Research areas
My research encompasses three topics: neuroimaging, vision, and computation. I develop advances for neuroimaging that combine both electroencephalographic (EEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). I utilize these neuroimaging techniques to study the computational mechanisms that visual cortex utilizes for information processing. I am especially interested in how the brain modulates its information processing to optimally respond to variations in the environment caused by both changes in stimulus properties and by changes to behavioral goals. My research interests also include studying the impact of neurological dysfunction on visual processing (e.g. epilepsy).
PhD supervision
- Hollie Carter
- Alex Backler
- Andreea Miscov
Selected publications
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Open access
Estimating neural activity from visual areas using functionally defined EEG templates
Poncet, M. & Ales, J. M., 2 Mar 2023, In: Human Brain Mapping. 44, 5, p. 1846-1861 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Neural responses to apparent motion can be predicted by responses to non-moving stimuli
Poncet, M. & Ales, J. M., Sept 2020, In: NeuroImage. 218, 13 p., 116973.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
The reliability of pseudoneglect is task dependent
Mitchell, A. G., Harris, J., Benstock, S. E. & Ales, J. M., Nov 2020, In: Neuropsychologia. 148, 10 p., 107618.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Three-dimensional motion perception: comparing speed and speed change discrimination for looming stimuli
Lee, A. R. I., Ales, J. M. & Harris, J., 6 Jul 2020, In: Vision. 4, 3, 17 p., 33.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Speed change discrimination for motion in depth using constant world and retinal speeds
Lee, A. R. I., Ales, J. M. & Harris, J. M., 3 Apr 2019, In: PLoS ONE. 14, 4, 21 p., e0214766.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Being BOLD: the neural dynamics of face perception
Gentile, F., Ales, J. & Rossion, B., Jan 2017, In: Human Brain Mapping. 38, 1, p. 120-139 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sparse EEG/MEG source estimation via a group lasso
Lim, M., Ales, J. M., Cottereau, B. R., Hastie, T. & Norcia, A. M., 12 Jun 2017, In: PLoS One. 12, 6, 29 p., e0176835.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How to use fMRI functional localizers to improve EEG/MEG source estimation
Cottereau, B. R., Ales, J. M. & Norcia, A. M., 30 Jul 2015, In: Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 250, p. 64-73 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Separable effects of inversion and contrast-reversal on face detection thresholds and response functions: a sweep VEP study
Liu-Shuang, J., Ales, J., Rossion, B. & Norcia, A. M., 10 Feb 2015, In: Journal of Vision. 15, 2, 11.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The effect of contrast polarity reversal on face detection: evidence of perceptual asymmetry from sweep VEP
Liu-Shuang, J., Ales, J. M., Rossion, B. & Norcia, A. M., Mar 2015, In: Vision Research. 108, p. 8-19 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review