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Frank Tong

Centennial Professor of Psychology Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Vanderbilt University

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College of Arts and Science

Neuroscience

Psychology

Frank Tong is currently serving as a College Of Arts And Science Centennial Professor of Psychology Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at Vanderbilt University.

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Vanderbilt University

Centennial Professor of Psychology Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

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Are Illusory Visual Phantoms Seen by the Motion System: Investigations Utilizing the Motion Aftereffect. Research Square (Research Square) (2025)

Loïc DaumailRandolph BlakeFrank Tong

visual sciencevisual perceptionmotion aftereffectmotion systemvision researchillusory visual phantomsvisual systemcognitive science

Category-Specific Perceptual Learning of Robust Object Recognition Modelled Using Deep Neural Networks. PLoS Computational Biology (2025)

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Eye Tracking Reveals the Efficacy of Object-Based Attention at Filtering out Disproportionately Salient Foveal Distractors. Journal of Vision (2025)

cognitive neurosciencevisual sciencevisual perceptionophthalmologyvision researchattentionobject-based attentionvisual systemvisual processingeye trackingcognitive scienceapplied cognitive psychologysalient foveal distractors

Face-Trained Deep Neural Network Shows Human-Like Shape Bias in Face Similarity Judgments. Journal of Vision (2025)

visual sciencevisual perceptionimage similarityfacial expression recognitioncomputer visiondeep learningface detectionface similarity judgmentspattern recognitionbiometricsimage representationcognitive sciencemachine learningfacial recognition systemhuman-like shape bias

Re-Evaluating the Ability of Object Trained Convolutional Neural Networks for Classifying 'out of Distribution' Images. Journal of Vision (2025)

machine learningconvolutional neural networksobject categorizationcomputer visionimage classificationdeep learningmachine visionpattern recognitionimage analysisdata sciencemachine learning researchimage representationobject recognitionneural network (machine learning)object detection

Training Convolutional Neural Networks With Blurry Images Enables the Learning of More Human-Aligned Visual Representations. Journal of Vision (2025)

visual sciencevisual perceptionblurry imagesconvolutional neural networkshuman image synthesiscomputer visiondeep learningvision language modelvision recognitionmachine visionfeature learningimage representationcognitive scienceneural network (machine learning)

What Makes a Theory of Consciousness Unscientific?. Nature Neuroscience (2025)

Michał KlincewiczTony ChengMichael SchmitzMiguel Ángel SebastiánJoel S. SnyderDerek H. ArnoldMark G. BaxterTristan A. BekinschteinYoshua BengioJames W. BisleyJacob BrowningDean BuonomanoDavid CarmelMarisa CarrascoPeter CarruthersOlivia CarterDorita H. F. ChangIan CharestMouslim CherkaouiAxel CleeremansMichael A. CohenPhilip R. CorlettKalina ChristoffSam CummingCody A. CushingBeatrice de GelderFelipe De BrigardDaniel C. DennettNadine DijkstraAdrien DoerigPaul E. DuxStephen M. FlemingKeith FrankishChris D. FrithSarah GarfinkelMelvyn A. GoodaleJacqueline GottliebJake R. HansonRan R. HassinMichael H. HerzogCecilia HeyesPo-Jang HsiehShao-Min HungRobert KentridgeTomas KnapenNikos KonstantinouKonrad KordingTimo L. KvammeSze Chai KwokRenzo C. LanfrancoHakwan LauJoseph LeDouxAlan L. F. LeeCamilo LibedinskyMatthew D. LiebermanYing-Tung LinKa-Yuet LiuMaro G. MachizawaJulio Martinez-TrujilloJanet MetcalfeMatthias MichelKenneth D. MillerPartha P. MitraDean MobbsRobert M. MokJorge MoralesMyrto MylopoulosBrian OdegaardCharles C.-F. OrAdrian M. OwenDavid PereplyotchikFranco PestilliMegan A. K. PetersIan PhillipsRosanne L. RademakerDobromir RahnevGeraint ReesDario L. RingachAdina RoskiesDaniela SchillerAaron SchurgerD. Samuel SchwarzkopfRyan B. ScottAaron R. SeitzJoshua ShepherdJuha SilvantoHeleen A. SlagterBarry C. SmithGuillermo SoloveyDavid SotoHugo SpiersTimo SteinVincent Taschereau-DumouchelFrank TongPeter U. TseJonas VibellSebastian WatzlTaylor WebbJosh WeisbergThalia Wheatley

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Behavioral and Neural Signatures of Object-Based Attention in the Human Visual System. Journal of Vision (2024)

Frank TongSonia PoltoratskiDavid CogganLasyapriya PidaparthiElias Cohen

cognitive neurosciencevisual sciencevisual perceptionvision researchattentionobject-based attentionneural signaturesvisual systemhuman visual systemvisual processingcognitive scienceneurosciencebehavioral neurosciencebehavioral sciences

Convolutional Neural Network Models Applied to Neuronal Responses in Macaque V1 Reveal Limited Nonlinear Processing. Journal of Vision (2024)

Hui-Yuan MiaoFrank Tong

cognitive neurosciencenonlinear processingvision researchconvolutional neural networkscomputational neuroscienceneuronal responsesneuroscience

Eye-Tracking Reveals Robust Attentional Filtering in an Object-Based Attention Task. Journal of Vision (2024)

Lasyapriya PidaparthiFrank Tong

visual perceptionvision researchattentionobject-based attention taskvisual processingeye trackingcognitive scienceattentional filtering

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Frank Tong

Centennial Professor of Psychology Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Vanderbilt University

Affiliations

College of Arts and Science

Neuroscience

Psychology

Frank Tong is currently serving as a College Of Arts And Science Centennial Professor of Psychology Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at Vanderbilt University.

Honors

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Experiences

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Frank Tong

Vanderbilt University

Centennial Professor of Psychology Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

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Video Presentations

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Are Illusory Visual Phantoms Seen by the Motion System: Investigations Utilizing the Motion Aftereffect. Research Square (Research Square) (2025)

Loïc DaumailRandolph BlakeFrank Tong

visual sciencevisual perceptionmotion aftereffectmotion systemvision researchillusory visual phantomsvisual systemcognitive science

Category-Specific Perceptual Learning of Robust Object Recognition Modelled Using Deep Neural Networks. PLoS Computational Biology (2025)

Eye Tracking Reveals the Efficacy of Object-Based Attention at Filtering out Disproportionately Salient Foveal Distractors. Journal of Vision (2025)

Face-Trained Deep Neural Network Shows Human-Like Shape Bias in Face Similarity Judgments. Journal of Vision (2025)

Re-Evaluating the Ability of Object Trained Convolutional Neural Networks for Classifying 'out of Distribution' Images. Journal of Vision (2025)

Training Convolutional Neural Networks With Blurry Images Enables the Learning of More Human-Aligned Visual Representations. Journal of Vision (2025)

What Makes a Theory of Consciousness Unscientific?. Nature Neuroscience (2025)

cognitive neuroscienceconsciousness unscientificneurophilosophyphilosophy of mindcognitive scienceneurosciencecognitionhuman cognition

Behavioral and Neural Signatures of Object-Based Attention in the Human Visual System. Journal of Vision (2024)

Frank TongSonia PoltoratskiDavid CogganLasyapriya PidaparthiElias Cohen

Convolutional Neural Network Models Applied to Neuronal Responses in Macaque V1 Reveal Limited Nonlinear Processing. Journal of Vision (2024)

Hui-Yuan MiaoFrank Tong

cognitive neurosciencenonlinear processingvision researchconvolutional neural networkscomputational neuroscienceneuronal responsesneuroscience

Eye-Tracking Reveals Robust Attentional Filtering in an Object-Based Attention Task. Journal of Vision (2024)

Lasyapriya PidaparthiFrank Tong

visual perceptionvision researchattentionobject-based attention taskvisual processingeye trackingcognitive scienceattentional filtering

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