The Macknik Lab in the News

"The 2008 Masters of Illusion!" - 360, Jun 02, 2008
"A Moderately Intelligent Post, or: Your Brain Has No Idea What’s Going On" - MFJoe, May 28, 2008
"The Neuroscience of Illusions" - thelunarsociety, May 28, 2008
"Politically Correct: Why Great (and Not So Great) Minds Think Alike" - Scientific American, Mar 19, 2008
Weekly Review - Scientific American, Feb 12, 2008
"Thinking about how others think: two ways?" - Neuroanthropology, Feb 9, 2008
"Artigo publicado: Bases biológicas do preconceito" - Os estereótipos e a psicologia social, Feb 6, 2008
"Because I love the title" - Prometheus 6's blog, Feb 6, 2008
"Puttin' on the Ritz" - St. Joseph's Magazine, Volume 4 Issue 1 2008
"How Harvard students perceive rednecks: The neural basis for prejudice" - Mind Matters, the Scientific American blog on science and mind, Feb 5, 2008
Showcased in the front page of the Scientific American website
"New Research on Fixational Eye Movements" - google-sina Medical, health articles, Nov 6, 2007
" El movimiento se demuestra...¡mirando!" - Lidiando con la fatalidad, Nov 2, 2007
"Barrow Researcher Receives Grant to Study Flicker Fusion" - Biology Blogging, Oct 11, 2007
"Your Life (video)" - KTVK Channel 3, Sep 20, 2007
"Raising Arizona" - Nature, Sep 20, 2007
"Making the Cover of Scientific American" - The Pulse, September & October, 2007
"Discovering Sleights of Mind" - Deccan Herald, Aug 28, 2007
"$426,000 Grant to study fixational eye movements" - Medical News TODAY, Aug 28, 2007
"A destreza da mente: quando a ciência encontra a mágica" - Jornal da Ciência, Aug 27, 2007
"Sleights of Mind... and Hand" - The Financial Express, Aug 26, 2007
"Truques de mágica viram alvo de estudo científico" - Terra Notícias Ciência, Aug 25, 2007
"Cuando la ciencia se encuentra con la magia: los juegos de la mente" - GolpeDeCiencia, Aug 23, 2007
"Barrow researcher receives grant to study fixational eye movements" - EurekAlert!, Aug 23, 2007
"Cuando la ciencia se encuentra con la magia: los juegos de la mente" - Ciencia y Tecnología Blog, Aug 22, 2007
"Cuando la ciencia se encuentra con la magia: los juegos de la mente" - El Mercurio, Aug 22, 2007
"Sleights of Mind" (Cover Synopsis) (audio excerpt from The New York Times Science Podcast) - The New York Times, Aug 21, 2007.
See clips of the symposium now available on the MIND SCIENCE FOUNDATION WEBSITE
- Teller of "Penn and Teller" TALKS... about magic, consciousness and the art of visual illusion! (Introduced by Stephen Macknik)
- Apollo Robbins pickpockets New York Times writer George Johnson!
- The Amazing Randi pulls a "fast-one" on philosopher Dan Dennett!
"Mind Control" - John Hawks Anthropology Weblog, Aug 21, 2007
"Sleights of Mind" - 3 Quarks Daily, Aug 21, 2007
"The Cognitive Science of Magic" - Mind Hacks, Aug 21, 2007
"The Eyes Have It, Sort of" - The Tillsonburg News, Aug 8, 2007
"Anthem Residents Make International Headlines with Their Scientific Research" - Sonoran News, Aug 8, 2007
"Unha galega na portada de Scientific American" - El Correo Gallego, Aug 5, 2007
"Cognitive Scientists Learn from Magicians..." - Deric Bownds' MindBlog, Aug 3, 2007
"Scientific American" - The Strong Wall, Aug 2, 2007
"Eye Movement and Blinking - New Evidence Suggests Links to Thought and Emotion" - PowerStates, Aug 1, 2007
"Anthem Doctors Make Scientific American Cover" - Anthem/Deer Valley Independent, Aug 1, 2007
"Windows on the Mind" - Scientific American, Aug, 2007
Scholarpedia article on "Affective Blindsight", Jul 30, 2007
"Meet Your Neighbours: Drs. Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen Macknik" - newszap.com, July 28, 2007
"Mind Tricks" - Nature, July 26, 2007
"Research on Fixational Eye Movements" - Health-news-blog.com, July 25, 2007
"New Research on Fixational Eye Movements" - News-Medical.Net, July 25, 2007
"Barrow Scientists Make Headlines for Their Research on Fixational Eye Movements" - BioSpace, July 25, 2007
"Barrow Scientists Make Headlines for Their Research on Fixational Eye Movements" - innovations report, July 25, 2007
"Barrow Scientists Make Headlines for Their Research on Fixational Eye Movements" - iconocast.com, July 25, 2007
"Barrow Scientists Make Headlines for Their Research on Fixational Eye Movements" - FirstScience, July 24, 2007
"Barrow Scientists Make Headlines for Their Research on Fixational Eye Movements" - EurekAlert!, July 24, 2007
"Headlines for Research on Fixational Eye Movements" - Huliq, July 24, 2007
"Scientists from Barrow Honored for Their Research on Fixational Eye Movements" - Medindia, July 24, 2007
"Scientists from Barrow Honored for Their Research on Fixational Eye Movements" - tophealthnews.com, July 24, 2007
"Barrow Scientists Make Headlines for Their Research on Fixational Eye Movements" - Biocompare, July 23, 2007
"On the Cover" - It's About Life, July 23, 2007
"Phoenix Regional Roundup" - Arizona Republic, July 22, 2007
"Eye-Twitching Might Be Necessary for Seeing" - The Wall Street Journal, July 17, 2007
"Neuroscientists and Philosophers Discuss Consciousness at ASSC Meeting" - Neurotech Bussiness Report, July 2007
"The Good, the Bad and the Octopus" (ASSC 11 Conference Report) - Center for Consciousness Studies (University of Arizona), July 2007
"Barrow Researcher Receives Grant to Study Flicker Fusion" - Medical News TODAY, June 21, 2007
"Barrow Researcher Receives Grant to Study Flicker Fusion" - nerve.in, June 18, 2007
"Barrow Researcher Receives Grant to Study Flicker Fusion" - FirstScience, June 18, 2007
"Year's Best Optical Illusion" - Scientific American, May 25, 2007
"The Best Optical Illusions of the Year 2007" (1500 diggs) - Digg, Top 10 in All Topics, May 21, 2007
"Research Review" - The Pulse, May & June, 2007
Interview - Agencia para la Difusion de la Ciencia y la Tecnologia, April 27, 2007
Competitive Advantage Awards Press Release - Arizona Science Foundation, April 4, 2007
"ASSC 2007" - Science & Consciousness, March 24, 2007
"Why I Give" - Barrow Magazine, Feb 2007
"The Illusion Contest 2007" - Science & Consciousness, Jan 15, 2007
"Visual Illusions"(Documentary, Scriptwriter) - VideoVoz, 2006
"Consciousness: The Movie"(Interview) - Distracted by the Light Productions LLC. 2006
"ASSC 2007" - Science & Consciousness, Oct 6, 2006
"Illusion Contest 2007" - Science & Consciousness, Oct 4, 2006
"Un documental analiza como funcionan las ilusiones visuales" - La Voz de Galicia, Sep 19, 2006
Neuron paper selected as 1 of 10 recent articles for Neuron's featured topic (area of Motor Systems) - Neuron, Aug 2006
"Un movimiento ocular clave. Los ojos no paran" - Muy Interesante, March 6, 2006
"Dónde va el ojo" - Quo, March 6, 2006
How Do We Know When We See Something? - Quality4Life, Feb 27, 2006
2006 Neuron article featured in Faculty of 1000 Biology, Feb 10, 2006
"How Do We Know When We See Something? Understanding How Visual Awareness Is Generated" - Medical News TODAY, Jan 25, 2006
Radio report on microsaccades - Radio Voz, Jan 24, 2006
"Study: Microsaccades Needed for Vision" - NY Science, Jan 24, 2006
"Discovery at Barrow Localizes Visual Awareness" - EurekAlert!, Jan 23, 2006
"Discovery at Barrow Localizes Visual Awareness" - Biocompare, Jan 23, 2006
"Discovery puts scientists closer to understanding how visual awareness is generated" - News-Medical.Net, Jan 23, 2006
"Discovery at Barrow Localizes Visual Awareness" - nerve.in, Jan 23, 2006
"Barrow Study Localizes Visual Awareness" - onlypunjab.com, Jan 22, 2006
"Researchers Resolve 40-year Eye Movement, Visibility Controversy" - NewsHub, Jan 21, 2006
"Fixational Eye Movement Responsible for Visibility" - MedIndia, Jan 21, 2006
"Researchers Resolve 40-year Eye Movement, Visibility Controversy" - Medical News TODAY, Jan 21, 2006
"Una científica coruñesa desvela la clave de un movimiento ocular" - El Correo Gallego, Jan 21, 2006
"Researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute Resolve 40-year Eye Movement, Visibility Controversy" - BrightSurf.com Science News and Events, Jan 20, 2006
"Microsaccades Are Indeed Responsible for Most of Our Visual Experience" - RxPG News Ophthalmology, Jan 20, 2006
"Researchers Resolve 40-year Eye Movement, Visibility Controversy" - Science Daily, Jan 19, 2006
"Study: Microsaccades Needed for Vision" - Kerala Global, Jan 19, 2006
"Researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute Resolve 40-year Eye Movement, Visibility Controversy" - Eureka! Science, Jan 19, 2006
"Researchers Resolve 40-year Eye Movement, Visibility Controversy" - Purenova, Jan 19, 2006
"Researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute Resolve 40-year Eye Movement, Visibility Controversy" - Science24, Jan 19, 2006
"Discovery at Barrow Localizes Visual Awareness" - Arizona Technology Council, Jan 19, 2006
"Researchers Resolve 40-year Eye Movement, Visibility Controversy" - Science Daily, Jan 19, 2006
"Stare for as Long as You Want" - Softpedia News, Jan 19, 2006
"Flick-induced Flips in Perception" (Preview by Ralf Engbert) - Neuron, vol 49(2), Jan 19, 2006
"Study: Microsaccades Needed for Vision" - MyUstinet News, Jan 18, 2006
"Study: Microsaccades Needed for Vision" - Digis Networks, Jan 18, 2006
"Study: Microsaccades Needed for Vision" - Monsters and Critics, Jan 18, 2006
"Study: Microsaccades Needed for Vision" - Science Daily, Jan 18, 2006
"Researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute Resolve 40-year Eye Movement, Visibility Controversy" - EurekAlert!, Jan 18, 2006
"Study: Microsaccades Needed for Vision" - New Creationism, Jan 18, 2006
"Research at Barrow Neurological Institute Resolve 40-Year Eye Movement Controversy" - Biocompare, Jan 18, 2006
"Microsaccades Needed for Vision" - United Press International, Jan 18, 2006
"Finding the Mid's Eye" - Vox of Dartmouth, Jan 9, 2006
"Research News" - Barrow Magazine, Jan 2006, vol 18 issue 1, page 33
"Finding the Mind's Eye" - Monsters and Critics, Jan 2006
"Finding the Mind's Eye" - Biology News Net, Jan 2006
"In the Trenches" - The Business Journal of Phoenix, Dec 16, 2005
"Discovery Localizes Visual Awareness" - Science & Consciousness, Dec 12, 2005
"Visibility, Visual Awareness, and Visual Masking of Simple Unattended Targets Are Confined to Areas in the Occipital Cortex beyond Human V1/V2" - News-Medical.Net, Nov 16, 2005
"Finding the Mind's Eye" - Dartmouth News, Nov 7, 2005
"Research News" - Barrow Magazine, Nov, 2005, vol.17 issue 2, page 36
"Finding the Mind's Eye" - TheAllINeed, Nov 2005
"Seeing in the Brain" - Hybrid Vigor (Emory University), Nov 2005
Wikipedia article on "Neural adaptation", Oct 14, 2005
Wikipedia article on "Fixational Eye Movement", Oct 5, 2005
Wikipedia article on "Microsaccade", Oct 5, 2005
"La media risa de la Mona Lisa" - La Voz de Galicia, Aug 26, 2005
"El enigma del rostro de la Mona Lisa" - La Opinión de A Coruña, Aug 26, 2005
TV report on the opening of European Conference on Visual Perception (22 MB) - Telexornal Mediodia (TVG, Spain), Aug 24, 2005
Un misterio en cada mirada - La Opinión de A Coruña, Aug 23, 2005
Press conference about “Art and the Visual System” symposium - El Ideal Gallego, Aug 21, 2005
Featured Article - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2004 (see Publication section)
ASSC 8 Conference Review - Journal of Consciousness Studies, 2004, vol 11 issue 4, pp 70-75
Press Note - Informativos.net, March 9, 2004
Editorial by Jorge Golowasch - Ciencia al Dia Internacional, Dec 2000
“Un modelo de ilusiones visuales ayuda a comprender la percepción” by Pilar Laguna - Diario Medico, Sep 29, 1999
"Illusion" (Scientific American Interactive CD-ROM, Consultant) - Byron Preiss Multimedia, 1998
"Special Effects" (Science Advisor) - NOVAMAX Movie, 1996

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