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in press<\/span><\/p>\n

Ferrante, O.,\u00a0<\/strong>Jensen, O.,\u00a0Hickey, C.\u00a0<\/strong>(2026). Predictive distractor processing relies on integrated proactive and reactive attentional mechanisms.\u00a0The Journal of Neuroscience.\u00a0<\/em><link><\/a><\/p>\n

2025<\/span><\/p>\n

Menghi, N.<\/strong>, Coricelli, G., & Hickey, C. <\/strong>(2025). How visual and proprioceptive feedback mediate the
\neffect of monetary incentive on motor precision.\u00a0Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics,<\/em>\u00a087, <\/em>2488 – 2503. <link><\/a><\/p>\n

Grignolio, D.,\u00a0<\/strong>Meyyappan, S., Geng, J., Mangun, G.R., &\u00a0Hickey, C.\u00a0<\/strong>(2025). Neural mechanisms of object prioritization in vision.\u00a0Psychophysiology,<\/em> 62, <\/em>e70147. <link><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Acunzo, D., Grignolio, D. & Hickey, C.\u00a0<\/strong>(2025). Neural mechanisms for the attention-mediated propagation of conceptual information in the human brain. PLoS Biology<\/em>, 23(3), e3003018. <\/em><link><\/a><\/p>\n

Hickey, C., Grignolio, D., Munasinghe, V. & Acunzo, D.\u00a0<\/strong>(2025). Using N2pc variability to probe functionality: Linear mixed modelling of trial EEG and behaviour.\u00a0Biological Psychology,<\/em> 195, <\/em>108987. <link><\/a><\/p>\n

2024<\/span><\/p>\n

Grignolio, D., Acunzo, D., & Hickey, C.<\/strong> (2024). Object-based attention is accentuated by object reward association. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 50<\/em>(3), 280 – 294. <link><\/a><\/p>\n

Fakche, C., Hickey, C.\u00a0<\/strong>& Jensen, O. (2025). Fast feature-and category-related parafoveal previewing support free visual exploration.\u00a0The Journal of Neuroscience,\u00a0<\/em>44<\/em>(49), e0841242024. <link><\/a><\/p>\n

2023<\/span><\/p>\n

Hickey, C., Acunzo, D., & Dell, J.<\/strong> (2023). Suppressive control of incentive salience in real-world human vision. The Journal of Neuroscience,<\/em> 43<\/em>(37), 6454-6429 .<link><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Ferrante, O.<\/strong>, Zhigalov, A.,\u00a0Hickey, C.,\u00a0<\/strong>& Jensen, O. (2023). Statistical learning of distractor suppression down-regulates pre-stimulus neural excitability in early visual cortex. The Journal of Neuroscience,<\/em> 43(12), 2190-2198. <link><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

2022<\/span><\/p>\n

Acunzo, D.<\/strong>, Terhune, D., Sharma, A.<\/strong>, & Hickey, C.<\/strong> (2022). Absorption and dissociation mediate the relationship between suggestibility and impulsivity\/compulsivity. Acta Psychologica,<\/em> 231, 103793. <link><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Sharp, P.<\/strong>, Gutteling, T., Melcher, D., & Hickey, C.\u00a0<\/strong>(2022). Spatial attention tunes temporal processing in early visual cortex by speeding and slowing alpha oscillations. The Journal of Neuroscience, 42<\/em>(41), 7824-7832. <link><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Wu, B., Bagshaw, A., Hickey, C.<\/strong>, Kuhn, S., & Wilson, M. (2022). Evidence for distinct neuro-metabolic phenotypes in humans. Neuroimage, <\/em>249, 118902. <link><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

2021<\/span><\/p>\n

Abbasi, H., Kadel, A., Hickey, C.<\/strong>, & Shub\u00f6, A. (2021). Combined influences of strategy and selection history on attentional control. Psychophysiology. <\/em>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/psyp.13987 <link><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Hickey, C.<\/strong> & van Zoest, W. (2021). Foxes, hedgehogs, and attentional capture. Visual Cognition, 9,<\/em> 596-599. <link><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

van Zoest, W., Huber-Huber, C., Weaver, M.<\/strong>, & Hickey, C.\u00a0<\/strong>(2021). Strategic distractor suppression improves selective control in human vision. The Journal of Neuroscience,<\/em> 41(33), 7120 – 7135. <link><\/a><\/p>\n

2020<\/span><\/p>\n

Battistoni, E., Kaiser, D.,\u00a0Hickey, C.,\u00a0<\/strong>& Peelen, M. (2020). The time course of spatial attention during naturalistic visual search. Cortex, 122,\u00a0<\/em>225-234. <link><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

2019<\/span><\/p>\n

Hickey, C.,\u00a0<\/strong>Pollicino, D., Bertazzoli, G., & Barbaro, L.\u00a0<\/strong>(2019). Ultrafast object detection in naturalistic vision relies on ultrafast distractor suppression. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience,<\/em> 31(10, 1563-1572. <link><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Huber-Huber, C., Buonocore, A., Dimigen, O., Hickey, C.<\/strong>, & Melcher, D. (2019). The peripheral preview effect with faces: Combined EEG and eye-tracking suggests multiple stages of trans-saccadic predictive and non-predictive processing. Neuroimage, <\/em>200, 344-362.<\/p>\n

Sharp, P.,\u00a0<\/strong>Melcher, D., &\u00a0Hickey, C.\u00a0<\/strong>(2019). Different effects of spatial and temporal attention on the integration and segregation of stimuli in time. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 81<\/em>(2), 433 – 441. <link><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Schneider, D.<\/strong>, G\u00f6ddertz, A., Haase, H., Hickey, C.<\/strong>, & Wascher, E. (2019). Hemispheric asymmetries in EEG alpha oscillations indicate active inhibition during attentional orienting within working memory. Behavioural Brain Research,<\/em> 359, 38-46.\u00a0<link><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

2018<\/span><\/p>\n

Sharp, P.<\/strong>, Melcher, D., & Hickey, C.<\/strong> (2018). Endogenous attention modulates the temporal window of integration. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics,<\/em> 80<\/em>(5), 1214-1228.\u00a0<link><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Schneider, D.<\/strong>, Bonmassar, C., &\u00a0Hickey, C.<\/strong> (2018). Motivation and short-term memory in visual search: Attention’s accelerator revisited.\u00a0Cortex, 102,<\/em>\u00a045-46.<link><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

2017<\/span><\/p>\n

Barbaro, L.<\/strong>, Peelen, M.V., & Hickey, C.<\/strong> \u00a0(2017). Valence, not utility, underlies reward-driven prioritization in human vision. Journal of Neuroscience,<\/em> 37(43), 10438-10450. <link><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Pascucci, D.,\u00a0Hickey, C.,\u00a0<\/strong>Jovicich, J., & Turatto, M. (2017).\u00a0Independent circuits in basal ganglia and cortex for the processing of reward and precision feedback.\u00a0Neuroimage, 162<\/em>, 56-64.\u00a0<\/em><link><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Infanti, E.,\u00a0Hickey, C,\u00a0Menghi, N.,<\/strong> & Turatto, M. (2017). Reward-priming impacts visual working memory maintenance: evidence from human electrophysiology.\u00a0Visual Cognition.\u00a0<link><\/a>
\n<\/em>http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1080\/13506285.2017.1365790<\/p>\n

Hickey, C.\u00a0<\/strong>& Peelen, M.V. (2017). Reward selectively modulates the lingering neural representation of recently attended objects in natural scenes.\u00a0Journal of Neuroscience,<\/em> 37(31), 7297-7304. <link><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Weaver, M.<\/strong>, Hickey, C. <\/strong>& van Zoest, W.\u00a0(2017). The impact of salience and visual working memory on the monitoring and control of saccadic behaviour: An eye-tracking and EEG study. Psychophysiology,<\/em> 54(4), 544-554. <link><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Weaver, M.<\/strong>, van Zoest, W., & Hickey, C.\u00a0<\/strong>(2017). A temporal dependency account of attentional inhibition in oculomotor control. Neuroimage, 147,<\/em>\u00a0880-894.<link><\/a><\/p>\n

2016<\/span><\/p>\n

van Koningsbruggen, M.G., Ficarella, S.C., Battelli, L., & Hickey, C.<\/strong>\u00a0(2016). Transcranial random noise stimulation of visual cortex potentiates value-driven attentional capture. Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience,<\/em>\u00a011<\/em>(9),\u00a01481 – 1488.<link><\/a><\/em><\/i><\/p>\n

2015<\/span><\/p>\n

Hickey, C.<\/strong> & Peelen, M.V. (2015). Neural mechanisms of incentive salience in naturalistic human vision.\u00a0Neuron, 85,\u00a0<\/em>512-518.<link><\/em><\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

Hickey, C.,\u00a0<\/strong>Kaiser, D., & Peelen, M.V. (2015). Reward guides attention to object categories in real-world scenes. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General,\u00a0<\/em>144<\/em>(1).\u00a0<link><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Hickey, C.<\/strong>\u00a0& Los, S. A. (2015). Reward-priming of temporal preparation.\u00a0Visual Cognition.\u00a0<link><\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Infanti, E., Hickey, C.,\u00a0<\/b>& Turatto, M. (2015). Reward associations impact both iconic and visual working memory.\u00a0Vision Research, 107,<\/em> 22-29. <link><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

2014<\/span><\/p>\n

Hickey, C., <\/b>Chelazzi, L. & Theeuwes, J.\u00a0(2014). Reward priming of location in visual search.\u00a0PLoS ONE, 9<\/em>(7), e103372.\u00a0<link><\/i><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Braem, S., Hickey, C.,\u00a0<\/b>Duthoo, W., & Notebaert, W. (2014). Reward determines the context-sensitivity of cognitive control. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance,<\/em> 40(5), 1769-1778. <link><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Oliveira, F., Hickey, C., <\/b>& McDonald, J. J. (2014). Proactive and reactive processes in the medial frontal cortex: An electrophysiological study. PLoS ONE, 9<\/em>(1), e84351. <link><\/span><\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

2013<\/span><\/p>\n

Hickey, C. <\/b>& van Zoest, W. (2013). Reward-associated stimuli capture the eyes in spite of strategic attentional set. Vision Research, 92, <\/i>67-74.\u00a0<\/i><link><\/span><\/a><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Rangel-Gomez, M., <\/span>Hickey, C., <\/b>van Amelsvoort, T., Bet, P., & Meeter, M. (2013). Dopamine \u00a0affects the brain’s sensitivity to novelty: Evidence from apomorphine’s impact on the ERP. <\/span>PLoS ONE, 8<\/i>(6), e66469. <link><\/span><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

2012<\/span><\/p>\n

Hickey, C., <\/b>& van Zoest, W. (2012). Reward creates oculomotor salience. <\/span>Current Biology, 22<\/i>(7), R219 – R220<\/span>. <link><\/span><\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

Hilimire, M., <\/span>Hickey, C. <\/b>& Corballis, P. (2012). Target resolution in visual search involves the \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 direct suppression of distractors: Evidence from electrophysiology. <\/span>Psychophysiology, 49, <\/i>504 – 509. <link><\/span><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

2011<\/span><\/p>\n

Hickey, C.<\/b> & Theeuwes, J. (2011). Context and competition in the capture of visual attention. \u00a0<\/span>Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 73<\/i>(7), 2053 – 2064<\/span>. <link><\/span><\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

Hickey, C.,<\/b> Olivers, C.N.L., Meeter, M., & Theeuwes, J. (2011). Feature priming and the capture of visual attention: Linking two ambiguity resolution hypotheses. <\/span>Brain Research, 1370, <\/i>175 – 184<\/span>. <link><\/span><\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

Hickey, C.,<\/b> Chelazzi, L., & Theeuwes, J. (2011). Reward has a residual impact on target selection in visual search, but not on the suppression of distractors. <\/span>Visual Cognition, 19<\/i>(1), 117 – 128<\/span>. <link><\/span><\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

Van der Burg, E., Talsma, D., Olivers, C.N.L., <\/span>Hickey, C., <\/b>& Theeuwes, J. (2011). Early multisensory interactions affect the competition among multiple visual objects<\/span>. Neuroimage, 55,\u00a0<\/i>1208 – 1218<\/span>. <link><\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

2010<\/span><\/p>\n

Hickey, C.,<\/b> Chelazzi, L., & Theeuwes, J. (2010a). Reward changes salience in human vision via the anterior cingulate. <\/span>Journal of Neuroscience, 30<\/i>(33), 11096-11103. <link><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Hickey, C., <\/b>Chelazzi, L., & Theeuwes, J. (2010b). Reward guides vision when it’s your thing: Trait reward-seeking in reward-mediated attentional priming. <\/span>PLoS ONE, 5<\/i>(11), e14087.\u00a0<link><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Hickey, C., <\/b>van Zoest, W. & Theeuwes, J. (2010). The time course of exogenous and endogenous control of covert attention. <\/span>Experimental Brain Research, 201<\/i>(4), 789 – 796. <link><\/span><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Olivers, C. N. L. & <\/span>Hickey, C.<\/b> (2010). Priming resolves perceptual ambiguity in visual search: Evidence from behaviour and electrophysiology.\u00a0<\/span>Vision Research, <\/i>50, 1362 – 1371<\/span>. <link><\/span><\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

Chisholm, J., <\/span>Hickey, C., <\/b>Theeuwes, J. & Kingstone, A. (2010). Reduced attentional capture in action video game players. <\/span>Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 72, <\/i>667 – 671. <link><\/span><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Math\u00f4t, S., <\/span>Hickey, C.<\/b>, & Theeuwes, J. (2010). From reorienting of attention to biased competition: evidence from hemifield effects<\/span>. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 72, <\/i>651 – 657<\/span>. <link><\/span><\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

2009<\/span><\/p>\n

Hickey, C.<\/b>, Di Lollo, V., & McDonald, J. J. (2009). Electrophysiological indices of target and distractor processing in visual search. <\/span>Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 21<\/i>(4), 760 \u2013 775. <link><\/span><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

McDonald, J. J., <\/span>Hickey, C.<\/b>, Green, J., & Whitman, J. (2009). Inhibition of return reflects a bias against returning to recently attended locations. <\/span>Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 21<\/i>(4), 725 \u2013 733. <link><\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

2008<\/span><\/p>\n

Hickey, C.<\/b>, Di Lollo, V., & McDonald, J. J. (2008). Target and distractor processing in visual search: Decomposition of the N2pc. <\/span>OPAM Proceedings \u2013 Visual Cognition, 16<\/i>(1), 90 \u2013 143. <link><\/span><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Hickey, C.<\/b>, McDonald, J. J., & Theeuwes, J. (2006). Electrophysiological evidence of the capture of visual attention. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 18<\/i>(4), 604 \u2013 613. <link><\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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