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Neuroscience

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9045
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Psychology

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Overview

Robert D. McIntosh is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Neuroscience, with a focus on Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology, Pharmacology, Statistics and Probability, and Rehabilitation.

Their work addresses several main topics including:

  • Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery

McIntosh has a considerable publication record with frequent contributions to the journal Cortex, where they have published 14 papers. Other regular venues include Peer Community In Registered Reports (8 publications), Neuropsychologia (4 publications), Laterality Asymmetries of Body Brain and Cognition (2 publications), and the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology (2 publications).

Frequent co-authors collaborating with McIntosh include:

  • A.G. Mitchell
  • Stéphanie Rossit (7 publications)
  • Sergio Della Sala (6 publications)
  • Antonia F. Ten Brink (3 publications)
  • Janet H. Bultitude (3 publications)

Recent papers by Robert D. McIntosh demonstrate a range within neuropsychological and cognitive neuroscience research, including:

  • "Power calculations in single-case neuropsychology: A practical primer" (2020, Cortex)
  • "The three R's of scientific integrity: Replicability, reproducibility, and robustness" (2020, Cortex)
  • "Skill and self-knowledge: empirical refutation of the dual-burden account of the Dunning-Kruger effect" (2022, Royal Society Open Science)

Best Publications

  • Do we have independent visual streams for perception and action

    Thomas Schenk;Robert D. McIntosh

  • Grasping the past. delay can improve visuomotor performance.

    A.D Milner;H.C Dijkerman;L Pisella;R.D McIntosh

  • Delayed reaching and grasping in patients with optic ataxia.

    A.D. Milner;H.C. Dijkerman;R.D. McIntosh;Y. Rossetti

  • Registered Reports: Realigning incentives in scientific publishing

    Christopher D. Chambers;Zoltan Dienes;Robert D. McIntosh;Pia Rotshtein

  • Visually guided reaching: bilateral posterior parietal lesions cause a switch from fast visuomotor to slow cognitive control

    Y Rossetti;P Revol;Robert McIntosh;L Pisella

  • Prism adaptation improves chronic visual and haptic neglect: a single case study.

    Robert D. McIntosh;Yves Rossetti;A. David Milner

  • Automatic avoidance of obstacles is a dorsal stream function: evidence from optic ataxia

    Igor Schindler;Nichola J Rice;Robert D McIntosh;Yves Rossetti;Yves Rossetti

  • Improving the clinical diagnosis of personal neglect: a reformulated comb and razor test.

    Robert D. McIntosh;Eric E. Brodie;Nicoletta Beschin;Ian H. Robertson

  • Sensorimotor effects on central space representation: prism adaptation influences haptic and visual representations in normal subjects.

    M. Girardi;R.D. McIntosh;C. Michel;G. Vallar

  • The neurological basis of visual neglect

    A Milner;Robert McIntosh

  • Monocular and binocular distance cues: insights from visual form agnosia I (of III)

    Mark Mon-Williams;James R. Tresilian;Robert D. McIntosh;David A. Milner

  • Irlen Colored Overlays Do not Alleviate Reading Difficulties

    Stuart J Ritchie;Sergio Della Sala;Robert D McIntosh

  • Two visual streams for perception and action: Current trends.

    Robert D. McIntosh;Thomas Schenk

  • Ocular scanning and perceptual size distortion in hemispatial neglect: effects of prism adaptation and sequential stimulus presentation

    H. Chris Dijkerman;Robert D. McIntosh;Robert D. McIntosh;A. David Milner;Yves Rossetti

  • Saccadic inhibition underlies the remote distractor effect

    Antimo Buonocore;Antimo Buonocore;Robert D. McIntosh

  • Intact automatic avoidance of obstacles in patients with visual form agnosia

    Nichola J. Rice;Nichola J. Rice;Robert D. McIntosh;Igor Schindler;Mark Mon-Williams

  • Matching boxes: familiar size influences action programming.

    Robert D. McIntosh;Gavin Lashley

  • Choosing between alternative wrist postures: Action planning needs perception

    H. C. Dijkerman;Robert McIntosh;I. Schindler;T. C. W. Nijboer

  • Wise up: Clarifying the role of metacognition in the Dunning-Kruger effect.

    Robert D. McIntosh;Elizabeth A. Fowler;Tianjiao Lyu;Sergio Della Sala

  • Exploratory reports: A new article type for Cortex.

    Robert D. McIntosh

  • Rise and fall of the two visual systems theory.

    Yves Rossetti;Laure Pisella;Robert D. McIntosh

  • Dorsal stream areas process action semantics

    Michiel van Elk;Hein T van Schie;Harold Bekkering

Frequent Co-Authors

Sergio Della Sala
Sergio Della Sala University of Edinburgh
A. David Milner
A. David Milner Durham University
Yves Rossetti
Yves Rossetti Lyon Neuroscience Research Center
Mark Mon-Williams
Mark Mon-Williams University of Leeds
H. Chris Dijkerman
H. Chris Dijkerman Utrecht University
Laure Pisella
Laure Pisella Inserm : Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale
Monika Harvey
Monika Harvey University of Glasgow
Michael Hornberger
Michael Hornberger University of East Anglia
James R. Tresilian
James R. Tresilian University of Warwick
Caroline Tilikete
Caroline Tilikete Hospices Civils de Lyon

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