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