Summary

Postdoctoral researcher in the field of psychology, with a focus on changes in structural and functional connectivity along the visual pathway. My work involves developing software in Matlab to process large MRI data sets, as well as create, present, and analyze various visual stimuli for use in functional MRI experiments. In addition, I train and mentor graduate students, undergraduates, and research staff members

Python Toolboxes

faceRec

Toolbox for classifying facial expressions using Python

https://github.com/bock42/faceRec

pyTrack

Toolbox for eye tracking using Python

https://github.com/bock42/pyTrack

Matlab Toolboxes

matMRI

Toolbox for preprocessing magnetic resonance (MR) imaging data in Matlab

https://github.com/bock42/matMRI

matStimuli

Toolbox for creating and displaying various visual stimuli in Matlab

https://github.com/bock42/matStimuli

Matlab Projects

TemplateRetinotopy

Project repository for the automatic identification of cortical retinotopic organization using functional correlations

https://github.com/bock42/TemplateRetinotopy

motionResp

Scripts to investigate the influences of respiration and motion in MRI data

https://github.com/bock42/motionResp

Selected Publications / Presentations

Journal Articles

Bock, A., et al. (2015) Journal of Neuroscience Resting-state retinotopic organization in the absence of retinal input and visual experience

Bock, A., & Fine, I. (2014) Frontiers in Human Neuroscience Anatomical and functional plasticity in early blind individuals and the mixture of experts architecture

Bock, A., et al. (2013) NeuroImage Visual callosal topography in the absence of retinal input

Bock, A., et al. (2012) Journal of Comparative Neurology Retinal input influences the size and corticocortical connectivity of visual cortex during postnatal development in the ferret

Conference Presentations

Bock, A., et al. (2016) VSS Annual Meeting Template fitting to automatically derive V1-V3 retinotopy from inter-areal functional correlations

Bock, A., et al. (2015) VSS Annual Meeting Freely viewed movie stimuli and connective field modeling used to identify far extrastriate and subcortical retinotopic organization

Bock, A., Aguirre, G. (2014) SfN Annual Meeting Projecting V1 retinotopy to extrastriate cortex using connective field modeling and freely viewed naturalistic stimuli

Education

09/2006 - 06/2011

PhD - Behavioral Neuroscience - University of Washington

09/2001 - 06/2005

BA - Biological Psychology - University of Michigan