codes. Nature Neuroscience, 9(11), 1432–1438. Ma, W. J., Husain, M., & Bays, P. M. (2014). Changing concepts of working memory. Nature Neuroscience, 17(3), 347-356. Ma, W. J., & Jazayeri, M. (2014). Neural coding of uncertainty and probability. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 37, 205-220. Ma, W. J., Navalpakkam, V., Beck, J. M., Van Den Berg, R., & Pouget, A. (2011). Behavior and neural basis of near-optimal visual search. Nature Neuroscience, 14(6), 783-790. Wilken, P. & Ma, W.J. (2004). A detection theory account of change detection. Journal of Vision, 4(12), 1120–35. Non-academic activities Ma is a significant contributor in scientific outreach efforts. He is a founding member of the Scientist Action and Advocacy Network. In that capacity, he has been an expert witness, providing scientific testimony to the New York City Council Committees on Juvenile Justice & Courts and Legal Services on the issue of adolescent brain development. He is the co-founder and the current chairman of the board and CFO of the Rural China Education Foundation, whose goal is to improve the quality and efficacy of childhood education in order to improve the quality of life in rural communities in China. He was a neuroscience consultant for The Brain Piece, a dance interpretation of the brain and mind, and which has played in over 25 festivals and screenings globally. He was also a performer in The Brain Piece's trailer, Dance of the Neuron, which was selected for the 2017 In/Motion: Chicago's Dance Film Festival. He also created and co-organizes the Growing Up in Science talk series where he leads interviews and discussions on scientists’ personal maturation in academia. In addition to leading the series at NYU, he has brought it to scientific conferences and other universities. References External links Personal website NYU Faculty Bio Lab website Rural China Education Foundation Scientist Action and Advocacy Network The Brain Piece Growing Up in Science American neuroscientists New York University faculty University of Groningen alumni Decision-making Computational neuroscience Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Dutch emigrants to the United States Baylor College of Medicine faculty