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  • 2011 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

David M. Eagleman is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their primary research field is Neuroscience, with substantial contributions across several subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's research focuses on a variety of topics, notably:

  • Multisensory perception and integration
  • Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances

Recent publications authored or co-authored by David M. Eagleman include:

  • "What is the relationship between Aphantasia, Synaesthesia and Autism?" (2021), published in Consciousness and Cognition
  • "Deciphering Sounds Through Patterns of Vibration on the Skin" (2021), published in Neuroscience
  • "The future of sensory substitution, addition, and expansion via haptic devices" (2023), published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • "Projections and the Potential Societal Impact of the Future of Neurotechnologies" (2021), published in Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • "Assessing Risk Among Correctional Community Probation Populations: Predicting Reoffense With Mobile Neurocognitive Assessment Software" (2020), published in Frontiers in Psychology

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • JMIRx Med
  • Consciousness and Cognition
  • Neuroscience

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Michael V. Perrotta
  • Izzy Kohler
  • Huy Q. Phi
  • Benjamin Flores
  • Yael Katz

In recognition of their work, David M. Eagleman was named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Motion integration and postdiction in visual awareness.

    David M. Eagleman;Terrence J. Sejnowski;Terrence J. Sejnowski

  • Human time perception and its illusions

    David M Eagleman

  • A standardized test battery for the study of synesthesia

    David M. Eagleman;Arielle D. Kagan;Arielle D. Kagan;Stephanie S. Nelson;Deepak Sagaram

  • Vividness of mental imagery: Individual variability can be measured objectively

    Xu Cui;Cameron B. Jeter;Dongni Yang;P. Read Montague

  • Motor-sensory recalibration leads to an illusory reversal of action and sensation

    Chess Stetson;Xu Cui;P. Read Montague;David M. Eagleman;David M. Eagleman

  • Wednesday Is Indigo Blue: Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia

    Richard E. Cytowic;David M. Eagleman

  • Visual illusions and neurobiology

    David M. Eagleman

  • The effect of predictability on subjective duration.

    Vani Pariyadath;David Eagleman

  • Is Subjective Duration a Signature of Coding Efficiency

    David Eagleman;Vani Pariyadath

  • Time and the brain: how subjective time relates to neural time.

    David M. Eagleman;Peter U. Tse;Dean Buonomano;Peter Janssen

  • Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain

    David Eagleman

  • Does Time Really Slow Down during a Frightening Event

    Chess Stetson;Matthew P. Fiesta;David M. Eagleman

  • Using space and time to encode vibrotactile information: toward an estimate of the skin’s achievable throughput

    Scott D. Novich;Scott D. Novich;David M. Eagleman;David M. Eagleman

  • Causality and the perception of time.

    David M. Eagleman;Alex O. Holcombe

  • Effects of Auditory Rhythm and Music on Gait Disturbances in Parkinson’s Disease

    Aidin Ashoori;David M. Eagleman;Joseph Jankovic

  • Motion signals bias localization judgments: a unified explanation for the flash-lag, flash-drag, flash-jump, and Frohlich illusions.

    David M. Eagleman;Terrence J. Sejnowski

  • The objectification of overlearned sequences: A new view of spatial sequence synesthesia

    David M. Eagleman

  • Is synaesthesia one condition or many? A large-scale analysis reveals subgroups

    Scott Novich;Scott Novich;Sherry Cheng;David M. Eagleman

  • The genetics of colored sequence synesthesia: Suggestive evidence of linkage to 16q and genetic heterogeneity for the condition

    Steffie N. Tomson;Nili Avidan;Kwanghyuk Lee;Anand K. Sarma

  • Ready…Go: Amplitude of the fMRI Signal Encodes Expectation of Cue Arrival Time

    Xu Cui;Chess Stetson;P. Read Montague;David M. Eagleman

  • Subjective Duration as a Signature of Coding Efficiency : Emerging Links Among Stimulus Repetition, Predictive Coding, and Cortical GABA Levels

    William J. Matthews;Devin B. Terhune;Hedderik van Rijn;David M. Eagleman

Frequent Co-Authors

Terrence J. Sejnowski
Terrence J. Sejnowski Salk Institute for Biological Studies
P. Read Montague
P. Read Montague Virginia Tech
Ramiro Salas
Ramiro Salas Baylor College of Medicine
Jonathan Winawer
Jonathan Winawer New York University
Julia Simner
Julia Simner University of Sussex
Suzanne M. Leal
Suzanne M. Leal Columbia University Medical Center
Warren H. Meck
Warren H. Meck Duke University
Devin Blair Terhune
Devin Blair Terhune Goldsmiths University of London
Marc A. Sommer
Marc A. Sommer Duke University

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