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Carl R. Olson is affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with a total of 20 publications in this field. Within neuroscience, Olson's work concentrates on cognitive neuroscience, contributing 18 publications, as well as cellular and molecular neuroscience and sensory systems with a smaller number of works in those subfields.

Their main research topics encompass several areas including:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Neural and behavioral psychology studies
  • Functional brain connectivity studies
  • Face recognition and perception
  • Neurobiology and insect physiology research
  • Olfactory and sensory function studies

Olson has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, notably:

  • Nathaniel Williams
  • Brian A. Coffman
  • Gretchen L. Haas
  • Raymond J. Cho
  • Avniel Singh Ghuman

The scientist has published in a variety of academic venues, including:

  • Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Journal of Psychiatric Research
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Vision

A selection of recent papers by Olson includes:

  • "Contribution of individual features to repetition suppression in macaque inferotemporal cortex" (2022), published in Journal of Neurophysiology
  • "Lateralized evoked responses in parietal cortex demonstrate visual short-term memory deficits in first-episode schizophrenia" (2020), published in Journal of Psychiatric Research
  • "Reduced Dorsal Visual Oscillatory Activity During Working Memory Maintenance in the First-Episode Schizophrenia Spectrum" (2020), published in Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • "Independent repetition suppression in macaque area V2 and inferotemporal cortex" (2022), published in Journal of Neurophysiology
  • "Novel Interaction between Prefrontal and Parietal Cortex during Memory Guided Saccades" (2020), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Functional Heterogeneity in Cingulate Cortex: The Anterior Executive and Posterior Evaluative Regions

    Brent A. Vogt;David M. Finch;Carl R. Olson

  • Neuronal Activity Related to Reward Value and Motivation in Primate Frontal Cortex

    Matthew R. Roesch;Carl R. Olson

  • Topographical organization of cortical afferents to extrastriate visual area PO in the macaque: a dual tracer study.

    C. L. Colby;R. Gattass;C. R. Olson;C. G. Gross

  • Statistical learning of visual transitions in monkey inferotemporal cortex

    Travis Meyer;Carl R. Olson

  • Impact of learning on representation of parts and wholes in monkey inferotemporal cortex

    Chris I. Baker;Marlene Behrmann;Marlene Behrmann;Marlene Behrmann;Carl R. Olson;Carl R. Olson;Carl R. Olson

  • Impact of Expected Reward on Neuronal Activity in Prefrontal Cortex, Frontal and Supplementary Eye Fields and Premotor Cortex

    Matthew R. Roesch;Carl R. Olson

  • Profile of the sensitive period for monocular deprivation in kittens.

    C. R. Olson;R. D. Freeman

  • Sensory maps in the claustrum of the cat

    C R Olson;A M Graybiel

  • Role of Attention and Perceptual Grouping in Visual Statistical Learning

    Chris I. Baker;Carl R. Olson;Carl R. Olson;Carl R. Olson;Marlene Behrmann;Marlene Behrmann;Marlene Behrmann

  • Mirror-image confusion in single neurons of the macaque inferotemporal cortex.

    J. E. Rollenhagen;C. R. Olson

  • Neuronal Activity in Macaque SEF and ACC During Performance of Tasks Involving Conflict

    Kae Nakamura;Matthew R. Roesch;Carl R. Olson

  • Ectosylvian visual area of the cat: location, retinotopic organization, and connections.

    Carl R. Olson;Ann M. Graybiel

  • Repetition suppression in monkey inferotemporal cortex: relation to behavioral priming.

    David B. T. McMahon;Carl R. Olson

  • Neuronal Activity in Primate Orbitofrontal Cortex Reflects the Value of Time

    Matthew R. Roesch;Carl R. Olson

  • In Monkeys Making Value-Based Decisions, LIP Neurons Encode Cue Salience and Not Action Value

    Marvin L. Leathers;Marvin L. Leathers;Carl R. Olson;Carl R. Olson

  • BRAIN REPRESENTATION OF OBJECT-CENTERED SPACE IN MONKEYS AND HUMANS

    Carl R. Olson

  • Single neurons in posterior cingulate cortex of behaving macaque: eye movement signals.

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  • Perceptual organization in vision : behavioral and neural perspectives

    Ruth Kimchi;Marlene Behrmann;Carl R. Olson

  • Organization of cortical and subcortical projections to anterior cingulate cortex in the cat

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  • Neuronal activity related to anticipated reward in frontal cortex: does it represent value or reflect motivation?

    Matthew R. Roesch;Carl R. Olson

  • Object-based vision and attention in primates.

    Carl R Olson

  • Macaque SEF neurons encode object-centered directions of eye movements regardless of the visual attributes of instructional cues.

    Carl R. Olson;Sonya N. Gettner

Frequent Co-Authors

Marlene Behrmann
Marlene Behrmann Carnegie Mellon University
Dean F. Salisbury
Dean F. Salisbury University of Pittsburgh
Matthew R. Roesch
Matthew R. Roesch University of Maryland, College Park
Chris I. Baker
Chris I. Baker National Institutes of Health
Hajime Mushiake
Hajime Mushiake Tohoku University
Kathleen S. Rockland
Kathleen S. Rockland Boston University
Hidehiko Komatsu
Hidehiko Komatsu Tamagawa University
Jun Tanji
Jun Tanji Tohoku University

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