Alexander Huk
{{short description|American neuroscientist}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Alexander C. Huk
| nationality = American
| field = Neuroscience (Visual Neuroscience, Computational Neuroscience, Systems Neuroscience)
| work_institution = UCLA UT-Austin
| alma_mater = {{Unbulleted list |Swarthmore College (BA)|Stanford University (PhD)}}
| doctoral_advisor = David Heeger
| prizes = Vision Science Society Young Investigator Award (2011)
}}
Alexander C. Huk is an American neuroscientist.{{cite web|title=Alexander C. Huk|url=http://motion.cps.utexas.edu/people/alex-huk/|accessdate=2020-11-08}} Prior to moving to UCLA in 2022, he was the Raymond Dickson Centennial Professor #2 of Neuroscience and Psychology, and the Director of the Center for Perceptual Systems at The University of Texas at Austin.{{Cite web|title=Profile for Alexander C Huk at UT Austin|url=https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/cps/faculty/ach346|access-date=2020-11-09|website=liberalarts.utexas.edu|language=en}} His laboratory studies how the brain integrates information over space and time and how these neural signals guide behavior in the natural world.{{Cite journal|last1=Cormack|first1=Lawrence K.|last2=Czuba|first2=Thaddeus B.|last3=Knöll|first3=Jonas|last4=Huk|first4=Alexander C.|date=2017-09-15|title=Binocular Mechanisms of 3D Motion Processing|journal=Annual Review of Vision Science|language=en|volume=3|issue=1|pages=297–318|doi=10.1146/annurev-vision-102016-061259|issn=2374-4642|pmc=5956901|pmid=28746813}} He has made contributions towards understanding how the brain represents 3D visual motion and how those representations are used to make perceptual judgments{{Cite web|title=Alex Huk (Alexander C Huk, AC Huk)|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=0HqT53cAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao|access-date=2020-11-09|website=scholar.google.com}}
Education
Huk received a B.A. from Swarthmore College in 1996,{{cite news |title=Alexander Huk '96 |url=https://bulletin.swarthmore.edu/bulletin-issue-archive/archive_p=328.html |accessdate=9 November 2020 |work=Swarthmore College Bulletin |date=October 2009}} and earned his Ph.D. from Stanford University under the supervision of David Heeger. He completed his postdoctoral training at the University of Washington.
Career
In his doctoral work, Huk used fMRI to map the human brain areas associated with visual motion processing.{{Cite journal|last1=Huk|first1=Alexander C.|last2=Dougherty|first2=Robert F.|last3=Heeger|first3=David J.|date=2002-08-15|title=Retinotopy and Functional Subdivision of Human Areas MT and MST|url= |journal=Journal of Neuroscience|language=en|volume=22|issue=16|pages=7195–7205|doi=10.1523/JNEUROSCI.22-16-07195.2002|issn=0270-6474|pmid=12177214|pmc=6757870}}{{Cite journal|last1=Huk|first1=Alexander C.|last2=Heeger|first2=David J.|date=2002-01-01|title=Pattern-motion responses in human visual cortex|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nn774|journal=Nature Neuroscience|language=en|volume=5|issue=1|pages=72–75|doi=10.1038/nn774|pmid=11731801|s2cid=11258429|issn=1546-1726|url-access=subscription}} His postdoctoral work investigated the neural mechanisms underlying temporal integration during perceptual decisions.{{Cite journal|last1=Huk|first1=Alexander C.|last2=Shadlen|first2=Michael N.|date=2005-11-09|title=Neural Activity in Macaque Parietal Cortex Reflects Temporal Integration of Visual Motion Signals during Perceptual Decision Making|url= |journal=Journal of Neuroscience|language=en|volume=25|issue=45|pages=10420–10436|doi=10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4684-04.2005|issn=0270-6474|pmid=16280581|pmc=6725829}} In his own laboratory, Huk and collaborators have used a combination of psychophysics, fMRI, and electrophysiology to establish the neural basis of 3D motion processing. His group has also investigated the neural basis of perceptual decision-making.{{Cite journal|last1=Katz|first1=Leor N.|last2=Yates|first2=Jacob L.|last3=Pillow|first3=Jonathan W.|last4=Huk|first4=Alexander C.|date=2016-07-07|title=Dissociated functional significance of decision-related activity in the primate dorsal stream|url= |journal=Nature|language=en|volume=535|issue=7611|pages=285–288|doi=10.1038/nature18617|pmid=27376476|pmc=4966283|bibcode=2016Natur.535..285K|issn=1476-4687}}{{Cite journal|last1=Latimer|first1=Kenneth W.|last2=Yates|first2=Jacob L.|last3=Meister|first3=Miriam L. R.|last4=Huk|first4=Alexander C.|last5=Pillow|first5=Jonathan W.|date=2015-07-10|title=Single-trial spike trains in parietal cortex reveal discrete steps during decision-making|url= |journal=Science|language=en|volume=349|issue=6244|pages=184–187|doi=10.1126/science.aaa4056|issn=0036-8075|pmid=26160947|pmc=4799998|bibcode=2015Sci...349..184L}} In 2011, he won the Young Investigator Award from the Vision Sciences Society.{{Cite web|title=VSS 2011 Young Investigator – Alexander C. Huk|url=https://www.visionsciences.org/2011-yia/|access-date=2020-11-09|language=en-US}}
References
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External links
- [http://motion.cps.utexas.edu/ Huk lab website]
- [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=0HqT53cAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao Google Scholar]
- [https://neurotree.org/neurotree/tree.php?pid=932 Huk professional "family tree"] (Neurotree)
- [https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/cps/ Center for Perceptual Systems, UT Austin]
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Category:American neuroscientists
Category:Stanford University alumni
Category:Swarthmore College alumni