Alexander Huk Explained

Alexander C. Huk
Nationality:American
Field:Neuroscience (Visual Neuroscience, Computational Neuroscience, Systems Neuroscience)
Work Institution:UCLA UT-Austin
Doctoral Advisor:David Heeger
Prizes:Vision Science Society Young Investigator Award (2011)

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]

Education

Huk 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

In 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. 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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alexander C. Huk. 2020-11-08.
  2. Web site: Profile for Alexander C Huk at UT Austin. 2020-11-09. liberalarts.utexas.edu. en.
  3. 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. en. 3. 1. 297–318. 10.1146/annurev-vision-102016-061259. 2374-4642. 5956901. 28746813.
  4. Web site: Alex Huk (Alexander C Huk, AC Huk). 2020-11-09. scholar.google.com.
  5. News: Alexander Huk '96 . 9 November 2020 . Swarthmore College Bulletin . October 2009.
  6. 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. en. 22. 16. 7195–7205. 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.22-16-07195.2002. 0270-6474. 12177214. 6757870.
  7. Huk. Alexander C.. Heeger. David J.. 2002-01-01. Pattern-motion responses in human visual cortex. Nature Neuroscience. en. 5. 1. 72–75. 10.1038/nn774. 11731801. 11258429. 1546-1726.
  8. 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. en. 25. 45. 10420–10436. 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4684-04.2005. 0270-6474. 16280581. 6725829.
  9. 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. en. 535. 7611. 285–288. 10.1038/nature18617. 27376476. 4966283. 2016Natur.535..285K. 1476-4687.
  10. 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. en. 349. 6244. 184–187. 10.1126/science.aaa4056. 0036-8075. 26160947. 4799998. 2015Sci...349..184L.
  11. Web site: VSS 2011 Young Investigator – Alexander C. Huk. 2020-11-09. en-US.

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