PUBLICATIONS
Ayzenberg, V., & Behrmann, M. (2023). Development of visual object recognition. Nature Reviews Psychology, 1-18.
Ayzenberg, V., Granovetter, M., Robert, S.H., Patterson, C., & Behrmann, M. (2023). Differential functional reorganization of ventral and dorsal visual pathways following childhood hemispherectomy. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 101323.
Ayzenberg, V., Simmons, C., & Behrmann, M. (2023). Temporal asymmetries and interactions between dorsal to ventral visual pathways during object recognition. Cerebral Cortex Communications.
Ayzenberg, V., & Behrmann, M. (2022). Does the brain's ventral visual pathway compute object shape? Trends in Cognitive Sciences.
*Ayzenberg, V., & Behrmann, M. (2023). Reply to Xu: An expanded neural framework for shape perception. Trends in Cognitive Sciences.
*Ayzenberg, V., & Behrmann, M. (2023). Reply to Goodale and Milner: The where, what, and how of object recognition. Trends in Cognitive Sciences.
Ayzenberg, V., & Lourenco, S. (2022). Perception of an object’s global shape is best described by a model of skeletal structure in human infants. eLife.
Ayzenberg, V., Behrmann, M. (2022). The dorsal visual pathway represents object-centered spatial relations for object recognition. Journal of Neuroscience. [pre-print].
Ayzenberg, V., Kamps, F.S., Dilks, D.D., Lourenco, S.F. (2022). Skeletal representations of shape in the human visual cortex. Neuropsychologia, 164, 108092. [pre-print].
Ayzenberg, V., & Lourenco, S. F. (2020). A network for geometric representations: Relations between navigation, analog magnitude, and object analysis. Cognitive Development. 56, 100951. [pre-print].
Ayzenberg, V., & Lourenco, S. F. (2019). Skeletal descriptions of shape provide unique perceptual information for object recognition. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 1-13.
Ayzenberg, V., Chen, Y., Yousif, S., & Lourenco, S. F. (2019). Skeletal representations of shape in human vision: Evidence for a pruned medial axis model. Journal of Vision. 19, 1-21.
Ayzenberg, V., Hickey, M., & Lourenco, S. F. (2018). Pupillometry reveals the physiological underpinnings of the aversion to holes. PeerJ, 6, e4185.
Lourenco, S., Aulet, L., Ayzenberg, V., Cheung, C., & Holmes, K. (2017). Right idea, wrong magnitude system [Commentary on Leibovich et al.]. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 40, E177.
Holmes, K. J., Ayzenberg, V., & Lourenco, S. F. (2016). Gamble on gaze: Eye movements reflect the numerical value of blackjack hands. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 1-8.
Lourenco, S. F., Ayzenberg, V., & Lyu, J. (2016). A general magnitude system in human adults: Evidence from a subliminal priming paradigm. Cortex, 81, 91-103.
Cheung, C.-N., Ayzenberg, V., Diamond, R. F. L., Yousif, S., & Lourenco, S. F. (2015). Probing the mental number line: A between-task analysis of spatial-numerical associations. In Noelle, D. C., Dale, R., Warlaumont, A. S., Yoshimi, J., Matlock, T., Jennings, C. D., & Maglio, P. P. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 357-362). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
PRE-PRINTS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Ayzenberg, V., & Behrmann, M. (2022). Development of object recognition. PsyArxiv.
Ayzenberg, V., Nag, S., Krivoshik, A., & Lourenco, S. F. (2021). The weighting of spatial and featural cues in 1- and 4-year-old children: Implications for the representation of objects. PsyArxiv.
Ayzenberg, V., Kubert, J., Dilks, D.D., & Lourenco, S. F. (in prep). The dorsal stream facilitates viewpoint invariant object recognition.
Ayzenberg, V., Sener, S.B., & Lourenco, S. F. (in prep). Core object recognition in young children: Mechanistic insight from neural networks.
Lourenco, S. F., Ayzenberg, V., & Longo, M. R. (in prep). Evolutionary-based threat modulates perception of looming visual stimuli in human infants.
TALKS
The George Washington University, Cognitive Neuroscience brown bag (September, 2022): Unique contributions of skeletal structure to shape perception and object recognition.
Yale University, Yildrim lab meeting (March, 2022): The dorsal visual pathway represents object-centered spatial relations for object recognition.
University of Toronto, Walther lab meeting (February, 2022): Unique contributions of skeletal structure in shape perception and object recognition.
Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL (May, 2020): Core object recognition in children: Mechanistic insights from neural networks.
Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL (May 2019): Unique contributions of skeletal structure for object recognition in the visual system
Emory University, Neuroscience and Animal Behavior Seminar (NAB) (January 2018): The role of medial axis structure in three-dimensional object recognition
Temple University, Research in Spatial Cognition (RISC) (July 2014): Gamble on gaze: Eye position reflects quality of blackjack hands.
Temple University, Temple Undergraduate Research Forum (TURF) (May 2012): Early spatial interactions during video game play.
SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Ayzenberg, V., & Lourenco, S.F. (2018, September). Unique contributions of medial axis structure in three-dimensional object recognition. Poster presented at the annual conference on Cognitive Computational Neuroscience, Philadelphia, PA.
Ayzenberg, V., & Lourenco, S.F. (2018, July). Medial axis structure supports object recognition in infancy. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the International Congress on Infant Studies (ICIS), Philadelphia, PA.
Ayzenberg, V., & Lourenco, S.F. (2017, May). Three-dimensional objects are preferentially categorized using their medial axes. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL.
Ayzenberg, V., Nag, S., & Lourenco, S. F. (2017, April). Cue combination in infants and preschoolers: Developmental changes in the weighting of object properties. Poster accepted for presentation to the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Austin, TX.
Ayzenberg, V., Nag, S., & Lourenco, S.F. (2016, May). The Origins and Early Development of Cue Combination. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the International Congress on Infant Studies (ICIS), New Orleans, LA.
Nag, S., Ayzenberg, V., Yousif, S.R., & Lourenco, S.F. (2016, May). Target detection within a two-dimensional shape: A test of the medial axis model of object recognition. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL.
Rosenthal, A., Ayzenberg, V., Hunley, S.B., & Lourenco, S.F. (2016, May). Evolutionary-based threat modulates infants’ predictive tracking of visual stimuli. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL.
Ayzenberg, V., Yousif, S.R., & Lourenco, S.F. (2016, May). The medial axis as a robust model of object representation. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL.
Hickey, M., Ayzenberg, V., & Lourenco, S.F. (2016, May). Can pupillometry dissociate fear and disgust? Trypophobia as a test case. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL.
Yousif, S.R., Ayzenberg, V., & Lourenco, S.F. (2016, May). Spatial memory demands modulate shape representations. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL.
Lourenco, S.F., & Ayzenberg, V. (2016, May). Number subliminally primes area judgments: Novel evidence for a general magnitude system in human adults. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL.
Rosenthal, A., Ayzenberg, V., Hunley, S.B., & Lourenco, S.F. (2015, May). Is infants’ perception of speed modulated by threat? Poster presented at the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) meeting, Atlanta, GA.
Ayzenberg, V., Longo, M.R., & Lourenco, S.F. (2015, May). Evolutionary-based threat modulates perception of looming visual stimuli in human infants. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL.
Yousif, S.R., Ayzenberg, V., & Lourenco, S.F. (2015, May). Reorientation in three-dimensional space: Is distance the key. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL.
Ayzenberg, V., Harris, J., & Newcombe, N. (2012, March). Early spatial interactions during video game play. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association (EPA) conference, Pittsburgh, PA.