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Stephen Macknik
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Stephen L Macknik

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Summary

Stephen L. Macknik trained as a postdoc with Zachary Mainen at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and David Hubel at Harvard Medical School. He has a BA in Psychobiology, Biology and Psychology from the Univ of California, Santa Cruz, and a PhD in Neurobiology from Harvard Univ, with Margaret Livingstone. His research seeks to understand the neural underpinnings of visual awareness and attention, and the neural consequences of cerebral blood flow in the healthy brain and in neurological disorders.

Neuroscience Ophthalmology Psychiatry & Psychology

Editing Journals

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Work details

Professor and Empire Innovator Scholar

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Ophthalmology, Neurology and Physiology/Pharmacology

Websites

  • Sleights of Mind
  • Illusion Chasers Blog @ Scientific American
  • Google Scholar

PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 5
  • Edited 36
  • Reviewed 1
  • Answers 4
September 5, 2013
Effect of stimulus width on simultaneous contrast
Veronica Shi, Jie Cui, Xoana G. Troncoso, Stephen L. Macknik, Susana Martinez-Conde
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.146 PubMed 24032092
August 1, 2013
Microsaccades restore the visibility of minute foveal targets
Francisco M. Costela, Michael B. McCamy, Stephen L. Macknik, Jorge Otero-Millan, Susana Martinez-Conde
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.119 PubMed 23940832
February 12, 2013
Perceptual elements in Penn & Teller’s “Cups and Balls” magic trick
Hector Rieiro, Susana Martinez-Conde, Stephen L. Macknik
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19 PubMed 23638353
February 12, 2013
Simultaneous recordings of ocular microtremor and microsaccades with a piezoelectric sensor and a video-oculography system
Michael B. McCamy, Niamh Collins, Jorge Otero-Millan, Mohammed Al-Kalbani, Stephen L. Macknik, Davis Coakley, Xoana G. Troncoso, Gerard Boyle, Vinodh Narayanan, Thomas R. Wolf, Susana Martinez-Conde
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14 PubMed 23638348
February 12, 2013
The effects of fixation target size and luminance on microsaccades and square-wave jerks
Michael B. McCamy, Ali Najafian Jazi, Jorge Otero-Millan, Stephen L. Macknik, Susana Martinez-Conde
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9 PubMed 23638403

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May 3, 2021
Intact tactile anisotropy despite altered hand perception in complex regional pain syndrome: rethinking the role of the primary sensory cortex in tactile and perceptual dysfunction
Annika Reinersmann, Ian W. Skinner, Thomas Lücke, Nicola Massy-Westropp, Henrik Rudolf, G. Lorimer Moseley, Tasha R. Stanton
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11156 PubMed 33986983
July 6, 2020
Intermittent theta burst stimulation facilitates functional connectivity from the dorsal premotor cortex to primary motor cortex
Hai-Jiang Meng, Na Cao, Jian Zhang, Yan-Ling Pi
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9253 PubMed 32704437
April 23, 2020
Lightness induction enhancements and limitations at low frequency modulations across a variety of stimulus contexts
Louis Nicholas Vinke, Arash Yazdanbakhsh
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8918 PubMed 32351782
November 26, 2019
Oxidative stress and antioxidants in the trabecular meshwork
Mingxuan Wang, Yajuan Zheng
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8121 PubMed 31788363
November 20, 2019
Importance of considering interoceptive abilities in alexithymia assessment
Alicia Fournier, Olivier Luminet, Michael Dambrun, Frédéric Dutheil, Sonia Pellissier, Laurie Mondillon
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7615 PubMed 31768300
June 12, 2019
Estimating biological accuracy of DSM for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder based on multivariate analysis for small samples
Dimitri M. Abramov, Vladimir V. Lazarev, Saint Clair Gomes Junior, Carlos Alberto Mourao-Junior, Monique Castro-Pontes, Carla Q. Cunha, Leonardo C. deAzevedo, Evelyne Vigneau
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7074 PubMed 31223531
May 7, 2019
Cortical modulation of pupillary function: systematic review
Costanza Peinkhofer, Gitte M. Knudsen, Rita Moretti, Daniel Kondziella
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6882 PubMed 31119083
May 7, 2019
Accuracy of a deep convolutional neural network in detection of retinitis pigmentosa on ultrawide-field images
Hiroki Masumoto, Hitoshi Tabuchi, Shunsuke Nakakura, Hideharu Ohsugi, Hiroki Enno, Naofumi Ishitobi, Eiko Ohsugi, Yoshinori Mitamura
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6900 PubMed 31119087
January 31, 2019
Subjective assessment for super recognition: an evaluation of self-report methods in civilian and police participants
Sarah Bate, Gavin Dudfield
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6330 PubMed 30723622
January 23, 2019
Temporal whole field sawtooth flicker without a spatial component elicits a myopic shift following optical defocus irrespective of waveform direction in chicks
Melanie J. Murphy, Nina Riddell, David P. Crewther, David Simpson, Sheila G. Crewther
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6277 PubMed 30697484
December 10, 2018
Technology-assisted white cane: evaluation and future directions
Izaz Khan, Shah Khusro, Irfan Ullah
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6058 PubMed 30581666
November 27, 2018
Fast cyclic stimulus flashing modulates perception of bi-stable figure
Henrikas Vaitkevicius, Vygandas Vanagas, Alvydas Soliunas, Algimantas Svegzda, Remigijus Bliumas, Rytis Stanikunas, Janus J. Kulikowski
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6011 PubMed 30515361
November 6, 2018
Effects of mixed reality head-mounted glasses during 90 minutes of mental and manual tasks on cognitive and physiological functions
Carole Cometti, Christos Païzis, Audrey Casteleira, Guillaume Pons, Nicolas Babault
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5847 PubMed 30416883
October 23, 2018
Non-visual exploration of novel objects increases the levels of plasticity factors in the rat primary visual cortex
Catia M. Pereira, Marco Aurelio M. Freire, José R. Santos, Joanilson S. Guimarães, Gabriella Dias-Florencio, Sharlene Santos, Antonio Pereira, Sidarta Ribeiro
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5678 PubMed 30370183
October 11, 2018
The material-weight illusion is a Bayes-optimal percept under competing density priors
Megan A.K. Peters, Ling-Qi Zhang, Ladan Shams
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5760 PubMed 30324029
October 4, 2018
Relationships between neuropsychological and antisaccade measures in multiple sclerosis patients
Marisa Borges Ferreira, Paulo Alexandre Pereira, Marta Parreira, Ines Sousa, José Figueiredo, João José Cerqueira, Antonio Filipe Macedo
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5737 PubMed 30310755
April 18, 2018
Stability of an ophthalmic formulation of polyhexamethylene biguanide in gamma-sterilized and ethylene oxide sterilized low density polyethylene multidose eyedroppers
Yassine Bouattour, Philip Chennell, Mathieu Wasiak, Mireille Jouannet, Valérie Sautou
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4549 PubMed 29682408
April 3, 2018
No tears in heaven: did the media create the pseudo-phenomenon “altitude-adjusted lachrymosity syndrome (AALS)”?
Paul Wicks, Lee Lancashire
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4569 PubMed 29632743
March 26, 2018
The Leuven Embedded Figures Test (L-EFT): measuring perception, intelligence or executive function?
Hanne Huygelier, Ruth Van der Hallen, Johan Wagemans, Lee de-Wit, Rebecca Chamberlain
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4524 PubMed 29607257
March 14, 2018
Saccadic inhibition in a guided saccade task
Isabel Dombrowe
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4493 PubMed 29576964
March 1, 2018
An extended research of crossmodal correspondence between color and sound in psychology and cognitive ergonomics
Xiuwen Sun, Xiaoling Li, Lingyu Ji, Feng Han, Huifen Wang, Yang Liu, Yao Chen, Zhiyuan Lou, Zhuoyun Li
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4443 PubMed 29507834
October 31, 2017
A novel animal model for neuroinflammation and white matter degeneration
Baohu Ji, Kerin Higa, Virawudh Soontornniyomkij, Atsushi Miyanohara, Xianjin Zhou
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3905 PubMed 29104820
April 25, 2017
A simple and efficient method to enhance audiovisual binding tendencies
Brian Odegaard, David R. Wozny, Ladan Shams
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3143 PubMed 28462016
March 28, 2017
The Sensed Presence Questionnaire (SenPQ): initial psychometric validation of a measure of the “Sensed Presence” experience
Joseph M. Barnby, Vaughan Bell
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3149 PubMed 28367379
January 24, 2017
No apparent influence of psychometrically-defined schizotypy on orientation-dependent contextual modulation of visual contrast detection
Damien J. Mannion, Chris Donkin, Thomas J. Whitford
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2921 PubMed 28149692
November 1, 2016
Performance, usability and comparison of two versions of a new macular vision test: the handheld Radial Shape Discrimination test
Jae Y. Ku, Ashli F. Milling, Noelia Pitrelli Vazquez, Paul C. Knox
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2650 PubMed 27833815
February 4, 2016
Examining the role of red background in magnocellular contribution to face perception
Bhuvanesh Awasthi, Mark A. Williams, Jason Friedman
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1617 PubMed 26925312
January 14, 2016
Faces in commonly experienced configurations enter awareness faster due to their curvature relative to fixation
Pieter Moors, Johan Wagemans, Lee de-Wit
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1565 PubMed 26839746
December 7, 2015
Trail Making Test performance contributes to subjective judgment of visual efficiency in older adults
Annalisa Setti, James Loughman, George M. Savva, RoseAnne Kenny
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1407 PubMed 26664798
November 24, 2015
A predictive screening tool to detect diabetic retinopathy or macular edema in primary health care: construction, validation and implementation on a mobile application
Cesar Azrak, Antonio Palazón-Bru, Manuel Vicente Baeza-Díaz, David Manuel Folgado-De la Rosa, Carmen Hernández-Martínez, José Juan Martínez-Toldos, Vicente Francisco Gil-Guillén
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1404 PubMed 26623187
June 23, 2015
Sensitivity to the visual field origin of natural image patches in human low-level visual cortex
Damien J. Mannion
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1038 PubMed 26131378
May 12, 2015
Tactile roughness perception in the presence of olfactory and trigeminal stimulants
Lara A. Koijck, Alexander Toet, Jan B.F. Van Erp
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.955 PubMed 26020010
March 10, 2015
Web party effect: a cocktail party effect in the web environment
Sara Rigutti, Carlo Fantoni, Walter Gerbino
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.828 PubMed 25802803
April 22, 2014
The perception of shape from shading in a new light
Michael J. Proulx
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.363 PubMed 24795853
April 10, 2014
Castration modulates singing patterns and electrophysiological properties of RA projection neurons in adult male zebra finches
Songhua Wang, Congshu Liao, Fengling Li, Shaoyi Liu, Wei Meng, Dongfeng Li
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.352 PubMed 24765586
January 30, 2014
Escape and avoidance learning in the earthworm Eisenia hortensis
W. Jeffrey Wilson, Nicole C. Ferrara, Amanda L. Blaker, Charisa E. Giddings
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.250 PubMed 24498578

Signed reviews submitted for articles published in PeerJ Note that some articles may not have the review itself made public unless authors have made them open as well.

April 4, 2016
Blink and you’ll miss it: the role of blinking in the perception of magic tricks
Richard J. Wiseman, Tamami Nakano
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1873 PubMed 27069808

4 Answers

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accepted Would visual salience measures help in understanding the results?
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What did you learn from magicians?
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What if you suck attention away?
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Are you teaching magicians new tricks?