2009

Saalmann Y, Kastner S (2009): Gain control in the visual thalamus during perception and cognition. Curr. Opinion Neurobiol., 19: 408-414. [pdf]

Peelen MV, Fei-Fei L, Kastner S (2009): Neural mechanisms of rapid natural scene categorization in human visual cortex. Nature 460: 94-97. [pdf] [supplemental information]

Nothdurft HC, Pigarev I, Kastner S (2009): Overt and covert visual search in primates: Reaction times and gaze shift strategies. J. Integrative Neurosci., 8: 137-174. [pdf]

Caplovitz GP, Kastner S (2009) Carrot sticks or joysticks: video games improve vision. Nat. Neurosci. 12: 527-528. [pdf]

Magen H, Emmanouil T, McMains SA, Kastner S, Treisman A (2009): Attentional demands predict short-term memory load response in posterior parietal cortex. Neuropsychologia 47: 1790-1798. [pdf]

Schneider KA, Kastner S (2009): Effects of sustained spatial attention in the human lateral geniculate nucleus and superior colliculus. J. Neurosci. 29: 1784-1795. [pdf]

Pinsk MA, Arcaro M, Weiner K, Kalkus, J, Inati S, Gross CG, Kastner S (2009) Neural representations of faces and body parts in macaque and human cortex: a comparative fMRI study. J. Neurophysiol. 101: 2581-2600. [pdf]

Beck DM, Kastner S (2009) Top-down and bottom-up mechanisms in biasing competition in the human brain. Vision Research, 49: 1154-1165. [pdf]

Arcaro MA, McMains SA, Singer B, Kastner S (2009) Retinotopic organization of the human ventral visual cortex. J. Neurosci., 29: 10638-10652. [pdf]

Peelen MV, Kastner S (2009): A non-visual look at the functional organization of visual cortex. Neuron, 63: 284-286. [pdf]

Silver M, Kastner S (2009): Topographic maps in human frontal and parietal cortex. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, (epub ahead of print). [pdf]

Kastner S, McMains SA, Beck DM (2009): Mechanisms of selective attention in the human visual system: Evidence from neuroimaging. In: Cognitive Neurosciences; ed. Gazzaniga MS; MIT press, pp. 205-217. [pdf]

Szczepanski S, Kastner S (2009): Transcranial magnetic stimulation studies of visuospatial attention control. F1000, in press.

McMains SA, Kastner S (2009): Visual attention. In: Encyclopedia of Neuroscience; eds. Binder, Hirokawa, Windhorst; Springer, in press.

Kastner S (2009): Neural basis of attention. In: Oxford Companion to Consciousness; eds. Bayne T, Cleeremans A, Wilken P; Oxford University Press, pp. 79-84.

McMains SA, Kastner S (2009) Defining the units of competition: Influences of perceptual organization on competitive interactions in human visual cortex. J Cog Neurosci, in press.

2008

Meier J, Aflalo T, Kastner S, Graziano MSA (2008) Complex organization of human primary motor cortex - A high resolution fMRI study. J Neurophysiol., 100(4): 1800-1812. [pdf]

Konen CS, Kastner S (2008b) Representation of eye movements and stimulus motion in topographically organized areas of human PPC. J Neurosci, 28: 8361-8375.[pdf]

Konen C, Kastner S (2008a) Two heirarchically organized neural systems for object information in human visual cortex. Nat Neurosci., 11(2): 224-231. [pdf]

Reynolds JH, Gottlieb J, Kastner S (2008) Attention. In: Fundamental neuroscience, 3rd edition. eds.: Bloom, McConnell, Roberts, Spitzer, Squire, Zigmond. Academic Press, 1113-1132.

Kastner S, De Weerd P, Ungerleider LG (2008) Cortical mechanisms of visuospatial attention in human and monkeys. In: Topics in integrative neuroscience: From cells to cognition. ed.: Pomerantz JR. Cambridge University Press, 77-117.

Beck DM, Kastner S (2007) Stimulus similarity modulates competitive interactions in human visual cortex. Journal of Vision, 7(2):19, 1-12. [pdf]

Kastner S, McMains SA (2007) Out of the spotlight: face to face with attention. Nat Neurosci., 10: 1344-1345.[pdf]

McMains SA, Fehd HM, Emmanouil TA, Kastner S (2007) Mechanisms of Feature- and Space-Based Attention: Response Modulation and Baseline Increases. J Neurophysiol., 98: 2110-2121.[pdf]

Pinsk MA, Kastner S (2007) Neuroscience: unconscious networking. Nature, 447(7140): 46-47.[pdf]

Kastner S, DeSimone K, Konen C, Szczepanski S, Weiner K, Schneider K (2007) Topographic Maps in Human Frontal Cortex Revealed in Memory-Guided Saccade and Spatial Working Memory Tasks. J Neurophysiol., 97(5): 3494-3507. [pdf]

Kastner S, Schneider KA, Wunderlich K (2006) Beyond a relay nucleus: neuroimaging views on the human LGN. Progress in Brain Res., 155: 125-143.[pdf]

Ramnani N, Behrens TEJ, Johansen-Berg H, Richter M, Pinsk MA, Anderson JLR, Rudebeck P, Ciccarelli O, Richter W, Wheeler-Kingshott CAM, Thompson AJ, Gross CG, Robson MD, Kastner S, Matthews PM (2006) The evolution of prefrontal inputs to the cortico-pontine system: Diffusion imaging evidence from macaque monkeys and humans. Cereb. Cortex, 16: 811-818.[pdf]

Wunderlich K, Schneider KA, Kastner S (2005) Neural correlates of binocular rivalry in the human lateral geniculate nucleus. Nat Neurosci., 8: 1595-602. [pdf]

Croxson PL, Johansen-Berg H, Behrens TEJ, Robson MD, Pinsk MA, Gross CG, Richter W, Richter MC, Kastner S, Rushworth MFS (2005) Quantitative investigation of connections of the prefrontal cortex in the human and macaque using probabilistic diffusion tractography. J. Neurosci., 25: 8854-8866. [pdf]

Beck DM, Kastner S (2005) Stimulus context modulates competition in human extrastriate cortex. Nature Neurocsci., 8: 1110-1116. [pdf]

Beck DM, Pinsk MA, Kastner S (2005) Symmetry perception in humans and macaques. Trends in Cog. Sci., 9: 405-406. [pdf]

Schneider KA, Kastner S (2005) Visual responses of the human superior colliculus: A high-resolution fMRI study. J. Neurophysiol., 94: 2491-2503. [link to pdf]

Pinsk MA, DeSimone K, Moore T, Gross CG, Kastner S (2005) Representations of faces and body parts in macaque temporal cortex: an fMRI study. P Natl Acad Sci USA 102: 6996-7001. [pdf]

Pinsk MA, Moore T, Richter MC, Gross CG, Kastner S (2005) Methods for functional magnetic resonance imaging in normal and lesioned behaving monkeys. J. Neurosci. Methods 143: 179-195. [pdf]

Kastner S, Beck DM (2005) Neural basis of biased competition in human visual cortex. In: Neurobiology of attention (eds. Itti L, Rees G, Tsotsos J); Academic Press, Elsevier, 305-310.

Kastner S, Schneider KA, O'Connor DH (2005) Attentional modulation in the human lateral geniculate nucleus and pulvinar. In: Neurobiology of attention (eds. Itti L, Rees G, Tsotsos J); Academic Press, Elsevier, 435-441. [pdf]

Kastner S, Pinsk MA (2004) Visual attention as a multi-level selection process. Cogn. Affect. Behav. Neurosci. 4: 483-500. [pdf]

Schneider KA, Richter MC, Kastner S (2004) Retinotopic organization and functional subdivisions of the human lateral geniculate nucleus: A high-resolution fMRI study. J. Neurosci. 24:8975-8985.[pdf]

Pinsk MA, Doniger GM, Kastner S (2004) Evidence for a push-pull mechanism of selective attention in human extrastriate cortex. J. Neurophysiol. 92: 622-629. [pdf]

Kastner S, O'Connor DH, Fukui MM, Fehd HM, Herwig U, Pinsk MA (2004) Functional imaging of the human lateral geniculate nucleus and pulvinar. J. Neurophysiol. 91:438-448. [pdf]

Kastner S (2004) Towards a neural basis of human visual attention: Evidence from functional brain imaging. In: Attention & Performance XX (eds. Kanwisher N, Duncan J); Oxford University Press, pp. 299-318.[pdf]

Kastner S (2004) Attentional response modulation in the human visual system. In: Attention (ed. Posner M); Guilford Press, pp. 144-156.

Kastner S (2003) A neural basis of human visual attention. In: The visual neurosciences (eds. Chalupa L, Werner JS); MIT Press, pp. 1514-1523.

Pessoa L, Kastner S, Ungerleider LG (2003) Neuroimaging studies of attention: From modulation of sensory processing to top-down control. J. Neurosci. 23: 3990-8. [pdf]


2002

O'Connor DH, Fukui MM, Pinsk MA, Kastner S (2002) Attention modulates responses in the human lateral geniculate nucleus. Nat. Neurosci. 5: 1203-1209. [pdf]

Pigarev IN, Nothdurft HC, Kastner S (2002) Neurons with radial receptive fields in monkey area V4A: Evidence of a subdivision of prelunate gyrus based on neuronal response properties. Exp. Brain Res. 145: 199-206. [pdf]

Pessoa L, Kastner S, Ungerleider LG (2002) Attentional control of the processing of neutral and emotional stimuli. Cog. Brain Res. 15: 31-45. [pdf]

Reynolds JH, Gottlieb J, Kastner S (2002) Attention. In: Fundamental neuroscience, 2nd edition (eds. Bloom FE, McConnell SK, Roberts JL, Spitzer NC, Squire LR, Zigmond MJ); Academic Press, pp. 1249-1275.[pdf]

Kastner S, De Weerd P, Pinsk MA, Elizondo MI, Desimone R, Ungerleider LG (2001) Modulation of sensory suppression: Implications for receptive field sizes in the human visual cortex. J. Neurophysiol. 86: 1398-1411. [pdf]

Pigarev IN, Nothdurft HC, Kastner S (2001) Neurons with large bilateral receptive fields in monkey prelunate gyrus. Exp. Brain Res. 136: 108-113. [pdf]

Kastner S, Ungerleider LG (2001) The neural basis of biased competition in the human visual cortex. Neuropsychologia 39: 1263-1276. [pdf]

Kastner S, Ungerleider LG (2001) The neural basis of biased competition in the human visual cortex. In: Imaging selective attention in the human brain (eds. Driver J, Frackowiak RSJ); Elsevier, Amsterdam.

Kastner S (2001) Attention, please! Book Review. Nat. Neurosci. 4: 971. [pdf]

Kastner S, Ungerleider LG (2000) Mechanisms of visual attention in the human cortex. Annu. Rev. Neurosci. 23: 315-341. [pdf]

Kastner S, De Weerd P, Ungerleider LG (2000) Texture segregation in the human visual cortex: A functional MRI study. J. Neurophysiol. 83: 2453-2457. [pdf]

Kastner S (2000) Attention and motion aftereffects: Just keep on tracking! Preview. Neuron 28: 314-316. [pdf]


1999

Kastner S, Pinsk MA, De Weerd P, Desimone R, Ungerleider LG (1999) Increased activity in human visual cortex during directed attention in the absence of visual stimulation. Neuron 22: 751-761. [pdf]

Kastner S, Nothdurft HC, Pigarev I (1999) Neuronal responses to motion and orientation contrast in cat striate cortex. Visual Neurosci. 16: 587-600. [pdf]


1998

Kastner S, Demmer I, Ziemann U (1998) Transient visual field defects induced by transcranial magnetic stimulation over human occipital pole. Exp. Brain Res. 118: 19-26. [pdf]

Kastner S, DeWeerd P, Desimone R, Ungerleider LG (1998) Mechanisms of directed attention in the human extrastriate cortex as revealed by functional MRI. Science 282: 108-111. [pdf]

Cohrs S, Tergau F, Riech S, Kastner S, Paulus W, Ziemann U, Ruether E, Hajak G (1998) High-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation delays rapid eye movement sleep. NeuroReport 9: 3439-3443. [pdf]

1997

Kastner S, Nothdurft HC, Pigarev I (1997) Neuronal correlates of pop-out in cat striate cortex. Vision Res. 37: 371-376. [pdf]

Pigarev IN, Nothdurft HC, Kastner S (1997) Evidence for asynchronous development of sleep in cortical areas. NeuroReport 8: 2557-2560. [pdf]

Pigarev IN, Nothdurft HC, Kastner S (1997) A reversible system for chronic recordings in macaque monkeys. J. Neurosci. Meth. 77: 157-162. [pdf]


1988-1992

Kastner S, Crook JM, Xing Pei, Creutzfeldt OD (1992) Neurophysiological correlates of colour induction on white surfaces. Eur. J. Neurosci. 4: 1079-1086. [pdf]

Creutzfeldt OD, Crook JM, Kastner S, Chao-Yi Li, Xing Pei (1991a) The neurophysiological correlates of colour and brightness contrast in lateral geniculate neurones. I. Population analysis. Exp. Brain Res. 87: 3-21. [pdf]

Creutzfeldt OD, Kastner S, Xing Pei, Valberg A (1991b) The neurophysiological correlates of colour and brightness contrast in lateral geniculate neurones. II. Adaptation and surround effects. Exp. Brain Res. 87: 22-45. [pdf]

Kastner S, Creutzfeldt OD, Li Chao-Yi, Crook JM, Pei Xing (1991) On neurophysiological correlates of simultaneous colour contrast as demonstrated in P-LGN cells of the macaque. In: From pigments to perception - Advances in understanding visual processes (eds. Valberg A, Lee BB); Plenum Press, New York/London, pp. 181-184.

Kastner S (1988) Bürgerliches Wohnen und Bauen in Göttingen. In: Göttingen 1690-1755 - Studien zur Sozialgeschichte einer Stadt (Göttinger Universittsschriften Bd. 9) (ed. Wellenreuther H); Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen, pp. 175-251.