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Steven S. Hsiao was a researcher affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their academic work focused primarily on the field of Neuroscience, with specific contributions to subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Their research topics frequently covered areas such as Tactile and Sensory Interactions, Neural Dynamics and Brain Function, and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering. These topics reflect a concentration on understanding sensory processing and neural mechanisms within the brain.

Hsiao's recent published papers included:

  • Multi-finger receptive field properties in primary somatosensory cortex: A revised account of the spatiotemporal integration functions of area 3b (2023, Cell Reports)
  • Multi-finger Receptive Field Properties in Primary Somatosensory Cortex: A Revised Account of the Spatio-Temporal Integration Functions of Area 3b (2022, bioRxiv - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their frequent coauthors included Charles E. Connor, Manuel Gomez-Ramirez, and Natalie K. Trzcinski, indicating collaborative work in the investigation of somatosensory cortex properties and related neural functions.

Hsiao published in venues such as Cell Reports and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), reflecting a focus on disseminating findings in prominent journals within neuroscience and preprint platforms.

Best Publications

  • Attention modulates synchronized neuronal firing in primate somatosensory cortex.

    Peter N. Steinmetz;A. Roy;P. J. Fitzgerald;S. S. Hsiao

  • Neural Correlates of High-Gamma Oscillations (60–200 Hz) in Macaque Local Field Potentials and Their Potential Implications in Electrocorticography

    Supratim Ray;Nathan E. Crone;Ernst Niebur;Piotr J. Franaszczuk

  • Tactile roughness: neural codes that account for psychophysical magnitude estimates.

    CE Connor;SS Hsiao;JR Phillips;KO Johnson

  • Effects of selective attention on spatial form processing in monkey primary and secondary somatosensory cortex

    S. S. Hsiao;D. M. O'Shaughnessy;K. O. Johnson

  • Detection of Vibration Transmitted Through an Object Grasped in the Hand

    A. J. Brisben;S. S. Hsiao;K. O. Johnson;K. O. Johnson

  • High-frequency gamma activity (80-150 Hz) is increased in human cortex during selective attention

    Supratim Ray;Ernst Niebur;Steven S. Hsiao;Alon Sinai

  • Neural Coding Mechanisms in Tactile Pattern Recognition: The Relative Contributions of Slowly and Rapidly Adapting Mechanoreceptors to Perceived Roughness

    David Trumbull Blake;Steven S. Hsiao;Kenneth O. Johnson

  • The Neural Coding of Stimulus Intensity: Linking the Population Response of Mechanoreceptive Afferents with Psychophysical Behavior

    Michael A. Muniak;Supratim Ray;Steven S. Hsiao;J. Frank Dammann

  • Structure of Receptive Fields in Area 3b of Primary Somatosensory Cortex in the Alert Monkey

    James J. DiCarlo;Kenneth O. Johnson;Steven S. Hsiao

  • Human tactile pattern recognition: active versus passive touch, velocity effects, and patterns of confusion.

    F. Vega-Bermudez;K. O. Johnson;S. S. Hsiao

  • Spatial pattern representation and transformation in monkey somatosensory cortex

    J R Phillips;K O Johnson;S S Hsiao

  • Multidigit Movement Synergies of the Human Hand in an Unconstrained Haptic Exploration Task

    Pramodsingh H. Thakur;Amy J. Bastian;Steven S. Hsiao

  • Feeling by Sight or Seeing by Touch

    Lotfi Merabet;Gregor Thut;Brian Murray;Jessica Andrews

  • Texture perception through direct and indirect touch: An analysis of perceptual space for tactile textures in two modes of exploration

    T. Yoshioka;S. J. Bensmaïa;J. C. Craig;S. S. Hsiao

  • Synchrony: a neuronal mechanism for attentional selection?

    Ernst Niebur;Steven S Hsiao;Kenneth O Johnson

  • Neural Coding Mechanisms Underlying Perceived Roughness of Finely Textured Surfaces

    Takashi Yoshioka;Barbara Gibb;Andrew K. Dorsch;Steven S. Hsiao

  • Marking microelectrode penetrations with fluorescent dyes.

    James J. DiCarlo;John W. Lane;Steven S. Hsiao;Kenneth O. Johnson

  • Neural coding and the basic law of psychophysics.

    Kenneth O. Johnson;Steven S. Hsiao;Takashi Yoshioka

  • Vibratory Adaptation of Cutaneous Mechanoreceptive Afferents

    S. J. Bensmaïa;Y. Y. Leung;S. S. Hsiao;K. O. Johnson

  • The Representation of Stimulus Orientation in the Early Stages of Somatosensory Processing

    Sliman J. Bensmaia;Peter V. Denchev;J. Francis Dammann;James C. Craig

  • The neural coding of stimulus intensity: Linking the population response of mechanoreceptive afferents with psychophysical behavior (Journal of Neuroscience (October 24, 2007) (11687-11699))

    Michael A. Muniak;Supratim Ray;Steven S. Hsiao;J. Frank Dammann

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth O. Johnson
Kenneth O. Johnson Johns Hopkins University
Sliman J. Bensmaia
Sliman J. Bensmaia University of Chicago
Frederick Lenz
Frederick Lenz Johns Hopkins University
Nathan E. Crone
Nathan E. Crone Johns Hopkins University
Xiaoqin Wang
Xiaoqin Wang Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Shinji Ohara
Shinji Ohara Johns Hopkins University
Ralph Etienne-Cummings
Ralph Etienne-Cummings Johns Hopkins University
Hanzhang Lu
Hanzhang Lu Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Refet Firat Yazicioglu
Refet Firat Yazicioglu Galvani Bioelectronics

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