Publications

preprint
Schmidt, F.*, Hebart, M.N.*, Schmid, A., & Fleming, R. (2022). Core dimensions of human material perception. PsyArXiv. full text
Zheng, X. Y., Hebart, M.N., Dolan, R. J., Doeller, C. F., Cools, R., & Garvert, M. M. (2022). Parallel cognitive maps for short-term statistical and long-term semantic relationships in the hippocampal formation.   bioRxiv. full text
2023
Hebart, M.N.*, Contier, O.*, Teichmann, L.*, Rockter, A., Zheng, C.Y., Kidder, A., Corriveau, A., Vaziri-Pashkam, M., & Baker, C.I. (2023). THINGS-data: A multimodal collection of large-scale datasets for investigating object representations in brain and behavior. eLife 12, e82580. full text
neuroimaging datasets
neuroimaging code
behavioral similarity dataset & code
Stoinski, L.A., Perkuhn, J., & Hebart, M.N. (2023). THINGS+: New norms and metadata for the THINGS database of 1,854 object concepts and 26,107 natural object images. Behavior Research Methods. full text
Kramer, M.A., Hebart, M.N., Baker, C.I., & Bainbridge, W.A. (2023). The features underlying the memorability of objects. Science Advances. full text
Singer, J.J.D., Cichy, R.M.*, & Hebart, M.N.* (2023). The spatiotemporal neural dynamics of object recognition for natural images and line drawings. Journal of Neuroscience 43, 484-500. full text, code, fMRI data, MEG data
Dima, D. C., Hebart, M.N., & Isik, L. (2023). A data-driven investigation of human action representations.  Scientific Reports. full text
Borghesani, V., Armoza, J., Hebart, M.N., Bellec, P., & Brambati, S.M. (2023). The Three Terms Task - an open benchmark to compare human and artificial semantic representations. Scientific Data 10, 117. full text  
Josephs, E., Hebart, M.N., & Konkle, T. (2023). Emergent dimensions underlying human understanding of the reachable world. Cognition 234, 105368. full text  
2022
Muttenthaler, L. Zheng, C. Y., McClure, P., Vandermeulen, R. A., Hebart, M.N., & Pereira, F. (2022). VICE: Variational Interpretable Concept Embeddings. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS). full text, code
Hansen, H., & Hebart, M.N. (2022). Semantic features of object concepts generated with GPT-3. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 44. full text, code
Kaniuth, P., & Hebart, M.N. (2022). Feature-reweighted representational similarity analysis: A method for improving the fit between computational models, brains, and behavior. Neuroimage 257, 119294. full text, code
Singer, J., Seeliger, K., Kietzmann, T.C., & Hebart, M.N. (2022). From photos to sketches - how humans and deep neural networks process objects across different levels of visual abstraction. Journal of Vision 22, 1-19. full text
Grootswagers, T., Zhou, I., Robinson, A.K., Hebart, M.N., & Carlson, T.A. (2022). THINGS-EEG: Human electroencephalography recordings for 1,854 concepts presented in rapid serial visual presentation streams. Scientific Data 9, 3. full text, data & code
2021
Muttenthaler, L., & Hebart, M.N. (2021). THINGSvision: A Python toolbox for streamlining the extraction of activations from deep neural networks. Frontiers in Neuroinformatics 15, 45. full text, toolbox link
Liu, P., Chrysidou, A, Doehler, J, Hebart, M.N., Wolbers, T, & Kuehn, E. (2021). The organizational principles of de-differentiated topographic maps in somatosensory cortex. eLife 10, e60090. full text
2020
Hebart, M.N., Zheng, C.Y., Pereira, F., & Baker, C.I. (2020). Revealing the multidimensional mental representations of natural objects underlying human similarity judgments. Nature Human Behaviour 4, 1173–1185. full text, free version, preprint, data and code
News & Views about our work: Riesenhuber, M. (2020). How the mind sees the world. Nature Human Behaviour. full text
Spotlight about our work: Love, B., & Roads, B. (2021). Similarity as a window on the dimensions of object representation. Trends in Cognitive Sciences full text
Hebart, M.N. & Schuck, N. (2020). Current topics in Computational Cognitive Neuroscience. Editorial to a special issue in Neuropsychologia 147, 107621. full text, pdf
Bönstrup, M., Iturrate, I., Hebart, M.N., Censor, N., & Cohen, L.G. (2020). Mechanisms of offline motor learning at a microscale of seconds in large-scale crowdsourced data. Science of Learning 5, 7. full text
2019
Hebart, M.N., Dickter, A.H., Kidder, A., Kwok, W.Y., Corriveau, A., Van Wicklin, C, & Baker, C.I. (2019). THINGS: A database of 1,854 object concepts and more than 26,000 naturalistic object images. PLoS ONE 14(10):e0223792. full text, database (OSF)
Zheng, C.Y., Pereira, F., Baker, C.I., & Hebart, M.N. (2019). Revealing interpretable object representations from human behavior. ICLR 2019. full text
2018
Bankson, B.B.*, Hebart, M.N.*, Groen, I.I.A., & Baker, C.I.* (2018). The temporal evolution of conceptual object representations revealed through models of behavior, semantics and deep neural networks. Neuroimage. pdf
Hebart, M.N., Bankson, B.B., Harel, A., Baker, C.I.*, & Cichy, R.M.* (2018). Representational dynamics of task context and its influence on visual object processing. eLife 7:e32816. full text, data and code
2017
Hebart, M.N., & Baker, C.I. (2017). Deconstructing multivariate decoding for the study of brain function. Neuroimage. full text
Görgen, K., Hebart, M.N., Allefeld, C., & Haynes, J.-D. (2017). The Same Analysis Approach: Practical protection against the pitfalls of novel neuroimaging analysis methods. Neuroimage. full text
2016
Hebart, M.N., & Baker, C.I. (2016). Facing up to stereotypes. Nature Neuroscience 19, 763–764. pdf
Guggenmos, M., Wilbertz, G., Hebart, M.N.*, & Sterzer, P.* (2016). Mesolimbic confidence signals guide perceptual learning in the absence of external feedback. eLife 5, e13388. full text
Guo, R., Böhmer, W., Hebart, M.N., Chien, S., Sommer, T., Obermayer, K., & Gläscher, J. (2016). Interaction of instrumental and goal-directed learning modulates prediction error representations in the ventral striatum. Journal of Neuroscience 36, 12650-12660. pdf
Korjus, K., Hebart, M.N., & Vicente, R. (2016). An efficient data partitioning to improve classification performance while keeping parameters interpretable. PloS one 11, e0161788. full text
Höhne, J., Bartz, D., Hebart, M.N., Müller, K.-R., & Blankertz, B. (2016). Analyzing neuroimaging data with subclasses: A shrinkage approach. Neuroimage 124, 740-751. pdf
2015
Hebart, M.N.*, Görgen, K.*, & Haynes, J.-D. (2015). The Decoding Toolbox (TDT): A versatile software package for multivariate analyses of functional imaging data. Frontiers in Neuroinformatics. full text toolbox homepage
Christophel, T.B., Cichy, R.M., Hebart, M.N., & Haynes, J.-D. (2015). Parietal and early visual cortices encode working memory content across mental transformations. Neuroimage 106, 198-206. pdf
Peth, J., Sommer, T., Hebart, M.N., Vossel, G., Büchel, C., & Gamer, M. (2015). Memory detection using fMRI — Does the encoding context matter? Neuroimage 113, 164-174. pdf
2014
Hebart, M.N., Schriever, Y., Donner, T.H.*, & Haynes, J.-D.* (2014). The relationship between perceptual decision variables and confidence in the human brain. Cerebral Cortex. pdf
Hebart, M.N., & Gläscher, J. (2014). Serotonin and dopamine differentially affect appetitive and aversive general Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer Psychopharmacology 232, 437-451. pdf
Ritter, C., Hebart, M.N., Wolbers, T., & Bingel, U. (2014). Representation of spatial information in key areas of the descending pain modulatory system. Journal of Neuroscience 34, 4634-4639. pdf
Stein, T., Seymour, K., Hebart, M.N., & Sterzer, P. (2014). Rapid fear detection relies on high spatial frequencies. Psychological Science 25, 566-574. pdf
2012
Hebart, M.N., Donner, T.H.*, & Haynes, J.-D.* (2012). Human visual and parietal cortex encode visual choices independent of motor plans. Neuroimage 63, 1393-1403. pdf
Hebart, M.N., & Hesselmann, G. (2012). What visual information is processed in the human dorsal stream? Journal of Neuroscience 32, 8107-8109. pdf
Christophel, T.B., Hebart, M.N., & Haynes, J.-D. (2012). Decoding the contents of visual short-term memory from human visual and parietal cortex. Journal of Neuroscience 32, 12983-12989. pdf
2011
Stein, T., Hebart, M.N., & Sterzer, P. (2011). Breaking continuous flash suppression: A new measure of unconscious processing during interocular suppression? Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 5, 167. full text
Hesselmann, G., Hebart, M., & Malach, R. (2011). Differential BOLD activity associated with subjective and objective reports during “blindsight” in normal observers. Journal of Neuroscience, 31, 12936-12944. pdf

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