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ArticleCommunications biology2022

A modeling framework for determining modulation of neural-level tuning from non-invasive human fMRI data.

Patrick Sadil, Rosemary A Cowell, David E Huber

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Article in Communications biology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Spatial Frequency Tuning Follows Scale Invariance in the Human Visual Cortex.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026
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3 authors.

Patrick SadilUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, USA. psadil@umass.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-4141-1343
Rosemary A CowellUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, USA.
David E HuberUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, USA.

Funding

Using fMRI to Measure the Neural-level Signals Underlying Population-level ResponsesRF1MH114277 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST · PI COWELL, ROSEMARY ALICE, HUBER, DAVID ERNEST · 2017 to 2017
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NIMH NIH HHS RF1 MH114277U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) 1RF1MH114277-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many neuroscience theories assume that tuning modulation of individual neurons underlies changes in human cognition. However, non-invasive fMRI lacks sufficient resolution to visualize this modulation. To address this limitation, we developed an analysis framework called Inferring Neural Tuning Modulation (INTM) for "peering inside" voxels. Precise specification of neural tuning from the BOLD signal is not possible. Instead, INTM compares theoretical alternatives for the form of neural tuning modulation that might underlie changes in BOLD across experimental conditions. The most likely form is identified via formal model comparison, with assumed parametric Normal tuning functions, followed by a non-parametric check of conclusions. We validated the framework by successfully identifying a well-established form of modulation: visual contrast-induced multiplicative gain for orientation tuned neurons. INTM can be applied to any experimental paradigm testing several points along a continuous feature dimension (e.g., direction of motion, isoluminant hue) across two conditions (e.g., with/without attention, before/after learning).

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Magnetic Resonance ImagingNeuronsAttentionHumansVisual Perception

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