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CURRICULUM VITAE
Susana Martinez-Conde
Director, Laboratory of Visual Neuroscience
Barrow Neurological Institute
350 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ, 85013, USA
Phone: +1 (602) 406-3484
e-mail: smart@neuralcorrelate.com
http://neuralcorrelate.com/smc_lab
Education
1996 Ph.D. in Medicine and Surgery. Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
1996 M.Sc. in Psychology. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.
1992 B.Sc. in Experimental Psychology. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.
Employment
2005- Adjunct Professor, Arizona State University, Dept. of Psychology. Tempe, AZ, USA.
2004- Director, Lab. of Visual Neuroscience. Asst. Staff Scientist. Barrow Neurological Institute. Phoenix, AZ, USA.
2001-03 Lecturer in Visual Science, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, UK.
2000-01 Instructor in Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
1997-00 Research Fellow in Neurobiology. Hubel laboratory, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
1994 Visiting fellow. Wiesel laboratory, Rockefeller University, NY, USA.
1992-96 Research Fellow. Acuña laboratory, Dept. of Physiology, University of Santiago, Spain.
1991-92 Research Fellow. Borrell laboratory, Cajal Institute, Madrid, Spain.
External grants awarded
2007-10 PI – Arizona Biomedical Research Commission. $150,000.
2007-10 PI -- National Science Foundation, 0643306. $426,976.
2007 Co-PI -- Joint donation from Mrs. Grace Welton and Barrow Women’s Board. $160,000.
Consultant -- NSF’s program in Research in Disabilities Education (NSF RDE 07-511): “Interventions to Support
STEM Researchers with Dyslexia”.
2005-08 PI -- Dana Foundation Program in Brain and Immuno-Imaging. $100,000.
2003-06 Consultant -- NIH RO3 EY14345-01.
2002-03 PI -- Marie Curie Program (EU). €114, 272.
2001-03 PI -- Fight for Sight Startup Award (UK). £75,000.
1998-00 Fellow -- Ministry of Education, Spain. Postdoctoral Research Training.
1997-98 Fellow -- Real Colegio Complutense, Spain. Postdoctoral Research Training.
1994-96 Fellow -- Ministry of Education, Spain. Graduate Research Training.
1992-93 Fellow -- Xunta de Galicia (regional government), Spain. Graduate Research Training.
1991-92 Fellow -- Superior Council of Scientific Investigations (CSIC), Spain. Undergraduate Research Training.
Honors
2007 Named as “the one person who has been most influential in the development of my scientific career” by Veronica
Shi, Intel Science Talent Search Semifinalist, USA Presidential Scholar and member of USA TODAY’s
2007 All-USA High School Academic Team.
2006 “Galician of the Year Award (March 2006)”. Awarded by Grupo El Correo Gallego.
1993 First National Prize for Undergraduate Psychology Major (awarded to the student with highest academic scores
from all Psychology Graduates in Spain). Ministry of Education, Spain.
1993 B.Sc. Extraordinary Prize (awarded to the ten students with highest graduating academic scores in a given year).
University Complutense of Madrid, Spain.
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Press and Popular Media Appearances, Interviews and Recognition (SUMMARY)
There have been 118 press notes or articles published concerning my research or academic activities. Please see last section of
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Editorial, Conference and Advisory Boards
2008 Member, Advisory Board, 31
st
“European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP)”. August 24-28, Utrecht, The
Netherlands.
2007- Member, Lifeboat Foundation Scientific Advisory Board.
2007- Executive Treasurer, Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC).
2007- Member, Panel of Experts, Mind Matters, the Scientific American blog seminar
on Mind and Brain.
2007- Member, Panel of Experts, Quo
magazine, Mexico.
2007-08 Guest Editor, Journal of Vision
. Special Issue on “Eye movements and the perception of a clear and stable visual
world”.
2007 Organizing Committee, Small Animal MRI Symposium, BNI
2007 Scientific and Organizing Committee for the 2
nd
Spanish-Portuguese Meeting on Perception (CIP). July 7-9,
Madrid, Spain.
2007 Co-Chair, 11
th
Annual Conference of the “Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness” (ASSC). June
25-28, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
2006 Conference Committee for the 10
th
Annual Conference of the “Association for the Scientific Study of
Consciousness” (ASSC). June 23-26, Oxford, UK.
2006 Conference Committee for the 7
th
“Towards a Science of Consciousness” Meeting, Tucson, AZ, USA.
2006 Reviewer Panel, 29
th
“European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP)”. August 20-26, St. Petersburg, Russia.
2005-07 Member-At-Large, Executive Board of the “Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness” (ASSC).
2005- Coordinator, Best Visual illusion of the Year Contest.
2005- Founding Member and Executive Chair, the Neural Correlate Society.
2005 Executive Chair, 28
th
“European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP)”. August 22-26, A Coruna, Spain.
2005 Scientific and Organizing Committee for the 1
st
Spanish-Portuguese Meeting on Perception (CIP). July 6-8,
Barcelona, Spain.
2004- Advisory Committee, University of Arizona Center for Consciousness Studies.
2004- Editorial Board, John Benjamins Publishing Co.
2004 Scientific Committee for the 8
th
Annual Conference of the “Association for the Scientific Study of
Consciousness” (ASSC). June 25-28, Antwerp, Belgium.
2004 Workshop Coordinator, 8
th
Annual Conference of the “Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness”
(ASSC). June 25-28 2004, Antwerp, Belgium.
2003- Behavioral and Brain Sciences Associate.
Doctoral Theses Supervised
2006 Troncoso, Xoana G. “The role of corner angle in visual physiology and brightness perception”. University
College London.
Academic/Community Service
2007 Mentoring Program, Society for Neuroscience’s (SfN) Committee on Women in Neuroscience (C-WIN).
2007- Member, “Learning Resource Center” Committee. Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ.
2006 Mentoring Program, Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness.
2006- Member, Small Animal fMRI Committee. Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ.
2005- Supporting Laboratory, The Southwest Association for Education in Biomedical Research (SwAEBR), AZ.
2005 Member, Selection Committee, University of Arizona Undergraduate Biology Research Program.
2005 Grand Awards Judge, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. Phoenix, AZ.
2004- Faculty Sponsor, University of Arizona Undergraduate Biology Research Program.
2004- Member, Institutional Biosafety Committee. Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ.
2004 Member, European Conference on Visual Perception Past Organizers Committee that wrote the ECVP Organizers
Manual.
2004 Career day speaker: Basis Scottsdale, AZ.
2003-04 Travel Award Reviewer, Society for Neuroscience’s (SfN) Committee on Women in Neuroscience (C-WIN).
Ad-hoc journal reviewer
: British Journal of Ophthalmology; Experimental Brain Research; Journal of Experimental
Psychology; Journal of Neurophysiology; Journal of Neuroscience; Journal of Vision; Neuroimage; Neuroreport; Ophthalmic
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and Physiological Optics; Perception; PLoS ONE, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA); Psychological
Bulletin; Psychonomic Bulleting and Review; Scholarpedia; Spatial Vision; Vision Research; Visual Cognition.
Ad-hoc
grant reviewer: USA Army Research Office (ARO); Spain’s National Agency of Evaluation; Ireland’s Health Research
Board Agency for Science, Singapore’s Technology and Research’s (A*STAR) Biomedical Research Council (BMRC).
International PhD thesis committee panel member
: Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain (2006); Utrecht University,
The Netherlands (2006).
Plenary Lectures and Workshop Presentations
2008 Keynote Lecture. Oregon Health and Sciences University Student Research Forum. Portland, OR, USA.
2008 Workshop (Chair): “Fundamentals of conscious vision: a tutorial on the basic functional anatomy of the visual
system and its relationship to consciousness”. Towards a Science of Consciousness, Tucson, AZ, USA.
2007 Plenary Lecture. 14
th
European Conference on Eye Movements. Potsdam, Germany.
2007 Invited Symposium Speaker: “The Aspen Consciousness Retreat”. The Mind Science Foundation and the
Aspen Center for Integral Health. Aspen, Colorado.
2007 Symposium (Co-Chair): “The magic of consciousness”. Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness 11
th
Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, NV, USA.
2007 Plenary Lecture. Meeting on Visual Neuroscience, University of Murcia, Spain.
2007 Symposium (Chair): “Visual Neuroscience”. 2
nd
Spanish-Portuguese Meeting on Perception (CIP). Madrid, Spain.
2006 Symposium (Chair): “Fixational Eye Movements in Visual Perception, Physiology and Oculomotor Control”.
Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL, USA.
2006 Workshop (Chair): “Neuroscience approaches to visual awareness”. Towards a Science of Consciousness,
Tucson, AZ, USA.
2006 Symposium (Chair): “The Neural Correlates of Consciousness”. Towards a Science of Consciousness, Tucson,
AZ, USA.
2006 Symposium: “Visual Fading and Filling-In”. Towards a Science of Consciousness, Tucson, AZ, USA.
2005 Symposium: “Adaptation, brightness and contrast”. 28
th
European Conference on Visual Perception. A Coruña,
Spain.
2005 Symposium: “Art and the Visual System”. 28
th
European Conference on Visual Perception. A Coruña, Spain.
2005 Symposium (Chair): “Neural Bases of Visual Perception”. 1
st
Spanish-Portuguese Meeting on Perception (CIP).
Barcelona, Spain.
2005 Gordon Research Conference: “Oculomotor System Biology”. Lewiston, ME, USA.
2004 Symposium: “The Relationship of Visibility, Brightness and Salience to Visual Awareness”. 8
th
Conference of
the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness, Antwerp, Belgium.
2004 Workshop (Chair): “Visibility and Visual Awareness”. Susana Martinez-Conde & Stephen L. Macknik. Towards
a Science of Consciousness, Tucson, AZ, USA.
2003 Plenary Lecture. Meeting on “Biomedical Foundations of Ocular Pathology and the Prevention of Blindness”,
organized by the University Complutense Forum and the Spanish Vision Handicapped Association. Madrid,
Spain.
2003 Workshop (Chair): “Visibility, Brightness, Shape, and their Relationship to the Neural Code”. Susana Martinez-
Conde & Stephen L. Macknik. 12
th
Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting, Alicante, Spain.
2003 Workshop: “Comparative Perspectives on Sensory Coding”. 12
th
Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting,
Alicante, Spain.
2003 Workshop (Chair): “Visibility, Brightness, Shape, and their Relationship to the Neural Code”. Susana Martinez-
Conde & Stephen L. Macknik. 7
th
Conference of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness,
Memphis, TN, USA.
2000 III Atlantic Encounters in Neuroscience. A Coruña, Spain.
1999 Symposium (Chair): “Brightness, Contrast and Visibility”. Spanish Society for Neuroscience, Murcia, Spain.
1998 Workshop: “Visual Perception”. Instituto Juan March de Estudios e Investigaciones, Madrid, Spain.
Conference Sessions Chaired
2007 “Visual Cognition: Attention and Search II” talk session. Society for Neuroscience. San Diego, CA, USA.
2007 “Visual approaches” talk session. Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness 11
th
Annual Meeting.
Las Vegas, NV, USA.
2006 “Visual cortex: contours and texture” talk session. Society for Neuroscience. Atlanta, GA, USA.
2006 “Sensation and Perception” talk session. Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness 10
th
Annual
Meeting. Oxford, UK.
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2006 “Vision and Attention” talk session. 7th Toward a Science of Consciousness Biannual Meeting. Tucson, AZ,
USA.
2004 “Memory, Attention and Sensory Integration” talk session. Association for the Scientific Study of
Consciousness 8
th
Annual Meeting. Antwerp, Belgium.
2004 “Neural Basis of Awareness” talk session. Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting. Sarasota, FL, USA.
2004 “Neural Correlates of Visual Consciousness” talk session. 6th Toward a Science of Consciousness Biannual
Meeting. Tucson, AZ, USA.
Invited Institutional Lectures
2008 New York University, NY, USA
2008 University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA.
2008 Mesa Community College. Mesa, AZ, USA.
2007 California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
2007 Boston University, MA, USA.
2007 University of Murcia, Spain.
2007 CosmoCaixa Foundation, Madrid, Spain.
2007 Mind Science Foundation. San Antonio, TX, USA.
2007 “Spirit of the Senses” Art and Cultural Salon. Phoenix, AZ, USA.
2007 Arizona State University, AZ, USA.
2007 Mesa Community College. Mesa, AZ, USA.
2006 “Spirit of the Senses” Art and Cultural Salon. Phoenix, AZ, USA.
2006 Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives de la Méditerranée, CNRS, Marseille, France.
2006 Brain Mind Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland.
2006 Utrecht University, The Netherlands
2006 Phoenix Art Museum, AZ, USA.
2005 University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
2005 President’s Community Enrichment Programs, Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ, USA.
2005 “Spirit of the Senses” Art and Cultural Salon. Phoenix, AZ, USA.
2005 Institute of Optics, Superior Council of Scientific Investigations. Madrid, Spain.
2005 National Institutes of Health. Bethesda, MD, USA.
2005 Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ, USA.
2004 Case Western Reserve University. Cleveland, OH, USA.
2004 University of Potsdam. Potsdam, Germany.
2004 University of Arizona. Tucson, AZ, USA.
2003 University of South Dakota School of Medicine, SD, USA
2003 Applied Vision Research Centre. City University. London, UK.
2003 Universidad Miguel Hernández. Alicante, Spain.
2003 University of Florida. Gainesville, FL, USA.
2003 University of Ohio. School of Osteopathic Medicine. Athens, OH, USA.
2003 State College of Optometry, State University of New York. NY, USA.
2002 Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, UK.
2002 The Barrow Neurological Institute. Phoenix, AZ, USA.
2002 Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
2002 Northwestern University. Chicago, USA.
2002 Max-Plank-Institute. Tuebingen, Germany.
2002 University of Bochum, Germany.
2002 University of Freiburg, Germany.
2002 Max-Planck-Institute. Dresden, Germany.
2002 Max-Planck-Institute for Brain Research. Frankfurt, Germany.
2002 Oxford University. Oxford, UK.
2001 University of Oregon. Eugene, OR, USA.
2001 Boston University. Boston, MA, USA.
2001 Emory University. Atlanta, GA, USA.
2001 National Institutes of Health. Bethesda, MD, USA.
2000 Universidad Miguel Hernández. Alicante, Spain.
2000 Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, UK.
2000 City University, London, UK.
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1999 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA.
1999 University of Connecticut, Storrs, CN, USA.
1998 Departamento de Fisiología, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Teaching experience
2008 MSc course: “Fundamentals of vision”. MSc in “Vision Sciences”. University of Murcia, Spain.
2007-08 PhD course: “Neurophysiological bases of visual perception”. Inter-University PhD Program in Vision
Sciences. Valladolid, Spain.
2007 PhD and undergraduate course: “First-order processing in visual systems”. PhD Program in Neuroscience
(Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ and Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA) and
undergraduate “Neurobiology” class (Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA).
2006 PhD course: “The visual system”. PhD Program in “Human Systems Neuroscience”. Arizona State University,
Tempe, AZ, USA.
2006-08 PhD course: “Integrative functions of the nervous system: structural aspects”. PhD Program in “Neuroscience and
Behavioral Biology”. University Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain.
2006 PhD course: “Fundamentals of vision”. Inter-University PhD Program in Vision Sciences. Valladolid, Spain.
2005 PhD course: “Central visual pathways, perception and color vision”. PhD Program in “Neurophysiology for
Engineers”. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
2005 Undergraduate course for Barrett Honors School students: “The visual system”. Arizona State University, Tempe,
AZ, USA.
2005-06 Undergraduate course for future medical students: “Being a neuroscientist”. Medstart Program, University of
Arizona, Tucson, and St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
2004 Postgraduate course: “Physiology and functional anatomy of the visual system”. Neurology Residency Program..
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
2002 PhD course: “Functional anatomy, physiology and perception in the LGN and Area V1”. PhD Program in
“Psychology and Neuroscience”. University of A Coruña, Spain.
1996-97 Human Physiology. School of Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
1996 Undergraduate course: “Neuropsychology”. School of Psychology, University of A Coruña, Spain.
1994 Undergraduate course: “Structure and Function of the Visual System. School of Optics, University of Santiago de
Compostela, Spain”.
1994 Undergraduate course: “Neuropsychology”. School of Psychology, University of A Coruña, Spain.
Travel and course awards
2000 22
nd
CVS Symposium Travel Grant. University of Rochester, NY.
1999 Neural Information Coding Conference Travel Grant. Big Sky, Montana.
1999 Cold Spring Harbor Course on Structure, Function and Development of the Visual System.
1997 University of Santiago de Compostela Travel Grant. Dept. of Neurobiology; Harvard Med. School.
1997 Juan March Foundation. Principles of Neural Integration Workshop. Madrid, Spain.
1996 IV National Neuroscience Course. Iberoamerican University of Andalucía, Spain.
1996 Foundation Duques de Soria. Neurobiology of Vision Course. Soria, Spain.
1996 I Atlantic Encounters in Neuroscience. A Coruña, Spain.
1995 I National Neuroscience Course. International University Alfonso VIII. Soria, Spain.
1995 18th Annual Meeting of the European Neuroscience Association Travel Grant. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
1995 VI Meeting of the Spanish Society for Neuroscience Travel Grant. Valladolid, Spain.
1994 European Science Foundation. Neural Bases of Visual Cognition Autumn School. San Feliu de Guixols, Spain.
1994 Spanish Ministry of Education Travel Grant. Torsten Wiesel Laboratory, Rockefeller University.
1994 Foundation Ramón Areces. Superior Functions of the Brain: the Associative Cerebral Cortex Course. Madrid,
Spain.
1994 The Brain and I Summer Course. University of A Coruña, Spain.
Additional courses attended
2002 The Visiting Fellowship in fMRI. Massachusetts General Hospital NMR Center. Boston, MA, USA.
2001 Neural Systems and Behavior. Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USA.
1999 Cold Spring Harbor Course on Structure, Function and Development of the Visual System.
1997 Juan March Foundation. Principles of Neural Integration Workshop. Madrid, Spain.
1996 IV National Neuroscience Course. Iberoamerican University of Andalucía, Spain.
1996 Foundation Duques de Soria. Neurobiology of Vision Course. Soria, Spain.
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1996 I Atlantic Encounters in Neuroscience. University of A Coruña, Spain.
1995 I National Neuroscience Course. International University Alfonso VIII. Soria, Spain.
1994 Certification for Teaching Psychology (300 hours). University of Santiago, Spain.
1994 European Science Foundation. Neural Bases of Visual Cognition Autumn School. San Feliu de Guixols, Spain.
1994 Ramón Areces Foundation. Superior Functions of the Brain: the Associative Cerebral Cortex. Madrid, Spain.
1994 Summer Course on “The Brain and I” (Karl Pribram). University of A Coruña, Spain.
1991 Summer Course on Psychoinmunology. University Complutense de Madrid, Spain.
1990 Behavioral Medicine. Institute of Psychology. A Coruña, Spain.
1989 Summer Course on Psychology of Reading: Learning and Comprehension. University of Santiago, Spain.
1989 Summer Course on Treatment and Prevention of Drug Dependencies. University of Santiago, Spain.
1989 Systemic Family Therapy. Center for Psychological Assistence. A Coruña, Spain.
1989 Treatment of Hyperactivity Disorders. Institute of Psychology. A Coruña, Spain.
1988 Childhood Psychopathology: New Technologies. Spanish Psychological Society, A Coruña, Spain.
1988 Treatment of Nicotine Addiction. Spanish Psychological Society. A Coruña, Spain.
1988 Introduction to Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. Spanish School of Psychoterapy and Primary Prevention. A
Coruña, Spain.
1988 Analysis of Reading and Writing Skills. Clinical Psychology, A Coruña, Spain.
1988 ABC of Childhood Psychology. Alexandre Bóveda Association. A Coruña, Spain.
1988 Biofeedback Techniques. Institute of Social Efficacy Techniques. A Coruña, Spain.
Professional licenses
2001 UK scientific animal research license: Accredited training for Personnel working under the Animals (Scientific
Procedures) Act 1986. Modules 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Species: Rat, Mouse, Guinea pig, Hamster, Rabbit. The Royal
Veterinary College. London, UK.
2001 Add-on modules for Personnel working under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. Species: Cat,
Marmoset, Old World Monkey (Macaque). University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Newcastle, UK.
1994 Psychology Teaching License. Ministry of Education, Spain.
Membership in Scientific Associations
Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC), USA. Member-At-Large, Executive Board.
Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS), USA.
Federation of European Neurosciences (FENS).
International Brain Research Organization (IBRO).
Neural Correlate Society (NCS), USA. Founding Member and Executive Director.
Sociedad Española de Neurociencia (SENC), Spain.
Society for Neuroscience (SFN), USA.
Vision Sciences Society (VSS), USA.
Women in Neuroscience (WIN), USA.
Articles
1) Macknik SL, King M, Randi J, Robbins A, Teller, Thompson J, Martinez-Conde S. “Attention and awareness in stage
magic: turning tricks into research”. Nature Reviews Neuroscience (in press).
2) Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL. “The role of feedback in consciousness”, Ed. Michael Gazzaniga, The Cognitive
Neurosciences, 4
th
Edition, MIT Press, Cambridge (in press).
3) Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL. “Anatomy, physiology, function in the normal visual system”. Visual prosthetics:
anatomy, physiology, bioengineering, psychophysics, rehabilitation. G. Dagnelie (Ed). Springer (in press).
4) Troncoso XG, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S. “Corner salience varies parametrically with corner angle during flicker-
augmented contrast: further predictions on corner perception from Vasarely’s artworks”. Spatial Vision
(in press). *Special
Issue on Vision Science and Art.
5) Serra A, Liao K, Martinez-Conde S, Optican LM, Leigh RJ. “Suppression of saccadic intrusions in hereditary ataxia
by memantine”. Neurology
(in press).
6) Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL. “Novel visual illusions based on Victor Vasarely’s art help us understand visual
perception”. Ver y Oír
(Spanish; in press).
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7) Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S. “Consciousness: Neurophysiology of visual awareness”, Ed. Larry R. Squire. New
Encyclopaedia of Neuroscience, Elsevier, Oxford (in press).
8) Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL. “The neurobiology of consciousness”. Quo Mexico
(in press).
9) Martinez-Conde S. “Skewed vision”. Scientific American Mind
18 (October/November), 54-57.
10) Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S. “The role of feedback in visual masking and visual processing”. Advances in
Cognitive Psychology 3: 125-152.
11) Martinez-Conde S. “Blindsight”. In Mind Matters, the Scientific American blog
on science and mind. September 4.
http://blog.sciam.com/index.php?title=blindsight_when_the_brain_sees_what_the&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1&more=1
12) Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2007). “Mind tricks”. Nature
448: 414.
13) Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2007). “Windows on the mind”. Scientific American
297: 56-63. *Featured as the
Cover Article of the Scientific American
August issue.
14) Martinez-Conde S (2007). “Volver” (Spanish). Tribuna de la Ciencia
6: 3.
15) Troncoso XG, Tse PU, Macknik SL, Caplovitz GP, Hsieh P-J, Schlegel AA, Otero-Millan J, Martinez-Conde S
(2007). “BOLD activation varies parametrically with corner angle throughout human retinotopic cortex”. Perception
36: 808-820.
16) Martinez-Conde, S (2007 April 10). “Anticipating reward: more than meets the eye”. In Mind Matters, the Scientific
American blog on science and mind.
http://blog.sciam.com/index.php?title=selective_vision_the_brain_s_spin_machin_2&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
17) Simons D, Lleras A, Martinez-Conde S, Slichter D, Caddigan E, Nevarez G (2006). “Induced visual fading of complex
images”. Journal of Vision
6: 1093-1101.
18) Martinez-Conde S (2006). “Fixational eye movements in normal and pathological vision”. Progress in Brain Research
154: 151-176.
19) Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL, Troncoso XG, Dyar TA (2006). “Microsaccades counteract visual fading during
fixation”. Neuron
49: 297-305. *Preview by Ralf Engbert (Neuron 49: 168-170). *Reviewed by the Faculty of
1000.
20) Tse PU, Martinez-Conde S, Schlegel AA, Macknik SL (2005). “Visibility, visual awareness and visual masking of
simple targets are confined to areas in the occipital cortex beyond human V1/V2”. Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences (USA) 102: 17178-17183.
21) Martinez-Conde S (2005). “A review of David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel’s Brain and Visual Perception”. Psyche
11
(4).
22) Troncoso, XG, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2005). “Novel visual illusions related to Vasarely’s ‘nested squares’
show that corner salience varies with corner angle”. Perception
34: 409-420.
23) Martinez-Conde S (2005). “The role of eye movements during visual fixation”. BNI Quarterly
21: 44-48.
24) Martinez-Conde S, Perez M, Martinez L (2005). “Flipar en colores” (Spanish). Quo
118: 110-115.
25) Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL, Hubel DH (2004). “The role of fixational eye movements in visual perception”.
Nature Reviews Neuroscience
5: 229-240. *Featured article of the month.
26) Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2004). “Dichoptic visual masking in the geniculocortical system of awake primates”.
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
16: 1049-1059.
27) Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2004). “The spatial and temporal effects of lateral inhibitory networks and their
relevance to the visibility of spatiotemporal edges”. Neurocomputing
58-60: 775-782.
28) Martinez-Conde S (2004). “A review of Christof Koch’s The Quest for Consciousness”. Psyche
10 (2).
29) Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL, Hubel DH (2002). “The function of bursts of spikes during visual fixation in the
awake primate lateral geniculate nucleus and primary visual cortex”. Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences (USA) 99: 13920-13925.
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30) Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL, Hubel DH (2000). “How the visual system prevents the world from fading”. Ciencia
Al Dia Internacional 3 (3). http://www.ciencia.cl/CienciaAlDia/volumen3/numero3/articulos/articulo4-eng.html
31) Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S, Haglund MM (2000). “The role of spatiotemporal edges in visibility and visual masking”.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 97: 7556-7560.
32) Martinez-Conde S, Macknik S.L., Hubel, D.H. (2000). “Microsaccadic eye movements and firing of single cells in the
striate cortex of macaque monkeys”. Nature Neuroscience 3:251-258.
33) Martinez-Conde S, Cudeiro J, Grieve KL, Rodriguez R, Rivadulla C, Acuña C (1999). “Effects of feedback projections
from area 18 layers 2/3 to area 17 layers 2/3 in the cat visual cortex”. Journal of Neurophysiology 82: 2667-2675.
34) Cudeiro J, Rivadulla C, Rodriguez R, Grieve KL, Martinez-Conde S, Acuña C (1997). “The action of compounds
manipulating the nitric oxide system in the primary visual cortex of the cat”. Journal of Physiology
504:467-478.
35) Rivadulla C, Grieve KL, Rodriguez R, Martinez-Conde S, Acuña C, Cudeiro J (1997). “An unusual effect of application of
the amino acid L-Arginine on cat visual cortical cells”. Neuroreport
8: 863-866.
36) Rivadulla C, Rodriguez R, Martinez-Conde S, Acuña C, Cudeiro J (1996). "The influence of nitric oxide in the
perigeniculate GABAergic cells of the anaesthetized cat." European Journal of Neuroscience 8: 2459-2466.
37) Cudeiro J, Rivadulla C, Rodriguez R, Martinez-Conde S, Martinez L, Grieve KL, Acuña, C (1996). "Further observations
on the role of nitric oxide in the feline lateral geniculate nucleus." European Journal of Neuroscience
8: 144-152.
38) Cudeiro J, Grieve KL, Rivadulla C, Martinez-Conde S, Acuña C (1994). "The role of nitric oxide in the transformation of
visual information within the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of the cat." Neuropharmacology 33: 1413-1418.
39) Cudeiro J, Rivadulla C, Rodriguez R, Martinez-Conde S, Acuña C, Alonso JM (1994). "Modulatory influence of putative
inhibitors of nitric oxide synthesis on visual processing in the cat lateral geniculate nucleus. Journal of Neurophysiology
71: 146-149.
Invited contributions (currently in preparation)
1) Martinez-Conde S.
"Visual Fading" entry, for the Visual Cognition chapter of Scholarpedia - the free peer-reviewed
encyclopedia (a synthesis of Encyclopedia Britannica and Wikipedia). http://www.scholarpedia.org
.
2) Martinez-Conde S.
"Fixational Eye Movements" entry, for the Visual Cognition chapter of Scholarpedia - the free
peer-reviewed encyclopedia (a synthesis of Encyclopedia Britannica and Wikipedia). http://www.scholarpedia.org
.
Submitted manuscripts
1) Chen Y, Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL, Bereshpolova Y, Swadlow HA, Alonso J-M. “Detection difficulty
modulates neuronal activity in primary visual cortex”.
Patents
1) Patent pending, based on eye position monitoring technology (BNI Intellectual Property Network)
2) Patent pending, based on blood flow measurement technology macular degeneration (BNI Intellectual Property
Office).
Books
1) Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL, Martinez LM, Alonso J-M, Tse PU (Eds) (2006). Visual Perception (Part I).
Fundamentals of vision: low and mid-level processes in perception. Progress in Brain Research Series, vol. 154.
Elsevier Science.
2) Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL, Martinez LM, Alonso J-M, Tse PU (Eds) (2006). Visual Perception (Part II).
Fundamentals of awareness, multi-sensory integration and high-order perception. Progress in Brain Research Series,
vol. 155. Elsevier Science.
3) Macknik S, Martinez-Conde, S. The neural correlates of visibility and invisibility
. “Advances in Consciousness
Research” Series, edited by Maxim I. Stamenov. John Benjamins Publishing Co (in preparation).
Special issues edited
9
1) Martinez-Conde S, Krauzlis R, Morrone C, Miller J, Williams D, Kowler E (Eds) (2008). Journal of Vision’s Special
Issue on “Eye movements and the perception of a clear and stable visual world”.
Documentary scripts
1) Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL, Perez M, Sanchez O, Martinez M (2007). “Visual illusions”. Produced by VideoVoz.
Scientific translations
1) Vidal M, Martinez-Conde S, Villegas M (1999). English-to-Spanish translation of David Hubel’s book “Eye, Brain and
Vision” (Ojo, Cerebro y Visión). Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones, Murcia, Spain.
2) Martinez-Conde S (2007). English-to-Spanish translation of Martinez-Conde & Macknik’s Scientific American
article
“Windows on the mind” (see “Articles” section). “Las ventanas de la mente”, by Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen L.
Macknik. Investigación y Ciencia
373: 22-23, 2007.
Other writings
1) Agostini T, Cornelissen F, Donner K, Fiser J, Gorea A, Mamassian P, Martinez-Conde S, Rogers B, Troscianko T, Watson
AB (2004). “European Conference on Visual Perception: A user’s manual for organizers”. http://ecvp.org/contacts.html
.
Abstracts
1) Martinez-Conde S, Troncoso XG, Macknik SL, Otero-Millan J (2008). “Microsaccades drive illusory motion in
‘Enigma’ ”. Toward a Science of Consciousness. Tucson, AZ, USA, April 8-12.
2) Otero-Millan J, Leigh RJ, Serra A, Troncoso XG, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2007). “Objective characterization
of square-wave jerks in progressive supranuclear palsy patients and healthy volunteers”. Society for Neuroscience,
37
th
Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA.
3) Chen Y, Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL, Bereshpolova Y, Swadlow H, Alonso JM (2007). “Attentional load
modulates the activity of distinct neuronal populations within primary visual cortex”. Society for Neuroscience, 37
th
Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA.
4) Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2007). “The role of feedback in visual masking, visual awareness and attention”.
Society for Neuroscience, 37
th
Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA.
5) Chen Y, Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL, Swadlow H, Alonso JM, Lee B (2007). “Input to cells in macaque V1
revealed with a novel grating stimulus”. OSA Fall Vision Meeting, Optical Society of America. Berkeley, CA, USA,
September 16 – 19.
6) Martinez-Conde S (2007). “Perceptual and physiological effects of fixational eye movements”. 14
th
European
Conference on Eye Movements. Potsdam, Germany, August 19-23.
7) Troncoso XG, Macknik SL, Otero-Millan J, Martinez-Conde S (2007). “Fixational eye movements and Op-Art”. 14
th
European Conference on Eye Movements. Potsdam, Germany, August 19-23.
8) Martinez-Conde S (2007). “How fixational eye movements drive perception”. 2
nd
Spanish-Portuguese Meeting on
Perception (CIP). Madrid, Spain, June 4-6.
9) Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2007). “The role of feedback in visual masking, visual awareness and attention”.
Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness 11
th
Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, USA, June 22-25.
10) Shi V, Macknik SL, Troncoso XG, Martinez-Conde S (2007). “Effect of stimulus width on the simultaneous contrast
illusion”. 18th Annual Undergraduate Biology Research Program Conference. Tucson AZ, USA, January 20.
11) Troncoso XG, Macknik, SL, Martinez-Conde, S (2006). “Corner salience varies parametrically with corner angle
during flicker augmented contrast”. Society for Neuroscience, 36
th
Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA, October 14-
18.
12) Chen Y, Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL, Bereshpolova Y, Swadlow H, Alonso JM (2006). “Manual reaction time is
strongly correlated with the occurrence of reflexive saccades but not with attentional modulations in V1”. Society for
Neuroscience, 36
th
Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA, October 14-18.
10
13) Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2006). “The physiology and perception of monoptic and dichoptic visual masking”,
Symposium on Visual Masking, Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg, Delmenhorst, Germany.
14) Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL, Troncoso XG, Dyar TA (2006). “The role of fixational eye movements in visibility
and visual awareness”. Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness, 10
th
Annual Meeting, Oxford, UK.
15) Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL, Troncoso XG, Dyar TA (2006). “Microsaccades counteract visual fading during
fixation”. Vision Sciences Society. Sarasota, FL, USA, May 5-10.
16) Troncoso, XG, Macknik, SL, Martinez-Conde, S (2006). “Corner salience varies parametrically with corner angle
during flicker augmented contrast”. Vision Sciences Society. Sarasota, FL, USA, May 5-10.
17) Martinez-Conde S (2006). “The role of fixational eye movements in visibility and visual awareness”. Toward a
Science of Consciousness. Tucson, AZ, USA, April 4-8.
18) Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S, Schlegel AA, Tse PU (2006). “Visibility visual awareness and visual masking of
simple unattended targets are confined to areas in the occipital cortex beyond human V1/V2”. Toward a Science of
Consciousness. Tucson, AZ, USA, April 4-8.
19) Shi V, Macknik SL, Troncoso XG, Martinez-Conde S (2006). “Effect of stimulus width on the simultaneous contrast
illusion”. 17th Annual Undergraduate Biology Research Program Conference. Tucson AZ, USA, January 21.
20) Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL, Troncoso XG, Dyar, TA (2005). “Microsaccades counteract visual fading during
fixation”. Society for Neuroscience, 35
th
Annual Meeting, Washington DC, USA, November 12-16.
21) Troncoso XG, Tse PU, Macknik SL, Caplovitz GP, Hsieh P-J, Schlegel AA, Martinez-Conde S (2005). “fMRI
correlates of corner-based illusions show that BOLD activation varies gradually with corner angle”. Society for
Neuroscience, 35
th
Annual Meeting, Washington DC, USA, November 12-16.
22) Chen Y, Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL, Bereshpolova Y, Swadlow H, Alonso JM (2005)."Detection difficulty
increases neuronal activity in primary visual cortex”. Society for Neuroscience, 35
th
Annual Meeting, Washington DC,
USA, November 12-16.
23) Troncoso XG, Tse PU, Macknik SL, Caplovitz GP, Hsieh P-J, Schlegel AA, Martinez-Conde S (2005). “fMRI
correlates of corner illusions show that BOLD activation varies gradually with corner angle.” Optical Society of
America Vision Meeting. Tucson, AZ, USA, October 21-23.
24) Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL, Troncoso XG, Dyar TA (2005). “Microsaccades counteract visual fading during
fixation.” Optical Society of America Vision Meeting. . Tucson, AZ, USA, October 21-23.
25) Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S, Schlegel AA, Tse PU, (2005). “Neural and BOLD responses to visibility and
visibility in the visual system of humans and primates”. Optical Society of America Vision Meeting, Tucson, AZ,
USA, October 21-23.
26) Martinez-Conde S (2005). “Neural responses and perception during visual fixation”. 28
th
European Conference on
Visual Perception, A Coruña, Spain, August 22-26.
27) Troncoso XG, Tse PU, Macknik SL, Caplovitz GP, Hsieh P-J, Schlegel AA, Martinez-Conde S (2005). “fMRI
correlates of corner-based illusions show that BOLD activation varies gradually with corner angle”. 28
th
European
Conference on Visual Perception, A Coruña, Spain, August 22-26.
28) Martinez-Conde S (2005). “Neural responses and perception during visual fixation”. 1
st
Spanish-Portuguese Meeting
on Perception, Barcelona, Spain, July 6-8.
29) Martinez-Conde S (2005). “The role of microsaccades in visibility during fixation”. Gordon Research Conference:
“Oculomotor System Biology”. Lewinston, ME, USA. June 26-July 1.
30) Simons D, Slichter D, Lleras A, Martinez-Conde S, Caddigan E, Nevarez G (2005). “Induced fading of natural
scenes”. Vision Sciences Society. Sarasota, FL, USA, May 6-11.
31) ChenY, Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL, Swadlow H, Alonso JM (2004)."Task difficulty modulates neuronal activity
in primary visual cortex”. Society for Neuroscience, 34
th
Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, October 23-27.
32) Troncoso XG, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2004). “Perception of corner salience varies parametrically with
corner angle in human subjects.” Society for Neuroscience, 34
th
Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, October 23-
27, 2004.
11
33) Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S, Schlegel AA, Tse PU (2004). “Awareness of monoptic and dichoptic visibility of
simple targets is downstream of area V2, but processed within occipital cortex”. Society for Neuroscience, 34
th
Annual
Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, October 23-27, 2004.
34) Goldman MS, Olasagasti I, Hafer VK, Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL (2004). “Strength and timing of inhibition
underlies a visual masking illusion”. Society for Neuroscience, 34
th
Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, October
23-27.
35) Troncoso XG, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S (2004). “Perception of corners of different angles in human subjects.”
27
th
European Conference on Visual Perception, Budapest, Hungary, August 22-26.
36) Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S, Schlegel AA, Tse PU (2004). “Dichoptic visual masking and the processing of
visibility in human cortex”. 27
th
European Conference on Visual Perception, Budapest, Hungary, August 22-26.
37) Martinez-Conde S, Troncoso XG, Macknik SL (2004). “Shape and saliency are confounded in the early visual
system”. Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness, 8
th
Anual Meeting, Antwerp, Belgium, June 25-28.
38) Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S, Schlegel AA, Tse PU (2004). “Physiological and perceptual studies of visibility and
visual awareness in primates and humans”. Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness, 8
th
Anual Meeting,
Antwerp, Belgium, June 25-28.
39) Tse PU, Martinez-Conde S, Schlegel AA, Macknik SL (2004). “Visibility and visual masking of simple targets is
confined to occipital cortex”. Vision Sciences Society. Sarasota, FL, USA, April 30-May 5.
40) Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S, Schlegel AA, Tse PU (2004). “Dichoptic visual masking reveals localized processing
of visibility in human extrastriate cortex”. Vision Sciences Society. Sarasota, FL, USA, April 30-May 5.
41) Macknik SL & Martinez-Conde S (2004). “The Dichoptic Standing Wave of Invisibility: implications for visual
awareness and models of visual masking that require feedback or cortical circuits”. Toward a Science of
Consciousness. Tucson, AZ, USA, April 7-12.
42) Goldman MS, Olasagasti I, Hafer V, Martinez-Conde S & Macknik SL (2004). “Strength and timing of inhibition can
explain a visual masking illusion”. CoSyne, 1st Annual Meeting, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA, March
24-28.
43) Macknik SL & Martinez-Conde S (2003). "The dichoptic standing wave of invisibility: implications for models of visual
masking”. Society for Neuroscience, 33
rd
Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA, USA, November 8-12.
44) Troncoso XG, Macknik SL & Martinez-Conde S (2003). "The role of early visual receptive fields in processing junctions
and corners”. Society for Neuroscience, 33
rd
Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA, USA, November 8-12.
45) Troncoso XG, Macknik SL & Martinez-Conde S (2003). "A simple, feedforward mechanism for processing junctions." 26
th
European Conference on Visual Perception, Paris, France, September 1-5.
46) Macknik SL & Martinez-Conde S (2003). “The physiology underlying the Dichoptic Standing Wave of Invisibility:
implications for visual awareness and models of visual masking that require feedback or cortical circuits”, European
Conference on Visual Perception, Paris, France.
47) Macknik S.L. & Martinez-Conde S (2003). “The spatial and temporal effects of lateral inhibitory networks and their
relevance to the visibility of spatiotemporal edges”. Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting (CNS'03), Alicante,
Spain, July 5-9.
48) Troncoso XG, Macknik SL & Martinez-Conde S (2003). "A simple receptive field model for the multiplexing of shape and
intensity in the early visual system." Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting (CNS'03), Alicante, Spain, July 5-9.
49) Macknik SL & Martinez-Conde S (2003). “Studies of the Dichoptic Standing Wave of Invisibility: implications for
visual awareness”. Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness, 7
th
Annual Meeting, Memphis, TN.
50) Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL & Troncoso XG (2003). "Changes in shape are confounded with changes in intensity in
early visual neurons." Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness 7
th
Meeting, Tennessee, USA, May 30 - June
2.
51) Troncoso XG, Macknik SL & Martinez-Conde S (2003). “Low-level mechanisms for processing of junctions”. Vision
Sciences Society. 3
rd
Annual Meeting. Sarasota, FA.
12
52) Martinez-Conde S, Troncoso XG and Macknik SL (2002). “The neural correlate’s of Vasarely’s artworks, or how
shape perception can be built up in our brain”. Vision Sciences Society. 2
nd
Annual Meeting. Sarasota, FA.
53) Martinez-Conde S and Macknik SL (2001). “Junctions are the most salient visual features in the early visual system”.
Society for Neuroscience 31st Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
54) Macknik, S.L., Martinez-Conde, S., & Haglund, M.M., (2000), “The role of spatiotemporal edges in visibility in the
striate cortex”. Society for Neuroscience 30th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
55) Macknik SL and Martinez-Conde S (2000). The role of monocular and binocular visual cells of the early visual system in
the processing of visibility and invisibility. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science: Supplementum, 41(4)
, p. 732.
56) Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL and Hubel, DH (2000). Interaction between microsaccades and responses to flashing bars
in the early visual system of the awake monkey. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science: Supplementum, 41(4)
,
p. 54.
57) Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL and Hubel DH (1999). “Comparison between visual activity induced by microsaccades
and by flashing bars in the LGN of the macaque monkey.” Society for Neuroscience 29th Annual Meeting, Miami, Fl.
(Society for Neuroscience Abstracts), Vol. 25, p.1047.
58) Macknik SL and Martinez-Conde S (1999).“The role of the primate lateral geniculate nucleus in the processing of visibility
and invisibility.” Society for Neuroscience 29th Annual Meeting, Miami, Fl. (Society for Neuroscience Abstracts), Vol. 25,
p.1047.
59) Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL and Hubel DH (1999). “The role of microsaccade direction and stimulus orientation in
neuronal responses in the geniculate and primary visual cortex”. European Association for Vision and Eye Research
Meeting, Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Ophthalmic Research: Supplementum, 31
, p. 90.
60) Macknik SL and Martinez-Conde S (1999). “The physiology, perception, and functional anatomy of spatiotemporal edges
in the primate visual system”. European Association for Vision and Eye Research Meeting, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Ophthalmic Research: Supplementum, 31
, p. 90.
61) Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL and Hubel DH (1999). "Respuestas neuronales en el sistema visual del primate durante la
fijación visual”. VIII Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Neurociencia, Murcia. Revista de Neurología, Vol. 30:
separata.
62) Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL and Hubel DH (1999). “Bursts of Spikes in the LGN and Area V-1 Are Correlated With
Microsaccades During Visual Fixation in the Awake Monkey”. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science:
Supplementum, 40(4), p. 3379.
63) Macknik SL and Martinez-Conde S (1998). “Neural correlates of illusions of invisibility in the awake behaving primate:
the standing wave of invisibility and static masking”. Society for Neuroscience 28
th
Annual Meeting. Los Angeles, CA.
(Society for Neuroscience Abstracts), Vol. 24, p. 1980.
64) Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL and Hubel DH (1998). “Correlation between eye movements and neural responses in area
V-1 of the awake behaving monkey during visual fixation”. Society for Neuroscience 28
th
Annual Meeting. Los Angeles,
CA. (Society for Neuroscience Abstracts), Vol. 24, p. 1981.
65) Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL and Hubel DH (1998). “Neural responses in monkey cortical area V-1 during visual
fixation”. Foundation Juan March. Workshop “Neural mechanisms involved in visual perception”. Madrid, Spain.
66) Martinez-Conde S, Rodríguez R, Rivadulla C, Cudeiro J, Acuña C (1996). "Modulatory effects in the velocity domain
induced by feedback connections from rea 18 to area 17: clues for different cell populations". I Encuentros Atlánticos de
Neurociencia. A Coruña, Spain, 27-29 Jun.
67) Acuña C, Martinez-Conde S, Rodríguez R, Rivadulla C and Cudeiro J (1995). “Cat cortical area 18 supragranular layers
modulate striate responses in the orientation and velocity domains”. Society for Neuroscience 25
th
Annual Meeting. San
Diego, California.
68) Cudeiro J, Rivadulla C, Rodríguez R, Martinez-Conde S and Acuña C (1995). “Application of L-Arg and L-NOArg
modify cellular responses in the primary visual cortex of the cat”. Society for Neuroscience 25th Annual Meeting . San
Diego, California.
69) Rivadulla C, Rodríguez R, Martinez-Conde S, Acuña C and Cudeiro J (1995). “Perigeniculate GABAergic cells of the cat
are modulated by nitric oxide”. European Neuroscience Association 18th Annual Meeting. Amsterdam, 3-7 Sept.
13
70) Martinez-Conde S, Rodríguez R, Cudeiro J, Rivadulla C and Acuña C (1995). “Functional relationship between cells
located in supragranular layers of visual areas 17 and 18 in the cat”. European Neuroscience Association 18th Annual
Meeting. Amsterdam, 3-7 Sept.
71) Rivadulla C, Rodríguez R, Martinez-Conde S, Acuña C and Cudeiro J (1995). “Efecto de la aplicación del óxido
nítrico en el núcleo geniculado (dLGN) del gato. ¿Un nuevo mecanismo de acción del NO en el SNC?” VI Congreso
de la Sociedad Española de Neurociencia. Valladolid, Spain, 2-6 Jul.
72) Rodríguez R, Rivadulla C, Martinez-Conde S, Acuña C and Cudeiro J (1995). “El óxido nítrico (NO) modula la actividad
del núcleo perigeniculado en el gato”. VI Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Neurociencia. Valladolid, Spain, 2-6 Jul.
73) Acuña C, Martinez-Conde S, Rodríguez R, Rivadulla C and Cudeiro J (1995). “La corteza visual extraestriada (área 18)
modula la selectividad a la velocidad de las neuronas de la corteza estriada en el gato”. VI Congreso de la Sociedad
Española de Neurociencia. Valladolid, Spain, 2-6 Jul.
74) Martinez-Conde S, Rodríguez R, Rivadulla C, Cudeiro J and Acuña C (1995). “Relaciones funcionales en el dominio de la
orientación entre células supragranulares de áreas 18 y 17 de la corteza visual del gato”. VI Congreso de la Sociedad
Española de Neurociencia. Valladolid, Spain, 2-6 Jul.
75) Cudeiro J, Rivadulla C, Rodríguez R, Martinez-Conde S, Acuña C (1995). "On the role of nitric oxide in the processing of
information in the visual system". Foundation Juan March. Workshop on Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms in
Behaviour. Madrid, Spain.
76) Rivadulla C, Rodríguez R, Martinez-Conde S, Acuña C and Cudeiro J (1994). “Visual information at the level of the dorsal
geniculate nucleus (dLGN) of the cat is modulated by nitric oxide acting on NMDA receptors”. Society for Neuroscience
24th Annual Meeting. Miami Beach, Florida, 14-18 Nov.
77) Cudeiro J, Rivadulla C, Rodríguez R, Martinez-Conde S, Acuña C and Alonso JM (1994). “NMDA receptors on
dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus relay cells. A modulatory site for the action of nitric oxide”. European Neuroscience
Association 17th Annual Meeting. Viena, 4-8 Sept.
78) Cudeiro J, Rodríguez R, Rivadulla C, Martinez-Conde S, Acuña C and Alonso JM (1994). “Nitric oxide modulates the
transfer of visual information at the level of the cat visual thalamus acting on postsynaptic NMDA receptors”. 1st Meeting
of Mediterranean Physiologists. 26th Congress of the Spanish Society of Physiological Sciences. Palma de Mallorca,
Spain, 4--9 Apr.
79) Martinez-Conde S (1994). "Orientational influences on supragranular layers of visual area 18 upon supragranular layer
cells of area 17 in the cat cortex". Autumn School on Neural Basis of Visual Cognition. European Neuroscience
Programme. San Feliu de Guixols, Spain.
80) Cudeiro J, Rivadulla C, Rodríguez, R, Martinez-Conde S, Acuña C (1994). "Nitric oxide modulates visual processing in
the feline thalamus by regulation of NMDA mediated activity". Foundation Juan March. Workshop on Molecular
Mechanisms of Synaptic Function. Madrid, Spain.
81) Cudeiro J, Rivadulla C, Rodríguez R, Martinez-Conde S, Acuña C and Alonso JM (1993). “Direction domain modulation
of centre-surround antagonism in the lateral geniculate nucleus (dLGN) of the cat”. 16th Annual Meeting of the European
Neuroscience Association, Madrid, Spain, 18-21 Sept.
82) Rivadulla C, Cudeiro J, Rodríguez R, Martinez-Conde S, Acuña C and Alonso JM (1993). “Nitric oxide modulates visual
processing in the cat lateral geniculate nucleus”. European Neuroscience Association 16th Annual Meeting. Madrid, Spain,
18-21 Sept.
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2006 Press note, Kerala Global
, January 19.
2006 Press note, Eureka! Science
, January 19.
2006 Press note, Purenova
, January 19.
2006 Press note, Science24
, January 19.
2006 Press note, New Creationism
, January 18.
2006 Press note, EurekAlert!
, January 18.
2006 Press note, Science Daily
, January 18.
2006 Press note, M & C News
, January 18.
2006 Press note, Digis Networks
, January 18.
2006 Press note, MyUstinet News
, January 18.
2005 Press note, Agencia para la Difusión de la Ciencia y la Tecnología
, December 14.
2005 Interviewed by Agencia para la Difusión de la Ciencia y la Tecnología
, December 14.
2005 Press note, Agencia para la Difusión de la Ciencia y la Tecnología
, December 12.
2005 Alternating Brightness Star illusion featured as the “Image of the Week” in Viperlib
(www.viperlib.com).
November 02.
2005 Research News, Barrow
magazine, November, vol. 17, issue 2, page 36.
2005 Wikipedia
article on “Neural adaptation”, October 14.
2005 Wikipedia
article on “Fixational eye movement”, October 5.
2005 Wikipedia
article on “Microsaccade”, October 5.
2005 Interviewed by Quo Mexico
, September 1.
2005 Interviewed by El Ideal Gallego
, August 28.
2005 Interviewed by La Opinión
A Coruña, August 26.
2005 Interviewed by La Voz de Galicia
, August 26.
2005 Radio interview, Radio Galega
(As tardes da Galega), August 26.
2005 Radio interview, Cadena SER
(Las malas lenguas), August 26.
2005 Radio interview, COPE
radio, August 26.
2005 TV interview, TVE2
(Telediario Regional Noche), August 26.
2005 TV report on the opening of European Conference on Visual Perception, TVG
(Telexornal Mediodia), August 24.
2005 Interviewed by La Opinion
A Coruña, August 23.
2005 Radio interview, RNE
radio, August 22.
2005 Radio interview, COPE
radio, August 22.
2005 De Simposio: Arte e sistema visual, 1, Días Estranhos
(http://pawley.blogalia.com/historias/32410), August 21.
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2005 Press conference about “Art and the Visual System” symposium. El Ideal Gallego, August 21.
2005 Medicina de Vanguardia, El Correo Gallego
, March 6, 2005
2004 Featured Article, Nature Reviews Neuroscience
(see Publication list below).
2004 Press note, Informativos.net (http://www.informativos.net/notampliada.asp?idNoticia=42395
), March 09.
2000 Jorge Golowasch: http://www.ciencia.cl/CienciaAlDia/volumen3/numero3/editorial.html
. Ciencia al Dia
Internacional Editorial.
1999 Interviewed by Diario Medico
: "Las microsacadas son necesarias para mantener la visibilidad", September 30.
1994 Interviewed by La Voz de Galicia
, May 3.
1993 Press note, La Voz de Galicia
, November 7.
1993 Press note, La Voz de Galicia
, November 3.
