Congratulations to McPherson ERI members Ari Rosenberg and Lowell W. Thompson on their recent publication ‘Hierarchical computation of 3D motion across macaque areas MT and FST! This paper, which was published yesterday in Cell Reports, reveals that the macaque middle temporal (MT) area is largely specialized for processing 2D retinal motion and the neighboring fundus of the superior temporal sulcus (FST) contains a prominent representation of 3D motion. It also shows how behaviorally relevant motion representations can be computed from ambiguous retinal signals.
This work was made possible by two MERI awards: The Expanding Our Vision Award (awarded to Ari Rosenberg) and the Walsh Graduate Student Support Initiative Award (awarded to Lowell Thompson) in 2020. This same support also enabled these researchers to obtain an R01 from the National Eye Institute this same year!
