Alexander C. Huk is an American neuroscientist.[1] Prior to moving to UCLA in 2022, he was the Raymond Dickson Centennial Professor #2 of Neuroscience and Psychology, and the Director of the Center for Perceptual Systems at The University of Texas at Austin.[2] His laboratory studies how the brain integrates information over space and time and how these neural signals guide behavior in the natural world.[3] He has made contributions towards understanding how the brain represents 3D visual motion and how those representations are used to make perceptual judgments[4]
Alexander C. Huk | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | |
| Awards | Vision Science Society Young Investigator Award (2011) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroscience (Visual Neuroscience, Computational Neuroscience, Systems Neuroscience) |
| Institutions | UCLA UT-Austin |
| Doctoral advisor | David Heeger |
Education
editHuk received a BA from Swarthmore College in 1996,[5] and earned his PhD from Stanford University under the supervision of David Heeger. He underwent his postdoctoral training at the University of Washington.
Career
editIn his doctoral work, Huk used fMRI to map the human brain areas associated with visual motion processing.[6][7] His postdoctoral work investigated the neural mechanisms underlying temporal integration during perceptual decisions.[8] In his own laboratory, Huk and collaborators have used a combination of psychophysics, fMRI, and electrophysiology to establish the neural basis of 3D motion processing.[3] His group has also investigated the neural basis of perceptual decision-making.[9][10] In 2011, he won the Young Investigator Award from the Vision Sciences Society.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Alexander C. Huk". Retrieved 2020-11-08.
- ^ "Profile for Alexander C Huk at UT Austin". liberalarts.utexas.edu. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
- ^ a b Cormack, Lawrence K.; Czuba, Thaddeus B.; Knöll, Jonas; Huk, Alexander C. (2017-09-15). "Binocular Mechanisms of 3D Motion Processing". Annual Review of Vision Science. 3 (1): 297–318. doi:10.1146/annurev-vision-102016-061259. ISSN 2374-4642. PMC 5956901. PMID 28746813.
- ^ "Alex Huk (Alexander C Huk, AC Huk)". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
- ^ "Alexander Huk '96". Swarthmore College Bulletin. October 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ Huk, Alexander C.; Dougherty, Robert F.; Heeger, David J. (2002-08-15). "Retinotopy and Functional Subdivision of Human Areas MT and MST". Journal of Neuroscience. 22 (16): 7195–7205. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.22-16-07195.2002. ISSN 0270-6474. PMC 6757870. PMID 12177214.
- ^ Huk, Alexander C.; Heeger, David J. (2002-01-01). "Pattern-motion responses in human visual cortex". Nature Neuroscience. 5 (1): 72–75. doi:10.1038/nn774. ISSN 1546-1726. PMID 11731801. S2CID 11258429.
- ^ Huk, Alexander C.; Shadlen, Michael N. (2005-11-09). "Neural Activity in Macaque Parietal Cortex Reflects Temporal Integration of Visual Motion Signals during Perceptual Decision Making". Journal of Neuroscience. 25 (45): 10420–10436. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4684-04.2005. ISSN 0270-6474. PMC 6725829. PMID 16280581.
- ^ Katz, Leor N.; Yates, Jacob L.; Pillow, Jonathan W.; Huk, Alexander C. (2016-07-07). "Dissociated functional significance of decision-related activity in the primate dorsal stream". Nature. 535 (7611): 285–288. Bibcode:2016Natur.535..285K. doi:10.1038/nature18617. ISSN 1476-4687. PMC 4966283. PMID 27376476.
- ^ Latimer, Kenneth W.; Yates, Jacob L.; Meister, Miriam L. R.; Huk, Alexander C.; Pillow, Jonathan W. (2015-07-10). "Single-trial spike trains in parietal cortex reveal discrete steps during decision-making". Science. 349 (6244): 184–187. Bibcode:2015Sci...349..184L. doi:10.1126/science.aaa4056. ISSN 0036-8075. PMC 4799998. PMID 26160947.
- ^ "VSS 2011 Young Investigator – Alexander C. Huk". Retrieved 2020-11-09.