Story · task-family map

Visual contrast discrimination

A visual scan of the atlas's deepest task family: which papers have source-backed findings, which protocols have reproducible slices, where model fits exist, and where the family is still only protocol-level coverage.

Protocols 8 5 with reports
Notable papers 12 7 finding-backed
Findings 54 493,732 trials
Modeled papers 7 2 close calls

Paper Timeline

Filled markers have extracted findings; marker size follows finding count.

Browse papers
2011 2025 Busse L, Ayaz A, Dhruv NT, Katzner S, Saleem AB, Scholvinck ML, Zaharia AD, Carandini M · 0 findings · protocol-linked 2011 Burgess CP, Lak A, Steinmetz NA, Zatka-Haas P, Bai Reddy C, Jacobs EAK, Linden JF, Paton JJ, Ranson A, Schroder S, Soares S, Wells MJ, Wool LE, Harris KD, Carandini M · 0 findings · protocol-linked 2017 Pho GN, Goard MJ, Woodson J, Crawford B, Sur M · 0 findings · protocol-linked 2018 Steinmetz NA, Zatka-Haas P, Carandini M, Harris KD · 1 findings · findings 2019 Lak A, Hueske E, Hirokawa J, Masset P, Ott T, Urai AE, Donner TH, Carandini M, Tonegawa S, Uchida N, Kepecs A · 0 findings · protocol-linked 2020 Lak A, Okun M, Moss MM, Gurnani H, Farrell K, Wells MJ, Bai Reddy C, Kepecs A, Harris KD, Carandini M · 0 findings · protocol-linked 2020 The International Brain Laboratory et al · 3 findings · findings 2021 Zatka-Haas P, Steinmetz NA, Carandini M, Harris KD · 1 findings · findings 2021 Fritsche M, Majumdar A, Strickland L, Liebana Garcia S, Bogacz R, Lak A · 3 findings · findings 2024 Walsh K, McGovern DP, Dully J, Kelly SP, O'Connell RG · 42 findings · findings 2024 The International Brain Laboratory et al · 1 findings · findings 2025 The International Brain Laboratory et al · 3 findings · findings 2025

Coverage Matrix

Each row is a paper linked to a visual-contrast protocol. Bars show how much finding/model coverage exists; chips show operational and source-data coverage.

Paper Protocol Species Source Curves Findings Models Slice
Busse L, Ayaz A, Dhruv NT, Katzner S, Saleem AB, Scholvinck ML, Zaharia AD, Carandini M

2011 · protocol

Mouse port-based visual contrast 2AFC task
  • mouse
not linked -

0

0

 none
Burgess CP, Lak A, Steinmetz NA, Zatka-Haas P, Bai Reddy C, Jacobs EAK, Linden JF, Paton JJ, Ranson A, Schroder S, Soares S, Wells MJ, Wool LE, Harris KD, Carandini M

2017 · protocol

Mouse unforced visual contrast wheel task · Mouse unbiased visual contrast wheel task
  • mouse
not linked -

0

0

 none
Pho GN, Goard MJ, Woodson J, Crawford B, Sur M

2018 · protocol

Mouse visual contrast lick go/no-go task
  • mouse
not linked -

0

0

 none
Steinmetz NA, Zatka-Haas P, Carandini M, Harris KD

2019 · findings

Mouse unforced visual contrast wheel task
  • mouse
  • processed trials
  • psychometric

1

1

 report
Lak A, Hueske E, Hirokawa J, Masset P, Ott T, Urai AE, Donner TH, Carandini M, Tonegawa S, Uchida N, Kepecs A

2020 · protocol

Mouse unbiased visual contrast wheel task
  • mouse
  • human
not linked -

0

0

 none
Lak A, Okun M, Moss MM, Gurnani H, Farrell K, Wells MJ, Bai Reddy C, Kepecs A, Harris KD, Carandini M

2020 · protocol

Mouse visual contrast wheel task with reward-value blocks
  • mouse
not linked -

0

0

 none
The International Brain Laboratory et al

2021 · findings

IBL visual decision task · Mouse unbiased visual contrast wheel task
  • mouse
  • processed trials
  • psychometric

3

3

 report
Zatka-Haas P, Steinmetz NA, Carandini M, Harris KD

2021 · findings

Mouse unforced visual contrast wheel task
  • mouse
  • processed trials
  • psychometric

1

1

 report
Fritsche M, Majumdar A, Strickland L, Liebana Garcia S, Bogacz R, Lak A

2024 · findings

Mouse visual contrast wheel task with temporal regularities
  • mouse
  • processed trials
  • psychometric

3

3

 report
Walsh K, McGovern DP, Dully J, Kelly SP, O'Connell RG

2024 · findings

Human visual contrast 2AFC keyboard task
  • human
  • processed trials
  • chronometric
  • psychometric

42

42

 report
The International Brain Laboratory et al

2025 · findings

IBL visual decision task
  • mouse
  • processed trials
  • psychometric

1

1

 report
The International Brain Laboratory et al

2025 · findings

IBL visual decision task
  • mouse
  • processed trials
  • psychometric

3

3

 report

Curve Scan

Pooled or per-condition traces first; subject-level curves remain one click away.

Small-Multiple Gallery

Paper- and protocol-level panels expose condition shifts, subject variation, source depth, and fit overlays without collapsing the family into one dense plot.

15 panels 15 traces processed trials

Protocol Footprint

Protocol variants preserve response modality and context differences instead of treating all contrast tasks as interchangeable.

Reading The Map

Dense rows are not automatically better science: they mean the atlas has extracted more operational evidence. Sparse rows identify protocol-linked papers where source access or extraction is still the limiting factor. The page deliberately keeps source depth, curve type, and model confidence as separate visual channels.