Publications
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In Press
Xu, Y. and Vaziri-Pashkam, M. (in press). Using DNNs to understand the primate vision: A shortcut or a distraction? Invited commentary for Bowers et al. (2023) “Deep problems with neural network models of human vision”. Behavioral Brain Sciences. (pdf)
2023
Xu, Y. (2023). Parietal-driven visual working memory representation in occipito-temporal cortex. Current Biology 33, 4516-4523. (pdf)
Mocz, V., M., Chun, M., and Xu, Y. (2023). The representation of multiple visual objects in human ventral visual areas and in convolutional neural networks. Scientific Report 13, 9088. (pdf)
Taylor, J. and Xu, Y. (2023). Comparing the dominance of color and form information across the human ventral visual pathway and convolutional neural networks. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 35, 816–840. (pdf)
Xu, Y. (2023). Review: J. Tanaka & V. Philibert (2022). The expertise of perception: how experience changes the way we see the world (Elements in Perception). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Perception 52, 436-437. (pdf)
Xu, Y. (2023). Global object shape representations in the primate brain. Trends in Cognitive Science 27, 210-211. (pdf)
Mocz, V. and Xu, Y. (2023). Decision-making from temporally accumulated conflicting evidence: The more the merrier. Journal of Vision, 23:3, 1-16. (pdf)
2022
Mocz, V., Vaziri-Pashkam, M., Chun, M., and Xu, Y. (2022). Predicting identity-preserving object transformations in human posterior parietal cortex and convolutional neural networks. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 34 , 2406–2435. (pdf)
Xu, Y. and Vaziri-Pashkam, M. (2022). Understanding transformation tolerant visual object representations in the human brain and convolutional neural networks. Neuroimage, 263, 119635. (pdf)
Taylor, J. and Xu, Y. (2022). Identifying the neural loci mediating conscious object orientation perception using fMRI MVPA. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 39, 64–67. (pdf)
Tang, K., Chin, M., Chun, M., and Xu, Y. (2022). The contribution of object identity and configuration to scene representation in convolutional neural networks. PLoS ONE 17, e0270667. (pdf) (link)
Taylor, J. and Xu, Y. (2022). Representation of color, form, and their conjunction across the human ventral visual pathway. Neuroimage, 251, 118941. (pdf) (bioRxiv)
2021
Mocz, V., Vaziri-Pashkam, M., Chun, M., and Xu, Y. (2021). Predicting identity-preserving object transformations across the human ventral visual stream. Journal of Neuroscience, 41, 7403-7419. (pdf) (bioRxiv)
Taylor, J. and Xu, Y. (2021). Joint representation of color and shape in convolutional neural networks: A stimulus-rich network perspective. PLOS One, 16, e0253442. (pdf) (bioRxiv)
Xu, Y. (2021). Towards a better understanding of information storage in visual working memory. Visual Cognition, 29, 437-445. (pdf)
Xu, Y. and Vaziri-Pashkam, M. (2021). Examining the coding strength of object identity and nonidentity features in human occipito-temporal cortex and convolutional neural networks. Journal of Neuroscience, 41, 4234–4252. (pdf) (bioRxiv) (fMRI data)
Xu, Y. and Vaziri-Pashkam, M. (2021). Limits to visual representational correspondence between convolutional neural networks and the human brain. Nature Communications, 12, 2065. (link to pdf) (bioRxiv) (fMRI data)
2020
Xu, Y. (2020). Revisit once more the sensory storage account of visual working memory. Visual Cognition (special issue on visual working memory), 28, 433-336. (pdf)
Cant, J. and Xu, Y. (2020). One bad apple spoils the whole bushel: The neural basis of outlier processing. NeuroImage, 211, 116629. (pdf)
2019
Xu, Y. and Vaziri-Pashkam, M. (2019). Task modulation of the 2-pathway characterization of occipitotemporal and posterior parietal visual object representations. Neuropsychologia, 132, 107140. (pdf)
Vaziri Pashkam, M. and Xu, Y. (2019). An information-driven two-pathway characterization of occipto-temporal and posterior parietal visual object representations. Cerebral Cortex, 29, 2034-2050. (pdf)
Vaziri-Pashkam, M., Taylor, J. and Xu, Y. (2019). Spatial frequency tolerant visual object representations in the human ventral and dorsal visual processing pathways. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 31, 49-63. (pdf)
2018
Xu, Y. (2018). The posterior parietal cortex in adaptive visual processing. Trends in Neuroscience, 41, 806-822. (pdf)
Xu, Y. (2018). A tale of two visual systems: Invariant and adaptive visual information representations in the primate brain. Annual Review in Vision Science, 4, 311–336. (pdf)
Ross, D.A., Tamber-Rosenau, B.J., Palmeri, T.J., Zhang, J., Xu, Y. and Gauthier, I. (2018). High-resolution functional magnetic resonance imaging reveals configural processing of cars in right anterior fusiform face area of car experts. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 30, 973–984. (pdf)
Xu, Y. (2018). Sensory cortex is nonessential in working memory storage (a reply to commentaries). Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 22, 192-193. (pdf)
2017
Xu, Y. (2017). Reevaluating the sensory account of visual working memory storage. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 21, 794-815. (pdf)
Vaziri Pashkam, M. and Xu, Y. (2017). Goal-directed visual processing differentially impacts human ventral and dorsal visual representations. Journal of Neuroscience, 37, 8767-8782. (pdf)
Jeong, S. K. and Xu, Y. (2017). Task-context dependent linear representation of multiple visual objects in human parietal cortex. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 29, 1778-1789. (pdf)
Cant, J. S. and Xu, Y. (2017). The contribution of object shape and surface properties to object-ensemble representation in anterior-medial ventral visual cortex. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 29, 398-412. (pdf)
2016
Bettencourt, K. and Xu, Y. (2016). Understanding location- and feature-based processing along the human intraparietal sulcus. Journal of Neurophysiology, 116, 1488-1497. (pdf)
Jeong, S. K. and Xu, Y. (2016). The impact of top-down spatial attention on laterality and hemispheric asymmetry in human parietal cortex. Journal of Vision, 16(10):2, 1–21. (pdf)
Jeong, S. K. and Xu, Y. (2016). Behaviorally relevant abstract object identity representation in the human parietal cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 36, 1607-1619. (pdf)
Bettencourt, K. C. and Xu, Y. (2016). Decoding visual short-term memory contents in occipital and parietal cortices under distraction. Nature Neuroscience, 19, 150-157. (pdf)
2015
Cant, J. S. and Xu, Y. (2015). The impact of density and ratio on object-ensemble representation in human anterior-medial ventral visual cortex. Cerebral Cortex, 25, 4226-4239. (pdf)
Cant, J. S., Sun, S. and Xu, Y. (2015). Distinct cognitive mechanisms involved in the processing of single objects and object ensembles. Journal of Vision, 15(4):12, 1–21. (pdf)
Xu, Y. and Jeong, S. (2015). The contribution of human superior intra-parietal sulcus to visual short-term memory and perception. In: Mechanisms of Sensory Working Memory: Attention and Performance XXV, Jolicoeur, P. and Martinez-Trujillo, J. (eds.). (pdf)
Zhang, J., Liu, J., and Xu, Y. (2015). Neural decoding reveals impaired face configural processing in the right fusiform face area of individuals with developmental prosopagnosia. Journal of Neuroscience, 35, 1539-1548. (pdf)
2014
Xu, Y. (2014). Inferior frontal junction biases perception through neural synchrony. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 18, 447-448. (pdf)
2013
Poltoratski, S. and Xu, Y. (2013). The association of color memory and enumeration of multiple spatially overlapping sets. Journal of Vision, 13(8):6, 1-11. (pdf)
Bettencourt, K. and Xu, Y. (2013). The role of transverse occipital sulcus in scene perception and its relationship to object individuation in inferior intra-parietal sulcus. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 25, 1711-1722. (pdf)
Jeong, S. K. and Xu, Y. (2013). Neural representation of targets and distractors during visual object individuation and identification. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 25, 117-126. (pdf)
2012
Cant, J. S. and Xu, Y. (2012). Object ensemble processing in human anterior -medial ventral visual cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 32, 7885-7700. (pdf)
2010
Xu, Y. (2010). The impact of item clustering on visual search: It all depends on the nature of the visual search. Journal of Vision, 10(14):24, 1-9. (pdf)
Xu, Y. (2010). The neural fate of task-irrelevant features in object-based processing. Journal of Neuroscience, 30, 14020-14028. (pdf)
2009
Bi, Y., Xu, Y., and Caramazza, A. (2009). Orthographic and phonological effects in the picture word interference paradigm: Evidence from a logographic language. Applied Psycholinguistics, 30, 637-658. (pdf)
Xu, Y. and Chun, M. M. (2009). Selecting and perceiving multiple visual objects. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 13, 167-174. (pdf)
Xu, Y. (2009). Distinctive neural mechanisms supporting visual object individuation and identification. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 21, 511-518. (pdf)
2008
Xu, Y. (2008). Representing connected and disconnected shapes in human inferior intra-parietal sulcus. Neuroimage, 40, 1849-1856. (pdf)
2007
Xu, Y. and Chun, M. M. (2007). Visual grouping in human parietal cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 104, 18766-18771. (pdf)
Xu, Y. and Nakayama, K. (2007). Visual short-term memory benefit for objects on different 3D surfaces. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 136, 653-662. (pdf)
Xu, Y. (2007). The role of the superior intra-parietal sulcus in supporting visual short-term memory for multi-feature objects. Journal of Neuroscience, 27, 11676-11686. (pdf) (supplementary material)
Xu, Y., Turk-Browne, N. B., and Chun, M. M. (2007). Dissociating task performance from fMRI repetition attenuation in ventral visual cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 27, 5981-5985. (pdf) (supplementary material)
See also a Journal Club article from Journal of Neuroscience. (pdf)
2006
Xu, Y. and Chun, M. M. (2006). Dissociable neural mechanisms supporting visual short-term memory for objects. Nature, 440, 91-95. (pdf) (supplementary material)
See also News & Views from Nature Neuroscience. (pdf)
Xu, Y. (2006). Encoding objects in visual short-term memory: The roles of feature proximity and connectedness. Perception & Psychophysics, 68, 815-828. (pdf)
2005
Xu, Y. (2005). Revisiting the role of the fusiform and occipital face areas in visual expertise. Cerebral Cortex, 15, 1234-1242. (pdf)
Xu, Y., Liu, J., and Kanwisher, N. (2005). The M170 is selective for faces, not for expertise. Neuropsychologia, 43, 588-597. (pdf)
2002
Xu, Y. (2002). Encoding color and shape from different parts of an object in visual short-term memory. Perception & Psychophysics, 64, 1260-1280. (pdf)
Xu, Y. (2002). Object-based feature integration in visual search. Perception, 31, 1335-1347. (pdf)
Xu, Y. (2002). Limitations in object-based feature encoding in visual short-term memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 28, 458-468. (pdf)
Xu, Y. and Singh, M. (2002). Early computation of part structure: Evidence from visual search. Perception & Psychophysics, 67, 1039-1054. (pdf)
2001
Scholl, B. J., & Xu, Y. (2001). The magical number 4 in vision. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 24, 145-146. (pdf)
Xu, Y., and Corkin, S. (2001). H.M. revisits the Tower of Hanoi puzzle. Neuropsychology, 15, 69-79. (pdf)
1999
Xu, Y., Pollatsek, A., and Potter, M. C. (1999). The activation of phonology during silent Chinese word reading. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 25, 838-857. (pdf)