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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 2009 - Troland Research Awards, United States National Academy of Sciences For fundamental and insightful contributions to our understanding of the neuronal mechanisms that control directed visual attention.

Overview

Tirin Moore is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and is an active researcher in the field of neuroscience with a strong focus on cognitive neuroscience. Their work covers diverse aspects such as neural dynamics and brain function, visual perception and processing mechanisms, and neural and behavioral psychology studies.

The research topics Moore investigates include:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Neural and behavioral psychology studies
  • Functional brain connectivity studies
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • EEG and brain-computer interfaces
  • Neuroscience and neural engineering

Their main fields of study encompass neuroscience broadly, with particular publication focus on cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, sensory systems, molecular biology, and biomedical engineering.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Moore include:

  • Shude Zhu
  • Xiaomo Chen
  • Ruobing Xia
  • Nicholas A. Steinmetz
  • Tatiana A. Engel

The scientist has published extensively across recognized academic venues, with a significant number of publications appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Science Advances
  • Neuron
  • eLife

Prominent recent papers include:

  • "Remote, brain region-specific control of choice behavior with ultrasonic waves" (2020, Science Advances)
  • "Intrinsic timescales in the visual cortex change with selective attention and reflect spatial connectivity" (2023, Nature Communications)
  • "Large-scale high-density brain-wide neural recording in nonhuman primates" (2023, bioRxiv - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Parietal Cortex Regulates Visual Salience and Salience-Driven Behavior" (2020, Neuron)
  • "Top-down coordination of local cortical state during selective attention" (2021, Neuron)

Awards received by Moore include:

  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 2017
  • Troland Research Awards from the United States National Academy of Sciences, 2009, recognizing contributions to understanding neuronal mechanisms controlling directed visual attention

Moore's contributions span both experimental and theoretical approaches to understanding brain function and behavior, reflecting interdisciplinary engagement with biomedical engineering and neuropharmacology. Their work integrates neural recording technologies and computational models aimed at elucidating cortical state and attentional mechanisms within the visual system.

Best Publications

  • Selective gating of visual signals by microstimulation of frontal cortex

    Tirin Moore;Katherine M. Armstrong

  • Complex movements evoked by microstimulation of precentral cortex

    Michael S.A Graziano;Charlotte S.R Taylor;Tirin Moore

  • Stimulus onset quenches neural variability: a widespread cortical phenomenon

    Mark M. Churchland;Byron M. Yu;Byron M. Yu;John P. Cunningham;Leo P. Sugrue;Leo P. Sugrue

  • Control of eye movements and spatial attention

    Tirin Moore;Mazyar Fallah

  • Microstimulation of the frontal eye field and its effects on covert spatial attention.

    Tirin Moore;Mazyar Fallah

  • Diverse coupling of neurons to populations in sensory cortex

    Michael Okun;Michael Okun;Michael Okun;Nicholas A. Steinmetz;Lee Cossell;Lee Cossell;M. Florencia Iacaruso;M. Florencia Iacaruso

  • Neural Mechanisms of Selective Visual Attention

    Tirin Moore;Marc Zirnsak

  • Visuomotor Origins of Covert Spatial Attention

    Tirin Moore;Katherine M Armstrong;Mazyar Fallah

  • Control of visual cortical signals by prefrontal dopamine

    Behrad Noudoost;Tirin Moore

  • Top-down control of visual attention.

    Behrad Noudoost;Mindy H Chang;Nicholas A Steinmetz;Tirin Moore

  • The Cortical Control of Movement Revisited

    Michael Steven Graziano;Charlotte S.R. Taylor;Tirin Moore;Dylan F. Cooke

  • Visual and oculomotor selection: links, causes and implications for spatial attention

    Edward Awh;Katherine M. Armstrong;Tirin Moore

  • Eye Movements Modulate Visual Receptive Fields of V4 Neurons

    Andreas S Tolias;Tirin Moore;Stelios M Smirnakis;Edward J Tehovnik

  • Changes in Visual Receptive Fields with Microstimulation of Frontal Cortex

    Katherine M. Armstrong;Jamie K. Fitzgerald;Tirin Moore

  • Representations of faces and body parts in macaque temporal cortex: a functional MRI study.

    Mark A. Pinsk;Kevin DeSimone;Tirin Moore;Charles G. Gross

  • Complex movements evoked by microstimulation of the ventral intraparietal area

    Dylan F. Cooke;Charlotte S. R. Taylor;Tirin Moore;Michael S. A. Graziano

  • Prefrontal Contributions to Visual Selective Attention

    Ryan F. Squire;Behrad Noudoost;Robert J. Schafer;Tirin Moore

  • Selective modulation of cortical state during spatial attention

    Tatiana A. Engel;Tatiana A. Engel;Nicholas A. Steinmetz;Marc A. Gieselmann;Alexander Thiele

  • Visual space is compressed in prefrontal cortex before eye movements

    Marc Zirnsak;Nicholas A. Steinmetz;Behrad Noudoost;Kitty Z. Xu

  • Rapid enhancement of visual cortical response discriminability by microstimulation of the frontal eye field

    Katherine M. Armstrong;Tirin Moore

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas A. Steinmetz
Nicholas A. Steinmetz University of Washington
Charles G. Gross
Charles G. Gross Princeton University
Michael S. A. Graziano
Michael S. A. Graziano Princeton University
Eric I. Knudsen
Eric I. Knudsen Stanford University
William T. Newsome
William T. Newsome Stanford University
Alexander Thiele
Alexander Thiele Newcastle University
Kenneth D. Harris
Kenneth D. Harris University College London
Michael S. Okun
Michael S. Okun University of Florida
Romina Palermo
Romina Palermo University of Western Australia
Kwabena Boahen
Kwabena Boahen Stanford University

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