Dr Matthew Self

  • Senior Lecturer (Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging)

email: Matthew.Self@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns: He/him/his

School of Psychology and Neuroscience, Sir James Black Building, Glasgow, G12 8QQ

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5731-579X

Research interests

I am a neuroscientist trying to understand how the brain processes visual information to guide behaviour and form memories. My research focusses on the interactions between higher cortical visual areas, the thalamus, the hippocampus and early visual areas such as V1. I am particularly interested in the function of top-down, or feedback, connections which carry information about context, predictions based on experience and memory, and hypotheses about 3D structure back to the early visual cortex. I measure neural activity in epileptic patients who have had electrodes implanted in their brain as part of their treatment. I also record and modulate neural activity in mice using Neuropixels electrodes, two-photon imaging and optogenetic techniques to study neural activity at multiple levels of processing.

Publications

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Possel, Jessy K., Roelfsema, Pieter R. and Self, Matthew W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5731-579X (2025) Orientation-tuned surround-suppression is strongest within perceived 3D surfaces. Journal of Vision, 25(4), 17. (doi: 10.1167/jov.25.4.17) (PMID:40298893) (PMCID:PMC12045118)

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Articles

Possel, Jessy K., Roelfsema, Pieter R. and Self, Matthew W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5731-579X (2025) Orientation-tuned surround-suppression is strongest within perceived 3D surfaces. Journal of Vision, 25(4), 17. (doi: 10.1167/jov.25.4.17) (PMID:40298893) (PMCID:PMC12045118)

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Prior publications

Article

Matthew W. Self, Osvaldo Vilela-Filho, Sergio Neuenschwander, Hélio F. Silva-Filho, Lissa C. Goulart, Pieter R. Roelfsema (2025) Effects of eye closure on the spiking activity of human lateral geniculate neurons Nature Communications Crossref. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-65383-x)

Pieter Roelfsema, Matthew Self, Sergio Neuenschwander, Hélio Silva-Filho, Lissa Goulart, Osvaldo Vilela-Filho (2024) Effects of eye closure on the spiking activity of human lateral geniculate neurons Crossref. (doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-5582027/v1)

Paolo Papale, Wietske Zuiderbaan, Rob R. M. Teeuwen, Amparo Gilhuis, Matthew W. Self, Pieter R. Roelfsema, Serge O. Dumoulin (2024) V1 neurons are tuned to perceptual borders in natural scenes Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Crossref. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.2221623121)

Danique Jeurissen, Anne F. van Ham, Amparo Gilhuis, Paolo Papale, Pieter R. Roelfsema, Matthew W. Self (2024) Border-ownership tuning determines the connectivity between V4 and V1 in the macaque visual system Nature Communications Crossref. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-53256-8)

J Leonie Cazemier, Robin Haak, TK Loan Tran, Ann TY Hsu, Medina Husic, Brandon D Peri, Lisa Kirchberger, Matthew W Self, Pieter Roelfsema, J Alexander Heimel (2024) Involvement of superior colliculus in complex figure detection of mice eLife Crossref. (doi: 10.7554/eLife.83708)

Lisa Kirchberger, Sreedeep Mukherjee, Matthew W. Self, Pieter R. Roelfsema (2023) Contextual drive of neuronal responses in mouse V1 in the absence of feedforward input Science Advances Crossref. (doi: 10.1126/sciadv.add2498)

Efe Soyman et al. (2022) Intracranial human recordings reveal association between neural activity and perceived intensity for the pain of others in the insula eLife Crossref. (doi: 10.7554/eLife.75197)

J. Leonie Cazemier, T. K. Loan Tran, Ann T. Y. Hsu, Medina Husić, Lisa Kirchberger, Matthew W. Self, Pieter R. Roelfsema, J. Alexander Heimel (2022) Involvement of superior colliculus in complex figure detection of mice Crossref. (doi: 10.1101/2022.09.25.509365)

Leila Reddy, Matthew W. Self, Benedikt Zoefel, Marlène Poncet, Jessy K. Possel, Judith C. Peters, Johannes C. Baayen, Sander Idema, Rufin VanRullen, Pieter R. Roelfsema (2021) Theta-phase dependent neuronal coding during sequence learning in human single neurons Nature Communications Crossref. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-25150-0)

Leila Reddy, Benedikt Zoefel, Jessy K. Possel, Judith Peters, Doris E. Dijksterhuis, Marlene Poncet, Elisabeth C. W. van Straaten, Johannes C. Baayen, Sander Idema, Matthew W. Self (2021) Human Hippocampal Neurons Track Moments in a Sequence of Events The Journal of Neuroscience Crossref. (doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3157-20.2021)

Lisa Kirchberger et al. (2021) The essential role of recurrent processing for figure-ground perception in mice Science Advances Crossref. (doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abe1833)

Ulf H. Schnabel, Christophe Bossens, Jeannette A. M. Lorteije, Matthew W. Self, Hans Op de Beeck, Pieter R. Roelfsema (2018) Figure-ground perception in the awake mouse and neuronal activity elicited by figure-ground stimuli in primary visual cortex Scientific Reports Crossref. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-36087-8)

Devavrat Vartak, Danique Jeurissen, Matthew W. Self, Pieter R. Roelfsema (2017) The influence of attention and reward on the learning of stimulus-response associations Scientific Reports Crossref. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-08200-w)

P. Christiaan Klink, Daphne Boucherie, Damiaan Denys, Pieter R. Roelfsema, Matthew W. Self (2017) Interocularly merged face percepts eliminate binocular rivalry Scientific Reports Crossref. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-08023-9)

Timo van Kerkoerle, Matthew W. Self, Pieter R. Roelfsema (2017) Layer-specificity in the effects of attention and working memory on activity in primary visual cortex Nature Communications Crossref. (doi: 10.1038/ncomms13804)

Danique Jeurissen, Matthew W Self, Pieter R Roelfsema (2016) Serial grouping of 2D-image regions with object-based attention in humans eLife Crossref. (doi: 10.7554/eLife.14320)

Leila Reddy, Marlene Poncet, Matthew W. Self, Judith C. Peters, Linda Douw, Edwin van Dellen, Steven Claus, Jaap C. Reijneveld, Johannes C. Baayen, Pieter R. Roelfsema (2015) Learning of anticipatory responses in single neurons of the human medial temporal lobe Nature Communications Crossref. (doi: 10.1038/ncomms9556)

Danique Jeurissen, Anne F. van Ham, Matthew W. Self (2015) The Neural Representation of Multiple Objects in the Primate Visual System The Journal of Neuroscience Crossref. (doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2527-15.2015)

Self MW, Roelfsema PR (2015) Scene perception in early vision: Figure-ground organization in the lateral geniculate nucleus. Europe PubMed Central. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1507097112)

Self MW, Mookhoek A, Tjalma N, Roelfsema PR (2015) Contextual effects on perceived contrast: figure-ground assignment and orientation contrast. Europe PubMed Central. (doi: 10.1167/15.2.2)

van Kerkoerle T, Self MW, Dagnino B, Gariel-Mathis MA, Poort J, van der Togt C, Roelfsema PR (2014) Alpha and gamma oscillations characterize feedback and feedforward processing in monkey visual cortex. Europe PubMed Central. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1402773111)

Self MW, Lorteije JA, Vangeneugden J, van Beest EH, Grigore ME, Levelt CN, Heimel JA, Roelfsema PR (2014) Orientation-tuned surround suppression in mouse visual cortex. Europe PubMed Central. (doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5051-13.2014)

Kooijmans RN, Self MW, Wouterlood FG, Beliën JA, Roelfsema PR (2014) Inhibitory interneuron classes express complementary AMPA-receptor patterns in macaque primary visual cortex. Europe PubMed Central. (doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3188-13.2014)

Self MW, van Kerkoerle T, Supèr H, Roelfsema PR (2013) Distinct roles of the cortical layers of area V1 in figure-ground segregation. Europe PubMed Central. (doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.09.013)

Jeurissen D, Self MW, Roelfsema PR (2013) Surface reconstruction, figure-ground modulation, and border-ownership. Europe PubMed Central. (doi: 10.1080/17588928.2012.748025)

Self MW, Roelfsema PR (2012) Optogenetics: eye movements at light speed. Europe PubMed Central. (doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.07.039)

Self MW, Kooijmans RN, Supèr H, Lamme VA, Roelfsema PR (2012) Different glutamate receptors convey feedforward and recurrent processing in macaque V1. Europe PubMed Central. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1119527109)

Pooresmaeili A, Herrero JL, Self MW, Roelfsema PR, Thiele A (2010) Suppressive lateral interactions at parafoveal representations in primary visual cortex. Europe PubMed Central. (doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6071-09.2010)

Self MW, Roelfsema PR (2010) A monocular, unconscious form of visual attention. Europe PubMed Central. (doi: 10.1167/10.4.17)

Roulston BW, Self MW, Zeki S (2006) Perceptual compression of space through position integration. Europe PubMed Central. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3616)

Self MW, Zeki S (2005) The integration of colour and motion by the human visual brain. Europe PubMed Central. (doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhi010)

Other

Paolo Papale, Wietske Zuiderbaan, Rob R.M. Teeuwen, Amparo Gilhuis, Matthew W. Self, Pieter R. Roelfsema, Serge O. Dumoulin (2021) The influence of objecthood on the representation of natural images in the visual cortex Crossref. (doi: 10.1101/2021.09.21.461209)

Supervision

Supervised Postgraduate Student

  • Ross Hardaker (Postgraduate)

Supervisor

  • Kate Jeffery


Matthew Self