Publications

Tian, K.J.*, Maniscalco, B.*, Epstein, M.L., Shen, A., Graham Castaneda, O., Kurosawa, T., Motzer, J.A., Olsson, E., Russell, E.E., Walsh, M.E., Wang, J., Bek Awrang Zeb, T., Brown, R., Lamme, V.A.F., Lau, H., He, B.J., Brascamp, J.W., Block, N., Chalmers, D., Peters, M.A.K.^†, & Denison, R.N.^†. (preprint)
Attention robustly dissociates objective performance and subjective visibility reports.
bioRxiv 10.1101/2025.07.03.661972
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*co-first authors
†co-senior authors

Maniscalco, B., Graham Castaneda, O., Odegaard, B., Morales, J., Rajananda, S., Denison, R.N., & Peters, M.A.K. (preprint)
The relative psychometric function: a general analysis framework for relating psychological processes.
PsyArXiv 10.31234/osf.io/5qrjn
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Chapman, A. & Denison, R.N. (preprint)
A dynamic spatiotemporal normalization model for continuous vision.
bioRxiv 2025.03.06.641906
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Green, M.L., Hu, M., Denison, R.N., & Rahnev, D. (preprint)
Using artificial neural networks to relate external sensory features to internal decisional evidence.
PsyArXiv b8ah2
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Pohl, S., Walker E.Y., Barack, D.L., Lee, J., Denison, R.N., Block, N., Meyniel, F., & Ma, W.J. (preprint)
Desiderata of evidence for representation in neuroscience.
arXiv:2403.14046
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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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Fazioli, L., Hadad, B.S., Denison, R.N., & Yashar, A. (2025)
Suboptimal but intact integration of Bayesian components during perceptual decision-making in autism.
Molecular Autism. 16,2
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Zhu, J., Tian, K., Carrasco, M., & Denison, R.N. (2024)
Temporal attention amplifies stimulus information in fronto-cingulate cortex at an intermediate processing stage.
PNAS Nexus. 3(12), 535
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Denison, R.N.*, Tian, K.*, Heeger, D.J., & Carrasco, M. (2024)
Anticipatory and evoked visual cortical dynamics of voluntary temporal attention.
Nature Communications. 15, 9061
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*co-first authors

Denison, R.N. (2024)
Visual temporal attention from perception to computation
Nature Reviews Psychology. 3, 264-274
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Walker, E.Y.*, Pohl, S.*, Denison, R.N., Barack D.L., Lee J., Block N., Ma W.J.^†, Meyniel, F.^† (2023)
Studying the neural representations of uncertainty.
Nature Neuroscience. 26,1857-1867
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*co-first authors
†co-senior authors

Lee, J.L., Denison, R. N., & Ma, W.J. (2023)
Challenging the fixed-criterion model of perceptual decision-making.
Neuroscience of Consciousness. 2023(1), 1-11.
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Duyar, A., Denison, R.N., & Carrasco, M. (2023)
Exogenous temporal attention varies with temporal uncertainty.
Journal of Vision. 23(3):9
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Kay, K., Bonnen, K., Denison, R.N., Arcaro, M.J., & Barack, D.L. (2023)
Tasks and their role in visual neuroscience.
Neuron. 111(11), 1697-1713
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Rahnev, D., Balsdon, T., Charles, L., … Denison, R.N., … Zylberberg, A. (2022)
Consensus goals in the field of visual metacognition.
Perspectives on Psychological Sciences. 17(6), 1746-176
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Samaha, J. & Denison, R.N. (2022)
The positive evidence bias in perceptual confidence is unlikely post-decisional.
Neuroscience of Consciousness. 2022(1), niac010
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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. 11, 23540
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Denison, R.N., Carrasco, M., & Heeger, D.J. (2021)
A dynamic normalization model of temporal attention.
Nature Human Behaviour. 5, 1674–1685
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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. 52, 1991–2007
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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. 115 (43) 11090-11095
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*equal author contribution

Rahnev, D.* & Denison, R.N.* (2018)
Suboptimality in perceptual decision making.
Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 2018;41:e223
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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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