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Marlene Cohen

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InstitutionUniversity of Chicago
DepartmentNeurobiology
AddressChicago IL 60637
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    R01EY034723     (COHEN, MARLENE ROCHELLE)Sep 30, 2022 - May 31, 2025
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    CRCNS: Heterogeneous effects of cognition on perception: unique leverage on circuit mechanisms
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01NS121913     (RUNYAN, CAROLINE ANNE)May 1, 2021 - Jul 31, 2026
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    Topological bridges between circuits, models, and behavior
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01EY022930     (COHEN, MARLENE ROCHELLE)Aug 1, 2013 - Jul 31, 2024
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    Neuronal Population Coding: From Vision to Decision
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R00EY020844     (COHEN, MARLENE ROCHELLE)Aug 1, 2010 - Feb 28, 2015
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    Using Attention to Understand Cortical Population Codes
    Role: Principal Investigator
    K99EY020844     (COHEN, MARLENE ROCHELLE)Aug 1, 2010 - Jul 31, 2011
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    Using Attention to Understand Cortical Population Codes
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    1. Haimerl C, Ruff DA, Cohen MR, Savin C, Simoncelli EP. Targeted V1 comodulation supports task-adaptive sensory decisions. Nat Commun. 2023 Nov 30; 14(1):7879. PMID: 38036519; PMCID: PMC10689451.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    
    2. Rouse TC, Ni AM, Huang C, Cohen MR. Topological insights into the neural basis of flexible behavior. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 06 13; 120(24):e2219557120. PMID: 37279273; PMCID: PMC10268229.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    3. Kramer LE, Chen YC, Long B, Konkle T, Cohen MR. Contributions of early and mid-level visual cortex to high-level object categorization. bioRxiv. 2023 Jun 01. PMID: 37398251; PMCID: PMC10312552.
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    4. Jun NY, Ruff DA, Kramer LE, Bowes B, Tokdar ST, Cohen MR, Groh JM. Coordinated multiplexing of information about separate objects in visual cortex. Elife. 2022 11 29; 11. PMID: 36444983; PMCID: PMC9708082.
      Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    5. Xue C, Kramer LE, Cohen MR. Dynamic task-belief is an integral part of decision-making. Neuron. 2022 08 03; 110(15):2503-2511.e3. PMID: 35700735; PMCID: PMC9357195.
      Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    6. Ni AM, Huang C, Doiron B, Cohen MR. A general decoding strategy explains the relationship between behavior and correlated variability. Elife. 2022 06 06; 11. PMID: 35660134; PMCID: PMC9170243.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    7. Ni AM, Bowes BS, Ruff DA, Cohen MR. Methylphenidate as a causal test of translational and basic neural coding hypotheses. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 04 26; 119(17):e2120529119. PMID: 35467980; PMCID: PMC9169912.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    8. Rust NC, Cohen MR. Priority coding in the visual system. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2022 06; 23(6):376-388. PMID: 35410358.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    9. Srinath R, Ruff DA, Cohen MR. Attention improves information flow between neuronal populations without changing the communication subspace. Curr Biol. 2021 12 06; 31(23):5299-5313.e4. PMID: 34699782; PMCID: PMC8665027.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    10. Ruff DA, Xue C, Kramer LE, Baqai F, Cohen MR. Low rank mechanisms underlying flexible visual representations. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 11 24; 117(47):29321-29329. PMID: 33229536; PMCID: PMC7703603.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    11. Ruff DA, Cohen MR. Simultaneous multi-area recordings suggest that attention improves performance by reshaping stimulus representations. Nat Neurosci. 2019 10; 22(10):1669-1676. PMID: 31477898; PMCID: PMC6760994.
      Citations: 36     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    12. Huang C, Ruff DA, Pyle R, Rosenbaum R, Cohen MR, Doiron B. Circuit Models of Low-Dimensional Shared Variability in Cortical Networks. Neuron. 2019 01 16; 101(2):337-348.e4. PMID: 30581012; PMCID: PMC8238668.
      Citations: 72     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    13. Ruff DA, Brainard DH, Cohen MR. Neuronal population mechanisms of lightness perception. J Neurophysiol. 2018 11 01; 120(5):2296-2310. PMID: 30110233; PMCID: PMC6295546.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    14. Ruff DA, Ni AM, Cohen MR. Cognition as a Window into Neuronal Population Space. Annu Rev Neurosci. 2018 07 08; 41:77-97. PMID: 29799773; PMCID: PMC6571103.
      Citations: 29     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    15. Kanashiro T, Ocker GK, Cohen MR, Doiron B. Attentional modulation of neuronal variability in circuit models of cortex. Elife. 2017 06 07; 6. PMID: 28590902; PMCID: PMC5476447.
      Citations: 39     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    16. Ruff DA, Cohen MR. A normalization model suggests that attention changes the weighting of inputs between visual areas. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 05 16; 114(20):E4085-E4094. PMID: 28461501; PMCID: PMC5441794.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    17. Ruff DA, Cohen MR. Stimulus Dependence of Correlated Variability across Cortical Areas. J Neurosci. 2016 07 13; 36(28):7546-56. PMID: 27413163; PMCID: PMC4945672.
      Citations: 35     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    18. Ruff DA, Cohen MR. Attention Increases Spike Count Correlations between Visual Cortical Areas. J Neurosci. 2016 07 13; 36(28):7523-34. PMID: 27413161; PMCID: PMC4945670.
      Citations: 42     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    19. Ruff DA, Alberts JJ, Cohen MR. Relating normalization to neuronal populations across cortical areas. J Neurophysiol. 2016 09 01; 116(3):1375-86. PMID: 27358313; PMCID: PMC5040386.
      Citations: 19     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    20. Oby ER, Perel S, Sadtler PT, Ruff DA, Mischel JL, Montez DF, Cohen MR, Batista AP, Chase SM. Extracellular voltage threshold settings can be tuned for optimal encoding of movement and stimulus parameters. J Neural Eng. 2016 06; 13(3):036009. PMID: 27097901; PMCID: PMC5931220.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    21. Mayo JP, Cohen MR, Maunsell JH. A Refined Neuronal Population Measure of Visual Attention. PLoS One. 2015; 10(8):e0136570. PMID: 26296083; PMCID: PMC4546609.
      Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    22. Ruff DA, Cohen MR. Global cognitive factors modulate correlated response variability between V4 neurons. J Neurosci. 2014 Dec 03; 34(49):16408-16. PMID: 25471578; PMCID: PMC4252550.
      Citations: 30     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    23. Ruff DA, Cohen MR. Attention can either increase or decrease spike count correlations in visual cortex. Nat Neurosci. 2014 Nov; 17(11):1591-7. PMID: 25306550; PMCID: PMC4446056.
      Citations: 113     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    24. Ruff DA, Cohen MR. Pursuing the link between neurons and behavior. Neuron. 2013 Jul 10; 79(1):6-9. PMID: 23849193.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    25. Cohen MR. Eppendorf winner. When attention wanders. Science. 2012 Oct 05; 338(6103):58-9. PMID: 23042879.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    26. Nienborg H, Cohen MR, Cumming BG. Decision-related activity in sensory neurons: correlations among neurons and with behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. 2012; 35:463-83. PMID: 22483043.
      Citations: 115     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    27. Cohen MR, Maunsell JH. When attention wanders: how uncontrolled fluctuations in attention affect performance. J Neurosci. 2011 Nov 02; 31(44):15802-6. PMID: 22049423; PMCID: PMC3579494.
      Citations: 35     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    28. Cohen MR, Kohn A. Measuring and interpreting neuronal correlations. Nat Neurosci. 2011 Jun 27; 14(7):811-9. PMID: 21709677; PMCID: PMC3586814.
      Citations: 554     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    29. Cohen MR, Maunsell JH. Using neuronal populations to study the mechanisms underlying spatial and feature attention. Neuron. 2011 Jun 23; 70(6):1192-204. PMID: 21689604; PMCID: PMC3579499.
      Citations: 117     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    30. Cohen MR, Maunsell JH. A neuronal population measure of attention predicts behavioral performance on individual trials. J Neurosci. 2010 Nov 10; 30(45):15241-53. PMID: 21068329; PMCID: PMC3045704.
      Citations: 104     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    31. Churchland MM, Yu BM, Cunningham JP, Sugrue LP, Cohen MR, Corrado GS, Newsome WT, Clark AM, Hosseini P, Scott BB, Bradley DC, Smith MA, Kohn A, Movshon JA, Armstrong KM, Moore T, Chang SW, Snyder LH, Lisberger SG, Priebe NJ, Finn IM, Ferster D, Ryu SI, Santhanam G, Sahani M, Shenoy KV. Stimulus onset quenches neural variability: a widespread cortical phenomenon. Nat Neurosci. 2010 Mar; 13(3):369-78. PMID: 20173745; PMCID: PMC2828350.
      Citations: 500     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    32. Cohen MR, Maunsell JH. Attention improves performance primarily by reducing interneuronal correlations. Nat Neurosci. 2009 Dec; 12(12):1594-600. PMID: 19915566; PMCID: PMC2820564.
      Citations: 608     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    33. Cohen MR, Newsome WT. Estimates of the contribution of single neurons to perception depend on timescale and noise correlation. J Neurosci. 2009 May 20; 29(20):6635-48. PMID: 19458234; PMCID: PMC2705937.
      Citations: 121     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCellsPHPublic Health
    34. Cohen MR, Newsome WT. Context-dependent changes in functional circuitry in visual area MT. Neuron. 2008 Oct 09; 60(1):162-73. PMID: 18940596; PMCID: PMC2652654.
      Citations: 150     Fields:    Translation:Animals
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