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==== '''''The sensitivity of single neurons and motion perception''''' ====
==== '''''The sensitivity of single neurons and motion perception''''' ====
Zohary’s early research (at Stanford) was focused on understanding the ''neural basis'' of motion perception. Using simultaneous recordings from pairs of MT neurons, Zohary found that the firing rates of direction-selective neurons were typically mildly correlated on a trial-by-trial basis. Theoretical considerations showed that this "correlated noise" severely limits the benefits of pooling and may explain why the animal (who is presumably integrating information across wide populations of neurons) is not more sensitive to motion signals than the ''average'' neuron.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Zohary |first=Ehud |last2=Shadlen |first2=Michael N. |last3=Newsome |first3=William T. |date=1994-07 |title=Correlated neuronal discharge rate and its implications for psychophysical performance |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/370140a0 |journal=Nature |language=en |volume=370 |issue=6485 |pages=140–143 |doi=10.1038/370140a0 |issn=0028-0836}}</ref> These findings were later reviewed and highlighted.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Parker |first=A. J. |last2=Newsome |first2=W. T. |date=1998-03 |title=SENSE AND THE SINGLE NEURON: Probing the Physiology of Perception |url=https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev.neuro.21.1.227 |journal=Annual Review of Neuroscience |language=en |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=227–277 |doi=10.1146/annurev.neuro.21.1.227 |issn=0147-006X}}</ref>
Zohary’s early research (at Stanford) was focused on understanding the ''neural basis'' of motion perception. Using simultaneous recordings from pairs of MT neurons, Zohary found that the firing rates of direction-selective neurons were typically mildly correlated on a trial-by-trial basis. Theoretical considerations showed that this "correlated noise" severely limits the benefits of pooling and may explain why the animal (who is presumably integrating information across wide populations of neurons) is not more sensitive to motion signals than the ''average'' neuron.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Zohary |first=Ehud |last2=Shadlen |first2=Michael N. |last3=Newsome |first3=William T. |date=July 1994 |title=Correlated neuronal discharge rate and its implications for psychophysical performance |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/370140a0 |journal=Nature |language=en |volume=370 |issue=6485 |pages=140–143 |doi=10.1038/370140a0 |issn=0028-0836}}</ref> These findings were later reviewed and highlighted.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Parker |first=A. J. |last2=Newsome |first2=W. T. |date=March 1998 |title=SENSE AND THE SINGLE NEURON: Probing the Physiology of Perception |url=https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev.neuro.21.1.227 |journal=Annual Review of Neuroscience |language=en |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=227–277 |doi=10.1146/annurev.neuro.21.1.227 |issn=0147-006X}}</ref>


==== ''Visual associative memory and sequence memory'' ====
==== ''Visual associative memory and sequence memory'' ====
After establishing his own lab at the Hebrew University Zohary and colleagues studied the neural basis of [[Associative memory (psychology)|associative memory]]. Using single unit recordings, coupled with neural network modelling techniques, they tested and verified key predictions that stem from ''attractor network theory.''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Yakovlev |first=Volodya |last2=Fusi |first2=Stefano |last3=Berman |first3=Elisha |last4=Zohary |first4=Ehud |date=1998-08 |title=Inter-trial neuronal activity in inferior temporal cortex: a putative vehicle to generate long-term visual associations |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nn0898_310 |journal=Nature Neuroscience |language=en |volume=1 |issue=4 |pages=310–317 |doi=10.1038/1131 |issn=1097-6256}}</ref> As expected from the theory, monkeys naturally categorized visual images according to their ordinal number'''''.'''''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Orlov |first=Tanya |last2=Yakovlev |first2=Volodya |last3=Hochstein |first3=Shaul |last4=Zohary |first4=Ehud |date=2000-03 |title=Macaque monkeys categorize images by their ordinal number |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/35003571 |journal=Nature |language=en |volume=404 |issue=6773 |pages=77–80 |doi=10.1038/35003571 |issn=0028-0836}}</ref>
After establishing his own lab at the Hebrew University Zohary and colleagues studied the neural basis of [[Associative memory (psychology)|associative memory]]. Using single unit recordings, coupled with neural network modelling techniques, they tested and verified key predictions that stem from ''attractor network theory.''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Yakovlev |first=Volodya |last2=Fusi |first2=Stefano |last3=Berman |first3=Elisha |last4=Zohary |first4=Ehud |date=August 1998 |title=Inter-trial neuronal activity in inferior temporal cortex: a putative vehicle to generate long-term visual associations |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nn0898_310 |journal=Nature Neuroscience |language=en |volume=1 |issue=4 |pages=310–317 |doi=10.1038/1131 |issn=1097-6256}}</ref> As expected from the theory, monkeys naturally categorized visual images according to their ordinal number'''''.'''''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Orlov |first=Tanya |last2=Yakovlev |first2=Volodya |last3=Hochstein |first3=Shaul |last4=Zohary |first4=Ehud |date=March 2000 |title=Macaque monkeys categorize images by their ordinal number |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/35003571 |journal=Nature |language=en |volume=404 |issue=6773 |pages=77–80 |doi=10.1038/35003571 |issn=0028-0836}}</ref>


==== ''Reorganization of the visual cortex following blindness''   ====
==== ''Reorganization of the visual cortex following blindness''   ====
The loss of vision does '''''not''''' render the [[visual cortex]] completely useless. Instead, regions in the [[Occipital lobe|occipital cortex]] of people blinded at early age are activated when they read [[Braille]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sadato |first=Norihiro |last2=Pascual-Leone |first2=Alvaro |last3=Grafman |first3=Jordan |last4=Ibañez |first4=Vicente |last5=Deiber |first5=Marie-Pierre |last6=Dold |first6=George |last7=Hallett |first7=Mark |date=1996-04 |title=Activation of the primary visual cortex by Braille reading in blind subjects |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/380526a0 |journal=Nature |language=en |volume=380 |issue=6574 |pages=526–528 |doi=10.1038/380526a0 |issn=0028-0836}}</ref> Yet Braille, being a ''reading process,'' involves more than just fine tactile judgments. Indeed, Zohary and colleagues found using [[Functional magnetic resonance imaging|fMRI]] that in the congenitally blind, regions in the occipital lobe are activated during language processes (retrieval of words from memory, in the absence of any sensory input) and their activation level is correlated with memory capabilities.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Amedi |first=Amir |last2=Raz |first2=Noa |last3=Pianka |first3=Pazit |last4=Malach |first4=Rafael |last5=Zohary |first5=Ehud |date=2003-07 |title=Early ‘visual’ cortex activation correlates with superior verbal memory performance in the blind |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nn1072 |journal=Nature Neuroscience |language=en |volume=6 |issue=7 |pages=758–766 |doi=10.1038/nn1072 |issn=1097-6256}}</ref> They further showed that blind have superior [[Serial memory processing|serial memory]] performance.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Raz |first=Noa |last2=Striem |first2=Ella |last3=Pundak |first3=Golan |last4=Orlov |first4=Tanya |last5=Zohary |first5=Ehud |date=2007-07 |title=Superior Serial Memory in the Blind: A Case of Cognitive Compensatory Adjustment |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0960982207014844 |journal=Current Biology |language=en |volume=17 |issue=13 |pages=1129–1133 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2007.05.060}}</ref> Moreover, targeted disruption of the normal activity in the “visual” cortex during verb generation lead to errors in task performance in the congenitally blind but not in the sighted.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Amedi |first=Amir |last2=Floel |first2=Agnes |last3=Knecht |first3=Stefan |last4=Zohary |first4=Ehud |last5=Cohen |first5=Leonardo G |date=2004-11 |title=Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the occipital pole interferes with verbal processing in blind subjects |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nn1328 |journal=Nature Neuroscience |language=en |volume=7 |issue=11 |pages=1266–1270 |doi=10.1038/nn1328 |issn=1097-6256}}</ref>  Thus, long term blindness from birth, dramatically alters the functional architecture of the human brain, in seemingly beneficial ways for the blind person. These initial findings were replicated and extended later and reviewed thoroughly.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Pascual-Leone |first=Alvaro |last2=Amedi |first2=Amir |last3=Fregni |first3=Felipe |last4=Merabet |first4=Lotfi B. |date=2005-07-21 |title=THE PLASTIC HUMAN BRAIN CORTEX |url=https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev.neuro.27.070203.144216 |journal=Annual Review of Neuroscience |language=en |volume=28 |issue=1 |pages=377–401 |doi=10.1146/annurev.neuro.27.070203.144216 |issn=0147-006X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bedny |first=Marina |last2=Saxe |first2=Rebecca |date=2012-03 |title=Insights into the origins of knowledge from the cognitive neuroscience of blindness |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02643294.2012.713342 |journal=Cognitive Neuropsychology |language=en |volume=29 |issue=1-2 |pages=56–84 |doi=10.1080/02643294.2012.713342 |issn=0264-3294}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Fine |first=Ione |last2=Park |first2=Ji-Min |date=2018-09-15 |title=Blindness and Human Brain Plasticity |url=https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-vision-102016-061241 |journal=Annual Review of Vision Science |language=en |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=337–356 |doi=10.1146/annurev-vision-102016-061241 |issn=2374-4642}}</ref>
The loss of vision does '''''not''''' render the [[visual cortex]] completely useless. Instead, regions in the [[Occipital lobe|occipital cortex]] of people blinded at early age are activated when they read [[Braille]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sadato |first=Norihiro |last2=Pascual-Leone |first2=Alvaro |last3=Grafman |first3=Jordan |last4=Ibañez |first4=Vicente |last5=Deiber |first5=Marie-Pierre |last6=Dold |first6=George |last7=Hallett |first7=Mark |date=April 1996 |title=Activation of the primary visual cortex by Braille reading in blind subjects |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/380526a0 |journal=Nature |language=en |volume=380 |issue=6574 |pages=526–528 |doi=10.1038/380526a0 |issn=0028-0836}}</ref> Yet Braille, being a ''reading process,'' involves more than just fine tactile judgments. Indeed, Zohary and colleagues found using [[Functional magnetic resonance imaging|fMRI]] that in the congenitally blind, regions in the occipital lobe are activated during language processes (retrieval of words from memory, in the absence of any sensory input) and their activation level is correlated with memory capabilities.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Amedi |first=Amir |last2=Raz |first2=Noa |last3=Pianka |first3=Pazit |last4=Malach |first4=Rafael |last5=Zohary |first5=Ehud |date=July 2003 |title=Early ‘visual’ cortex activation correlates with superior verbal memory performance in the blind |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nn1072 |journal=Nature Neuroscience |language=en |volume=6 |issue=7 |pages=758–766 |doi=10.1038/nn1072 |issn=1097-6256}}</ref> They further showed that blind have superior [[Serial memory processing|serial memory]] performance.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Raz |first=Noa |last2=Striem |first2=Ella |last3=Pundak |first3=Golan |last4=Orlov |first4=Tanya |last5=Zohary |first5=Ehud |date=July 2007 |title=Superior Serial Memory in the Blind: A Case of Cognitive Compensatory Adjustment |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0960982207014844 |journal=Current Biology |language=en |volume=17 |issue=13 |pages=1129–1133 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2007.05.060}}</ref> Moreover, targeted disruption of the normal activity in the “visual” cortex during verb generation lead to errors in task performance in the congenitally blind but not in the sighted.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Amedi |first=Amir |last2=Floel |first2=Agnes |last3=Knecht |first3=Stefan |last4=Zohary |first4=Ehud |last5=Cohen |first5=Leonardo G |date=November 2004 |title=Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the occipital pole interferes with verbal processing in blind subjects |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nn1328 |journal=Nature Neuroscience |language=en |volume=7 |issue=11 |pages=1266–1270 |doi=10.1038/nn1328 |issn=1097-6256}}</ref>  Thus, long term blindness from birth, dramatically alters the functional architecture of the human brain, in seemingly beneficial ways for the blind person. These initial findings were replicated and extended later and reviewed thoroughly.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Pascual-Leone |first=Alvaro |last2=Amedi |first2=Amir |last3=Fregni |first3=Felipe |last4=Merabet |first4=Lotfi B. |date=2005-07-21 |title=THE PLASTIC HUMAN BRAIN CORTEX |url=https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev.neuro.27.070203.144216 |journal=Annual Review of Neuroscience |language=en |volume=28 |issue=1 |pages=377–401 |doi=10.1146/annurev.neuro.27.070203.144216 |issn=0147-006X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bedny |first=Marina |last2=Saxe |first2=Rebecca |date=March 2012 |title=Insights into the origins of knowledge from the cognitive neuroscience of blindness |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02643294.2012.713342 |journal=Cognitive Neuropsychology |language=en |volume=29 |issue=1-2 |pages=56–84 |doi=10.1080/02643294.2012.713342 |issn=0264-3294}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Fine |first=Ione |last2=Park |first2=Ji-Min |date=2018-09-15 |title=Blindness and Human Brain Plasticity |url=https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-vision-102016-061241 |journal=Annual Review of Vision Science |language=en |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=337–356 |doi=10.1146/annurev-vision-102016-061241 |issn=2374-4642}}</ref>


'''''The possibilities and limits for visual function recovery after prolonged blindness from birth'''''
'''''The possibilities and limits for visual function recovery after prolonged blindness from birth'''''


Zohary’s latest research is focused on the development of vision functions following prolonged visual deprivation since birth. Zohary’s Project Eye Opener<ref>{{Cite web |title=Project Eye Opener |url=https://www.project-eyeopener.org/}}</ref>, is centered around children in [[Ethiopia]] that have been blind from birth for years due to untreated [[cataract]]. Project eyeopener enables a rare assessment of vision restoration after the “critical period" for visual development. Contrary to this dogma, the utility of surgery at relatively late age for vision restoration is obvious. Still, there are some limits to the capabilities that can be attained (#8, #9, #10).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Andres |first=Elena |last2=McKyton |first2=Ayelet |last3=Ben-Zion |first3=Itay |last4=Zohary |first4=Ehud |date=2017-07 |title=Size constancy following long-term visual deprivation |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0960982217306371 |journal=Current Biology |language=en |volume=27 |issue=14 |pages=R696–R697 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2017.05.071}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Orlov |first=Tanya |last2=Raveh |first2=Maayan |last3=McKyton |first3=Ayelet |last4=Ben-Zion |first4=Itay |last5=Zohary |first5=Ehud |date=2021-07 |title=Learning to perceive shape from temporal integration following late emergence from blindness |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0960982221006060 |journal=Current Biology |language=en |volume=31 |issue=14 |pages=3162–3167.e5 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2021.04.059}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Zohary |first=Ehud |last2=Harari |first2=Daniel |last3=Ullman |first3=Shimon |last4=Ben-Zion |first4=Itay |last5=Doron |first5=Ravid |last6=Attias |first6=Sara |last7=Porat |first7=Yuval |last8=Sklar |first8=Asael Y. |last9=Mckyton |first9=Ayelet |date=2022-05-17 |title=Gaze following requires early visual experience |url=https://pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2117184119 |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |language=en |volume=119 |issue=20 |doi=10.1073/pnas.2117184119 |issn=0027-8424 |pmc=PMC9171757 |pmid=35549552}}</ref>
Zohary’s latest research is focused on the development of vision functions following prolonged visual deprivation since birth. Zohary’s Project Eye Opener<ref>{{Cite web |title=Project Eye Opener |url=https://www.project-eyeopener.org/}}</ref>, is centered around children in [[Ethiopia]] that have been blind from birth for years due to untreated [[cataract]]. Project eyeopener enables a rare assessment of vision restoration after the “critical period" for visual development. Contrary to this dogma, the utility of surgery at relatively late age for vision restoration is obvious. Still, there are some limits to the capabilities that can be attained (#8, #9, #10).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Andres |first=Elena |last2=McKyton |first2=Ayelet |last3=Ben-Zion |first3=Itay |last4=Zohary |first4=Ehud |date=July 2017 |title=Size constancy following long-term visual deprivation |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0960982217306371 |journal=Current Biology |language=en |volume=27 |issue=14 |pages=R696–R697 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2017.05.071}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Orlov |first=Tanya |last2=Raveh |first2=Maayan |last3=McKyton |first3=Ayelet |last4=Ben-Zion |first4=Itay |last5=Zohary |first5=Ehud |date=July 2021 |title=Learning to perceive shape from temporal integration following late emergence from blindness |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0960982221006060 |journal=Current Biology |language=en |volume=31 |issue=14 |pages=3162–3167.e5 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2021.04.059}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Zohary |first=Ehud |last2=Harari |first2=Daniel |last3=Ullman |first3=Shimon |last4=Ben-Zion |first4=Itay |last5=Doron |first5=Ravid |last6=Attias |first6=Sara |last7=Porat |first7=Yuval |last8=Sklar |first8=Asael Y. |last9=Mckyton |first9=Ayelet |date=2022-05-17 |title=Gaze following requires early visual experience |url=https://pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2117184119 |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |language=en |volume=119 |issue=20 |doi=10.1073/pnas.2117184119 |issn=0027-8424 |pmc=PMC9171757 |pmid=35549552}}</ref>


== Awards and Honors ==
== Awards and Honors ==

Revision as of 15:03, 29 February 2024

Biography

Ehud Zohary was born and raised in Israel. He did his B.Sc. in biology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem,  and continued studying towards his  Ph.D. degree in neurobiology at the Hebrew University under the supervision of Prof. Shaul Hochstein.[1] In 1992, Zohary went to the United States for postdoctoral studies at Stanford University, to join the research group of Bill Newsome, studying the neural correlates of motion perception.

Zohary returned to Israel in 1994, and established a visual neuroscience research group at the department of Neurobiology, the Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 2010 he was invited to join the newly established Edmond and Lilly Safra Center for Brain Science[2], and is current member of its faculty. He is founder of the Jerusalem Brain Community[3], and headed it from 2013-2020. Zohary was a visiting prof. at Harvard university in 2004-2005 and a Hillgardt visiting Prof. at Stanford university in 2012-2013

Zohary is a faculty-member at the Alexander Silberman life-science institute, Hebrew University, following the footsteps of his grandfather, Michael Zohary, and father, Daniel Zohary. He is married to Rachel Ben Eliyahu[4], a father of three daughters, and lives in Jerusalem.

Research

Ehud Zohary is studying visual perception and its development in normal and abnormal conditions.

Some of his achievements are summarized below.

The sensitivity of single neurons and motion perception

Zohary’s early research (at Stanford) was focused on understanding the neural basis of motion perception. Using simultaneous recordings from pairs of MT neurons, Zohary found that the firing rates of direction-selective neurons were typically mildly correlated on a trial-by-trial basis. Theoretical considerations showed that this "correlated noise" severely limits the benefits of pooling and may explain why the animal (who is presumably integrating information across wide populations of neurons) is not more sensitive to motion signals than the average neuron.[5] These findings were later reviewed and highlighted.[6]

Visual associative memory and sequence memory

After establishing his own lab at the Hebrew University Zohary and colleagues studied the neural basis of associative memory. Using single unit recordings, coupled with neural network modelling techniques, they tested and verified key predictions that stem from attractor network theory.[7] As expected from the theory, monkeys naturally categorized visual images according to their ordinal number.[8]

Reorganization of the visual cortex following blindness  

The loss of vision does not render the visual cortex completely useless. Instead, regions in the occipital cortex of people blinded at early age are activated when they read Braille.[9] Yet Braille, being a reading process, involves more than just fine tactile judgments. Indeed, Zohary and colleagues found using fMRI that in the congenitally blind, regions in the occipital lobe are activated during language processes (retrieval of words from memory, in the absence of any sensory input) and their activation level is correlated with memory capabilities.[10] They further showed that blind have superior serial memory performance.[11] Moreover, targeted disruption of the normal activity in the “visual” cortex during verb generation lead to errors in task performance in the congenitally blind but not in the sighted.[12]  Thus, long term blindness from birth, dramatically alters the functional architecture of the human brain, in seemingly beneficial ways for the blind person. These initial findings were replicated and extended later and reviewed thoroughly.[13][14][15]

The possibilities and limits for visual function recovery after prolonged blindness from birth

Zohary’s latest research is focused on the development of vision functions following prolonged visual deprivation since birth. Zohary’s Project Eye Opener[16], is centered around children in Ethiopia that have been blind from birth for years due to untreated cataract. Project eyeopener enables a rare assessment of vision restoration after the “critical period" for visual development. Contrary to this dogma, the utility of surgery at relatively late age for vision restoration is obvious. Still, there are some limits to the capabilities that can be attained (#8, #9, #10).[17][18][19]

Awards and Honors

1995       Alon Scholarship[20] (given to the top 20 Israeli tenure track new lecturers in all fields and universities). SPONSOR: Council for Higher Education, Israel.

1998       Ben Porat presidential award, for the most prominent young investigator (under 40) in all fields at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

1999       Golda Meir award for tenure track fellows. SPONSOR: Golda Meir Foundation[21]

2004       21st century science initiative award: Bridging Brain, Mind and Behavior SPONSOR: The McDonnel Foundation

2012-13                Hilgard award for visiting professor at Stanford University

Ehud Zohary, publications indexed by Google Scholar.[22]

Ehud Zohary, Academic profile, Research.com.[23]

Ehud Zohary
אהוד זהרי
NationalityIsrael
Alma materThe Hebrew University of Jerusalem
AwardsAlon Award (1995), given to the top 20 Israeli tenure track new lecturers in all fields and universities. SPONSOR: Council for Higher Education, Israel.

Ben Porat presidential award (1998) for the most prominent young investigator (under 40) in all fields at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Golda Meir award (1999) for tenure track fellows. SPONSOR: Golda Meir Foundation. 21st century science initiative award (2004): Bridging Brain, Mind and Behavior SPONSOR: The McDonnel Foundation.

Hilgard award for visiting professor (2012-13) at Stanford University.
Scientific career
FieldsVisual perception and its development in normal and abnormal conditions.
Websitehttps://elsc.huji.ac.il/people-directory/faculty-members/ehud-zohary/

Project EyeOpener headed by Ehud Zohary.[24]

  1. ^ "Prof. Shaul Hochstein, Hebrew University of Jerusalem".
  2. ^ "The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences".
  3. ^ "The Jerusalem Brain Community".
  4. ^ "Rachel Ben Eliyahu, Faculty at the Software Engineering Department at The Jerusalem College of Engineering".
  5. ^ Zohary, Ehud; Shadlen, Michael N.; Newsome, William T. (July 1994). "Correlated neuronal discharge rate and its implications for psychophysical performance". Nature. 370 (6485): 140–143. doi:10.1038/370140a0. ISSN 0028-0836.
  6. ^ Parker, A. J.; Newsome, W. T. (March 1998). "SENSE AND THE SINGLE NEURON: Probing the Physiology of Perception". Annual Review of Neuroscience. 21 (1): 227–277. doi:10.1146/annurev.neuro.21.1.227. ISSN 0147-006X.
  7. ^ Yakovlev, Volodya; Fusi, Stefano; Berman, Elisha; Zohary, Ehud (August 1998). "Inter-trial neuronal activity in inferior temporal cortex: a putative vehicle to generate long-term visual associations". Nature Neuroscience. 1 (4): 310–317. doi:10.1038/1131. ISSN 1097-6256.
  8. ^ Orlov, Tanya; Yakovlev, Volodya; Hochstein, Shaul; Zohary, Ehud (March 2000). "Macaque monkeys categorize images by their ordinal number". Nature. 404 (6773): 77–80. doi:10.1038/35003571. ISSN 0028-0836.
  9. ^ Sadato, Norihiro; Pascual-Leone, Alvaro; Grafman, Jordan; Ibañez, Vicente; Deiber, Marie-Pierre; Dold, George; Hallett, Mark (April 1996). "Activation of the primary visual cortex by Braille reading in blind subjects". Nature. 380 (6574): 526–528. doi:10.1038/380526a0. ISSN 0028-0836.
  10. ^ Amedi, Amir; Raz, Noa; Pianka, Pazit; Malach, Rafael; Zohary, Ehud (July 2003). "Early 'visual' cortex activation correlates with superior verbal memory performance in the blind". Nature Neuroscience. 6 (7): 758–766. doi:10.1038/nn1072. ISSN 1097-6256.
  11. ^ Raz, Noa; Striem, Ella; Pundak, Golan; Orlov, Tanya; Zohary, Ehud (July 2007). "Superior Serial Memory in the Blind: A Case of Cognitive Compensatory Adjustment". Current Biology. 17 (13): 1129–1133. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2007.05.060.
  12. ^ Amedi, Amir; Floel, Agnes; Knecht, Stefan; Zohary, Ehud; Cohen, Leonardo G (November 2004). "Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the occipital pole interferes with verbal processing in blind subjects". Nature Neuroscience. 7 (11): 1266–1270. doi:10.1038/nn1328. ISSN 1097-6256.
  13. ^ Pascual-Leone, Alvaro; Amedi, Amir; Fregni, Felipe; Merabet, Lotfi B. (2005-07-21). "THE PLASTIC HUMAN BRAIN CORTEX". Annual Review of Neuroscience. 28 (1): 377–401. doi:10.1146/annurev.neuro.27.070203.144216. ISSN 0147-006X.
  14. ^ Bedny, Marina; Saxe, Rebecca (March 2012). "Insights into the origins of knowledge from the cognitive neuroscience of blindness". Cognitive Neuropsychology. 29 (1–2): 56–84. doi:10.1080/02643294.2012.713342. ISSN 0264-3294.
  15. ^ Fine, Ione; Park, Ji-Min (2018-09-15). "Blindness and Human Brain Plasticity". Annual Review of Vision Science. 4 (1): 337–356. doi:10.1146/annurev-vision-102016-061241. ISSN 2374-4642.
  16. ^ "Project Eye Opener".
  17. ^ Andres, Elena; McKyton, Ayelet; Ben-Zion, Itay; Zohary, Ehud (July 2017). "Size constancy following long-term visual deprivation". Current Biology. 27 (14): R696–R697. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2017.05.071.
  18. ^ Orlov, Tanya; Raveh, Maayan; McKyton, Ayelet; Ben-Zion, Itay; Zohary, Ehud (July 2021). "Learning to perceive shape from temporal integration following late emergence from blindness". Current Biology. 31 (14): 3162–3167.e5. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2021.04.059.
  19. ^ Zohary, Ehud; Harari, Daniel; Ullman, Shimon; Ben-Zion, Itay; Doron, Ravid; Attias, Sara; Porat, Yuval; Sklar, Asael Y.; Mckyton, Ayelet (2022-05-17). "Gaze following requires early visual experience". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119 (20). doi:10.1073/pnas.2117184119. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 9171757. PMID 35549552.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: PMC format (link)
  20. ^ "Alon Scholarships, Israel Council of Higher Education".
  21. ^ "Golda Meir Foundation".
  22. ^ "Ehud Zohary, publications indexed by Google Scholar".
  23. ^ "Ehud Zohary, Academic profile, Research.com".
  24. ^ "Project EyeOpener headed by Ehud Zohary".
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