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Overview

Clayton E. Curtis is affiliated with New York University in the United States, focusing primarily on neuroscience. Their research spans several interconnected subfields, including cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, social psychology, and general decision sciences.

Their work addresses a range of topics related to brain function and behavior. Key areas of study include:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neural and behavioral psychology studies
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Memory and neural mechanisms
  • EEG and brain-computer interfaces
  • Face recognition and perception
  • Functional brain connectivity studies

Clayton E. Curtis has contributed extensively to scientific literature, with a strong presence in numerous publication venues. Their frequent publication outlets comprise:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Vision
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Nature Communications
  • Neuron

A selection of recent papers authored or co-authored by Curtis includes:

  • Working memory representations in visual cortex mediate distraction effects, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Unveiling the abstract format of mnemonic representations, 2022, Neuron
  • Joint representation of working memory and uncertainty in human cortex, 2021, Neuron
  • Persistent Activity During Working Memory From Front to Back, 2021, Frontiers in Neural Circuits
  • Common Neural Mechanisms Control Attention and Working Memory, 2022, Journal of Neuroscience

They have frequently collaborated with several researchers, including:

  • Thomas C. Sprague
  • Kartik K. Sreenivasan
  • Hsin-Hung Li
  • Masih Rahmati
  • Wei Ji

Clayton E. Curtis's research contributes to advancing understanding in cognitive and neural processes underlying memory, attention, and perception.

Best Publications

  • Persistent activity in the prefrontal cortex during working memory

    Clayton E. Curtis;Mark D'Esposito

  • Revisiting the role of persistent neural activity during working memory

    Kartik K. Sreenivasan;Clayton E. Curtis;Mark D’Esposito

  • Verbal working memory impairment in schizophrenia patients and their first-degree relatives: evidence from the digit span task.

    Heather M. Conklin;Clayton E. Curtis;Joanna Katsanis;William G. Iacono

  • Prefrontal and parietal contributions to spatial working memory.

    C.E. Curtis

  • Maintenance of Spatial and Motor Codes during Oculomotor Delayed Response Tasks

    Clayton E. Curtis;Vikas Y. Rao;Mark D'Esposito

  • Success and Failure Suppressing Reflexive Behavior

    Clayton E. Curtis;Mark D'esposito

  • Common neural mechanisms supporting spatial working memory, attention and motor intention.

    Akiko Ikkai;Clayton E. Curtis;Clayton E. Curtis

  • Prioritized maps of space in human frontoparietal cortex

    Trenton A. Jerde;Elisha P. Merriam;Adam C. Riggall;James H. Hedges

  • Beyond working memory: the role of persistent activity in decision making

    Clayton E. Curtis;Daeyeol Lee

  • Saccadic disinhibition in patients with acute and remitted schizophrenia and their first-degree biological relatives.

    Clayton E. Curtis;Monica E. Calkins;William M. Grove;Kathleen J. Feil

  • Sustained activity in topographic areas of human posterior parietal cortex during memory-guided saccades.

    Denis Schluppeck;Clayton E. Curtis;Paul W. Glimcher;David J. Heeger

  • Working memory functioning in schizophrenia patients and their first-degree relatives: cognitive functioning shedding light on etiology.

    Heather M. Conklin;Clayton E. Curtis;Monica E. Calkins;William G. Iacono

  • Multiple Dimensions of Schizotypy in First Degree Biological Relatives of Schizophrenia Patients

    Monica E. Calkins;Clayton E. Curtis;William M. Grove;William G. Iacono

  • Differential effects of distraction during working memory on delay-period activity in the prefrontal cortex and the visual association cortex.

    Jong H. Yoon;Clayton E. Curtis;Mark D'Esposito

  • The effects of prefrontal lesions on working memory performance and theory.

    Clayton E. Curtis;Mark D’esposito

  • Visual field map clusters in human frontoparietal cortex.

    Wayne E Mackey;Jonathan Winawer;Jonathan Winawer;Clayton E Curtis;Clayton E Curtis

  • Persistent neural activity during the maintenance of spatial position in working memory

    Riju Srimal;Clayton E. Curtis

  • Canceling Planned Action: An fMRI Study of Countermanding Saccades

    Clayton E. Curtis;Michael W. Cole;Vikas Y. Rao;Mark D'Esposito

  • Saccade preparation signals in the human frontal and parietal cortices.

    Clayton E. Curtis;Jason D. Connolly

  • Multiple component networks support working memory in prefrontal cortex

    David A. Markowitz;Clayton E. Curtis;Bijan Pesaran

  • Antisaccade performance is impaired in medically and psychiatrically healthy biological relatives of schizophrenia patients.

    Monica E. Calkins;Clayton E. Curtis;William G. Iacono;William M. Grove

Frequent Co-Authors

William G. Iacono
William G. Iacono University of Minnesota
Mark D'Esposito
Mark D'Esposito University of California, Berkeley
Wei Ji Ma
Wei Ji Ma New York University
Jonathan Winawer
Jonathan Winawer New York University
Monica E. Calkins
Monica E. Calkins University of Pennsylvania
David H. Zald
David H. Zald Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
William M. Grove
William M. Grove University of Minnesota
Franco Pestilli
Franco Pestilli The University of Texas at Austin
Heather M. Conklin
Heather M. Conklin St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Lila Davachi
Lila Davachi Columbia University

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