Alexander Huk
Alexander C. Huk | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | |
| Awards | Vision Science Society Young Investigator Award (2011) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroscience (Visual Neuroscience, Computational Neuroscience, Systems Neuroscience) |
| Institutions | UCLA UT-Austin |
| Doctoral advisor | David Heeger |
Alexander C. Huk is an American neuroscientist.[1] Prior to moving to UCLA in 2022, he was the Raymond Dickson Centennial Professor #2 of Neuroscience and Psychology, and the Director of the Center for Perceptual Systems at The University of Texas at Austin.[2] His laboratory studies how the brain integrates information over space and time and how these neural signals guide behavior in the natural world.[3] He has made contributions towards understanding how the brain represents 3D visual motion and how those representations are used to make perceptual judgments[4]
Education
[edit]Huk received a BA from Swarthmore College in 1996,[5] and earned his PhD from Stanford University under the supervision of David Heeger. He underwent his postdoctoral training at the University of Washington.
Career
[edit]In his doctoral work, Huk used fMRI to map the human brain areas associated with visual motion processing.[6][7] His postdoctoral work investigated the neural mechanisms underlying temporal integration during perceptual decisions.[8] In his own laboratory, Huk and collaborators have used a combination of psychophysics, fMRI, and electrophysiology to establish the neural basis of 3D motion processing.[3] His group has also investigated the neural basis of perceptual decision-making.[9][10] In 2011, he won the Young Investigator Award from the Vision Sciences Society.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Alexander C. Huk". Retrieved 2020-11-08.
- ^ "Profile for Alexander C Huk at UT Austin". liberalarts.utexas.edu. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
- ^ a b Cormack, Lawrence K.; Czuba, Thaddeus B.; Knöll, Jonas; Huk, Alexander C. (2017-09-15). "Binocular Mechanisms of 3D Motion Processing". Annual Review of Vision Science. 3 (1): 297–318. doi:10.1146/annurev-vision-102016-061259. ISSN 2374-4642. PMC 5956901. PMID 28746813.
- ^ "Alex Huk (Alexander C Huk, AC Huk)". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
- ^ "Alexander Huk '96". Swarthmore College Bulletin. October 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ Huk, Alexander C.; Dougherty, Robert F.; Heeger, David J. (2002-08-15). "Retinotopy and Functional Subdivision of Human Areas MT and MST". Journal of Neuroscience. 22 (16): 7195–7205. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.22-16-07195.2002. ISSN 0270-6474. PMC 6757870. PMID 12177214.
- ^ Huk, Alexander C.; Heeger, David J. (2002-01-01). "Pattern-motion responses in human visual cortex". Nature Neuroscience. 5 (1): 72–75. doi:10.1038/nn774. ISSN 1546-1726. PMID 11731801. S2CID 11258429.
- ^ Huk, Alexander C.; Shadlen, Michael N. (2005-11-09). "Neural Activity in Macaque Parietal Cortex Reflects Temporal Integration of Visual Motion Signals during Perceptual Decision Making". Journal of Neuroscience. 25 (45): 10420–10436. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4684-04.2005. ISSN 0270-6474. PMC 6725829. PMID 16280581.
- ^ Katz, Leor N.; Yates, Jacob L.; Pillow, Jonathan W.; Huk, Alexander C. (2016-07-07). "Dissociated functional significance of decision-related activity in the primate dorsal stream". Nature. 535 (7611): 285–288. Bibcode:2016Natur.535..285K. doi:10.1038/nature18617. ISSN 1476-4687. PMC 4966283. PMID 27376476.
- ^ Latimer, Kenneth W.; Yates, Jacob L.; Meister, Miriam L. R.; Huk, Alexander C.; Pillow, Jonathan W. (2015-07-10). "Single-trial spike trains in parietal cortex reveal discrete steps during decision-making". Science. 349 (6244): 184–187. Bibcode:2015Sci...349..184L. doi:10.1126/science.aaa4056. ISSN 0036-8075. PMC 4799998. PMID 26160947.
- ^ "VSS 2011 Young Investigator – Alexander C. Huk". Retrieved 2020-11-09.
