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Psychophysical and neuroimaging investigations of the way top-down processes and divided attention influence visual sensitivity and subjective appearance. Publications: Carmel, D., Thorne, J., Rees, G., & Lavie, N. (in press). Perceptual load alters visual excitability. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. Weil, R.S., Wykes, V., Carmel, D., & Rees, G. (in press). Opposite effects of perceptual and working memory load on perceptual filling-in of an artificial scotoma. Cognitive Neuroscience. Carmel, D. (2011). Experimental Philosophy: Surveys alone won't fly. (Letter) Science, 332, 1262. [download PDF] Kanai, R., Carmel, D., Bahrami, B., & Rees, G. (2011). Structural and functional fractionation of right superior parietal cortex in bistable perception. Current Biology, 21(3), R106-107. [download PDF] Carmel, D., Walsh, V., Lavie, N., & Rees, G. (2010). Right parietal TMS shortens dominance durations in binocular rivalry. Current Biology, 20 (18), R799-800. [download PDF] Carmel, D., Arcaro, M., Kastner, S., & Hasson, U. (2010). How to create and use binocular rivalry. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 45, http://www.jove.com/index/details.stp?id=2030, doi: 10.3791/2030. Nasrallah, M., Carmel, D., & Lavie, N. (2009). Murder, she wrote: Enhanced sensitivity to negative word valence. Emotion, 9(5), 609-618. [download PDF] Carmel, D., & Carrasco, M. (2008). Perceptual learning and dynamic changes in primary visual cortex. Neuron, 57, 799-801. [download PDF] Bahrami, B., Carmel, D., Walsh, V., Rees, G., & Lavie, N. (2008). Spatial attention can modulate unconscious processing. Perception, 37, 1520-1528. [download PDF] Bahrami, B., Carmel, D., Walsh, V., Rees, G., & Lavie, N. (2008). Unconscious orientation processing depends on perceptual load. Journal of Vision, 8(3), 1-10. [download PDF] Carmel, D., Saker, P., Rees, G., & Lavie, N. (2007). Perceptual load modulates conscious flicker perception. Journal of Vision, 7(14), 1-13. [download PDF] Carmel, D., Lavie, N., & Rees, G. (2006). Conscious awareness of flicker involves frontal and parietal cortex. Current Biology, 16(9), 907-911. [download PDF] Carmel, D., Dayan, Y., Naveh, A., Raveh, O., & Ben-Shakhar, G. (2003). Estimating the validity of the guilty knowledge test from simulated experiments: the external validity of mock crime studies. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 9(4), 261-269. [download PDF] Bentin, S., & Carmel, D. (2002). Accounts for the N170 face-effect: a reply to Rossion, Curran, & Gauthier. Cognition, 85(2), 197-202. [download PDF] Carmel, D., & Bentin, S. (2002). Domain specificity versus expertise: factors influencing distinct processing of faces. Cognition, 83(1), 1-29. [download PDF] Forthcoming: Carmel, D., Raio, C., Carrasco, M., & Phelps, E.A. (submitted). Unconscious fear: Quickly acquired, swiftly forgotten. Carmel, D., Fairnie, J., & Lavie, N. (submitted). Weight and see: Loading working memory improves incidental noticing. Carmel, D., & Carrasco, M. (in prep). Dark attention: modulating visual suppression at unattended locations. Carmel, D., Kanai, R., Bahrami, B., & Rees, G. (in prep). The causal role of parietal cortex in bistable perception: Evidence from recent TMS studies. Nasrallah, M., Carmel, D., & Lavie, N. (in prep). Load induced emotion blindness. Carmel, D., & Carrasco, M. (in prep). Attentional generalization of unconscious perceptual learning. Conference Presentations: Carmel, D., Raio, C., Phelps, E. A., & Carrasco, M. (2011). Fast unconscious fear acquisition. 15th meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness. (talk) Carmel, D., Raio, C., Phelps, E. A., & Carrasco, M. (2011). Fast unconscious fear conditioning. Vision Sciences Society 11th annual meeting. (poster) Kanai, R., Carmel, D., Bahrami, B., & Rees, G. (2011). Human parietal cortex structure determines individual differences in perceptual rivalry. Vision Sciences Society 11th annual meeting. (talk) Raio, C., Carmel, D., Carrasco, M., & Phelps, E. A. (2011). Unconscious fear conditioning using continuous flash suppression. Cognitive Neuroscience Society 18th annual meeting. (poster) Carmel, D.,Thorne, J., Rees, G., & Lavie, N. (2010). Perceptual load alters visual excitability. 14th meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness. (talk) Carmel, D., & Carrasco, M. (2010). Attentional modulation of perceptual learning without awareness. Vision Sciences Society 10th annual meeting. (talk) Lavie, N., Carmel, D., & Fairnie, J. (2009). Loading working memory can reduce inattentional blindness. 13th meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness. (talk) Carmel, D., & Carrasco, M. (2009). Bright and dark attention: Distinct effect of divided attention at attended and unattended locations. Vision Sciences Society 9th annual meeting. (talk) Carmel, D., Nasrallah, M., & Lavie, N. (2009). It is good to be bad: Enhanced detection sensitivity to negative valence. Experimental Psychology Society Meeting, London. Carmel, D., Walsh, V., Lavie, N., & Rees, G. (2008). A causal role for right parietal cortex in binocular rivalry demonstrated with TMS. Vision Sciences Society 8th annual meeting. Carmel, D., Bradford, E.J., Rees, G., & Lavie, N. (2008). Working memory load modulates processing of ignored emotional stimuli. Cognitive Neuroscience Society 15th annual meeting. Carmel, D., Saker, P., Rees, G., & Lavie, N. (2007). Perceptual load modulates the temporal resolution of visual awareness. Vision Sciences Society 7th annual meeting. Bahrami, B., Carmel, D., Walsh, V., Rees, G., & Lavie, N. (2007). Attentional load modulates subconsious orientation processing. Vision Sciences Society 7th annual meeting. Carmel, D. (2007). Consciousness in time: The temporal resolution of visual awareness. 2nd Conference on the Philosophy of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Biology. Carmel, D., Rees, G., & Lavie, N. (2006). Behavioral 'baseline shift' effects of perceptual load. Vision Sciences Society 6th annual meeting. Carmel, D., Lavie, N., & Rees, G. (2005). Neural correlates of conscious flicker perception. Vision Sciences Society 5th annual meeting. Carmel, D., Freeman, E., Lavie, N., & Rees, G. (2004). Working memory maintains perceptual biases during binocular rivalry. Vision Sciences Society 4th annual meeting. Bentin, S., & Carmel, D. (2001) Domain specificity versus expertise in visual face processing. Psychonomic Society 42nd annual meeting. Science Communication: David Carmel, "Show and Tell." (2011). Nature, 472, p. 37. [Link] Daniella Schiller and David Carmel, "How free is your will?" Scientific American- Mind Matters, February 2010. [Link] David Carmel, "Zapping the brain to mess with the mind." Live presentation at Nerd Nite NYC, 13 May 2011. [Link] David Carmel, "The coolest thing in the world." Story Collider event, 16 February 2011. [Link] David Carmel on Consciousness: Interview for the website fivebooks.com, April 2010. [Link] David Carmel, "The summit of consciousness." Article for the online magazing The Beautiful Brain, July 2010. [Link] Kamila E. Sip and David Carmel, "Can a brain scan predict a broken promise?" Scientific American- Mind Matters, February 2010. [Link] Favorite Quote: "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge" -Charles Darwin "Science is like sex. Sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it." -Richard Feynman (though he actually said it about physics) |
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