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Thomas A. Carlson

Thomas A. Carlson

Overview

Thomas A. Carlson is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia. Their research spans primarily the field of Neuroscience with a focus on subfields such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Sensory Systems, Social Psychology, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including Neural dynamics and brain function, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Visual perception and processing mechanisms, Face Recognition and Perception, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, Multisensory perception and integration, and Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Thomas A. Carlson include:

  • Human EEG recordings for 1,854 concepts presented in rapid serial visual presentation streams, 2022, Scientific Data
  • The time-course of feature-based attention effects dissociated from temporal expectation and target-related processes, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Visual Representations: Insights from Neural Decoding, 2023, Annual Review of Vision Science
  • The Influence of Object-Color Knowledge on Emerging Object Representations in the Brain, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • The neural dynamics underlying prioritisation of task-relevant information, 2021, Neurons Behavior Data analysis and Theory

Frequent collaborators in their research include Amanda K. Robinson, Tijl Grootswagers, Sophia M. Shatek, Denise Moerel, and Alexander A Sulfaro.

Thomas A. Carlson has published multiple times in venues known for neuroscience and cognitive psychology research, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Journal of Vision
  • Neurons Behavior Data analysis and Theory
  • NeuroImage

Best Publications

  • Representational dynamics of object vision: The first 1000 ms

    Thomas Carlson;Thomas Carlson;David A. Tovar;Arjen Alink;Nikolaus Kriegeskorte

  • Decoding dynamic brain patterns from evoked responses: A tutorial on multivariate pattern analysis applied to time series neuroimaging data

    Tijl Grootswagers;Susan G. Wardle;Thomas A. Carlson

  • Patterns of Activity in the Categorical Representations of Objects

    Thomas A. Carlson;Paul Schrater;Sheng He

  • The blinking spotlight of attention.

    Rufin VanRullen;Thomas Carlson;Thomas Carlson;Patrick Cavanagh

  • High temporal resolution decoding of object position and category.

    Thomas A. Carlson;Hinze Hogendoorn;Ryota Kanai;Juraj Mesik

  • Decoding the time-course of object recognition in the human brain: From visual features to categorical decisions.

    Erika W. Contini;Susan G. Wardle;Thomas A. Carlson;Thomas A. Carlson

  • The emergence of semantic meaning in the ventral temporal pathway

    Thomas A. Carlson;Ryan A. Simmons;Nikolaus Kriegeskorte;L. Robert Slevc

  • Emerging Object Representations in the Visual System Predict Reaction Times for Categorization

    J. Brendan Ritchie;J. Brendan Ritchie;David A. Tovar;Thomas A. Carlson

  • The role of the parietal lobe in visual extinction studied with transcranial magnetic stimulation

    Lorella Battelli;George A. Alvarez;George A. Alvarez;Thomas Carlson;Thomas Carlson;Alvaro Pascual-Leone;Alvaro Pascual-Leone

  • Perceptual similarity of visual patterns predicts dynamic neural activation patterns measured with MEG

    Susan G. Wardle;Nikolaus Kriegeskorte;Tijl Grootswagers;Seyed Mahdi Khaligh-Razavi

  • Anatomical correlates of the functional organization in the human occipitotemporal cortex

    Mina Kim;Mathieu Ducros;Thomas Carlson;Thomas Carlson;Itamar Ronen

  • The representational dynamics of visual objects in rapid serial visual processing streams.

    Tijl Grootswagers;Tijl Grootswagers;Amanda K. Robinson;Amanda K. Robinson;Thomas A. Carlson

  • The speed of visual attention: What time is it?

    Thomas A. Carlson;Thomas A. Carlson;Hinze Hogendoorn;Hinze Hogendoorn;Frans A. J. Verstraten

  • Spatial coding and invariance in object-selective cortex

    Thomas Carlson;Hinze Hogendoorn;Hinze Hogendoorn;Hinze Hogendoorn;Hubert Fonteijn;Hubert Fonteijn;Frans A.J. Verstraten;Frans A.J. Verstraten

  • Reaction time for object categorization is predicted by representational distance

    Thomas A. Carlson;Thomas A. Carlson;J. Brendan Ritchie;J. Brendan Ritchie;Nikolaus Kriegeskorte;Samir Durvasula

  • Rapid Assimilation of External Objects Into the Body Schema

    Thomas A. Carlson;Thomas A. Carlson;Thomas A. Carlson;George Alvarez;Daw an Wu;Frans A J Verstraten

  • Representational dynamics of object recognition: Feedforward and feedback information flows.

    Erin Goddard;Thomas A. Carlson;Nadene Dermody;Alexandra Woolgar

  • Finding decodable information that can be read out in behaviour.

    Tijl Grootswagers;Tijl Grootswagers;Radoslaw Martin Cichy;Thomas A. Carlson

  • Quadrantic deficit reveals anatomical constraints on selection

    Thomas A. Carlson;George A. Alvarez;Patrick Cavanagh

  • The compensatory dynamic of inter-hemispheric interactions in visuospatial attention revealed using rTMS and fMRI.

    Ela B. Plow;Zaira Cattaneo;Thomas A. Carlson;George A. Alvarez

Frequent Co-Authors

Frans A. J. Verstraten
Frans A. J. Verstraten University of Sydney
Anina N. Rich
Anina N. Rich Macquarie University
Sheng He
Sheng He Chinese Academy of Sciences
Nikolaus Kriegeskorte
Nikolaus Kriegeskorte Columbia University
George A. Alvarez
George A. Alvarez Harvard University
Rufin VanRullen
Rufin VanRullen Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Patrick Cavanagh
Patrick Cavanagh York University
William Forde Thompson
William Forde Thompson Bond University
Ryota Kanai
Ryota Kanai University of Sussex
Alvaro Pascual-Leone
Alvaro Pascual-Leone Harvard University

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