Publications by Year:
In Press
McKone, E., Crookes, K., & Nancy Kanwisher, N. (in press). The Cognitive and Neural Development of Face Recognition in Humans. To appear in Gazzaniga (Ed.), The Cognitive Neurosciences.
Vul, E. & Kanwisher, N. (in press). Begging the question: The non-independence error in fMRI data analysis. To appear in Hanson, S. & Bunzl, M (Eds.), Foundations and Philosophy for Neuroimaging.
Kanwisher, N. & Yovel, G. (in press). Cortical Specialization for Face Perception in Humans. To appear in Cacioppo, J.T. & Berntson, G.G. (Eds.), Handbook of Neuroscience for the Behavioral Sciences. J. Wiley and Sons.
2009
Dilks, D.D., Baker, C.I., Peli, E., & Kanwisher, N. (2009). Reorganization of visual processing in macular degeneration is not specific to the “preferred retinal locus”. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(9):2768-2773
2008
Yovel, G. & Kanwisher, M. (2008). The representations of spacing and part-based information are associated for upright faces but dissociated for objects: Evidence from individual differences. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.
Williams, M. Baker, C. I., Op de Beeck, H. P., Shim, W. M. Dang, S., Triantafyllou, C., & Kanwisher, N. (2008). Feedback of Visual Object Information to Foveal Retinotopic Cortex. Nature Neuroscience.
Trevor T-J Chong, T., Cunnington, R., Williams, M., Kanwisher, N., & Mattingley, J. (2008). fMRI adaptation reveals mirror neurons in human inferior parietal cortex. Current Biology.
D. Lashkari, E. Vul, N. Kanwisher, and P. Golland. (2008). Discovering Structure in the Space of Activation Profiles in fMRI. D. Metaxas et al. (Eds.): MICCAI 2008, Part I, LNCS. 52411016–1024
Haushofer, J. Baker, C., Livingstone, M. & Kanwisher N. (2008). Privileged Coding of Convex Shapes in Human Object-Selective Cortex. Journal of Neurophysiology. 100(2):753-62
Haushofer, J. Livingstone, M. & Kanwisher N. (2008). Multivariate Patterns in Object-Selective Cortex Dissociate Perceptual and Physical Similarity. PLoS Biology. 29;6(7):e187
Butler, P. D., Tambini, A., Yovel, G., Jalbrzikowski, M., Ziwich, R., Silipo, G., Kanwisher, N., Javitt, D.C. (2008). What's in a face? Effects of stimulus duration and inversion on face processing in schizophrenia. Schizophr Res. 103(1-3):283-92
Vul, E., Hanus, D., & Kanwisher, N. (2008). Delay of Selective Attention During the Attentional Blink. Vision Research. 48(18):1902-9
Baker, Dilks, Peli, & Kanwisher. (2008). Reorganization of visual processing in macular degeneration: Replication and clues about the role of foveal loss. Vision Research. 48(18):1910-9
Op de Beeck, H.P., Deutsch, J.A., Vanduffel, W., Kanwisher, N., DiCarlo, J.J. (2008). A Stable Topography of Selectivity for Unfamiliar Shape Classes in Monkey Inferior Temporal Cortex. Cerebral Cortex. 18(7):1676-94
Schwarzlose, R.F., Swisher, J.D., Dang, S., Kanwisher, N. (2008). The distribution of category and location information across object-selective regions of visual cortex. PNAS. 105(11): 4447-4452
Schwarzlose, R. (2008). Principles governing the large-scale organization of object selectivity in ventral visual cortex. Ph.D. thesis. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Vul, E., Nieuwenstein, M., Kanwisher, N. (2008). Temporal Selection is Suppressed, Delayed and Diffused During the Attentional Blink. Psychological Science. 19(1): 55-61
Op de Beeck, H., Haushofer, J., Kanwisher, N. (2008). Interpreting fMRI data: maps, modules, and dimensions. Nature Reviews Neuroscience. doi:10.1038/nrn23124
2007
Reddy, L., Kanwisher, N. (2007). Category Selectivity in the Ventral Visual Pathway Confers Robustness to Clutter and Diverted Attention. Current Biology. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2007.10.043.
Hemond, C., Kanwisher, N., Op de Beeck, H. (2007) A Preference for Contralateral Stimuli in Human Object- and Face-Selective Cortex PLoSONE. 2(6): e574. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000574
Baker, C., Liu, J., Wald, L., Kwong, K., Benner, T., Kanwisher, N. (2007) Visual word processing and experimental origins of functional selectivity in human extrastriate cortex PNAS. 104(21): 9087-9092
Williams, M., Dang, S., Kanwisher, N. (2007) Only some spatial patterns of fMRI response are read out in task performance Nature Neuroscience.
Haushofer, J., Kanwisher, N. (2007) In the Eye of the Beholder: Visual Experience
and Categories in the Human Brain Neuron. 53(6): 773-775
Baker, C., Hutchinson, T., Kanwisher, N. (2007) Does the fusiform face area contain highly selective subregions for nonfaces? Nature Neuroscience. 10 3-4.
McKone, E., Kanwisher, N., Duchaine, B. (2007) Can generic expertise explain special processing for faces? Trends in Cognitive Science. 11 8-15.
2006
Downing PE., Chan AW., Peelen MV. Dodds CM., Kanwisher N. (2006) Domain Specificity in Visual Cortex Cerebral Cortex. 16(10):1453-61
Reddy, L., Kanwisher, N. (2006). Coding of visual objects in the ventral stream. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 16 408-14
Kanwisher, N. (2006) What's in a Face? Science. 311 617
Spiridon M., Fischl B., Kanwisher N. (2006) Location and Spatial Profile of Category-Specific Regions in Human Extrastriate Cortex Human Brain Mapping. 27(1) 77-89
Kanwisher, N., Yovel, G. (2006). The Fusiform Face Area: A Cortical Region Specialized for the Perception of Faces. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B. 361, 2109-28
Op de Beeck, H., Baker, C., DiCarlo, J., Kanwisher, N. (2006). Discrimination Training Alters Object Representations in Human Extrastriate Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 26 13025-36.
Saxe, R., Brett, M., Kanwisher, N. (2006). Divide and Conquer: A defense of functional localizers. Neuroimage May 1. 30(4):1088-96
Barth, H., LaMont, K., Lipton, J., Dehaene, S., Kanwisher, N., Spelke, E. (2006). Non-symbolic arithmetic in adults and young children Cognition. 98(3) 199-222.
2005
Yovel G., Kanwisher N. (2005) The Neural Basis of the Behavioral Face-Inversion Effect Curr Biol. 15(24) 2256-62.
Schwarzlose, R., Baker, C., Kanwisher, N. (2005) Separate Face and Body Selectivity on the Fusiform Gyrus The Journal of Neuroscience. 25 (47) 11055-11059
Grill-Spector, K., Kanwisher, N. (2005) Visual Recognition: As Soon as You Know It Is There, You Know What It Is Psychological Science. 16 (2) 152-160
Baker, C., Peli, E., Knouf, N., and Kanwisher, N. (2005) Reorganization of Visual Processing in Macular Degeneration. The Journal of Neuroscience. 25 (3) 614-18
McKone, E. & Kanwisher, N. (2005) Does the human brain process objects of expertise like faces? A review of the evidence.. In From Monkey Brain to Human Brain.. Edited by Dehaene S, Duhamel JR, Hauser M, and Rizzolatti. MIT Press None
Xu Y., Liu, J., and Kanwisher, N. (2005) The M170 is selective for faces, not for expertise. Neuropsychologia. 43 588-97
2004
Grill-Spector, K, Knouf, N. & Kanwisher, N. (2004) The fusiform face area subserves face perception, not generic within-category identification. Nature Neuroscience. 7 (5) 555-562
Jiang, Y., Saxe, R., & Kanwisher, N. (2004) Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Provides New Constraints on Theories of the Psychological Refractory Period. Psychological Science. 15 (6) 390-396
Saxe R., Xiao D.K., Kovacs G., Perrett D.I., Kanwisher N. (2004) A region of right posterior superior temporal sulcus responds to observed intentional actions.. Neuropsychologia. 42 (11) 1435-46
Saxe, R., Carey, S., & Kanwisher, N. (2004) UNDERSTANDING OTHER MINDS: Linking Developmental Psychology and Functional Neuroimaging. In Annual Reviews of Neuroscience. Edited by (insert). Annual Reviews 87-124
Shuman, M. and Kanwisher, N. (2004) Numerical magnitude in the human parietal lobe; tests of representational generality and domain specificity.. Neuron. 44 (3) 557-69
Yovel, G. and Kanwisher, N. (2004) Face perception; domain specific, not process specific.. Neuron. 44 (5) 889-98
2003
Barth, H., Kanwisher, N., & Spelke, E. (2003) The construction of large number representations in adults. Cognition. 86 201-221
Jiang, Y. & Kanwisher, N. (2003) Common Neural Substrates for Response Selection across Modalities and Mapping Paradigms. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 15 (8) 1080-1094
Jiang, Y. & Kanwisher, N. (2003) Common Neural Mechanisms for Response Selection and Perceptual Processing. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 15 (8) 1095-1110
Kanwisher, N. (2003) The Ventral Visual Object Pathway in Humans: Evidence from fMRI. In The Visual Neurosciences. Edited by Chalupa, L. & Werner, J.. MIT Press 1179-1189
Saxe, R. & Kanwisher, N. (2003) People thinking about thinking people: The role of the temporo-parietal junction in theory of mind. NeuroImage. 19 1835-1842
2002
Liu, J., Harris, A., & Kanwisher, N. (2002) Stages of processing in face perception: an MEG study. Nature Neuroscience . 5 (9) 910-916
Ro, T., Machado, L., Kanwisher, N. & Rafal, R. (2002) Covert orienting to the locations of targets and distractors: Effects on response channel activation in a flanker task. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 55A (3) 917-936
Spiridon, M. & Kanwisher, N. (2002) How distributed is visual category information in human occipital-temporal cortex? An fMRI study. Neuron. 35 (6) 1157-1165
2001
Culham, J., Cavanagh, P., & Kanwisher, N. (2001) Attention Response Functions: Characterizing Brain Areas Using fMRI Activation during Parametric Variations of Attentional Load. Neuron. 32 737-745
Culham. J. & Kanwisher, N. (2001) Neuroimaging of Cognitive Functions in Human Parietal Cortex. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 11 157-163
Downing, P., Jiang, Y., Shuman, M., & Kanwisher, N. (2001) A Cortical Area Selective for Visual Processing of the Human Body. Science. 293 2470-2473
Downing, P., Liu, N., & Kanwisher, N. (2001) Testing Cognitive Models of Visual Attention with fMRI and MEG. Neuropsychologia. 39 1329-1342
Epstein, R., De Yoe, E., Press, D., & Kanwisher, N. (2001) Neuropsychological Evidence for a Topographical Learning Mechanism in Parahippocampal Cortex. Cognitive Neuropsychology. 18 (6) 481-508
Grill-Spector, K., Kourtzi, Z., & Kanwisher, N. (2001) The Lateral Occipital Complex and its Role in Object Recognition. Vision Research. 41 1409-1422
Holcombe, A., Treisman, A., & Kanwisher, N. (2001) The Midstream Order Deficit. Perception & Psychophysics. 63 322-329
Kanwisher, N. (2001) Faces and Places: Of Central (and Peripheral) Interest. Nature Neuroscience. 4 455-456
Kanwisher, N. (2001) Neural Events and Perceptual Awareness. Cognition. 79 89-113
Kanwisher, N., Downing, P., Epstein, R., & Kourtzi, Z. (2001) Functional Neuroimaging of Human Visual Recognition. In The Handbook on Functional Neuroimaging. Edited by R. Cabeza & A. Kingstone. MIT Press 109-152
Kourtzi, Z, & Kanwisher, N. (2001) Representation of Perceived Object Shape by the Human Lateral Occipital Complex. Science. 293 1506-1509
2000
Epstein, R., Stanley, D., Harris, A., & Kanwisher, N. (2000) The Parahippocampal Place Area: Perception, Encoding, or Memory Retrieval?. Neuron. 23 115-125
Kanwisher, N. & Moscovitch, M. (2000) The Cognitive Neuroscience of Face Processing: An Introduction. Cognitive Neuropsychology. 17 (1) 1-11
Kanwisher, N. & Wojciulik, E. (2000) Visual Attention: Insights from Brain Imaging. Nature Reviews Neuroscience. 1 91-100
Kanwisher, N. (2000) Domain specificity in face perception. Nature Neuroscience. 3 (8) 759-763
Kourtzi, Z. & Kanwisher, N. (2000) Cortical Regions involved in Processing Object Shape. Journal of Neuroscience. 20 (9) 3310-3318
Kourtzi, Z. & Kanwisher, N. (2000) Activation in human MT/MST for Static Images with Implied Motion. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 12 48-55
Kourtzi, Z. & Kanwisher, N. (2000) Implied motion activates extrastriate motion-processing areas: Response to David and Senior (2000). Trends in Cognitive Neurosciences. 4 (4) 295-296
Liu, J., Higuchi, M., Marantz, A. & Kanwisher, N. (2000) Magnetophysiological Studies of Face and Non-Face Processing. Neuroreport. 11 337-341
O'Craven, K. & Kanwisher, N. (2000) Mental imagery of faces and places activates corresponding stimulus-specific brain regions. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 12 1013-1023
O'Craven, K., Downing, P., & Kanwisher, N. (2000) fMRI Evidence for Objects as the Units of Attentional Selection. Nature. 401 584-587
Tong, F., Nakayama, N., Moscovitch, M., Weinrib, O., & Kanwisher, N. (2000) Response Properties of the Human Fusiform Face Area. Cognitive Neuropsychology. 17 (1) 257-279
1999
Wojciulik, E., & Kanwisher, N. (1999) The Generality of Parietal Involvement in Visual Attention. Neuron. 23 747-764
Epstein, R. & Kanwisher, N. (1999) Repetition Blindness for Locations. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance. 25 1855-1866
Kanwisher, N. Stanley, D. & Harris, A. (1999) The Fusiform Face Area is Selective for Faces not Animals. Neuroreport. 10 (1) 183-187
Kanwisher, N., Yin, C., & Wojciulik, N. (1999) Repetition Blindness for Pictures: Evidence for the Rapid Computation of Abstract Visual Descriptions. In Fleeting Memories. Edited by Coltheart, V.. MIT Press 119-150
1998
Culham, J., Brandt, S., Cavanagh, P., Kanwisher, N., Dale, A., & Tootell, R. (1998) Cortical fMRI Activation Produced by Attentive Tracking of Moving Targets. Journal of Neurophysiology. 88 (5) 2657-2670
Epstein, R. & Kanwisher, N. (1998) A Cortical Representation of the Local Visual Environment. Nature. 392 598-601
Kanwisher, N. & Downing, P. (1998) Separating the Wheat From the Chaff. Science. 282 57-8
Kanwisher, N., Tong, F., & Nakayama, K. (1998) The Effect of Face Inversion on the Human Fusiform Face Area. Cognition. 68 B1-B11
Tong, F., Nakayama, K., Vaughan, J. T. & Kanwisher, N. (1998) Binocular Rivalry and Visual Awareness in Human Extrastriate Cortex. Neuron. 21 (4) 753-759
Treisman, A. & Kanwisher, N. (1998) Perceiving Visually-Presented Objects: Recognition, Awareness, and Modularity. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 8 218-226
Wojciulik, E., & Kanwisher, N. (1998) Implicit Visual Attribute Binding following Bilateral Parietal Damage. Visual Cognition. 5 157-181
Wojciulik, E., Kanwisher, N., & Driver, J. (1998) Modulation of activity in the fusiform face area by covert attention: an fMRI study. Journal of Neurophysiology. 79 1574-1579
1997
Kanwisher, N., McDermott, J., & Chun, M. (1997) The Fusiform Face Area: A Module in Human Extrastriate Cortex Specialized for the Perception of Faces. Journal of Neuroscience. 17 4302-4311
Kanwisher, N., Woods, R., Iacoboni, M., & Mazziotta, J. (1997) A Locus in Human Extrastriate Cortex for Visual Shape Analysis. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 9 133-142
Schendan, H., Kanwisher, N., & Kutas, M. (1997) Early Brain Potentials Link Repetition Blindness, Priming, and Novelty Detection. Neuroreport. 8 1943-1948
1996
Kanwisher, N., Chun, M., McDermott, J., & Ledden, P. (1996) Functional Imaging of Human Visual Recognition. Cognitive Brain Research. 5 55-67