CV
Education
The University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D., Neuroscience
2010 - 2016
University of California, Berkeley
B.A., Major: Psychology
2004 - 2007
Research Experience
Post-Doctoral Fellow
The University of Rochester
2016 - present
Graduate Research Assistant
The University of Texas at Austin
2010 - 2016
Research Assistant
The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute
2009 - 2010
Publications
Running modulates primate and rodent visual cortex via common mechanism but quantitatively distinct implementation
Liska JP
Rowley DP
Nguyen TTK
Muthmann J
Butts DA
Yates JL
Huk AC
Preprint
2022
A dynamic sequence of visual processing initiated by gaze shifts
Parker PRL
Martins DM
Leonard ESP
Casey NM
Sharp SL
Abe ETT
Smear EC
Yates JL
Mitchell JF
Niell CM
Preprint
2022
Activity in primate visual cortex is minimally driven by spontaneous movements
Talluri BC
Kang I
Lazere A
Quinn KR
Kaliss N
Yates JL
Butts DA
Nienborg H
Preprint
2022
Beyond Fixation: detailed characterization of neural selectivity in free viewing primates
JL Yates
SH Coop
GH Sarch
R Wu
D Butts
M Rucci
JF Mitchell
Preprint
2021
Motion perception in the common marmoset
SL Cloherty*
JL Yates*
D Graf
GC DeAngelis
JF Mitchell
Cerebral Cortex
2020
Discrete stepping and nonlinear ramping dynamics underlie spiking responses of LIP neurons during decision-making
DM Zoltowski
KW Latimer
JL Yates
AC Huk
JW Pillow
Neuron
2019
Gaze and the control of foot placement when walking in natural terrain
JS Matthis
JL Yates
MM Hayhoe
Current Biology
2018
Functional dissection of signal and noise in MT and LIP during decision-making
JL Yates
IM Park
LN Katz
JW Pillow
AC Huk
Nature Neuroscience
2017
The role of the lateral intraparietal area in (the study of) decision making
AC Huk
LN Katz
JL Yates
Annual review of neuroscience
2017
Dissociated functional significance of decision-related activity in the primate dorsal stream
LN Katz*
JL Yates*
JW Pillow
& AC Huk
Nature
2016
Spotlight
in
Trends in Neurosciences
Bijan Pesaran & David Freedman
Spotlight
in
Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Sashank Pisupati, Lital Chartarifsky, & Anne K. Churchland
Faculty of 1000 (F1000Prime) entry
Daeyeol Lee
Relevant review article
in
Current Opinion in Neurobiology
Carlos Brody & Tim Hanks
Response to comment on “single-trial spike trains in parietal cortex reveal discrete steps during decision-making”
KW Latimer
JL Yates
MM Meister
AC Huk
and JW Pillow
Science
2016
Single-trial spike trains in parietal cortex reveal discrete steps during decision-making
KW Latimer
JL Yates
MM Meister
AC Huk
and JW Pillow
Science
2015
Continuous Psychophysics: Target-tracking to Measure Visual Sensitivity
K Bonnen
J Burge
JL Yates
JW Pillow
LK Cormack
Journal of Vision
2015
V1 is not uniquely identified by polarity reversals of responses to upper and lower visual field stimuli
JM Ales
JL Yates
AM Norcia
Neuroimage
2010
Talks
Choice probabilities and correlations in simultaneously recorded MT and LIP neurons
Yates, J.L, Katz, L. N., Park, I. M., Pillow, J. W., & Huk, A. C.
SFN
2014
Dissociated functional significance of choice-related activity across the primate dorsal stream
Yates, J. L., Katz L. K., Park, I. M., Pillow J. W., Huk A.
Cosyne
2014
Decision-related activity in neurons does not imply a causal effect on behavior
Yates, J. L., Katz L. K., Park, I. M., Pillow J. W., Huk A.
Institute for Neuroscience Symposium
invited
2014
Posters
A behavioral tracking paradigm for estimating visual sensitivity with dynamic internal models
Bonnen K., Burge J., Yates J. L., Pillow J. W., Cormack L. K.
Cosyne
2014
Precise characterization of dorsal stream neural activity during decision making
Yates J. L., Park I. M., Cormack L. K., Pillow J. W., Huk, A. C.
SFN
2013
A. C. Neuromuscular recruitment during oculomotor decision-making in human
Katz. L. N., Yates J. L., Cormack L. K., Huk
SFN
2013
A. C. Precise characterization of multiple LIP neurons in relation to stimulus and behavior
Yates J. L., Park I. M., Cormack L. K., Pillow J. W., Huk
Cosyne
2013
Psychophysical reverse correlation of motion perception
Yates, J. L., Huk A. C., Cormack L. K., Pillow J. W.
VSS
2012
Probing motion perception with spatiotemporal reverse correlation
Yates J. L., Cormack L. K., Huk A. C., Pillow J. W.
Cosyne
2012
An evoked-response polarity reversal from upper and lower visual field stimuli is insufficient to uniquely identify V1
Ales J. M., Yates J. L., Norcia A. M.
SFN
2009
Service
Graduate Student Outreach Program
UT Neuroscience and Psychology
2010 - 2014
Symposium Organizing Committee
UT Institute for Neuroscience
2011 - 2013
Symposium Chair
UT Institute for Neuroscience
2012
Graduate Student Assembly representative
UT Austin College of Natural Sciences
2010 - 2011
Honors & Awards
Professional Development Award
UT Austin College of Natural Sciences
2015
Cold Spring Harbor Labs course attendee
Neuroscience: Computational Vision
2014
Training Grant recipient
Center for Perceptual Neuroscience
2012 - 2014
Training Grant recipient
Institute for Neuroscience
2010 - 2012
Deans’s Excellence Award
UT Austin College of Natural Science
2010
Graduate School Recruitment Fellowship
UT Austin College of Natural Science
2010