Publications

Journal Articles

Ayzenberg, V., Sener, S.B., Novick, K., & Lourenco, S. F. (2025). Fast and robust visual object recognition in young children. Science Advances. 11(27), eads6821.

Ayzenberg, V., & Song. C., Arcaro, M.J. (2025). An intrinsic hierarchical, retinotopic organization of visual pulvinar connectivity in the human neonate. Current Biology. 35(2), 300-314.

Thieu, M. K., Ayzenberg, V., & Lourenco, S. F., & Kragel, P. A. (2024). Visual looming is a primitive for human emotion. iScience, 27(6).

Liu, Y., Ayzenberg, V., Lourenco, S.F. (2024). Object geometry serves humans’ intuitive physics of stability. Scientific Reports.

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.  

Preprints

Ayzenberg, V., Nag, S., Krivoshik, A., & Lourenco, S. F. (2021). Spatial and featural cue weighting in children’s developing object representations. PsyArxiv.

Journal Articles

Ayzenberg, V., Sener, S. B., Novick, K., & Lourenco, S. F. (2025). Fast and robust visual object recognition in young children. Science Advances, 11, eads6821.

Ayzenberg, V., & Song. C., Arcaro, M.J. (2025). An intrinsic hierarchical, retinotopic organization of visual pulvinar connectivity in the human neonate. Current Biology.

Thieu, M. K., Ayzenberg, V., & Lourenco, S. F., & Kragel, P. A. (2024). Visual looming is a primitive for human emotion. iScience, 27(6).

Liu, Y., Ayzenberg, V., Lourenco, S.F. (2024). Object geometry serves humans’ intuitive physics of stability. Scientific Reports.

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.  

Preprints

Ayzenberg, V., Nag, S., Krivoshik, A., & Lourenco, S. F. (2021). Spatial and featural cue weighting in children’s developing object representations. PsyArxiv.