Freedmanlab

The Freedman Laboratory

Department of Neurobiology

The University of Chicago


PI: David J. Freedman, Ph.D.


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Selected Publications

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Task Dependence of Visual and Category Representations in Prefrontal and Inferior Temporal Cortices
McKee J.L., Riesenhuber M., Miller E.K., and Freedman D.J.
Journal of Neuroscience, in press
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coming soon
A Hierarchy of Intrinsic Timescales Across Primate Cortex
Murray J.D., Bernacchia A., Freedman D.J., Romo R., Wallis J.D., Cai X., Padoa-Schioppa C., Pasternak T., Seo, H., Lee D., and Wang X.J.
Nature Neuroscience, in press
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coming soon
Dynamic Integration of Task-Relevant Visual Features in Posterior Parietal Cortex
Ibos G. and Freedman D.J.
Neuron, 83:
1468-1480, 2014.
coming soon
A Comparison of Lateral and Medial Intraparietal Areas During a Visual Categorization Task
Swaminathan S.K.*, Masse N.Y.*, and Freedman D.J. (*equal contributions)
Journal of Neuroscience, 33: 13157-13170, 2013
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Independent Category and Spatial Encoding in Parietal Cortex
Rishel C.A., Huang G., and Freedman D.J.
Neuron, 77: 969-979, 2013
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     Chicago Tribune story about this work
     University of Chicago Press Release about this work
coming soon
Biased Associative Representations in Parietal Cortex
Fitzgerald J.K., Freedman D.J., Fanini A., Bennur S., Gold J.I., and Assad J.A.
Neuron, 77: 180-191, 2013
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      Neuron Perspective by Matthew Chafee
coming
                    soon
High-Performance Execution of Psychophysical Tasks With Complex Visual Stimuli in MATLAB
Asaad W.F., Santhanam N., McClellan S.M., and Freedman D.J.
Journal of Neurophysiology, 109: 249-
260, 2013.
coming soon
Visual Categorization and the Parietal Cortex
Fitzgerald J.K., Swaminathan S.K., and Freedman D.J.
Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 6:18,
2012.
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Familiarity Breeds Plasticity: Distinct Effects of Experience on Putative Excitatory and Inhibitory Neurons in Inferior Temporal Cortex
Freedman D.J.
Neuron, 74:
8-11, 2012. (Preview)
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Preferential Encoding of Visual Categories in Parietal Cortex Compared with Prefrontal Cortex
Swaminathan S.K. and Freedman D.J.
Nature Neuroscience, 15: 315-320, 2012
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     University of Chicago Press Release about this work
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Generalized Associative Representations in Parietal Cortex
Fitzgerald J.K., Freedman D.J., and Assad J.A.
Nature Neuroscience, 14:
1075-1079, 2011.
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A Proposed Common Neural Mechanisms for Categorization and Perceptual Decisions
Freedman D.J. and Assad J.A.
Nature Neuroscience, 14: 143-146, 2011
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     Science Life article by Robert Mitchum
coming soon
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
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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.
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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.
Experience-Dependent Representation of Visual Categories in Parietal Cortex
Freedman D.J. and Assad J.A.
Nature, 443: 85-88, 2006.

      News and Views by Vincent Ferrera and Jack Grinband
      Nature Abstractions interview with David Freedman

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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
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Posterior Parietal Cortex: Space...and Beyond
Freedman D.J.
Neuron, 42: 881-883, 2004. (Preview)
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.

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.
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.

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.
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.

 

News articles and publicity about this work

Chicago Tribune article by Jessica Tobacman
University of Chicago press release (2013)
University of Chicago press release (2012)
Science Life article by Robert Mitchum
Huffington Post Article by Bill Donius
An audio interview with David Freedman from the Nature Podcast
Nature Abstractions interview with David Freedman from Nature Magazine
Nature Neuroscience News and Views by Ferrera and Grinband
LiveScience News article by Sara Goudarzi
Harvard Medical School press release
Science Perspectives by Simon J. Thorpe and Michèle Fabre-Thorpe
Nature News and Views by Hemai Parthasarathy  (PDF)
Nature Reviews Neuroscience Highlight by Peter Collins
MSNBC news article
ABC News article
CNN/Reuters news article
MIT News article



  

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