- Mahon, B.Z. (forthcoming 2023). Higher order visual object representations: A functional analysis of their role in perception and action, APA Handbook of Neuropsychology: Volume 2. Neuroscience and Neuromethods. Edited by Gregory G. Brown, Bruce Crosson, Kathleen Y. Haaland, and Tricia Z. King (Editors), the American Psychological Association. [UNCORRECTED PROOF]
- Mahon, B. Z. (2023). Domain-specific connectivity drives the organization of object knowledge in the brain, Handbook of Clinical Neurology, 187, 221-244. [pdf]
- Fischer, J., Mahon, B. Z. (2022). What tool representation, intuitive physics, and action have in common: The brain’s first-person physics engine Cognitive Neuropsychology, 1-13. [pdf]
- Schneider, C.L., Prentiss, E.K., Busza, A., Williams, Z.R., Mahon, B. Z., Sahin, B. (2022). FLUORESCE: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial of Fluoxetine for Vision Recovery After Acute Ischemic Stroke Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, 10.1097. [pdf]
- Rofes, A., Mahon, B. Z. (2021). Naming: Nouns and Verbs 11 Intraoperative Mapping of Cognitive Networks: Which Tasks for Which Locations, 171. [pdf]
- Schneider, C.L., Majewska, A.K., Busza, A., Williams, Z.R., Mahon, B.Z, Sahin, B. (2021). Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for functional recovery after stroke: similarities with the critical period and the role of experience-dependent plasticity, Journal of neurology, 268 (4), 1203-1209. [pdf]
- Paul, D.A., Strawderman, E., Rodriguez, A., Hoang, R., Schneider, C.L., Haber, S., Chernoff, B.L., Shafiq, I., Williams, Z.R., Vates, G.E., Mahon, B.Z. (2021). Empty sella syndrome as a window into the neuroprotective effects of prolactin, Frontiers in Medicine, 8. [pdf]
- Mahon, B.Z., Mead, J.A., Chernoff, B.L., Sims, M.H., Garcea, F.E., Prentiss, E.K., Belkhir, J.R., Haber, S.J., Gannon, S.B., Erickson, S., Wright, K.A., Schmidt, M.Z., Paulzak, A., Milano, V.C., Paul, D.A., Foxx, K., Tivarus, M., Nadler, J.N., Behr, J.M., Smith, S.O., Li, Y.M., Walter, K., Pilcher, W.H. (2019). Translational brain mapping at the University of Rochester Medical Center: Preserving the mind through personalized brain mapping, JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments), 150, e59592 [pdf] [video]
- Belkhir, J. R., Fitch, W. T., Garcea, F. G., Chernoff, B. L., Sims, M. H., Navarrete, E., Haber, S., Paul, D. A., Smith, S. O., Pilcher, W. H., & Mahon, B. Z. (2021). Direct electrical stimulation evidence for a dorsal motor area with control of the larynx. Brain Stimulation, 14, 110 - 112. [pdf]
- Mahon, B. Z. & Kemmerer, D. (2020). Interactions between language, thought, and perception: Cognitive and neural perspectives. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 37, 5-6. [pdf]
- Mahon, B. Z. (2020). Brain Mapping: Understanding the Ins and Outs of Brain Regions. Current Biology, 30(9), R414–R416. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.03.061
Current Biology. [pdf]
- Chernoff, B. L., Teghipco, A., Garcea, F. E., Belkhir, R., Sims, M. H., Paul, D. A., Tivarus, M, Smith, M, Hintz, E, Pilcher, W., & Mahon, B. Z. (2020). Reorganized language network connectivity after left arcuate fasciculus resection: A case study. Cortex, 123, 173–184. [pdf]
- Mahon, B. Z., Miozzo, M., & Pilcher, W.H. (2019).
Direct electrical stimulation mapping of cognitive functions in the human brain, Cognitive
Neuropsychology, 36:3-4, 97-102. [pdf]
- Mahon, B. Z., & Navarrete, E. (2019). Adjudicating conflict in speech production—Do we need a central selection mechanism? Cognitive Neuropsychology, 1–5. [pdf]
- Busza, A., Schneider, C. L., Williams, Z. R., Mahon, B. Z., & Sahin, B. (2019). Using Vision to Study Poststroke Recovery and Test Hypotheses About Neurorehabilitation. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 33(2), 87–95.[pdf]
- Lee, D., Mahon, B. Z., & Almeida, J. (2019). Action at a distance on object-related ventral temporal representations. Cortex, 117, 157–167. [pdf]
- Hirad, A. A., Bazarian, J. J., Merchant-borna, K., Garcea, F. E., Heilbronner, S., Paul, D., Hintz, E. B., Wijngaarden, E. V., Schifitto, G., Wright, D. W., Espinoza, T. R. & Mahon, B. Z. (2019). A common neural signature of brain injury in concussion and subconcussion. Science Advances, 5(8). [pdf] [Supplemental Materials]; Additional resources associated with this paper are at [www.openbrainproject.org/tbi]
- Schneider, C. L., Majewska, A. K., Busza, A., Williams, Z. R., Mahon, B. Z., & Sahin, B. (2019). Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for functional recovery after stroke: similarities with the critical period and the role of experience-dependent plasticity. Journal of Neurology. [pdf]
- Chernoff, B.L., Sims, M.H., Garcea, Smith, S.O., Pilcher, W.H., & Mahon, B.Z. (2019). Direct Electrical Stimulation of the Left Frontal Aslant Tract Disrupts Sentence Planning Without Affecting Articulation Cognitive Neuropsychology, 1-15. [pdf] [ Supplemental Online Video Showing Intra-Operative Mapping]
- Schneider C.L., Prentiss E.K., Busza, A., Matmati, K., Matmati, N., Williams, Z.R., Sahin, B., Mahon, B.Z. (2019). Survival of retinal ganglion cells after damage to the occipital lobe in humans is activity dependent. Proc. R. Soc. B 286: 20182733.[pdf]
[Supplemental Materials]
- Busza, A., Schneider, C. L., Williams, Z. R., Mahon, B. Z., & Sahin, B. (2019). Using Vision to Study Poststroke Recovery and Test Hypotheses About Neurorehabilitation.
Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 33(2), 87–95. [pdf]
- Garcea, F.E., Chen, Q., Vargas Jr., R., Narayan, D., & Mahon, B.Z. (in press). Task- and domain-specific modulation of functional connectivity in the ventral and dorsal object processing pathways. Brain Structure and Function. [pdf][Supplemental Materials]
- Shay, E., Chen, Q., Garcea, F.E., & Mahon, B.Z. (2018). Decoding intransitive actions in primary motor cortex using functional MRI: Toward a componential theory of 'action primitives' in motor cortex. Cognitive Neuroscience. [pdf]
- Chernoff, B.L., Teghipco, A., Garcea, F.E., Sims, M. H., Paul, D.A., Tivarus, M.E., Smith, S.O., Pilcher, W.H., & Mahon, B.Z. (2018). A Role for the Frontal Aslant Tract in Speech Planning: A Neurosurgical Case Study. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 30(5), 752-769. [pdf]
- Prentiss, E.K., Schneider, C.L., Williams, Z.R., Sahin, B. & Mahon, B.Z. (2018). Spontaneous in-flight accommodation of hand orientation to unseen grasp targets: A case of action blindsight. Cognitive Neuropsychology. [pdf][Supplemental Video]
- Garcea, F.E., Almeida, J., Sims, M., Nunno, A., Meyers, S.P., Li, Y.M., Walter, K., Pilcher, W.H., & Mahon, B.Z. (2018). Domain-Specific Diaschisis: Lesions to Parietal Action Areas Modulate Neural Responses to Tools in the Ventral Stream. Cerebral Cortex. [pdf][Supplemental Materials]
- Chen, Q., Garcea, F.E., Jacobs, R.A., & Mahon, B.Z. (2017). Abstract representations of object-directed action in the left inferior parietal lobule. Cerebral Cortex. [pdf]
- Koopman, S.E., Mahon, B.Z., & Cantlon, J.F. (2017). Evolutionary constraints on human object perception. Cognitive Science, 41, 2126 - 2148. [pdf] Supplemental Materials [pdf]
- Alonso-Diaz, S., Gaffin-Cahn, E., Mahon, B. Z., & Cantlon, J. F. (2017). What is in a reach? Domain-general spatial modulation of motor responses by number representations. Journal of Numerical Cognition, 3(2), 212–229. [pdf]
- Chen, Q., Garcea, F.E., Almeida, J., & Mahon, B.Z. (2017). Connectivity-based constraints on category-specificity in the ventral object processing pathway. Neuropsychologia, 105, 184 - 196. [pdf] Supplemental Materials [pdf]
- Garcea, F.E., Chernoff, B.L., Diamond, B., Lewis, W., Sims, M.H., Tomlinson, S.B., Teghipco, A., Belkhir, R., Gannon, S.B., Erickson, S., Smith, S.O., Stone, J., Liu, L., Tollefson, T., Langfitt, J., Marvin, E., Pilcher, W.H., & Mahon, B.Z. (2017). Direct electrical stimulation in the human brain disrupts melody processing. Current Biology, 27, 2684-2691. [pdf] Supplemental Videos [click here]
- Amaral, L., Ganho-Ávila, A., Osório, A., Soares, M.J., He, D., Chen, Q., Mahon, B.Z., Gonçalves, O.F., Sampaio, A., Fang, F., Bi, Y. & Almeida, J. (2016). Hemispheric asymmetries in subcortical visual and auditory relay structures in congenital deafness. European Journal of Neuroscience, 44(6), 2334-2339. [pdf]
- Kristensen, S., Garcea, F.E., Mahon, B.Z., & Almeida, J. (2016). Temporal frequency tuning reveals interactions between dorsal and ventral visual streams. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 28, 1295-1302. [pdf]
- Kersey, A.J., Clark, T.S., Lussier, C.A., Mahon, B.Z., & Cantlon, J.F. (2016). Development of tool selectivity in the dorsal and ventral visual pathways. Cerebral Cortex, 26, 3135-3145. [pdf]
- Mahon, B.Z., & Hickok, G. (2016). Arguments about the nature of concepts: Symbols, embodiment, and beyond. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 23, 941-958. [pdf]
- Vargas, R., Garcea, F.E., Mahon, B.Z., & Narayan, D. (2016). Refining the clustering coefficient for analysis of social and neural network data. Social Network Analysis and Mining, 6:49. [pdf]
- Mahon, B.Z., & Navarrete, E. (2016). Modeling lexical access in speech production as a ballistic process. Language, Cognition, and Neuroscience, 31, 521-523. [pdf]
- Garcea, F.E., Kristensen, S., Almeida, J., & Mahon, B.Z. (2016). Resilience to the contralateral visual field bias as a window into object representations. Cortex, 81, 14-23. [pdf] Supplemental Materials [pdf]
- Erdogan, G., Chen, Q., Garcea, F.E., Mahon, B.Z. & Jacobs, R. (2016). Multisensory part-based representations of objects in human lateral occipital complex. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 26, 869-881. [pdf]
- Chen, Q., Garcea, F.E., & Mahon, B.Z. (2016). The representation of object-directed action and function knowledge in the human brain. Cerebral Cortex, 26, 1609-1618. [pdf]
- Navarrete, E., Mahon, B.Z., Lorenzoni, A., & Peressotti, F. (2016). What can written-words tell us about lexical retrieval in speech production? Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 1 - 12. [pdf]
- Mahon, B.Z., Wu, W., (2015). Cognitive penetration of the dorsal visual stream? In Zeimbekis, J., & Athanasios, R (Eds.), The Cognitive Penetration of Perception: New Philosophical Perspectives. (pp. 200 - 217). Oxford University Press. [pdf]
- Almeida, J., He, D., Chen, Q., Mahon, B.Z., Zhang, F., Gonçalves, O.F., Fang, F., & Bi, Y. (2015). Decoding visual location from neural patterns in the auditory cortex of the congenitally deaf. Psychological Science, 26, 1771-1782. [pdf] Supplemental Materials [pdf]
- Mahon, B.Z. (2015). Response to Glenberg: Conceptual content does not constrain the representational format of concepts. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 69, 179-180. [pdf]
- Mahon, B.Z. (2015). The burden of embodied cognition. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 69, 172-178. [pdf]
- Navarrete, E., Caccaro, A., Pavani, F., Mahon, B.Z., & Peressotti, F. (2015). With or without semantic mediation: Retrieval of lexical representations in sign production. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Eduation, 20, 163-171.
- Mahon, B.Z. (2015). Missed Connections: A connectivity-constrained account of the representation and organization of object concepts. In Margolis, E., & Laurence, S. (Eds.), The Conceptual Mind: New Directions in the Study of Concepts (pp. 79 - 115). Cambridge: MIT Press. [pdf]
- Stasenko, A., Bonn, C., Teghipco, A., Garcea, F.E., Sweet, C., Dombovy, M., McDonough, J., and Mahon, B.Z. (2015). A causal test of the motor theory of speech perception: a case of impaired speech production and spared speech perception. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 32, 38-57. [pdf]
- Mahon, B.Z. (2015). What is embodied about cognition? Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 30, 420-429. [pdf]
- Paul, D.A., Gaffin-Cahn, E., Hintz, E.B., Adeclat, G.J., Zhu, T., Williams, Z.R., Vates, G.E., & Mahon, B.Z. (2014). White matter changes linked to visual recovery after nerve decompression. Science Translational Medicine, 6, 1-12. [pdf] Supplemental Materials [pdf]
- Navarrete, E., Del Prado, P., Peressotti, F., & Mahon, B.Z. (2014). Lexical retrieval is not by competition: Evidence from the blocked naming paradigm. Journal of Memory and Language, 76, 253-272. [pdf]
- Stasenko, A., Garcea, F.E., Dombovy, M., & Mahon, B.Z. (2014). When concepts lose their color: A case of object color knowledge impairment. Cortex, 58, 217-238. [pdf] Supplemental Materials [pdf]
- Garcea, F.E., & Mahon, B.Z. (2014). Parcellation of left parietal tool representations by functional connectivity. Neuropsychologia, 60, 131-143. [pdf] Supplemental Materials [pdf]
- Mahon, B.Z., & Navarrete, E. (2014). The CRITICAL DIFFERENCE in models of speech production: A response to Roelofs and Piai. Cortex, 52, 123-127. [pdf]
- Almeida, J., Mahon, B.Z., Zapater-Raberov, V., Dziuba, A., Cabaço, T., Marques, J.F., & Caramazza, A. (2014). Grasping with the eyes: the role of elongation in visual recognition of manipulable objects. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 14, 319-335. [pdf]
- Fintzi, A.R., & Mahon, B.Z. (2014). A bimodal tuning curve for spatial frequency across left and right human orbital frontal cortex during object recognition. Cerebral Cortex, 24, 1311-1318. [pdf]
- Almeida, J., Fintzi, A.R., & Mahon, B.Z. (2013). Tool manipulation knowledge is retrieved by way of the ventral visual object processing pathway. Cortex, 49, 2334-2344. [pdf]
- Stasenko, A., Garcea, F.E., & Mahon, B.Z. (2013). What happens to the motor theory of perception when the motor system is damaged? Language and Cognition, 5, 225-238. [pdf]
- Navarrete, E., & Mahon, B.Z. (2013). A rose by any other name is still a rose: A reinterpretation of Hantsch and Mädebach. Language and Cognitive Processes, 28, 701-716. [pdf]
- Mahon, B.Z., Kumar, N., & Almeida, J. (2013). Spatial frequency tuning reveals interactions between the dorsal and ventral visual systems. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 25, 862-871. [pdf]
- Garcea, F.E., Dombovy, M., & Mahon, B.Z. (2013). Preserved tool knowledge in the context of impaired action knowledge: Implications for models of semantic memory. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7, 1-18. [pdf] Supplemental Materials [pdf]
- Almeida, J., Pajtas, P.E., Mahon, B.Z., Nakayama, K., & Caramazza, A. (2013). Affect of the unconscious: Visually suppressed angry faces modulate our decisions. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 13, 94-101. [pdf] Supplemental Materials [doc]
- Garcea, F.E., & Mahon, B.Z. (2012). What is in a tool concept? Dissociating manipulation knowledge from function knowledge. Memory and Cognition, 40, 1303-1313. [pdf] Supplemental Materials [pdf]
- Garcea, F.E., Almeida, J., & Mahon, B.Z. (2012). A right visual field advantage for visual processing of manipulable objects. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 12, 813-825. [pdf] Supplemental Materials [pdf]
- Navarrete, E., Del Prato, P., & Mahon, B.Z. (2012). Factors determining semantic faciliation and interference in the cyclic naming paradigm. Frontiers in Psychology, 38, 1-15. [pdf]
- Mahon, B.Z., Garcea, F.E., & Navarrete, E. (2012). Picture-word interference and the response exclusion hypothesis: A response to Mulatti and Coltheart. Cortex, 48, 373-377. [pdf] Supplemental Materials [pdf]
- Mahon, B.Z. & Caramazza, A. (2011). What drives the organization of object knowledge in the brain? Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 15, 97-103. [pdf]
- Anzellotti, S., Mahon, B.Z., Schwarzbach, J., & Caramazza, A. (2011). Differential activity for animals and manipulable objects in the anterior temporal lobes. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 23, 2059-2067. [pdf]
- Navarrete, E., Mahon, B.Z., & Caramazza, A. (2010). The cumulative semantic cost does not require lexical selection by competition. Acta Psychologica, 134, 279-289. [pdf]
- Mahon, B.Z. & Caramazza, A. (2010). Judging semantic similarity: An event-related fMRI study with auditory word stimuli. Neuroscience, 169, 279-286. [pdf]
- Mahon, B.Z. Schwarzbach, J., & Caramazza, A. (2010). The representation of tools in left parietal cortex independent of visual experience. Psychological Science, 21(6), 764-771. [pdf] Supplemental Materials [pdf]
- Almeida, J., Mahon, B.Z., & Caramazza, A. (2010). The role of the dorsal visual processing stream in tool identification. Psychological Science, 21(6), 772-778. [pdf] Supplemental Materials [pdf]
- Janssen, N., Mellinger, A., Mahon, B.Z., Finkbeiner, M., & Caramazza, A. (2009). The word class effect in the picture-word interferences paradigm. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 63(6), 1233-1246. [pdf]
- Mahon, B.Z. & Caramazza, A. (2009). Why does lexical selection have to be so hard? Comment on Abdel Rahman &
Melinger's Swinging Lexical Network Proposal. Language & Cognitive Processes.
[pdf]
- Mahon, B.Z., Anzellotti, S., Schwarzbach, J., Zampini, M., & Caramazza, A. (2009). Category-specific organization
in the human brain does not require visual experience. Neuron, 63, 397-405. [pdf] Supplemental Materials [pdf]
- Mahon, B.Z & Caramazza, A. (2009). Concepts & Categories: A Cognitive Neuropsychological Perspective. Annual
Review of Psychology, 60, 27–51. [pdf]
- Mahon, B.Z. (2008). Action Recognition: Is It a Motor Process? Current Biology, 18, 22, R1068-1069.
[pdf]
- Almeida, J., Mahon, B.Z., Nakayama, K., & Caramazza, A. (2008). Unconscious processing dissociates along categorical
lines. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105, 5214–15218.
[pdf] Supplemental Materials [pdf]
- Mahon, B.Z. & Caramazza, A. (2008). A Critical Look at the Embodied Cognition Hypothesis & a New Proposal for
Grounding Conceptual Content. Journal of Physiology - Paris, 102, 59-70. [pdf]
- Janssen, N., Schirm, W. Mahon, B.Z., & Caramazza, A. (2008). The semantic interference effect in the picture-word
interference paradigm: Evidence for the response selection hypothesis. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory,
& Cognition, 34, 249-256. [pdf]
- Negri, G.A.L., Rumiati, R.I., Zadini, A., Ukmar, M., Mahon, B.Z., & Caramazza, A. (2007). What is the Role of Motor
Simulation in Action & Object Recognition? Evidence from Apraxia. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 24, 795-816.
[pdf]
- Mahon, B.Z., Milleville, S., Negri, G.A.L., Rumiati, R.I., Caramazza, A, & Martin, A. (2007). Action-related
properties of objects shape object representations in the ventral stream. Neuron, 55, 3, 507-520.
[pdf] Supplemental Materials [pdf]
- Mahon, B.Z., Costa, A., Peterson, R., Vargas, K., & Caramazza, A. (2007). Lexical selection is not by competition:
A reinterpretation of semantic interference & facilitation effects in the picture-word interference paradigm. Journal
of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 33, 503-535. [pdf]
- Caramazza, A., & Mahon, B.Z. (2006). The organization of conceptual knowledge in the brain: the future's past &
some future directions. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 23, 13-38. [pdf]
- Mahon, B.Z., & Caramazza, A. (2005). The orchestration of the sensory-motor systems: Clues from neuropsychology.
Cognitive Neuropsychology, 22, 480-494. [pdf]
- Mahon, B.Z. & Caramazza, A. (2004). Heterogeneity is a fact of category- specific semantic deficits. So? Comments
on Rosazza, Imbornone, Zorzi, Farina, Chiavari, & Cappa (2003). Neurocase, 10, 78-83.
[pdf]
- Capitani, E., Laiacona, M., Mahon, B., & Caramazza, A. (2003). What are the facts of category-specific deficits? A
critical review of the clinical evidence. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 20, 213-261.
[pdf]
- Mahon, B.Z. & Caramazza, A. (2003). Constraining questions about the organization & representation of conceptual
knowledge. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 20, 433-450. [pdf]
- Mahon, B.Z. & Caramazza, A. (2003). There are facts…& then there are facts. Reply to Moss & Tyler. Trends in
Cognitive Sciences, 7, 481-482. [pdf]
- Caramazza, A. & Mahon, B.Z. (2003). The organization of conceptual knowledge: the evidence from category-specific
semantic deficits. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 7, 325-374. [pdf]
- Costa, A, Mahon, B.Z., Savova, V., & Caramazza, A. (2003). Level of categorization effect: A novel effect in the
picture-word interference paradigm. Language & Cognitive Processes, 18, 205-233.
[pdf]
- Mahon, B.Z, & Caramazza, A. (2001). The Sensory/Functional Assumption or the Data: Which do we keep? Behavioral &
Brain Sciences, 24, 488-9. [pdf]
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