Neural basis of executive brain functions

For details about my work and for publications, please see my webpage:
www.ekmiller.org

Affiliations:
The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory,
RIKEN-MIT Neuroscience Research Center, and
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Positions held:
Picower Professor of Neuroscience
Associate Director, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory

http://www.ekmiller.org

Categorization of behavioural sequences in the prefrontal cortex. Shima K, Isoda M, Mushiake H, Tanji J Nature 2007 Jan 18 445(7125):315-8 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Atsushi Iriki / Earl Miller Evaluated 24 Oct 2007 Lateral habenula as a source of negative reward signals in dopamine neurons. Matsumoto M, Hikosaka O Nature 2007 Jun 28 447(7148):1111-5 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Xiao-Jing Wang / Kent Berridge / Earl Miller Evaluated 11 Sep 2007 Top-down control-signal dynamics in anterior cingulate and prefrontal cortex neurons following task switching. Johnston K, Levin HM, Koval MJ, Everling S Neuron 2007 Feb 1 53(3):453-62 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Kathleen Cullen / Russell Poldrack / Earl Miller Evaluated 3 Jul 2007 Parallel and serial neural mechanisms for visual search in macaque area V4. Bichot NP, Rossi AF, Desimone R Science 2005 Apr 22 308(5721):529-34 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Thomas S. Collett / John Duncan / Earl Miller Evaluated 1 Dec 2005 What the brain stem tells the frontal cortex. I. Oculomotor signals sent from superior colliculus to frontal eye field via mediodorsal thalamus. Sommer MA, Wurtz RH J Neurophysiol 2004 Mar 91(3):1381-402 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Klaus-Peter Hoffmann / Earl Miller Evaluated 31 Mar 2005 Neural activity predicts individual differences in visual working memory capacity. Vogel EK, Machizawa MG Nature 2004 Apr 15 428(6984):748-51 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Earl Miller / Mark D'Esposito Evaluated 8 Dec 2004 The effect of learning on the function of monkey extrastriate visual cortex. Rainer G, Lee H, Logothetis NK PLoS Biol 2004 Feb 2(2):E44 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Earl Miller Evaluated 20 Aug 2004 An integrative theory of the phasic and tonic modes of dopamine modulation in the prefrontal cortex. Dreher JC, Burnod Y Neural Netw 2002 Jun-Jul 15(4-6):583-602 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [order article] Selected by | Earl Miller Evaluated 16 Apr 2004 Conversion of working memory to motor sequence in the monkey premotor cortex. Ohbayashi M, Ohki K, Miyashita Y Science 2003 Jul 11 301(5630):233-6 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | John Kalaska / Earl Miller Evaluated 23 Jan 2004 The architecture of cognitive control in the human prefrontal cortex. Koechlin E, Ody C, Kouneiher F Science 2003 Nov 14 302(5648):1181-5 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Earl Miller / Susan Courtney / Mark D'Esposito Evaluated 18 Dec 2003 Anterior inferotemporal neurons of monkeys engaged in object recognition can be highly sensitive to object retinal position. DiCarlo JJ, Maunsell JH J Neurophysiol 2003 Jun 89(6):3264-78 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Andrew Derrington / Earl Miller Evaluated 13 Aug 2003 Single neurons in the monkey hippocampus and learning of new associations. Wirth S, Yanike M, …, Brown EN, Suzuki WA Science 2003 Jun 6 300(5625):1578-81 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Edvard I. Moser / Peter Rapp / James Knierim / Earl Miller / Yadin Dudai / Mark D'Esposito Evaluated 30 Jun 2003 Discrete coding of reward probability and uncertainty by dopamine neurons. Fiorillo CD, Tobler PN, Schultz W Science 2003 Mar 21 299(5614):1898-902 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Robert Sapolsky / Xiao-Jing Wang / Earl Miller Evaluated 2 Jun 2003 Impact of learning on representation of parts and wholes in monkey inferotemporal cortex. Baker CI, Behrmann M, Olson CR Nat Neurosci 2002 Nov 5(11):1210-6 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Rafael Malach / Earl Miller / Douglas Munoz / Wendy Suzuki / John Duncan Evaluated 27 Nov 2002 Functional MRI of macaque monkeys performing a cognitive set-shifting task. Nakahara K, Hayashi T, Konishi S, Miyashita Y Science 2002 Feb 22 295(5559):1532-6 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | John Duncan / Earl Miller / Mark D'Esposito Evaluated 30 Sep 2002 Shape representation in area V4: position-specific tuning for boundary conformation. Pasupathy A, Connor CE J Neurophysiol 2001 Nov 86(5):2505-19 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Hidehiko Komatsu / Earl Miller Evaluated 21 Aug 2002 Dopamine responses comply with basic assumptions of formal learning theory. Waelti P, Dickinson A, Schultz W Nature 2001 Jul 5 412(6842):43-8 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Xiao-Jing Wang / Earl Miller Evaluated 9 Jan 2002 Backward spreading of memory-retrieval signal in the primate temporal cortex. Naya Y, Yoshida M, Miyashita Y Science 2001 Jan 26 291(5504):661-4 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Earl Miller Evaluated 30 Oct 2001

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