Journal article

Publication year: 2024

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Volume number: 121

Issue number: 36

ISSN: 0027-8424

Open access status: Hybrid

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2405602121

Publisher: National Academy of Sciences

Abstract: 
Complex visual stimuli evoke diverse patterns of gaze, but previous research suggests that their neural representations are shared across brains. Here, we used hyperalignment to compare visual responses between observers viewing identical stimuli. We find that individual eye movements enhance cortical visual responses but also lead to representational divergence. Pairwise differences in the spatial distribution of gaze and in semantic salience predict pairwise representational divergence in V1 and inferior temporal cortex, respectively. This suggests that individual gaze sculpts individual visual worlds.

Harvard Citation style: Borovska, P. and de Haas, B. (2024) Individual gaze shapes diverging neural representations, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(36), Article e2405602121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2405602121

APA Citation style: Borovska, P., & de Haas, B. (2024). Individual gaze shapes diverging neural representations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(36), Article e2405602121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2405602121