Publications

Acunzo D, Melcher D. Changes in alpha and theta band activity at the time of saccades: separate contributions of visual and non-visual signals. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/c29xm

Di Dona G, Santoni A, Melcher D, Ronconi L, Franchin L. Developmental trajectories of visual temporal integration and segregation in children with and without developmental dyslexia, submitted.

Lapomarda G, Deodato M, Melcher D. Seeing fast and slow: The influence of music-induced affective states and individual sensory sensitivity on visual processing speed, under review. https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-3951120/v1

Santoni A, Di Dona G, Melcher D, Franchin L, Ronconi L. Visual sampling, neural noise and alpha oscillations in developmental dyslexia, under review.

Deodato M, Melcher D. (2024) Aperiodic EEG predicts variability of visual temporal processing, Journal of Neuroscience, in press.

Deodato M, Ronconi L, Melcher D. (2024) Schizotypal traits and anomalous perceptual experiences are associated with greater visual temporal acuity, Schizophrenia Research, in press.

Deodato M, Melcher D. (2024) Correlations between visual temporal resolution and individual alpha peak frequency: Evidence that internal and measurement noise drives null findings, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience,36, 590-601. doi: 10.1162/jocn_a_01993

Liu X, Melcher D, Carrasco M, Hanning N. The extrafoveal preview effect is more pronounced where perception is poor, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, in press.

Melcher D., et al. (2024) An early effect of the parafoveal preview on post-saccadic processing of English words, Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, in press.

Ronconi L, Balestrieri E, Baldauf D, Melcher D. (2024) Distinct cortical networks subserve spatio-temporal sampling in vision through different oscillatory rhythms. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 36, 572-589. doi: 10.1162/jocn_a_02006

Deodato M, Melcher D. (2023) The effect of perceptual history on the perception of causality, Journal of Vision, 22(11):13. doi: 10.1167/jov.22.11.13.

Fabius JH, Fracasso A, Deodato M, Melcher D, Van der Stigchel S. (2023) Bilateral presaccadic increase in MEG planar gradients during transsaccadic change detection, Scientific Reports, 13, 5830. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-32980-z

Grecucci A, Rastelli C, Bacci F, Melcher D, De Pisapia N (2023). A Supervised machine learning approach to classify brain morphology of professional visual artists versus non-artists. Special issue “Brain activity monitoring and measurement”, Sensors, 23(9), 4199; https://doi.org/10.3390/s23094199.

Huber-Huber C, Melcher D. (2023) Saccade execution increases the preview effect with faces: an EEG and eyetracking co-registration study. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-023-02802-5

Ibrahim H … et al. (2023) Perception, performance, and detectability of conversational artificial intelligence across 32 university courses. Scientific Reports, 13, 12187.  doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-38964-3.

Liu X, Melcher D. (2023) The effect of familiarity on behavioral oscillations in face detection, Scientific Reports, 13:10145. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-34812-6.

Ibrahim H, Liu F, Asim, R… Melcher D… et al. (2023) Perception, performance, and detectability of conversational artificial intelligence across 32 university courses. Scientific Reports, 13, 12187.

Santoni A, Melcher D, Franchin L, Ronconi L. (2023) Electrophysiological signatures of visual temporal processing deficits in Developmental Dyslexia, Psychophysiology, https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14447

Santoni A., Franchin L, Melcher D, Ronconi L (2023) Prospettive teoriche e cliniche sulla natura ritmica della percezione visive. Sistemi Intelligenti, in press.

Turri C, Di Dona G, Santoni A, Adina Zamfira D, Franchin L, Melcher D, Ronconi L. (2023) Periodic and aperiodic EEG features as potential markers of Developmental Dyslexia, Biomedicines, 11(6), 1607; https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines11061607

Liu X, Balestrieri E, Melcher D. (2022) Evidence for a theta-band behavioral oscillation in rapid face detection, European Journal of Neuroscience, 56(7):5033-5046. doi: 10.1111/ejn.15790

Sharp P, Gutteling T, Melcher D, Hickey C. (2022) Spatial attention tunes temporal processing in early visual cortex, Journal of Neuroscience, 42(41), 7824-7832; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0509-22.2022

Drewes J, Muschter E, Zhu W, Melcher D. (2022) Individual resting-state alpha peak frequency and within-trial changes in alpha peak frequency both predict visual flash segregation performance. Cerebral Cortex, 32(23), 5455–5466 doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhac026

Marsicano, G., Cerpelloni, F., Melcher, D., & Ronconi, L. (2022). Lower multisensory temporal acuity in individuals with high schizotypal traits: a web-based study. Scientific Reports, 12, 2782. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-06503-1.

Liu X, Huber-Huber C, Melcher D. (2022) The trans-saccadic extrafoveal preview effect is modulated by object visibility. ETRA ’22: 2022 Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications, 18, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1145/3517031.3529622

Balestrieri E, Ronconi L, Melcher D (2021) Shared resources between visual attention and visual working memory are allocated through rhythmic sampling. European Journal of Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.15264

Freschl J, Melcher D, Carter A, Kaldy Z, Blaser E. (2021) Seeing each page of a flipbook: Shorter visual temporal integration windows in 2-year-old toddlers with autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research, 14(5), 946-958.

Ghiani A, Maniglia M, Battaglini L, Melcher D & Ronconi L. (2021) Binding mechanisms in visual perception and their link with neural oscillations: a review of evidence from tACS. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 643677 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.643677

Huber-Huber C, Buonocore A, Melcher D. (2021) The extrafoveal preview paradigm as a measure of predictive, active sampling in visual perception. Journal of Vision, 6;21(7):12, doi: 10.1167/jov.21.7.12

Huber-Huber C, Melcher D. (2021) The parafoveal preview effect with faces results from predictive processing across the saccade. Scientific Reports, 11, 942. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79957-w

Melcher D. (2021). Interactive vision: How active perceivers sample information over time. Diid: Disegno Industriale Industrial Design, 74, 130-137. doi: 10.30682/diid7421f

Ronconi L, Maniglia M, Battaglini L & Melcher D. (2021) Editorial: Neural modulation of conscious perception: Emergent approaches from basic research to clinical translation. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 779798.

Zepp J, Dubé C, Melcher D. (2021) A direct comparison of central tendency recall and temporal integration in the successive field iconic memory task. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 1-20, doi: 10.3758/s13414-020-02187-9.

Battaglini L, Mena F, Ghiani A, Casco C, Melcher D, Ronconi L (2020). The effect of alpha tACS on the temporal resolution of visual perception. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 1765. DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01765

Buonocore A, Dimigen O, Melcher D (2020) Post-saccadic face processing is modulated by pre-saccadic preview: Evidence from fixation-related potentials. Journal of Neuroscience, 40 (11) 2305-2313.

Drewes J, Zhu W, Melcher D (2020) The optimal spatial noise for continuous flash suppression is pink. Scientific Reports, 10, 6943.

Fabius JH, Fracasso A, Van der Stigchel S, Melcher D (2020) Low-level information is maintained across saccades, allowing for a soft hand-off between visual areas. Journal of Neuroscience, 40 (49), 9476-9486.

Melcher D, Huber-Huber C, Wutz A (2020) Enumerating the forest before the trees: the time courses of estimation- and individuation-based numerical processing. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, published online 30/9/20, https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-020-02137-5.

Melcher D, Kumar D, Srinivasan N (2020) The role of action intentionality and effector in the subjective expansion of temporal duration after saccadic eye movements. Scientific Reports, 10, 16922.

Pinho AL et al. (2020) Individual Brain Charting dataset extension, second release of high-resolution fMRI data for cognitive mapping. Scientific Data, 7, 353.

Ronconi L, Melcher D, Franchin L. (2020) Investigating the role of temporal processing in developmental dyslexia: Evidence for a specific deficit in rapid visual segmentation. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 27, 724-734.

Ronconi L, Melcher D, Junghoefer M, Wolters C, Busch N. (2020) Testing the effect of tACS over parietal cortex in modulating endogenous alpha rhythm and temporal integration windows in visual perception. European Journal of Neuroscience, online publication 23 October 2020 (early view).

Zeni S, Laudanna I, Baruffaldi F, Heimler B, Melcher D, Pavani F (2020) Increased overt attention to objects in early deaf adults: an eyetracking study of complex naturalistic scenes. Cognition, 194:104061 [Epub 2019].

Freschl J, Melcher D, Kaldy Z, Blaser E (2019) Visual temporal integration windows are adult-like in 5-7-year-old children. Journal of Vision, 19(7):5. 

Huber-Huber C, Buonocore A, Dimigen O, Hickey C, Melcher D (2019). The peripheral preview effect with faces: Combined EEG and eye-tracking suggests multiple stages of trans-saccadic predictive and non-predictive processing. Neuroimage, 200, 344-362.

Notaro G, van Zoest W, Altman M, Melcher D, Hasson U (2019). Predictions as a window into learning: anticipatory fixation offsets carry more information about environmental statistics than reactive stimulus-responses. Journal of Vision, 19, 8.

Sharp P, Melcher D, Hickey C (2019) Different effects of spatial and temporal attention on the integration and segregation of stimuli in time. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 81, 433-441.

Wutz A, Melcher D, Samaha J (2018) Frequency modulation of neural oscillations according to visual task demands. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115 (6) 1346-1351.

Ronconi L, Busch N, Melcher D (2018) Alpha-band sensory entrainment alters the duration of temporal windows in visual perception. Scientific Reports, 8, 11810.

Drewes J, Zhu W, Melcher D. (2018) The edge of awareness: Mask spatial density, but not color, determines optimal temporal frequency for continuous flash suppression. Journal of Vision, 18(1):12. doi: 10.1167/18.1.12.

Sharp P, Melcher D, Hickey C (2018). Endogenous attention modulates the temporal window of integration. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 80(5), 1214-1228.

Ronconi L, Oosterhof N, Bonmassar C & Melcher D (2017) Multiple oscillatory rhythms determine the temporal organization of perception. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(51):13435-13440.

Ronconi L & Melcher D (2017) The role of oscillatory phase in determining the temporal organization of perception: evidence from sensory entrainment. The Journal of Neuroscience, 37 (44) 10636-10644.

Buonocore A, Fracasso A & Melcher D (2017) Pre-saccadic perception: separate time courses for enhancement and spatial pooling at the saccade target. PLoS One, 12(6):e0178902.

Fairhall SL, Schwarzbach J, Lingnau A, Van Koningsbruggen M & Melcher D. (2017). Spatiotopic updating across saccades revealed by spatially-specific fMRI adaptation. Neuroimage, 147:339-345.

Saunders D, Melcher D & van Zoest, W (2017). No evidence of task co-representation in a joint Stroop task. Psychological Research, 83, 852-862

Sengupta R, Bapiraju S & Melcher D (2017). Big and small numbers: Empirical support for a single, flexible mechanism for numerosity perception. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 79(1):253-266.

Wutz A, Muschter E, van Koningsbruggen MG, Weisz N & Melcher D (2016) Temporal integration windows in neural processing and perception aligned to saccadic eye movements. Current Biology, 26, 1-10.

Buonocore A, McIntosh RD & Melcher D (2016) Beyond the point of no return: effects of visual distractors on saccade amplitude and velocity. Journal of Neurophysiology,115(2):752-62.

Corbett JE, Venuti P & Melcher D (2016) Perceptual Averaging in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Frontiers in Psychology 7:1735.

De Pisapia N, Bacci F, Parrott D & Melcher D (2016). Brain networks for visual creativity: a functional connectivity study of planning a visual artwork. Scientific Reports. 6:39185.

Gilani SO, Subramanian R, Yan Y, Melcher D, Sebe N & Winkler S (2016) PET: An eye-tracking dataset for animal-centric Pascal object classes. Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME), 1-6. doi: 10.1109/ICME.2015.7177450

Zhu W, Drewes J, Peatfield N & Melcher D (2016). Differential visual processing of animal images, with and without conscious awareness, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 10:513

Wutz A, Drewes J & Melcher D. (2016). Nonretinotopic perception of orientation: Temporal integration of basic features operates in object-based coordinates. Journal of Vision, 16(10):3.

Zhu W, Drewes J & Melcher D (2016). Time for Awareness: The Influence of Temporal Properties of the Mask on Continuous Flash Suppression Effectiveness, Plos One 11(7):e0159206.

Fracasso A & Melcher D (2016). Saccades Influence the visibility of targets in rapid stimulus sequences: The roles of mislocalization, retinal distance and remapping, Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience.10:58.

Buonocore A & Melcher D (2015) Interference during eye movement preparation shifts the timing of peri-saccadic compression. Journal of Vision, 15(15):3.

Buonocore A & Melcher D (2015). Disrupting saccadic updating: visual interference prior to the first saccade elicits spatial errors in the secondary saccade in a double-step task. Experimental Brain Research, 233(6):1893-1905.

Drewes J, Zhu W, Wutz A & Melcher D (2015). Dense sampling reveals behavioral oscillations in rapid visual categorization. Scientific Reports, 5:16290.

Fracasso A, Kaunitz L & Melcher D (2015). Saccade kinematics modulate perisaccadic perception. Journal of Vision, 15(3). pii: 4.

Hartzell JF, Davis B, Melcher D et al. (2015). Brains of verbal memory specialists show anatomical differences in language, memory and visual systems. Neuroimage, 131, 181-192.

Melcher D & Morrone MC (2015). Non-retinotopic visual processing in the brain. Visual Neuroscience, 32, E017.

Wutz A, Shukla A, Bapi RS & Melcher, D. (2015) Expansion and compression of time correlate with information processing in an enumeration Task. PLoS One, 10(8):e0135794.

Van Paaschen J, Bacci F & Melcher, D (2015). The influence of art expertise and training on emotion and preference ratings for representational and abstract artworks. PLoS One, 10(8): e0134241.

Cavicchio F, Melcher D & Poesio M (2014). The effect of linguistic and visual salience in visual world studies. Frontiers in Psychology, 5:176.

Corbett, JE & Melcher D (2014). Stable statistical representations facilitate visual search. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception Performance, 40(5), 1915-25.

Corbett, JE & Melcher D. (2014). Characterizing ensemble statistics: Mean size is represented across multiple frames of reference. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 76(3), 746-58.

Drewes J, Zhu W & Melcher D (2014) Dissociation between spatial and temporal integration mechanisms in vernier fusion. Vision Research, 105, 21-28.

Fairhall SL, Albi A & Melcher D (2014). Temporal integration windows for naturalistic visual sequences. PLOS One. 9(7):e102248.

Kaunitz L., Fracasso A., Skujevskis M. & Melcher D. (2014). Waves of visibility: probing the depth of inter-ocular suppression with transient and sustained targets. Frontiers in Psychology, 5:804.

Knops A, Piazza M, Sengupta R, Eger E & Melcher D (2014). A shared, flexible neural map architecture reflects capacity limits in both visual short term memory and enumeration. Journal of Neuroscience, 34(30), 9857-9866.

Lanzoni L, Melcher D, Miceli G, Corbett JE (2014). Global statistical regularities modulate the speed of visual search in patients with focal attentional deficits. Frontiers in Psychology, 5:514.

Sengupta R, Surampudi BR, & Melcher D (2014). A visual sense of number emerges from the dynamics of a recurrent on-center off-surround neural network. Brain Research,1582:114-24.

Subramanian R, Shankar D, Sebe N & Melcher D (2014) Emotion modulates eye movement patterns and subsequent memory for the gist and details of movie scenes. Journal of Vision, 14(3):31.

Van Paasschen J, Zamboni E, Bacci F, Melcher D (2014) Consistent emotions elicited by low-level features in abstract art. Art & Perception, 2, 99-118.

Wutz A, Weisz N, Braun C & Melcher D (2014). Temporal windows in visual processing: ‘Pre-stimulus brain state’ and ‘post-stimulus phase reset’ segregate visual transients on different temporal scales. Journal of Neuroscience, 34(4), 1554-65.

Wutz A & Melcher D (2014). The temporal window of individuation limits visual capacity. Frontiers in Psychology: Perception Science, 5:952.

Fracasso A, Targher S, Zampini M & Melcher D (2013) Fooling the eyes: the influence of a sound-induced visual motion illusion on eye movements. PLoS One. 26;8(4):e62131.

Kaunitz L, Fracasso A, Lingnau A & Melcher D (2013) Non-conscious processing of motion coherence can boost conscious access. PLoS One. 8(4):e60787.

Melcher D & Bacci F (2013) Perception of emotion in abstract artworks: a multidisciplinary approach. Progress in Brain Research, 204:191-216. 

Wutz A & Melcher D (2013) Temporal buffering and visual capacity: the time course of object formation underlies capacity limits in visual cognition. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 75(5): 921-933.

Dempere-Marco L, Melcher D & Deco G (2012) Effective visual working memory capacity : an emergent effect from the neural dynamics in an attractor network. PLoS One, 7(8) :e42719

Melcher D & Fracasso A (2012) Remapping of the line motion illusion across eye movements. Experimental Brain Research, 218(4) : 503-14.

Wutz A, Caramazza A & Melcher D (2012) Rapid enumeration within a fraction of a single glance : the role of visible persistence in object individuation capacity. Visual Cognition, 20(6) : 717-32.

Yanulevskaya V, Uijlings J, Bruni E, Sartori A, Zamboni E, Bacci F, Melcher D & Sebe N (2012). In the eye of the beholder: employing statistical analysis and eye tracking for analyzing abstract paintings. Proceedings of the 20th ACM international conference on Multimedia MM12, 349-358.

Kaunitz LN, Fracasso A & Melcher D (2011) Unseen complex motion is modulated by attention and generates a visual aftereffect. Journal of Vision, 11(13), 10.

Kaunitz LN, Kamienkowski JE, Olivetti E, Murphy B, Avesani P & Melcher D. (2011) Intercepting the first pass: rapid categorization is suppressed for unseen stimuli. Frontiers in Psychology, 2:198.

Melcher D (2011) Visual stability. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B., 366, 468-475.

Melcher D & Murphy B (2011) The role of semantic interference in limiting memory for the details of visual scenes. Frontiers in Psychology, 2:262.

Melcher D & Piazza M (2011) The role of attentional priority and saliency in determining capacity limits in enumeration and visual working memory. PLoS One, 6(12): e29296

Piazza M, Fumarola A, Chinello A, Melcher D (2011) Subitizing reflects visuo-spatial object individuation capacity. Cognition, 121(1):147-53.

De Pisapia N, Kaunitz L & Melcher D (2010) Backward masking and unmasking across saccadic eye movements. Current Biology, 20, 613-7.

Fracasso A, Caramazza A & Melcher D (2010) Continuous perception of motion and shape across saccadic eye movements. Journal of Vision, 10(13):14.

Melcher D. (2010) Accumulating and remembering the details of neutral and emotional scenes. Perception, 39(8), 1011-1025.

Melcher D. (2010) The missing link for attentional pointers: comment on Cavanagh et al. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 14(11), 473.

Melcher D. (2009) Selective attention and the active remapping of object features in trans-saccadic perception. Vision Research, 49, 1249-55.

Melcher D, Colby CL (2008) Trans-saccadic perception. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 12, 466-73.

Melcher D. (2008) Dynamic object-based remapping of visual features in trans-saccadic perception. Journal of Vision (special issue on Visual Stability), 8, 1-17.

Melcher D, Bacci F (2008) The visual system as a constraint on the survival and success of specific artworks. Spatial Vision, 21, 347-62.

Alais D, Melcher D. (2007) Strength and coherence of binocular rivalry depends on shared stimulus complexity. Vision Research, 47, 269-79.

Tatler B, Melcher D. (2007) Pictures in mind: Initial encoding of object properties varies with the realism of the scene stimulus. Perception, 36, 1715-29.

Melcher D. (2007) Predictive re-mapping of visual features precedes saccadic eye movements. Nature Neuroscience, 10, 903-7.

Melcher D. (2006) Accumulation and persistence of memory for natural scenes, Journal of Vision, 6, 8-17.

Melcher D, Vidnyanszky Z. (2006) Subthreshold features of visual objects: Unseen but not unbound, Vision Research, 46, 1863-1867.

Melcher D, Wade N. (2006) Cave art interpretation II. Perception, 35, 719-722.

Wade N, Melcher D. (2006) Cave art interpretation I. Perception, 35, 577-580.

Melcher D. (2005) Spatiotopic transfer of visual form adaptation across saccadic eye movements. Current Biology, 15, 1745-1748.

Melcher D. (2005) When the brain doesn’t see eye to eye. Trends in Cognitive Science, 9, 216-217.

Melcher D., Papathomas TV, Vidnyanszky Z. (2005) Implicit attentional selection of bound visual features. Neuron, 46, 723-729.

Melcher D, Crespi S, Bruno A, Morrone MC (2004) The role of attention in central and peripheral motion integration. Vision Research, 44, 1367-74. 

Melcher D, Bacci F (2003) A moment’s monument: The central vision of Italian sculptor Medardo Rosso (1858-1928). Perception, 32, 1051-8.

Melcher D, Morrone MC (2003) Spatiotopic temporal integration of visual motion across saccadic eye movements. Nature Neuroscience, 6, 877-881.

Melcher D (2001) Persistence of visual memory for scenes. Nature, 412, 401.

Melcher D, Kowler E (2001) Visual scene memory and the guidance of saccadic eye movements. Vision Research, 41, 3597-3611.

Melcher D, Kowler E (1999) Shape, surfaces and saccades. Vision Research, 39, 2929-46.

Bacci F, Melcher D, Editors (2011/2013) Art & the Senses, Oxford University Press. ISBN13: 9780199230600; ISBN10: 0199230609

Bacci F, Melcher D. (2018) Di un realismo ulteriore: strategie pittoriche e percettive nell’opera di Renato Guttuso. In Carapezza M (Ed.) (Ri)leggere Guttuso: Percezione, realism, impegno civile, Palermo University Press.

Melcher D (2014) Mental landscapes: the cognitive neuroscience of scene perception. In resonance: snapshots of creativity in the brain (Exhibition catalog). Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto. 

Melcher D & Cavanagh P (2011) Pictorial cues in art and in visual perception. In F. Bacci & D. Melcher (Eds.) Art and the Senses, Oxford University Press.

Melcher D & Zampini M (2011) Audio-visual integration in science and the arts. In F. Bacci & D. Melcher (Eds.) Art and the Senses, Oxford University Press.

Muniz V & Melcher D (2011) The mystery of representation: A conversation with Vik Muniz. In F. Bacci & D. Melcher (Eds.) Art and the Senses, Oxford University Press.

Melcher D & Morrone MC (2007) Trans-saccadic memory: building a stable world from glance to glance. In R. Van Gompel et al. (Eds.), Eye movement research: A window on mind and brain (Amsterdam: Elsevier).