Faculty and Research
Faculty by Name
Gerald Westheimer
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Gerald Westheimer
Professor of the Graduate School Division of Neurobiology*
*And, Clinical Professor, School of Optometry
Research Interests
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The processing of visual information by the human brain is approached by psychophysical experiments, by the study of the primate visual cortex in a collaborative arrangement with the Neurobiology Laboratory at the Rockefeller University, and by models of neural circuits and brain mechanisms. Of particular interest are interactive and plastic changes associated with the response modifications that occur with attention, active perception and learning.
Selected Publications
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Was Helmholtz a Bayesian? [G.Westheimer (2008) Perception 39, doi:10:1068/p5973]
Geometrical-optical illusions and the neural representation of space. [G.Westheimer (2008) Vision Research 48, doi:10.1016/j.visres.2008.05.016]
The Visual System and Its Stimuli [G.Westheimer (2008) In R. Masland (Ed.) The Senses. A comprehensive Reference Vol. 6. Oxford: Academic Press]
Grouping of contextual elements that affect vernier thresholds. [Malania, M., Herzog, M.H., and Westheimer, G. (2007) Journal of Vision 7 (2), 1-7]Specifying and controlling the optical image on the retina. [G. Westheimer (2006) Progress in Retinal and Eye Research 25, 19-42]
The resolving power of the eye. [G.Westheimer (2005) Vision Research 44, 945-947]
Center-surround antagonism in spatial vision: Retinal or cortical locus? [G.Westheimer (2004) Vision Research 44, 2457-2465]
Meridional Anisotropia in visual processing: implications for the neural site of the oblique effect [G.Westheimer (2003) Vision Research 43, 2281-2289]
Orthogonal adaptation and orientation discrimination.[G. Westheimer, A. Gee (2002) Vision Research 42,2339-2342]
Relative localization in the human fovea: radial/tangential anisotropy. [G. Westheimer (2001). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 268, 995-999]
Integration of foveal orientation signals: Distinct local and long-range spatial domains. [S.L.Brincat and G.Westheimer (2000) Journal of Neurophysiology 83, 1900-11]
Visual signals used in time interval discrimination. [G.Westheimer (2000) Visual Neuroscience 17, 551-556]
Spatial contribution of contextual interactions in primary visual cortex and in visual perception. [M.K. Kapadia, G. Westheimer and C.D.Gilbert, C.D. (2000) Journal of Neurophysiology 84, 2048-2062]
Last Updated 2008-07-17