Margaret Livingstone

Marge Livingstone, Ph.D.

Takeda Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School

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Margaret Livingstone, PhD

Takeda Professor of Neurobiology
Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School

Email: margaret_livingstone@hms.harvard.edu
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The Aim

The Livingstone Lab studies how we learn to recognize faces, objects, and scenes, with a focus on visual development.

The Impact

The Livingstone Lab studies how the brain develops the ability to recognize and differentiate between objects we see in everyday life, including faces, cars, and animals. Certain brain cells become specialized for these tasks based on our experiences. By understanding how these areas of the brain develop and function, this research can help explain why some people have difficulty recognizing forms and images, such as is the case with dyslexia and face blindness. This knowledge could lead to better support for people with vision or learning difficulties, and could improve diagnosis or treatment for related disorders.

A Closer Look

Publications View
Anatomical correlates of face patches in macaque inferotemporal cortex.
Authors: Authors: Arcaro MJ, Mautz T, Berezovskii VK, Livingstone MS.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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Sulcal Depth in the Medial Ventral Temporal Cortex Predicts the Location of a Place-Selective Region in Macaques, Children, and Adults.
Authors: Authors: Natu VS, Arcaro MJ, Barnett MA, Gomez J, Livingstone M, Grill-Spector K, Weiner KS.
Cereb Cortex
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The neurons that mistook a hat for a face.
Authors: Authors: Arcaro MJ, Ponce C, Livingstone M.
Elife
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Body map proto-organization in newborn macaques.
Authors: Authors: Arcaro MJ, Schade PF, Livingstone MS.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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The neurovascular response is attenuated by focused ultrasound-mediated disruption of the blood-brain barrier.
Authors: Authors: Todd N, Zhang Y, Livingstone M, Borsook D, McDannold N.
Neuroimage
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Universal Mechanisms and the Development of the Face Network: What You See Is What You Get.
Authors: Authors: Arcaro MJ, Schade PF, Livingstone MS.
Annu Rev Vis Sci
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Evolving Images for Visual Neurons Using a Deep Generative Network Reveals Coding Principles and Neuronal Preferences.
Authors: Authors: Ponce CR, Xiao W, Schade PF, Hartmann TS, Kreiman G, Livingstone MS.
Cell
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Modulation of brain function by targeted delivery of GABA through the disrupted blood-brain barrier.
Authors: Authors: Todd N, Zhang Y, Power C, Becerra L, Borsook D, Livingstone M, McDannold N.
Neuroimage
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Cortex Is Cortex: Ubiquitous Principles Drive Face-Domain Development.
Authors: Authors: Livingstone MS, Arcaro MJ, Schade PF.
Trends Cogn Sci
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Focused ultrasound induced opening of the blood-brain barrier disrupts inter-hemispheric resting state functional connectivity in the rat brain.
Authors: Authors: Todd N, Zhang Y, Arcaro M, Becerra L, Borsook D, Livingstone M, McDannold N.
Neuroimage
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