Welcome to the Konkle Lab!
Our broad
aim is to understand how we see and represent the world around us. How is the human visual system organized, and what pressures guide this organization?
How does vision interface with action demands, so we can interact in the world, and with conceptual representation, so we can learn more about the world by looking?
Our
approach starts from the premise that the connections of the brain are driven by powerful biological
constraints—as such, where different kinds of information is found in the brain is not arbitrary,
and serves as a clue into the underlying representational goals of the system. Our research approach is
inspired by considering the experience and needs of an active observer in the world—this thinking continually
deepens our understanding of how behavioral capacities are expectant in the local
and long-range architecture of the brain, and how neural networks absorb the statistics
of visual experience and the consequences of actions,
to realize the functions latent in the structure.
The
techniques we use include both empirical and computational methods.
We use functional neuroimaging and electroencephalography to measure the human brain.
We develop computational models to link network architecture with cortical topography.
We use behavioral methods to measure human perceptual and cognitive capacities.
And, we draw on machine vision and deep learning approaches to gain empirical traction into the formats of hierarchical visual representation that can support different visual behaviors.
contact:
talia_konkle@harvard.edu |
CV |
google scholar |
@talia_konkle
William James Hall 780
33 Kirkland St
Cambridge, MA
(617) 495-3886
PREPRINTS
PUBLICATIONS
Long-term memory has the same limit on fidelity as working memory.
Brady, T. F., Konkle, T., Gill, J., Oliva, A., & Alvarez, G. A. (2013).
Psychological Science, 24 (6), 981-990.
Sensitive period for a vision-dominated response in human MT/MST.
Bedny, M., Konkle, T., Pelphrey, K., Saxe, R., & Pascual-Leone, A. (2010).
Current Biology, 139(3), 20(21),1900-6.
Tactile Rivalry Demonstrated with an Ambiguous Apparent-Motion Quartet.
Carter, O. L., Konkle, T., Wang, Q., Hayward, V., & Moore, C. I. (2008).
Current Biology, 18(14), 1050-4.
Bilateral Pathways Do Not Predict Mirror Movements: A Case Report.
Verstynen, T. D., Spencer, R., Stinear, C. M., Konkle, T., Diedrichsen, J., Byblow, W. D., Ivry, R. B. (2007).
Neuropsychologia, 45(4), 844-852.
Current Open Positions:
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Topic area: Cognitive Neuroscience & fMRI
Seeking candidates with expertise/familiarity with fMRI, interest natural scene representation, object representation, visual attention, retinotopy
vision-language, visual development, and/or other related topics that relate to high-level vision. Canididate will have opportunity to learn more about deep neural network modeling;
interest/background in this area is a plus but not required.
More detailed information coming soon! If interested, send me an email with "Post Doc Candidate - [your name]" in the subject line, with your CV, a paper, and notes about your scientific interests, and timeline.
Lab Research Assistant and Manager
Seeking a candidate to join and support the research and activities of the broader Vision lab (PIs: Konkle & Alvarez).
Position involves (i) 1/3 research (supporting active onging projects in the lab); (1/3) administration (organizing lab meetings, coordinating interdisciplinary events);
and (1/3) personal development (attending seminars, taking classses, applying for graduate schools, etc). Position for 1-2 years. More detailed information coming soon!
If interested in the mean time, send me an email with "Lab RA Candidate - [your name]" in the subject line, your CV, and tell me a little about your background, interests and what drew you to this position.
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To get to know us better:
Explore the research page, watch one of my recent talks and check out some of the
videos of our presentations.
Reach out to the lab alumni to learn more about the lab climate, my mentorship style, and my speedy-skills on our lab slack.
And, read one of our recent papers that aligns with your interests!
My lab is part of the joint
Harvard Vision Sciences lab, co-led with
Prof. George Alvarez, and you can explore more about the broader Vision Lab
here!
I value working hard but also maintaining a workable balance across the various life fronts. I am a mom of two wonderful daughters (age 7 and 9), and a cancer survivor.
As a lab, we value normalizing mistakes and learning from them, developing thoughtful and effective systems for doing high-quality science, and recognizing the value of many perspectives, from Reviewer #2, to those with different racial origins and ethnic backgrounds, gender orientations, and other identities.