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William T. Newsome

William T. Newsome

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Neuroscience

D-Index
87
Citations
49562
World Ranking
1229
National Ranking
628

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2010 - Karl Spencer Lashley Award, The American Philosophical Society In recognition of his pioneering studies of the primate visual system demonstrating the relation between perception and the activity of individual neurons
  • 2002 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association
  • 2000 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1995 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1992 - Golden Brain Award, Minerva Foundation
  • 1985 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

William T. Newsome is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Neuroscience, with a focus on subfields such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Their work addresses various topics including:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications
  • Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging
  • Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography

Notable recent publications with corresponding year and venue include:

  • Decoding and perturbing decision states in real time, 2021, Nature
  • Remote, brain region-specific control of choice behavior with ultrasonic waves, 2020, Science Advances
  • Opportunities and limitations of genetically modified nonhuman primate models for neuroscience research, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Differential encoding in prefrontal cortex projection neuron classes across cognitive tasks, 2020, Cell
  • Value and choice as separable and stable representations in orbitofrontal cortex, 2020, Nature Communications

Frequent coauthors in their research collaborations include:

  • Diogo Peixoto
  • Jan H. Lui
  • Nghia D. Nguyen
  • Sophie M. Grutzner
  • Spyros Darmanis

Regular publication venues in their career feature:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Science Advances
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Cell

Awards and honors received by William T. Newsome include:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2017
  • Karl Spencer Lashley Award, The American Philosophical Society, 2010, in recognition of pioneering studies of the primate visual system demonstrating the relation between perception and the activity of individual neurons
  • APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association, 2002
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2000
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1995
  • Golden Brain Award, Minerva Foundation, 1992
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1985

Best Publications

  • The variable discharge of cortical neurons: implications for connectivity, computation, and information coding

    Michael N. Shadlen;William T. Newsome

  • The analysis of visual motion: a comparison of neuronal and psychophysical performance.

    KH Britten;MN Shadlen;WT Newsome;JA Movshon

  • Neural Basis of a Perceptual Decision in the Parietal Cortex (Area LIP) of the Rhesus Monkey

    Michael N. Shadlen;William T. Newsome

  • Context-dependent computation by recurrent dynamics in prefrontal cortex

    Valerio Mante;David Sussillo;Krishna V. Shenoy;William T. Newsome

  • A selective impairment of motion perception following lesions of the middle temporal visual area (MT)

    WT Newsome;EB Pare

  • Noise, neural codes and cortical organization

    Michael N. Shadlen;William T. Newsome

  • Visual Processing in Monkey Extrastriate Cortex

    John H. Maunsell;William T. Newsome

  • Correlated neuronal discharge rate and its implications for psychophysical performance

    Ehud Zohary;Michael N. Shadlen;William T. Newsome

  • Neuronal correlates of a perceptual decision.

    William T. Newsome;William T. Newsome;Kenneth H. Britten;Kenneth H. Britten;J. Anthony Movshon

  • A relationship between behavioral choice and the visual responses of neurons in macaque MT

    K. H. Britten;W. T. Newsome;M. N. Shadlen;S. Celebrini

  • 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

  • Matching behavior and the representation of value in the parietal cortex.

    Leo P. Sugrue;Greg S. Corrado;William T. Newsome

  • Cortical microstimulation influences perceptual judgements of motion direction

    C D Salzman;K H Britten;W T Newsome

  • The analysis of moving visual patterns

    J Movshon;E. H. Adelson;M. S. Gizzi;William T. Newsome;William T. Newsome;William T. Newsome

  • The visual field representation in striate cortex of the macaque monkey: Asymmetries, anisotropies, and individual variability

    D. C. Van Essen;W. T. Newsome;J. H. R. Maunsell

  • A computational analysis of the relationship between neuronal and behavioral responses to visual motion

    MN Shadlen;KH Britten;WT Newsome;JA Movshon

  • SENSE AND THE SINGLE NEURON: Probing the Physiology of Perception

    A J Parker;William T Newsome

  • Microstimulation in visual area MT: effects on direction discrimination performance

    CD Salzman;CM Murasugi;KH Britten;WT Newsome

  • Motion perception: seeing and deciding.

    Michael N. Shadlen;William T. Newsome

  • Deficits in visual motion processing following ibotenic acid lesions of the middle temporal visual area of the macaque monkey.

    WT Newsome;RH Wurtz;Dursteler;A Mikami

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael N. Shadlen
Michael N. Shadlen Columbia University
Roozbeh Kiani
Roozbeh Kiani New York University
Robert H. Wurtz
Robert H. Wurtz National Institutes of Health
Stephen I. Ryu
Stephen I. Ryu Stanford University
Krishna V. Shenoy
Krishna V. Shenoy Stanford University
J. Anthony Movshon
J. Anthony Movshon New York University
Ehud Zohary
Ehud Zohary Hebrew University of Jerusalem
John H. R. Maunsell
John H. R. Maunsell University of Chicago
Liqun Luo
Liqun Luo Stanford University

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