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Spatially Specific Working Memory Activity in the Human Superior Colliculus

Masih Rahmati, Kevin DeSimone, Clayton E. Curtis and Kartik K. Sreenivasan
Journal of Neuroscience 2 December 2020, 40 (49) 9487-9495; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2016-20.2020
Masih Rahmati
1Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, New York 10003
2Division of Science and Mathematics, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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Kevin DeSimone
1Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, New York 10003
2Division of Science and Mathematics, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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Clayton E. Curtis
1Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, New York 10003
3Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, New York 10003
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Kartik K. Sreenivasan
2Division of Science and Mathematics, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2016-20.2020
PubMed 
33115927
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History 
  • Received August 1, 2020
  • Revision received September 26, 2020
  • Accepted October 21, 2020
  • First published October 28, 2020.
  • Version of record published December 2, 2020.
Copyright & Usage 
Copyright © 2020 Rahamati et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properly attributed.

Author Information

  1. Masih Rahmati1,2,
  2. Kevin DeSimone1,2,
  3. Clayton E. Curtis1,3, and
  4. Kartik K. Sreenivasan2
  1. 1Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, New York 10003
  2. 2Division of Science and Mathematics, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
  3. 3Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, New York 10003
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Author contributions

  1. Author contributions: M.R. and K.D. analyzed data; M.R., K.D., C.E.C., and K.K.S. wrote the first draft of the paper; M.R., C.E.C., and K.K.S. edited the paper; M.R., C.E.C., and K.K.S. wrote the paper; K.D., C.E.C., and K.K.S. designed research; K.D. performed research.

Disclosures

    • Received August 1, 2020.
    • Revision received September 26, 2020.
    • Accepted October 21, 2020.
  • The authors declare no competing financial interests.

  • This work was supported by National Eye Institute R01 EY-016407 and R01 EY-027925 to C.E.C., and New York University Global Seed Grants for Collaborative Research to K.K.S. and C.E.C. We thank Jeffrey Kravitz for processing and analyzing the eye tracking data; New York University's Center for Brain Imaging for technical support; and Martin Paré for helpful discussions about the research study.

  • Correspondence should be addressed to Kartik K. Sreenivasan at kartik.sreenivasan{at}nyu.edu

Funding

  • HHS | NIH | National Eye Institute (NEI)

    R01 EY-016407; R01 EY-027925
  • NYU Global Seed Grant for Collaborative Research

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