Steven Hsiao Publications
Research paper references.
Hsiao SS, Johnson KO, Yoshioka T (2002) Neural mechanisms of tactile perception. In: Comprehensive Handbook of Psychology: Volume 3: Biological Psychology (Gallagher M., Nelson RJ, eds), John Wiley and sons, Inc.

Hsiao SS, Lane JW, Fitzgerald PJ (2002) Representation of Orientation in the Somatosensory System. Behav Brain Res (in press).

Hsiao SS, Johnson KO (2002) Neural Basis for Somesthesis. In: Encyclopedia of cognitive science (Khan T, ed), pp (in press). Macmillan Nature Publishing Group.

Niebur E, Hsiao SS, Johnson KO (2002) Synchrony: a neuronal mechanism for attentional selection? Curr Opin Neurobiol 12/2: 190-204.

Pawluk, D., Byrne, A., Lane, J. W., and Hsiao, S. S. Effects of Changes in Hand Conformation on Neural Responses in Areas 3b, 1 and 2 of the Awake Behaving Monkey . Society for Neuroscience Abstracts . 2002.

Dorsch, A. K., Hsiao, S. S., Johnson, K. O., and Yoshioka, T. Tactile attention: subjective magnitude estimates of roughness using one or two fingers. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 27. 2001.

Hsiao SS, Vega-Bermudez F (2001) Attention in the Somatosensory system. In: The Somatosensory System: Deciphering the Brain's Own Body Image (Nelson RJ, ed), pp 197-217. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
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Johnson KO, Hsiao SS, Yoshioka T (2001) Neural coding and the basic law of psychophysics. Neuroscientist 8(2): 111-121.

Nakama, T., Lane, J. W., Fitzgerald, P. J., Johnson, K. O., and Hsiao, S. S. Linear Regression Analysis of Bimanual Responses of Neurons to Oriented Bars in the Second Somatosensory Cortex. Soc.Neursci.Abstr. 2001.

Roy, A., Steinmetz, P. N., ., Hsiao, S. S., Johnson, K. O., and Niebur, E. Synchrony: a neural correlate of somatosensory attention. Journal of Neuroscience in revison. 2001.

Yoshioka T, Gibb B, Dorsch AK, Hsiao SS, Johnson KO (2001) Neural coding mechanisms underlying perceived roughness of finely textured surfaces. J Neurosci 21: 6905-6916.

Dorsch, A. K., Yoshioka, T., Hsiao, S. S., and Johnson, K. O. Peripheral neural mechanisms underlying roughness perception of fine stimulus patterns. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 26, 429. 2000.

Fitzgerald, P. J., Mikula, S. A., Presad, S., Yoshioka, T., and Hsiao, S. S. Functional Organization And Cortical Connections Of Macaque Second Somatosensory Cortex. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts . 2000.

Hendel, S., Rapp, B., Vega-Bermudez, F., and Hsiao, S. S. Plasticity in somatosensory representation subsequent to cortical damage. Psychonomic Society . 2000.

Hsiao, S. S., Johnson, K. O., Yoshioka, T., and Pawluk, D. T. V. Tactile processing of afferent information from the periphery through the central nervous system. Howe, R. D., Cutkosky, M. R., Salisbury, J. K., and Srinivasan, M. A. Human and Machine Haptics. 2000. Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press.

Nakama, T., Lane, J. W., Fitzgerald, P. J., Sripati, A, Johnson, K. O., Yantis, S., and Hsiao, S. S. Attentional Modulation of Bilateral Neuronal Responses in the Secondary Somatosensory Cortex During an Orientation Discrimination Task. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts . 2000.

Steinmetz PN, Roy A, Fitzgerald PJ, Hsiao SS, Johnson KO, Niebur E (2000) Attention modulates synchronized neuronal firing in primate somatosensory cortex. Nature 404: 187-190.

Brisben AJ, Hsiao SS, Johnson KO (1999) Detection of vibration transmitted through an object grasped in the hand. J Neurophysiol 81: 1548-1558.

Fitzgerald, P. J., Lane, J. W., Yoshioka, T., Nakama, T., and Hsiao, S. S. Multi-digit Receptive field structures and orientation tuning properties of neurons in SII cortex of the awake monkey. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 25 (673.8), 1684. 1999.

Hendry SHC, Hsiao SS, Bushnell MC (1999) Somatic sensation. In: Fundamental Neuroscience (Zigmond MJ, Bloom FE, Landis SC, Roberts JL, Squire LR, eds), pp 761-789. San Diego: Academic Press.

Hendry SHC, Hsiao SS, Brown MC (1999) Fundamentals of sensory systems. In: Fundamental Neuroscience (Zigmond MJ, Bloom FE, Landis SC, Squire LR, eds), pp 657-670. San Diego: Academic Press.

Hsiao SS, Johnson KO, Yoshioka T, Pawluk D (1999) Tactile processing of afferent information from the periphery through the central nervous system. In: Human and Machine Haptics: (Howe RD, Cutkosky MR, Salisbury JK, Srinivasan MA, eds), Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press.

Niebur, E., Koch, C., Itti, L., Steinmetz, P. N., Roy, A., Fitzgerald, P., Johnson, K. O., and Hsiao, S. S. Modeling selective attention. Elsner, N. and Eysel, U. From Molecular Neurobiology to Clinical Neuroscience. 1, 151. 1999. Proceedings of the 1st Göttingen conference of the German Neuroscience Society.

Niebur, E., Roy, A., Steinmetz, P. N., Fitzgerald, P., Hsiao, S. S., and Johnson, K. O. Attention-induced changes of synchronous firing in somatosensory cortex differ between the first and second primate somatosensory areas. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 25. 1999.

Steinmetz, P. N., Roy, A., Fitzgerald, P. J., Hsiao, S. S., Niebur, E., and Johnson, K. O. Synchronous firing in the second somatosensory cortex covaries with the attentional state of alert Monkey. CNS99 . 1999.

DiCarlo JJ, Johnson KO, Hsiao SS (1998) Structure of receptive fields in area 3b of primary somatosensory cortex in the alert monkey. J Neurosci 18: 2626-2645.

Fitzgerald, P. J., Lane, J. W., and Hsiao, S. S. Attentional Effects in Somatosensory Cortex During an Orientation Discrimination Task. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 24 (444.10), 1126. 1998.

Hsiao SS (1998) Similarities between touch and vision. In: Neural aspects of tactile sensation (Morley JW, ed), pp 131-165. Amsterdam: Elsevier.

Pawluk DTV, van Buskirk CP, Killebrew JH, Hsiao SS, Johnson KO (1998) Control and pattern specification for a high density tactile display. In: Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, DSC-Vol. 64 (Furness RJ, ed), pp 97-102.

Steinmetz, P. N., Roy, A., Fitzgerald, P., Hsiao, S. S., Niebur, E., and Johnson, K. O. Synchronous firing in the second somatosensory cortex (SII) covaries with the attentional state of the alert monkey. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 24, 1513. 1998.

Blake DT, Johnson KO, Hsiao SS (1997) Monkey cutaneous SAI and RA responses to raised and depressed scanned patterns: effects of width, height, orientation, and a raised surround. J Neurophysiol 78: 2503-2517.

Blake DT, Hsiao SS, Johnson KO (1997) Neural coding mechanisms in tactile pattern recognition: the relative contributions of slowly and rapidly adapting mechanoreceptors to perceived roughness. J Neurosci 17: 7480-7489.

Brisben, A. J., Hsiao, S. S., and Johnson, K. O. The neural coding of vibrotactile pure sinusoids and sinusoidal modulation. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 23, 1008. 1997.

DiCarlo, J. J., Hsiao, S. S., and Johnson, K. O. Spatial and temporal properties of neural receptive field in area 3b of the awake monkey. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 23, 575. 1997.

Johnson, K. O., Brisben, A. J., and Hsiao, S. S. The perception of modulated sinusoidal vibrations. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 23, 1008. 1997.

DiCarlo JJ, Lane JW, Hsiao SS, Johnson KO (1996) Marking microelectrode penetrations with fluorescent dyes. J Neurosci Methods 64: 75-81.

DiCarlo, J. J., Twombly, I. A., Hsiao, S. S., and Johnson, K. O. Laminar differences in spatiotemporal receptive field structure of neurons in area 3b of the awake Macaque. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 22, 19. 1996.

Hsiao SS, Johnson KO, Twombly IA, DiCarlo JJ (1996) Form processing and attention effects in the somatosensory system. In: Somesthesis and the Neurobiology of the Somatosensory Cortex (Franzén O, Johansson RS, Terenius L, eds), pp 229-247. Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag.

Johnson KO, Hsiao SS, Blake DT (1996) Linearity as the basic law of psychophysics: Evidence from studies of the neural mechanisms of roughness magnitude estimation. In: Somesthesis and the Neurobiology of the Somatosensory Cortex (Franzén O, Johansson RS, Terenius L, eds), pp 213-228. Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag.

Twombly, I. A., DiCarlo, J. J., Johnson, K. O., and Hsiao, S. S. Linear and non-linear processing of spatial form in area 3b of the awake monkey. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 22, 18. 1996.

Brisben, A. J., Hsiao, S. S., and Johnson, K. O. Detecting vibratory stimuli delivered parallel and perpendicular to the skin in active and passive modes. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 21. 1995.

Hsiao, S. S., DiCarlo, J. J., and Johnson, K. O. Interlaminar processing of tactile spatial form in area 3b of the somatosensory system. Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Society . 10-5-1995.

Hsiao, S. S. and Johnson, K. O. The modification of neuronal processing of spatial form by selective attention in the somatosensory system. European Winter Conference for Brain Research . 1995.

Hsiao, S. S., DiCarlo, J. J., and Johnson, K. O. Interlaminar processing of tactile spatial form in area 3b of the somatosensory system. BMES . 1995.

Hsiao, S. S., DiCarlo, J. J., and Johnson, K. O. Interlaminar processing of tactile spatial form in area 3b of the somatosensory system. Proc.BMES . 10-5-1995

Johnson KO, Hsiao SS, Twombly IA (1995) Neural mechanisms of tactile form recognition. In: The Cognitive Neurosciences (Gazzaniga MS, ed), pp 235-268. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press.

Blake, D. T., Hsiao, S. S., and Johnson, K. O. Neural basis for tactile roughness perception: the relative contributions of slowly adapting and rapidly adapting afferents. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 20, 1387. 1994.

DiCarlo, J. J., Hsiao, S. S., and Johnson, K. O. Transformation of tactile spatial form within a cortical column in area 3b of the macaque. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 20, 1387. 1994.

Johnson KO, Van Boven RW, Hsiao SS (1994) The perception of two points is not the spatial resolution threshold. In: Touch, Temperature, and Pain in Health and Disease: Mechanisms and Assessments (Boivie J, Hansson P, Lindblom U, eds), pp 389-404. Seattle: IASP Press.

Johnson KO, Hsiao SS (1994) Evaluation of the relative roles of slowly and rapidly adapting afferent fibers in roughness perception. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 72: 488-497.

Leung, Y. Y., Hsiao, S. S., and Johnson, K. O. Adaptation of mechanoreceptive afferents to continuous sinusoidal vibration. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 20, 1387. 1994.

Looft, F. J., Hsiao, S. S., and Johnson, K. O. A variable threshold mechanoreceptor model. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 20, 1387. 1994.

Hsiao SS, O'Shaughnessy DM, Johnson KO (1993) Effects of selective attention of spatial form processing in monkey primary and secondary somatosensory cortex. J Neurophysiol 70: 444-447.

Hsiao SS, Johnson KO, Twombly IA (1993) Roughness coding in the somatosensory system. Acta Psychol (Amst ) 84: 53-67.

Johnson, K. O., Van Boven, R. W., and Hsiao, S. S. Neural mechanisms of sensation before and after nerve injury in humans. Touch,Temperature and Pain in Health and Disease, Stockholm . 1993.

Johnson KO, Hsiao SS (1993) Neural mechanisms of tactile sensation: Implications for haptic interfaces. J Acoust Soc Am 92: 2437.

Romo R, Ruiz S, Hsiao SS (1993) A tactile stimulator for studing motion processing in the somatic sensory system of primates. J Neurosci Methods 46: 139-146.

Johnson KO, Hsiao SS (1992) Neural mechanisms of tactual form and texture perception. Annu Rev Neurosci 15: 227-250.

Johnson KO, Hsiao SS (1992) Neural mechanisms of tactual form and texture perception. Annu Rev Neurosci 15: 227-250.