Publications

Li J, Singh VP, Mitchell JF, Huk AC & Miller CT. 2026. Active gaze behavior organizes V1 activity in freely-moving marmosets. bioRxiv. doi: 10.64898/2026.02.05.704079.

Lefevre A, Singh VP, Tyree TJ, Li J, Duhamel J-R & Miller CT. 2026. Primate ACC encodes natural vocal interactions in a ‘cocktail party’. bioRxiv. doi: 10.1101/2025.10.17.683014.

Mysorekar AR, Vispute A & Miller CT. 2026. Ecological factors affecting prosociality in marmoset monkeys. Animal Cognition 29, 27

Miller CT. 2026. Social Models. Evolution of Nervous Systems (3rd ed.). 2, 298-306

Singh VP; Li, J; Dawson, K; Mitchell, JF; & Miller CT. 2025. Active vision in freely-moving marmosets using head-mounted eye tracking. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122, e2412964122

Li, J; Aoi, M; Miller CT. 2024. Representing the dynamics of natural marmoset vocal behaviors in frontal cortex. Neuron. 112, 3542-3550.

Grijseels, DM; Fairbank, DF; Miller CT. 2024. A model of marmoset monkey vocal turn-taking. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B. 291, 20240150.

Lefevre, A.; Mesa, J. & Miller CT. 2024. Long range projections of Oxytocin neurons in the marmoset brain. Journal of Neuroendocrinology: 36, e13397.

Mitchell, JM; Wang K.H.; Batista, AP & Miller, CT. 2024. Ethologically motivated approaches to the neurobiology of primate visually guided reach-to-grasp behavior. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 86:102872.

Tyree, T; Metke, M; & Miller, C.T. 2023. Cross-modal representation of identity in the primate hippocampus. Science. 382, 417-423.

Grijseels, DM; Prendergast, B; Gorman, J & Miller CT. 2023. The neurobiology of marmoset vocal communication. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1528, 13-28.

Chuapoco, M; Flytzanis, N; Goeden, N; Octeau, J; Roxas, K; Chan, K; Scherrer, J; Winchester, J; Blackburn, R; Campos, L; Man, K; Sun, J; Chen, X; Lefevre, A; Pal Singh, V; Arokiaraj, C; Shay, T; Vendemiatti, J; Jang, M; Mich, J; Bishaw, Y; Gore, B; Omstead, V; Taskin, N; Weed, N; Levi, B; Ting, J; Miller, CT; Deverman, B; Pickel, J; Tian, L; Fox, A & Gradinaru, V. 2023. Adeno-associated viral vectors for functional intravenous gene transfer throughout the nonhuman primate brain. Nature Nanotechnology. 18, 1241-1251.

Chen, X; Wolfe, D; Bindu, D; Zhang, M; Taskin, N; Goertsen, D; Shay, T; Sullivan, E; Huang, S; Kuma, S; Arokiaraj, C; Plattner, V; Campos, L; Mich, J; Monet, D; Ngo, V; Ding, X; Omstead, V; Weed, N; Bishaw, Y; Gore, B; Lein, E; Akrami, A; Miller, CT; Levi, B; Keller, A; Ting, J; Fox, A; Eroglu, C & Gradinaru V. 2023. Functional gene delivery to and across brain vasculature of systemic AAVs with endothelial-specific tropism in rodents and broad tropism in primates. Nature Communication, 14, 3345.

Ngo, V.; Gorman, JC; de la Fuenta, F.; Souto, A.; Schiel, N. & Miller CT. 2022. Active vision for prey-capture in wild marmosets. Current Biology, 32, 3423-3428.

Chen X; Kumar S; Adams CD; Yang D; Wang T; Wolfe DA; Ngo V; Campos LJ; Griffith JA; Ichiki T; Mazmanian SK; Osborne PB; Keast JR; Miller CT; Fox AS; Chiu IM; Gradinaru V. 2022. Engineered AAVs for non-invasive gene delivery to rodent and nonhuman primate nervous systems. Neuron, 110, 224-2257.

Miller CT*; Gire D; Hoke K; Huk A; Kelly D; Leopold D; Smear M; Theunnisen F; Yartsev M; Niell C*.2022. Natural behavior is the language of the brain. *Equal Contributions. Current Biology, 32, R482-493.

Jovanovic, V., Fishbein, AR; de la Mothe, L; Lee, K & Miller CT. 2022. Behavioral context affects social signal representations within single primate prefrontal cortex neurons. Neuron, 110, 1318-1326.

Courellis, H*; Nummela, SU*; Metke, M.; Bussell, R; Diehl, G.; Cauwenberghs, G. & Miller, CT. 2019. Spatial encoding in primate hippocampus during free-navigation. PLoS Biology, 17(12), e3000546. *Equal Contributions

Wirthlin, M.; Chang, E.; Knorschild, M.; Krubitzer, L.; Mello, C.; Miller, CT.; Pfenning, A.; Vernes, S.; Tchernichovski, O.; Yartsev, M. 2019. A Modular Approach to Vocal Learning: Disentangling the diversity of a complex behavioral trait. Neuron, 104, 87-99.

Nummela, SU; Jutris, M; Wixted, J; Buffalo, E & Miller, CT. 2019. Recognition memory in marmoset and macaque monkeys: a comparison of active vision. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 31, 1318-1328.

Miller CT, Hale, M; Okano, H; Okabe, S; & Mitra, P. 2019. Comparative principles for next-generation neuroscience. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 13:12

Chul, K; Joshi, S; Courellis, H.; Wang, J.; Miller, C.T.; & Cauwenberg, G. 2018. Sub-μV-noise sub-μW/channel ADC-Direct Neural Recording with 200mV/ms Transient Recovery through Predictive Digital Autoranging. IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 53, 3101-3110.

Casselli, C; Ayres, PHB; Castro, S; Souto, A; Schiel, N. & Miller CT. 2018. The role of extra-group encounters in a Neotropical cooperative breeding primate, common marmosets: A field playback experiment. Animal Behaviour, 136, 137-146

Toarmino, C.; Yen, C.; Papoti, D; Bock, N.A.; Leopold, D.; Miller, CT* & Silva, A*. 2017. Functional magnetic resonance imaging of auditory cortical fields in awake marmosets. Neuroimage, 162, 86-92. *Equal Contributions

Nummela, SU; Jovanovic, V. de la Mothe, L. & Miller, CT. 2017. Social context-dependent activity in marmoset frontal cortex populations during natural conversations. Journal of Neuroscience, 37, 7036-7047.

Miller, C.T. 2017. Why marmosets? Developmental Neurobiology, 77, 237-243

Eliades, SJ & Miller, CT. 2017. Marmoset Vocal Communication: Behavior and Neurobiology. Developmental Neurobiology, 77, 286-299.

Toarmino, C.; Wong, L. & Miller, CT. 2017. Audience affects decision-making in a marmoset communication network. Biology Letters, 13, 20160934

MacDougall, M; Nummela, SU; Coop, S; Disney, A; Mitchell, J; & Miller, CT. 2016. Optogenetic manipulation of neural circuits in awake marmosets. Journal of Neurophysiology, 116, 1286-1294.

Miller, CT.; Freiwald, W.; Leopold, D.; Mitchell, J.F.; Silva, A.; Wang, X. 2016. Marmosets: A Neuroscientific Model of Human Social Behavior. Neuron, 90, 219-233.

Miller, CT; Thomas, AW; Nummela, SU; & de la Mothe, L. 2015. Responses of primate frontal cortex neurons during natural vocal communication. Journal of Neurophysiology, 114, 1158-1171.

Mitchell, J: Priebe, N & Miller CT. 2015. Motion dependence of smooth eye movements in the marmoset. Journal of Neurophysiology, 113, 3954-3960.

Belmonte, C; Callaway,E; Caddick, S; Churchland, P; Feng, G; Homanics, G; Lee, K; Leopold, D; Miller, CT; Mitchell, J; Mitalipov, S; Moutri, A; Movschon, A; Okano, H; Reynolds, J; Ringach, D; Sejnowski, T; Silva, A; Strick, P; Wu, J; & Zang, F. 2015. Brains, Genes and Primates. Neuron, 86, 617-631.

Chow, C.; Mitchell, J. & Miller, CT. 2015. Vocal turn-taking in a nonhuman primate is learned during ontogeny. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B. 282, 20150069.

Mitchell, J; Reynolds, J & Miller, CT. 2014. Active vision in marmosets: A model for visual neuroscience. Journal of Neuroscience, 34,1183-1194.

Morrill, R; Thomas, AW; Schiel, N.; Souto, A; Miller, CT. 2013. The effect of habitat acoustics on common marmoset vocal signal transmission. American Journal of Primatology, 75, 904-916.

Miller, CT & AW Thomas. 2012. Individual recognition during bouts of antiphonal calling in common marmosets. Journal of Comparative Physiology, A. 198, 337-346

Miller, CT; Bee, MA. 2012. Receiver psychology turns 20: Should we broaden the scope? Animal Behaviour, 83, 331-34

Roy, S; Miller, CT; Gottsch, D; Wang, X. 2011. Vocal control by common marmosets in the presence of interfering noise. Journal of Experimental Biology, 214, 3619-3629

Miller, CT; DiMauro, A; Pistorio, A; Hendry, S; Wang, X. 2010. Vocalization induced cFos expression in marmoset cortex. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 4 (128) 1-15

Miller, CT; Mandel, K; Wang, X. 2010. The communicative content of the common marmoset phee call during antiphonal calling. American Journal of Primatology 72, 974-980.

Miller, CT; Eliades, SJ; Wang, X. 2009. Motor planning for vocal production in common marmosets. Animal Behaviour. 78, 1195-1203.

Miller, CT; Beck, K; Meade, B. Wang, X. 2009 Antiphonal call timing in marmosets is behaviorally significant: Interactive playback experiments. Journal of Comparative Physiology, A. 195, 783-789

Miller, CT; Wang, X. 2006. Sensory-motor interactions modulate a primate vocal behavior: antiphonal calling in common marmosets. Journal of Comparative Physiology, A., 192, 27-38.

Miller, CT; Iguina, C; Hauser, MD. 2005. Processing vocal signals for recognition during antiphonal calling. Animal Behaviour, 69, 1387-1398.

Palleroni, A.; Miller, C.T. Hauser, M.D.; Marler, P. 2005. Prey plumage adaptation against falcon attack. Nature, 434, 973 – 974.

Miller, CT; Scarl, JS, Hauser, MD. 2004. Sensory biases underlie sex differences in tamarin long call structure. Animal Behaviour, 68, 713-720.

Miller, CT; Hauser, MD. 2004. Multiple acoustic cues underlie vocal signal recognition in tamarins: antiphonal calling experiments. Journal of Comparative Physiology, A., 190, 7-19.

Santos, LR; Miller, CT; Hauser, M.D. 2003. Representing tools: how two nonhuman primate species distinguishing between functionally relevant and irrelevant features of a tool. Animal Cognition, 6, 269-281.

Miller, CT; Flusberg, S, Hauser, MD. 2003. Interruptibility of long call production in tamarins: implications for vocal control. Journal of Experimental Biology, 206, 2629-2639.

Miller, CT; Paciulli, LM. 2002. Patterns of lateralized hand use in an arboreal primate (Simias concolor). American Journal of Primatology, 56, 231-236.

Miller, CT; Miller, J; Gil de Costa, R; Hauser, MD. 2001. Selective phonotaxis by cotton-top tamarins. Behaviour, 138, 811-826.

Miller, CT; Dibble, E; Hauser, MD. 2001. Amodal completion of acoustic signals by a nonhuman primate. Nature Neuroscience, 4, 783-784.

Hauser, MD, Miller, CT; Liu, KD; Gupta, R. 2001. Cotton-top tamarins fail to recognize their mirror image: within- & between-species differences. American Journal of Primatology, 53, 131-137.

Ghazanfar, AA; Flombaum, J; Miller, CT; Hauser, MD. 2001. The units of perception in cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus oedipus) vocal communication: Playback experiments with long calls. Journal of Comparative Physiology, A., 187, 27-35.

Ramus, F; Hauser, MD; Miller, CT; Morris, D; Mehler, J. 2000. Language discrimination by human newborns and cotton-top tamarin monkeys. Science, 288, 349-351.