Martin Hebart

Martin Hebart is a Professor at the Department of Medicine, Justus Liebig University Giessen, and affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences. He leads an interdisciplinary lab integrating psychology, neuroscience, and computer science to decode visual perception mechanisms.

• Research focus on visual object recognition
• Developing computational models (deep learning, semantic embeddings)
• Utilizing neuroimaging (fMRI, MEG) and behavioral datasets

Recent work explores:

• Core dimensions of material perception
• Alignment of AI models with human vision
• Distributed neural representations of object features
• Improving fMRI methodology

His lab has produced software tools like THINGSvision and SPoSE for neural network analysis and semantic embedding. Former team members include researchers recognized with Marie Curie Fellowships.