Michael Paradiso
· Sidney A. Fox and Dorothea Doctors Fox Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Professor of Neuroscience, Director of Biology and MedicineBrown University · Microbiology and Immunology
Active 1952–2022
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About
Michael A. Paradiso is the Sidney A. Fox and Dorothea Doctors Fox Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Professor of Neuroscience, and Director of Brown's Center for Vision Research. After earning a PhD in physics at Brown, he was a Miller Research Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, and an associate scientist at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute in San Francisco. He joined the Brown faculty in 1990. His research investigates brain mechanisms underlying vision, with a focus on neurophysiology, perception, and vision. Paradiso serves as the Chairman of the National Eye Institute's Central Visual Processing Study Section, reviews federal grant submissions for vision research, and is Principal Investigator of a training grant supporting graduate training in vision research. He is also involved in editorial roles for the Journal of Vision and Vision Research and has served on the executive committee of the Vision Sciences Society. Additionally, he is a coauthor of a leading introductory neuroscience textbook and is the course director of NEUR 0010 (Introduction to the Brain) at Brown University. Paradiso has received awards for teaching excellence, including the Elizabeth H. LeDuc Award and the Brown University Undergraduate Council of Students Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Research topics
- Computer Science
- Artificial Intelligence
- Neuroscience
- Medicine
- Biology
- Psychology
- Cognitive psychology
Selected publications
2018-01-01 · 35 citations
bookSenior authorPerceptual enhancement and suppression correlate with V1 neural activity during active sensing
Current Biology · 2022 · 12 citations
Senior authorCorrespondingSaccade-based termination responses in macaque V1 and visual perception
Visual Neuroscience · 2018-01-01 · 6 citations
articleOpen accessSenior authorCorrespondingNeurons in visual areas of the brain are generally characterized by the increase in firing rate that occurs when a stimulus is flashed on in the receptive field (RF). However, neurons also increase their firing rate when a stimulus is turned off. These "termination responses" or "after-discharges" that occur with flashed stimuli have been observed in area V1 and they may be important for vision as stimulus terminations have been shown to influence visual perception. The goal of the present study…
Transsacadic Information and Corollary Discharge in Local Field Potentials of Macaque V1
Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience · 2019-01-14 · 4 citations
articleOpen access1st authorCorrespondingApproximately three times per second, human visual perception is interrupted by a saccadic eye movement. In addition to taking the eyes to a new location, several lines of evidence suggest that the saccades play multiple roles in visual perception. Indeed, it may be crucial that visual processing is informed about movements of the eyes in order to analyze visual input distinctly and efficiently on each fixation and preserve stable visual perception of the world across saccades. A variety of stud…
2018-01-01 · 3 citations
book-chapterSenior author
Recent grants
NIH · $3.7M · 2012
Interdisciplinary Vision Training Program
NIH · $1.9M · 2007–2022
NIH · $302k · 1996
Frequent coauthors
- 164 shared
Barry W. Connors
- 122 shared
Mark F. Bear
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 25 shared
James E. Niemeyer
New York Hospital Queens
- 22 shared
Sean P. MacEvoy
Boston College
- 19 shared
Andrew F. Rossi
National Institutes of Health
- 18 shared
Xin Huang
University of Wisconsin–Madison
- 17 shared
Shinsuke Shimojo
California Institute of Technology
- 16 shared
Ichiro Fujita
Ritsumeikan University
Labs
Education
Ph.D., Physics
Brown
Other, Miller Research Fellow
University of California, Berkeley
Other, Associate Scientist
Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute
Awards & honors
- Elizabeth H. LeDuc Award for Teaching Excellence in the Life…
- Brown University Undergraduate Council of Students Award for…
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