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Interdependent Mechanisms for Processing Gender and Emotion: The Special Status of Angry Male Faces by Harris, Daniel A, Ciaramitaro, Vivian M

“…While some models of how various attributes of a face are processed have posited that face features, invariant physical cues such as gender or ethnicity as…”
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Individual Differences in Multisensory Interactions:The Influence of Temporal Phase Coherence and Auditory Salience on Visual Contrast Sensitivity by Chow, Hiu Mei, Leviyah, Xenia, Ciaramitaro, Vivian M

“…While previous research has investigated key factors contributing to multisensory integration in isolation, relatively little is known regarding how these…”
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Selectivity for the configural cues that identify the gender, ethnicity, and identity of faces in human cortex by Ng, Minna, Ciaramitaro, Vivian M., Anstis, Stuart, Boynton, Geoffrey M., Fine, Ione

“…We used psychophysical and functional MRI (fMRI) adaptation to examine how and where the visual configural cues underlying identification of facial ethnicity,…”
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Object-based attention to one of two superimposed surfaces alters responses in human early visual cortex by Ciaramitaro, Vivian M, Mitchell, Jude F, Stoner, Gene R, Reynolds, John H, Boynton, Geoffrey M

“…Faced with an overwhelming amount of sensory information, we are able to prioritize the processing of select spatial locations and visual features. The…”
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Spatial and Cross-Modal Attention Alter Responses to Unattended Sensory Information in Early Visual and Auditory Human Cortex by Ciaramitaro, Vivian M, Buracas, Giedrius T, Boynton, Geoffrey M

“…1 Systems Neurobiology Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies; and 2 Department of Psychology and 3 Center for Functional Magnetic Resonance…”
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Seeing a Face in a Crowd of Emotional Voices: Changes in Perception and Cortisol in Response to Emotional Information across the Senses by Izen, Sarah C, Lapp, Hannah E, Harris, Daniel A, Hunter, Richard G, Ciaramitaro, Vivian M

“…One source of information we glean from everyday experience, which guides social interaction, is assessing the emotional state of others. Emotional state can…”
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Prior visual experience increases children’s use of effective haptic exploration strategies in audio-tactile sound–shape correspondences by Cao, Shibo, Kelly, Julia, Nyugen, Cuong, Chow, Hiu Mei, Leonardo, Brianna, Sabov, Aleksandra, Ciaramitaro, Vivian M.

“…•Prior visual experience of 2-D abstract shapes presented on a screen enhanced how 6-8 year olds explored complementary 3-D objects via touch, haptic…”
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Altered mechanisms of adaptation in social anxiety: differences in adapting to positive versus negative emotional faces by Morina, Erinda, Harris, Daniel A., Hayes-Skelton, Sarah A., Ciaramitaro, Vivian M.

“…Social anxiety is characterised by fear of negative evaluation and negative perceptual biases; however, the cognitive mechanisms underlying these negative…”
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A crowd of emotional voices influences the perception of emotional faces: Using adaptation, stimulus salience, and attention to probe audio-visual interactions for emotional stimuli by Izen, Sarah C., Ciaramitaro, Vivian M.

“…Correctly assessing the emotional state of others is a crucial part of social interaction. While facial expressions provide much information, faces are often…”
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The feeling of “kiki”: Comparing developmental changes in sound–shape correspondence for audio–visual and audio–tactile stimuli by Chow, Hiu Mei, Harris, Daniel A., Eid, Sandy, Ciaramitaro, Vivian M.

“…•Unlike adults, young children do not readily associate abstract tactile shapes with nonsense sounds.•Matching visual shapes to sounds helps children associate…”
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Cross-modal attention influences auditory contrast sensitivity: Decreasing visual load improves auditory thresholds for amplitude- and frequency-modulated sounds by Ciaramitaro, Vivian M, Chow, Hiu Mei, Eglington, Luke G

“…We used a cross-modal dual task to examine how changing visual-task demands influenced auditory processing, namely auditory thresholds for amplitude- and…”
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What's in a Face? How Face Gender and Current Affect Influence Perceived Emotion by Harris, Daniel A, Hayes-Skelton, Sarah A, Ciaramitaro, Vivian M

“…Faces drive our social interactions. A vast literature suggests an interaction between gender and emotional face perception, with studies using different…”
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Stimulus probability directs spatial attention: an enhancement of sensitivity in humans and monkeys by Ciaramitaro, Vivian M, Cameron, E.Leslie, Glimcher, Paul W

“…We examined whether improvements in sensory processing, defined as changes in sensitivity, could be elicited in a simple luminance discrimination task without…”
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Editorial: Beyond Space-Based or Feature-Based Selection: Mechanisms of Object-Based Attention by Ciaramitaro, Vivian M, Stoner, Gene R

“…Editorial on the Research Topic Beyond Space-Based or Feature-Based Selection: Mechanisms of Object-Based Attention Our senses are constantly bombarded by an…”
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Effects of feature-based attention on the motion aftereffect at remote locations by Boynton, Geoffrey M., Ciaramitaro, Vivian M., Arman, A. Cyrus

“…Previous studies have shown that attention to a particular stimulus feature, such as direction of motion or color, enhances neuronal responses to unattended…”
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Application of neurosonography to experimental physiology by Glimcher, Paul W, Ciaramitaro, Vivian M, Platt, Michael L, Bayer, Hannah M, Brown, Michael A, Handel, Ari

“…When Horsley and Clark invented the stereotaxic technique they revolutionized experimental neurobiology. For the first time it became possible to repeatably…”
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Visual detection deficits following inactivation of the superior colliculus in the cat by Fitzmaurice, Marnie C, Ciaramitaro, Vivian M, Palmer, Larry A, Rosenquist, Alan C

“…Lesion or inactivation of the superior colliculus (SC) of the cat results in an animal that fails to orient toward peripheral visual stimuli which normally…”
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Attending to Contrast by Ciaramitaro, Vivian M, Glimcher, Paul W

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Exploring the temporal dynamics of shifts in spatial attention with changing subject certainty by Ciaramitaro, V. M, Glimcher, P. W

“…Abstract only…”
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Subthalamic nucleus lesions: widespread effects on changes in gene expression induced by nigrostriatal dopamine depletion in rats by Delfs, JM, Ciaramitaro, VM, Parry, TJ, Chesselet, MF

“…Lesions of the subthalamic nucleus block behavioral effects of nigrostriatal dopamine depletion in rats and primates, but the contribution of this region to…”
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