Alexander Huk

Title(s)Professor-in-Residence, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
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    Title(s)Professor-in-Residence, Ophthalmology


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    StanfordPhD2001
    Swarthmore CollegeBA1996
    University of Washington, SeattlePost-Doc
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    Vision Sciences Society2011Young Investigator Award
    NBVP Study Section2018  - 2023Permanent Member
    2021  - presNIH BRAIN Initiative Marmoset Steering Committee
    The University of Texas at Austin2019  - 2022Director, Center for Perceptual Systems

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    Director, Fuster Laboratory for Cognitive Neuroscience

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    Neural circuit computations for visual motion during natural primate behaviors
    NIH UF1NS116377Sep 30, 2020 - Aug 31, 2023
    Role: PI
    Maximizing flexibility: Optimized neural probes and electronics for long term, high bandwidth recordings
    NIH U01NS115588Sep 1, 2020 - Jul 31, 2024
    Role: Co-PI
    Cortical computations underlying binocular motion integration
    NIH R01EY027023Sep 30, 2017 - Jun 30, 2022
    Role: PI
    Neural ensembles underlying natural tracking behavior
    NIH U01NS094330Sep 30, 2015 - Aug 31, 2019
    Role: PI
    CRCNS Detailed multi-neuron coding of decisions in parietal cortex
    NIH R01MH099611Aug 15, 2012 - Apr 30, 2018
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Motion processing with two eyes in three dimensions
    NIH R01EY020592Sep 1, 2011 - Mar 31, 2022
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Neural time-integration underlying higher cognitive function
    NIH R01EY017366Sep 1, 2006 - Jul 31, 2018
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Temporal integration is a robust feature of perceptual decisions. Elife. 2023 05 04; 12. Hyafil A, de la Rocha J, Pericas C, Katz LN, Huk AC, Pillow JW. PMID: 37140191; PMCID: PMC10205084.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    2. Retinal motion statistics during natural locomotion. Elife. 2023 05 03; 12. Muller KS, Matthis J, Bonnen K, Cormack LK, Huk AC, Hayhoe M. PMID: 37133442; PMCID: PMC10156169.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    3. Sensory and Choice Responses in MT Distinct from Motion Encoding. J Neurosci. 2023 03 22; 43(12):2090-2103. Levi AJ, Zhao Y, Park IM, Huk AC. PMID: 36781221; PMCID: PMC10042117.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions:    Fields:    Translation:Animals
    4. Natural behavior is the language of the brain. Curr Biol. 2022 05 23; 32(10):R482-R493. Miller CT, Gire D, Hoke K, Huk AC, Kelley D, Leopold DA, Smear MC, Theunissen F, Yartsev M, Niell CM. PMID: 35609550; PMCID: PMC10082559.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 13     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    5. Spatiotemporal integration of isolated binocular three-dimensional motion cues. J Vis. 2021 09 01; 21(10):2. Whritner JA, Czuba TB, Cormack LK, Huk AC. PMID: 34468705; PMCID: PMC8419873.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    6. Author Correction: Superior colliculus activates new perspectives on decision-making. Nat Neurosci. 2021 Aug; 24(8):1187. Latimer KW, Huk AC. PMID: 34282335.
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    7. Superior colliculus activates new perspectives on decision-making. Nat Neurosci. 2021 08; 24(8):1048-1050. Latimer KW, Huk AC. PMID: 34183868.
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    8. Stimulus-choice (mis)alignment in primate area MT. PLoS Comput Biol. 2020 05; 16(5):e1007614. Zhao Y, Yates JL, Levi AJ, Huk AC, Park IM. PMID: 32421716; PMCID: PMC7259805.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 8     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    9. Interpreting temporal dynamics during sensory decision-making. Curr Opin Physiol. 2020 Aug; 16:27-32. Levi AJ, Huk AC. PMID: 32864535; PMCID: PMC7455029.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 2  
    10. Recurrent circuit dynamics underlie persistent activity in the macaque frontoparietal network. Elife. 2020 05 07; 9. Hart E, Huk AC. PMID: 32379044; PMCID: PMC7205463.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 21     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    11. A simple linear readout of MT supports motion direction-discrimination performance. J Neurophysiol. 2020 02 01; 123(2):682-694. Yates JL, Katz LN, Levi AJ, Pillow JW, Huk AC. PMID: 31852399; PMCID: PMC7052638.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 6     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    12. Binocular viewing geometry shapes the neural representation of the dynamic three-dimensional environment. Nat Neurosci. 2020 01; 23(1):113-121. Bonnen K, Czuba TB, Whritner JA, Kohn A, Huk AC, Cormack LK. PMID: 31792466; PMCID: PMC8023341.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 6     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    13. Discrete Stepping and Nonlinear Ramping Dynamics Underlie Spiking Responses of LIP Neurons during Decision-Making. Neuron. 2019 06 19; 102(6):1249-1258.e10. Zoltowski DM, Latimer KW, Yates JL, Huk AC, Pillow JW. PMID: 31130330.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 19     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    14. Parsing signal and noise in the brain. Science. 2019 04 19; 364(6437):236-237. Huk AC, Hart E. PMID: 31000652.
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    15. Eye-specific pattern-motion signals support the perception of three-dimensional motion. J Vis. 2019 04 01; 19(4):27. Joo SJ, Greer DA, Cormack LK, Huk AC. PMID: 31013523; PMCID: PMC6482860.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    16. Lawful tracking of visual motion in humans, macaques, and marmosets in a naturalistic, continuous, and untrained behavioral context. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 10 30; 115(44):E10486-E10494. Knöll J, Pillow JW, Huk AC. PMID: 30322919; PMCID: PMC6217422.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 9     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    17. Strategic and Dynamic Temporal Weighting for Perceptual Decisions in Humans and Macaques. eNeuro. 2018 Sep-Oct; 5(5). Levi AJ, Yates JL, Huk AC, Katz LN. PMID: 30406190; PMCID: PMC6220584.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 17     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    18. Beyond Trial-Based Paradigms: Continuous Behavior, Ongoing Neural Activity, and Natural Stimuli. J Neurosci. 2018 08 29; 38(35):7551-7558. Huk A, Bonnen K, He BJ. PMID: 30037835; PMCID: PMC6113904.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 36     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    19. Binocular Mechanisms of 3D Motion Processing. Annu Rev Vis Sci. 2017 09 15; 3:297-318. Cormack LK, Czuba TB, Knöll J, Huk AC. PMID: 28746813; PMCID: PMC5956901.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 14     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    20. The Role of the Lateral Intraparietal Area in (the Study of) Decision Making. Annu Rev Neurosci. 2017 07 25; 40:349-372. Huk AC, Katz LN, Yates JL. PMID: 28772104; PMCID: PMC6289048.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 23     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    21. Functional dissection of signal and noise in MT and LIP during decision-making. Nat Neurosci. 2017 Sep; 20(9):1285-1292. Yates JL, Park IM, Katz LN, Pillow JW, Huk AC. PMID: 28758998; PMCID: PMC5673485.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 46     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    22. Dynamic mechanisms of visually guided 3D motion tracking. J Neurophysiol. 2017 09 01; 118(3):1515-1531. Bonnen K, Huk AC, Cormack LK. PMID: 28637820; PMCID: PMC5596126.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 10     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    23. Separate Perceptual and Neural Processing of Velocity- and Disparity-Based 3D Motion Signals. J Neurosci. 2016 10 19; 36(42):10791-10802. Joo SJ, Czuba TB, Cormack LK, Huk AC. PMID: 27798134; PMCID: PMC5083008.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 7     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    24. Speed discrimination in the far monocular periphery: A relative advantage for interocular comparisons consistent with self-motion. J Vis. 2016 08 01; 16(10):7. Greer DA, Bonnen K, Huk AC, Cormack LK. PMID: 27548085; PMCID: PMC5015968.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 2     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    25. Dissociated functional significance of decision-related activity in the primate dorsal stream. Nature. 2016 07 14; 535(7611):285-8. Katz LN, Yates JL, Pillow JW, Huk AC. PMID: 27376476; PMCID: PMC4966283.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 118     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    26. Response to Comment on "Single-trial spike trains in parietal cortex reveal discrete steps during decision-making". Science. 2016 Mar 25; 351(6280):1406. Latimer KW, Yates JL, Meister ML, Huk AC, Pillow JW. PMID: 27013724; PMCID: PMC6150756.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 3     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    27. Decision-related perturbations of decision-irrelevant eye movements. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Feb 16; 113(7):1925-30. Joo SJ, Katz LN, Huk AC. PMID: 26831067; PMCID: PMC4763772.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 8     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    28. A Distinct Mechanism of Temporal Integration for Motion through Depth. J Neurosci. 2015 Jul 15; 35(28):10212-6. Katz LN, Hennig JA, Cormack LK, Huk AC. PMID: 26180197; PMCID: PMC4502261.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 9     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    29. NEURONAL MODELING. Single-trial spike trains in parietal cortex reveal discrete steps during decision-making. Science. 2015 Jul 10; 349(6244):184-7. Latimer KW, Yates JL, Meister ML, Huk AC, Pillow JW. PMID: 26160947; PMCID: PMC4799998.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 115     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    30. Cross-species comparison of anticipatory and stimulus-driven neck muscle activity well before saccadic gaze shifts in humans and nonhuman primates. J Neurophysiol. 2015 Aug; 114(2):902-13. Goonetilleke SC, Katz L, Wood DK, Gu C, Huk AC, Corneil BD. PMID: 26063777; PMCID: PMC4533108.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 13     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    31. Area MT encodes three-dimensional motion. J Neurosci. 2014 Nov 19; 34(47):15522-33. Czuba TB, Huk AC, Cormack LK, Kohn A. PMID: 25411482; PMCID: PMC4236390.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 37     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    32. Encoding and decoding in parietal cortex during sensorimotor decision-making. Nat Neurosci. 2014 Oct; 17(10):1395-403. Park IM, Meister ML, Huk AC, Pillow JW. PMID: 25174005; PMCID: PMC4176983.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 112     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    33. Inferring sparse representations of continuous signals with continuous orthogonal matching pursuit. Adv Neural Inf Process Syst. 2014; 27. Knudson KC, Yates JL, Huk AC, Pillow J. PMID: 25914512; PMCID: PMC4408936.
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    34. Signal multiplexing and single-neuron computations in lateral intraparietal area during decision-making. J Neurosci. 2013 Feb 06; 33(6):2254-67. Meister ML, Hennig JA, Huk AC. PMID: 23392657; PMCID: PMC3623291.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 74     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    35. Neural correlates and neural computations in posterior parietal cortex during perceptual decision-making. Front Integr Neurosci. 2012; 6:86. Huk AC, Meister ML. PMID: 23087623; PMCID: PMC3467999.
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    36. Multiplexing in the primate motion pathway. Vision Res. 2012 Jun 01; 62:173-80. Huk AC. PMID: 22811986; PMCID: PMC3526112.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 7     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    37. To CD or not to CD: Is there a 3D motion aftereffect based on changing disparities? J Vis. 2012 Apr 16; 12(4):7. Czuba TB, Rokers B, Huk AC, Cormack LK. PMID: 22508954; PMCID: PMC3484882.
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    38. PLDAPS: A Hardware Architecture and Software Toolbox for Neurophysiology Requiring Complex Visual Stimuli and Online Behavioral Control. Front Neuroinform. 2012; 6:1. Eastman KM, Huk AC. PMID: 22319490; PMCID: PMC3269100.
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    39. Three-dimensional motion aftereffects reveal distinct direction-selective mechanisms for binocular processing of motion through depth. J Vis. 2011 Sep 26; 11(10):18. Czuba TB, Rokers B, Guillet K, Huk AC, Cormack LK. PMID: 21945967; PMCID: PMC3628603.
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    40. Motion processing with two eyes in three dimensions. J Vis. 2011 Feb 11; 11(2). Rokers B, Czuba TB, Cormack LK, Huk AC. PMID: 21317358.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 15     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    41. Speed and eccentricity tuning reveal a central role for the velocity-based cue to 3D visual motion. J Neurophysiol. 2010 Nov; 104(5):2886-99. Czuba TB, Rokers B, Huk AC, Cormack LK. PMID: 20881201.
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    42. A motion aftereffect from visual imagery of motion. Cognition. 2010 Feb; 114(2):276-84. Winawer J, Huk AC, Boroditsky L. PMID: 19853246.
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    43. Disparity- and velocity-based signals for three-dimensional motion perception in human MT+. Nat Neurosci. 2009 Aug; 12(8):1050-5. Rokers B, Cormack LK, Huk AC. PMID: 19578382.
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    44. A model for transient oxygen delivery in cerebral cortex. Front Neuroenergetics. 2009; 1:3. Ress D, Thompson JK, Rokers B, Khan RK, Huk AC. PMID: 19597566; PMCID: PMC2709201.
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    45. Quantifying spatial uncertainty of visual area boundaries in neuroimaging data. J Vis. 2008 Dec 17; 8(10):10.1-15. Kirson D, Huk AC, Cormack LK. PMID: 19146352.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    46. Temporal Dynamics Underlying Perceptual Decision Making: Insights from the Interplay between an Attractor Model and Parietal Neurophysiology. Front Neurosci. 2008 Dec; 2(2):245-54. Wong KF, Huk AC. PMID: 19225598; PMCID: PMC2622760.
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    47. Visual neuroscience: retinotopy meets percept-otopy? Curr Biol. 2008 Nov 11; 18(21):R1005-7. Huk AC. PMID: 19000795.
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    48. Strong percepts of motion through depth without strong percepts of position in depth. J Vis. 2008 Apr 15; 8(4):6.1-10. Rokers B, Cormack LK, Huk AC. PMID: 18484845.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 15     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    49. A motion aftereffect from still photographs depicting motion. Psychol Sci. 2008 Mar; 19(3):276-83. Winawer J, Huk AC, Boroditsky L. PMID: 18315801.
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    50. Neural circuit dynamics underlying accumulation of time-varying evidence during perceptual decision making. Front Comput Neurosci. 2007; 1:6. Wong KF, Huk AC, Shadlen MN, Wang XJ. PMID: 18946528; PMCID: PMC2525934.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 104  
    51. Neural activity in macaque parietal cortex reflects temporal integration of visual motion signals during perceptual decision making. J Neurosci. 2005 Nov 09; 25(45):10420-36. Huk AC, Shadlen MN. PMID: 16280581; PMCID: PMC6725829.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 267     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    52. The effect of stimulus strength on the speed and accuracy of a perceptual decision. J Vis. 2005 May 02; 5(5):376-404. Palmer J, Huk AC, Shadlen MN. PMID: 16097871.
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    53. Retinotopy and functional subdivision of human areas MT and MST. J Neurosci. 2002 Aug 15; 22(16):7195-205. Huk AC, Dougherty RF, Heeger DJ. PMID: 12177214; PMCID: PMC6757870.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 224     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    54. Pattern-motion responses in human visual cortex. Nat Neurosci. 2002 Jan; 5(1):72-5. Huk AC, Heeger DJ. PMID: 11731801.
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    55. Neuronal basis of the motion aftereffect reconsidered. Neuron. 2001 Oct 11; 32(1):161-72. Huk AC, Ress D, Heeger DJ. PMID: 11604147.
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    56. Spikes versus BOLD: what does neuroimaging tell us about neuronal activity? Nat Neurosci. 2000 Jul; 3(7):631-3. Heeger DJ, Huk AC, Geisler WS, Albrecht DG. PMID: 10862687.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 107     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    57. Task-related modulation of visual cortex. J Neurophysiol. 2000 Jun; 83(6):3525-36. Huk AC, Heeger DJ. PMID: 10848568.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 47     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    58. Color signals in human motion-selective cortex. Neuron. 1999 Dec; 24(4):901-9. Wandell BA, Poirson AB, Newsome WT, Baseler HA, Boynton GM, Huk A, Gandhi S, Sharpe LT. PMID: 10624953.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 35     Fields:    Translation:HumansCellsCTClinical Trials
    59. Texture density aftereffects in the perception of artificial and natural textures. Vision Res. 1997 Dec; 37(23):3273-82. Durgin FH, Huk AC. PMID: 9425543.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 11     Fields:    Translation:Humans
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