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Ehud Ahissar is affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Neuroscience, with a particular emphasis on Cognitive Neuroscience. Additional subfields of their work include Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Cell Biology, and Human-Computer Interaction.

The scientist's recent publications cover various aspects of sensory and motor processes as well as visual perception studies. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Co-coding of head and whisker movements by both VPM and POm thalamic neurons," 2024, Nature Communications
  • "Inferring visual space from ultra-fine extra-retinal knowledge of gaze position," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Thalamocortical loops as temporal demodulators across senses," 2023, Communications Biology
  • "Predictive whisker kinematics reveal context-dependent sensorimotor strategies," 2020, PLoS Biology
  • "Closed loop motor-sensory dynamics in human vision," 2020, PLoS ONE

Their research topics encompass neural dynamics and brain function, visual perception and processing mechanisms, and tactile and sensory interactions.

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Tactile and sensory interactions
  • Gaze tracking and assistive technology
  • EEG and brain-computer interfaces
  • Motor control and adaptation
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research

Ehud Ahissar frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Vision, The Anatomical Record, Nature Communications, and Preprints.org.

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Vision
  • The Anatomical Record
  • Nature Communications
  • Preprints.org

The scientist collaborates regularly with a group of co-authors, including Guy Nelinger, Inbar Saraf-Sinik, Neomi Mizrachi, Jonathan D. Victor, and Michele Rucci.

  • Guy Nelinger
  • Inbar Saraf-Sinik
  • Neomi Mizrachi
  • Jonathan D. Victor
  • Michele Rucci

Best Publications

  • 'Where' and 'what' in the whisker sensorimotor system.

    Mathew E. Diamond;Mathew E. Diamond;Moritz von Heimendahl;Moritz von Heimendahl;Per Magne Knutsen;David Kleinfeld

  • Speech comprehension is correlated with temporal response patterns recorded from auditory cortex

    Ehud Ahissar;Srikantan Nagarajan;Merav Ahissar;Athanassios Protopapas

  • Dependence of Cortical Plasticity on Correlated Activity of Single Neurons and on Behavioral Context

    Ehud Ahissar;Eilon Vaadia;Merav Ahissar;Hagai Bergman

  • Transformation from temporal to rate coding in a somatosensory thalamocortical pathway

    Ehud Ahissar;Ronen Sosnik;Sebastian Haidarliu

  • Active sensation: insights from the rodent vibrissa sensorimotor system.

    David Kleinfeld;Ehud Ahissar;Mathew E Diamond

  • Encoding of sound-source location and movement: activity of single neurons and interactions between adjacent neurons in the monkey auditory cortex

    M Ahissar;E Ahissar;H Bergman;E Vaadia

  • Encoding of Vibrissal Active Touch

    Marcin Szwed;Knarik Bagdasarian;Ehud Ahissar

  • Parallel Thalamic Pathways for Whisking and Touch Signals in the Rat

    Chunxiu Yu;Dori Derdikman;Sebastian Haidarliu;Ehud Ahissar

  • Figuring Space by Time

    Ehud Ahissar;Amos Arieli

  • Haptic object localization in the vibrissal system: behavior and performance.

    Per Magne Knutsen;Maciej Pietr;Ehud Ahissar

  • A neuronal analogue of state-dependent learning

    Daniel. E. Shulz;R. Sosnik;Valérie Ego;S. Haidarliu

  • Imaging Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Surround Inhibition in the Barrels Somatosensory Cortex

    Dori Derdikman;Rina Hildesheim;Ehud Ahissar;Amos Arieli

  • Importance of Temporal Cues for Tactile Spatial- Frequency Discrimination

    Efrat Gamzu;Ehud Ahissar

  • Temporal frequency of whisker movement. I. Representations in brain stem and thalamus.

    Ronen Sosnik;Sebastian Haidarliu;Ehud Ahissar

  • Decoding temporally encoded sensory input by cortical oscillations and thalamic phase comparators

    Ehud Ahissar;Sebastian Haidarliu;Miriam Zacksenhouse

  • Tracking whisker and head movements in unrestrained behaving rodents.

    Per Magne Knutsen;Dori Derdikman;Ehud Ahissar

  • Temporal Frequency of Whisker Movement. II. Laminar Organization of Cortical Representations

    Ehud Ahissar;Ronen Sosnik;Knarik Bagdasarian;Sebastian Haidarliu

  • Perception as a closed-loop convergence process

    Ehud Ahissar;Eldad Assa

  • Neuronal phase-locked loops

    Ehud Ahissar

  • Closed-loop Neuronal Computations: Focus on Vibrissa Somatosensation in Rat

    Ehud Ahissar;David Kleinfeld

  • Vibrissal kinematics in 3D: tight coupling of azimuth, elevation, and torsion across different whisking modes.

    Per Magne Knutsen;Armin Biess;Armin Biess;Ehud Ahissar

Frequent Co-Authors

Amos Arieli
Amos Arieli Weizmann Institute of Science
David Golomb
David Golomb Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
David Kleinfeld
David Kleinfeld University of California, San Diego
Eilon Vaadia
Eilon Vaadia Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hagai Bergman
Hagai Bergman Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Merav Ahissar
Merav Ahissar Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Mathew E. Diamond
Mathew E. Diamond International School for Advanced Studies
Yadin Dudai
Yadin Dudai Weizmann Institute of Science
Michael Brecht
Michael Brecht Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Martin Deschênes
Martin Deschênes Université Laval

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