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108
Citations
62981
World Ranking
568
National Ranking
22

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2001 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Melvyn A. Goodale is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada and has made significant contributions in the field of neuroscience. Their research spans multiple topics within visual and cognitive neuroscience, focusing on the mechanisms of visual perception and processing, face recognition and perception, as well as motor control and adaptation.

The scientist's primary field of study is neuroscience, with numerous publications emphasizing cognitive neuroscience and experimental and cognitive psychology. Their work also extends to social psychology, computer vision and pattern recognition, and human-computer interaction.

Frequent research topics covered include:

  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Face recognition and perception
  • Motor control and adaptation
  • Neural and behavioral psychology studies
  • Action observation and synchronization
  • Evolutionary psychology and human behavior
  • Spatial neglect and hemispheric dysfunction

Recent publications by Melvyn A. Goodale feature a range of topics related to visual and cognitive processes:

  • Grip Constancy but Not Perceptual Size Constancy Survives Lesions of Early Visual Cortex, 2020, Current Biology
  • The Age-Dependent Neural Substrates of Blindsight, 2020, Trends in Neurosciences
  • What makes a theory of consciousness unscientific?, 2025, Nature Neuroscience
  • The effect of smiling on the perceived age of male and female faces across the lifespan, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Biases in human perception of facial age are present and more exaggerated in current AI technology, 2022, Scientific Reports

Among the frequent collaborators in their research are Irene Sperandio, Robert L. Whitwell, Tzvi Ganel, Sheila G. Crewther, and Juan Chen. This collaboration network reflects the interdisciplinary nature of their work, spanning visual perception, psychology, and neuroscience.

Melvyn A. Goodale's publications have appeared regularly in various scientific venues, with their most frequent publication venues including:

  • Journal of Vision
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuropsychologia
  • Current Biology
  • Scientific Reports

The scientist has been recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (Academy of Science) since 2001 and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Separate visual pathways for perception and action.

    Melvyn A. Goodale;A.David Milner

  • The visual brain in action

    A. David Milner;Melvyn A. Goodale

  • Analysis of visual behavior

    David Ingle;Melvyn A. Goodale;Richard J. W. Mansfield

  • A neurological dissociation between perceiving objects and grasping them

    M A Goodale;A D Milner;L S Jakobson;David Peter Matthew Carey

  • Two visual systems re-viewed.

    A.D. Milner;M.A. Goodale

  • Size-contrast illusions deceive the eye but not the hand

    Salvatore Aglioti;Joseph F.X. DeSouza;Melvyn A. Goodale

  • Large adjustments in visually guided reaching do not depend on vision of the hand or perception of target displacement

    M. A. Goodale;M. A. Goodale;D. Pelisson;D. Pelisson;C. Prablanc;C. Prablanc

  • Visually guided grasping produces fMRI activation in dorsal but not ventral stream brain areas

    Jody C. Culham;Stacey L. Danckert;Joseph F. X. Desouza;Joseph S. Gati

  • Sight Unseen: An Exploration of Conscious and Unconscious Vision

    Melvyn A. Goodale;A. David Milner

  • Visual control of reaching movements without vision of the limb. II. Evidence of fast unconscious processes correcting the trajectory of the hand to the final position of a double-step stimulus.

    Pélisson D;Prablanc C;Goodale Ma;Jeannerod M

  • Ventral occipital lesions impair object recognition but not object-directed grasping: an fMRI study.

    Thomas W. James;Jody Culham;G. Keith Humphrey;A. David Milner

  • Differences in the visual control of pantomimed and natural grasping movements

    M.A. Goodale;L.S. Jakobson;J.M. Keillor

  • Factors affecting higher-order movement planning: a kinematic analysis of human prehension.

    L. S. Jakobson;Melvyn A. Goodale

  • Separate neural pathways for the visual analysis of object shape in perception and prehension

    Melvyn A. Goodale;John Paul Meenan;Heinrich H. Bülthoff;David A. Nicolle

  • Visual control of reaching movements without vision of the limb

    C. Prablanc;D. Pélisson;M. A. Goodale

  • An evolving view of duplex vision: separate but interacting cortical pathways for perception and action

    Melvyn A Goodale;David A Westwood

  • The Effect of Pictorial Illusion on Prehension and Perception

    Angela M. Haffenden;Melvyn A. Goodale

  • Chapter 28 Visual pathways to perception and action

    A. David Milner;Melvyn A. Goodale

  • Haptic study of three-dimensional objects activates extrastriate visual areas

    Thomas W. James;G.Keith Humphrey;Joseph S. Gati;Philip Servos

  • The objects of action and perception.

    M A Goodale;G K Humphrey

  • Image and Brain: The Resolution of the Imagery Debate

    Melvyn A. Goodale

Frequent Co-Authors

Jody C. Culham
Jody C. Culham University of Western Ontario
A. David Milner
A. David Milner Durham University
Ravi S. Menon
Ravi S. Menon University of Western Ontario
Joseph S. Gati
Joseph S. Gati University of Western Ontario
James Danckert
James Danckert University of Waterloo
Thomas W. James
Thomas W. James Indiana University
Jason P. Gallivan
Jason P. Gallivan Queen's University
David Whitney
David Whitney University of California, Berkeley
Tutis Vilis
Tutis Vilis University of Western Ontario
Paul L. Gribble
Paul L. Gribble University of Western Ontario

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