Work from the Kaas's laboratory is notable for its emphasis on
evolutionary biology. Kaas's approach is to try to understand how complex brains evolved from ancestor forms which had relatively few areas. Some of the career highlights include:
Some of the first descriptions of topographically organized areas in the
extrastriate cortex of
primates, including the middle
temporal area MT, or V5 (Allman and Kaas, 1971), and the
dorsomedial area, or V6.
Demonstration of changes in the topographic representation of sensory organs in the cerebral cortex after lesions of the
sensory organs (Kaas et al. 1990; see also
neuroplasticity).
References
^"Jon Kaas". Vanderbilt University-Psychological Sciences. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
Other sources
Allman JM, Kaas JH (1971) A representation of the visual field in the caudal third of the middle temporal gyrus of the owl monkey (
Aotus trivirgatus). Brain Res 31(1):85-105.
Allman JM, Kaas JH (1975) The dorsomedial cortical visual area: a third tier area in the occipital lobe of the owl monkey (Aotus trivirgatus). Brain Res 1