and torsional disparities in natural images. Is&T/Spie Electronic Imaging. Retrieved from http://doi.org/10.1117/12.915466

Tyler, C. W., Elsaid, A. M., Likova, L. T., Gill, N., & Nicholas, S. C.. (2012). Analysis of human vergence dynamics. Journal Of Vision, 12(11)(21), 1-19. http://doi.org/10.1167/12.11.21

Likova, L. T. (2012). Drawing enhances cross-modal memory plasticity in the human brain: a case study in a totally blind adult. Front. Hum. Neurosci, 6, 3389. http://doi.org/ 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00044

Tyler, C. W., & Likova, L. T.. (2012). The role of the visual arts in enhancing the learning process. Frontiers In Human Neuroscience, 6. http://doi.org/ 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00008

Likova, L. T. (2012). The spatiotopic'visual'cortex of the blind. Is&T/Spie Electronic Imaging. Retrieved from http://doi.org/10.1117/12.912257

Tyler, C. W., & Likova, L. T.. (2011). Estimating neural signal dynamics in the human brain. Frontiers In Systems Neuroscience, 5. http://doi.org/ 10.3389/fnsys.2011.00033

Likova, L. T. (2010). The primary visual cortex as a modality-independent ‘screen’ for working memory. Journal Of Vision, 10(7). http://doi.org/10.1167/10.7.776

Tyler, C. W., & Likova, L. T.. (2010). An Algebra for the Analysis of Object Encoding. Neuroimage, 50, 1243–1250. http://doi.org/doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.10.091

Likova, L. T. (2010). Drawing in the blind and the sighted as a probe of cortical reorganization. Is&T/Spie Electronic Imaging Xv. Retrieved from http://doi.org/10.1117/12.849116

Likova, L. T., & Tyler, C. W.. (2008). Occipital network for figure/ground organization. Experimental Brain Research, 189, 257–267. http://doi.org/ 10.1007/s00221-008-1417-6

Tyler, C. W., & Likova, L. T.. (2007). Crowding: A neuro-analytic approach. Journal Of Vision, Http:// Journalofvision.org/7/2/16/ , 7(2)(16). http://doi.org/10.1167/7.2.16

Likova, L. T. (2007). Instantaneous stimulus paradigm: cortical network and dynamics of figure-ground organization. Is&T/Spie Electronic Imaging Xii, 64921E. Retrieved from http://doi.org/10.1117/12.707556

Likova, L. T., & Tyler, C. W.. (2007). Stereomotion processing in the human occipital cortex. Neuroimage, 38, 293–305. http://doi.org/org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.06.039

Tyler, C. W., Likova, L. T., Kontsevich, L. L., & Wade, A. R.. (2006). The specificity of cortical region KO to depth structure. Neuroimage, 30, 228–238. http://doi.org/doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.09.067

Tyler, C. W., Likova, L. T., Chen, S. I., Kontsevich, L. L., Schira, M. M., & Wade, A. R.. (2005). Extended concepts of occipital retinotopy. Current Medical Imaging Reviews, 1, 319–329. http://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157340505774574772

Likova, L. T., & Tyler, C. W.. (2005). Transient-based image segmentation: top-down surround suppression in human V1. Is&T/Spie Electronic Imaging. Retrieved from http://doi.org/10.1117/12.610865

Likova, L. T., & Tyler, C. W.. (2004). Is the hMT+/V5 complex in the human brain involved in stereomotion perception? An fMRI study. Electronic Imaging 2004. http://doi.org/10.1117/12.568026

Tyler, C. W., Baseler, H. A., Kontsevich, L. L., Likova, L. T., Wade, A. R., & Wandell, B. A.. (2004). Predominantly extra-retinotopic cortical response to pattern symmetry. Neuroimage, 24, 306–314. http://doi.org/doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.09.018

Likova, L. T., & Tyler, C. W.. (2003). Failure of stereomotion capture in an object disappearance paradigm. Is&T/Spie Electronic Imaging. Retrieved from http://doi.org/10.1117/12.485517

Likova, L. T., & Tyler, C. W.. (2003). Peak localization of sparsely sampled luminance patterns is based on interpolated 3D surface representation. Vision Research, 43, 2649–2657. http://doi.org/org/10.1016/S0042-6989(02)00575-8

Likova, L. T., & Tyler, C. W.. (2003). Spatiotemporal relationships in a dynamic scene: stereomotion induction and suppression. Journal Of Vision, 3. http://doi.org/10.1167/3.4.5

Popivanov, D., Likova, L. T., & Sauleva, Z.. (2000). EEG frequency dynamics during movements imagery. Acta Physiologica Et Pharmacologica Bulgarica, 26, 115–118.

Mateeff, S., Dimitrov, G., Genova, B., Likova, L. T., Stefanova, M., & Hohnsbein, J.. (2000). The discrimination of abrupt changes in speed and direction of visual motion. Vision Research, 40, 409–415. http://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/S0042-6989(99)00185-6

Karim, R., Prativa, S., & Likova, L. T.. Perception and Appreciation of Tactile Objects: The Role of Visual Experience and Texture Parameters. Jpi Special Issue On Multisensory And Crossmodal Interactions. Editors: Likova, L.t., Jiang, F., Stilles, N., Tanguay, A.r.

Conference Papers

Likova, L. T., & Tyler, C. W.. (2021). Multipurpose spatiomotor capture system for haptic and visual training and testing in the blind and the sighted. In IS&T Human Vision and Electronic Imaging Proceedings.

Likova, L. T. (2020). Face perception as a multisensory process. In Multisensory and Crossmodal Interactions, at IS&T HVEI. Multisensory and Crossmodal Interactions, at IS&T HVEI: Burlingame, California. Retrieved from https://www.imaging.org/site/IST/Conferences/EI/EI_2020/Conference/C_HVEI.aspx

Presentations/Posters

Likova, L. T., Mineff, K. N., & Nicholas, S. N.. (2021). Cerebellum vs. cerebrum in memory visualization: Rapid cognitive learning at sub-lobular and causal network levels. IS&T Human Vision and Electronic Imaging .

Likova, L. T., Mineff, K. N., & Nicholas, S. N.. (2021). Rapid reorganization of the cerebellum in memory visualization. Vision Sciences Society.

Likova, L. T., Mineff, K. N., & Nicholas, S. C.. (2020). Rapid training of supramodal spatial cognition and memory for improved navigation in low vision and blindness. ARVO Issue abstract 2020. ARVO 2020. Retrieved from https://iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2766791&resultClick=1

Likova, L. T. (2019). Enhancement of spatial cognition and brain connectivity in people with low vision and blindness. Retrieved from ARVO, Vancouver, Ca

Likova, L. T., Mei, M., Mineff, K. N., & Nicholas, S. C.. (2019). Is the face schema innate? Evidence from learning faces in the congenital blind. Retrieved from SfN

Likova, L. T., Mei, M., Mineff, K. N., & Nicholas, S. C.. (2019). Learning face perception without vision: Rebound learning effect and hemispheric differences in blind and sighted. Retrieved from ECVP, Leuven

Likova, L. T., Nicholas, S. C., & Tyler, C. W.. (2019). Top-down control of spatial memory visualization in early visual cortex. Retrieved from VSS, Fl

Likova, L. T. (2019). Your brain on memory drawing. Retrieved from VSAC, Leuven (to be presented)

Likova, L. T. (2018). Brain plasticity and art. Retrieved from Guangzhou Technology Institute

Tregillus, K. E. M., & Likova, L. T.. (2018). Fiber-tract differences in people with congenital and acquired blindness. http://doi.org/10.1167/18.10.543

Likova, L. T., & Tyler, C. W.. (2018). Memory Visualization and spatial learning. Retrieved from Nano-symposium at SfN

Likova, L. T. (2018). Rapid switches of handedness in late adulthood: Neuroplasticity driven by drawing training. Retrieved from Human Vision and Electronic Imaging, Burlingame, Ca

Tyler, C. W., & Likova, L. T.. (2018). Release of Cone-Rod Suppression as a Key Mechanism for Concussion-Induced Light Sensitivity.

Likova, L. T. (2018). Spatial Awareness Training via Memory-Drawing: Enhancement of Brain Plasticity, Learning and Memory, and Transfer of Training Effects. Retrieved from MacFarland Seminar, AER Conference, Reno, July 25, 2018

Likova, L. T. (2018). Spatiomotor and memory training through drawing in the blind. Retrieved from Southern China Normal University

Likova, L. T. (2017). Art training matters: Enhancement of spatial cognition and brain connectivity. Retrieved from Human Vision and Electronic Imaging Feb 2017

Likova, L. T. (2017). Granger Causality analysis reveals the role of the hippocampal complex in the memory functions of primary visual cortex. Retrieved from European Conference on Visual Perception

Karim, R., & Likova, L. T.. (2017). Object understanding and cortical functional reorganization in the blind. Retrieved from National Conference on Neuroscience Research in Bangladesh

Likova, L. T., Cacciamani, L., Nicholas, S. C., & Mineff, K. N.. (2017). Top-down working memory reorganization of the primary visual cortex: Granger Causality analysis. http://doi.org/10.1167/17.10.594

Karim, R., & Likova, L. T.. (2016). Aesthetic appreciation and perception of 3D shapes through the sense of touch in the blind and the sighted: on the properties of contour curvature and symmetry of 3D tactile shapes.

Karim, R., & Likova, L. T.. (2016). Aesthetic appreciation and perception of 3D shapes through the sense of touch in the blind and the sighted: on the properties of contour curvature and symmetry of 3D tactile shapes. Retrieved from SfN, San Diego, Ca, USA

Likova, L. T. (2016). Art, brain plasticity and rehabilitation training in blindness. Retrieved from Professional Development Workshops (PDW13 Invited Speaker), SfN, San Diego, Ca

Likova, L. T., Mineff, K. N., & Nicholas, S. C.. (2016). Brain reorganization and performance correlates of a rapid switch in handedness induced by drawing training in a left-handed blind individual. Retrieved from SfN, San Diego, Ca, USA

Tyler, C. W., Nicholas, S. C., & Likova, L. T.. (2016). Color components under joint recording from the human retina and cortex with a high-density electrode net.

Likova, L. T., Tyler, C. W., Mineff, K. N., Cacciamani, L., & Nicholas, S. C.. (2016). Dissociable brain networks revealed to single-repetition learning in Braille reading and Braille writing-fromm. Retrieved from ECVP 2016 Perception 45, 164-165

Likova, L. T., Tyler, C. W., Mineff, K. N., Cacciamani, L., & Nicholas, S. C.. (2016). High-order multisensory mechanisms: Insights from Braille writing and reading. Retrieved from IS&T Int Symp Electron Imaging

Cacciamani, L., & Likova, L. T.. (2016). Memory-guided drawing training increases Granger causal influences from the perirhinal cortex to V1 in the blind. Retrieved from SfN. San Diego Ca, USA

Karim, R., & Likova, L. T.. (2016). Perception and aesthetic appreciation of textures through the sense of touch: do the blind differ from the sighted?. Retrieved from Annual Envision Conference on Low Vision Rehabilitation & Research. Denver, Co.

Likova, L. T. (2015). Can brain changes from art training reveal commonalities between the mechanisms of drawing and of music? . Retrieved from Human Vision and Electronic Imaging, San Francisco Ca, USA.

Likova, L. T. (2015). Cross-modal insights into the controversies of conceptual knowledge representation and temporal pole asymmetry. Retrieved from Perception (Supp). 44, 310.

Likova, L. T. (2015). Harnessing the power of drawing to drive brain plasticity. Retrieved from Live Webinar on my work on blindness rehabilitation through the Cognitive-Kinesthetic Drawing training, National Endowment for the Arts, National Science Foundation & Inter agency Task Force on the Arts and Human Development. Washington, DC.

Likova, L. T. (2015). How is conceptual knowledge represented in the temporal pole? A cross-modal perspective and familiarity effects. Retrieved from SfN. Chicago, USA.

Karim, R., & Likova, L. T.. (2015). Tactile aesthetics in the blind and the sighted. Retrieved from Annual Envision Conference on Low Vision Rehabilitation & Research. Denver, Co.

Likova, L. T. Harnessing the power of visual art to drive brain plasticity to enhance learning and memory in STEM education, and in blindness rehab. Bay Area Science Fair (BASF).

Likova, L. T. Face perception as a multisensory process. presented at the 2020, “Multisensory and Crossmodal Interactions” symposium, EI/HVEI: Burlingame, California. Retrieved from https://www.imaging.org/site/IST/Conferences/EI/EI_2020/Conference/C_HVEI.aspx

Likova, L. T. Rapid training of supramodal spatial cognition and memory for improved navigation in low vision and blindness. Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science (iOVS). ARVO 2020. Retrieved from https://iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2766791

Likova, L. T. Face perception as a multisensory process. presented at the 01/30/2020, Multisensory and Crossmodal Interactions, at IS&T Human Vision and Electronic Imaging: Burlingame, California. Retrieved from https://www.imaging.org/site/IST/Conferences/EI/EI_2020/

Likova, L. T. Face perception as a multisensory process. presented at the 01/2020, “Multisensory and Crossmodal Interactions” symposium, EI/HVEI: Burlingame, California. Retrieved from https://www.imaging.org/site/IST/Conferences/EI/EI_2020/

Other Publications

Likova, L. T. (2018). Cognitive-Kinesthetic Method: Hands-on demonstration with trainers and educators for the blind. Retrieved from Satellite Symposium, Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired, Reno. July, 2018.

Likova, L. T. (2018). Memory drawing and learning in the class room. Retrieved from Southern China Normal University, Guangzhou

Likova, L. T., Cacciamani, L., Nicholas, S. C., & Mineff, K. N.. (2017). Top-down working memory reorganization of the primary visual cortex: Granger Causality analysis. Retrieved from Jurnal of Vision

Likova, L. T. (2016). Art training and the brain: brain plasticity and blindness rehabilitation. Retrieved from SfN. San Diego Ca, USA, 2016, A Professional Development Workshop

Likova, L. T. (2016). Key results from the reported research and their impact for the blind and low vision community. Retrieved from National State of the Science of Blindness Rehabilitation, Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, San Francisco, 2016

Likova, L. T. (2016). Keynote address at the Ciancia Festschrift meeting in Buenos Aires . Retrieved from The XI Reunión de los Discípulos del Dr. Ciancia, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Likova, L. T. (2016). Rehabilitation training and brain plasticity in blindness: non-visual drawing, spatial cognition enhancement and transfer of training effects. Retrieved from Envision Research Institute, Wichita, Kansas, USA, July 2016.

Likova, L. T. (2015). Harnessing the power of drawing to drive brain plasticity. Live Webinar, Washington, DC. Retrieved from NEA, NSF & Inter agency Task Force on the Arts and Human Development

Tyler, C. W., & Likova, L. T.. (2014). The neurometabolic underpinnings of fMRI BOLD dynamics. In Advanced Brain Neuroimaging Topics in Health and Disease-Methods and Applications:. InTech. http://doi.org/10.5772/58274

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