Dr Lucy Petro

  • Research Fellow (School of Psychology & Neuroscience)

telephone: 01413301607
email: Lucy.Petro@glasgow.ac.uk

R625 Level 5, 62 Hillhead Street, Glasgow G12 8QB

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8255-5776

Research interests

I am a cognitive neuroscientist interested in how context and prediction guide processing at neuronal and cognitive levels. I work as a Research Fellow with Prof Lars Muckli using high-field functional brain imaging to study contextual and predictive processing in the visual system. I previously worked with Prof Philippe Schyns using EEG and fMRI to study top-down effects during face processing, and Prof Winrich Freiwald at Rockefeller University in New York using electrophysiology and fMRI. I am also interested in how complex and flexible predictions govern behaviour and emotional responses, and how maladaptive higher-level internal models can be altered with psychotherapeutic intervention. In addition, I am an accredited cognitive behavioural psychotherapist, working with integrative models of therapy.

Publications

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Number of items: 29.

2025

Bennett, M. A., Petro, L. S. , Abbatecola, C. and Muckli, L. F. (2025) Retinotopic biases in contextual feedback signals to V1 for object and scene processing. Current Research in Neurobiology, 8, 100143. (doi: 10.1016/j.crneur.2024.100143)

Phillips, W. A., Bachmann, T., Spratling, M. W., Muckli, L. , Petro, L. S. and Zolnik, T. (2025) Cellular psychology: relating cognition to context-sensitive pyramidal cells. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 29(1), pp. 28-40. (doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2024.09.002) (PMID:39353837)

2024

Montabes de la Cruz, B. M., Abbatecola, C. , Luciani, R. S., Paton, A. T., Bergmann, J., Vetter, P., Petro, L. S. and Muckli, L. F. (2024) Decoding sound content in the early visual cortex of aphantasic participants. Current Biology, 34(21), 5083-5089.e3. (doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.09.008) (PMID:39419030)

Amunts, K. et al. (2024) The coming decade of digital brain research: a vision for neuroscience at the intersection of technology and computing. Imaging Neuroscience, 2, pp. 1-35. (doi: 10.1162/imag_a_00137)

Bergmann, J., Petro, L. S. , Abbatecola, C. , Li, M. S., Morgan, A. T. and Muckli, L. (2024) Cortical depth profiles in primary visual cortex for illusory and imaginary experiences. Nature Communications, 15, 1002. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-45065-w) (PMID:38307834) (PMCID:PMC10837448)

2023

Papale, P., Wang, F., Tyler Morgan, A., Chen, X., Gilhuis, A., Petro, L. S. , Muckli, L. , Roelfsema, P. R. and Self, M. W. (2023) The representation of occluded image regions in area V1 of monkeys and humans. Current Biology, 33(18), 3865-3871.e3. (doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.08.010) (PMID:37643620)

Petro, L. S. , Smith, F. W., Abbatecola, C. and Muckli, L. (2023) The spatial precision of contextual feedback signals in human V1. Biology, 12(7), 1022. (doi: 10.3390/biology12071022) (PMID:37508451) (PMCID:PMC10376409)

2021

Li, M. S., Abbatecola, C. , Petro, L. S. and Muckli, L. (2021) Numerosity perception in peripheral vision. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 15, 750417. (doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2021.750417)

Svanera, M. , Morgan, A. T., Petro, L. S. and Muckli, L. (2021) A self-supervised deep neural network for image completion resembles early visual cortex fMRI activity patterns for occluded scenes. Journal of Vision, 21(7), 5. (doi: 10.1167/jov.21.7.5) (PMID:34259828)

2020

Morgan, A. T., Nothnagel, N. , Petro, L. S. , Goense, J. and Muckli, L. (2020) High-resolution line-scanning reveals distinct visual response properties across human cortical layers. BioRxiv, (doi: 10.1101/2020.06.30.179762)

Vizioli, L., De Martino, F., Petro, L. S. , Kersten, D., Ugurbil, K., Yacoub, E. and Muckli, L. (2020) Multivoxel pattern of blood oxygen level dependent activity can be sensitive to stimulus specific fine scale responses. Scientific Reports, 10, 7565. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-64044-x) (PMID:32371891) (PMCID:PMC7200825)

Petro, L. S. and Muckli, L. (2020) Neuronal codes for predictive processing in cortical layers. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 43, e142. (doi: 10.1017/S0140525X19003121) (PMID:32645808)

2019

Morgan, A. T., Petro, L. S. and Muckli, L. (2019) Scene representations conveyed by cortical feedback to early visual cortex can be described by line drawings. Journal of Neuroscience, 39(47), pp. 9410-9423. (doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0852-19.2019) (PMID:31611306) (PMCID:PMC6867807)

2018

Revina, Y., Petro, L. S. and Muckli, L. (2018) Cortical feedback signals generalise across different spatial frequencies of feedforward inputs. NeuroImage, 180(Part A), pp. 280-290. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.09.047) (PMID:28951158)

Larkum, M. E., Petro, L. S. , Sachdev, R. N.S. and Muckli, L. (2018) A perspective on cortical layering and layer-spanning neuronal elements. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 12, 56. (doi: 10.3389/fnana.2018.00056) (PMID:30065634) (PMCID:PMC6056619)

Petro, L. S. and Muckli, L. (2018) Forecasting faces in the cortex: Comment on ‘High-level prediction signals in a low-level area of the macaque face-processing hierarchy’, by Schwiedrzik and Freiwald, Neuron (2017). Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 22(2), pp. 95-97. (doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2017.12.001) (PMID:29269195) (PMCID:PMC5774611)

2017

Edwards, G., Vetter, P., McGruer, F., Petro, L. S. and Muckli, L. (2017) Predictive feedback to V1 dynamically updates with sensory input. Scientific Reports, 7, 16538. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-16093-y) (PMID:29184060) (PMCID:PMC5705713)

Muckli, L. and Petro, L. S. (2017) The significance of memory in sensory cortex. Trends in Neurosciences, 40(5), pp. 255-256. (doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2017.03.004) (PMID:28363477) (PMCID:PMC5421742)

Petro, L. S. and Muckli, L. (2017) The laminar integration of sensory inputs with feedback signals in human cortex. Brain and Cognition, 112, pp. 54-57. (doi: 10.1016/j.bandc.2016.06.007) (PMID:27814926) (PMCID:PMC5312781)

Petro, L.S. , Paton, A.T. and Muckli, L. (2017) Contextual modulation of primary visual cortex by auditory signals. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 372(1714), 20160104. (doi: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0104) (PMID:28044015) (PMCID:PMC5206272)

2016

Morgan, A. T., Petro, L. S. and Muckli, L. (2016) Cortical feedback to V1 and V2 contains unique information about high-level scene structure. [Research Reports or Papers] (Unpublished)

Petro, L. S. and Muckli, L. (2016) The brain's predictive prowess revealed in primary visual cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(5), pp. 1124-1125. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1523834113) (PMID:26772315) (PMCID:PMC4747703)

2015

Muckli, L. , De Martino, F., Vizioli, L., Petro, L. S. , Smith, F. W., Ugurbil, K., Goebel, R. and Yacoub, E. (2015) Contextual feedback to superficial layers of V1. Current Biology, 25(20), pp. 2690-2695. (doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.08.057) (PMID:26441356) (PMCID:PMC4612466)

2014

Petro, L. S. , Vizioli, L. and Muckli, L. (2014) Contributions of cortical feedback to sensory processing in primary visual cortex. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, p. 1223. (doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01223)

2013

Muckli, L. , Petro, L.S. and Smith, F.W. (2013) Backwards is the way forward: feedback in the cortical hierarchy predicts the expected future. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 36(3), p. 221. (doi: 10.1017/S0140525X12002361)

Petro, L.S. , Smith, F.W., Schyns, P.G. and Muckli, L. (2013) Decoding face categories in diagnostic subregions of primary visual cortex. European Journal of Neuroscience, 37(7), pp. 1130-1139. (doi: 10.1111/ejn.12129) (PMID:23373719) (PMCID:PMC3816327)

Muckli, L. and Petro, L.S. (2013) Network interactions: non-geniculate input to V1. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 23(2), pp. 195-201. (doi: 10.1016/j.conb.2013.01.020)

2009

Schyns, P. G. , Petro, L. S. and Smith, M. L. (2009) Transmission of facial expressions of emotion co-evolved with their efficient decoding in the brain: behavioral and brain evidence. PLoS ONE, 4(5), e5625. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005625) (PMID:19462006) (PMCID:PMC2680487)

2007

Schyns, P.G., Petro, L.S. and Smith, M.L. (2007) Dynamics of visual information integration in the brain for categorizing facial expressions. Current Biology, 17(18), pp. 1580-1585. (doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.08.048) (PMID:17869111)

This list was generated on Thu May 22 21:42:16 2025 BST.
Jump to: Articles | Research Reports or Papers
Number of items: 29.

Articles

Bennett, M. A., Petro, L. S. , Abbatecola, C. and Muckli, L. F. (2025) Retinotopic biases in contextual feedback signals to V1 for object and scene processing. Current Research in Neurobiology, 8, 100143. (doi: 10.1016/j.crneur.2024.100143)

Phillips, W. A., Bachmann, T., Spratling, M. W., Muckli, L. , Petro, L. S. and Zolnik, T. (2025) Cellular psychology: relating cognition to context-sensitive pyramidal cells. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 29(1), pp. 28-40. (doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2024.09.002) (PMID:39353837)

Montabes de la Cruz, B. M., Abbatecola, C. , Luciani, R. S., Paton, A. T., Bergmann, J., Vetter, P., Petro, L. S. and Muckli, L. F. (2024) Decoding sound content in the early visual cortex of aphantasic participants. Current Biology, 34(21), 5083-5089.e3. (doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.09.008) (PMID:39419030)

Amunts, K. et al. (2024) The coming decade of digital brain research: a vision for neuroscience at the intersection of technology and computing. Imaging Neuroscience, 2, pp. 1-35. (doi: 10.1162/imag_a_00137)

Bergmann, J., Petro, L. S. , Abbatecola, C. , Li, M. S., Morgan, A. T. and Muckli, L. (2024) Cortical depth profiles in primary visual cortex for illusory and imaginary experiences. Nature Communications, 15, 1002. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-45065-w) (PMID:38307834) (PMCID:PMC10837448)

Papale, P., Wang, F., Tyler Morgan, A., Chen, X., Gilhuis, A., Petro, L. S. , Muckli, L. , Roelfsema, P. R. and Self, M. W. (2023) The representation of occluded image regions in area V1 of monkeys and humans. Current Biology, 33(18), 3865-3871.e3. (doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.08.010) (PMID:37643620)

Petro, L. S. , Smith, F. W., Abbatecola, C. and Muckli, L. (2023) The spatial precision of contextual feedback signals in human V1. Biology, 12(7), 1022. (doi: 10.3390/biology12071022) (PMID:37508451) (PMCID:PMC10376409)

Li, M. S., Abbatecola, C. , Petro, L. S. and Muckli, L. (2021) Numerosity perception in peripheral vision. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 15, 750417. (doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2021.750417)

Svanera, M. , Morgan, A. T., Petro, L. S. and Muckli, L. (2021) A self-supervised deep neural network for image completion resembles early visual cortex fMRI activity patterns for occluded scenes. Journal of Vision, 21(7), 5. (doi: 10.1167/jov.21.7.5) (PMID:34259828)

Morgan, A. T., Nothnagel, N. , Petro, L. S. , Goense, J. and Muckli, L. (2020) High-resolution line-scanning reveals distinct visual response properties across human cortical layers. BioRxiv, (doi: 10.1101/2020.06.30.179762)

Vizioli, L., De Martino, F., Petro, L. S. , Kersten, D., Ugurbil, K., Yacoub, E. and Muckli, L. (2020) Multivoxel pattern of blood oxygen level dependent activity can be sensitive to stimulus specific fine scale responses. Scientific Reports, 10, 7565. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-64044-x) (PMID:32371891) (PMCID:PMC7200825)

Petro, L. S. and Muckli, L. (2020) Neuronal codes for predictive processing in cortical layers. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 43, e142. (doi: 10.1017/S0140525X19003121) (PMID:32645808)

Morgan, A. T., Petro, L. S. and Muckli, L. (2019) Scene representations conveyed by cortical feedback to early visual cortex can be described by line drawings. Journal of Neuroscience, 39(47), pp. 9410-9423. (doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0852-19.2019) (PMID:31611306) (PMCID:PMC6867807)

Revina, Y., Petro, L. S. and Muckli, L. (2018) Cortical feedback signals generalise across different spatial frequencies of feedforward inputs. NeuroImage, 180(Part A), pp. 280-290. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.09.047) (PMID:28951158)

Larkum, M. E., Petro, L. S. , Sachdev, R. N.S. and Muckli, L. (2018) A perspective on cortical layering and layer-spanning neuronal elements. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 12, 56. (doi: 10.3389/fnana.2018.00056) (PMID:30065634) (PMCID:PMC6056619)

Petro, L. S. and Muckli, L. (2018) Forecasting faces in the cortex: Comment on ‘High-level prediction signals in a low-level area of the macaque face-processing hierarchy’, by Schwiedrzik and Freiwald, Neuron (2017). Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 22(2), pp. 95-97. (doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2017.12.001) (PMID:29269195) (PMCID:PMC5774611)

Edwards, G., Vetter, P., McGruer, F., Petro, L. S. and Muckli, L. (2017) Predictive feedback to V1 dynamically updates with sensory input. Scientific Reports, 7, 16538. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-16093-y) (PMID:29184060) (PMCID:PMC5705713)

Muckli, L. and Petro, L. S. (2017) The significance of memory in sensory cortex. Trends in Neurosciences, 40(5), pp. 255-256. (doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2017.03.004) (PMID:28363477) (PMCID:PMC5421742)

Petro, L. S. and Muckli, L. (2017) The laminar integration of sensory inputs with feedback signals in human cortex. Brain and Cognition, 112, pp. 54-57. (doi: 10.1016/j.bandc.2016.06.007) (PMID:27814926) (PMCID:PMC5312781)

Petro, L.S. , Paton, A.T. and Muckli, L. (2017) Contextual modulation of primary visual cortex by auditory signals. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 372(1714), 20160104. (doi: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0104) (PMID:28044015) (PMCID:PMC5206272)

Petro, L. S. and Muckli, L. (2016) The brain's predictive prowess revealed in primary visual cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(5), pp. 1124-1125. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1523834113) (PMID:26772315) (PMCID:PMC4747703)

Muckli, L. , De Martino, F., Vizioli, L., Petro, L. S. , Smith, F. W., Ugurbil, K., Goebel, R. and Yacoub, E. (2015) Contextual feedback to superficial layers of V1. Current Biology, 25(20), pp. 2690-2695. (doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.08.057) (PMID:26441356) (PMCID:PMC4612466)

Petro, L. S. , Vizioli, L. and Muckli, L. (2014) Contributions of cortical feedback to sensory processing in primary visual cortex. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, p. 1223. (doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01223)

Muckli, L. , Petro, L.S. and Smith, F.W. (2013) Backwards is the way forward: feedback in the cortical hierarchy predicts the expected future. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 36(3), p. 221. (doi: 10.1017/S0140525X12002361)

Petro, L.S. , Smith, F.W., Schyns, P.G. and Muckli, L. (2013) Decoding face categories in diagnostic subregions of primary visual cortex. European Journal of Neuroscience, 37(7), pp. 1130-1139. (doi: 10.1111/ejn.12129) (PMID:23373719) (PMCID:PMC3816327)

Muckli, L. and Petro, L.S. (2013) Network interactions: non-geniculate input to V1. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 23(2), pp. 195-201. (doi: 10.1016/j.conb.2013.01.020)

Schyns, P. G. , Petro, L. S. and Smith, M. L. (2009) Transmission of facial expressions of emotion co-evolved with their efficient decoding in the brain: behavioral and brain evidence. PLoS ONE, 4(5), e5625. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005625) (PMID:19462006) (PMCID:PMC2680487)

Schyns, P.G., Petro, L.S. and Smith, M.L. (2007) Dynamics of visual information integration in the brain for categorizing facial expressions. Current Biology, 17(18), pp. 1580-1585. (doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.08.048) (PMID:17869111)

Research Reports or Papers

Morgan, A. T., Petro, L. S. and Muckli, L. (2016) Cortical feedback to V1 and V2 contains unique information about high-level scene structure. [Research Reports or Papers] (Unpublished)

This list was generated on Thu May 22 21:42:16 2025 BST.

Supervision

Supervised Postgraduate Students

  • Belén Montabes de la Cruz (Postgraduate)
  • Zirui Zhang (Postgraduate)

Supervisor


Dr Lucy Petro