Publications

Mitchell, B.A., Carlson, B.M., Westerberg, J.A., Cox, M.A. & Maier, A. (2023) A role for ocular dominance in binocular integration. Curr. Biol. [in press]

Westerberg, J.A., Schall, J.D., Woodman, G.F. & Maier, A. (2023) Feedforward attentional selection in sensory cortex. Nat. Commun. [in press]

Carlson, B.M., Mitchell, B.A., Dougherty, K., Westerberg, J.A., Cox, M.A. & Maier, A. (2023) Does V1 response suppression initiate binocular rivalry? iScience [in press]

Daumail L., Carlson, B.M., Mitchell, B.A., Cox, M.A., Westerberg, J.A., Johnson, C., Martin, P.R., Tong, F., Maier , A. & Dougherty, K. (2023) Rapid adaptation of primate LGN neurons to drifting grating stimulation. Journal of Neurophysiology. 129(6):1447-1467.

Maier, A., Cox, M. A., Westerberg, J. A., & Dougherty, K. (2022) Binocular Integration in the Primate Primary Visual Cortex. Annual Reviews, 8:345-360.

Mitchell, B. A., Dougherty, K., Westerberg, J. A., Carlson, B. M., Daumail, L., Maier, A., & Cox, M. A. (2022) Stimulating both eyes with matching stimuli enhances V1 responses. iScience, 25(5):104182.

Herrera, B., Westerberg, J. A., Schall, M. S., Maier, A., Woodman, G. F., Schall, J. D., & Riera, J. J. (2022) Resolving the mesoscopic missing link: Biophysical modeling of EEG from cortical columns in primates. NeuroImage, 263:119593.

Westerberg, J. A., Schall, M. S., Maier, A., Woodman, G. F., & Schall, J. D. (2022) Laminar microcircuitry of visual cortex producing attention-associated electric fields. eLife, 11.

Maier, A. and Tsuchiya, N. (2021) Growing evidence for separate neural mechanisms for attention and consciousness. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 83(2):558-576.

Westerberg, J. A., Sigworth, E. A., Schall, J. D., & Maier, A. (2021) Pop-out search instigates beta-gated feature selectivity enhancement across V4 layers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(50): e2103702118.

Dougherty, K., Carlson, B. M., Cox, M. A., Westerberg, J. A., Zinke, W., Schmid, M. C., Martin, P.R. & Maier, A. (2021) Binocular suppression in the macaque lateral geniculate nucleus reveals early competitive interactions between the eyes. eNeuro, 8(2).

Kienitz, R., Cox, M.A., Dougherty, K., Saunders, R.C., Schmiedt, J.T., Leopold, D.A., Maier, A. and Schmid, M.C. (2021) Theta, but not gamma oscillations in area V4 depend on input from primary visual cortex. Current Biology, 31(3):635-642.

Vargas, A.N., Maier, A., Vallim, M.B., Banda, J.M. and Preciado, V.M. (2021) Negative Perception of the COVID-19 Pandemic Is Dropping: Evidence From Twitter Posts. Frontiers in Psychology, 12: 737882-737882.

Carter, O., van Swinderen, B., Leopold, D.A., Collin, S.P. and Maier, A. (2020) Perceptual rivalry across animal species. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 528(17):3123-3133.

Tovar, D.A., Westerberg, J.A., Cox, M.A., Dougherty, K., Carlson, T.A., Wallace, M.T. and Maier, A. (2020) Stimulus feature-specific information flow along the columnar cortical microcircuit revealed by multivariate laminar spiking analysis. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 14:600601.

Maier, A. (2020) Visual Perception: Human Brain Cells Cause a Change of View. Current Biology, 30(16):R939-R941.

Westerberg, J.A., Maier, A. and Schall, J.D. (2020) Priming of Attentional Selection in Macaque Visual Cortex: Feature-Based Facilitation and Location-Based Inhibition of Return. eNeuro, 7(2):ENEURO-0466.

Westerberg, J.A., Maier, A., Woodman, G.F. and Schall, J.D. (2020) Performance monitoring during visual priming. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 32(3):515-526.

Cox, M.A., Dougherty, K., Westerberg, J.A., Schall, M.S. and Maier, A. (2019) Temporal dynamics of binocular integration in primary visual cortex. Journal of Vision, 19(12):13-13.

Poltoratski, S., Maier, A., Newton, A.T. and Tong, F. (2019) Figure-ground modulation in the human lateral geniculate nucleus is distinguishable from top-down attention. Current Biology, 29(12):2051-2057.

Westerberg, J.A., Cox, M.A., Dougherty, K. and Maier, A. (2019) V1 microcircuit dynamics: altered signal propagation suggests intracortical origins for adaptation in response to visual repetition. Journal of Neurophysiology, 121(5):1938-1952.

Dougherty, K., Cox, M.A., Westerberg, J.A. and Maier, A. (2019) Binocular modulation of monocular V1 neurons. Current Biology, 29(3):381-391.

Cox, M.A., Dougherty, K., Adams, G.K., Reavis, E.A., Westerberg, J.A., Moore, B.S., Leopold, D.A. and Maier, A. (2019) Spiking suppression precedes cued attentional enhancement of neural responses in primary visual cortex. Cerebral Cortex, 29(1):77-90.

Noel, J.P., Simon, D., Thelen, A., Maier, A., Blake, R. and Wallace, M.T. (2018) Probing electrophysiological indices of perceptual awareness across unisensory and multisensory modalities. Journal of Neurophysiology, 121(5):1938-1952.

Dougherty, K., Cox, M.A., Westerberg, J.A. and Maier, A. (2019) Neural Recordings at Multiple Scales. Stevens’ Handbook of Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, 5:1-56.

Dougherty, K., Cox, M.A., Ninomiya, T., Leopold, D.A. and Maier, A. (2017) Ongoing alpha activity in V1 regulates visually driven spiking responses. Cerebral Cortex, 27(2):1113-1124.

Shapcott, K.A., Schmiedt, J.T., Saunders, R.C., Maier, A., Leopold, D.A. and Schmid, M.C. (2016) Correlated activity of cortical neurons survives extensive removal of feedforward sensory input. Scientific reports, 6(1):1-8.

Foster, B.L., He, B.J., Honey, C.J., Jerbi, K., Maier, A. and Saalmann, Y.B. (2016) Spontaneous neural dynamics and multi-scale network organization. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 10:7.

Ninomiya, T., Dougherty, K., Godlove, D.C., Schall, J.D. and Maier, A. (2015) Microcircuitry of agranular frontal cortex: contrasting laminar connectivity between occipital and frontal areas. Journal of Neurophysiology, 113(9):3242-3255.

Schmid, M.C. and Maier, A. (2015) To see or not to see–Thalamo-cortical networks during blindsight and perceptual suppression. Progress in Neurobiology, 126:36-48.

Cox, M.A. and Maier, A. (2015) Serial versus parallel processing in mid-level vision: filling-in the details of spatial interpolation. Neuroscience of Consciousness, 2015(1):niv007.

Shmuel, A. and Maier, A. (2015) Spontaneous neural dynamics and multi-scale network organization. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 10:7.

Schmiedt, J.T., Maier, A., Fries, P., Saunders, R.C., Leopold, D.A. and Schmid, M.C. (2014) Beta oscillation dynamics in extrastriate cortex after removal of primary visual cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 34(35), pp.11857-11864.

Cox, M.A., Lowe, K.A., Blake, R. and Maier, A. (2014) Sustained perceptual invisibility of solid shapes following contour adaptation to partial outlines. Consciousness and Cognition, 26:37-50.

Godlove, D.C., Maier, A., Woodman, G.F. and Schall, J.D. (2014) Microcircuitry of agranular frontal cortex: testing the generality of the canonical cortical microcircuit. Journal of Neuroscience, 34(15):5355-5369.

Ghose, D., Maier, A., Nidiffer, A. and Wallace, M.T. (2014) Multisensory response modulation in the superficial layers of the superior colliculus. Journal of Neuroscience, 34(12):4332-4344.

Maier, A., Cox, M.A., Dougherty, K., Moore, B. and Leopold, D.A. (2014) Anisotropy of ongoing neural activity in the primate visual cortex. Eye and Brain, 6(Suppl 1):113-120.

Schmid, M.C., Schmiedt, J.T., Peters, A.J., Saunders, R.C., Maier, A. and Leopold, D.A. (2013) Motion-sensitive responses in visual area V4 in the absence of primary visual cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 33(48):18740-18745.

Maier, A. (2013) Neuroscience: the cortical layering of visual processing. Current Biology, 23(21):R959-R961.

Cox, M.A., Schmid, M.C., Peters, A.J., Saunders, R.C., Leopold, D.A. and Maier, A. (2013) Receptive field focus of visual area V4 neurons determines responses to illusory surfaces. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(42):17095-17100.

Spaak, E., Bonnefond, M., Maier, A., Leopold, D.A. and Jensen, O. (2012) Layer-specific entrainment of gamma-band neural activity by the alpha rhythm in monkey visual cortex. Current Biology, 22(24):2313-2318.

Leopold, D.A. and Maier, A. (2012) Ongoing physiological processes in the cerebral cortex. Neuroimage, 62(4):2190-2200.

Maier, A., Panagiotaropoulos, T.I., Tsuchiya, N. and Keliris, G.A. (2012) Introduction to Research Topic–Binocular Rivalry: A Gateway to Studying Consciousness. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 6:263.

Maier, A., Aura, C.J. and Leopold, D.A. (2011) Infragranular sources of sustained local field potential responses in macaque primary visual cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 31(6):1971-1980.