Published Manuscripts

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  1. 1.Bredenberg C, Savin S†, Kiani R†. (2024). Recurrent neural circuits overcome partial inactivation by compensation and re-learning. Journal of Neuroscience. 44(16): e1635232024.

  2. 2.Nejatbakhsh A*, Fumarola F*, Esteki S, Toyoizumi T, Kiani R†, Mazzucato L†. (2023). Predicting perturbation effects from resting state activity using functional causal flow. Physical Review Research. 5(4): 043211. [APS][PDF]

  3. 3.Wickramasuriya DS, Khazaei S, Kiani R, Faghih RT. (2023). A Bayesian Filtering Approach for Tracking Sympathetic Arousal and Cortisol-related Energy from Marked Point Process and Continuous-valued Observations. IEEE Access. 11: 137204-137247.

  4. 4.Okazawa G, Kiani R. (2023). Neural mechanisms that make perceptual decisions flexible. Annual Review of Physiology. 10(85): 191-215. [PubMed][PDF]

  5. 5.Sakon JJ, Kiani R. (2022). Differences in memory for what, where, and when components of recently-formed episodes. Journal of Neurophysiology. 128(2): 310-325. [PubMed][PDF]

  6. 6.London D, Fazl A, Katlowitz K, Soula M, Pourfar MH, Mogilner AY†, Kiani R†. (2021). Distinct population code for movement kinematics and changes of ongoing movements in human subthalamic nucleus. eLife. 10:e64893. [PubMed][PDF]

  7. 7.Okazawa G, Sha L, Kiani R. (2021). Linear integration of sensory evidence over space and time underlies face categorization. Journal of Neuroscience. 41(37): 7876-7893. [PubMed][PDF]

  8. 8.Khalvati K, Kiani R†, Rao RPN†. (2021). Bayesian inference with incomplete knowledge explains perceptual confidence and its deviations from accuracy. Nature Communications. 12(1): 5704. [PubMed][PDF]

  9. 9.Okazawa G, Hatch CE, Mancoo A, Machens CK, Kiani R. (2021). Representational geometry of perceptual decisions in the monkey parietal cortex. Cell. 184(14): 3748-3761. [PubMed][PDF]

  10. 10.Mochol G, Kiani R†, Moreno-Bote R†. (2021). Prefrontal cortex represents heuristics that shape choice bias and its integration into future behavior. Current Biology. 31(6): 1234-1244. [PubMed][PDF]

    See this Current Biology     Dispatch by Talluri et al. that highlights our paper.

  11. 11.Peixoto D*, Verhein JR*, Kiani R, Kao JC, Nuyujukian P, Chandrasekaran C, Brown J, Fong S, Ryu SI, Shenoy KV, Newsome WT. (2021). Decoding and perturbing decision states in real time. Nature. 591(7851): 604-609. [PubMed][PDF]

  12. 12.Cuniberto E, You KD, Alharbi A, Huang Z, Wu T, Kiani R, Shahrjerdi D. (2021). Anomalous sensitivity enhancement of nano-graphitic electrochemical micro-sensors with reducing the operating voltage. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 177: 112966. doi: 10.1016/j.bios.2021.112966 [PubMed][PDF]

  13. 13.Maoz O, Tkačik G, Esteki MS, Kiani R†, Schneidman E†. (2020). Learning probabilistic representations with randomly connected neural circuits. PNAS. 117(40): 25066-25073. [PubMed][PDF]

  14. 14.Cuniberto E, Alharbi A, Wu T, Huang Z, Sardashti K, You K, Kisslinger K, Taniguchi T, Watanabe K, Kiani R, Shahrjerdi D. (2020). Nano-engineering the material structure of preferentially oriented nano-graphitic carbon for making high-performance electrochemical micro-sensors. Nature Scientific Reports. 10(1): 9444. [PubMed][PDF]

  15. 15.Waskom ML, Okazawa G, Kiani R. (2019). Designing and interpreting psychophysical investigations of cognition. Neuron. 104(1): 100-112. [PubMed][PDF]

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  16. 16.Wu T, Alharbi A, Kiani R, Shahrjerdi D. (2019). Quantitative principles for precise engineering of sensitivity in graphene electrochemical sensors. Advanced Materials. 31(6): e1805752. [PubMed][PDF]

  17. 17.Waskom ML, Kiani R. (2018). Decision-making through integration of sensory evidence at prolonged timescales. Current Biology. 28(23): 3850-3856. [PubMed][PDF]

  18. 18.Okazawa G, Sha L, Purcell BA, Kiani R. (2018). Psychophysical reverse correlation reflects both sensory and decision-making processes. Nature Communications. 9(1): 3479. [PubMed][PDF]

  19. 19.Waskom ML, Asfour J, Kiani R. (2018). Perceptual insensitivity to higher-order statistical moments of coherent random dot motion. J Vis. 18(6): 9. [PubMed][PDF]

  20. 20.Witthoft N*, Sha L*, Winawer J†, Kiani R†. (2018). Sensory and decision-making processes underlying perceptual adaptation. J Vis. 18(8): 10. [PubMed][PDF]

  21. 21.Nasri B, Wu T, Alharbi A, You K, Sebastian SP, Kiani R, Shahrjerdi D. (2017). Hybrid CMOS-graphene sensor array for sub-second dopamine detection. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems (TBioCAS). 11(6):1192-1203. doi: 10.1109/TBCAS.2017.2778048. [PDF]

  22. 22.Nasri B, Wu T, Alharbi A, Gupta M, RanjitKumar R, Sebastian S, Kiani R, Shahrjerdi D. (2017). Heterogeneous integrated CMOS-graphene sensor array for dopamine detection. IEEE Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC). 2017: 268-269. doi: 10.1109/ISSCC.2017.7870364. [PDF]

  23. 23.van den Berg R, Zylberberg A, Kiani R, Shadlen MN, Wolpert DM. (2016). Confidence is the bridge between multi-stage decisions. Current Biology. 26(23): 3157-3168. [PubMed][PDF]

  24. 24.Purcell BA, Kiani R. (2016). Hierarchical decision processes that operate over distinct time scales underlie choice and changes in strategy. PNAS. 113(31): E4531-4540. [PubMed][PDF]

  25. 25.Churchland AK, Kiani R. (2016). Three challenges for connecting model to mechanism in decision-making. Curr Opin Behav Sci. 11: 74-80. [PubMed][PDF]

  26. 26.A Dehaqani MR, Vahabie H, Kiani R, Nili Ahmadabadi M, Nadjar Araabi B, Esteky H. (2016). Temporal dynamics of visual category representation in the macaque inferior temporal cortex. J Neurophysiol. 116(2): 587-601. [PubMed][PDF]

  27. 27.Karpova A, Kiani R. (2016). Neurobiology of cognitive behavior: Complexity of neural computation and cognition. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 37: v-viii. [PubMed][PDF]

  28. 28.Shadlen MN, Kiani R, Newsome WT, Gold JI, Wolpert DM, Zylberberg A, Ditterich J, de Lafuente V, Yang T, Roitman J. (2016). Comment on "Single-trial spike trains in parietal cortex reveal discrete steps during decision-making". Science. 351(6280): 1406. [PubMed][PDF]

  29. 29.Purcell BA, Kiani R. (2016). Neural Mechanisms of Post-error Adjustments of Decision Policy in Parietal Cortex. Neuron. 89(3): 658-671. [PubMed][PDF]

    See this Neuron Preview on our paper by Ullsperger and Danielmeier.

  30. 30.van den Berg R, Anandalingam K, Zylberberg A, Kiani R, Shadlen MN, Wolpert DM. (2016). A common mechanism underlies changes of mind about decisions and confidence. eLife. 5: e12192. [PubMed][PDF]

  31. 31.Kiani R, Cueva CJ, Reppas JB, Peixoto D, Ryu SI, Newsome WT. (2015). Natural grouping of neural responses reveals spatially segregated clusters in prearcuate cortex. Neuron. 85(6): 1359-1373. [PubMed][PDF]

    See this Neuron Preview on our paper by Vanduffel and Arsenault.

  32. 32.Fetsch CR, Kiani R, Shadlen MN. (2015). Predicting the accuracy of a decision: a neural mechanism of confidence. In Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology, Volume LXXIX. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. [PubMed][preprint]

  33. 33.Kiani R, Corthell L, Shadlen MN. (2014). Choice certainty is informed by both evidence and decision time. Neuron. 84(6): 1329-1342. [PubMed][PDF]

  34. 34.Fetsch CR*, Kiani R*, Newsome WT, Shadlen MN. (2014). Effects of cortical microstimulation on confidence in a perceptual decision. Neuron. 83(4): 797-804. [PubMed][PDF]

    See this Neuron Preview about this paper by de Lafuente and Romo.

  35. 35.Kiani R, Cueva CJ, Reppas JB, Newsome WT. (2014). Dynamics of neural population responses in prefrontal cortex indicate changes of mind on single trials. Current Biology. 24(13): 1542-1547. [PubMed][PDF]

  36. 36.Hanks TD, Kiani R, Shadlen MN. (2014). A neural mechanism of speed-accuracy tradeoff in macaque area LIP. eLife. 3: e02260. [PubMed][PDF]

  37. 37.Lehky SR, Kiani R, Esteky H, Tanaka K. (2014). Dimensionality of object representations in monkey inferotemporal cortex. Neural Computation. 24: 1-28. [PubMed][PDF]

  38. 38.Gordon AM, Rissman J, Kiani R, Wagner AD. (2014). Cortical Reinstatement Mediates the Relationship Between Content-Specific Encoding Activity and Subsequent Recollection Decisions. Cereb Cortex. 24(12): 3350-3364. [PubMed][PDF]

  39. 39.Shadlen MN, Kiani R. (2013). Decision making as a window on cognition. Neuron. 80(3): 791-806. [PubMed][PDF]

  40. 40.Kiani R, Churchland AK, Shadlen MN. (2013). Integration of direction cues is invariant to the temporal gap between them. J Neurosci. 33(42): 16483-16489. [PubMed][PDF]

  41. 41.Zirnsak M, Gerhards R, Kiani R, Lappe M, Hamker F. (2011). Anticipatory Saccade Target Processing and the Pre-saccadic Transfer of Visual Features. J Neurosci. 31(49):17887-17891. [PubMed][PDF]

  42. 42.Lehky SR, Kiani R, Esteky H, Tanaka K. (2011). Statistics of visual responses in primate inferotemporal cortex to object stimuli. J Neurophysiol. 106(3): 1097-1117. [PubMed][PDF]

  43. 43.Hanks TD, Mazurek ME, Kiani R, Hopp E, Shadlen MN. (2011). Elapsed decision time affects the weighting of prior probability in a perceptual decision task. J Neurosci. 31(17): 6339-6352. [PubMed][PDF]

    See this Journal Club article on our paper in The Journal of Neuroscience.

  44. 44.Churchland AK, Kiani R, Chaudhuri R, Wang XJ, Pouget A, Shadlen MN. (2011). Variance as a signature of neural computations during decision-making. Neuron. 69(4): 818-831. [PubMed][PDF]

  45. 45.Resulaj A, Kiani R, Wolpert DM, Shadlen MN. (2009). Changes of mind in decision-making. Nature. 461(7261): 263-266. [PubMed][PDF]

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    See this Neuron Preview on our paper.

  46. 46.Kiani R, Shadlen MN. (2009). Representation of confidence associated with a decision by neurons in the parietal cortex. Science. 324(5928): 759-764. [PubMed][PDF]

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    See Pearson and Platt’s Preview about this paper in Neuron.

  47. 47.Kriegeskorte N, Mur M, Ruff DA, Kiani R, Bodurka J, Esteky H, Tanaka K, Bandettini PA. (2008). Matching categorical object representations in inferotemporal cortex of man and monkey. Neuron. 60(6): 1126-1141. [PubMed][PDF]

    Featured Article of Neuron.

  48. 48.Beck JM, Ma WJ, Kiani R, Hanks TD, Churchland AK, Roitman J, Shadlen MN, Latham PE, Pouget A. (2008). Probabilistic population codes for Bayesian decision making. Neuron. 60(6): 1142-1152. [PubMed][PDF]

    See Neuron Preview on this paper [PDF].

  49. 49.Churchland AK, Kiani R, Shadlen MN. (2008). Decision-making with multiple alternatives. Nat Neurosci. 11(6): 693-702. [PubMed][PDF]

    See thus Nature Neuroscience News and Views on our paper [PDF].

  50. 50.Kiani R, Hanks TD, Shadlen MN. (2008). Bounded integration in parietal cortex underlies decisions even when viewing duration is dictated by the environment. J Neurosci. 28(12): 3017-3029. [PubMed][PDF]

  51. 51.Shadlen MN, Kiani R. (2007). An awakening. Nature. 448(7153): 539-540. [PubMed][PDF]

  52. 52.Kiani R, Esteky H, Mirpour K, Tanaka K. (2007). Object category structure in response patterns of neuronal population in monkey inferior temporal cortex. J Neurophysiol. 97(6): 4296-4309. [PubMed] [PDF]

  53. 53.Afraz SR, Kiani R, Esteky H. (2006). Microstimulation of inferotemporal cortex influences face categorization. Nature. 442(7103): 692-695. [PubMed] [PDF]

    See this Nature News and Views on this paper [PDF].

  54. 54.Kiani R, Hanks TD, Shadlen MN. (2006). When is enough enough? Nat Neurosci. 9(7): 861-863. [PubMed] [PDF]

  55. 55.Kiani R, Esteky H, Tanaka H. (2005). Differences in onset latency of macaque inferotemporal neural responses to primate and non-primate faces. J Neurophysiol., 94(2): 1587-1596. [PubMed] [PDF]

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  56. 56.Farazifard R, Kiani R, Esteky H. (2005). Effects of GABAA receptor inhibition on response properties of barrel cortical neurons in C-Fiber depleted rats. Brain Res. 1050(1-2): 27-32. [PubMed] [PDF]

  57. 57.Farzaifard R, Kiani R, Noorbakhsh SM, Esteky H. (2005). Effects of neonatal C-fiber depletion on the integration of paired-whisker inputs in rat barrel cortex. Exp Brain Res. 162(1): 115-121. [PubMed] [PDF]

  58. 58.Afraz SR, Kiani R, Vaziri-Pashkam M, Esteky H. (2004). Motion-induced overestimation of the number of items in a display. Perception. 33(8): 915-925. [PubMed] [PDF]

  59. 59.Kiani R, Farazifard R, Noorbakhsh SM, Esteky H. (2004). Effects of neonatal C-fiber depletion on discrimination of principal and adjacent whisker stimulation within rat individual cortical barrels. Brain Res. 1015(1-2): 129-135. [PubMed] [PDF]



Book Chapters

  1. 1.Kiani R, Ala-Laurila P, Rieke F. (2020). Seeing with a few photons: Bridging cellular and circuit mechanisms with perception. In: The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference, Vol 1, Vision I. San Diego: Academic Press.

  2. 2.Shadlen MN, Kiani R. (2011). Consciousness as a decision to engage. In Characterizing Consciousness: From Cognition to the Clinic. Dehaene S, Christen Y (eds.), Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. [preprint][amazon.com]

  3. 3.Shadlen MN, Kiani R, Hanks TD, Churchland AK. (2008). Neurobiology of decision making: An intentional framework. In Better Than Conscious? Decision Making, the Human Mind, and Implications for Institutions. Engel C, Singer W (eds.), MIT Press: Cambridge. [preprint][amazon.com]

  4. 4.Shadlen MN, Hanks TD, Churchland AK, Kiani R, Yang T. (2006). The Speed and accuracy of a simple perceptual decision: a mathematical primer. In Bayesian Brain: Probabilistic Approaches to Neural Coding. Doya K, Ishii S, Pouget A, Rao RPN (eds.), MIT Press: Cambridge. [preprint][amazon.com]



Preprints

  1. 1.Sieveritz B, Kiani R. (2024). Anatomical Connections of Primate Mediodorsal and Motor Thalamic Nuclei with the Cortex. arXiv:2409.02065; doi: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2409.02065

  2. 1.Gupta G, Rhodes J, Kiani R, Bogdan P. (2021). Neuron particles capture network topology and behavior from single units. bioRxiv 2021.12.03.471160; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.12.03.471160

  3. 2.Karpas ED, Maoz O, Kiani R†, Schneidman E†. (2019). Strongly correlated spatiotemporal encoding and simple decoding in the prefrontal cortex. bioRxiv 693192; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/693192

  4. 3.Peixoto D, Kiani R, Chandrasekaran C, Ryu SI, Shenoy KV, Newsome WT. (2018). Population dynamics of choice representation in dorsal premotor and primary motor cortex. bioRxiv 283960; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/283960



Abstracts

  1. 1.London D, Soula M, Pan L, Kiani R†, Mogilner A†. (2023). Encoding of action plans and confidence in the human basal ganglia-thalamic circuit. International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society Meeting. Copenhagen, Denmark.

  2. 2.Okazawa G, Hatch CE, Mancoo A, Machens CK, Kiani R. (2021). The geometry of the representation of decision variable and stimulus difficulty in the parietal cortex. Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne) Meeting.

  3. 3.Nejatbakhsh A*, Fumarola F*, Esteki S, Toyoizumi T, Kiani R†, Mazzucato L†. (2021). Predicting perturbation effects from resting state activity using functional causal flow. Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne) Meeting.

  4. 4.Minai Y, Okazawa G, Sakon J, Kiani R. (2020). Macaque monkeys use a prospective decision strategy for multi-step navigation in a maze. Annual Conference of Japanese Neural Network Society.

  5. 5.Okazawa G, Hatch CE, Mancoo A, Machens CK, Kiani R. (2020). The geometry of the representation of decision variable and stimulus difficulty in the macaque parietal cortex. Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society.

  6. 6.Esteki MS, Benna S, Fusi S, Kiani R. (2020). Context-dependent representation of the decision-making process in the monkey prearcuate gyrus. Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne) Meeting. Denver, CO.

  7. 7.Bredenberg C, Savin C†, Kiani R†. (2020). Recurrent neural circuits overcome partial inactivation by compensation and re-learning. Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne) Meeting. Denver, CO.

  8. 8.Karpas E, Maoz O, Kiani R†, Schneidman E†. (2020). Strongly correlated spatiotemporal encoding and simple decoding in the prefrontal cortex. Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne) Meeting. Denver, CO.

  9. 9.Okazawa G, Kiani R. (2019). Distinct representations of decision variable and task difficulty in the monkey lateral intraparietal cortex. Program No. 757.07. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Chicago, IL.

  10. 10.Waskom ML, Sidani L, Kiani R. (2019). Distributed neural signatures of evidence integration during prolonged deliberation. Program No. 756.02. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Chicago, IL.

  11. 11.Okazawa G, Kiani R. (2019). Joint encoding of the decision variable and task difficulty forms a curved manifold in state space in the monkey parietal cortex. 9th International Workshop of Statistical Analysis of Neuronal Data (SAND9). Pittsburgh, PA.

  12. 12.Okazawa G, Kiani R. (2018). Representation of the dynamics of decision-making process in the lateral intraparietal cortex during face discrimination. Program No. 486.06. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. San Diego, CA.

  13. 13.Waskom ML, Purcell BA, Kiani R. (2018). Structured correlations of neuronal activity within and between regions of primate frontoparietal cortex. Program No. 081.03. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. San Diego, CA.

  14. 14.Esteki M, Purcell BA, Kiani R. (2018). Confidence about choices informs changes of strategy based on feedback. Program No. 486.08. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. San Diego, CA.

  15. 15.Peixoto D, Kiani R, Chandrasekaran, Ryu S, Shenoy KV, Newsome WT. (2018). Population dynamics of choice representation in dorsal premotor and primary motor cortex. Program No. 359.05. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. San Diego, CA.

  16. 16.Sha L, Witthoft N, Winawer J, Kiani R. (2018). Sensory and decision-making processes underlying perceptual adaptation. Program No. 486.05. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. San Diego, CA.

  17. 17.Mochol G, Kiani R†, Moreno-Bote R†. (2018). Representation of choice bias in the activity of prearcuate gyrus during perceptual decision making. Program No. 486.07. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. San Diego, CA.

  18. 18.Waskom ML, Kiani R. (2018). Decision-making through evidence integration at long timescales. Conference on Cognitive Computational Neuroscience (CCN). Philadelphia, PA.

  19. 19.Waskom M, Kiani R. (2018).  Decision-making through evidence integration at long timescales. Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne) Meeting. Denver, CO.

  20. 20.Mochol G, Kiani R†, Moreno-Bote R†. (2018). Representation of choice bias in the activity of prearcuate gyrus during perceptual decision making. Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne) Meeting. Denver, CO.

  21. 21.Lakshminarasimhan K, Kiani R, DeAngelis G, Schrater P, Pitkow X, Avila E, Angelaki D. (2018). Task representation in the macaque posterior parietal cortex during virtual navigation. Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne) Meeting. Denver, CO.

  22. 22.Sha L, Kiani R. (2017). Neural mechanisms of perceptual learning in frontal eye fields neural population. Program No. 58.13. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Washington DC.

  23. 23.Khalvati K, Kiani R†, Rao RP†. (2017). Predicting belief from accuracy in perceptual decisions. Program No. 58.14. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Washington DC.

  24. 24.Purcell B, Kiani R. (2017). Frontal and parietal areas represent distinct processes supporting hierarchical decisions over different timescales. Program No. 58.15. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Washington DC.

  25. 25.Sakon JJ, Kiani R. (2017). Differences in retrieval of what, where, and when components of recently-formed episodic memories. Program No. 194.06. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Washington DC.

  26. 26.Levy P, Zirnsak M, Michels L, Moore T, Kiani R. (2017). Asymmetric Saccadic Suppression: Preserved Luminance Sensitivity along the Saccade Trajectory. Conference on Cognitive Computational Neuroscience (CCN). New York, NY.

  27. 27.Okazawa G, Kiani R. (2017). Psychophysical reverse correlation reflects both sensory filters and the decision-making process. Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne) Meeting. Salt Lake City, UT.

  28. 28.Maoz O, Tkacik G, Kiani R, Schneidman E. (2017). A probabilistic model for the neural code using maximum entropy of random projections. Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne) Meeting. Salt Lake City, UT.

  29. 29.Okazawa G, Sha L, Kiani R. (2016). Face discrimination under uncertainty depends on linear integration of visual features over space and time. Program No. 330.19. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. San Diego, CA.

  30. 30.Kiani R. (2016). The role of choice certainty in guiding behavior in complex environments. Program No. 476.05. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. San Diego, CA.

  31. 31.Khalvati K, Kiani R, Rao RP. (2016). Choice certainty reveals equivalence of POMDP and drift-diffusion model. Program No. 330.18. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. San Diego, CA.

  32. 32.Peixoto D, Kiani R, Kao JC, Nuyujukian P, Chandrasekaran C, Brown JR, Fong S, Shenoy K, Newsome WT. (2016). Real-time decoding of a decision variable during a perceptual discrimination task. Program No. 485.07. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. San Diego, CA.

  33. 33.Wu T, Nasri B, Alharbi A, Bang S, Patel A, Liu B, Kiani R, Shahrjerdi D. (2016). An integrated multi-electrode carbon microfiber sensor platform for subsecond dopamine detection. Material Research Society Fall Meeting.

  34. 34.Maoz O, Tkacik G, Kiani R, Schneidman E. (2016). Learning neural population codes with maximum entropy models based on sparse non-linear constraints. AREADNE 2016. Santorini, Greece.

  35. 35.Esteki S, Hallum LE, Garcia-Marin V, Kelly JG, Kiani R. (2015). The structure of response correlation matrix is stable in the primate visual cortex and reveals the anatomical boundary of V1 and V2. Program No. 59.17. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Chicago, IL.

  36. 36.Sha L, Kiani R. (2015). Mechanisms of perceptual learning and learning interference in visual categorization. Program No. 60.07. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Chicago, IL.

  37. 37.Purcell B, Kiani R. (2015). Post-error adjustments of decision strategy are informed by decision confidence. Program No. 60.08. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Chicago, IL.

  38. 38.Abolghasemi-Dehaqani MR, Vahabie AH, Kiani R, Nili Ahmadabadi M, Nadjar Araabi, Esteky H. (2015). Temporal dynamics of visual category representation in the macaque inferior temporal cortex. Program No. 333.06. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Chicago, IL.

  39. 39.Purcell B, Kiani R. (2014). Adaptive decision-making: a role for choice certainty in updating environmental belief. Program No. 435.17. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Washington DC.

  40. 40.Hatch CE, Purcell B, Kiani R. (2014). Prior probability of stimuli influences the computation of choice certainty. Program No. 435.15. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Washington DC.

  41. 41.Goris RLT, Kiani R. (2014). Functional segregation of evidence accumulation and decision commitment in lateral intraparietal cortex. Program No. 435.14. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Washington DC.

  42. 42.Peixoto D, Kiani R, Chandrasekaran C, Shenoy KV, Newsome WT. (2014). Temporal certainty about stimulus presentation differentially affects response dynamics in dorsal premotor and primary motor cortex. Program No. 435.12. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Washington DC.

  43. 43.Kiani R, Cueva C, Reppas J, Newsome WT. (2014). Changes-of-mind during decision-making: Neural correlates on single trials. Program No. 435.10. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Washington DC.

  44. 44.Lehky SR, Kiani R, Esteky H, Tanaka K. (2014). Estimating dimensionality of object representations in monkey inferotemporal cortex. Program No. 822.27. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Washington DC.

  45. 45.Goris RLT, Kiani R. (2014). Graded representation of evidence accumulation and decision outcome in lateral intraparietal cortex. Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne) Meeting. Salt Lake City, UT.

  46. 46.Purcell B, Kiani R. (2013). Changes in behavior and lateral intraparietal neuron activity reveal diverse adjustments in decision-making processes after errors. Program No. 575.15. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. San Diego, CA.

  47. 47.Peixoto D, Kiani R, Chandrasekaran C, Shenoy KV, Newsome WT. (2013). Neural correlates of decision formation in PMd in a perceptual discrimination task. Program No. 263.13. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. San Diego, CA.

  48. 48.Witthoft N, Winawer J, Kiani R. (2013). The Behavioral Effects of Adaptation to Facial Expressions are Explained by Changes in the Decision-Making Process. Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting. Naples, FL.

  49. 49.Kiani R, Cueva CJ, Reppas JB, Peixoto D, Newsome WT. (2012). Natural grouping of neural responses reveals spatially segregated clusters in prearcuate cortex. Program No. 79.28. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. New Orleans, LA.

  50. 50.Zirnsak M, Kiani R, Michels L, Moore T. (2012). Saccadic luminance detection across visual space. Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting. Naples, FL.

  51. 51.Kiani R, Shadlen MN, Newsome WT. (2011). Belief and time: Response dynamics of lateral intraparietal neurons represent choice certainty. Program No. 17.06. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Washington DC.

  52. 52.Fetsch CR*, Kiani R*, Shadlen MN. (2011). Effects of MT and MST microstimulation on perceptual decisions, biases, and choice certainty. Program No. 17.05. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Washington DC.

  53. 53.Gordon AM*, Kiani R*, Newsome WT, Wagner AD. (2011). Representations of decision evidence across perception and memory: An fMRI study. Program No. 327.05. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Washington DC.

  54. 54.Gordon A*, Kiani R*, Newsome W, Wagner A. (2011). Neural representation of evidence in perceptual and memory-based decisions. Cognitive Neuroscience Society 18th Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA.

  55. 55.Churchland AK, Shadlen MN, Shea-Brown E, Kiani R. (2010). A new measure of firing rate correlations across time reveals a signature of bounded evidence accumulation in LIP firing rates. Program No. 172.8. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. San Diego, CA.

  56. 56.Lehky SR, Kiani R, Esteky H, Tanaka K. (2010). Statistics of visual responses in primate inferotemporal cortex to object stimuli. Program No. 372.6. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. San Diego, CA.

  57. 57.Kiani R, Churchland AK, Shadlen MN. (2009). Microstimulation of extrastriate area MST affects certainty about choice in a direction discrimination task. Program No. 803.6. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Chicago, IL.

  58. 58.Hanks TD, Kiani R, Shadlen MN. (2009). A neural correlate of the tradeoff between the speed and accuracy of a decision. Program No. 803.4. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Chicago, IL.

  59. 59.Churchland AK, Kiani R, Shadlen MN. (2009). The weighting game: Microstimulation of area MT reveals the effective weights of different neurons on perceptual choices. Program No. 803.7. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Chicago, IL.

  60. 60.Kiani R, Shadlen MN. (2008). Representation of choice certainty in the monkey parietal cortex. Program No. 711.2. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Washington DC.

  61. 61.Kriegeskorte N, Mur M, Kiani R, Bandettini P. (2008). Representational similarity analysis – a framework for relating computational theory to behavioral and brain-activity data. Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne) Meeting. Salt Lake City, UT.

  62. 62.Hanks TD, Kiani R, Kira S, Shadlen MN. (2007). Evidence for the incorporation of psychological urgency in decision making. Program No. 507.4. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. San Diego, CA.

  63. 63.Churchland AK, Kiani R, Shadlen MN. (2007). LIP neurons combine accumulated evidence with a representation of elapsed time --urgency-- to mediate a perceptual decision. Program No. 507.3. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. San Diego, CA.

  64. 64.Kriegeskorte N, Mur M, Ruff D, Kiani R, Bodurka J, Bandettini P. (2007). Matching categorical object representations in inferotemporal cortex of man and monkey. The Organization for Human Brain Mapping 13th Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL.

  65. 65.Churchland AK, Kiani R, Shadlen MN. (2006). Time course of response variability in area LIP in a two- and four-choice decision task. Program No. 548.29. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Atlanta, GA.

  66. 66.Shadlen MN, Hanks TD, Mazurek ME, Kiani R, Yang T, Churchland AK, McKinley MK, Palmer J. (2006). The brain uses elapsed time to convert spike rate to probability. Program No. 605.6. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Atlanta, GA.

  67. 67.Kiani R, Hanks TD, Shadlen MN. (2006). Improvement in sensitivity with viewing time is limited by an integration-to-bound mechanism in area LIP. Program No. 605.7. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Atlanta, GA.

  68. 68.Afraz SR, Kiani R, Esteky H. (2006). Microstimulation of inferotemporal cortex influences face categorization. Program No. 702.4. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Atlanta, GA.

  69. 69.Kiani R, Esteky H, Tanaka K. (2005). Hierarchical representation of object categories in monkey inferotemporal cortex. Program No. 620.4. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Washington DC.

  70. 70.Churchland AK, Tam M, Palmer J, Kiani R, Shadlen MN. (2005). Responses of LIP neurons reflect accumulation of evidence in a multiple choice decision task. Program No. 16.8. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Washington DC.

  71. 71.Churchland AK, Kiani R, Tam M, Shadlen MN. (2005). More than 2: Multiple choice decision-making in humans and monkeys. Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne) Meeting. Salt Lake City, UT.

  72. 72.Vaziri-Pashkam M, Afraz SR, Kiani R, Esteky H. (2004). Motion-induced overestimation. European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Budapest, Hungary.

  73. 73.Kiani R, Esteky H, Tanaka K. (2003). Short latency category specific neural responses to human faces in macaque inferotemporal cortex. Program No. 590.4. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. New Orleans, LA.

  74. 74.Mousavi A, Arabzadeh E, Kiani R. (2000). Relative sets. Proceedings of the 1st international conference on intelligent technologies (Intech), Bangkok, Thailand.

  75. 75.Arabzadeh E, Kiani R, Mousavi A. (2000). Relative sets and the three world description. Proceedings of the international conference on artificial intelligence in science and technology (AISAT), Tasmania, Australia.