Professor of biology and biological engineering at Caltech Director, Tsao Lab
Doris Ying Tsao is a systems neuroscientist interested in the neural mechanisms underlying primate vision i.e. how visual objects are represented in the brain, and how these representations are used to guide behavior. She is investigating mechanisms at multiple stages in the visual hierarchy. Techniques we use include: electrophysiology, fMRI, electrical microstimulation, anatomical tracing, psychophysics, and mathematical modeling.
Web Information
Website: cns.caltech.edu/people/faculty/tsao Lab: brain2015.onair.cc/tsao-lab/
Contact Information
Email: dortsao@caltech.edu Phone: 626-395-1702 Address: 34 Broad
Biography
Harvard University PhD 2002 Neuroscience (Advisor: Margaret Livingstone)
California Institute of Technology BS 1996 Biology and Math
Research
I am a systems neuroscientist interested in the neural mechanisms underlying primate vision. The central problem I want to understand is how visual objects are represented in the brain, and how these representations are used to guide behavior. To address this, my lab is investigating mechanisms at multiple stages in the visual hierarchy, from early processes for segmenting visual input into discrete objects, to midand high-level perceptual processes for assigning meaningful identity to specific objects, to processes by which these perceptual representations govern behavior. Techniques we use include: electrophysiology, fMRI, electrical microstimulation, anatomical tracing, psychophysics, and mathematical modeling.
Publications
2013
Ohayon S, Grimaldi P, Schweers N, Tsao D. Saccade modulation evoked by ...
OnAir Post: Doris Ying Tsao, PhD – Caltech
