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    Stephen Macknik
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    Editor 3340
    PeerJ author 570
    Answer 35
    Reviewer 35

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    Neuroscience 2840
    Psychiatry-and-Psychology 2140
    Ophthalmology 935
    Drugs-and-Devices 400
    Human–Computer-Interaction 400
    Cognitive-Disorders 300
    Neurology 300
    Animal-Behavior 300
    Human-Computer-Interaction 235
    Global-Health 235
    Statistics 200
    Epidemiology 200
    Computational-Science 200
    Public-Health 135
    Biophysics 100
    Diabetes-and-Endocrinology 100
    Bioengineering 100
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    Visual neuroscience 35
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    Academic Editor

    Stephen L Macknik

    ORCID: 0000-0002-3143-9230

    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

    Work details

    Professor and Empire Innovator Scholar

    SUNY Downstate Medical Center
    Ophthalmology, Neurology and Physiology/Pharmacology

    Websites

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

    PeerJ Contributions

    • Articles 5
    • Edited 28
    • Reviewed 1
    • Answers 4
    September 5, 2013
    Effect of stimulus width on simultaneous contrast
    4 citations
    530 downloads
    2,017 views
    Veronica Shi, Jie Cui, Xoana G. Troncoso, Stephen L. Macknik, Susana Martinez-Conde
    neuroscience
    https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.146 PubMed 24032092
    August 1, 2013
    Microsaccades restore the visibility of minute foveal targets
    20 citations
    366 downloads
    1,898 views
    Francisco M. Costela, Michael B. McCamy, Stephen L. Macknik, Jorge Otero-Millan, Susana Martinez-Conde
    neuroscience
    https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.119 PubMed 23940832
    February 12, 2013
    Perceptual elements in Penn & Teller’s “Cups and Balls” magic trick
    10 citations
    2,742 downloads
    28,937 views
    Hector Rieiro, Susana Martinez-Conde, Stephen L. Macknik
    neuroscience
    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
    20 citations
    724 downloads
    3,559 views
    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
    neuroscience
    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
    33 citations
    640 downloads
    3,263 views
    Michael B. McCamy, Ali Najafian Jazi, Jorge Otero-Millan, Stephen L. Macknik, Susana Martinez-Conde
    neuroscience
    https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9 PubMed 23638403

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    January 31, 2019
    Subjective assessment for super recognition: an evaluation of self-report methods in civilian and police participants
    56 downloads
    206 views
    Sarah Bate, Gavin Dudfield
    neuroscience
    psychiatry-and-psychology
    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
    41 downloads
    210 views
    Melanie J. Murphy, Nina Riddell, David P. Crewther, David Simpson, Sheila G. Crewther
    neuroscience
    ophthalmology
    https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6277 PubMed 30697484
    December 10, 2018
    Technology-assisted white cane: evaluation and future directions
    68 downloads
    430 views
    Izaz Khan, Shah Khusro, Irfan Ullah
    drugs-and-devices
    ophthalmology
    human-computer-interaction
    data-mining-and-machine-learning
    https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6058 PubMed 30581666
    November 27, 2018
    Fast cyclic stimulus flashing modulates perception of bi-stable figure
    44 downloads
    280 views
    Henrikas Vaitkevicius, Vygandas Vanagas, Alvydas Soliunas, Algimantas Svegzda, Remigijus Bliumas, Rytis Stanikunas, Janus J. Kulikowski
    neuroscience
    psychiatry-and-psychology
    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
    94 downloads
    550 views
    Carole Cometti, Christos Païzis, Audrey Casteleira, Guillaume Pons, Nicolas Babault
    bioengineering
    neuroscience
    global-health
    public-health
    human-computer-interaction
    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
    53 downloads
    603 views
    Catia M. Pereira, Marco Aurelio M. Freire, José R. Santos, Joanilson S. Guimarães, Gabriella Dias-Florencio, Sharlene Santos, Antonio Pereira, Sidarta Ribeiro
    neuroscience
    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
    73 downloads
    637 views
    Megan A.K. Peters, Ling-Qi Zhang, Ladan Shams
    neuroscience
    psychiatry-and-psychology
    computational-science
    https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5760 PubMed 30324029
    October 4, 2018
    Relationships between neuropsychological and antisaccade measures in multiple sclerosis patients
    85 downloads
    1,784 views
    Marisa Borges Ferreira, Paulo Alexandre Pereira, Marta Parreira, Ines Sousa, José Figueiredo, João José Cerqueira, Antonio Filipe Macedo
    cognitive-disorders
    neurology
    ophthalmology
    psychiatry-and-psychology
    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
    486 downloads
    1,164 views
    Yassine Bouattour, Philip Chennell, Mathieu Wasiak, Mireille Jouannet, Valérie Sautou
    drugs-and-devices
    ophthalmology
    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)”?
    198 downloads
    7,255 views
    Paul Wicks, Lee Lancashire
    cognitive-disorders
    neurology
    otorhinolaryngology
    psychiatry-and-psychology
    science-and-medical-education
    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?
    280 downloads
    1,221 views
    Hanne Huygelier, Ruth Van der Hallen, Johan Wagemans, Lee de-Wit, Rebecca Chamberlain
    cognitive-disorders
    psychiatry-and-psychology
    https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4524 PubMed 29607257
    March 14, 2018
    Saccadic inhibition in a guided saccade task
    127 downloads
    808 views
    Isabel Dombrowe
    neuroscience
    psychiatry-and-psychology
    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
    1 citation
    254 downloads
    1,140 views
    Xiuwen Sun, Xiaoling Li, Lingyu Ji, Feng Han, Huifen Wang, Yang Liu, Yao Chen, Zhiyuan Lou, Zhuoyun Li
    ophthalmology
    psychiatry-and-psychology
    statistics
    https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4443 PubMed 29507834
    October 31, 2017
    A novel animal model for neuroinflammation and white matter degeneration
    412 downloads
    920 views
    Baohu Ji, Kerin Higa, Virawudh Soontornniyomkij, Atsushi Miyanohara, Xianjin Zhou
    neuroscience
    neurology
    pathology
    https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3905 PubMed 29104820
    April 25, 2017
    A simple and efficient method to enhance audiovisual binding tendencies
    4 citations
    339 downloads
    1,746 views
    Brian Odegaard, David R. Wozny, Ladan Shams
    neuroscience
    psychiatry-and-psychology
    computational-science
    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
    303 downloads
    2,209 views
    Joseph M. Barnby, Vaughan Bell
    anthropology
    neuroscience
    psychiatry-and-psychology
    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
    1 citation
    205 downloads
    1,268 views
    Damien J. Mannion, Chris Donkin, Thomas J. Whitford
    neuroscience
    psychiatry-and-psychology
    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
    2 citations
    210 downloads
    1,347 views
    Jae Y. Ku, Ashli F. Milling, Noelia Pitrelli Vazquez, Paul C. Knox
    drugs-and-devices
    global-health
    ophthalmology
    https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2650 PubMed 27833815
    February 4, 2016
    Examining the role of red background in magnocellular contribution to face perception
    4 citations
    225 downloads
    1,545 views
    Bhuvanesh Awasthi, Mark A. Williams, Jason Friedman
    cognitive-disorders
    neuroscience
    psychiatry-and-psychology
    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
    5 citations
    273 downloads
    1,447 views
    Pieter Moors, Johan Wagemans, Lee de-Wit
    neuroscience
    ophthalmology
    psychiatry-and-psychology
    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
    402 downloads
    1,531 views
    Annalisa Setti, James Loughman, George M. Savva, RoseAnne Kenny
    epidemiology
    ophthalmology
    psychiatry-and-psychology
    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
    9 citations
    469 downloads
    1,603 views
    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
    diabetes-and-endocrinology
    drugs-and-devices
    epidemiology
    human-computer-interaction
    ophthalmology
    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
    313 downloads
    1,534 views
    Damien J. Mannion
    neuroscience
    psychiatry-and-psychology
    https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1038 PubMed 26131378
    May 12, 2015
    Tactile roughness perception in the presence of olfactory and trigeminal stimulants
    384 downloads
    2,582 views
    Lara A. Koijck, Alexander Toet, Jan B.F. Van Erp
    neuroscience
    psychiatry-and-psychology
    https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.955 PubMed 26020010
    March 10, 2015
    Web party effect: a cocktail party effect in the web environment
    4 citations
    411 downloads
    2,727 views
    Sara Rigutti, Carlo Fantoni, Walter Gerbino
    human-computer-interaction
    neuroscience
    psychiatry-and-psychology
    statistics
    https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.828 PubMed 25802803
    April 22, 2014
    The perception of shape from shading in a new light
    3 citations
    520 downloads
    3,022 views
    Michael J. Proulx
    human-computer-interaction
    neuroscience
    psychiatry-and-psychology
    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
    5 citations
    347 downloads
    2,055 views
    Songhua Wang, Congshu Liao, Fengling Li, Shaoyi Liu, Wei Meng, Dongfeng Li
    animal-behavior
    neuroscience
    https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.352 PubMed 24765586
    January 30, 2014
    Escape and avoidance learning in the earthworm Eisenia hortensis
    2 citations
    1,697 downloads
    2,993 views
    W. Jeffrey Wilson, Nicole C. Ferrara, Amanda L. Blaker, Charisa E. Giddings
    animal-behavior
    neuroscience
    https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.250 PubMed 24498578

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    April 4, 2016
    Blink and you’ll miss it: the role of blinking in the perception of magic tricks
    6 citations
    1,754 downloads
    6,495 views
    Richard J. Wiseman, Tamami Nakano
    neuroscience
    psychiatry-and-psychology
    https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1873 PubMed 27069808

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