John Hotson
Academic Appointments
- Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Key Documents
Professional Overview
Administrative Appointments
- Chief of Neurology, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (1985 - 2009)
Honors and Awards
- Neurology Clerkship Teaching Award, Department of Neurology, Stanford University School of Medicine (2004-2007, 2009)
- Lysia Fornia Award for Teaching Excellence, Department of Neurology, Stanford University School of Medicine (1991)
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
The response and recovery of human visual, eye movement and related cognitive systems after acquired neurological disorders is a main area of interest. Experimental designs combine human brain neurophysiology techniques with psychophysics methods. We currently use transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) as probes to test the postulate that visual perceptual learning alters early visual cortex.
Publications
- Visual perceptual learning is similar across the extrafoveal central visual fields Restorative Neurology & Neuroscience. 2009; (3): 181-188
- Perceptual learning of line orientation modifies the effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation of visual cortex. Experimental Brain Research. 2005: 23-34
- Acute vestibular syndrome. N Engl J Med. 1998; (10): 680-5
- Tracing the timing of human analysis of motion and chromatic signals from occipital to temporo-parieto-occipital cortex: a transcranial magnetic stimulation study. Vision Res. 1998; (17): 2619-27
- Transcranial magnetic stimulation of extrastriate cortex degrades human motion direction discrimination. Vision Res. 1994; (16): 2115-23
- Correlation of median forearm conduction velocity with carpal tunnel syndrome severity. Clinical Neurophysiology. 2007; (4): 781
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