Cognitive Neuroscience Lab-CMU-Publications

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Attention

Shomstein, S., Kravitz, D. and Behrmann, M. (2012). Attentional control: Temporal relationships within the fronto-parietal network, Neuropsychologia, 50, 1202-1210, PMID:22386880.(.pdf )

A.S. Greenberg, T. Verstynen, Y-C Chiu, S. Yantis, W. Schneider, M. Behrmann (2012). Visuotopic Cortical Connectivity Underlying Attention Revealed with White-Matter Tractography, Journal of Neuroscience, 32(8):2773-2782. [associated press release at http://bit.ly/wUhuFh](.pdf )

Kravitz, D. and Behrmann, M. (2011). An interaction between space-, object- and feature-based attention, Attention Perception and Psychophysics, in press, http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13414-011-0201-z.(.pdf )

Vasquez, B. P., Buck, B.H., Black, S. E., Leibovitch, F. S., Lobaugh, N. J., Caldwell, C. B. and Behrmann, M. (2011). Deficits in covert orienting of visual attention in Alzheimer’s disease: Relationship to HMPAO SPECT measures of cortical hypoperfusion, Neuropsychologia, 49, 7, 1741-1750.(.pdf )

Behrmann, M., Shomstein, S. and Kimchi, R. (2010). Conscious awareness of methodological choices: Reply to Milberg and McGlinchey. Attention, Perception and Psychophysics, 72,3, 622-627. (NIHMS211700).(.pdf )

Shomstein, S., Kimchi, R., Hammer, M. and Behrmann, M. (2010). Perceptual organization operates independent of attentional selection. Attention, Perception and Psychophysics, 72, 3, 607-618. (NIHMS211700).(.pdf )

Shomstein, S. and Behrmann, M. (2008). Object-based attention: strength of object representation and strategic scanning, Perception and Psychophysics, 70, 1, 132-144(.pdf )

Shomstein, S. and Behrmann, M. (2006). Objects modulate competition in human parietal and extrastriate cortices, in press subject to minor revision, Proceedings National Academy of Science, 103, 30, 11387-11392.(.pdf )

Geng, J. J. and Behrmann, M. (2006). Spatial probability as an attentional bias in visual search, Perception and Psychophysics, 67, 7, 1252-1568.(.pdf )

Behrmann, M., Geng, J. J. and Shomstein, S. (2004). Parietal cortex and attention. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 14, 212-217. (.pdf )

Baker, C., Olson, C. and Behrmann, M. (2004). Role of attention and perceptual grouping in visual statistical learning. Psychological Science, 15, 7, 460-466 (.pdf )

Zemel, R., Behrmann, M., Mozer, M. C., and Bavelier, D. (2002). Experience-Dependent Perceptual Grouping and Object-Based Attention. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 28,(1), 202-217. (.pdf )

Haimson, C. and Behrmann, M. (2001). Cued Visual Attention Does Not Distinguish Between Occluded and Occluding Objects, Psychological Bulletin and Review , 8, 3, 496-503(.pdf)

Vecera, S.P., Behrmann, M., Filapek, J.C. (2001). Attending to the parts of a single object: part-based selection limitations. Perception and Psychophysics, 63,(2), 308-321. (.pdf)

Behrmann, M. , Zemel, R. and Mozer, M. C. (2000). Occlusion, symmetry, and object-based attention: Reply to Saiki (2000). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 26, 4,1497-1505. (.ps, .pdf)

Behrmann, M., Zemel, R., Mozer, M. C. (2000). Occlusion, symmetry, and object-based attention: Reply to Saiki. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 24,(4), 1497-1505. (.pdf)

Behrmann, M. and Haimson, C. (1999). The cognitive neuroscience of visual attention. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 9, 158-163. (.pdf)

Foster, J., Behrmann, M., and Stuss, D. (1999). Attentional Dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease. Neuropsychology, 13:2, 223-245. (.pdf)

Berry, E.L., Nicolson, R.J., Foster, J.K., Behrmann, M. (1999). Visual search deficits in Parkinson's disease: involvement of the frontal lobes. Neuropsychologia, 37:2, 787-795. (.pdf)

Behrmann, M., Zemel, R., Mozer, M. C. (1998). Object-based attention and occlusion: Evidence from normal patients and a computational model. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 26,(4), 1011-1036 (.pdf)

Behrmann, M., Zemel, R. S. and Mozer, M. (1998). Object-based segmentation and occlusion: Evidence from normal subjects and a computational model. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 24,4, 1011-1036. (.pdf)

Williams, D. E., Reingold, E. , Moscovitch, M. and Behrmann, M. (1997). Patterns of eye movement during parallel and serial visual search tasks. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 51, 2, 151-164.(.pdf)

Buck, B., Black, S. E., Behrmann, M., Caldwell, C. and Bronskill, M. (1997). Spatial- and object-based attentional deficits in Alzheimer's disease: Relationship to SPECT measures of parietal perfusion. Brain, 120, 1229-1244.(.pdf)

Tipper, S. P. and Behrmann, M. (1996). Object-centered not scene-based visual neglect. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 22, 5, 1261-1278.(.pdf)

Behrmann, M., Black, S. E. and Murji, S. (1995). The status of spatial attention in the mental architecture: Evidence from neuropsychology. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 17, 2, 220-242.(.pdf)

Autism back to top

Gonzalez, C., Martin, J., Minshew, N. J. and Behrmann, M. (2013). Practice makes improvement: How autistic adults out-perform others in luggage screening, in press, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, DOI 10.1007/s10803-013-1772-4.(.pdf)

Grubb, M. A., Behrmann, M., Egan, R., Minshew, N., Carrasco, M. and Heeger, D. Endogenous spatial attention: Evidence for intact functioning in adults with autism, in press, Autism Research. (.pdf)

Said, C., Heeger, D., Egan, R., Minshew, N. and Behrmann, M. (2012). Normal Binocular Rivalry in Autism: Implications for the Excitation/Inhibition Imbalance Hypothesis. (.pdf)

Dinstein, I., Heeger, D. J., Lorenzi, L., Minshew, N. J., Malach, R. and Behrmann, M. (2012). Unreliable evoked responses in autism, Neuron, 75, 981-991.(.pdf)

Dinstein, I., Eyler, L., Malach, R., Behrmann, M., Courchesne, E. and Pierce, K. (2011). Cortical activity disruptions during sleep and language development in children with autism, Neuron, 70, 1218-1225.(.pdf)

Dinstein, I., Thomas, C., Humphreys, K., Minshew, N., Behrmann, M. and Heeger, D. (2010). Normal movement selectivity in autism, Neuron, 13;66(3):461-9. NIHMS195210. (.pdf )

Thomas, C., Humphreys, K., Jung, K. J., Minshew, N. and Behrmann, M. (2010). The anatomy of the callosal and visual association pathways in autism: a DTI tractography study, Cortex, doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2010.07.006. NIHMS[227357](.pdf )

Scherf, S., Luna, B., Minshew, N. and Behrmann, M. (2010). Location, location, location: alterations in the functional topography of face- but not object- or place-related cortex in adolescents with autism, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.(.pdf )

Hasson, U., Avidan, G., Gelbard, H., Vallines, I., Harel, M., Minshew, N. and Behrmann, M. (2009). Shared and idiosyncratic cortical activation patterns in autism revealed under continuous real-life viewing conditions. Autism Research, 2, 220-231.(.pdf )

Scherf, K. S., Behrmann, M., Kimchi, R., Minshew, N. and Luna, B. (2008). Missing the big picture: Impaired development of global shape processing in autism. Autism Research, 1, 114-129. (.pdf )

Humphreys, K., Hasson, U., Avidan, G., Minshew, N. and Behrmann, M. (2008). Cortical patterns of category-selective activation for faces, places & objects in adults with autism, Autism Research, 1, 52-63.(.pdf )

Dinstein, I., Thomas, C., Behrmann, M. and Heeger, D. (2008) A mirror up to nature. Current Biology, 18, 1, R13-18.(.pdf )

Humphreys, K., Minshew, N., Leonard, G. and Behrmann, M. (2007). A fine-grained analysis of facial expression processing in high functioning adults with autism, Neuropsychologia, 45, 4, 685-695. (.pdf )

Behrmann, M., Thomas, C. and Humphreys, K. (2006). Autism: seeing it differently. Trends in Cognitive Science, 10, 6, 258-264.(.pdf )

Behrmann, M., Avidan, G., Leonard, G. L., Kimchi, R., Luna, B., Humphreys, K. and Minshew, N. (2007). Configural processing in autism and its relationship to face processing. Neuropsychologia, 44, 110-129. (.pdf )

Hemispheric specialization back to top

Behrmann, M. and Plaut, D. C. (2013). Distributed circuits, not circumscribed centers, mediate visual recognition. Trends in Cognitive Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2013.03.007. (.pdf )

Bilateral hemispheric representation of words and faces: Evidence from word impairments in prosopagnosia and face impairments in pure alexiaCerebral Cortex, doi:10.1093/cercor/bhs390. (.pdf )

Dundas, E., Plaut, D. and Behrmann, M. (2013). The joint development of hemispheric lateralization for words and face, in press. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. doi: 10.1037/a0029503. (.pdf )

Plaut, D. and Behrmann, M. (2011). Complementary neural representations for faces and words: A computational exploration Cognitive Neuropsychology, 28, 251-275. (.pdf )

Hemispatial Neglect back to top

Shomstein, S., Lee, J. and Behrmann, M. (2010). Top-down and bottom-up attentional guidance: investigating the role of the dorsal and ventral parietal cortices. DOI 10.1007/s00221-010-2326-z, epub ahead of print. Experimental Brain Research(.pdf )

Behrmann, M., Shomstein, S. and Kimchi, R. (2010). Conscious awareness of methodological choices: Reply to Milberg and McGlinchey. Attention, Perception and Performance, 72, 3, 622-627 (.pdf)

Shomstein, S., Kimchi, R., Hammer, M. and Behrmann, M. (2010). Perceptual organization operates independent of attentional selection. Attention, Perception and Performance, 72, 3, 607-618 (.pdf)

Geng, J. J. and Behrmann, M. (2006). Competition between simultaneous stimuli modulated by location probability in hemispatial neglect, Neuropsychologia, 44, 7, 10-50-1060 (.pdf)

Ravizza, S., Behrmann, M. and Fiez, J. (2005). Right parietal contributions to verbal working memory: Spatial or executive? Neuropsychologia, 43, 14, 2057-2067 (.pdf)

Marotta, J. J., McKeeff, T. M. and Behrmann, M. (2003). Hemispatial neglect:Its effects on visual perception and visually-guided grasping. Neuropsychologia ,41, 9, 1262-1271 (.pdf)

Behrmann, M., Ebert, P. and Black, S. E. (2004). Hemispatial neglect and visual search: a large scale analysis from the Sunnybrook Stroke study. Cortex , 40, 247-264 (.pdf)

Behrmann, M., Black, S. E., McKeeff, T. and Barton, J. J. S. M. (2002). Oculographic analysis of word reading in hemispatial neglect Physiology and Behavior , 77, 613-619 (.pdf)

Cate, A. and Behrmann, M. (2002). Spatial and temporal influences on extinction in parietal patients. Neuropsychologia, 40, 13, 2206-2225. (.pdf)

Geng, J. J. and Behrmann, M. (2002). Implicit cueing by statistical contingencies affects visual search in normal participants and patients with hemispatial neglect. Psychological Science, 13, 6, 520-525.(.pdf)

Behrmann, M. and Geng, J. (2002). What is 'left' when all is said and done? Spatial coding and hemispatial neglect. In H. O. Karnath, D. Milner and G. Vallar (Eds.) The Cognitive and Neural Bases of Spatial Neglect. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp85-100. (.pdf )

Behrmann, M., Ghiselli-Crippa, T. & Di Matteo, I. (2001-2002). Impaired initiation but not execution of contralesional saccades in hemispatial neglect. Behavioral Neurology, 13, 39-60. (.pdf)

Behrmann, M., Ghiselli-Crippa, T., Sweeney, J. A., Di Matteo, I., & Kass, R. (2002). Mechanisms underlying spatial representation revealed through studies of hemispatial neglect. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 14, 2, 279-290. (.pdf)

Philbeck, J., Behrmann, M. and Loomis, J. (2001). Updating of locations during whole body rotations in patients with hemispatial neglect. Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience, 1, 4, 330-343. (.pdf)

Behrmann, M. and Plaut, D. C. (2001). The interaction of spatial reference frames and hierarchical object representations: Evidence from figure copying in hemispatial neglect, Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience, 1, 4, 307-329. (.pdf)

Philbeck, J.W., Behrmann, M., Black, S.E., & Ebert, P. (2000). Intact spatial updating during locomotion after right posterior parietal lesions. Neuropsychologia, 38, 950-963. (.pdf)

Behrmann, M. and Tipper, S. P. (1999). Attention accesses multiple spatial frames of reference: Evidence from neglect. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 25, 1, 83-101. (.ps, .pdf)

Barton, J. J. S., Behrmann, M., Black, S. E. (1998). Ocular search during line bisection: The effects of hemineglect and hemianopia. Brain, 121, 1117-1131. (.pdf)

Behrmann, M., Barton, J, Watt, S. and Black, S. E. (1997). Impaired visual search in patients with unilateral neglect: An oculographic analysis. Neuropsychologia, 35, 11, 1445-1458.(.pdf)

Behrmann, M. and Moscovitch, M. (1994). Object-centered neglect in patients with unilateral neglect: Effects of intrinsic left-right coordinates of objects. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 6, 1, 1-16. (.pdf )

Behrmann, M. (1994). Neglect dyslexia: Deficit in attention and printed word recognition. In M. Farah and G. Ratcliff (Ed.)The Neural Bases of Higher-Level Vision . Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Hillsdale, NJ, p173-215.

Behrmann, M., Moscovitch, M., Black, S.E. and Mozer, M. (1990). Perceptual and conceptual factors underlying neglect dyslexia: two contrasting case studies. Brain, 113, 4, 1163-1183.(.pdf )

Mozer, M. and Behrmann, M. (1990). On the interaction of selective attention and lexical knowledge: A connectionist account of neglect dyslexia. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2, 96- 123. (.pdf )

Reaching, Navigation and Action back to top

Philbeck, J. W., Behrmann, M., Levy, L. and Biega, T. (2006). Asymmetrical perception body rotation after unilateral vestibular cortex injury. Neuropsychologia, 44, 10, 1878-1890.(.pdf )

Philbeck, J. W., Behrmann, M., Levy, L., Potolicchio, Jr., S. J., & Caputy, A. J. (2004). Path integration deficits during linear locomotion after human medial temporal lobectomy. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 16:4, 510-520(.pdf )

Fleming, J., Klatzky, R. and Behrmann, M. (2002). Timecourse of planning for object and action parameters in visually-guided manipulation. Visual Cognition, 9, 4/5, 502-527. (.pdf)

Philbeck, J., Klatzky, R. L., Behrmann, M., Loomis, J. M. and Goodridge, J. (2001). Active control of locomotion facilitates nonvisual navigation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, in press. (.pdf), (Figures-1), (Figures-2), (Figures-3)

Marotta, J., Behrmann, M. and Goodale, M. (1997). The removal of binocular cues disrupts the calibration of grasping in patients with visual form agnosia. Experimental Brain Research, 116, 1, 113-121.(.pdf)

Face Recognition and Face Blindness back to top

Avidan, G., Hadj-Bouziane, F., Liu, N., Ungerleider, L. and Behrmann, M. (2013). Selective dissociation between core and extended regions in the face processing network in congenital prosopagnosia. Cerebral Cortex, doi:10.1093/cercor/bht007, ePub ahead of press.(.pdf)

Nestor, A., Plaut, D.C. and Behrmann, M. (2012). Face space architecture: independent component analysis accounts for the structure of human face representations, in press, Psychological Science.(.pdf)

Avidan, G., Tanzer, M. and Behrmann, M. (2011). Impaired holistic processing in congenital prosopagnosia, Neuropsychologia, 49, 9, 2541-2552.(.pdf)

Nestor, A., Plaut, D. C. and Behrmann, M. (2011). Unraveling the distributed neural code of facial identity through spatiotemporal pattern analysis, PNAS, 108, 24, 9998-10003.(.pdf)

Plaut, D. and Behrmann, M. (2011). Complementary neural representations for faces and words: A computational exploration. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 28, 251-275.(.pdf)

Scherf, K. S., Behrmann, M. and Dahl, R. (2011). Facing Changes and Changing Faces in Adolescence: Investigating the Neural Basis of Key Developmental Shifts in Social-Information Processing, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 2, 2, 199-219.(.pdf)

Scherf, K. S., Luna, B., Avidan, G. and Behrmann, M. (2011). ‘What’ Precedes ‘Which’: Developmental Neural Tuning in Face- and Place-Related Cortex, Cerebral Cortex, in press.(.pdf)

Nishimura, M., Doyle, J. and Behrmann, M. (2010). Probing the face-space of individuals with prosopagnosia, Neuropsychologia, 48, 1828-1841. (.pdf)

Avidan, G. and Behrmann, M. (2009). Functional MRI reveals compromised neural integrity of the face processing network in congenital prosopagnosia, Current Biology, 19, 13, 1146-1150. NIHMS[116166](.pdf)

Thomas, C., Avidan, G., Humphreys, K., Jung, K. J., Gao, F. and Behrmann, M. (2009). Reduced structural connectivity in ventral visual cortex in congenital prosopagnosia. Nature Neuroscience, 12, 1, 29-31.(.pdf)

Avidan, G. and Behrmann, M. (2008). Implicit familiarity processing in congenital prosopagnosia, Journal of Neuropsychology, 2, 141-164. (.pdf)

Scherf, K. S., Behrmann, M., Humphreys, K. and Luna, B. (2007). Visual category-selectivity for faces, places, and objects emerges along different developmental trajectories, Developmental Science, 10, 4, F15-F30.(.pdf)

Behrmann, M. and Williams, P. (2007). Impairments in part-whole representations of objects in two cases of integrative visual agnosia, Cognitive Neuropsychology, 24, 7, 701-730.(.pdf)

Thomas, C., Moya, L., Avidan, G., Humphreys, K., Jung, K.J., Peterson, M. and Behrmann, M. (2008). Reduction in white matter connectivity, revealed by DTI, may account for age-related changes in face perception, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 20, 2, 268-284.(.pdf)

Humphreys, K., Avidan, G. and Behrmann, M. (2007). A detailed investigation of facial expression processing in congenital prosopagnosia as compared to acquired prosopagnosia. Experimental Brain Research, 176, 2, 356-373. (.pdf)

Behrmann, M., Gao, F., Avidan, G. and Black, S. E. (2007). Structural imaging reveals anatomical alterations in inferotemporal cortex in congenital prosopagnosia. Cerebral Cortex, 17, 2354-2363. (.pdf)

Behrmann, M., Avidan, G., Marotta, J. J. and Kimchi, R. (2005). Detailed exploration of face-related processing in congenital prosopagnosia: 1. Behavioral findings. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 17,7, 1130-1149. (.pdf)

Avidan, G., Hasson, U., Malach, R. and Behrmann, M. (2005). Detailed exploration of face-related processing in congenital prosopagnosia: 2. Functional neuroimaging findings. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 17, 7, 1150-1167.(.pdf)

Behrmann, M. and Avidan, G. (2005). Congenital prosopagnosia: Face-blind from birth. Trends in Cognitive Science, 9, 4, 180-187. Note that this pdf is the proof version and the final version of this paper is available on request or on publisher's website.(.pdf)

Marotta, J.J., McKeeff, T.J, and Behrmann, M. (2002). The effects of rotation and inversion on face processing in prosopagnosia. Cognitive Neuropsycholgy, 19 (1), 31-47. (.pdf)

Marotta, JJ., Genovese, CR., Behrmann, M. (2001). A functional MRI study of face recognition in patients with prosopagnosia. Neuroreport, 12, 8. 1581-1587 (.pdf)

Gauthier, I., Behrmann, M. and Tarr, M. (1999). Can face recognition really be dissociated from object recognition? Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 11, 4, 349-370. (.pdf, .ps).

Moscovitch, M., Winocur, G. and Behrmann, M. (1997). What is special about face recognition? Nineteen experiments on a person with visual object agnosia and dyslexia but normal face recognition. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 9, 5, 555-604.(.pdf)

Object Recognition back to top

Konen, C., Behrmann, M. and Nishimura, M. Kastner, S. (2011). The functional neuroanatomy of object agnosia: a case study, Neuron, 71, 49-60. (.pdf)

Cate, A. and Behrmann, M. (2010). Perceiving shape from 3D concavities: “figural grounds?”, Attention, Perception and Performance, 72, 1, 153-167. (NIHMS141249) (.pdf)

Nishimura, M., Scherf, S. and Behrmann, M. (2009). Development of object recognition in humans. F1000 Biology report, 1. http://f1000biology.com/reports/10.3410/B1-56/(.pdf)

Scherf, K. S., Behrmann, M., Kimchi, R. and Luna, B. (2009). Emergence of global shape processing continues through adolescence, Child Development, 80, 1, 162-177.(.pdf)

Behrmann, M. and Williams, P. (2007). Impairments in part-whole representations of objects in two cases of integrative visual agnosia, Cognitive Neuropsychology, 24, 7, 701-730. (.pdf)

Behrmann, M., Peterson, M. A., Moscovitch, M. and Suzuki, S. (2006). Integrative agnosia: deficit in encoding relations between parts, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 32, 5, 1169-1184. (.pdf )

Rosenthal, O. and Behrmann, M. (2006). Acquiring long-term high-level visual representations following extensive extrastriate damage, Neuropsychologia, 44, 799-815. (.pdf )

Behrmann, M., Marotta, J. J., Gauthier, I., Tarr, M. J., McKeeff, T. (2005). The neural correlates of behavioral change in visual agnosia: consequences of expertise training with Greebles. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 17, 4, 554-568. (.pdf )

Kimchi, R., Hadad, B., Behrmann, M. and Palmer, S. (2005). Microgenesis and ontogenesis of perceptual organization: Evidence from global and local processing of hierarchical stimuli. Psychological Science, 16, 4, 282-290. (.pdf )

Behrmann, M., Geng, J. J. and Baker, C. I. (2005). Acquisition of long-term visual representations: Psychological and neural mechanisms. In B. Uttl, N. Ohta and C. Macleod (Eds) Dynamic cognitive processes: The Fifth Tsukuba International Conference. Tokyo, Springer Verlag, p1-26. (.pdf )

Marotta, J. J. and Behrmann, M. (2004). Patient Schn: Has Goldstein and Gelb's case withstood the test of time? Neuropsychologia, 42, 5, 633-638. (.pdf )

Behrmann, M. and Kimchi, R. (2003). Visual perceptual organization: Lessons from lesions. In R. Kimchi, M., Behrmann and C. Olson (Eds.) Perceptual Organization. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Hillsdale, NJ, pp337-375.(.pdf)

Behrmann, M. and Kim chi, R. (2003). What does visual agnosia tell us about perceptual organization and its relationship to object perception? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance 19, 1, 19-42 (.pdf ).

Behrmann, M. (2003). The neuropsychology of perceptual organization. In G. Rhodes and M. Peterson (Eds.) The perception of faces, objects and scenes: Analytic and holistic processes. Oxford University Press, NY, p295-334.(.pdf ).

Behrmann, M. and Ewell, C. (2003). Expertise in tactile pattern recognition. Psychological Science 14, 5, 480-486 (.pdf ).

Baker, C. I., Behrmann, M., and Olson, C. R. (2002). Impact of learning on representation of parts and wholes in monkey inferotemporal cortex. Nature Neuroscience , 5, 11, 1210-1216 (.pdf)

Mozer, M., Zemel, R., Behrmann, M. and Williams, C. (1992). Learning to segment images using dynamic feature binding. Neural Computation, 4, 647-672. (.pdf)

Mapelli, D. and Behrmann, M. (1997). The role of color in object recognition: Evidence from visual agnosia. 3, 237-247. NeuroCase, 3, 237-247. (.pdf)

Word Recognition back to top

Nestor, A., Plaut, D. and Behrmann, M. (2012). Orthographic form processing - A multivariate investigation of its neural basis, Cerebral Cortex, in press.(.pdf)

Starrfelt, R. and Behrmann, M. (2011). Number reading in pure alexia – A review, Neuropsychologia, in press.(.pdf)

Mycroft, R. H, Behrmann, M. and Kay, J. M. (2009). Visuoperceptual impairments underly letter-by-letter reading. Neuropsychologia, 47, 1733-1744. (.pdf)

McKeeff, T. J. and Behrmann, M. (2004). Relating naming latency and covert processing in pure alexia. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 21 (2/3/4), 443-458 (.pdf )

Hasson, U., Levy, I., Behrmann, M., Hendler, T., Malach, R. (2002). Eccentricity bias as an organizing principle for human high-order object areas. Neuron, 34, 479-490. (.pdf)

Montant, M. and Behrmann, M. (2001). Phonological activation in pure alexia. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 18, 8, 697-727.(.pdf)

Behrmann, M., Shomstein, S., Barton, J. J. S. and Black, S. E. (2001). Eye movements of letter-by-letter readers during reading: Effects of word length and lexical variables. Neuropsychologia, 39,9, 983-1002. (.pdf)

Montant, M. and Behrmann, M. (2000). Pure alexia: A case review. Neurocase, 6, 265-294. (.pdf)

Behrmann, M., Nelson, J. and Sekuler, E. B. (1998). Visual complexity in letter-by-letter reading: "Pure" alexia is not so pure. Neuropsychologia, 36,11, 1115-1132. (.pdf)

Behrmann, M., Plaut, D. C. and Nelson, J. (1998). A literature review and new data supporting an interactive account of letter-by-letter reading. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 15, 7-51. (.pdf)

Becker, S., Moscovitch, M., Behrmann, M. and Joordens, S. (1997). Long-term semantic priming: A computational account and empirical evidence. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 23, 1059-1082. (.pdf )

Patterson, K. E. and Behrmann, M. (1997). Frequency and consistency effects in a pure surface dyslexic patient. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 23, 4, 1217-1231. (.pdf )

Sekuler, E. and Behrmann, M. (1996). Perceptual cues in pure alexia. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 13, 7, 941-974. (.pdf )

Behrmann, M. and Shallice, T. (1995). Pure alexia: A nonspatial visual disorder affecting letter activation. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 12, 4, 409-454. (.pdf )

Behrmann, M. and McLeod, J. (1995). The rehabilitation of letter-by-letter reading. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 5, 1/2, 149-180. (.pdf )

Klein, D., Behrmann, M. and Doctor, E. (1994). The evolution of deep dyslexia: Evidence for the spontaneous recovery of the semantic reading route. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 11, 5, 579-611.(.pdf )

Behrmann, M., Black, S. E., and Bub, D. (1990). The evolution of pure alexia: A longitudinal study of recovery. Brain and Language, 39, 405-427. (.pdf )

Imagery back to top

Behrmann, M. (2000). The mind's eye mapped onto the brain's matter. Current Psychological Science, 9, 2, 50-54. (.pdf)

Behrmann, M., Winocur, G. and Moscovitch, M. (1992). Dissociation between mental imagery and object recognition in a brain-damaged patient. Nature, 359, 636-637. (.pdf)

Moscovitch, M., Behrmann, M. and Winocur, G. (1994). Do PETS have long or short ears? Mental imagery and neuroimaging. Trends in Neuroscience, 17, 7, 292-294.(.pdf)

Behrmann, M., Moscovitch, M. and Winocur, G. (1994). Intact mental imagery and impaired visual perception: Dissociable processes in a patient with visual agnosia. Journal of Experimental: Psychology Human Perception and Performance, 20, 5, 1068-1087. (.pdf)

Methods back to top

Phillips. J. S., Greenberg, A. S., Pyles, J. A., Pathak, S. K., Behrmann, M., Schneider, W., Tarr, M. J. (2011). Co-analysis of brain structure and function using fMRI and Diffusion-weighted imaging, JoV, in press.(.pdf)

In the News back to top

2011

Discover magazine January/February “The Brain” by Carl Zimmer, p12-13.

Review of Dinstein, Behrmann and Heeger Neuron paper (2010) https://sfari.org/news/-/asset_publisher/6Tog/content/broken-mirror-concept-of-autism-challenged

How the Brain Processes Faces: Neural System Responsible for Face Recognition Discovered http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110531121319.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29

Also: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11157/1151337-114-0.stm

2010

Seeing isn't Believing. From The New Scientist.(.pdf )

When faces have no name. From the Boston Globe. (.pdf )

Just can't place the face:The rare condition of face-blindness can lead to awkward, sometimes hilarious, situations. From the National Post. (.pdf)

Face blindness runs in families. From the NewScientist.com (.pdf)

Krank oder zerstreut? (Ill or Absent-Minded?). In German. (.jpg)

Teaching back to top

CNBC MNTP series Behrmann lecture- first slides (.pdf)

CNBC MNTP series Behrmann lecture- second slides (.pdf)

CNBC ethics of human subject experimentation Dec 2011 (.pdf)

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