The Freedman Laboratory Department of Neurobiology The University of Chicago PI: David J. Freedman, Ph.D

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Distinct Encoding of Spatial and Non-Spatial Factors in Parietal Cortex  Freedman D.J. and Assad J.A.  Journal of Neuroscience, 29: 5671-5680, 2009.
Dynamic Population Coding of Category Information in the Inferior Temporal Cortex and  Prefrontal Cortex  Meyers E.M, Freedman D.J., Kreiman G., Miller E.K, and Poggio T.  Journal of Neurophysiology, 100: 1407-1419, 2008.
Experience-Dependent Representation of Visual Categories in Parietal Cortex  Freedman D.J. and Assad J.A.  Nature, 443: 85-88, 2006.  see News and Views by Vincent Ferrera and Jack Grinband        Nature Abstractions interview with David Freedman
Experience-Dependent Sharpening of Visual Shape Selectivity in Inferior  Temporal Cortex  Freedman D.J., Riesenhuber M., Poggio T., and Miller E.K.  Cerebral Cortex, 16: 1631-1644, 2006.
A Comparison of Primate Prefrontal and Inferior Temporal Cortex During Visual  Categorization  Freedman D.J., Riesenhuber M., Poggio T., and Miller E.K.  Journal of Neuroscience, 23: 5235-5246, 2003.
Representation of the Quantity of Visual Items in the Primate Prefrontal Cortex  Nieder A., Freedman D.J., and Miller E.K.  Science, 297: 1708-1711, 2002.
Visual Categorization and the Primate Prefrontal Cortex:   Neurophysiology and Behavior  Freedman D.J., Riesenhuber M., Poggio T., and Miller E.K.  Journal of Neurophysiology, 88: 929-941, 2002.                                                                                                                    View cover image
Categorical Representation of Visual Stimuli in the Primate Prefrontal Cortex  Freedman D.J., Riesenhuber M., Poggio T., and Miller E.K.  Science, 291: 312-316, 2001.

Reviews and Book Chapters
Neural Mechanisms of Visual Categorization: Insights from Neurophysiology  Freedman D.J. and Miller E.K.  Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 32: 311-329, 2008.
Neuronal Mechanisms of Visual Categorization and Category Learning  Freedman D.J.  In: The Neuroscience of Rule-Guided Behavior.  Wallis J.D. and Bunge S. (eds.). Oxford University Press, 2007.
Posterior Parietal Cortex: Space...and Beyond  Freedman D.J.  Neuron, 42: 881-883, 2004.
The Prefrontal Cortex: Categories, Concepts, and Cognition  Miller E.K., Freedman D.J., Wallis J.D.  In: The Physiology of Cognitive Processes, Parker A., Derrington A. and  Blakemore C. (eds.), Oxford University Press, pp 252-273, 2003.
Neural Correlates of Categories and Concepts  Miller E.K., Nieder A., Freedman D.J., Wallis J.D.  Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 13:2:198-203, 2003.
The Prefrontal Cortex: Categories, Concepts, and Cognition  Miller E.K., Freedman D.J., Wallis J.D.  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society London: Biological Sciences  357: 1123-1136, 2002.

Selected Abstracts Comparison of Prefrontal and Parietal Cortices in Visual Motion Categorization Swaminathan S.K., McClellan S.M., Rishel C.R., and Freedman D.J. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 2009. Associative Representations in Lateral Intraparietal Area Fitzgerald J.K. Assad J.A and Freedman D.J. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 2008. Non-Spatial Encoding of Behaviorally Relevant Information in Parietal Cortex During Visual Motion Categorization. Freedman D.J. and Assad J.A. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 2007. Learning-Dependent Shape Representations in Lateral Intraparietal Area Fitzgerald J.K. Assad J.A and Freedman D.J. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 2007. Experience-Dependent Representation of Visual Categories in Posterior Parietal Cortex Area LIP. Freedman D.J. and Assad J.A. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 2006.   Categorical Representation of Visual Motion Direction in Posterior Parietal Cortex Area LIP. Freedman D.J. and Assad J.A. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 2005.   Shape Tuning in Primate Inferior Temporal Cortex is Enhanced by Experience. Freedman D.J., Riesenhuber M., Poggio T., Miller E.K. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 2004.   Experience-Dependent 2D Orientation Tuning in Primate Inferior Temporal Cortex. Freedman D.J., Riesenhuber M., Machon M, Poggio T., Miller E.K. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 2003.   Stimulus-Specificity of Category-Related Neurons in the Prefrontal and Inferior Temporal Cortices. Freedman D.J., Riesenhuber M., Poggio T., Miller E.K. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 2002.   Neurons in Monkey Prefrontal Cortex Reflect Numerical Information in Visual Displays. Nieder A., Freedman D.J., Miller E.K. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 2002.   Category-Tuning vs. Stimulus-Tuning in Inferotemporal and Prefrontal Cortex: Insights From Modeling. Knoblich U., Freedman D.J., Poggio T., Miller E.K., Riesenhuber M. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 2002.   Comparison of Primate Prefrontal and Inferior Temporal Cortex Activity During Visual Categorization. Freedman D.J., Riesenhuber M., Poggio T., Miller E.K. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 2001,  852.14.   Neuronal and Psychophysical Correlates of Categorical Perception. Freedman D.J., Riesenhuber M., Poggio T., Miller E.K. Cognitive Neuroscience Society Abstracts, 2001.   Neuronal Correlates of Categorical Learning in the Primate Prefrontal Cortex. Freedman D.J., Riesenhuber M., Poggio T., Miller E.K. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 2000, 26:975.   Categorical Representation of Visual Stimuli in the Primate Prefrontal Cortex. Freedman D.J., Riesenhuber M., Shelton C., Poggio T., Miller E.K. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 1999, 25:884