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
Website: Livingstone Lab website – more information about Margaret Livingstone’s research (opens in a new tab)

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

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A dual-mode hemispherical sparse array for 3D passive acoustic mapping and skull localization within a clinical MRI guided focused ultrasound device.
Authors: Authors: Crake C, Brinker ST, Coviello CM, Livingstone MS, McDannold NJ.
Phys Med Biol
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Seeing faces is necessary for face-domain formation.
Authors: Authors: Arcaro MJ, Schade PF, Vincent JL, Ponce CR, Livingstone MS.
Nat Neurosci
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Retinotopic Organization of Scene Areas in Macaque Inferior Temporal Cortex.
Authors: Authors: Arcaro MJ, Livingstone MS.
J Neurosci
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A hierarchical, retinotopic proto-organization of the primate visual system at birth.
Authors: Authors: Arcaro MJ, Livingstone MS.
Elife
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Posterior Inferotemporal Cortex Cells Use Multiple Input Pathways for Shape Encoding.
Authors: Authors: Ponce CR, Lomber SG, Livingstone MS.
J Neurosci
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Development of the macaque face-patch system.
Authors: Authors: Livingstone MS, Vincent JL, Arcaro MJ, Srihasam K, Schade PF, Savage T.
Nat Commun
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End-Stopping Predicts Curvature Tuning along the Ventral Stream.
Authors: Authors: Ponce CR, Hartmann TS, Livingstone MS.
J Neurosci
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End-stopping predicts curvature tuning along the ventral stream.
Authors: Authors: Ponce CR, Hartmann TS, Livingstone MS.
J Neurosci
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Evolution of Osteocrin as an activity-regulated factor in the primate brain.
Authors: Authors: Ataman B, Boulting GL, Harmin DA, Yang MG, Baker-Salisbury M, Yap EL, Malik AN, Mei K, Rubin AA, Spiegel I, Durresi E, Sharma N, Hu LS, Pletikos M, Griffith EC, Partlow JN, Stevens CR, Adli M, Chahrour M, Sestan N, Walsh CA, Berezovskii VK, Livingstone MS, Greenberg ME.
Nature
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Preclinical evaluation of a low-frequency transcranial MRI-guided focused ultrasound system in a primate model.
Authors: Authors: McDannold N, Livingstone M, Top CB, Sutton J, Todd N, Vykhodtseva N.
Phys Med Biol
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