Publications

Our research combines recent advances in machine learning with human behavioral and neural data to provide a computationally precise account of how visual cognition works in humans.

Below you can find our published papers, preprints, and works in press.

2026

Face and body representations converge along the visual hierarchy in models and cortex

van Dyck, L. E., Dobs, K.
bioRxiv (2026).

Prior Scene Context Shapes the Neural Dynamics of Face Detection

Tasliyurt-Celebi, S., Kaiser, D., Dobs, K.
bioRxiv (2026).

Quantifying Dynamic Facial Motion Using Parametrically Controlled Photorealistic Avatars

Nizamoglu, H., Dobs, K.
PsyArXiv (2026).

Diverse Visual Experience Promotes Integrated Representations and Mitigates Bias in Deep Neural Networks for Face Perception

Akbari, E., Dobs, K.
bioRxiv (2026).

2025

Category selectivity as a window into behavioral relevance

van Dyck, L. E., Dobs, K.
Cognitive Neuroscience 1-3 (2025).

Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Invariant Face Representations in the Human Brain

Giri, A., Smith, G., Manting, C., Dobs, K., Adler, A., Pantazis, D.
bioRxiv (2025).

Multidimensional feature tuning in category-selective areas of human visual cortex

van Dyck, L. E., Hebart, M.*, Dobs, K.*
bioRxiv (2025).

Human-like face pareidolia emerges in deep neural networks optimized for face and object recognition

Gupta, P., Dobs, K.
PLOS Computational Biology 21 (1) (2025).

2024

Artificial intelligence meets body sense: task-driven neural networks reveal computational principles of the proprioceptive pathway

van Dyck, L. E., Bremmer, F., Dobs, K.
Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy 9 (1) :171 (2024).

2023

Behavioral signatures of face perception emerge in deep neural network optimized for face recognition

Dobs, K., Yuan, J., Martinez, J., & Kanwisher, N.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: USA 120 (32) (2023).

CNNs Reveal the Computational Implausibility of the Expertise Hypothesis

Kanwisher, N., Gupta, P., & Dobs, K.
iScience 26 (2) (2023).

Using artificial neural networks to ask 'why' questions of minds and brains

Kanwisher, N., Khosla, M., & Dobs, K.
Trends in Neurosciences 46 (3) :240-254 (2023).

2022

Brain-like functional specialization emerges spontaneously in deep neural networks

Dobs, K., Martinez, J., Kell, A., & Kanwisher, N.
Science Advances 8 (11) (2022).

2019

How face perception unfolds over time

Dobs, K., Isik, L., Pantazis, D., & Kanwisher, N.
Nature Communications 10 (2019).

2018

Task-dependent enhancement of facial expression and identity representations in human cortex

Dobs, K., Schultz, J., Bülthoff, I., & Gardner, J. L.
NeuroImage 172 :689-702 (2018).

Use and usefulness of dynamic face stimuli for face perception studies – a review of behavioral findings and methodology

Dobs, K., Bülthoff, I., & Schultz, J.
Frontiers in Psychology 9 (2018).

2017

Near-optimal integration of facial form and motion

Dobs, K., Ma, W. J., & Reddy, L.
Scientific Reports 7 (2017).

2016

Identity information content depends on the type of facial movement

Dobs, K., Bülthoff, I., & Schultz, J.
Scientific Reports 6 (2016).

2014

Quantifying human sensitivity to spatio-temporal information in dynamic faces

Dobs, K., Bülthoff, I., Breidt, M., Vuong, Q. C., Curio, C., & Schultz, J.
Vision Research 100 (2014).