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Overview

Michael H. Herzog is affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland and has a research focus primarily in the field of neuroscience.

Their work extensively covers various subfields including cognitive neuroscience, artificial intelligence, computer vision and pattern recognition, experimental and cognitive psychology, as well as social psychology.

Michael H. Herzog's research explores a range of topics mainly centered on visual perception and processing mechanisms, neural dynamics and brain function, and neural and behavioral psychology studies. Additional areas of study include functional brain connectivity, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, color perception and design, and multisensory perception and integration.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Michael H. Herzog include the following:

  • "EEG microstates are a candidate endophenotype for schizophrenia," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Hard criteria for empirical theories of consciousness," 2020, Cognitive Neuroscience
  • "All in Good Time: Long-Lasting Postdictive Effects Reveal Discrete Perception," 2020, Trends in Cognitive Sciences
  • "Serial dependence does not originate from low-level visual processing," 2021, Cognition
  • "Capsule networks as recurrent models of grouping and segmentation," 2020, PLoS Computational Biology

Their frequent co-authors include Simona Garobbio, Adrien Doerig, Maya Roinishvili, Eka Chkonia, and David Pascucci, reflecting ongoing collaborative research efforts.

Michael H. Herzog's publications appear regularly in several prominent scientific venues. These include the Journal of Vision, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Vision Research, arXiv (Cornell University), and PLoS Computational Biology.

Best Publications

  • The role of feedback in learning a vernier discrimination task

    Michael H. Herzog;Manfred Fahle

  • Long-lasting modulation of feature integration by transcranial magnetic stimulation

    Frank Scharnowski;Frank Scharnowski;Johannes Rüter;Jacob Jolij;Frouke Hermens;Frouke Hermens

  • EEG microstates are a candidate endophenotype for schizophrenia.

    Janir Ramos da Cruz;Janir Ramos da Cruz;Ophélie Favrod;Maya Roinishvili;Eka Chkonia

  • Grouping, pooling, and when bigger is better in visual crowding

    Mauro Manassi;Bilge Sayim;Bilge Sayim;Michael H. Herzog

  • Grouping of contextual elements that affect vernier thresholds.

    Maka Malania;Michael H. Herzog;Gerald Westheimer

  • Time Slices: What Is the Duration of a Percept?

    Michael H. Herzog;Thomas Kammer;Frank Scharnowski

  • Global stimulus configuration modulates crowding.

    Toni P. Saarela;Bilge Sayim;Gerald Westheimer;Michael H. Herzog

  • Hard criteria for empirical theories of consciousness.

    Adrien Doerig;Aaron Schurger;Michael H Herzog

  • Crowding, grouping, and object recognition: A matter of appearance.

    Michael H. Herzog;Bilge Sayim;Vitaly Chicherov;Mauro Manassi

  • Human perceptual learning by mental imagery

    Elisa M. Tartaglia;Laura Bamert;Laura Bamert;Fred W. Mast;Michael H. Herzog

  • About individual differences in vision

    Lukasz Grzeczkowski;Aaron M. Clarke;Gregory Francis;Fred W. Mast

  • Seeing properties of an invisible object: Feature inheritance and shine-through

    Michael H. Herzog;Christof Koch

  • Modeling perceptual learning: difficulties and how they can be overcome

    Michael H. Herzog;Manfred Fahle

  • When crowding of crowding leads to uncrowding

    Mauro Manassi;Bilge Sayim;Michael H Herzog

  • The unfolding argument: Why IIT and other causal structure theories cannot explain consciousness.

    Adrien Doerig;Aaron Schurger;Kathryn Hess;Michael H. Herzog

  • Gestalt Factors Modulate Basic Spatial Vision

    Bilge Sayim;Gerald Westheimer;Michael H. Herzog

  • Perceptual learning with Chevrons requires a minimal number of trials, transfers to untrained directions, but does not require sleep.

    Kristoffer C. Aberg;Elisa M. Tartaglia;Michael H. Herzog

  • Effects of grouping in contextual modulation

    Michael H. Herzog;Manfred Fahle

  • Sex-related differences in vision are heterogeneous

    Albulena Shaqiri;Maya Roinishvili;Lukasz Grzeczkowski;Eka Chkonia

  • All in Good Time: Long-Lasting Postdictive Effects Reveal Discrete Perception.

    Michael H. Herzog;Leila Drissi-Daoudi;Adrien Doerig

  • Different types of feedback change decision criterion and sensitivity differently in perceptual learning

    Kristoffer C. Aberg;Kristoffer C. Aberg;Michael H. Herzog

  • Intact figure-ground segmentation in schizophrenia

    Michael H. Herzog;Sabine Kopmann;Andreas Brand

Frequent Co-Authors

Christine Mohr
Christine Mohr University of Lausanne
Fred W. Mast
Fred W. Mast University of Bern
Manfred Fahle
Manfred Fahle University of Bremen
Wulfram Gerstner
Wulfram Gerstner École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Thomas Kammer
Thomas Kammer University of Ulm
Olaf Blanke
Olaf Blanke École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Christof Koch
Christof Koch Allen Institute for Brain Science
Christoph M. Michel
Christoph M. Michel University of Geneva
Wietske van der Zwaag
Wietske van der Zwaag École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Marco Bertamini
Marco Bertamini University of Padua

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