Publications

Selected publications:

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

McCamy MB, Otero-Millan J, Macknik SL, Yang Y, Troncoso XG, Baer SM, Crook SM, Martinez-Conde S (2013)
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

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

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
Featured article of the month

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:

In Press

McCamy MB, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (in press)
The New Visual Neurosciences. Eds. Werner and Chalupa. A Bradford Book.
Natural eye movements and vision

2013

Martinez-Conde S (2013)
New York Times; May 19,2013:SR12
Vision is all about change

Di Stasi LL, McCamy MB, Catena A, Cañas JJ, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2013)
European Journal of Neuroscience; Available online 15 May 2013
Microsaccade and drift dynamics reflect mental fatigue

Leigh RJ, Martinez-Conde S (2013)
Movement Disorders. Available online 29 Apr 2013
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

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

Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2013)
Scientific American Mind; 23(6): 58-63
Mirages and mind benders

Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2013)
Scientific American Mind; 23(6): 15-17
Your twisted little mind

Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S, Blackslee S(2013)
Analogy news; winter 2013:2
Neuroscience, Magic and the Supermarket

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?

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

2010

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
Selected among the top 10 stories of 2010 by the readers of Scientific American
Martinez-Conde S & Macknik SL
Scientific American Special Reports 20: 4-7
The Neuroscience of Illusion

Macknik SL & Martinez-Conde S
Scientific American Special Reports 20: 8-11
A Perspective on 3-D Visual Illusions

Macknik SL & Martinez-Conde S
Scientific American Special Reports 20: 12-15
The Neuroscience of Yorick’s Ghost and Other Afterimages

Macknik SL & Martinez-Conde S
Scientific American Special Reports 20: 16-25
Colors Out of Space

Martinez-Conde S & Macknik SL
Scientific American Special Reports 20: 26-35
What’s in a Face?

Martinez-Conde S & Macknik SL
Scientific American Special Reports 20: 36-41
The Eyes Have It

Macknik SL & Martinez-Conde S
Scientific American Special Reports 20: 42-47
The Illusions of Love

Martinez-Conde S & Macknik SL
. Scientific American Special Reports 20: 48-55
Art as Visual Research: Kinetic Illusions in Op Art

Macknik SL & Martinez-Conde S
Scientific American Special Reports 20: 56-63
Sculpting the Impossible: Solid Renditions of Visual Illusions

Martinez-Conde S & Macknik SL
Scientific American Special Reports 20: 64-71
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 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

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-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.

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 percepci�n visual
Cover article

2007

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

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* 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, Acu�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, Acu�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, Acu�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, Acu�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, Acu�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, Acu�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, Acu�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