New York
Michael Karlovich
Neuroscience
Research
Engineering
Computation
Art
Design
I'm a computational neuroscientist, data engineer, and artist in New York. My research is about attention, cognition, and neurodegeneration: how the brain assembles reality, and how it falls apart. The same questions run through the work I make at Recursia. Published in PNAS and Neurology.
The work
One mind, three disciplines
Computational neuroscience, data engineering, and art, all circling one question: how the brain builds reality.
Neuroscience
Attention & cognition
How attention and cognition hold reality together, and how it comes apart in neurodegeneration. Peer-reviewed work spanning perception, attention, and clinical neurology.
PublicationsData
Data engineering
Research-grade data pipelines and analysis at scale, in Python, R, and MATLAB, with the tooling and interfaces built around them.
Get in touchArt
Recursia
Generative art, audio visualization, and design, sold as prints, apparel, and home decor through Recursia, the studio I run.
PortfolioResearch
Selected publications
Vision science and clinical neurology, from perception to epilepsy.
The visible gorilla: Unexpected fast, not physically salient, objects are noticeable PNAS 2023
Scintillating Starbursts: Concentric Star Polygons Induce Illusory Ray Patterns
Temporal trends and autopsy findings of SUDEP based on medico-legal investigations
Press
In the press
A selection, from Wired and Scientific American to the international press.
Wired
How 'The Dress' Sparked a Neuroscience Breakthrough
2022
Scientific American
A Pair of Crocs to Match the Dress
2020
New York Post
'Crocs & Socks' illusion baffles viewers
2022
New York University
A New Kind of Visual Illusion Uncovers How Our Brains Connect the Dots
2021
Live Science
An optical illusion tricks the brain into seeing dazzling rays
2021
MathWorks
The Science Behind This Illusion
2021
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