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Overview

Ziad M. Hafed is a researcher affiliated with the University of Tübingen in Germany. Their work primarily spans the field of neuroscience, with a specialization in cognitive neuroscience, sensory systems, and ophthalmology. Their research addresses a range of topics related to visual perception and processing mechanisms, neural dynamics and brain function, retinal development and disorders, as well as multisensory perception and integration.

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • "Perceptual saccadic suppression starts in the retina" (2020), Nature Communications
  • "Visual Functions of the Primate Superior Colliculus" (2023), Annual Review of Vision Science
  • "Dissociable Cortical and Subcortical Mechanisms for Mediating the Influences of Visual Cues on Microsaccadic Eye Movements" (2021), Frontiers in Neural Circuits
  • "Rapid stimulus-driven modulation of slow ocular position drifts" (2020), eLife
  • "Active vision at the foveal scale in the primate superior colliculus" (2021), Journal of Neurophysiology

The researcher collaborates frequently with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Matthias P. Baumann
  • Tatiana Malevich
  • Tong Zhang
  • Antimo Buonocore
  • Amarender R. Bogadhi

Key venues where Hafed has published include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Vision
  • Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • eLife

Their main fields of study are:

  • Neuroscience

Subfields of particular interest are:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Molecular Biology
  • Sensory Systems
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Ophthalmology

The main topics covered by their research include:

  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
  • Multisensory perception and integration
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Vestibular and auditory disorders

Best Publications

  • Face Recognition Using the Discrete Cosine Transform

    Ziad M. Hafed;Martin D. Levine

  • Microsaccades as an overt measure of covert attention shifts.

    Ziad M Hafed;James J Clark

  • A Neural Mechanism for Microsaccade Generation in the Primate Superior Colliculus

    Ziad M. Hafed;Laurent Goffart;Richard J. Krauzlis

  • Neuronal control of fixation and fixational eye movements.

    Richard J. Krauzlis;Laurent Goffart;Ziad M. Hafed

  • How is visual salience computed in the brain? Insights from behaviour, neurobiology and modelling.

    Richard Veale;Ziad M. Hafed;Masatoshi Yoshida

  • Microsaccadic Suppression of Visual Bursts in the Primate Superior Colliculus

    Ziad M. Hafed;Richard J. Krauzlis

  • Alteration of Visual Perception prior to Microsaccades

    Ziad M. Hafed

  • Similarity of superior colliculus involvement in microsaccade and saccade generation

    Ziad M. Hafed;Richard J. Krauzlis;Richard J. Krauzlis

  • Mechanisms for generating and compensating for the smallest possible saccades

    Ziad M. Hafed

  • Modulation of Microsaccades in Monkey during a Covert Visual Attention Task

    Ziad M. Hafed;Lee P. Lovejoy;Richard J. Krauzlis

  • Sharper, Stronger, Faster Upper Visual Field Representation in Primate Superior Colliculus

    Ziad M. Hafed;Chih-Yang Chen

  • On the Dissociation between Microsaccade Rate and Direction after Peripheral Cues: Microsaccadic Inhibition Revisited

    Ziad M. Hafed;Alla Ignashchenkova

  • Neuronal Response Gain Enhancement prior to Microsaccades

    Chih-Yang Chen;Alla Ignashchenkova;Peter Thier;Ziad M. Hafed

  • Vision, Perception, and Attention through the Lens of Microsaccades: Mechanisms and Implications

    Ziad M. Hafed;Chih-Yang Chen;Xiaoguang Tian

  • Spatial frequency sensitivity in macaque midbrain

    Chih-Yang Chen;Lukas Sonnenberg;Simone Weller;Thede Witschel

  • Visual fixation as equilibrium: evidence from superior colliculus inactivation.

    Laurent Goffart;Ziad M. Hafed;Richard J. Krauzlis

  • Postmicrosaccadic Enhancement of Slow Eye Movements

    Chih-Yang Chen;Ziad M. Hafed

  • Superior Colliculus Inactivation Causes Stable Offsets in Eye Position during Tracking

    Ziad M. Hafed;Laurent Goffart;Richard J. Krauzlis

  • Perceptual saccadic suppression starts in the retina.

    Saad Idrees;Matthias P. Baumann;Felix Franke;Thomas A. Münch

  • A Microsaccadic Account of Attentional Capture and Inhibition of Return in Posner Cueing.

    Xiaoguang Tian;Masatoshi Yoshida;Ziad M. Hafed

  • Goal representations dominate superior colliculus activity during extrafoveal tracking.

    Ziad M. Hafed;Richard J. Krauzlis

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard J. Krauzlis
Richard J. Krauzlis National Institutes of Health
Klaus-Peter Hoffmann
Klaus-Peter Hoffmann Ruhr University Bochum
Brian D. Corneil
Brian D. Corneil University of Western Ontario
Peter Thier
Peter Thier University of Tübingen
Daniel Guitton
Daniel Guitton McGill University
Michele A. Basso
Michele A. Basso University of California, Los Angeles
Robert H. Wurtz
Robert H. Wurtz National Institutes of Health
Okihide Hikosaka
Okihide Hikosaka National Institutes of Health
Marisa Carrasco
Marisa Carrasco New York University
Stefan Van der Stigchel
Stefan Van der Stigchel Utrecht University

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