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Journal Articles

Itier, R.J. & Durston, A.J. (2023). Mass-univariate analysis of scalp ERPs reveals large effects of gaze fixation location during face processing that only weakly interact with face emotional expressionScientific Reports. Special issue on "Face perception"13, 17022 

Winward, S.B., Siklos-Whillans, J. & Itier, R.J. (2022). Impact of face outline, parafoveal feature number and feature type on early face perception in a gaze-contingent paradigm: a mass-univariate re-analysis of ERP data. Neuroimage: Reports. Special issue on “Replication findings in neuroimaging studies”, 2(4).

Hudson, A., Green, E., Wilson, M., Itier, R.J. & Henderson, H.A. (2021). The prominence of self-referential processing across ERP and memory consolidation in children. Developmental Neuropsychology, 46(8):598-615.

Hudson, A., Durston, A., McCrackin, S.D. & Itier, R.J. (2021). Emotion, gender and gaze discrimination tasks do not differentially impact the neural processing of angry or happy facial expressions – a mass univariate ERP analysis. Brain Topography.

Chow, A., Quan, Y., Chui, C., Itier, R.J. & Thompson, B. (2021). Orienting of covert attention by neutral and emotional gaze cues appears to be unaffected by mild to moderate amblyopia. Journal of Vision,  21(11), 5-5.

McCrackin, S.D. & Itier, R.J. (2021). I can see it in your eyes: Perceived gaze direction impacts ERP and behavioural measures of affective theory of mind. Cortex, 143, pp. 205-222.

Durston, A.J. & Itier, R.J. (2021). The early processing of fearful and happy facial expressions is independent of task demands - Support from Mass Univariate analyses. Brain Research, 1765, 147505.

Chen, Z., McCrackin, S. D., Morgan, A., & Itier, R. J. (2021). The gaze cueing effect and its enhancement by facial expressions are impacted by task demands: direct comparison of target localization and discrimination tasks. Frontiers in Psychology12, 696.

McCrackin, S. D., & Itier, R. J. (2021). Feeling through another's eyes: Perceived gaze direction impacts ERP and behavioural measures of positive and negative affective empathy. NeuroImage226, 117605.

McCrackin, S.D., Lee, C.L., Itier, R.J. & Fernandes, M.A. (2021). Meaningful Faces: Self-relevance of semantic context in an initial social encounter improves later face recognition. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review. 28283–291

Hudson, A., Wilson, M., Green, E. S., Itier, R. J., & Henderson, H. A. (2020). Are you as important as me? Self-other discrimination within trait-adjective processing. Brain and cognition142, 105569. 

Parkington, K. B., & Itier, R. J. (2019). From eye to face: The impact of face outline, feature number, and feature saliency on the early neural response to faces., Brain Research1722, 146343.

McCrackin, S.D., Soomal, S.K., Patel, P. , & Itier, R.J. (2019). Spontaneous eye-movements in neutral and emotional gaze-cueing: An eye-tracking investigation. Heliyon,5(4), e01583.

McCrackin, S.D. & Itier, R.J. (2019). Percived gaze direction differentially affects discrimination of facial emotion, attention, and gender: An ERP study. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 13:517.

Aguado, L., Parkington, K.B., Dieguez-Risco, T., Hinojosa, J.A., Itier, R.J. (2019). Joint modulation of facial expression processing by contextual congruency and task demands. Brain Sciences, 9(5): pii: E116.

McCrackin, S.D., & Itier, R.J. (2019). Individual differences in the emotional modulation of gaze-cueing. Cognition and Emotion, 33(4), 768-800.

Parkington, K.B., & Itier, R.J. (2018). One versus two eyes makes a difference! Early face perception is modulated by featural fixation and feature context. Cortex, 109(12), 35-49.

Itier, R.J., & Preston, F. (2018). Increased early sensitivity to eyes in mouthless faces: In support of the LIFTED model of face processing. Brain Topography, 31(6), 972-984. 

McCrackin, S.D., & Itier, R.J. (2018). Is it about me? Time-course of self-relevance and valence effects on the perception of neutral faces with direct and averted gaze. Biological Psychology, 135, 47-64.

McCrackin, S., & Itier, R. (2018). Both fearful and happy expressions interact with gaze direction by 200ms SOA to speed attention orienting. Visual Cognition, 26(4), 231-252.

Itier, R.J. & Neath-Tavares, K.N. (2017). Effects of task demands on the early neural processing of fearful and happy facial expressions. Brain Research, 1663, 38-50.

Palanica, A. & Itier, R.J. (2017). Asymmetry in gaze direction discrimination between the upper and lower visual field. Perception, 46(8), 941-955.

Neath-Tavares, K.N., Itier, R.J. (2016). Neural processing of fearful and happy expressions during emotion-relevant and emotion-irrelevant tasks: a fixation-to-feature approach. Biological Psychology 119, 122-140.

Palanica, A. & Itier, R.J. (2015). Eye gaze and head orientation modulate the inhibition of return for faces. Attention, Perception and Psychophysics 77(8):2589-600

Lassalle, A. & Itier, R.J. (2015). Emotional modulation of attention orienting by gaze varies with dynamic cue sequence. Visual Cognition, 26(6):720-735

Neath, K.N., & Itier, R.J. (2015). Fixation to features and neural processing of facial expressions in a gender discrimination task. Brain and Cognition, 99, 97-111.

Lassalle, A., & Itier, R.J. (2015). Autistic traits influence attention orienting to happy but not fearful faces. Social Neuroscience 10(1):70-88.

Palanica, A. & Itier, R.J. (2015). Effects of peripheral eccentricity and head orientation on gaze discrimination. Visual Cognition, 22:9-10,
1216-1232, DOI: 10.1080/135006285.2014.990545

Nemrodov, D., Anderson, T., Preston, F.F., & Itier, R.J. (2014) Early sensitivity for eyes within faces: a new neuronal account of holistic and featural processing. NeuroImage, 97, 81-94.

Neath, K. & Itier, R.J.(2014). Facial expression discrimination varies with presentation time but not with fixation on features: a backward masking study using eye-tracking. Cognition & Emotion. 28(1), 115-131

Lassalle, A. & Itier, R.J. (2013). Fearful, surprised, happy and angry facial expressions modulate gaze-oriented attention: behavioural and ERP evidence. Social Neuroscience. 8(6), 583-600

Ozen, L.J., Itier, R.J., Preston, F.F., Fernandes, M.A. (2013). Long-term working memory deficits after concussion: Electrophysiological evidence. Brain Injury. 27(11):1244-1255

Kloth, N., Itier, R.J., Schweinberger, S.R. (2013) Combined effects of inversion and feature removal on N170 responses elicited by faces and car fronts. Brain and Cognition. 81, 321-328

Neath, K., Nilsen, E.S, Gittsovich, K., Itier, R.J. (2013). Attention orienting by gaze and facial expressions across development. Emotion, 13(3), 397-408

Nemrodov, D., & Itier, R. J. (2012). Is the rapid adaptation paradigm too rapid? Implications for face and object processing. NeuroImage, 61, 812-822.

Palanica, A. & Itier, R.J. (2012). Attention capture by direct gaze is robust to context or task demands. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 36, 123-134.

Nemrodov, D., Itier, R.J. (2011). The role of eyes in early face processing: a rapid adaptation study of the inversion effect. British Journal of Psychology, 102, 783-798.

Bayless, S.J., Glover, M., Taylor, M.J. & Itier, R.J. (2011) Is it in the eyes? Dissociating the role of emotion and perceptual features of emotionally expressive faces in modulating orienting to eye-gaze. Visual Cognition, 19(4), 483-510.

Palanica, A. & Itier, R.J. (2011) Searching for a perceived gaze direction using eye tracking. Journal of Vision, 11(2):19, 1-13.

Itier, R.J., Van Roon, P & Alain, C. (2011). Species sensitivity of early face and eye processing. Neuroimage, 54, 705-713.

Itier, R.J., Batty, M. (2009) Neural bases of eye and gaze processing: the core of social cognition. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 33(6):843-63.

McIntosh, A.R., Kovacevic, N., Itier, R.J. (2008). Increased brain signal variability accompanies lower behavioural variability in development. PLoS Computational Biology, 4(7), e1000106.

Itier, R.J., Alain, C. Sedore, K., McIntosh, A.R. (2007). Early face specificity: it’s in the eyes!. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 19(11), 1815-1826.

Itier, R.J., Alain, C. Kovacevic, N., McIntosh, A.R. (2007). Explicit versus implicit gaze processing assessed by ERPs. Brain Research, 1177, 79-89.

Itier, R.J., Villate, C., Ryan, J.D. (2007). Eyes always attract attention but gaze-orienting is task dependent: evidence from eye movement monitoring. Neuropsychologia, 5, 1019-1028.

Bentin, S., Taylor, M.J., Rousselet, G.A., Itier, R.J., Caldara, R., Schyns, P.G., Jacques, C., Rossion, B. (2007). Controlling interstimulus perceptual variance does not abolish N170 face sensitivity. Nature Neuroscience, 10(7), 801-802.

Itier, R.J., Herdman, A.T., George, N., Cheyne, D. & Taylor, M.J. (2006). Inversion and contrast-reversal effects on early face processing assessed by MEG. Brain Research, 1115, 108-120.

Itier, R.J., Latinus, M. & Taylor, M.J. (2006). Face, eye and object early processing: what is the face specificity? Neuroimage, 29(2), 667-676.

Itier, R.J. & Taylor, M.J. (2004). N170 or N1? spatiotemporal differences between object and face processing using ERPs. Cerebral Cortex, 14, 132-142.

Itier, R.J. & Taylor, M.J. (2004). Face recognition memory and configural processing: a developmental ERP study using upright, inverted and contrast-reversed faces. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 16(3), 1-15.

Itier, R.J. & Taylor, M.J. (2004). Effects of repetition learning on upright, inverted and contrast-reversed face processing using ERPs.  Neuroimage, 21, 1518-1532.

Itier, R.J. & Taylor, M.J. (2004). Face inversion and contrast-reversal effects across development: in contrast to the expertise theory. Developmental Science, 7(2), 246-260.

Itier, R.J., Taylor, M.J., & Lobaugh, N.J. (2004). Spatiotemporal analysis of event-related potentials to upright, inverted and contrast-reversed faces: effects on encoding and recognition. Psychophysiology, 41(4), 643-653.

Itier, R.J. & Taylor, M.J. (2004). Source analysis of the N170 to faces and objects. Neuroreport, 15(8), 1261-1265.

Itier, R.J. & Taylor, M.J. (2004). Effects of repetition and configural changes on the development of face recognition processes. Developmental Science,7(4), 469-487.

Taylor, M.J., Batty, M. &Itier, R.J.(2004). The faces of development: a review of early processing over childhood. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 16(8), 1-17.

Itier, R.J. & Taylor, M.J. (2002). Inversion and contrast polarity reversal affect both encoding and recognition memory of faces: a repetition study using ERPs. Neuroimage, 15(2), 353-372.

Taylor, M.J., Itier, R.J., Allison, T. & Edmonds, G.E. (2001). Direction of gaze effects on early face and eye processing: Eyes-only versus full faces. Cognitive Brain Research, 10, 333-340.

Itier, R.J., Provasi, J. & Bloch, H. (2001). Integration of the property of weight into infants’ manipulation (PDF). Current Psychology Letters, behaviour, Brain and Cognition, 4, 51-65.

Book Chapters

Itier R.J. (2015). Attention to eyes in face perception. In: The Handbook of Attention. A. Kingstone, J.M. Fawcett, & E.F. Risko (Eds.). MIT Press (pp 369-387).

Itier, R.J. & Batty, M. (2008). Le traitement des aspects variables des visages: les yeux et le regard (“The processing of variable aspects of faces: eyes and gaze’’). In Traitement et reconnaissance des visages: du percept à la personne (‘‘Processing and recognition of faces: from percept to person’’). Emmanuel Barbeau, Sven Joubert & Olivier Felician (Eds.). Solal Editions, chapter 11, pp 281-318. ISBN=9782353270576

Rousselet, G.A. & Itier, R.J. (2008). Reconnaissance des visages versus reconnaissance des objets. (“Face recognition versus object recognition’’). In Traitement et reconnaissance des visages : du percept à la personne (‘‘Processing and recognition of faces : from percept to person’’). Emmanuel Barbeau, Sven Joubert & Olivier Felician (Eds.). Solal Editions, chapter 8, pp 209-238. ISBN=9782353270576

Batty, M. & Itier, R.J. (2004). Les modifications des potentiels évoqués cognitifs au cours du développement (Modulations of cognitive ERPs during the course of development). In L’imagerie fonctionnelle électrique (EEG) et magnétique (MEG): ses applications en sciences cognitives (‘Electrical (EEG) and magnetic (MEG) functional imaging: its applications in cognitive sciences’). Bernard Renault (Ed). Hermes editions (cognitive sciences collection), Chapter 10, pp 217-234. ISBN=2746208377