Publications

• Ma WJ, Huang W (2009). No capacity limit in attentional tracking: evidence for probabilistic inference under a resource constraint. Journal of Vision 9 (11): 3, 1-30. DOI: 10.1167/9.11.3 [pdf]
  Matlab code

• Ma WJ*, Zhou X*, Ross LA, Foxe JJ, Parra LC (2009). Lip-reading aids word recognition most in moderate noise: a Bayesian explanation using high-dimensional feature space. PLoS ONE 4 (3): e4638. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004638 [pdf] (*: joint first authors)
  Supporting information: [pdf]
  Sample stimuli
  Press release
  CNN American Morning, March 4, 2009
  Science Daily, March 3, 2009
  MSNBC The Body Odd, March 27, 2009

• Ma WJ (2009). Bayesian approach to perception. In: SAGE Encyclopedia of Perception, Goldstein EB ed., 201-5. [pdf]

• Ma WJ, Pouget A (2009). Population codes: theoretic aspects. In: Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, Squire LR ed., 7, 749-55. Academic Press, Oxford. [pdf]

• Beck JM*, Ma WJ*, Kiani R, Hanks TD, Churchland AK, Roitman JD, Shadlen MN, Latham, PE, and Pouget A (2008). Bayesian decision making with probabilistic population codes. Neuron 60 (6), 1142-5. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2008.09.021 [pdf] (*: joint first authors)
  Supplement: [pdf]
  Commentary by Emilio Salinas in Neuron: [pdf]
  Commentary by CNN, January 12, 2009 
  Commentary in Scientific American: [pdf]

• Ma WJ, Beck JM, Pouget A (2008). Spiking networks for Bayesian inference and choice. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 18, 217-22. DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2008.07.004 [pdf]

• Ma WJ, Pouget A (2008). Linking neurons to behavior in multisensory perception: a computational review. Brain Research 1242, 4-12. DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.04.082 [pdf]

• Beierholm U, Kording K, Shams L, Ma WJ (2008). Comparing Bayesian models for multisensory cue combination without mandatory integration. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 20, 81-88. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. [pdf]

• Beck JM, Ma WJ, Latham PE, Pouget A (2007). Probabilistic population codes and the exponential family of distributions. Progress in Brain Research 165, 509-19.

• Kording K*, Beierholm U*, Ma WJ*, Quartz S, Tenenbaum JB, Shams L (2007), Causal inference in multisensory perception. PLoS ONE 2 (9), e943. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000943 [pdf] (*: joint first authors)
  Supporting Information: [pdf]. Supporting figures: [S1] [S2]

• Ma WJ*, Beck JM*, Latham PE, Pouget A (2006). Bayesian inference with probabilistic population codes. Nature Neuroscience 9 (11), 1432-8. DOI: 10.1038/nn1790 [pdf] (*: joint first authors)
  Supplementary Note: [pdf]
  Commentary by Emilio Salinas: [pdf]

• Ma WJ, Hamker F, Koch C (2006). Neural Mechanisms Underlying Temporal Aspects of Conscious Visual Perception. In: The First Half Second: The Microgenesis and Temporal Dynamics of Unconscious and Conscious Visual Processes, Ögmen H, Breitmeyer BG eds., 275-94, MIT Press, Cambridge MA. [pdf]
  References: [pdf]

• Shams L, Ma WJ, Beierholm U (2005). Sound-induced flash illusion as an optimal percept. NeuroReport 16 (17), 1923-7. [pdf]

• Wilken P, Ma WJ (2004). A detection theory account of change detection. Journal of Vision 4 (12): 11, 1120-35. DOI: 10.1167/4.12.11 [pdf]