Publications
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Peer-reviewed journal articles
Asterisks denote co-first authors.
2018
Ruby, E., Maniscalco, B., & Peters, M. A. (2018). On a ‘failed’ attempt to manipulate visual metacognition with transcranial magnetic stimulation to prefrontal cortex. Consciousness and Cognition, 62, 34–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2018.04.009 [supplementary material]
Maniscalco, B., Lee, J. L., Abry, P., Lin, A., Holroyd, T., He, B. J. (2018). Neural integration of stimulus history underlies prediction for naturalistically evolving sequences. The Journal of Neuroscience, 38(6), 1779–17. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1779-17.2017
2017
Baria, A. T.*, Maniscalco, B.*, He, B. J. (2017). Initial-state-dependent, robust, transient neural dynamics encode conscious visual perception. PLOS Computational Biology, 13(11), e1005806. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005806 [supplementary material]
Peters, M. A. K.*, Thesen, T.*, Ko, Y. D.*, Maniscalco, B., Carlson, C., Davidson, M., Doyle, W., Kuzniecky, R., Devinsky, O., Halgren, E., Lau, H. (2017). Human subjects under-utilize decision-incongruent evidence in the brain when computing perceptual confidence. Nature Human Behavior, 1(7), s41562-017. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-017-0139 [supplementary material]
Maniscalco, B., McCurdy, L. Y., Odegaard, B., Lau, H. (2017). Limited cognitive resources explain a tradeoff between perceptual and metacognitive vigilance. The Journal of Neuroscience, 37(5), 1213-1224. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2271-13.2016
2016
Maniscalco, B., & Lau, H. (2016). The signal processing architecture underlying subjective reports of sensory awareness. Neuroscience of Consciousness, 2016(1), 1–41. https://doi.org/10.1093/nc/niw002 [supplementary material]
Maniscalco, B., Peters, M. A. K., & Lau, H. (2016). Heuristic use of perceptual evidence leads to dissociation between performance and metacognitive sensitivity. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 78(3), 923–937. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-016-1059-x [supplementary material]
Lin, A., Maniscalco, B., & He, B. J. (2016). Scale-Free Neural and Physiological Dynamics in Naturalistic Stimuli Processing. eNeuro, 3(5), e0191–16.2016. https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0191-16.2016
2015
Maniscalco, B., Lau, H. (2015). Manipulation of working memory contents selectively impairs metacognitive sensitivity in a concurrent visual discrimination task. Neuroscience of Consciousness, 2015(1), niv002. https://doi.org/10.1093/nc/niv002
Douglas, Z.*, Maniscalco, B.*, Hallett, M., Wassermann, E. M., He, B. J. (2015). Modulating conscious movement intention by noninvasive brain stimulation and the underlying neural mechanisms. The Journal of Neuroscience, 35(18), 7239-7255. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4894-14.2015
Koizumi, A., Maniscalco, B., & Lau, H. (2015). Does perceptual confidence facilitate cognitive control? Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 77(4), 1295–1306. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-015-0843-3
Fleming, S. M., Maniscalco, B., Amendi, N., Ro, T., Lau, H. (2015). Action specific disruption of visual metacognition. Psychological Science, 26(1), 89-98. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797614557697 [supplementary material]
Morales, J., Solovey, G., Maniscalco, B., Rahnev, D., de Lange, F. P., & Lau, H. (2015). Low attention impairs optimal incorporation of prior knowledge in perceptual decisions. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 77(6), 2021–2036. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-015-0897-2 [supplementary material]
2010 – 2014
McCurdy, L. Y., Maniscalco, B., Metcalfe, J., Liu, K. Y., De Lange, F. P., & Lau, H. (2013). Anatomical Coupling between Distinct Metacognitive Systems for Memory and Visual Perception. The Journal of Neuroscience, 33(5), 1897–1906. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1890-12.2013
Maniscalco, B., & Lau, H. (2012). A signal detection theoretic approach for estimating metacognitive sensitivity from confidence ratings. Consciousness and Cognition, 21(1), 422–430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2011.09.021 [supplementary material]
Maniscalco, B., Bang, J. W., Iravani, L., Camps-Febrer, F., & Lau, H. (2012). Does response interference depend on the subjective visibility of flanker distractors? Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 74(5), 841–851. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-012-0291-2
Rahnev, D. A., Maniscalco, B., Luber, B., Lau, H., & Lisanby, S. H. (2012). Direct injection of noise to the visual cortex decreases accuracy but increases decision confidence. Journal of Neurophysiology, 107(6), 1556–1563. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00985.2011
Mangels, J. A., Good, C., Whiteman, R. C., Maniscalco, B., & Dweck, C. S. (2012). Emotion blocks the path to learning under stereotype threat. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 7(2), 230-241. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsq100 [supplementary material]
Rahnev, D., Maniscalco, B., Graves, T., Huang, E., de Lange, F. P., & Lau, H. (2011). Attention induces conservative subjective biases in visual perception. Nature Neuroscience, 14(12), 1513–1515. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.2948 [supplementary material]
Persaud, N., Davidson, M., Maniscalco, B., Mobbs, D., Passingham, R. E., Cowey, A., & Lau, H. (2011). Awareness-related activity in prefrontal and parietal cortices in blindsight reflects more than superior visual performance. NeuroImage, 58(2), 605–611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.06.081
Rounis, E., Maniscalco, B., Rothwell, J. C., Passingham, R. E., Lau, H. (2010). Theta-burst transcranial magnetic stimulation to the prefrontal cortex impairs metacognitive visual awareness. Cognitive Neuroscience, 1(3), 165–175. https://doi.org/10.1080/17588921003632529
Book chapters and commentaries
Lau, H., Maniscalco, B. (2010). Should confidence be trusted? Science, 329(5998), 1478–1479. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1195983
Shaver, E., Maniscalco, B., Lau, H. C. (2008). Awareness as Confidence. Anthropology and Philosophy, 9(1/2), 58–65. https://philpapers.org/rec/SHAAAC-4