{"id":23,"date":"2021-01-11T20:50:32","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T01:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/denisonlab\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:37:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T19:37:24","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/denisonlab\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Zhu, J., Tian, K.J., Carrasco, M., Denison, R.N. (preprint)
\nDynamic cortical routing mediates temporal attention<\/strong>
\nbioRxiv 2026.04.03.716160
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Tian, K.J.*, Motzer, J.A.*, Denison, R.N. (preprint)
\nVoluntary temporal attention improves perception even in the absence of temporal competition<\/strong>
\nbioRxiv 2026.02.11.705419
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Wang, J., Conroy, C., Denison, R.N. (preprint)
\nTemporal cueing improves audition with no evidence for attentional tradeoffs<\/strong>
\nbioRxiv 2025.11.11.687452
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Epstein, M.L., Kovacevich, S., Denison, R.N. (preprint)
\nPerceptual support for temporal normalization across hundreds of milliseconds<\/strong>
\nbioRxiv 2025.08.28.672950
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\"2025_Chapman_RepresentationalGeometry\"<\/div>\n
Chapman, A.F., Allouche, M., Denison, R.N. (preprint)
\nAttention reshapes the representational geometry of a perceptual feature space<\/strong>
\nbioRxiv 2025.08.28.672962
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\"2025_Tian_InattentionalInflation\"<\/div>\n
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.†<\/sup>, & Denison, R.N.†<\/sup>. (preprint)
\nWhen awareness outstrips performance: critical tests of subjective inflation under inattention<\/strong>
\nbioRxiv 2025.07.03.661972
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\"2024_Maniscalco_RPF\"<\/div>\n
Maniscalco, B., Graham Castaneda, O., Odegaard, B., Morales, J., Rajananda, S., Denison, R.N., & Peters, M.A.K. (preprint)
\nThe relative psychometric function: a general analysis framework for relating psychological processes<\/strong>
\nPsyArXiv 10.31234\/osf.io\/5qrjn
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\n\"2025_Fazioli_Hadad_Denison_Yashar\"\n <\/div>\n
\nFazioli, L., Hadad, B.S., Denison, R.N., & Yashar, A. (preprint)
\nIntact integration of reward information during perceptual decision-making in autism<\/strong>
\nPsyArXiv j3tmx
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\n\"2025_Fazioli_Hadad_Denison_Yashar\"\n <\/div>\n
\nFazioli, L., Hadad, B.S., Denison, R.N., & Yashar, A. (preprint)
\nEnhanced metacognition in autism when perceptual decisions rely solely on sensory evidence<\/strong>
\nPsyArXiv 64g9w
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\n\"2021_RahnevBlockDenisonJehee\"\n <\/div>\n
\nRahnev, D., Block, N., Denison, R. N., & Jehee, J. (preprint)
\nIs perception probabilistic? Clarifying the definitions<\/strong>
\nPsyArXiv f8v5r
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\n\"2026_Pohl_Walker_Barack_Lee_Denison_etal\"\n <\/div>\n
\nPohl, S., Walker E.Y., Barack, D.L., Lee, J., Denison, R.N., Block, N., Meyniel, F., & Ma, W.J. (2026)
\nClarifying the conceptual dimensions of representation in neuroscience<\/strong>
\nNature Reviews Neuroscience.<\/I>
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\n\"2025_Denison\"\n <\/div>\n
\nChapman, A.F. & Denison, R.N. (2026)
\nHow attention-like behavior emerges in an artificial neural network<\/strong>
\nProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA.<\/I> 123 (1) e2530824122
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\n\"2024_Green_Hu_Denison_Rahnev\"\n <\/div>\n
\nGreen, M.L., Hu, M., Denison, R.N., & Rahnev, D. (2026)
\nUsing artificial neural networks to relate external sensory features to internal decisional evidence<\/strong>
\nOpen Mind.<\/I> 10: 29\u201346
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\n\"2025_Chapman_Denison\"\n <\/div>\n
\nChapman, A. & Denison, R.N. (2025)
\nA dynamic spatiotemporal normalization model captures perceptual and neural effects of spatial and temporal context<\/strong>
\nPLoS Biology.<\/I> 23(12): e3003546
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\n\"2025_Denison\"\n <\/div>\n
\nDenison, R.N. (2025)
\nIs attention a theory?<\/strong>
\nBehavioral and Brain Sciences.<\/I> 2025;48:e136
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\n\"2024_Fazioli_Hadad_Denison_Yashar\"\n <\/div>\n
\nFazioli, L., Hadad, B.S., Denison, R.N., & Yashar, A. (2025)
\nSuboptimal but intact integration of Bayesian components during perceptual decision-making in autism<\/strong>
\nMolecular Autism.<\/I> 16,2
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\n\"2024_ZhuTianCarrascoDenison\"\n <\/div>\n
\nZhu, J., Tian, K., Carrasco, M., & Denison, R.N. (2024)
\nTemporal attention amplifies stimulus information in fronto-cingulate cortex at an intermediate processing stage<\/strong>
\nPNAS Nexus.<\/I> 3(12), 535
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\n\"2024_DenisonTianHeegerCarrasco\"\n <\/div>\n
\nDenison, R.N.*, Tian, K.*, Heeger, D.J., & Carrasco, M. (2024)
\nAnticipatory and evoked visual cortical dynamics of voluntary temporal attention<\/strong>
\nNature Communications.<\/I> 15, 9061
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\n\"2024_Denison\"\n <\/div>\n
\nDenison, R.N. (2024)
\nVisual temporal attention from perception to computation<\/strong>
\nNature Reviews Psychology.<\/I> 3, 264-274
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\n\"2022_WalkerPohlDenisonEtAl\"\n <\/div>\n
\nWalker, E.Y.*, Pohl, S.*, Denison, R.N., Barack D.L., Lee J., Block N., Ma W.J.†<\/sup>, Meyniel, F.†<\/sup> (2023)
\nStudying the neural representations of uncertainty<\/strong>
\nNature Neuroscience.<\/I> 26,1857-1867
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\n\"2023_LeeDenisonMa\"\n <\/div>\n
\nLee, J.L., Denison, R. N., & Ma, W.J. (2023)
\nChallenging the fixed-criterion model of perceptual decision-making<\/strong>
\nNeuroscience of Consciousness.<\/i> 2023(1), 1-11.
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\n\"2023_DuyarDenisonCarrasco\"\n <\/div>\n
\nDuyar, A., Denison, R.N., & Carrasco, M. (2023)
\nExogenous temporal attention varies with temporal uncertainty<\/strong>
\nJournal of Vision.<\/I> 23(3):9
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\n\"2023_KayDenisonEtAl\"\n <\/div>\n
\nKay, K., Bonnen, K., Denison, R.N., Arcaro, M.J., & Barack, D.L. (2023)
\nTasks and their role in visual neuroscience<\/strong>
\nNeuron.<\/I> 111(11), 1697-1713
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\n\"2021_RahnevBalsdonDenison\"\n <\/div>\n
\nRahnev, D., Balsdon, T., Charles, L., \u2026 Denison, R.N., \u2026 Zylberberg, A. (2022)
\nConsensus goals in the field of visual metacognition<\/strong>
\nPerspectives on Psychological Sciences.<\/I> 17(6), 1746-176
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\n\"2021_SamahaDenison\"\n <\/div>\n
\nSamaha, J. & Denison, R.N. (2022)
\nThe positive evidence bias in perceptual confidence is unlikely post-decisional<\/strong>
\nNeuroscience of Consciousness.<\/I> 2022(1), niac010
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\n\"2020_DenisonBlockSamaha\"\n <\/div>\n
\nDenison, R.N., Block, N., Samaha, J. (2022)
\n\u201cWhat do models of visual perception tell us about visual phenomenology\u201d?<\/strong>
\nIn F. De Brigard & W. Sinnot-Armstrong (Eds.), Neuroscience and Philosophy. Cambridge: MIT Press.
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\n\"2021_ZhangDenisonPelliLeIhlefeld\"\n <\/div>\n
\nZhang, M., Denison, R.N., Pelli D.G., Le T.T.C., & Ihlefeld, A. (2021)
\nAn auditory-visual tradeoff in susceptibility to clutter<\/strong>
\nScientific Reports.<\/I> 11, 23540
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\n\"2021_DenisonCarrascoHeeger\"\n <\/div>\n
\nDenison, R.N., Carrasco, M., & Heeger, D.J. (2021)
\nA dynamic normalization model of temporal attention.<\/strong>
\nNature Human Behaviour.<\/I> 5, 1674\u20131685
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\nSpotlight in TICS<\/i>:<\/strong>
\nvan Ede & Shalev (2021). About time: modelling dynamic voluntary attention.
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\n\"2021_DenisonParkerCarrasco\"\n <\/div>\n
\nDenison, R.N.*, Parker, J.A.*, & Carrasco, M. (2020)
\nModeling pupil responses to rapid sequential events.<\/strong>
\nBehavior Research Methods.<\/I> 52, 1991\u20132007
\npdf<\/a> | html<\/a> | Pupil Response Estimation Toolbox (PRET)<\/a>
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\n\"2020_RahnevDesenderDenisonEtAl\"\n <\/div>\n
\nRahnev, D., Desender, K., Lee, A.L.F., \u2026 Denison, R.N., \u2026 Zylberberg, A. (2020)
\nThe confidence database.<\/strong>
\nNature Human Behavior<\/i>, 4, 317\u2013325.
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\n\"2019_DenisonYuvalGreenbergCarrasco\"\n <\/div>\n
\nDenison, R.N., Yuval-Greenberg, S., & Carrasco, M. (2019)
\nDirecting voluntary temporal attention increases fixational stability.<\/strong>
\nJournal of Neuroscience<\/i>, 39(2) 353-363.
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\n\"2019_Fern\u00e1ndezDenisonCarrasco\"\n <\/div>\n
\nFern\u00e1ndez, A., Denison, R.N., & Carrasco, M. (2019)
\nTemporal attention improves perception similarly at foveal and parafoveal locations.<\/strong>
\nJournal of Vision<\/i>, 19(1):12.
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\n\"2018_DenisonAdlerCarrasco\"\n <\/div>\n
\nDenison, R.N.*, Adler, W.T.*, Carrasco, M., & Ma, W.J. (2018)
\nHumans incorporate attention-dependent uncertainty into perceptual decisions and confidence.<\/strong>
\nProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA.<\/I> 115 (43) 11090-11095
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\n\"2018_RahnevDenison\"\n <\/div>\n
\nRahnev, D.* & Denison, R.N.* (2018)
\nSuboptimality in perceptual decision making.<\/strong>
\nBehavioral and Brain Sciences.<\/I> 2018;41:e223
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\n\"2018_ChenDenisonWhitneyMaus\"\n <\/div>\n
\nChen, Z., Denison, R.N., Whitney, D., & Maus, G. (2018)
\nIllusory occlusion affects stereoscopic depth perception.<\/strong>
\nScientific Reports<\/i>, 8:5297.
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\n\"2018_PiazzaDenisonSilver\"\n <\/div>\n
\nPiazza, E.A., Denison, R.N., & Silver, M.A. (2018)
\nRecent cross-modal statistical learning influences visual perceptual selection.<\/strong>
\nJournal of Vision<\/i>, 18(3):1, 1-12.
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\n\"2017_YasharDenison\"\n <\/div>\n
\nYashar, A. & Denison, R.N. (2017)
\nFeature reliability determines specificity and transfer of perceptual learning in orientation search.<\/strong>
\nPLoS Computational Biology<\/i>, 13(12): e1005882.
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\nDenison, R.N., Heeger, D.J., & Carrasco, M. (2017)
\nAttention flexibly trades off across points in time.<\/strong>
\nPsychonomic Bulletin & Review<\/i>, 24:1142\u20131151.
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\n\"2017_ChenMausWhitneyDenison\"\n <\/div>\n
\nChen, Z., Maus, G., Whitney, D., & Denison, R.N. (2017)
\nFilling-in rivalry: Perceptual alternations in the absence of retinal image conflict.<\/strong>
\nJournal of Vision<\/i>, 17(1):8, 1-15.
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\n\"2017_Denison\"\n <\/div>\n
\nDenison, R.N. (2017)
\nPrecision, not confidence, describes the uncertainty of perceptual experience (Response to John Morrison’s “Perceptual confidence”).<\/strong>
\nAnalytic Philosophy<\/i>, 58(1):58-70.
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\n\"2016_DenisonSheyninSilver\"\n <\/div>\n
\nDenison, R.N., Sheynin, J., & Silver, M.A. (2016)
\nPerceptual suppression of predicted natural images.<\/strong>
\nJournal of Vision<\/i>, 16(13):6.
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\n\"2014_DenisonVuYacoubFeinbergSilver\"\n <\/div>\n
\nDenison, R.N., Vu, A.T., Yacoub, E., Feinberg, D.A., & Silver, M.A. (2014)
\nFunctional mapping of the magnocellular and parvocellular subdivisions of human LGN.<\/strong>
\nNeuroImage<\/i>, 102 Pt 2:358-369.
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\n\"2013_BresslerDenisonSilver\"\n <\/div>\n
\nBressler, D.W., Denison, R.N., & Silver, M.A. (2013)
\nEffects of stimulus configuration, stimulus context, and observer state on binocular rivalry.<\/strong>
\nIn 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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\n\"2013_DenisonDriverRuff\"\n <\/div>\n
\nDenison, R.N., Driver, J., & Ruff, C.C. (2013)
\nTemporal structure and complexity affect audio-visual correspondence detection.<\/strong>
\nFrontiers in Psychology<\/i>, 3:619.
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\n\"2012_DenisonSilver\"\n <\/div>\n
\nDenison, R.N. & Silver, M.A. (2012)
\nDistinct contributions of the magnocellular and parvocellular visual streams to perceptual selection.<\/strong>
\nJournal of Cognitive Neuroscience<\/i>, 24(1):246-259.
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\n\"2011_DenisonPiazzaSilver\"\n <\/div>\n
\nDenison, R.N., Piazza, E.A., & Silver, M.A. (2011)
\nPredictive context influences perceptual selection during binocular rivalry.<\/strong>
\nFrontiers in Human Neuroscience<\/i>, 5:166.
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\n\"2011_BainesRuzRaoDenisonNobre\"\n <\/div>\n
\nBaines, S., Ruz, M., Rao, A., Denison, R., & Nobre, A.C. (2011)
\nModulation of neural activity by motivational and spatial biases.<\/strong>
\nNeuropsychologia<\/i>, 49(9):2489-97.
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\n\"2008_DenisonRaymondDelpech\"\n <\/div>\n
\nDenison, R. & Raymond-Delpech, V. (2008)
\nInsights into the molecular basis of social behaviour from studies on the honeybee, Apis mellifera.<\/strong>
\nJournal of Invertebrate Neuroscience<\/i>, 8(1):1-9.
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General Interest<\/h2>\n
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\n\"2019_Denison_InsideOut\"\n <\/div>\n
\nDenison, R. (2019)
\nHow your brain makes meaning.<\/strong>
\nBook review of The Brain from Inside Out<\/i>, by Gy\u00f6rgi Buzs\u00e1ki. The Cooper Square Review of Science, Medicine, and Technology<\/i>.
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\n\"2017_Denison_Octopus\"\n <\/div>\n
\nDenison, R. (2017)
\nWhat is it like to be an octopus?<\/strong>
\nBook review of Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness<\/i>, by Peter Godfrey Smith. The Cooper Square Review of Science, Medicine, and Technology<\/i>.
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Zhu, J., Tian, K.J., Carrasco, M., Denison, R.N. (preprint) Dynamic cortical routing mediates temporal attention bioRxiv 2026.04.03.716160 pdf | html Tian, K.J.*, Motzer, J.A.*, Denison, R.N. (preprint) Voluntary temporal attention improves perception even in the absence of temporal competition bioRxiv 2026.02.11.705419 pdf | html Wang, J., Conroy, C., Denison, R.N. (preprint) Temporal cueing improves audition […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18219,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/no-sidebars.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/denisonlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/denisonlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/denisonlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/denisonlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/denisonlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/denisonlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1744,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/denisonlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions\/1744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/denisonlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}