Moshe Bar, Director

Publications

E. Aminoff, D.L. Schacter and M. Bar. (In press) The cortical underpinnings of context-based memory distortion. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

M.F. Mason, M. Bar and C.N. Macrae. (In press) Exploring the past and impending future in the here and now: Mind-wandering in the default state. Cognitive Sciences

J.Y. Chiao, T. Iidaka, H.L. Gordon, J. Nogawa, M. Bar, E. Aminoff, N. Sadato and N. Ambady. (In press) Cultural specificity in amygdala response to fear faces. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

M. Bar, E. Aminoff and D.L. Schacter (2008) Scenes unseen: The parahippocampal cortex intrinsically subserves contextual associations, not scenes or places per se Journal of Neuroscience, 28, 8539-8544. (view paper)

M. Bar and M. Neta (2008) The proactive brain: Using rudimentary information to make predictive judgments. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 7(4-5), 319-330. (view paper)

A. Ghuman, M. Bar, I.G. Dobbins and D. Schnyer (2008) The effects of priming on frontal-temporal communication Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 105(24), 8405-8409. (view paper)

M. Bar, E. Aminoff and A. Ishai. (2008) Famous Faces activate contextual associations in the parahippocampal cortex. Cerebral Cortex, 18(6), 1233-1238. (view paper)

N. Gronau, M. Neta, & M. Bar (2008). Integrated contextual representation for objects' identities and their locations. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 20(3), 371-388. (view paper)

M. Bar (2007). The Proactive Brain: Using analogies and associations to generate predictions. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 11(7), 280-289. (view paper)

K. Kveraga, J. Boshyan and M. Bar. (2007) Magnocellular projections as the trigger of top-down facilitation in recognition. Journal of Neuroscience, 27, 13232-13240. (view paper)

M. Bar. (2007) The continuum of "looking forward," and paradoxical requirements from memory. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 30(3), 315-316. (view paper)

K. Kveraga, A.S. Ghuman and M. Bar. (2007) Top-down predictions in the cognitive brain. Brain and Cognition, 65, 145-168. (view paper)

M. Bar, E. Aminoff, M. Mason and M. Fenske (2007). The units of thought. Hippocampus, 17(6), 420-428. (view paper)

M. Bar and M. Neta (2007). Visual elements of subjective preference modulate amygdala activation. Neuropsychologia, 45, 2191-2200. (view paper)

E. Aminoff, N. Gronau and M. Bar (2007). The parahippocampal cortex mediates spatial and non-spatial associations. Cerebral Cortex, 27, 1493-1503. (view paper)

M. Bar, K.S. Kassam, A.S. Ghuman, J. Boshyan, A.M. Schmidt, A.M. Dale, M.S. Hamalainen, K. Marinkovic, D.L. Schacter, B.R. Rosen and E. Halgren (2006). Top-down facilitation of visual recognition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 103(2), 449-454. (view paper)

M. Bar, M. Neta and H. Linz (2006). Very first impressions. Emotion, 6(2), 269-278. (view paper)

M. Bar and M. Neta (2006). Humans prefer curved visual objects. Psychological Science, 17(8), 645-648. (view paper)

A.S. Ghuman and M. Bar (2006). The influence of non-remembered affective associations on preference. Emotion, 6(2), 215-223. (view paper)

M.J. Fenske, E. Aminoff, N. Gronau and M. Bar (2006). Top-down facilitation of visual object recognition: Object-based and context-based contributions. Progress in Brain Research, 155, 3-21. (view paper)

L. Zago, M.J. Fenske, E. Aminoff and M. Bar (2005). The rise and fall of priming: How visual exposure shapes cortical representations of objects. Cerebral Cortex, 15, 1655-1665. (view paper)

M. Bar (2005). Top-down facilitation of visual object recognition. In L. Itti, G. Rees and J. Tsotsos (Eds.) Neurobiology of Attention. Academic Press/Elsevier, pp.140-145.

M. Bar (2004). Visual objects in context. Nature Reviews: Neuroscience, 5, 617-629. (view paper)

M. Bar and E. Aminoff (2003). Cortical analysis of visual context. Neuron, 38, 347-358. (view paper)

M. Bar (2003). A cortical mechanism for triggering top-down facilitation in visual object recognition. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 15, 600-609.
(view paper)

M. Bar (2001). Viewpoint dependency in visual object recognition does not necessarily imply viewer-centered representation. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 13(6), 793-799. (view paper)

M. Bar, R. Tootell, D. Schacter, D. Greve, B. Fischl, J. Mendola, B. Rosen and A. M. Dale (2001). Cortical mechanisms of explicit visual object recogntion. Neuron, 29, 529-535. (view paper)

R. Vogels, I. Biederman, M. Bar and A. Lorincz (2001). Inferior temproal neurons show greater sensitivity to nonaccidental than metric shape differences. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 13(4), 444-453. (view paper)

I. Biederman and M. Bar (2000). Differing views on views: Response to Hayward and Tarr. Vision Research, 40, 3901-3905.

M. Bar (2000). Conscious and non-conscious processing of visual object identity. In Y. Rosetti & A. Revonsuo (Eds.) Dissociations: Interaction between dissociable conscious and nonconscious processing. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. (pp. 153-174). (view paper)

I. Biederman, S. Subramaniam, M. Bar, P. Kaloscai and J. Fiser (1999). Subordinate-level object classification reexamined. Psychological Research, 62(2-3), 131-153.

I. Biederman and M. Bar (1999). One-shot viewpoint invariance in matching novel objects. Vision Research, 39, 2885-2899. (view paper)

M. Bar and I. Biederman (1999). Localizing the cortical regions mediating visual awareness of object identity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 96, 1790-1793. (view paper)

M. Bar and I. Biederman (1998). Subliminal visual priming. Psychological Science, 9, 464-469. (view paper)

I. Biederman, S. Subramaniam, P. Kaloscai and M. Bar (1997). Viewpoint-invariant information in subordinate-level object classification. In D. Gopher & A. Koriat (Eds.), Attention and Performance XVII. Cognitive regulation of performance: Interaction of theory and application. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. (pp. 91-112).

M. Bar and S. Ullman (1996). Spatial context in recognition. Perception, 25, 343-352. (view paper)

Moshe Bar, Director

Publications

E. Aminoff, D.L. Schacter and M. Bar. (In press) The cortical underpinnings of context-based memory distortion. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

M.F. Mason, M. Bar and C.N. Macrae. (In press) Exploring the past and impending future in the here and now: Mind-wandering in the default state. Cognitive Sciences

J.Y. Chiao, T. Iidaka, H.L. Gordon, J. Nogawa, M. Bar, E. Aminoff, N. Sadato and N. Ambady. (In press) Cultural specificity in amygdala response to fear faces. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

M. Bar, E. Aminoff and D.L. Schacter (2008) Scenes unseen: The parahippocampal cortex intrinsically subserves contextual associations, not scenes or places per se Journal of Neuroscience, 28, 8539-8544. (view paper)

M. Bar and M. Neta (2008) The proactive brain: Using rudimentary information to make predictive judgments. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 7(4-5), 319-330. (view paper)

A. Ghuman, M. Bar, I.G. Dobbins and D. Schnyer (2008) The effects of priming on frontal-temporal communication Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 105(24), 8405-8409. (view paper)

M. Bar, E. Aminoff and A. Ishai. (2008) Famous Faces activate contextual associations in the parahippocampal cortex. Cerebral Cortex, 18(6), 1233-1238. (view paper)

N. Gronau, M. Neta, & M. Bar (2008). Integrated contextual representation for objects' identities and their locations. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 20(3), 371-388. (view paper)

M. Bar (2007). The Proactive Brain: Using analogies and associations to generate predictions. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 11(7), 280-289. (view paper)

K. Kveraga, J. Boshyan and M. Bar. (2007) Magnocellular projections as the trigger of top-down facilitation in recognition. Journal of Neuroscience, 27, 13232-13240. (view paper)

M. Bar. (2007) The continuum of "looking forward," and paradoxical requirements from memory. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 30(3), 315-316. (view paper)

K. Kveraga, A.S. Ghuman and M. Bar. (2007) Top-down predictions in the cognitive brain. Brain and Cognition, 65, 145-168. (view paper)

M. Bar, E. Aminoff, M. Mason and M. Fenske (2007). The units of thought. Hippocampus, 17(6), 420-428. (view paper)

M. Bar and M. Neta (2007). Visual elements of subjective preference modulate amygdala activation. Neuropsychologia, 45, 2191-2200. (view paper)

E. Aminoff, N. Gronau and M. Bar (2007). The parahippocampal cortex mediates spatial and non-spatial associations. Cerebral Cortex, 27, 1493-1503. (view paper)

M. Bar, K.S. Kassam, A.S. Ghuman, J. Boshyan, A.M. Schmidt, A.M. Dale, M.S. Hamalainen, K. Marinkovic, D.L. Schacter, B.R. Rosen and E. Halgren (2006). Top-down facilitation of visual recognition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 103(2), 449-454. (view paper)

M. Bar, M. Neta and H. Linz (2006). Very first impressions. Emotion, 6(2), 269-278. (view paper)

M. Bar and M. Neta (2006). Humans prefer curved visual objects. Psychological Science, 17(8), 645-648. (view paper)

A.S. Ghuman and M. Bar (2006). The influence of non-remembered affective associations on preference. Emotion, 6(2), 215-223. (view paper)

M.J. Fenske, E. Aminoff, N. Gronau and M. Bar (2006). Top-down facilitation of visual object recognition: Object-based and context-based contributions. Progress in Brain Research, 155, 3-21. (view paper)

L. Zago, M.J. Fenske, E. Aminoff and M. Bar (2005). The rise and fall of priming: How visual exposure shapes cortical representations of objects. Cerebral Cortex, 15, 1655-1665. (view paper)

M. Bar (2005). Top-down facilitation of visual object recognition. In L. Itti, G. Rees and J. Tsotsos (Eds.) Neurobiology of Attention. Academic Press/Elsevier, pp.140-145.

M. Bar (2004). Visual objects in context. Nature Reviews: Neuroscience, 5, 617-629. (view paper)

M. Bar and E. Aminoff (2003). Cortical analysis of visual context. Neuron, 38, 347-358. (view paper)

M. Bar (2003). A cortical mechanism for triggering top-down facilitation in visual object recognition. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 15, 600-609.(view paper)

M. Bar (2001). Viewpoint dependency in visual object recognition does not necessarily imply viewer-centered representation. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 13(6), 793-799. (view paper)

M. Bar, R. Tootell, D. Schacter, D. Greve, B. Fischl, J. Mendola, B. Rosen and A. M. Dale (2001). Cortical mechanisms of explicit visual object recogntion. Neuron, 29, 529-535. (view paper)

R. Vogels, I. Biederman, M. Bar and A. Lorincz (2001). Inferior temproal neurons show greater sensitivity to nonaccidental than metric shape differences. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 13(4), 444-453. (view paper)

I. Biederman and M. Bar (2000). Differing views on views: Response to Hayward and Tarr. Vision Research, 40, 3901-3905.

M. Bar (2000). Conscious and non-conscious processing of visual object identity. In Y. Rosetti & A. Revonsuo (Eds.) Dissociations: Interaction between dissociable conscious and nonconscious processing. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. (pp. 153-174). (view paper)

I. Biederman, S. Subramaniam, M. Bar, P. Kaloscai and J. Fiser (1999). Subordinate-level object classification reexamined. Psychological Research, 62(2-3), 131-153.

I. Biederman and M. Bar (1999). One-shot viewpoint invariance in matching novel objects. Vision Research, 39, 2885-2899. (view paper)

M. Bar and I. Biederman (1999). Localizing the cortical regions mediating visual awareness of object identity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 96, 1790-1793. (view paper)

M. Bar and I. Biederman (1998). Subliminal visual priming. Psychological Science, 9, 464-469. (view paper)

M. Bar and S. Ullman (1996). Spatial context in recognition. Perception, 25, 343-352. (view paper)

M. Bar (2003). A cortical mechanism for triggering top-down facilitation in visual object recognition. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 15, 600-609.
(view paper)