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Christof Koch

Allen Institute for Brain Science · US
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Area of research
Cognitive Neuroscience · Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Research interest
include elucidating the biophysical mechanisms underlying neural computation, understanding the mechanisms and purpose of visual attention, and uncovering the neural basis of consciousness and the subjective mind. Koch maintains a part-time appointment and laboratory at Caltech. Faculty Profile Website: Allen Institute for Brain Science Projects Computational architectures mediating object recognition under occlusion CBMM
h-index
159
citations
134,293
works
1,041
NIH funding
primary concept
Biology
email

Recent publications

Protocol for testing global neuronal workspace and integrated information theories of consciousness in non-human primates and mice.
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Pupil-DLC: an open-source deep learning pipeline for scalable, markerless tracking of pupil dynamics across conscious and unconscious states
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Adversarial testing of global neuronal workspace and integrated information theories of consciousness
Nature 2025cited by 77position: middledoi
Adversarial testing of global neuronal workspace and integrated information theories of consciousness.
2025cited by 33position: contributordoi
Thalamic feedback shapes brain responses evoked by cortical stimulation in mice and humans
Nature Communications 2025cited by 23position: middledoi
Thalamic feedback shapes brain responses evoked by cortical stimulation in mice and humans.
2025cited by 22position: contributordoi
Neuropixels Opto: Combining high-resolution electrophysiology and optogenetics
2025cited by 18position: contributordoi
Neuropixels Opto: Combining high-resolution electrophysiology and optogenetics
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2025cited by 15position: middledoi
Deciphering neuronal variability across states reveals dynamic sensory encoding.
2025cited by 11position: contributordoi
Consciousness or pseudo-consciousness? A clash of two paradigms.
2025cited by 11position: contributordoi
Integrating multimodal data to understand cortical circuit architecture and function.
2025cited by 10position: contributordoi
Covert consciousness: what's in a name?
2025cited by 5position: contributordoi
Backward masking in mice requires visual cortex.
2024cited by 8position: contributordoi
Author Correction: BigNeuron: a resource to benchmark and predict performance of algorithms for automated tracing of neurons in light microscopy datasets
Nature Methods 2024cited by 3position: middledoi
Testing the Conjecture That Quantum Processes Create Conscious Experience.
2024cited by 2position: contributordoi
Transition to chaos separates learning regimes and relates to measure of consciousness in recurrent neural networks
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2024cited by 2position: middledoi
Author Correction: BigNeuron: a resource to benchmark and predict performance of algorithms for automated tracing of neurons in light microscopy datasets.
2024cited by 1position: contributordoi
Christof Koch.
2024cited by 0position: contributordoi
Predicting neural responses to intra- and extra-cranial electric brain stimulation by means of the reciprocity theorem
2024cited by 0position: contributordoi
Spatial transcriptomic data reveals pure cell types via the mosaic hypothesis
2024cited by 0position: contributordoi
Deciphering neuronal variability across states reveals dynamic sensory encoding
2024cited by 0position: contributordoi
An adversarial collaboration protocol for testing contrasting predictions of global neuronal workspace and integrated information theory
PLoS ONE 2023cited by 100position: middledoi
Morphoelectric and transcriptomic divergence of the layer 1 interneuron repertoire in human versus mouse neocortex
Science 2023cited by 80position: middledoi
Morphoelectric and transcriptomic divergence of the layer 1 interneuron repertoire in human versus mouse neocortex.
2023cited by 75position: contributordoi
Regional and cell-type-specific afferent and efferent projections of the mouse claustrum
Cell Reports 2023cited by 58position: lastdoi
BigNeuron: a resource to benchmark and predict performance of algorithms for automated tracing of neurons in light microscopy datasets
Nature Methods 2023cited by 54position: middledoi
Measuring Consciousness in the Intensive Care Unit
Neurocritical Care 2023cited by 51position: middledoi
An adversarial collaboration to critically evaluate theories of consciousness
2023cited by 41position: contributordoi
Cortico-thalamo-cortical interactions modulate electrically evoked EEG responses in mice.
2023cited by 32position: contributordoi
BigNeuron: a resource to benchmark and predict performance of algorithms for automated tracing of neurons in light microscopy datasets.
2023cited by 32position: contributordoi

Grants

"How do reward and salience combine to influence attention and sensory-economic decision making? -- A behavioral and computational study"
NSF0820582$340,9892008–2012PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: Effects of Non-Uniform Extracellular Potential on Neuronal Excitability
NSF0613342$420,3502006–2011PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: CRCNS: Detection and Recognition of Objects in Visual Cortex
NSF0219088$150,0032002–2005PIRePORTER
ITR/SY: A Neuromorphic Vision System for Every-Citizen Interfaces
NSF0112991$450,0002001–2005PIRePORTER
Biophysical Characterization of Information-Theoretical Spike Train Reconstructions
NSF9412426$207,0431994–1997PIRePORTER
Graduate Research Traineeship Program: Graduate Fellowshipsin Computation and Neural Systems
NSF9256935$555,0001993–1999PIRePORTER
An integrated, neurally based model of selective visual attention
NSF9214238$293,2131993–1995PIRePORTER
Presidential Young Investigator Award 
NSF8858224$312,0001988–1994PIRePORTER
Analog Neuronal Networks for an Integrated Vision System
NSF8714710$28,6451987–1988PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

· 41 papers (2019–2026)Costas A. Anastassiou · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center20 papers (2012–2023)Hongkui Zeng · Allen Institute for Brain Science19 papers (2016–2023)Ştefan Mihalaş · Center for Infectious Disease Research16 papers (2013–2024)Ed S. Lein · Allen Institute for Brain Science15 papers (2018–2022)Shawn Olsen · University of California, Berkeley14 papers (2020–2025)Giulio Tononi · Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience12 papers (2014–2023)Jonathan T. Ting · Allen Institute for Brain Science11 papers (2018–2025)Peter Chong · Allen Institute for Brain Science9 papers (2018–2022)Brian Kalmbach · Allen Institute for Brain Science9 papers (2018–2022)Ryder P. Gwinn · EvergreenHealth9 papers (2018–2022)Charles Cobbs · Swedish Medical Center9 papers (2018–2018)Shawn R. Olsen · Allen Institute9 papers (2015–2022)Joshua H. Siegle · Open Geospatial Consortium8 papers (2020–2025)Joshua H. Siegle · Allen Institute8 papers (2015–2025)Julie A. Harris · Allen Institute for Brain Science8 papers (2016–2023)Liad Mudrik · Canadian Institute for Advanced Research8 papers (2013–2023)Ramakrishnan Iyer · Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center7 papers (2013–2020)Hongkui Zeng · Allen Institute7 papers (2019–2021)Stefan Mihalas · Applied Mathematics (United States)7 papers (2019–2024)
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