Peer-reviewed publications
UNDER PEER-REVIEW
Coutanche, M.N., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (submitted). Learning about real world size transforms neural activity in the human visual system.
Martin, L., Durisko, C., Moore, M.W., Coutanche, M.N., Chen, D., and Fiez, J.A. (submitted). The VWFA is the home of orthographic learning when house images are used as letters.
Coutanche, M.N., & Chun, M.M. (submitted). How information is learned influences how memory traces respond to attentional modulation and the testing effect.
Anzellotti, S.* and Coutanche, M.N.* (submitted). Beyond functional connectivity: Investigating networks of multivariate representations [*equal contributions].
PUBLISHED
Coutanche, M.N., & Koch, G.E. (2017). Variation across individuals and items determine learning outcomes from fast mapping. Neuropsychologia, 106, 187–193. [LINK]
Coutanche, M.N., Solomon, S.H., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2016). A meta-analysis of fMRI decoding: Quantifying influences on human visual population codes. Neuropsychologia, 82, 134–141. [PDF]
Coutanche, M.N., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2015). Rapid consolidation of new knowledge in adulthood via fast mapping. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 19(9), 486–488. [LINK]
Coutanche, M.N., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2015). Creating concepts from converging features in human cortex. Cerebral Cortex, 25(9), 2584-2593. [PDF] [MEDIA]
Coutanche, M.N., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2014). Fast mapping rapidly integrates information into existing memory networks. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 143(6), 2296-2303. [PDF]
Coutanche, M.N., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2014). Using informational connectivity to measure the synchronous emergence of fMRI multi-voxel information across time. Journal of Visualized Experiments, (89). [LINK]
Coutanche, M.N. (2013). Distinguishing multi-voxel patterns and mean activation: Why, how, and what does it tell us? Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience, 13(3), 667–673. [PDF]
Coutanche, M.N., Gianessi, C.A., Chanales, A.J.H., Willison, K.W., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2013). The role of sleep in forming a memory representation of a two-dimensional space. Hippocampus, 23(12), 1189-1197. [PDF]
Coutanche, M.N., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2013). Informational Connectivity: Identifying synchronized discriminability of multi-voxel patterns across the brain. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7:15, 1-14. [PDF] [Informational Connectivity Toolbox]
Coutanche, M.N., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2012). Reversal without remapping: What we can (and cannot) conclude about learned associations from training-induced behavior changes. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 7(2), 118–134. [PDF] [MEDIA]
Coutanche, M.N., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2012). The advantage of brief fMRI acquisition runs for multi-voxel pattern detection across runs. NeuroImage, 61(4), 1113–1119. [PDF]
Coutanche, M.N., Thompson-Schill, S.L., & Schultz, R.T. (2011). Multi-voxel pattern analysis of fMRI data predicts clinical symptom severity. NeuroImage, 57(1), 113–123. [PDF]
Kylliäinen, A., Wallace, S., Coutanche, M.N., Leppänen, J.M., Cusack, J., Bailey, A. J., & Hietanen, J.K. (2012). Affective-motivational brain responses to direct gaze in children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines, 53(7), 790–797.
Casey, J.P., Magalhaes, T., Conroy, J.M., Regan, R., Shah, N., Anney, R., Shields, D.C., et al. (2012). A novel approach of homozygous haplotype sharing identifies candidate genes in autism spectrum disorder. Human Genetics, 131(4), 565-579.
Coutanche, M.N., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (submitted). Learning about real world size transforms neural activity in the human visual system.
Martin, L., Durisko, C., Moore, M.W., Coutanche, M.N., Chen, D., and Fiez, J.A. (submitted). The VWFA is the home of orthographic learning when house images are used as letters.
Coutanche, M.N., & Chun, M.M. (submitted). How information is learned influences how memory traces respond to attentional modulation and the testing effect.
Anzellotti, S.* and Coutanche, M.N.* (submitted). Beyond functional connectivity: Investigating networks of multivariate representations [*equal contributions].
PUBLISHED
Coutanche, M.N., & Koch, G.E. (2017). Variation across individuals and items determine learning outcomes from fast mapping. Neuropsychologia, 106, 187–193. [LINK]
Coutanche, M.N., Solomon, S.H., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2016). A meta-analysis of fMRI decoding: Quantifying influences on human visual population codes. Neuropsychologia, 82, 134–141. [PDF]
Coutanche, M.N., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2015). Rapid consolidation of new knowledge in adulthood via fast mapping. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 19(9), 486–488. [LINK]
Coutanche, M.N., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2015). Creating concepts from converging features in human cortex. Cerebral Cortex, 25(9), 2584-2593. [PDF] [MEDIA]
Coutanche, M.N., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2014). Fast mapping rapidly integrates information into existing memory networks. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 143(6), 2296-2303. [PDF]
Coutanche, M.N., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2014). Using informational connectivity to measure the synchronous emergence of fMRI multi-voxel information across time. Journal of Visualized Experiments, (89). [LINK]
Coutanche, M.N. (2013). Distinguishing multi-voxel patterns and mean activation: Why, how, and what does it tell us? Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience, 13(3), 667–673. [PDF]
Coutanche, M.N., Gianessi, C.A., Chanales, A.J.H., Willison, K.W., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2013). The role of sleep in forming a memory representation of a two-dimensional space. Hippocampus, 23(12), 1189-1197. [PDF]
Coutanche, M.N., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2013). Informational Connectivity: Identifying synchronized discriminability of multi-voxel patterns across the brain. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7:15, 1-14. [PDF] [Informational Connectivity Toolbox]
Coutanche, M.N., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2012). Reversal without remapping: What we can (and cannot) conclude about learned associations from training-induced behavior changes. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 7(2), 118–134. [PDF] [MEDIA]
Coutanche, M.N., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2012). The advantage of brief fMRI acquisition runs for multi-voxel pattern detection across runs. NeuroImage, 61(4), 1113–1119. [PDF]
Coutanche, M.N., Thompson-Schill, S.L., & Schultz, R.T. (2011). Multi-voxel pattern analysis of fMRI data predicts clinical symptom severity. NeuroImage, 57(1), 113–123. [PDF]
Kylliäinen, A., Wallace, S., Coutanche, M.N., Leppänen, J.M., Cusack, J., Bailey, A. J., & Hietanen, J.K. (2012). Affective-motivational brain responses to direct gaze in children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines, 53(7), 790–797.
Casey, J.P., Magalhaes, T., Conroy, J.M., Regan, R., Shah, N., Anney, R., Shields, D.C., et al. (2012). A novel approach of homozygous haplotype sharing identifies candidate genes in autism spectrum disorder. Human Genetics, 131(4), 565-579.
Conference presentations
Carlos, B.J. and Coutanche, M.N. (June 2017). Testing a new method for assessing lateralization using multi-voxel pattern analysis. Poster to be presented at Eighth International Workshop on the Statistical Analysis of Neuronal Data (SAND), Pittsburgh, PA.
Bruett, H. and Coutanche, M.N. (June 2017). Informational connectivity as a method for measuring synchrony in the processing of visual information. Poster to be presented at Eighth International Workshop on the Statistical Analysis of Neuronal Data (SAND), Pittsburgh, PA.
Coutanche, M.N. and Koch, G.E. (May 2017). The interaction of conceptual dimensions for animate items in the human ventral stream. Workshop on Concepts, Actions and Objects: Functional and Neural Perspectives, Rovereto, Italy.
Coutanche, M.N. and Koch, G.E. (March 2017). Neural correlates for trait memory differences. Poster presented at Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Coutanche, M.N. and Thompson-Schill, S.L. (November 2016). The influence of recent semantic learning on human visual cortex. Poster presented at Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Coutanche, M.N. and Koch, G.E. (November 2016). The neural basis for trait memory differences. Poster presented at University of Pittsburgh Brain Day 2016, Pittsburgh, PA.
Coutanche, M.N. and Thompson-Schill, S.L. (November 2016). The influence of recent semantic learning on human visual cortex. Poster presented at University of Pittsburgh Brain Day 2016, Pittsburgh, PA.
Coutanche, M.N. and Chun, M.M. (July 2016). Exploring the nature of fast mapped knowledge through divided attention. Symposium presentation at International Conference on Memory, Budapest, Hungary.
Herholz, P., Schuster, V., Coutanche, M.N., & Jansen, A. (June, 2016). fMRI as a new fertility monitor? Influences of sex hormones on brain organization revealed by MVPA. Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Geneva, Switzerland.
Coutanche, M.N., & Chun, M.M. (July 2016). Exploring the nature of fast mapped knowledge through divided attention. Symposium presentation at International Conference on Memory, Budapest, Hungary.
Ruscio, A.M., Hallion, L.S., Coutanche, M.N., Wu, H., Thompson-Schill, S.L., & Rauch, S.L. (April 2016). Neural substrates of worry and rumination in generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder. Symposium presentation at Anxiety and Depression Association of America Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Tamez, E.R., Trueswell, J.C., Coutanche, M.N., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (October 2015). fMRI activity during a spontaneous dialogue task. Poster presented at Society for the Neurobiology of Language Annual Meeting 2015, Chicago, IL.
Parma, V.*, Coutanche, M.N.*, Seubert, J., Fondberg, R., Hackl, L., Åhs, F., & Lundström, J.N. (April 2015). Anxiety-dependent modulation of olfactory fear conditioning: A multidimensional approach. Association for Chemoreception Sciences Annual Meeting 2015, FL. * Equal contributions
Coutanche, M.N., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (November 2014). Fast mapping rapidly integrates information into existing memory networks. Symposium speaker in the Memory, Sleep and Dreams Symposium, Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting 2014, Long Beach, CA.
Parma, V.*, Coutanche, M.N.*, Seubert, J., Fondberg, R., Hackl, L., Åhs, F., & Lundström, J.N. (November 2014). Multidimensional approach to the study of olfactory fear conditioning in individuals with low and high trait anxiety vulnerability. Clinical Chemosensation Annual Meeting 2014, Dresden, Germany. * Equal contributions
Coutanche, M.N., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (May 2014). A meta-analysis of multi-voxel patterns in the ventral stream. Poster presented at Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting 2014, St. Pete Beach, FL.
Coutanche, M.N., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (May 2014). Fast mapping rapidly integrates information into existing memory networks. Talk at 2014 Context and Episodic Memory Symposium, Philadelphia, PA.
Coutanche, M.N., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (April 2014). Fast mapping rapidly integrates information into existing memory networks. Poster presented at Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting 2014, Boston, MA.
Coutanche, M.N., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (May 2013). Converging on a convergence zone: concurrent feature decoding predicts identity decoding for anticipated objects. Talk at Workshop on Concepts, Actions, and Objects: Functional and Neural Perspectives 2013, Rovereto, Italy.
Coutanche, M.N., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (May 2013). Functional activity patterns encoding the identity of anticipated objects are marked by converging shape and color decoding in early visual areas during preparatory visual attention. Talk at Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting 2013, Naples, FL.
Coutanche, M.N., Gianessi, C.A., Chanales, A.J.H., Willison, K.W., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (November 2012). Sleep aids the consolidation of spatial relational memories. Poster presented at Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Minneapolis, MN.
Coutanche, M.N., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (April 2012). The advantage of brief functional magnetic resonance imaging acquisition runs for multi-voxel pattern detection. Poster presented at Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting 2012, Chicago, IL.
Coutanche, M.N., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (April 2011). Informational Connectivity: a novel fMRI analysis method for identifying brain areas that share distributed coding principles. Poster presented at Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting 2011, San Francisco, CA.
Coutanche, M.N., Thompson-Schill, S.L., & Schultz, R.T. (October 2009). An application of multi-voxel pattern analysis to investigating patient groups: face classification in the autism fusiform face area. Poster presented at Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2009, Chicago, IL.
Coutanche, M.N., Wallace, S., White, K.B., Foley, S., Bailey, A., & I.M.G.S.A.C. (May 2008). Face and gaze processing in the broader autism phenotype: independent differences in ASD relatives. Poster presented at International Meeting for Autism Research 2008, London, UK.
White, K.B., Wallace, S., Parr, J., Coutanche, M.N., Foley, S., Bailey, A., & I.M.G.S.A.C. (May 2008). Social cognition in the broader autism phenotype. Poster presented at International Meeting For Autism Research 2008, London, UK.
Bruett, H. and Coutanche, M.N. (June 2017). Informational connectivity as a method for measuring synchrony in the processing of visual information. Poster to be presented at Eighth International Workshop on the Statistical Analysis of Neuronal Data (SAND), Pittsburgh, PA.
Coutanche, M.N. and Koch, G.E. (May 2017). The interaction of conceptual dimensions for animate items in the human ventral stream. Workshop on Concepts, Actions and Objects: Functional and Neural Perspectives, Rovereto, Italy.
Coutanche, M.N. and Koch, G.E. (March 2017). Neural correlates for trait memory differences. Poster presented at Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Coutanche, M.N. and Thompson-Schill, S.L. (November 2016). The influence of recent semantic learning on human visual cortex. Poster presented at Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Coutanche, M.N. and Koch, G.E. (November 2016). The neural basis for trait memory differences. Poster presented at University of Pittsburgh Brain Day 2016, Pittsburgh, PA.
Coutanche, M.N. and Thompson-Schill, S.L. (November 2016). The influence of recent semantic learning on human visual cortex. Poster presented at University of Pittsburgh Brain Day 2016, Pittsburgh, PA.
Coutanche, M.N. and Chun, M.M. (July 2016). Exploring the nature of fast mapped knowledge through divided attention. Symposium presentation at International Conference on Memory, Budapest, Hungary.
Herholz, P., Schuster, V., Coutanche, M.N., & Jansen, A. (June, 2016). fMRI as a new fertility monitor? Influences of sex hormones on brain organization revealed by MVPA. Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Geneva, Switzerland.
Coutanche, M.N., & Chun, M.M. (July 2016). Exploring the nature of fast mapped knowledge through divided attention. Symposium presentation at International Conference on Memory, Budapest, Hungary.
Ruscio, A.M., Hallion, L.S., Coutanche, M.N., Wu, H., Thompson-Schill, S.L., & Rauch, S.L. (April 2016). Neural substrates of worry and rumination in generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder. Symposium presentation at Anxiety and Depression Association of America Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Tamez, E.R., Trueswell, J.C., Coutanche, M.N., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (October 2015). fMRI activity during a spontaneous dialogue task. Poster presented at Society for the Neurobiology of Language Annual Meeting 2015, Chicago, IL.
Parma, V.*, Coutanche, M.N.*, Seubert, J., Fondberg, R., Hackl, L., Åhs, F., & Lundström, J.N. (April 2015). Anxiety-dependent modulation of olfactory fear conditioning: A multidimensional approach. Association for Chemoreception Sciences Annual Meeting 2015, FL. * Equal contributions
Coutanche, M.N., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (November 2014). Fast mapping rapidly integrates information into existing memory networks. Symposium speaker in the Memory, Sleep and Dreams Symposium, Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting 2014, Long Beach, CA.
Parma, V.*, Coutanche, M.N.*, Seubert, J., Fondberg, R., Hackl, L., Åhs, F., & Lundström, J.N. (November 2014). Multidimensional approach to the study of olfactory fear conditioning in individuals with low and high trait anxiety vulnerability. Clinical Chemosensation Annual Meeting 2014, Dresden, Germany. * Equal contributions
Coutanche, M.N., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (May 2014). A meta-analysis of multi-voxel patterns in the ventral stream. Poster presented at Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting 2014, St. Pete Beach, FL.
Coutanche, M.N., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (May 2014). Fast mapping rapidly integrates information into existing memory networks. Talk at 2014 Context and Episodic Memory Symposium, Philadelphia, PA.
Coutanche, M.N., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (April 2014). Fast mapping rapidly integrates information into existing memory networks. Poster presented at Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting 2014, Boston, MA.
Coutanche, M.N., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (May 2013). Converging on a convergence zone: concurrent feature decoding predicts identity decoding for anticipated objects. Talk at Workshop on Concepts, Actions, and Objects: Functional and Neural Perspectives 2013, Rovereto, Italy.
Coutanche, M.N., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (May 2013). Functional activity patterns encoding the identity of anticipated objects are marked by converging shape and color decoding in early visual areas during preparatory visual attention. Talk at Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting 2013, Naples, FL.
Coutanche, M.N., Gianessi, C.A., Chanales, A.J.H., Willison, K.W., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (November 2012). Sleep aids the consolidation of spatial relational memories. Poster presented at Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Minneapolis, MN.
Coutanche, M.N., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (April 2012). The advantage of brief functional magnetic resonance imaging acquisition runs for multi-voxel pattern detection. Poster presented at Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting 2012, Chicago, IL.
Coutanche, M.N., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (April 2011). Informational Connectivity: a novel fMRI analysis method for identifying brain areas that share distributed coding principles. Poster presented at Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting 2011, San Francisco, CA.
Coutanche, M.N., Thompson-Schill, S.L., & Schultz, R.T. (October 2009). An application of multi-voxel pattern analysis to investigating patient groups: face classification in the autism fusiform face area. Poster presented at Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2009, Chicago, IL.
Coutanche, M.N., Wallace, S., White, K.B., Foley, S., Bailey, A., & I.M.G.S.A.C. (May 2008). Face and gaze processing in the broader autism phenotype: independent differences in ASD relatives. Poster presented at International Meeting for Autism Research 2008, London, UK.
White, K.B., Wallace, S., Parr, J., Coutanche, M.N., Foley, S., Bailey, A., & I.M.G.S.A.C. (May 2008). Social cognition in the broader autism phenotype. Poster presented at International Meeting For Autism Research 2008, London, UK.
