Convolution goes higher-order: a biologically inspired mechanism empowers image classification
Azeglio S, Marre O, Neri P, Ferrari U
2025 NeurIPS
Perceptual processes as charting operators
Neri P
2025 bioRxiv 2025.06.25.661475
Cuttlefish interact with multimodal "arm wave sign" displays
Cohen-Bodénès S, Neri P
2025 bioRxiv 2025.04.13.648584
Press coverage at Scientific American, BBC Wildlife, Newsweek, The Times, Science (1,2), Phys.org, Science Alert, Live Science, Vice, Science blog, Gizmodo, Life technology
Landolfi L, Neri P
2025 Journal of Neurophysiology 133: 1717–1739
State-dependent dynamics of cuttlefish mantle activity
Cohen-Bodénès S, Neri P
2024 Journal of Experimental Biology 227(14): jeb247457
Human sensory adaptation to the ecological structure of environmental statistics
Neri P
2024 Journal of Vision 24(3): 3
Deep networks may capture biological behavior for shallow, but not deep, empirical characterizations
Neri P
2022 Neural Networks 152: 244–266
A deep-learning framework for human perception of abstract art composition
Lelièvre P, Neri P
2021 Journal of Vision 21: 9
Optimal templates for signal extraction by noisy ideal detectors and human observers
Neri P
2021 Journal of Computational Neuroscience 49: 1–20
Mechanisms of spectrotemporal modulation detection for normal- and hearing-impaired listeners
Ponsot E, Varnet L, Wallaert N, Daoud E, Shamma S, Lorenzi C, Neri P
2020 Trends in Hearing 25: 2331216520978029
Complex visual analysis of ecologically relevant signals in Siamese fighting fish
Neri P
2019 Animal Cognition 23(1): 41–53
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The empirical characteristics of human pattern vision defy theoretically-driven expectations
Neri P
2018 PLoS Computational Biology 14(12): e1006585
Classification images as descriptive statistics
Neri P
2017 Journal of Mathematical Psychology 82: 26–37
Object segmentation controls image reconstruction from natural scenes
Neri P
2017 PLoS Biology 15 (8): e1002611
Video of related IRCAM Workshop Lecture
Highlight at BPoD (Biomedical Picture of the Day)
Dynamic reweighting of auditory modulation filters
Joosten ERM, Shamma SA, Lorenzi C, Neri P
2016 PLoS Computational Biology 12 (7): e1005019
Quantitative assessment of intrinsic noise for visually guided behaviour in zebrafish
Spilioti M, Vargesson N, Neri P
2016 Vision Research 127: 104–114
The elementary operations of human vision are not reducible to template matching
Neri P
2015 PLoS Computational Biology 11 (11): e1004499
Video of related ECVP Symposium Lecture
Action perception is intact in autism spectrum disorder
Cusack J, Williams JHG, Neri P
2015 Journal of Neuroscience 35: 1849–1857
Commentary by Shah and Sowden 2015 Insights into social perception in autism
Dynamic engagement of human motion detectors across space-time coordinates
Neri P
2014 Journal of Neuroscience 34: 8423–8461
Commentary by Meso and Chemla 2015 Perceptual fields reveal previously hidden dynamics of human visual motion sensitivity
Semantic control of feature extraction from natural scenes
Neri P
2014 Journal of Neuroscience 34: 2374–2388
The statistical distribution of noisy transmission in human sensors
Neri P
2013 Journal of Neural Engineering 10: 016014
Commentary by Solomon 2013 Sensory noise
How noisy is lexical decision?
Diependaele K, Brysbaert M, Neri P
2012 Frontiers in Language Sciences 3: 348
Human pitch detectors are tuned on a fine scale, but are perceptually accessed on a coarse scale
Joosten ERM, Neri P
2012 Biological Cybernetics 106: 465–82
Estimation of internal noise using double passes: does it matter how the second pass is delivered?
Hasan BAS, Joosten ERM, Neri P
2012 Vision Research 69: 1–9
Neri P
2012 Animal Behaviour 84: 485–493
Attentional control of sensory tuning in human visual perception
Paltoglou AE, Neri P
2012 Journal of Neurophysiology 107: 1260–74
Highlight by Ling et al 2014 A review of the mechanisms by which attentional feedback shapes visual selectivity
Global properties of natural scenes shape local properties of human edge detectors
Neri P
2011 Frontiers in Perception Science 2: 172
Coarse to fine dynamics of monocular and binocular processing in human pattern vision
Neri P
2011 PNAS track II without prearranged editor 108: 10726–10731
Stochastic characterization of small-scale algorithms for human sensory processing
Neri P
2010 Chaos 20: 045118
Visual detection under uncertainty operates via an early static, not late dynamic, nonlinearity
Neri P
2010 Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience 4: 151
How inherently noisy is human sensory processing?
Neri P
2010 Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 17: 802–808
Human efficiency for classifying natural versus random text
Neri P, Liu A, Levi DM
2010 Vision Research 50: 557–563
Nonlinear characterization of a simple process in human vision
Neri P
2009 Journal of Vision 9(12) 1: 1–29
Surround motion silences signals from same-direction motion
Neri P, Levi DM
2009 Journal of Neurophysiology 102: 2594–2602
Wholes and subparts in visual processing of human agency
Neri P
2009 Proc. R. Soc. London B 276: 861–869
Evidence for joint encoding of motion and disparity in human visual perception
Neri P, Levi DM
2008 Journal of Neurophysiology 100: 3117–3133
Temporal dynamics of directional selectivity in human vision
Neri P, Levi DM
2008 Journal of Vision 8(1) 22: 1–11
Sensitivity to biological motion drops by ~½ log-unit with inversion, and is unaffected by amblyopia
Neri P, Luu JY, Levi DM
2007 Vision Research 47: 1209–1214
Temporal dynamics of figure-ground segregation in human vision
Neri P, Levi DM
2007 Journal of Neurophysiology 97: 951–957
Neri P
2007 Journal of Experimental Biology 210: 3199–3208
Meaningful interactions can enhance visual discrimination of human agents
Neri P, Luu JY, Levi DM
2006 Nature Neuroscience 9: 1186–92
Spatial resolution for feature binding is impaired in peripheral and amblyopic vision
Neri P, Levi DM
2006 Journal of Neurophysiology 96: 142–153
Commentary by Morgan MJ 2006 Putting the Cheshire cat together in amblyopia
Receptive versus perceptive fields from the reverse-correlation viewpoint
Neri P, Levi DM
2006 Vision Research 46: 2465–2474
Spatial integration of optic flow signals in fly motion-sensitive neurons
Neri P
2006 Journal of Neurophysiology 95: 1608–1619
Global versus local adaptation in fly motion-sensitive neurons
Neri P, Laughlin SB
2005 Proc. R. Soc. London B 272: 2243–2249
Highlight by Menzel 2005 in F1000
A stereoscopic look at visual cortex
Neri P
2005 Journal of Neurophysiology 93: 1823–1826
Attentional effects on sensory tuning for single-feature detection and double-feature conjunction
Neri P
2004 Vision Research 44: 3053–3064
Estimation of nonlinear psychophysical kernels
Neri P
2004 Journal of Vision 4: 82–91
Stereoscopic processing of absolute and relative disparity in human visual cortex
Neri P, Bridge H, Heeger DJ
2004 Journal of Neurophysiology 92: 1880–1891
Spatiotemporal mechanisms for detecting and identifying image features in human vision
Neri P, Heeger DJ
2002 Nature Neuroscience 5: 812–6
Commentary by Simoncelli EP 2003 Seeing patterns in the noise
Correlational and non-correlational processing in human vision
Neri P
2000 D.Phil. thesis
Probing the human stereoscopic system with reverse correlation
Neri P, Parker AJ, Blakemore C
1999 Nature 401: 695–8
Neri P, Morrone MC, Burr DC
1998 Nature 395: 894–6