Sonica Saraf
Ph. D. student at NYU's Center for Neural Science, advised by Tony Movshon and SueYeon Chung
Research Interests
Broadly, I am interested in understanding receptive field properties in early visual areas. I study how certain properties arise through neural circuitry, and how a population's representational geometry is shaped by its underlying distribution of tuning properties.
Papers
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Variations in neuronal selectivity create efficient representational geometries for perception
Sonica Saraf, J. Anthony Movshon, and SueYeon Chung
This is a preprint available online: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.26.661754v1 -
Malleability of gamma rhythms enhances population-level correlations
Sonica Saraf and Lai-Sang Young
This is a preprint of an aritcle published in Journal of Computational Neuroscience : PDF.
The final verision is available online: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10827-021-00779-4 -
Hipsters and the Cool: A Game Theoretic Analysis of Social Identity, Trends and Fads
Russell Golman, Erin Bugbee, Aditi Jain, and Sonica Saraf
This is a preprint of an article published in Psychological Review : PDF.
The final version is available online: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-16685-001
Education
- Ph. D., New York University, Neural Science, Sep. 2020 - present
- M.S., New York University, Mathematics, Sep. 2016 - May 2018
- B.S., Carnegie Mellon University, Applied Math, minor in Neuroscience, Aug. 2012 - May 2016