Publications
Kucuk, E., & Pitcher, D. (2024). Visual Neuroscience: A brain area tuned for processing social interactions.
Current Biology 34(2), R53-R55.
Kucuk_CB2024.pdf
Wang, W., Foxwell, M. J., Cichy, R. M., Pitcher, D., & Kaiser, D. (2024). Individual differences in internal models explain idiosyncrasies in scene perception. Cognition
Wang_Cognition2024.pdf
Pitcher, D. (2023). Visual Neuroscience: A specialised neural pathway for social perception.
Current Biology 33(23), R1222-R1224.
Pitcher_2023_CB_Dispatch.pdf
Pitcher, D., Sliwinska, M. W., & Kaiser, D. (2023). TMS disruption of the lateral prefrontal cortex increases neural activity in the default mode network when naming facial expressions.
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 18 (1), nsad072.
PItcher_SCAN_2023.pdf
Pitcher, D., Caulfield, B., & A. M., Burton (2023). Provoked overt recognition in acquired prosopagnosia using multiple different images of famous faces. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 40 (3-4), 158-166.
Pitcher_2023_CN.pdf
Pitcher, D. (2022). Visual motion: Asymmetrical processing differences between the cerebral hemispheres. Current Biology, 32 (18), R957-960.
Pitcher_2022_CB_Dispatch.pdf
Nikel, L., Sliwinska, M. W., Kucuk, E., Ungerleider, L. G., & Pitcher, D. (2022). Measuring the response to visually presented faces in the human lateral prefrontal cortex. Cerebral Cortex Communications, 3, (3), 1-9.
Nikel_2022_Cer_Cor_Com.pdf
Sliwinska, M. W., Brown, L., Earl., M., O’Gorman, D., Pollicina, G., Burton, A. M., & Pitcher, D. (2022). Familiar face learning in real-world social interactions induces changes in face-selective brain areas and the hippocampus. Perception, 51, (8), 521-538.
Sliwinska_2022_Perception.pdf
Pitcher, D. (2022). Face Processing and TMS. The Oxford Handbook of Transcranial Stimulation (2nd Edition). Oxford University Press.
Pitcher_2022_OUP_Chapter.pdf
Sliwinska, M. W., Elson, R., & Pitcher, D. (2021). Stimulating parietal regions of the multiple-demand cortex impairs novel vocabulary learning. Neuropsychologia,162, 108047.
2021_Sliwinska_Neuropsychologia.pdf
Pitcher, D., & Ungerleider, L. G. (2021). Evidence for a third visual pathway specialized for social perception. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 25(2), 100-110.
2021_Pitcher_TICS.pdf
Developmental commentary on 3rd Pathway from Grossman - Grossman_2021_TICS.pdf
Anatomical commentary on 3rd Pathway from Weiner & Gomez - Weiner_2021_TICS.pdf
Pitcher, D. (2021). Characterizing the third visual pathway for social perception. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 25(7), 18-19.
2021_Pitcher_TICS_Letter.pdf
Pitcher, D., Parkin, B., & Walsh, V. (2021). Transcranial magnetic stimulation and the understanding of behaviour. Annual Review of Psychology, 72, 97-121.
2021_Pitcher_AnnRev.pdf
Groen, I. A., Silson, E. H., Pitcher, D., & Baker, C. I. (2021). TMS of lateral occipital cortex reduces BOLD responses across category-selective areas in ventral temporal cortex. Neuroimage, 230, 117790.
Groen_2021_Neuroimage.pdf
Handwerker, D. A., Ianni, G., Gutierrez, B., Roopchansingh, V., Gonzalez-Castillo, J., Chen, G., Bandettini, P. A., Ungerleider, L. G., & Pitcher, D. (2020). Thetaburst TMS to the human posterior superior temporal sulcus disrupts resting-state fMRI connectivity across the face processing network.
Network Neuroscience, 4(3),746-760.
2020_Handwerker_NetNeuro.pdf
Sliwinska, M. W., Bearpark, C., Corkhill, J., McPhillips, A., & Pitcher, D. (2020). Dissociable pathways for moving and static face perception begin in early visual cortex: evidence from an acquired prosopagnosic. Cortex, 130, 327-339.
2020_Sliwinska_Cortex.pdf
Sliwinska, M. W., Elson, R., & Pitcher, D. (2020). TMS demonstrates causal functional connectivity between the left and right posterior temporal sulci during facial expression recognition.
Brain Stimulation, 13(4), 1008-1013.
2020_Sliwinska_Brain_Stim.pdf
Pitcher, D., Pilkington, A., Rauth, L., Baker, C. I., Kravitz, D. J., & Ungerleider, L. G. (2020). The human posterior superior temporal sulcus (pSTS) samples visual space differently from other face-selective regions. Cerebral Cortex, 30(2), 778–785.
2020_Pitcher_CC.pdf
Pitcher, D., Ianni, G., & Ungerleider, L. G. (2019). A functional dissociation of face-, body- and scene-selective brain areas based on their response to moving and static stimuli.
Scientific Reports, 9(1), 8242.
2019_Pitcher_SR.pdf
Sliwinska, M. W., & Pitcher, D. (2018). TMS demonstrates that both right and left superior
temporal sulci are important for facial expression recognition. Neuroimage, 183, 394-400.
2018_Sliwinska_Neuroimage.pdf
Pitcher, D., Japee, S., Rauth, L., & Ungerleider, L. G. (2017). The superior temporal sulcus is causally connected to the amygdala: A combined TBS-fMRI study. Journal of Neuroscience, 37(5), 1156-1161.
2017_Pitcher_JN.pdf
Lander, K., & Pitcher, D. (2017). Moving faces and moving bodies: Behavioural and neural correlates of person recognition. Face Processing: Systems, Disorders and Cultural Differences.
2017_Lander_Pitcher.pdf
Pitcher, D., Duchaine, B., & Walsh, V. (2014) Combined TMS and fMRI reveals dissociable cortical pathways for dynamic and static face perception. Current Biology, 24(17), 2066-2070.
2014_Pitcher_CB.pdf
Pitcher, D. (2014). Discriminating facial expressions takes longer in the posterior superior temporal sulcus than in the occipital face area. Journal of Neuroscience, 34(27), 9173-9177.
2014_Pitcher_JoN.pdf
Arzi, A., Banerjee, S., Cox, J., D’Souza, D., De Brigard, F., Doll, B., Fairley, J., Fleming, S., Herholz, S., King, D., Libby, L., Myers, J., Neta, M., Pitcher, D., Power, J., Rass, O., Ritchey, M., Rosales Jubal, E., Royston, A., Wagner, D., Wang, W., Waring, J., Williams, J., & Wood, S. (2014). The significance of cognitive neuroscience: Findings, applications, and challenges. In M.S. Gazzaniga (Ed.), The Cognitive Neurosciences (5th ed.). Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
Arzi2014.pdf
Rezlescu, C., Barton, J. J., Pitcher, D., & Duchaine, B. (2014). Normal acquisition of expertise with a novel object class in two cases of acquired prosopagnosia. PNAS, 111(14), 5123-5128.
2014_Rezlescu_PNAS.pdf
Rezlescu, C., Pitcher, D., & Duchaine, B. (2012). Acquired prosopagnosia with spared within-class object recognition but impaired recognition of basic-level objects. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 29(4), 325–347.
2012_Rezlescu_CN.pdf
Pitcher, D., Goldhaber, T., Duchaine, B., Walsh, V., & Kanwisher, N. (2012). Two critical and functionally distinct stages of face and body perception. Journal of Neuroscience, 32(45), 15877-15885.
2012_Pitcher_JoN.pdf
Sadeh, B., Pitcher, D., Brandman, T., Eisen, A., Thaler, A., & Yovel, G. (2011). Stimulation of object-category selective areas modulates ERP to their preferred categories. Current Biology, 21(22), 1894-1899.
2012_Sadeh_CB.pdf
Pitcher, D., Duchaine, B., Walsh, V., Yovel, G., & Kanwisher, N. (2011). The role of the occipital face area and lateral occipital area in the face inversion effect. Neuropsychologia, 49, 3448-3453.
2011_Pitcher_Neuropsychologia.pdf
Pitcher, D., Dilks, D. D., Saxe, R. R., Triantafyllou, C., & Kanwisher, N. (2011). Differential selectivity for dynamic versus static information in face-selective cortical regions. NeuroImage, 56, 2356-2363.
2011_Pitcher_Neuroimage.pdf
Pitcher, D., Walsh, V., & Duchaine, B. (2011). The role of the occipital face area in the cortical face perception network. Experimental Brain Research, 209, 481-493.
2011_Pitcher_EBR.pdf
Pitcher, D., Walsh, V., & Duchaine, B. (2011). Transcranial magnetic stimulation investigations of face perception. The Handbook of Face Perception. Series edited by Calder, A. J., Rhodes, G., Haxby, J. V., & Johnson, M. H. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
OUP_TMS_Chapter_pdf.pdf
Pitcher, D., Charles, L., Devlin, J. T., Walsh, V., & Duchaine, B. (2009). Triple Dissociation of Faces, Bodies, and Objects in Extrastriate Cortex. Current Biology, 19(4), 319-324.
2009_Pitcher_CB.pdf
Commentary by Downing - downing_dispatch.pdf
Pitcher, D., Garrido, L., Walsh, V., & Duchaine, B. (2008). TMS disrupts the perception and embodiment of facial expressions. Journal of Neuroscience, 28(36), 8929-8933.
2008_Pitcher_JoN.pdf
Science Editors Choice - science_editors_choice.pdf
Journal Club by Hussey & Safford - JoN_Journal_Club.pdf
Pitcher, D., Walsh, V., Yovel, G., & Duchaine, B. (2007). TMS evidence for the involvement of the right occipital face area in early face processing. Current Biology, 17(18), 1568-1573.
2007_Pitcher_CB.pdf
Commentary by Downing - Downing_Dispatch_2007.pdf
