Talk
Title
Towards
a
neurally
mechanistic
understanding
of
visual
cognition.
Abstract
I
am
interested
in
developing
a
neurally
mechanistic
understanding
of
how
primate
brains
represent
the
world
through
its
visual
system
and
how
such
representations
enable
a
remarkable
set
of
intelligent
behaviors.
In
this
talk,
I
will
primarily
highlight
aspects
of
my
current
research
that
focuses
on
dissecting
the
brain
circuits
that
support
core
object
recognition
behavior
(primates’
ability
to
categorize
objects
within
hundreds
of
milliseconds)
in
non-human
primates
and
that
the
primate
ventral
stream
requires
fast
recurrent
processing
via
ventrolateral
PFC
for
robust
core
object
recognition
(Kar
and
DiCarlo,
Neuron,
2021).
Short
Bio
Kohitij
Kar
(“Ko”)
is
currently
a
Research
Scientist
at
the
McGovern
Institute
for
Brain
Research
at
MIT
working
in
the
lab
of
Dr.
James
DiCarlo.
He
is
also
an
incoming
Assistant
Professor
at
York
University.
He
completed
his
Ph.D.
in
the
Department
of
Behavioral
and
Neural
Sciences
at
Rutgers
University
in
New
Jersey
(PhD
advisor:
Bart
Krekelberg).