Publications

* equal contributions, Mack Lab trainees underlined
Submitted & in prep
  • Mack, M.L., Love, B.C.*, Preston, A.R.* Distinct hippocampal mechanisms support concept formation and updating. Submitted. preprint ​
  • Printzlau, F., Bourganos, A., Fukuda, K.*, Mack, M.L.* Learning-dependent modulation of working memory. In revision.
  • Son, G., Mack, M.L., Walther, D.B. Feature integration in real-world scene perception. In revision
In press
  • Mack, M.L. & Palmeri, T.J. (in press). “Discrimination, Recognition, and Classification” In M. Kahana, A. Wagner (Eds), Oxford Handbook of Human Memory.
2024
  • Xie, Y., Mack, M.L. (2024). Reconciling category exceptions through representational shifts. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. link
  • Son, G., Walther, D.B., Mack, M.L. (2024). Brief category learning distorts perceptual space for complex scenes. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. link | OSF
2023
  • Perovic, M., Heffernan, E.M., Einstein, G., & Mack, M.L. (2023). Learning exceptions to category rules varies across the menstrual cycle. Scientific Reports, 13:21999. link | OSF
  • Sherrill, K.R., Molitor, R.J., Karagoz, A.B., Atyam, M., Mack, M.L., Preston, A.R. (2023). Generalization of Cognitive Maps Across Space and Time. Cerebral Cortex, 33(12), 7971-7992. link
2022
  • Chow, J.K., Palmeri, T.J., & Mack, M.L. (2022). Revealing a competitive dynamic in rapid categorization with object substitution masking. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 84(3), 638–646. link | OSF
  • Gumus, M., Mack, M.L., Green, R., Khodadadi, M., Wennberg, R., Crawley, A., Colella, B., Tarazi, A., Mikulis, D., Tator, C., & Tartaglia, C.M., (2022). Brain connectivity changes in postconcussion syndrome as the neural substrate of a heterogeneous syndrome. ​Brain Connectivity, 12(8), 711–724. link
  • Xie, Y. & Mack, M.L. (2022). Differentiating Exceptions in Rule-Plus-Exception Category Learning. Proceedings of the 44th Cognitive Sciences Society Meeting.
  • Heffernan, E.M. & Mack, M.L. (2022). An In Silico Exploration of the Effect of Surprising Information on Hippocampal Representations. Proceedings of the 44th Cognitive Sciences Society Meeting.
  • Hong, B., Pace-Tonna, C.A., Barense, M., & Mack, M.L. (2022). Emphasizing associations from encoding affects free recall at retrieval. Proceedings of the 44th Cognitive Sciences Society Meeting.
  • Perovic, M., Heffernan, E.M., Einstein, G., & Mack, M.L. (2022). Category learning across the menstrual cycle: Learning exceptions to the rule varies by hormonal milieu. Proceedings of the 44th Cognitive Sciences Society Meeting.
  • Du, B. Schwartz-Narbonne, H., Tandoc, M., Heffernan, E.M., Mack, M.L., Siegel, J.A. (2022). The cognitive impact of essential oil diffusers. Indoor Air, 32(1). link
2021
  • Heffernan, E.M., Schlichting, M.L., & Mack, M.L. (2021). Learning exceptions to the rule in human and model via hippocampal encoding. Scientific Reports, 11, 21429. link | OSF | preprint
  • Schlichting, M.L., Gumus, M., Zhu, T., & Mack, M.L. (2021). The structure of hippocampal circuitry relates to rapid category learning in humans. Hippocampus, 31(11), 1179–1190. link 
  • Son, G., Walter, D.B., & Mack, M.L. (2021). Scene wheels: Measuring perception and memory of real-world scenes with a continuous stimulus space. Behavior Research Methods. link | OSF | press release | demo
  • Adema, J.D., Tang, S. & Mack, M.L. (2021). Leveraging rapid scene perception in attentional learning. Proceedings of the 43rd Cognitive Sciences Society Meeting.
  • Heffernan, E.M. & Mack, M.L. (2021). Learning exceptions to the rule in human and model via hippocampal encoding. Proceedings of the 43rd Cognitive Sciences Society Meeting. (CogSci 2021 Computational Modeling in Higher Level Cognition Award Winner)
  • Heffernan, E.M.*, Adema, J.D.*, & Mack, M.L. (2021). Investigating the neural dynamics of category decision making with computational model-based fMRI. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 28(5), 1638-1647. link | preprint
  • Gumus, M., Multani, N., Mack, M.L., & Tartaglia, C.M.. (2021). Progression of neuropsychiatric symptoms in young-onset versus late-onset Alzheimer’s disease. GeroScience, 43, 213-223. link
​2020
  • Du, B., Tandoc, M., Mack, M.L., Siegel, J.A. Indoor CO2 Concentrations and Cognitive Function: A Critical Review. Indoor Air, 6(30), 1067-1082. link
  • Mack, M.L., Preston, A.R., Love, B.C. Ventromedial prefrontal cortex compression during learning. Nature Communications, 11, 46. link | preprint
  • Botvinik-Nezer, R., Holzmeister, F., Camerer, C. F., Dreber, A., Huber, J., Johannesson, M., Kirchler, M., Iwanir, R., Mumford, J. A., Adcock, A., Avesani, P., Baczkowski, B., Bajracharya, A., Bakst, L., & Ball, S., … Schonberg, T. (2020). Variability in the analysis of a single neuroimaging dataset by many teams. Nature, 1–31.
2019
  • Zeithamova, D.*, Mack, M.L.*, Braunlich, K., Davis, T., Seger, C.A., Van Kesteren, M.T.R., Wutz, A. (2019). Brain Mechanisms of Concept Learning. Journal of Neuroscience, 39(42), 8259-8266. link
  • Schlichting, M.L.*, Mack, M.L.*, Guarino, K.F., & Preston, A.R. (2019). Comparison of semi-automated hippocampal subfield segmentation methods in a pediatric sample. NeuroImage, 191, 49-67. link | preprint | data  
2018
  • Martinez, J.E., Mack, M.L., Bauer, J.-R., Roe, M.A., Mumford, J.A., Church, J.A. (2018). Perceptual biases during cued task switching relate to decision process differences between children and adults. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Psychophysics, 44(10), 1603-1618. link | preprint
  • Mack, M.L., Love, B.C., Preston, A.R. (2018). Building concepts one episode at a time: The hippocampus and concept formation. Neuroscience Letters, 680, 31-38. doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2017.07.061. link
2017
  • Mack, M.L., Preston, A.R., & Love, B.C. (2017). Medial prefrontal cortex compresses concept representations through learning. Proceedings of the 2017 International Workshop on Pattern Recognition in Neuroimaging (PRNI), 1-4.
2016
  • Mack, M.L., Love, B.C., Preston, A.R. (2016). Dynamic updating of hippocampal object representations reflects new conceptual knowledge. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi:10.1073/pnas.1614048113  link | preprint
  • Martinez, J.E., Mack, M.L., Gelman, B., & Preston, A.R. (2016). Knowledge of Social Affiliations Biases Economic Decisions. PLoS ONE. 11(7): e0159918. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0159918 link | data
  • Mack, M.L. & Preston, A.R. (2016). Decisions about the past are guided by reinstatement of specific memories in the hippocampus and perirhinal cortex. NeuroImage, 127, 144-157. link
2015
  • Mack, M.L., & Palmeri, T.J. (2015). The Dynamics of Categorization: Unraveling Rapid Categorization. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 144(3), 551-569. pdf
  • Palmeri, T.J. & Mack, M.L. (2015). How Experimental Trial Context Affects Perceptual Categorization. Frontiers in Psychology, 6:180, 1-5. pdf
2014
  • Shen, J., Mack, M.L., & Palmeri, T.J. (2014). Studying real-world perceptual expertise. Frontiers in Psychology, 5:857, 1-6. pdf
2013
  • Mack, M.L., Preston, A.R., & Love, B.C. (2013). Decoding the brain’s algorithm for categorization from its neural implementation. Current Biology, 23, 2023-2027. pdf | data
2011
  • Mack, M.L., & Palmeri, T.J. (2011). The timing of visual object categorization. Frontiers in Perception Science, 2:165, 1-8. pdf
  • Mack, M.L., Richler, J.J., Gauthier, I., & Palmeri, T.J. (2011). Indecision on decisional separability. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 18(1), 1-9. pdf
  • Richler, J.J., Mack, M.L., Palmeri, T.J., & Gauthier, I. (2011). Inverted faces are (eventually) processed holistically. Vision Research, 51(3), 333-342. pdf
2010
  • Mack, M.L., Richler, J.J., Polyn, S., & Palmeri, T.J. (2010). Modelling effects of object naming on long-term object recognition memory. Visual Cognition, 18(10), 1526-1529. pdf
  • Mack, M.L. & Palmeri, T.J. (2010). Decoupling object detection and categorization. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 36(5), 1067-1079. pdf
  • Mack, M.L. & Palmeri, T.J. (2010). Modeling categorization of scenes containing consistent versus inconsistent objects. Journal of Vision, 10(3):11, 1-11. pdf
2009
  • Richler, J.J., Mack, M.L., Gauthier, I., & Palmeri, T.J. (2009). Holistic processing of faces happens at a glance. Vision Research, 49(23), 2856-2861. pdf
  • Mack, M.L., Wong, A.C.-N., Gauthier, I., Tanaka, J.W., & Palmeri, T.J. (2009). Time-course of visual object categorization: Fastest does not necessarily mean first. Vision Research, 49, 1961-1968. pdf
  • Castelhano, M.S., Mack, M.L., & Henderson, J.M. (2009). Viewing task influences eye movements during active scene perception. Journal of Vision, 9(3):6, 1-15. pdf
  • Mack, M.L., Richler, J.J., Palmeri, T.J., & Gauthier, I. (2009). Categorization. In G.G. Berntson & J.T. Cacioppo (Eds.), Handbook of Neuroscience for the Behavioral Sciences. John Wiley & Sons. pdf
  • Mack, M.L.. & Palmeri, T.J. (2009). Recognizing scenes containing consistent or inconsistent objects. In N.A. Taatgen & H. van Rijn (Eds.), Proceedings of the 31th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2528-2533). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. pdf
2008
  • Mack, M.L., Sadr, J., Gauthier, I., & Palmeri, T.J. (2008). Object detection and basic-level categorization: Sometimes you know it is there before you know what it is. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 15(1), 28-25. pdf
2007
  • Mack, M.L., Wong, A.C.-N., Gauthier, I., Tanaka, J., & Palmeri, T.J. (2007). Unraveling the time course of perceptual categorization: Does fastest mean first? In D. S. McNamara & J. G. Trafton (Eds.), Proceedings of the 29th Annual Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1253-1258). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. pdf
  • Henderson, J.M., Brockmole, J.R., Castelhano, M.S., & Mack, M.L. (2007). Visual saliency does not account for eye movements during visual search in real-world scenes. In Van Gompel, R.P.G., Fischer, M.H., Murray, W.S., & Hill, R.L. (Eds.), Eye movements: A window on mind and brain. Oxford: Elsevier. pdf
  • Richler, J.J., Mack, M.L., Gauthier, I., & Palmeri, T.J. (2007).  Distinguishing between perceptual and decisional sources of holism in face processing. In D. S. McNamara & J. G. Trafton (Eds.), Proceedings of the 29th Annual Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1427-1432). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. pdf
2005
  • Gajewski, D.A., Pearson, A.M., Mack, M.L., Bartlett, F.N., & Henderson, J.M. (2005). Human Gaze Control in Real World Search. In Paletta, L.; Tsotsos, J.K.; Rome, E.; Humphreys, G. (Eds.), Attention and Performance in Computational Vision (pp. 83-99). New York: Springer-Verlag. pdf
2004
  • Oliva, A., Mack, M. L., Shrestha, M., & Peeper, A. (2004). Identifying the perceptual dimensions of visual complexity of scenes. In K. Forbus, D. Gentner, & T. Regier (Eds.), Proceedings of the 26th Annual Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1041-1046). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. pdf
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