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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Troland Research Awards, United States National Academy of Sciences For creative use of behavioral, brain-imaging, and neuropsychological evidence to elucidate the interplay of conscious and unconscious processes in perception, memory, and learning.

Overview

Marvin M. Chun is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with a particular concentration on cognitive neuroscience. The scholar's work spans several subfields, including experimental and cognitive psychology, computer vision and pattern recognition, social psychology, and psychiatry and mental health.

Chun's research covers a range of topics related to brain function and cognition. Key areas of study include:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Face Recognition and Perception
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Visual Attention and Saliency Detection

The scientist has authored numerous papers published in recognized venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Vision
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Recent notable papers, along with their year and venue, include:

  • Functional connectivity predicts changes in attention observed across minutes, days, and months, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Connectome-based neurofeedback: A pilot study to improve sustained attention, 2020, NeuroImage
  • A brain-based general measure of attention, 2022, Nature Human Behaviour
  • Differences in the functional brain architecture of sustained attention and working memory in youth and adults, 2022, PLoS Biology
  • Visual memorability in the absence of semantic content, 2021, Cognition

Chun frequently collaborates with other researchers. Regular co-authors include:

  • Monica D. Rosenberg
  • Kwangsun Yoo
  • Steven B. Most
  • R. Todd Constable
  • Yaoda Xu

In recognition of contributions to their field, Marvin M. Chun received the Troland Research Award from the United States National Academy of Sciences in 2006. The award citation highlights innovative use of behavioral, brain-imaging, and neuropsychological evidence to explore conscious and unconscious processes in perception, memory, and learning.

Best Publications

  • The Fusiform Face Area: A Module in Human Extrastriate Cortex Specialized for Face Perception

    Nancy Kanwisher;Josh McDermott;Marvin M. Chun;Marvin M. Chun

  • Functional connectome fingerprinting: identifying individuals using patterns of brain connectivity

    Emily S Finn;Xilin Shen;Dustin Scheinost;Monica D Rosenberg

  • Contextual Cueing: Implicit Learning and Memory of Visual Context Guides Spatial Attention ☆ ☆☆

    Marvin M. Chun;Yuhong Jiang

  • A two-stage model for multiple target detection in rapid serial visual presentation.

    Marvin M. Chun;Mary C. Potter

  • A taxonomy of external and internal attention.

    Marvin M. Chun;Julie D. Golomb;Nicholas B. Turk-Browne

  • Dissociable neural mechanisms supporting visual short-term memory for objects

    Yaoda Xu;Marvin M. Chun

  • Using connectome-based predictive modeling to predict individual behavior from brain connectivity.

    Xilin Shen;Emily S Finn;Dustin Scheinost;Monica D Rosenberg

  • A neuromarker of sustained attention from whole-brain functional connectivity.

    Monica D Rosenberg;Emily S Finn;Dustin Scheinost;Xenophon Papademetris

  • Contextual cueing of visual attention

    Marvin M. Chun

  • Interactions between attention and memory.

    Marvin M Chun;Nicholas B Turk-Browne

  • Organization of visual short-term memory.

    Yuhong Jiang;Ingrid R. Olson;Marvin M. Chun

  • Memory deficits for implicit contextual information in amnesic subjects with hippocampal damage.

    Marvin M. Chun;Elizabeth A. Phelps;Elizabeth A. Phelps

  • Neural evidence of statistical learning: Efficient detection of visual regularities without awareness

    Nicholas B. Turk-Browne;Brian J. Scholl;Marvin M. Chun;Marcia K. Johnson

  • Top-Down Attentional Guidance Based on Implicit Learning of Visual Covariation

    Marvin M. Chun;Yuhong Jiang

  • Attentional requirements in a 'preattentive' feature search task

    Julian S. Joseph;Marvin M. Chun;Ken Nakayama

  • Just Say No: How Are Visual Searches Terminated When There Is No Target Present?

    Marvin M. Chun;Jeremy M. Wolfe

  • Attentional Rubbernecking: Cognitive Control and Personality in Emotion-Induced Blindness

    Steven B. Most;Marvin M. Chun;David M. Widders;David H. Zald

  • Implicit, long-term spatial contextual memory.

    Marvin M. Chun;Yuhong Jiang

  • Selective attention modulates implicit learning

    Yuhong Jiang;Marvin M. Chun

  • The attentional requirements of consciousness

    Michael A. Cohen;Patrick Cavanagh;Marvin M. Chun;Ken Nakayama

Frequent Co-Authors

Monica D. Rosenberg
Monica D. Rosenberg University of Chicago
Dustin Scheinost
Dustin Scheinost Yale University
R. Todd Constable
R. Todd Constable Yale University
Brian J. Scholl
Brian J. Scholl Yale University
Yuhong V. Jiang
Yuhong V. Jiang University of Minnesota
René Marois
René Marois Vanderbilt University
Marcia K. Johnson
Marcia K. Johnson Yale University
Ingrid R. Olson
Ingrid R. Olson Temple University
Daeyeol Lee
Daeyeol Lee Johns Hopkins University

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