Publications | Laboratory of Integrative Neuroscience : : Susana Martinez-Conde, Director

Selected publications:

Troncoso XG, McCamy MB, Najafian JaziAli , Cui J, Otero-Millan J, Macknik SL, Costela FM, Martinez-Conde S (2015)

Nature Communications; 6:8114

V1 neurons respond differently to object motion versus motion from eye movements

Martinez-Conde S (2013)

New York Times; May 19,2013:SR12

Vision is all about change

Otero-Millan J, Macknik SL, Langston RE, Martinez-Conde S (2013)

PNAS; 110, 6175-6180

An oculomotor continuum from exploration to fixation

Martinez-Conde S, Otero-Millan J, Macknik SL (2013)

Nature Reviews Neuroscience; 14, 83-96

The impact of microsaccades on vision: towards a unified theory of saccadic function

Cover article

Otero-Millan J, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2012)

Journal of Neuroscience; 32: 6043-6051

Microsaccades and blinks trigger illusory rotation in the “Rotating snakes” Illusion

Cover article

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

Cover article

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 perception

Full list:

2024

Dunn MJ, Alexander RG, Amiebenomo OM, Arblaster G, Atan D, Erichsen JT, Ettinger U, Giardini ME, Gilchrist ID, Hamilton R, Hessels RS, Hodgins S, Hooge ITC, Jackson BS, Lee H, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S, Mcilreavy L, Muratori LM, Niehorster DC, Nyström M, Otero-Millan J, Schlüssel MM, Self JE, Singh T, Smyrnis N, Sprenger A (2024)

Behav Res Methods. 2024 Aug;56(5):4351-4357. Epub 2023 Jul 28

Minimal reporting guideline for research involving eye tracking (2023 edition)

Alexander RG, Venkatakrishnan A, Chanovas J, Ferguson S, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2024)

J Vis. 2024 Apr 1;24(4):1

Why did Rubens add a parrot to Titian’s The Fall of Man? A pictorial manipulation of joint attention

2023

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2023)

Sci Am. 2023 May 1;328(5):80

Friends Can Make Things Very Scary: Haunted houses reveal how friends and strangers shape our fears

Leal-Campanario R, Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2023)

J Vis Exp. 2023 Apr 21;(194)

In Vivo Fiber-Coupled Pre-Clinical Confocal Laser-scanning Endomicroscopy (pCLE) of Hippocampal Capillaries in Awake Mice

2022

Alexander RG, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2022)

Publications (Basel). 2022 Dec;10(4):33. Epub 2022 Sep 23

What the Neuroscience and Psychology of Magic Reveal about Misinformation

Alexander R, Waite S, Bruno MA, Krupinski EA, Berlin L, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2022)

Radiology. 2022 Aug;304(2):274-282. Epub 2022 Jun 14

Mandating Limits on Workload, Duty, and Speed in Radiology

Li M, Ju N, Jiang R, Liu F, Jiang H, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S, Tang S (2022)

Prog Neurobiol. 2022 May;212:102251. Epub 2022 Feb 16

Perceptual hue, lightness, and chroma are represented in a multidimensional functional anatomical map in macaque V1

Treviño M, Birdsong G, Carrigan A, Choyke P, Drew T, Eckstein M, Fernandez A, Gallas BD, Giger M, Hewitt SM, Horowitz TS, Jiang YV, Kudrick B, Martinez-Conde S, Mitroff S, Nebeling L, Saltz J, Samuelson F, Seltzer SE, Shabestari B, Shankar L, Siegel E, Tilkin M, Trueblood JS, Van Dyke AL, Venkatesan AM, Whitney D, Wolfe JM (2022)

NCI Cancer Spectr. 2022 Jan 5;6(1):pkab099

Advancing Research on Medical Image Perception by Strengthening Multidisciplinary Collaboration

2021

Alexander RG, Mintz RJ, Custodio PJ, Macknik SL, Vaziri A, Venkatakrishnan A, Gindina S, Martinez-Conde S (2021)

J Eur J Neurosci. 2021 Aug;54(4):5357-5367. Epub 2021 Jul 16

Gaze mechanisms enabling the detection of faint stars in the night sky

Alexander RG, Yazdanie F, Waite S, Chaudhry ZA, Kolla S, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2021)

Front Neurosci. 2021 Jun 11;15:629469. eCollection 2021

Visual Illusions in Radiology: Untrue Perceptions in Medical Images and Their Implications for Diagnostic Accuracy

Alexander RG, Venkatakrishnan A, Chanovas J, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2021)

Sci Rep. 2021 Feb 11;11(1):3612

Microsaccades mediate perceptual alternations in Monet’s “Impression, sunrise”

2020

Alexander RG, Waite S, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S.(2020)

J Vis. 2020 Oct 1;20(10):17

What do radiologists look for? Advances and limitations of perceptual learning in radiologic search

Ojemann WKS, Griggs DJ, Ip Z, Caballero O, Jahanian H, Martinez-Conde S, Macknik S, Yazdan-Shahmorad A. (2020)

J Vis Exp. 2020 Jul 17;(161):10.3791/61098

A MRI-Based Toolbox for Neurosurgical Planning in Nonhuman Primates

Martinez-Conde S, Engbert R, Groner R.(2020)

J Eye Mov Res. 2020 Jun 19;12(6):10.16910/jemr.12.6.1

Microsaccades: Empirical Research and Methodological Advances – Introduction to Part 1 of the Thematic Special Issue

Otero-Millan J, Langston RE, Costela F, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S. (2020)

JJ Eye Mov Res. 2020 May 16;12(6):10.16910/jemr.12.6.14

Microsaccade generation requires a foveal anchor

Alexander RG, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2020)

Eye Mov Res. 2020 May 15;12(6):10.16910/jemr.12.6.15

Microsaccades in Applied Environments: Real-World Applications of Fixational Eye Movement Measurements

Ju N, Li Y, Liu F, Jiang H, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S, Tang S. (2020)

Journal of Eye Movement Research 12(6):7

Spatiotemporal functional organization of excitatory synaptic inputs onto macaque V1 neurons

Waite S, Farooq Z, Grigorian A, Sistrom C, Kolla S, Mancuso A, Martinez-Conde S, Alexander RG, Kantor A, Macknik SL (2020)

Acad Radiol. 2020 Jan;27(1):26-38

A Review of Perceptual Expertise in Radiology-How it develops, How we can test it, and Why humans still matter in the era of Artificial Intelligence

2019

Martinez-Conde S, Buchsbaum B, Ghasia F, van Ede F, Macknik SL (2019)

Eye Movement Research (ECEM) in Alicante, 21.8.2019. Journal of eye movement research, 12(7), 10.16910/jemr.12.7.12

Eyes Wide Shut: Gaze dynamics without vision

Barnhart A, Costela F, Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL, Goldinger S (2019)

J Eye Mov Res. 2019 Jun 28;12(6):10.16910/jemr.12.6.7

Microsaccades reflect the dynamics of misdirected attention in magic

Macknik SL, Alexander RG, Caballero Olivya, Chanovas Jordi, Nielsen Kristina J, Nishimura, Nozomi, Schaffer Chris B, Slovin Hamutal, Babayoff Amit, Barak Ravid, Tang Shiming, Ju Niansheng, Yazdan-Shahmorad Azadeh, Alonso Jose-Manuel Malinskiy Eugene, Martinez-Conde S (2019)

The Journal of Neuroscience; 39(42):8267 – 8274

Advanced Circuit and Cellular Imaging Methods in Nonhuman Primates

Martinez-Conde S, Alexander RG, Blum Deborah, Britton Noah, Lipska Barbara K, Quirk Gregory J, Swiss Jamy Ian, Willems Roel M, Macknik SL (2019)

The Journal of Neuroscience; 39(42):8285 – 8290

The Storytelling Brain: How Neuroscience Stories Help Bridge the Gap between Research and Society

Waite S, Grigorian A, Alexander R , Macknik SL,Carrasco M, Heeger D, Martinez-Conde S (2019)

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience; 13 (213)

Analysis of Perceptual Expertise in Radiology – Current Knowledge and a New Perspective

Ju N, Li Y, Liu F, Jiang H, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S, Tang S

BioRxiv (2019)

Spatiotemporal functional organization of excitatory synaptic inputs onto macaque V1 neurons

Martinez-Conde S, Alexander, RG

Nature Human Behaviour (2019)

A gaze bias in the mind’s eye

Michel M, Beck D, Block N, Blumenfeld H, Brown R, Carmel D, Carrasco M, Chirimuuta M, Chun A, Cleeremans A, Dehaene S, Fleming S.M, Frith C, Haggard P, He B.J, Heyes C, Goodale M.A, Irvine L, Kawato M, Kentridge R, King J-R, Knight J-T, Kouider S, Lamme V, Lamy D, Lau H, Laureys S, LeDoux J, Lin Y-T, Liu K, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S, Mashour GA, Melloni L, Miracchi L, Mylopoulos M, Naccache L, Owen AM, Richard E. Passingham, Luiz Pessoa, Megan A. K. Peters, Dobromir Rahnev, Tony Ro, David Rosenthal, Sasaki Y, Sergent C, Solovey G, Schiff ND, Seth A, Tallon-Baudry C, Tamietto M, Tong F, van Gaal S, Vlassova A, Watanabe T, Weisberg J, Yan K and Yoshida M (2019)

Nature Human Behaviour; Vol 3, 104–107

Opportunities and challenges for a maturing science of consciousness

Martinez-Conde S, McCamy MB, Troncoso XG, Otero-Millan J, Macknik SL (2019)

PLoS ONE 14(3)

Area V1 responses to illusory corner-folds in Vasarely’s nested squares and the alternating brightness star illusions

2018

Ju N, Jiang R, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S, Tang S. (2018)

PLOS Biology; 8:16(8)

Long-term all-optical interrogation of cortical neurons in awake-behaving nonhuman primates

Otero-Millan J, Optican LM, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2018)

Frontiers in Neurology; Vol 9:346

Modeling the triggering of saccades, microsaccades, and saccadic intrusions

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL, Heeger D.J (2018)

Trends in Neurosciences; 41, 163-165

An enduring dialogue between computational and empirical vision

Alexander R.G, Macknik SL and Martinez-Conde S (2018)

Frontiers in Neurology; (9:144)

Microsaccade characteristics in neurological and ophthalmic disease

Michel M, Fleming SM, Lau H, Lee ALF, Martinez-Conde S, Passingham RE, Peters MAK, Rahnev D, Sergent C, Liu K. (2018)

Frontiers in Psychology; 5;9:2134;

An informal internet survey on the current state of consciousness science

Martinez-Conde S (2018)

NewScientist; 22/29 Dec 68:69

Say thanks, a lot

Martinez-Conde S (2018)

Mental floss; Nov 1

5 Ways to get rid of earworms, according to science

Martinez-Conde S (2018)

Mental floss; Aug 23

6 Reasons why we love small, cute things, according to science

Martinez-Conde S (2018)

Mental floss; Aug 14

11 Facts about ASMR, the phenomenon behind brain ‘tingles’

Martinez-Conde S (2018)

Mental floss; May 1

The fascinating science behind why we see ‘faces’ in objects

2017

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2017)

Natural History Magazine; (17;21)

Misperception: Your perception may depend on your perspective

Lagunas A, Dominguez O, Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL, Del-Rio C (2017)

Journal of Applied Physics

Human eye visual hyperacuity: A new paradigm for sensing?

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2017)

Proceedings of the national academy of sciences USA; 1;114(31):8127-8129

Opinion: Finding the plot in science storytelling in hopes of enhancing science communication

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2017)

The Royal Society; 19;372 (1718)

Unchanging visions: the effects and limitations of ocular stillness

Leal-Campanario R, Alarcon-Martinez L, Rieiro H, Martinez-Conde S, Alarcon-Martinez T, Zhao X, LaMee J, Osborn Popp PJ, Calhoun ME, Arribas JI, Schlegel AA, Di Stasi L, Rho JM, Inge L, Otero-Millan J, Treiman DM, Macknik SL (2017)

Scientific Reports; 7:43276

Abnormal capillary vasodynamics contribute to ictal neurodegeneration in ……………………………………..epilepsy

Costela FM, McCamy MB, Coffelt M, Otero-Millan J, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2017)

European Journal of Neuroscience; 45:3, 1-7

Changes in visibility as a function of spatial frequency and microsaccade occurrence

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2017)

Scientific American Mind; 28(3): 18-19

Through a glass, darkly

Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2017)

Scientific American Mind; 28(2): 18-19

Battlefield deceptions

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2017)

Scientific American Mind; 28(1): 18-19

Take your pick

2016

Waite S, Kolla S, Jeudy J, Legasto A, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S, Krupinski EA, Reede DL (2016)

American College of Radiology; 1546-1440/16

Tired in the reading room: The influence of fatigue in radiology

Martinez-Conde S (2016)

The Journal of Neuroscience; 36(7):2077-2082

Has contemporary academia outgrown the carl sagan effect ?

Di Stasi LL, McCamy MB, Martinez-Conde S, Gayles E, Hoare C, Foster M, Catena A, Macknik SL (2016)

Physiology & Behavior; 153:91-96

Effects of long and short simulated flights on the saccadic eye movement velocity of aviators

Martinez-Conde S, Powell Devin, Macknik SL (2016)

Scientific American; 27(5) 64-67

The plight of the celebrity scientist

Martinez-Conde S & Macknik SL (2016)

Scientific American Mind (Special Issue Fall 2016)

187 Illusions – How they twist your brain

Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2016)

Scientific American Mind; 27(6) 16-17

The case of the oversized planet

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2016)

Scientific American Mind; 27(4): 18-19

Folk illusions

Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2016)

Scientific American Mind; 27(3): 18-19

Conjuring equivocations

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2016)

Scientific American Mind; 27(2): 18-19

Animal magicians

Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2016)

Scientific American Mind; 27(1): 18-19

The age of illusion

2015

Troncoso XG, McCamy MB, Najafian Jazi A, Cui J, Otero-Millan J, Macknik SL, Costela FM, Martinez-Conde S (2015)

Nature Communications; 6:8114

V1 neurons respond differently to object motion versus motion from eye movements

Martinez-Conde S , Conley D, Hine H, Kropf J, Tush P, Ayala A, Macknik SL (2015)

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience; 9:496

Marvels of illusion: illusion and perception in the art of salvador dali

Martinez-Conde S , Macknik SL (2015)

Perception; 44(8-9):884-899

From exploration to fixation: An integrative view of Yarbus’s vision

Costela FM, Otero-Millan J, McCamy MB, Macknik SL, Di Stasi LL, Rieiro H, Leigh JR, Troncoso XG, Najafian Jazi A, Martinez-Conde S (2015)

PLoS ONE; 10(6): e012648

Characteristics of spontaneous square-wave jerks in the healthy macaque monkey during visual fixation

McCamy MB, Otero-Millan J, Leigh RJ, King SA, Schneider RM, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2015)

PLoS ONE; 10(6); e0128428

Simultaneous recordings of human microsaccades and drifts with a contemporary video eye tracker and the search coil technique

Di Stasi LL, Diaz-Piedra C, SuÃ¡rez J, McCamy MB, Martinez-Conde S, Roca-Dorda J, Catena A (2015)

Psychophysiology; 52(7)

Task complexity modulates pilot electroencephalographic activity during real flights

Di Stasi LL, McCamy MB, Pannasch S, Renner R, Catena A, CaÃ±as A, Velichkovsky B, Martinez-Conde S (2015)

Experimental Brain Research; 233, 535-543

Effects of driving time on microsaccadic dynamics

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2015)

Discoveries in Modern Science: Exploration, Invention, Technology. Ed. James Trefil. Farmington Hills: Macmillan.

Visual system

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2015)

Scientific American Mind; 26(6): 18-20

Victorian theatrics

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2015)

Scientific American Mind; 26(5): 20-21

Dalí’s doubles

Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2015)

Scientific American Mind; 26(4): 19-21

Unraveling “the dress”

Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2015)

Scientific American Mind; 26(3): 20-22

And yet it doesn’t move

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2015)

Scientific American Mind; 26(2): 23-25

Warped perceptions

Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2015)

Scientific American Mind; 26(1): 21-23

Pay attention

2014

Costela FM, Otero-Millan J, McCamy MB, Troncoso XG, Najafian A, Macknik SL, Crook SL, Martinez-Conde S (2014)

PLoS ONE; 9(10): e110889

Fixational eye movement correction of blink-induced gaze position errors

McCamy MB, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2014)

The Journal of Physiology; Oct 1;592(Pt 19):4381-94

Different fixational eye movements mediate the prevention and the reversal of visual fading

Otero-Millan J, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2014)

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience; 8:52

Fixational eye movements and binocular vision

Kapoula Z, Yang Q, Otero-Millan J, Xiao S, Macknik SL, Lang A, Erny M, Martinez-Conde S (2014)

AGE; 36(2), 535-543

Distinctive features of microsaccades in Alzheimer’s disease and in mild cognitive impairment

Otero-Millan J, Alba Castro J, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2014)

Journal of Vision; 14(2):18, 1â€“17

Unsupervised clustering method to detect microsaccades

McCamy MB, Otero-Millan J, Di Stasi LL, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2014)

Journal of Neuroscience; 34:8; 2956-2966

Highly informative natural scene regions increase microsaccade production during visual scanning

Di Stasi LL, Cabestrero R, McCamy MB, RÃos R, Catena A, Quiras P, Lopez JA, Saez C, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2014)

European Journal of Neuroscience; 39:2; 1-7

Intersaccadic drift velocity is sensitive to short-term hypobaric hypoxia

Siegenthaler E, Costela FM, McCamy MB, Di Stasi LL, Otero-Millan J, Sonderegger A, Groner R, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2014)

European Journal of Neuroscience; 39:1, 1-8

Task difficulty in mental arithmetic affects microsaccadic rates and magnitudes

Cover article

Di Stasi LL, McCamy MB, Macknik S, Mankin J, Hooft N, Catena A, Martinez-Conde S (2014)

Annals of Surgery; 259(4):824-9

Saccadic eye movement metrics refect surgical residents’s fatigue

McCamy MB, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2014)

The New Visual Neurosciences, pp 849â€“863. Cambridge, MA, USA: MIT Press.

Natural eye movements and vision

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2014)

Discoveries in Modern Science: Exploration, Invention, Technology.

Visual system

Leal-Campanario R, Alarcon-Martinez L, Martinez-Conde S, Calhoun M, Macknik SL (2014)

Neurostereology: Unbiased stereology of neural systems, first edition.

Blood flow analysis in epilepsy using a novel stereological approach

Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2014)

Scientific American Mind; 25(3): 66-69

What a trip

Martinez-Conde S , Macknik SL (2014)

Scientific American Mind; 25(6): 21-23

Seeing red

Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2014)

Scientific American Mind; 25(5): 25-27

Out of this world

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2014)

Scientific American Mind; 25(4): 21-23

Posers and fakers

Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2014)

Scientific American Mind; 25(3): 21-23

In plain sight

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2014)

Scientific American Mind; 25(2): 6-8

David Hubel’s vision

Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2014)

Scientific American Mind; 25(1): 21-23

Filling in the _________

2013

Shi V, Cui J, Troncoso XG, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2013)

PeerJ; 1:e146

Effect of stimulus width on simultaneous contrast

Costela FM, McCamy MB, Macknik SL, Otero-Millan J, Martinez-Conde S (2013)

PeerJ; 1:e119

Microsaccades restore the visibility of minute foveal targets

Di Stasi LL, McCamy MB, Catena A, CaÃ±as JJ, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2013)

European Journal of Neuroscience; 38, 2389-98

Microsaccade and drift dynamics reflect mental fatigue

Leigh RJ, Martinez-Conde S (2013)

Movement Disorders; 28(6), 691â€“693

Tremor of the eyes, or of the head, in Parkinson’s disease?

Otero-Millan J, Macknik SL, Langston RE, Martinez-Conde S (2013)

PNAS; 110, 6175-6180

An oculomotor continuum from exploration to fixation

Di Stasi LL, Catena A, Cañas, JJ, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2013)

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews; 37: 968:975

Saccadic velocity as an arousal index in naturalistic tasks

Martinez-Conde S, Otero-Millan J, Macknik SL (2013)

Nature Reviews Neuroscience; 14, 83-96

The impact of microsaccades on vision: towards a unified theory of saccadic function

Cover article

Otero-Millan J, Schneider R, Leigh RJ, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2013)

PLOS ONE; 8:e58535

Saccades during attempted fixation in parkinsonian disorders and recessive ataxia: From microsaccades to square-wave jerks

McCamy MB, Najafian Jazi A, Otero-Millan J, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2013)

PeerJ; 1:e9

The effects of fixation target size and luminance on microsaccades and square-wave jerks

McCamy MB, Collins N, Otero-Millan J, Al-Kalbani M, Macknik SL, Coakley D, Troncoso XG, Boyle G, Narayanan V, Wolf TR, Martinez-Conde S (2013)

PeerJ; 1:e14

Simultaneous recordings of ocular microtremor and microsaccades with a piezoelectric sensor and a video-oculography system

Rieiro H, Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2013)

PeerJ; 1:19

Perceptual elements in Penn & Teller’s “Cups and balls” magic trick

Hector Rieiro, Susana Martinez-Conde, and Stephen L. Macknik (2013)

PNAS; 110, E1331

Reply to Gorea and Tyler: Casting light on previous bumps in the dark

Martinez-Conde S (2013)

New York Times; May 19,2013:SR12

Vision is all about change

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2013)

Scientific American Mind; 24(5): 20-22

Dark and bright corners of the mind

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2013)

Scientific American Mind; 24(4): 19-21

No brain, no pain

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2013)

Scientific American Mind; 24(3): 19-21

Vanished without a trace

Macknik SL, Di Stasi LL, Martinez-Conde S (2013)

Scientific American Mind; 24(2): 23-25

Perfectly timed advertising

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2013)

Scientific American Mind; 24(1): 19-21

Truer than truth

Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2013)

Scientific American Mind; 23(6): 15-17

Your twisted little mind

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2013)

Scientific American Mind; 23(6): 58-63

Mirages and mind benders

Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S, Blackslee S(2013)

Analogy news; winter 2013:2

Neuroscience, magic and the supermarket

Martinez-Conde S & Macknik SL (2013)

Scientific American Mind (Special Issue November 2013)

187 Illusions

2012

Rieiro H, Martinez-Conde S, Danielson AP, Pardo-Vazquez JL, Srivastava N, Macknik SL (2012)

PNAS; 109: 19828-19833

Optimizing the temporal dynamics of light to human perception

McCamy MB, Otero-Millan J, Macknik SL, Yang Y, Troncoso XG, Baer SM, Crook SM, Martinez-Conde S (2012)

Journal of Neuroscience; 32: 9194-9204

Microsaccadic efficacy and contribution to foveal and peripheral vision

Otero-Millan J, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2012)

Journal of Neuroscience; 32: 6043-6051

Microsaccades and blinks trigger illusory rotation in the “Rotating Snakes” illusion

Cover article

Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2012)

Scientific American Mind; 23(5): 23-25

Afraid of shadows

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2012)

Scientific American Mind; 23(4): 19-21

A faithful resemblance

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2012)

Scientific American Mind; 23(3): 16-18

All deceptions great and small

Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S, Ellis C Gayles (2012)

Scientific American Mind; 23(2): 15-17

The aviator’s dilemma

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2012)

Scientific American Mind; 23(1): 16-18

Urban illusions

Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2012)

Scientific American Mind; 22(6): 46-51

Mind-warping visions

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2012)

Scientific American Mind; 22(6): 15-17

What’s in a face?

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2012)

Latino Perspectives; Sept 12: 61-63

Neuromagic research

2011

Otero-Millan J, Macknik SL, King M, Robbins A, McCamy MB, Martinez-Conde S (2011)

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience; 5:133

Stronger misdirection in curved than in straight motion

Cui J, Otero-Millan J, Macknik SL, King M, Martinez-Conde S (2011)

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience; 5:103

Social misdirection fails to enhance a magic illusion

Otero-Millan J, Macknik SL, Serra A, John Leigh RJ, Martinez-Conde S (2011)

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences; 1233(1): 107-116 .

Triggering mechanisms in microsaccade and saccade generation: a novel proposal

Otero-Millan J, Serra A, Leigh RJ , Troncoso XG, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2011)

Journal of Neuroscience; 31(12): 4379-4387

Distinctive features of saccadic intrusions and microsaccades in progressive supranuclear palsy

Supporting information

2011 EyeTrack Award

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2011)

Oxford Handbook on Eye Movements. Eds. Liversedge, Gilchrist and Everling. Oxford University Press

Microsaccades

Troncoso XG, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2011)

Visual Prosthetics: Physiology, Bioengineering, Rehabilitation, 1st Edition. Ed. Dagnelie, Gislin. Springer

Vision’s first steps: anatomy, physiology, and perception in the retina, lateral geniculate nucleus, and early visual cortical areas

Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2011)

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Sleights of Mind: Response to Van Leeuwen

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL, (2011)

Scientific American Mind; 22(5): 48-55

Shifting focus

Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S, (2011)

Scientific American Mind; 22(5): 22-24

Sculpting the impossible: solid renditions of visual illusions

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL, (2011)

Scientific American Mind; 22(3): 18-20

The eyes have it

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL, (2011)

Scientific American Mind; 22(3): 30-35

10 top illusions

Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S, (2011)

Scientific American Mind; 22(2): 18-20

Colors out of space

Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S, (2011)

Scientific American Mind; 21(6): 18-20

The Illusions of love

International Editions:

Spain. Mente y Cerebro; 53: 81-83

Las ilusiones del amor

Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S, (2011)

Muse; 15(4): 8-14

Mind over magic

Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S, (2011)

The Times

Now you see it. How magic works

2010

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL

Cognition, Brain, and Consciousness: Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience. B. Baars and N. Gage (Eds). Academic Press; 2 edition.

Frontiers of cognitive neuroscience: Eye movements and visual fading

Chen AL, Riley DE, King SA, Joshi AC, Serra A, Liao K, Cohen ML, Otero-Millan J, Martinez-Conde S, Strupp M, Leigh RJ (2010)

Frontiers in Neuro-otology, 1:147

The disturbance of gaze in progressive supranuclear Palsy (PSP): Implications for pathogenesis

Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2010)

Scientific American Mind; 21, 22-29

Mind over magic?

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2010)

Scientific American Mind; 19, 18-20

Hungry for meaning

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2010)

Odyssey; 19,8,2-3

Mind over matter

Martinez-Conde S & Macknik SL (2010)

Scientific American Mind (Special Issue May 2010)

169 Best illusions

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2010)

Mind Matters, the Scientific American web seminar on mind and brain

Monthly column on the neuroscience behind visual illusions:

	Illusions: colors out of space (Jul 27, 2010)
	Food for thought: creating edible illusions (Jul 6, 2010)

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 artworks

Special 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

Monthly column on the neuroscience behind visual illusions:

	Illusions: What’s in a Face? (Oct 6, 2009)
	The Neuroscience of Yoricks’s Ghost and other Afterimages (Apr 7, 2009)
	Optical Illusions and the Illusion of Love (Feb 12, 2009)
	Sculpting the Impossible: Solid Renditions of Visual Illusions (Jan 21, 2009) Italian edition

2008

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2008)

Scientific American, 299, 72-79

Magic and the brain

Featured photographically on the cover

International Editions:

Spain. InvestigaciÃ³n 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-in

Special 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 generator

Special 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 perception

Special 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).

Reviewed by the Faculty of 1000

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

Reviewed by the Faculty of 1000

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.

Monthly column on the neuroscience behind visual illusions:

	Art as Visual Research: 12 Examples of Kinetic Illusions in Op Art (Nov 18, 2008) Selected among The 10 Most Popular Scientific American Slide Shows of 2008
	Illusions: Motion from Brightness (October 21, 2008)
	Illusions: the eyes have it (August 26, 2008) Selected among The 10 Most Popular Scientific American Slide Shows of 2008
	A Perspective on 3-D Visual Illusions (July 8, 2008)
	The neuroscience of illusion (May 28, 2008) Selected among The 10 Most Popular Scientific American Slide Shows of 2008

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 percepcion visual

Cover article

2007

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2007)

Scientific American; 297, 56-63

Windows on the mind

Cover article

International editions

Others:

Netherlands & Belgium

^* Investigacion y Ciencia; 373, 22-23. Ventanas de la mente (Translated to divish 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

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, AcuÃ±a 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, AcuÃ±a 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, AcuÃ±a 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, AcuÃ±a 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, AcuÃ±a, 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, AcuÃ±a 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, AcuÃ±a 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