Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological SurgeryUniversity of Louisville Medical School. Louisville KYpeter.kaskan@ulp.orgoffice: 502-588-0941

Peer-reviewed Publications

Invited Talks

Recent Abstracts

Teaching Experience

Kaskan PM, Kaas JH. 2007. Cortical Connections of the Middle Temporal and the Middle Temporal Crescent Visual Areas in Prosimian Galagos (Otolemur garnetli). Anat Rec 290, 349-366.

Collins CE, Xu X, Khaytin I, Kaskan PM, Casagrande VA, Kaas JH. 2005. Optical imaging of visually evoked responses in the middle temporal area after deactivation of primary visual cortex in adult primates. Proc Natl Acad Sci US A 102(15):5594-5599.

Kaskan PM, Franco EC, Yamada ES, Silveira LC, Darlington RB, Finlay BL 2005. Peripheral variability and central constancy in mammalian visual system evolution. Proc Biol Sci 272(1558):91-100.

Xu X, Collins CE, Kaskan PM, Khaytin I, Kaas JH, Casagrande VA. 2004. Optical imaging of visually evoked responses in prosimian primates reveals conserved features of the middle temporal visual area. Proc Natl Acad Sci US A 101(8):2566-2571.

Kaskan PM, Finlay BL. 2001. Encephalization and its developmental structure: How many ways can a brain get big? In Evolutionary Anatomy of the Primate Cerebral Cortex, Cambridge University Press.

Value in vision: Valuable visual cues recruit extensive networks for anticipating reward. Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, UK. April 2015.

fMRI activation of cortical and subcortical regions in macaques associated with anticipation and receipt of reward. August 2014. Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University.

Kaskan PM, Dean AM, Nicholas MA, Mitz AR, Ungerleider LG, Murray EA. 2016. Gustatory responses in macaque monkeys revealed with fMRI. Soc. Neuroscience, San Diego, DC.

Eaton HP, Kaskan PM, Zemskova JA, Costa VD, Mitz AR, Ungerleider LG, Murray EA. 2014. Multiple behavioral metrics track learning of probabilistically reinforced visual cues in macaque monkeys. Soc. Neuroscience, Washington, DC.

Kaskan PM, Zemskova JA, Mitz AR, Leopold DA, Gothard KM, Ungerleider LG, Murray EA. 2012. Circuitry underlying affective processing of visual stimuli in macaque monkeys as revealed by event-related fMRI. Soc. Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA.

Teaching Assistant, Cornell University, Academic Year 1997 - 2000 Teaching Assistant, Vanderbilt University, Academic Year 2002- 2008 Taught or co-taught Neuroanatomy, Cognitive Science and General Psychology

Chemistry and General Science Teacher, Academic Year 1996 - 1997 Doherty High School, Worcester MA

Grants NIH Training grant T32 MH19389; 1997 - 2000 NEI Training grant 5T32 EY07135; 2002 - 2005