Publications

Selected publications:

Martinez-Conde S & Macknik SL (2010)Scientific American Mind (Special Issue May 2010) 169 Best Illusions

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL, Troncoso XG & Hubel DH(2009)Trends in Neurosciences; 32, 463-475. Microsaccades: a neurophysiological analysis

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2008) Scientific American, 299, 72-79. Magic and the brain Featured photographically on the cover

Troncoso XG, Macknik SL, Otero-Millan J, Martinez-Conde S (2008)PNAS; 105: 16033 – 16038. Microsaccades drive illusory motion in the Enigma illusion Supporting information

Macknik SL, King M, Randi J, Robbins A, Teller , Thompson J, Martinez-Conde S (2008) Nature Reviews Neuroscience; 9, 871-879. Attention and awareness in stage magic: turning tricks into research
Cover article

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2007)Scientific American; 297, 56-63. Windows on the mind

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL, Troncoso XG, Dyar TA (2006)Neuron; 49, 297-305. Microsaccades counteract visual fading during fixation Preview by Ralf Engbert (Neuron; 49: 168-170). Reviewed by the Faculty of 1000

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL & Hubel DH (2004) Nature Reviews Neuroscience; 5, 229-240. The role of fixational eye movements in visual perceptionFeatured article of the month

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL, & Hubel DH (2002) PNAS; 99, 13920-13925. The function of bursts of spikes during visual fixation in the awake primate lateral geniculate nucleus and primary visual cortex

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL & Hubel DH (2000) Nature Neuroscience; 3, 251-258. Microsaccadic eye movements and firing of single cells in the striate cortex of macaque monkeys

Full list:
2010

Martinez-Conde S & Macknik SL (2010)Scientific American Mind (Special Issue May 2010)

169 Best Illusions

Martinez-Conde S & Macknik SL
The Neuroscience of Illusion
Macknik SL & Martinez-Conde S
A Perspective on 3-D Visual Illusions
Macknik SL & Martinez-Conde S
The Neuroscience of Yorick’s Ghost and Other Afterimages
Macknik SL & Martinez-Conde S
Colors Out of Space
Martinez-Conde S & Macknik SL
What’s in a Face?
Martinez-Conde S & Macknik SL
The Eyes Have It
Macknik SL & Martinez-Conde S
The Illusions of Love
Martinez-Conde S & Macknik SL
Art as Visual Research: Kinetic Illusions in Op Art
Macknik SL & Martinez-Conde S
Sculpting the Impossible: Solid Renditions of Visual Illusions
Martinez-Conde S & Macknik SL
Food for Thought: Visual Illusions Good Enough to Eat

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2010) Mind Matters, the Scientific American web seminar on mind and brain.

2009

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL, Troncoso XG & Hubel DH(2009)Trends in Neurosciences; 32, 463-475. Microsaccades: a neurophysiological analysis

Troncoso XG, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2009)Spatial Vision; 22, 211–224. Corner salience varies parametrically with corner angle during flicker-augmented contrast: further predictions on corner perception from Vasarely’s artworksSpecial Issue on Vision Science and Art

Chen Y, Anand S, Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL, Bereshpolova Y, Swadlow HA, Alonso JM (2009) Journal of Vision; 9(9):14, 1-17. The linearity and selectivity of neuronal responses in awake visual cortex

Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2009) Nature Reviews Neuroscience; 10, 241. Real magic: future studies of magic should be grounded in neuroscience

Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2009)The Cognitive Neurosciences, 4th Edition. Ed. Gazzaniga. MIT Press (Cambridge), 1165-1175. The role of feedback in visual attention and awareness

Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2009) New Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, Ed. Larry R. Squire, Elsevier, 3, 105-116. Consciousness: Neurophysiology and visual awareness in

Martinez-Conde S (2009) Encyclopedia of Perception, Ed. E. Bruce Goldstein, Sage Press,438-439. Eye movements during fixation

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2009) Encyclopedia of Perception, Ed. E. Bruce Goldstein, Sage Press,637-642. Nonveridical perception

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2009) Encyclopedia of Perception, Ed. E. Bruce Goldstein, Sage Press,1077-1081. Visual illusions

Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2009) Encyclopedia of Perception, Ed. E. Bruce Goldstein, Sage Press,318-320. Contrast enhancement at borders

Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2009) Encyclopedia of Perception, Ed. E. Bruce Goldstein, Sage Press,522-524. Lateral inhibition

Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2009) Encyclopedia of Perception, Ed. E. Bruce Goldstein, Sage Press,1060-1062. Vision: temporal factors

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2009) Mind Matters, the Scientific American web seminar on mind and brain.

2008

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2008)Scientific American, 299, 72-79.

Magic and the brain Featured photographically on the cover

International Editions:

Spain. Investigación y Ciencia Magia y cerebro

Troncoso XG, Macknik SL, Otero-Millan J, Martinez-Conde S (2008)PNAS; 105: 16033 – 16038. Microsaccades drive illusory motion in the Enigma illusion Supporting information

Macknik SL, King M, Randi J, Robbins A, Teller , Thompson J, Martinez-Conde S (2008) Nature Reviews Neuroscience; 9, 871-879. Attention and awareness in stage magic: turning tricks into research
Cover article

Troncoso XG, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2008) Journal of Vision; 8(14):15, 1-9 Microsaccades counteract perceptual filling-inSpecial Issue on Eye Movements and the Perception of a Clear and Stable Visual World

Otero-Millan J, Troncoso XG, Macknik SL, Serrano-Pedraza I, Martinez-Conde S (2008) Journal of Vision; 8(14):21, 1-18 Saccades and microsaccades during visual fixation, exploration, and search: Foundations for a common saccadic generatorSpecial Issue on Eye Movements and the Perception of a Clear and Stable Visual World

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2008) Journal of Vision; 8(14):28, 1-16 Fixational eye movements across vertebrates: Comparative dynamics, physiology, and perceptionSpecial Issue on Eye Movements and the Perception of a Clear and Stable Visual World

Troncoso XG, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2008) Art and Perception Towards a Visual Science of Art, Pinna B (Ed), BRILL, Leiden, 335-348 Corner salience varies parametrically with corner angle during flicker-augmented contrast: further predictions on corner perception from Vasarely’s artworks

Chen Y, Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL, Bereshpolova Y, Swadlow HA, Alonso J-M (2008) Nature Neuroscience; 11: 974 – 982. Task difficulty modulates the activity of specific neuronal populations in primary visual cortex News and Views by John H Reynolds (Nature Neuroscience; 11: 861 – 862).

Serra A, Liao K, Martinez-Conde S, Optican LM, Leigh RJ (2008) Neurology; 70, 810-2. Suppression of saccadic intrusions in hereditary ataxia by memantine

Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2008)Scientific American Mind; 19 (October/November), 20-23. A perspective on 3-D visual illusions

Martinez-Conde S (2008)Scientific American Mind; 19 (April/May), 48-53.

Subconscious sight

International Editions:

Spain. Mente y cerebro Visión subconsciente

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2008) Mind Matters, the Scientific American web seminar on mind and brain.

Martinez-Conde S (2008) Mind Matters, the Scientific American web semiar on mind and brain. The lab route to out-of-body experiences

Martinez-Conde S (2008)Scientific American Mind; 19 (June/July), 84. How does being confident in your knowledge affect the way you apply that knowledge?

Martinez-Conde S (2008) Ver y oir; 25, 146-154. Nuevas ilusiones visuales basadas en el arte de Victor Vasarely nos ayudan a entender la percepción visual
Cover article

2007

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2007)Scientific American; 297, 56-63. Windows on the mind
Cover story

International editions Brazil China Germany Japan Korea Poland Russia Spain* Others:

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Netherlands & Belgium

* Investigacion y Ciencia; 373, 22-23. Ventanas de la mente (Translated to Spanish by SM-C)

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2007)Nature; 448, 414. Mind tricks – Cognitive scientists take a lesson from magicians.

Troncoso XG, Tse PU, Macknik SL, Caplovitz GP, Hsieh P-J, Schlegel AA, Otero-Millan J, Martinez-Conde S (2007)Perception; 36, 808-820. BOLD activation varies parametrically with corner angle throughout human retinotopic cortex

Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2007) Advances in Cognitive Psychology; 3, 125-152. The role of feedback in visual masking and visual processing

Martinez-Conde S (2007)Scientific American Mind; 18 (October/November), 54-57. Skewed Vision

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2007)Scientific American; 297, 16. Bobbing and perceiving

Martinez-Conde S (2007) Mind Matters, the Scientific American web semiar on mind and brain. Blindsight: When the brain sees what you do not

Martinez-Conde S (2007) Mind Matters, the Scientific American web semiar on mind and brain. Anticipating reward: more than meets the eye

Martinez-Conde S (2007) Tribuna de la Ciencia. Volver (Spanish)

2006

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL, Troncoso XG, Dyar TA (2006) Neuron; 49, 297-305. Microsaccades counteract visual fading during fixation Preview by Ralf Engbert (Neuron; 49: 168-170). Reviewed by the Faculty of 1000

Martinez-Conde S (2006) Progress in Brain Research; 154. 151-176. Fixational eye movements in normal and pathological vision

Simons D, Lleras A, Martinez-Conde S, Slichter D, Caddigan E, Nevarez G (2006) Journal of Vision; 6, 1093-1101. Induced visual fading of complex images

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL, Martinez LM, Alonso J-M, Tse PU (Eds) (2006). Progress in Brain Research Series; 154. Elsevier Science. Visual Perception (Part I). Fundamentals of vision: low and mid-level processes in perception

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL, Martinez LM, Alonso J-M, Tse PU (Eds) (2006) Progress in Brain Research Series; 155. Elsevier Science. Visual Perception (Part II). Fundamentals of awareness, multi-sensory integration and high-order perception

2005

Troncoso XG, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2005) Perception; 34, 409-420. Novel visual illusions related to Vasarely’s ‘nested squares’ show that corner salience varies with corner angle

Tse PU, Martinez-Conde S, Schlegel AA, Macknik SL (2005) PNAS; 102, 17178-17183. Visibility, visual awareness and visual masking of simple targets are confined to areas in the occipital cortex beyond human V1/V2

Martinez-Conde S (2005) BNI Quarterly; 21, 44-48. The role of eye movements during visual fixation

Martinez-Conde S (2005) Psyche; 11. A review of David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel’s Brain and Visual Perception

Martinez-Conde S, Perez M, Martinez L (2005) Quo; 118, 110-115. Flipar en colores (Spanish)

2004

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL & Hubel DH (2004) Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 5, 229-240. The role of fixational eye movements in visual perception

Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2004) Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience; 16, 1049-1059. Dichoptic visual masking in the geniculocortical system of awake primates

Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2004) Neurocomputing; 58-60, 775-782.The spatial and temporal effects of lateral inhibitory networks and their relevance to the visibility of spatiotemporal edges

Martinez-Conde S (2004) Psyche; 10. A review of Christof Koch’s The Quest for Consciousness

2002

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL, & Hubel DH (2002) PNAS, 99,  13920-13925. The function of bursts of spikes during visual fixation in the awake primate lateral geniculate nucleus and primary visual cortex

2000

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL & Hubel DH (2000) Nature Neuroscience; 3, 251-258. Microsaccadic eye movements and firing of single cells in the striate cortex of macaque monkeys

Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S, & Haglund MM (2000) PNAS; 97, 7556-7560. The role of spatiotemporal edges in visibility and visual masking

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL, Hubel DH (2000) Ciencia Al Dia Internacional;  3(3). How the visual system prevents the world from fading. Spanish version

1999

Martinez-Conde S, Cudeiro J, Grieve KL, Rodriguez R, Rivadulla C, Acuña C (1999). Journal of Neurophysiology; 82, 2667-2675. Effects of feedback projections from area 18 layers 2/3 to area 17 layers 2/3 in the cat visual cortex

1997

Cudeiro J, Rivadulla C, Rodriguez R, Grieve KL, Martinez-Conde S, Acuña C (1997). Journal of Physiology; 504, 467-478. The action of compounds manipulating the nitric oxide system in the primary visual cortex of the cat

Rivadulla C, Grieve KL, Rodriguez R, Martinez-Conde S, Acuña C, Cudeiro J (1997) Neuroreport; 8, 863-866. An unusual effect of application of the amino acid L-Arginine on cat visual cortical cells

1996

Rivadulla C, Rodriguez R, Martinez-Conde S, Acuña C, Cudeiro J (1996) European Journal of Neuroscience; 8, 2459-2466. The influence of nitric oxide in the perigeniculate GABAergic cells of the anaesthetized cat

Cudeiro J, Rivadulla C, Rodriguez R, Martinez-Conde S, Martinez L, Grieve KL, Acuña, C (1996) European Journal of Neuroscience; 8, 144-152. Further observations on the role of nitric oxide in the feline lateral geniculate nucleus

1994

Cudeiro J, Rivadulla C, Rodriguez R, Martinez-Conde S, Acuña C, Alonso JM (1994) Journal of Neurophysiology; 71, 146-149. Modulatory influence of putative inhibitors of nitric oxide synthesis on visual processing in the cat lateral geniculate nucleus

Cudeiro J, Grieve KL, Rivadulla C, Martinez-Conde S, Acuña C (1994) Neuropharmacology; 33, 1413-1418. The role of nitric oxide in the transformation of visual information within the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of the cat