KAISER LAB

Preprints

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Engeser M*, Ajith S*, Duymaz I, Wang G, Foxwell MJ, Cichy RM, Pitcher D, Kaiser D. (submitted) Characterizing internal models of the visual environment. *equal contribution preprint

 

Yeh LC, Bardelang M, Kaiser D. (submitted) Cortical alpha rhythms interpolate occluded motion from natural scene context. preprint

 

Yeh LC, Gayet S, Kaiser D, Peelen MV. (submitted) The neural time course of size constancy in natural scenes. preprint

 

Chen L, Cichy RM, Kaiser D. (submitted) Representational shifts from feedforward to feedback rhythms index phenomenological integration in natural vision. preprint

 

Xie S, Singer JJD, Yilmaz B, Kaiser D*, Cichy RM*. (submitted) The representational nature of spatio-temporal recurrent processing in visual object recognition. *equal contribution preprint

 

Gao X, Yang J, ... , Kaiser D, Wei T, Yuan B. (submitted) How do we imagine a speech? A triple network model for situationally simulated inner speech. preprint

 

Lu Z*, Doerig A*, Bosch V*, Krahmer B, Kaiser D*, Cichy RM*, Kietzmann TC*. (submitted) End-to-end topographic networks as models of cortical map formation and human visual behaviour: moving beyond convolutions. *equal contribution preprint

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Iamshchinina P, Haenelt D, Trampel R, Weiskopf N, Kaiser D*, Cichy RM*. (submitted) Benchmarking GE-BOLD, SE-BOLD, and SS-SI-VASO sequences for depth-dependent separation of feedforward and feedback signals in high-field MRI. *equal contribution preprint

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Accepted / In Press

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Goupil N, Kaiser D, Papeo L. (in press) Category-specific effects of high-level relations in visual search. J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform. PDF - data & code

 

Carter A, Kaiser D. (in press) An object numbering task reveals an underestimation of complexity for typically structured scenes. Psychon Bull Rev. PDF - data & code

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2025

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Wang G, Chen L, Cichy RM, Kaiser D. (2025) Enhanced and idiosyncratic neural representations of personally typical scenes. Proc R Soc B 292: 20250272. PDF - data & code

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Stecher R, Cichy RM, Kaiser D. (2025) Decoding the rhythmic representation and communication of visual contents. Trends Neurosci 48: 178-188. PDF

 

2024

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Kucuk E, Foxwell MJ, Kaiser D, Pitcher D. (2024) Moving and static faces, bodies, objects and scenes are differentially represented across the three visual pathways. J Cogn Neurosci 36: 2639-2651. PDF - data

 

Stecher R, Kaiser D. (2024) Representation of imaginary scenes and their properties in cortical alpha activity. Sci Rep 14: 12796. PDF - data & code

 

Chen L, Cichy RM, Kaiser D. (2024) Coherent categorical information triggers integration-related alpha dynamics. J Neurophysiol 131: 619-625. PDF - data & code

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Nara S, Kaiser D. (2024) Integrative processing in artificial and biological vision predicts the perceived beauty of natural images. Sci Adv 10: eadi9294. PDF - data & code

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Wang G*, Foxwell MJ*, Cichy RM, Pitcher D, Kaiser D. (2024) Individual differences in internal models explain idiosyncrasies in scene perception. Cognition 245: 105723. *equal contribution PDF - data & code

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2023

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Klink H, Kaiser D, Stecher R, Ambrus GG*, Kovács G*. (2023) Your place or mine? The neural dynamics of personally familiar scene recognition suggests category independent familiarity encoding. Cereb Cortex 33: 11634–11645. *equal contribution PDF - data & code

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Pitcher D, Sliwinska MW, Kaiser D. (2023) TMS disruption of the lateral prefrontal cortex increases neural activity in the default mode network when naming facial expressions. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 18: 1-9. PDF

 

Chen L, Cichy RM*, Kaiser D*. (2023) Alpha-frequency feedback to early visual cortex orchestrates coherent naturalistic vision. Sci Adv 9: eadi2321. *equal contribution PDF - data & code - raw data

 

Kaiser D, Stecher R, Doerschner K. (2023) EEG decoding reveals neural predictions for naturalistic material behaviors. J Neurosci 43: 5406-5413. PDF - data

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2022

 

Kaiser D. (2022) Spectral brain signatures of aesthetic natural perception in the alpha and beta frequency bands. J Neurophysiol 128: 1501-1505. PDF - data

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Kaiser D. (2022) Characterizing dynamic neural representations of scene attractiveness. J Cogn Neurosci 34: 1988-1997. PDF - data

 

Chen L, Cichy RM*, Kaiser D*. (2022) Semantic scene-object consistency modulates N300/400 EEG components, but does not automatically facilitate object representations. Cereb Cortex 32: 3553-3567. *equal contribution PDF

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Iamshchinina P, Karapetian A, Kaiser D*, Cichy RM*. (2022) Resolving the time course of visual and auditory object categorization. J Neurophysiol 127: 1622-1628. *equal contribution PDF - data - code

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Kaiser D, Jacobs AM, Cichy RM. (2022) Modelling brain representations of abstract concepts. PLOS Comput Biol 18: e1009837. PDF - data & code

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2021

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Kaiser D, Cichy RM. (2021) Parts and wholes in scene processing. J Cogn Neurosci 34: 4-15. PDF

 

Iamshchinina P, Kaiser D, Yakupov R, Haenelt D, Sciarra A, Mattern H, Lüsebrink F, Duezel E, Speck O, Weiskopf N, Cichy RM. (2021) Perceived and mentally rotated contents are differentially represented in cortical depth of V1. Commun Biol 4: 1069. PDF - data

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Ambrus GG, Eick CM, Kaiser D, Kovács G. (2021) Getting to know you: emerging neural representations during face familiarization. J Neurosci 41: 5687-5698. PDF

 

Kaiser D, Häberle G, Cichy RM. (2021) Coherent natural scene structure facilitates the extraction of task-relevant object information in visual cortex. Neuroimage 340: 118365. PDF - data

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Stein T, Kaiser D, Fahrenfort JJ, van Gaal S. (2021) The human visual system differentially represents subjectively and objectively invisible stimuli. PLOS Biol 19: e3001241. PDF - data

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2020

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Kaiser D, Nyga K. (2020) Tracking cortical representations of facial attractiveness using time-resolved representational similarity analysis. Sci Rep 10: 16852. PDF - data

 

Kaiser D, Inciuraite G, Cichy RM. (2020) Rapid contextualization of fragmented scene information in the human visual system. Neuroimage 219: 117045. PDF - data

 

Xie S, Kaiser D, Cichy RM. (2020) Visual imagery and perception share neural representations in the alpha frequency band. Curr Biol 30: 2621-2627. PDF - data

 

Kaiser D, Häberle G, Cichy RM. (2020) Real-world structure facilitates the rapid emergence of scene category information in visual brain signals. J Neurophysiol 124: 145-151. PDF - data

 

Kaiser D, Häberle G, Cichy RM. (2020) Cortical sensitivity to natural scene structure. Hum Brain Mapp 41: 1286-1295. PDF - data

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Battistoni E, Kaiser D, Hickey C, Peelen MV. (2020) The time course of spatial attention during naturalistic visual search. Cortex 122: 225-234. PDF

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2019

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Ambrus GG*, Kaiser D*, Cichy RM, Kovács G. (2019) The neural dynamics of familiar face recognition. Cereb Cortex 29: 4775-4784. *equal contribution PDF

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Kaiser D, Turini J, Cichy RM. (2019) A neural mechanism for contextualizing fragmented inputs during naturalistic vision. eLife 8: e48182. PDF - data

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Kaiser D, Quek GL, Cichy RM, Peelen MV. (2019) Object vision in a structured world. Trends Cogn Sci 23: 672-685. PDF

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Proklova D, Kaiser D, Peelen MV. (2019) MEG sensor patterns reflect perceptual but not categorical similarity of animate and inanimate objects. Neuroimage 193: 167-177. PDF - data & code

 

Cichy RM, Kaiser D. (2019) Deep neural networks as scientific models. Trends Cogn Sci 23: 305-317. PDF

 

2018

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Kaiser D, Cichy RM. (2018) Typical visual-field locations enhance processing in object-selective channels of human occipital cortex. J Neurophysiol 120: 848-853. PDF - data

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Kaiser D, Cichy RM. (2018) Typical visual-field locations facilitate access to awareness for everyday objects. Cognition 180: 118-122. PDF - data

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Kaiser D, Moeskops MM, Cichy RM. (2018) Typical retinotopic locations impact the time course of object coding. Neuroimage 176: 372-379. PDF - data

 

Kaiser D, Peelen MV. (2018) Transformation from independent to integrative coding of multi-object arrangements in human visual cortex. Neuroimage 169: 334-341. PDF

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2017

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Kaiser D, Haselhuhn T. (2017) Facing a regular world: How spatial object structure shapes visual processing. J Neurosci 37: 1965-1967. PDF

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2016

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Kaiser D, Oosterhof NN, Peelen MV. (2016) The neural dynamics of attentional selection in natural scenes. J Neurosci 36: 10522-10528. PDF

 

Stein T, Kaiser D, Hesselmann G. (2016) Can working memory be non-conscious? Neurosci Conscious 1: 1-3. PDF

 

Proklova D*, Kaiser D*, Peelen MV. (2016) Disentangling representations of object shape and object category in human visual cortex: the animate-inanimate distinction. J Cogn Neurosci 28: 680-692. *equal contribution PDF

 

Kaiser D*, Azzalini DC*, Peelen MV. (2016) Shape-independent object category responses revealed by MEG and fMRI decoding. J Neurophysiol 115: 2246-2250. *equal contribution PDF

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2015

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Kaiser D, Stein T, Peelen MV. (2015) Real-world spatial regularities affect visual working memory for objects. Psychon Bull Rev 22: 1784-1790. PDF

 

Stein T, Kaiser D, Peelen MV. (2015) Interobject grouping facilitates visual awareness. J Vis 15: 10. PDF

 

Hickey C, Kaiser D, Peelen MV. (2015) Reward guides attention to object categories in real-world scenes. J Exp Psychol Gen 144: 264-273. PDF

 

2014

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Keresztes A, Kaiser D, Kovács G*, Racsmány M*. (2014) Testing promotes long-term learning via stabilizing activation patterns in a large network of brain areas. Cereb Cortex 24: 3025-3035. *equal contribution PDF

 

Kaiser D, Stein T, Peelen MV. (2014) Object grouping based on real-world regularities facilitates perception by reducing competitive interactions in visual cortex. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 111: 11217–11222. PDF

 

Kaiser D*, Strnad L*, Seidl KN, Kastner S, Peelen MV. (2014) Whole person-evoked fMRI activity patterns in human fusiform gyrus are accurately modeled by a linear combination of face- and body-evoked activity patterns. J Neurophysiol 111: 82-90. *equal contribution PDF

 

2013

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Kaiser D, Walther C, Schweinberger SR, Kovács G. (2013) Dissociating the neural bases of repetition-priming and adaptation in the human brain for faces. J Neurophysiol 110: 2727-2738. PDF

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Kovács G, Kaiser D, Kaliukhovich DA, Vidnyánszky Z, Vogels R. (2013) Repetition probability does not affect fMRI repetition suppression for objects. J Neurosci 33: 9805-9812. PDF

 

Walther C, Schweinberger SR, Kaiser D, Kovács G. (2013) Neural correlates of priming and adaptation in familiar face perception. Cortex 49: 1963–1977. PDF​