Selected Publications

Azadi R, Bohn S, Lopez E, Lafer-Sousa R, Wang K, Eldridge M,  Afraz A. Optical stimulation of inferior temporal cortex induces object-specific visual distortions.  Research Square, 2022 Feb. doi: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1331186/v3

Rajalingham R, Sorenson M, Azadi R, Bohn S, DiCarlo JJ, Afraz A. Chronically implantable LED arrays for behavioral optogenetics in primates. Nat Methods.  Nature Methods. 2021 Sep;18(9):1112-1116. doi: 10.1038/s41592-021-01238-9.

Leopold DA, Afraz A. Neurophysiology: The Three-Dimensional Building Blocks of Object Vision.  Curr Biology. 2021 Jan 11;31(1):R9-R11. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.10.064.

Hasantash M, Afraz A. Richer color vocabulary is associated with better color memory but not color perception.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Dec 8;117(49):31046-31052. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2001946117.

Tremblay S, Acker L, Afraz A, Albaugh DL, Amita H, Andrei AR, Angelucci A, Aschner A, Balan PF, Basso MA, Benvenuti G, Bohlen MO, Caiola MJ, Calcedo R, Cavanaugh J, Chen Y, Chen S, Chernov MM, Clark AM, Dai J, Debes SR, Deisseroth K, Desimone R, Dragoi V, Egger SW, Eldridge MAG, El-Nahal HG, Fabbrini F, Federer F, Fetsch CR, Fortuna MG, Friedman RM, Fujii N, Gail A, Galvan A, Ghosh S, Gieselmann MA, Gulli RA, Hikosaka O, Hosseini EA, Hu X, Hüer J, Inoue KI, Janz R, Jazayeri M, Jiang R, Ju N, Kar K, Klein C, Kohn A, Komatsu M, Maeda K, Martinez-Trujillo JC, Matsumoto M, Maunsell JHR, Mendoza-Halliday D, Monosov IE, Muers RS, Nurminen L, Ortiz-Rios M, O'Shea DJ, Palfi S, Petkov CI, Pojoga S, Rajalingham R, Ramakrishnan C, Remington ED, Revsine C, Roe AW, Sabes PN, Saunders RC, Scherberger H, Schmid MC, Schultz W, Seidemann E, Senova YS, Shadlen MN, Sheinberg DL, Siu C, Smith Y, Solomon SS, Sommer MA, Spudich JL, Stauffer WR, Takada M, Tang S, Thiele A, Treue S, Vanduffel W, Vogels R, Whitmire MP, Wichmann T, Wurtz RH, Xu H, Yazdan-Shahmorad A, Shenoy KV, DiCarlo JJ, Platt ML. An Open Resource for Non-human Primate Optogenetics.  Neuron. 2020 Dec 23;108(6):1075-1090.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.09.027. Epub 2020 Oct 19.

Afraz A. Insight into the Neuron's Insight.  Cell. 2019 Jul 11;178(2):509. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.06.027.

Hasantash M, Lafer-Sousa R, Afraz A, Conway BR. Paradoxical impact of memory on color appearance of faces.  Nature Communications. 2019 Jul 8;10(1):3010. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-10073-8.

Jazayeri M, Afraz A..Navigating the Neural Space in Search of the Neural Code.  Neuron. 2017 Mar 8;93(5):1003-1014. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.02.019.

Afraz A., Boyden E.S., DiCarlo J.J. Optogenetic and pharmacological suppression of spatial clusters of face neurons reveal their causal role in face gender discrimination.  Proc Natl Acad Sci, 2015; 112(21):6730-5.

Afraz A., Yamins D.L., DiCarlo J.J. Neural Mechanisms Underlying Visual Object Recognition.  Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol, 2014; 79:99-107.

Afraz A., Vaziri-Pashkam M., Cavanagh. P. Spatial heterogeneity in the perception of face and form attributes.  Current Biology, 2010; 20(23):2112-6.

Cavanagh P, Hunt AR, Afraz A, Rolfs M. Visual stability based on remapping of attention pointers.  Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 2010; 14(4):147-53.

Afraz A., Cavanagh. P. The gender-specific face aftereffect is based in retinotopic not spatiotopic coordinates across several natural image transformations.  Journal of Vision, 2009; 9(10):10.1-17.

Ezzati A., Golzar A., Afraz A. Topography of the motion aftereffect with and without eye movements.  Journal of Vision, 2008; 8(14):23.1-16

Afraz S.R., Cavanagh. P. Retinotopy of face aftereffect.  Vision Research, 2008; 48(1):42-54.

Afraz S.R, Kiani. R., Esteky. H. Microstimulation of inferotemporal cortex influences face categorization.  Nature, 2006; 442(7103):692-5.

Noudoost B., Afraz S.R, Vaziri-Pashkam M., Esteky H. Visual spatial integrity in the absence of splenium.  Brain Research, 2006; 1076(1):177-86.

Afraz S.R, Kiani. R., Vaziri-Pashkam. M., Esteky. H. Motion Induced Overestimation of the Number of Items in a Display.  Perception, 2004; 33(8):915-25.

Rajimehr R., Vaziri-Pashkam M., Afraz S.R, Esteky H. Adaptation to apparent motion in crowded condition.  Vision Research, 2004; 44(9):925-31.

Rajimehr R., Montaser-Kouhsari L.,Afraz S.R. Orientation selective adaptation to crowded illusory lines.  Perception, 2003; 32(10):1199-210.

Afraz S.R, Montaser-Kouhsari L, Vaziri-Pashkam M, Moradi F. Interhemispheric visual interaction in a patient with posterior callosectomy.  Neuropsychologia, 2003; 41(5):597-604.

Abbassian AH, Shahzadi S, Afraz S.R, Fazl A, Moradi F. Tactile discrimination task not disturbed by thalamic stimulation.  Stereotact Funct Neurosurg, 2001; 76(1):19-28.