Max Levinson

Cognitive Neuroscientist
New York University
max.levinson@nyulangone.org

I aim to understand how human brain activity gives rise to subjective, or conscious, perceptual experiences. I use a variety of cognitive neuroscience techniques: neuroimaging (fMRI, M/EEG), eye-tracking, psychophysics, and computational modeling. My latest research emphasizes visual perception and the interactions between eye movements and neural processing.

I am currently a Postdoctoral Fellow working with Biyu He at the Institute for Translational Neuroscience, New York University.

I received my PhD in Neuroscience from McGill University in 2024, advised by Sylvain Baillet. There I used a visual illusion called perceptual filling-in to probe the brain processes underlying conscious vision.