Publications

Walker, E.Y.*, Pohl, S.*, Denison, R.N., Barack D.L., Lee J., Block N., Ma W.J.†, Meyniel, F.† (preprint).
Studying the neural representations of uncertainty.
arXiv 2202.04324.
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*co-first authors
†co-senior authors

Rahnev, D., Balsdon, T., Charles, L., … Denison, R.N., … Zylberberg, A. (in press).
Consensus goals in the field of visual metacognition.
Perspectives on Psychological Sciences.
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Rahnev, D., Block, N., Denison, R. N., & Jehee, J. (preprint).
Is perception probabilistic? Clarifying the definitions.
PsyArXiv f8v5r.
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Lee, J.L., Denison, R.N., & Ma, W. (preprint).
Re-thinking the fixed-criterion model of perceptual decision-making.
PsyArXiv ys8mb.
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Samaha, J. & Denison, R.N. (2022).
The positive evidence bias in perceptual confidence is unlikely post-decisional.
Neuroscience of Consciousness.
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Denison, R.N., Block, N., Samaha, J. (2022).
“What do models of visual perception tell us about visual phenomenology”?
In F. De Brigard & W. Sinnot-Armstrong (Eds.), Neuroscience and Philosophy. Cambridge: MIT Press.
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Zhang, M., Denison, R.N., Pelli D.G., Le T.T.C., & Ihlefeld, A. (2021).
An auditory-visual tradeoff in susceptibility to clutter.
Scientific Reports.
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Denison, R.N., Carrasco, M., & Heeger, D.J. (2021).
A dynamic normalization model of temporal attention.
Nature Human Behaviour.
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Spotlight in TICS:
van Ede & Shalev (2021). About time: modelling dynamic voluntary attention.
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Denison, R.N.*, Parker, J.A.*, & Carrasco, M. (2020).
Modeling pupil responses to rapid sequential events.
Behavior Research Methods.
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*equal author contribution

Rahnev, D., Desender, K., Lee, A.L.F., … Denison, R.N., … Zylberberg, A. (2020).
The confidence database.
Nature Human Behavior, 4, 317–325.
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Denison, R.N., Yuval-Greenberg, S., & Carrasco, M. (2019).
Directing voluntary temporal attention increases fixational stability.
Journal of Neuroscience, 39(2) 353-363.
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Fernández, A., Denison, R.N., & Carrasco, M. (2019).
Temporal attention improves perception similarly at foveal and parafoveal locations.
Journal of Vision, 19(1):12.
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Denison, R.N.*, Adler, W.T.*, Carrasco, M., & Ma, W.J. (2018).
Humans incorporate attention-dependent uncertainty into perceptual decisions and confidence.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA.
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*equal author contribution

Rahnev, D.* & Denison, R.N.* (2018).
Suboptimality in perceptual decision making.
Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
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*equal author contribution

Chen, Z., Denison, R.N., Whitney, D., & Maus, G. (2018).
Illusory occlusion affects stereoscopic depth perception.
Scientific Reports, 8:5297.
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Piazza, E.A., Denison, R.N., & Silver, M.A. (2018).
Recent cross-modal statistical learning influences visual perceptual selection.
Journal of Vision, 18(3):1, 1-12.
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Yashar, A. & Denison, R.N. (2017).
Feature reliability determines specificity and transfer of perceptual learning in orientation search.
PLoS Computational Biology, 13(12): e1005882.
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Denison, R.N., Heeger, D.J., & Carrasco, M. (2017).
Attention flexibly trades off across points in time.
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 24:1142–1151.
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Chen, Z., Maus, G., Whitney, D., & Denison, R.N. (2017).
Filling-in rivalry: Perceptual alternations in the absence of retinal image conflict.
Journal of Vision, 17(1):8, 1-15.
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Denison, R.N. (2017).
Precision, not confidence, describes the uncertainty of perceptual experience (Response to John Morrison’s “Perceptual confidence”).
Analytic Philosophy, 58(1):58-70.
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Denison, R.N., Sheynin, J., & Silver, M.A. (2016).
Perceptual suppression of predicted natural images.
Journal of Vision, 16(13):6.
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Denison, R.N., Vu, A.T., Yacoub, E., Feinberg, D.A., & Silver, M.A. (2014).
Functional mapping of the magnocellular and parvocellular subdivisions of human LGN.
NeuroImage, 102 Pt 2:358-369.
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Bressler, D.W., Denison, R.N., & Silver, M.A. (2013).
Effects of stimulus configuration, stimulus context, and observer state on binocular rivalry.
In S. Miller (Ed.), The Constitution of Visual Consciousness: Lessons from Binocular Rivalry. Advances in Consciousness Research. Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
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Denison, R.N., Driver, J., & Ruff, C.C. (2013).
Temporal structure and complexity affect audio-visual correspondence detection.
Frontiers in Psychology, 3:619.
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Denison, R.N. & Silver, M.A. (2012).
Distinct contributions of the magnocellular and parvocellular visual streams to perceptual selection.
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 24(1):246-259.
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Denison, R.N., Piazza, E.A., & Silver, M.A. (2011).
Predictive context influences perceptual selection during binocular rivalry.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 5:166.
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Baines, S., Ruz, M., Rao, A., Denison, R., & Nobre, A.C. (2011).
Modulation of neural activity by motivational and spatial biases.
Neuropsychologia, 49(9):2489-97.
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Denison, R. & Raymond-Delpech, V. (2008).
Insights into the molecular basis of social behaviour from studies on the honeybee, Apis mellifera.
Journal of Invertebrate Neuroscience, 8(1):1-9.
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Denison, R. (2019).
How your brain makes meaning.
Book review of The Brain from Inside Out, by Györgi Buzsáki. The Cooper Square Review of Science, Medicine, and Technology.
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Denison, R. (2017).
What is it like to be an octopus?
Book review of Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness, by Peter Godfrey Smith. The Cooper Square Review of Science, Medicine, and Technology.
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