Publications by David Pascucci

The computational perspective: A catalyst for research questions in cognitive neuroscience?

Where do novel research questions come from? We suggest that identifying key computational problems and comparing solutions across domains can be one source. We exemplify this by looking at perception and action and outline how findings from one domain may ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2025

Anticipatory and reactive mechanisms of habituation to visual distractors

David Pascucci

Human attention can rapidly habituate to irrelevant and repetitive visual distractors. Although this phenomenon is well-documented in behavioral studies, the neural mechanisms involved remain largely unknown. In this study, we investigated the neural corre ...

Springer Science and Business Media LLC2025

Alpha peak frequency affects visual performance beyond temporal resolution

Michael Herzog, David Pascucci, Maya Roinishvili, Maëlan Quentin Menétrey

Recent work suggests that the individual alpha peak frequency (IAPF) reflects the temporal resolution of visual processing: individuals with higher IAPF can segregate stimuli at shorter intervals compared to those with lower IAPF. However, this evidence ma ...

2024

Intact Serial Dependence in Schizophrenia: Evidence from an Orientation Adjustment Task

Michael Herzog, David Pascucci

Background and Hypothesis For a long time, it was proposed that schizophrenia (SCZ) patients rely more on sensory input and less on prior information, potentially leading to reduced serial dependence-ie, a reduced influence of prior stimuli in perceptual t ...

OXFORD UNIV PRESS2024

The functional role of spatial anisotropies in ensemble perception

David Pascucci

BackgroundThe human brain can rapidly represent sets of similar stimuli by their ensemble summary statistics, like the average orientation or size. Classic models assume that ensemble statistics are computed by integrating all elements with equal weight. C ...

BMC2024

Connectome spectrum electromagnetic tomography: A method to reconstruct electrical brain source networks at high-spatial resolution

David Pascucci, Joan Rue Queralt

Connectome spectrum electromagnetic tomography (CSET) combines diffusion MRI-derived structural connectivity data with well-established graph signal processing tools to solve the M/EEG inverse problem. Using simulated EEG signals from fMRI responses, and t ...

Wiley2024

Serial dependence: A matter of memory load

David Pascucci, Natalia Tiurina

In serial dependence, perceptual decisions are biased towards stimuli encountered in the recent past. Here, we investigate whether and how serial dependence is affected by the availability of visual working memory (VWM) resources. In two experiments, parti ...

2024

Spectral tuning and after-effects in neural entrainment

David Pascucci, Maëlan Quentin Menétrey

Neural entrainment has become a popular technique to non-invasively manipulate brain rhythms via external, periodic stimulation. However, there is still debate regarding its underlying mechanisms and effects on brain activity. Here, we used EEG recordings ...

2024

Pre-stimulus alpha activity modulates long-lasting unconscious feature integration

Michael Herzog, David Pascucci, Maëlan Quentin Menétrey

Pre-stimulus alpha (α) activity can influence perception of shortly presented, low-contrast stimuli. The underlying mechanisms are often thought to affect perception exactly at the time of presentation. In addition, it is suggested that α cycles determine ...

2023

The effects of visual distractors on serial dependence

David Pascucci

Attractive serial dependence occurs when perceptual decisions are attracted toward previous stimuli. This effect is mediated by spatial attention and is most likely to occur when similar stimuli are attended at nearby locations. Attention, however, also in ...

Assoc Research Vision Ophthalmology Inc2023