Publications
Ioannucci, S., Leipner, G., & Vetter, P. (2026). When sounds control sight: Associative learning modifies perceptual transitions in binocular rivalry. Journal of Vision, 26(3), 2. https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.26.3.2
Pollicina, G., Müller, S. A., Dalton, P., & Vetter, P. (2025). Decoding semantic sound categories in early visual cortex. Cerebral Cortex, 35(8), bhaf208. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhaf208
Ioannucci, S., & Vetter, P. (2025). Semantic audio-visual congruence modulates visual sensitivity to biological motion across awareness levels. Cognition, 262, 106181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2025.106181
Vetter, P., Badde, S., Ferre, E., Seubert, J., Shinn-Cunningham, B. (2024). Evaluating cognitive penetrability of perception across the senses. Nature Reviews Psychology, 3, 804-820. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44159-024-00382-1
Montabes de la Cruz, B. M., Abbatecola, C., Luciani, R. S., Paton, A.T., Bergmann, J., Vetter, P., Petro, L. S., Muckli, L. (2024). Decoding sound content in the early visual cortex of aphantasic participants. Current Biology, 34(21):5083-5089.e3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.09.008
Hu, J., Badde, S., & Vetter, P. (2024). Auditory guidance of eye movements toward threat-related images in the absence of visual awareness. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 18:1441915. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2024.1441915
Hu, J., & Vetter, P. (2024). How the eyes respond to sounds. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 153 (1), 18–36. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.15093
Bola, Ł.*, Vetter, P.*, Wenger, M. & Amedi, A. (2023). Decoding reach direction in early “visual” cortex of congenitally blind individuals. Journal of Neuroscience, 43(46), 7868–7878. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0376-23.2023
Vetter, P. (2023). Functional visual perception requires cognitive representations. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 30 (3), 212-221.
Vetter, P.*, Bola, L.*, Reich, L., Bennett, M., Mucki, L. & Amedi, A. (2020). Decoding natural sounds in early “visual” cortex of congenitally blind individuals. Current Biology, 30(15), 3039-3044.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.071
Vetter, P.*, Badde, S.*, Phelps, E. A., & Carrasco, M. (2019). Emotional faces guide the eyes in the absence of awareness. ELife, 8:e43467. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.43467
Edwards. G., Vetter, P., McGruer, F., Petro, L. & Muckli, L. (2017). Predictive feedback to V1 dynamically updates with sensory input. Scientific Reports, 7: 16538. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-16093-y
Newen, A. & Vetter, P. (2017). Why cognitive penetration of our perceptual experience is still the most plausible account. Consciousness & Cognition, 47, 26-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2016.09.005
Vetter, P., Grosbras, M.-H. & Muckli, L. (2015). TMS over V5 disrupts motion prediction. Cerebral Cortex, 25(4), 1052-9. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bht297
Vetter, P., Smith, F. W. & Mucki, L. (2014). Decoding sound and imagery content in early visual cortex. Current Biology, 24 (11), 1256-62. (Featured in Science, 2014, 345 (6193), 176-177 as Research News from other journals). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.04.020
Vetter, P. & Newen, A. (2014). Varieties of cognitive penetration in visual perception. Consciousness & Cognition, 27C, 62-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2014.04.007
Vetter, P., Sanders, L. & Muckli, L. (2014). Dissociation of prediction from conscious perception. Perception, 43, 1107-1113. https://doi.org/10.1068/p7766
Jüttner, R., Montag, D., Craveiro, R., Babich, A., Vetter, P. & Rathjen, F. G. (2013). Impaired presynaptic function and elimination of synapses at premature stages during postnatal development of the cerebellum in the absence of CALEB (CSPG5/neuroglycan C). European Journal of Neuroscience, 38(9), 3270-80. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.12313
Schlicht, T., Vetter, P., Thaler, L., Moss, C. F. (2013). Wahrnehmung (Perception). In: Stephan, A., Walter, S. (eds.) Handbuch Kognitionswissenschaft (Handbook of Cognitive Science). Stuttgart: Metzler.
Vetter, P., Edwards, G., & Muckli, L. (2012). Transfer of predictive signals across saccades. Frontiers in Psychology, 3, 176. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00176
Vetter, P., Butterworth, B. & Bahrami, B. (2011). A candidate for the attentional bottleneck: Set-size specific modulation of right TPJ during attentive enumeration. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 23(3), 728-36. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn.2010.21472
Bahrami B., Vetter P., Spolaore E., Pagano S., Butterworth B. & Rees G. (2010). Unconscious numerical priming despite interocular suppression. Psychological Science, 21(2), 224-233. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797609360664
Puzzo I., Cooper N., Vetter P. & Russo R. (2010). EEG activation differences in the pre-motor cortex and supplementary motor area between normal individuals with high and low traits of autism. Brain Research, 1342, 104-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2010.04.060
Puzzo I., Cooper N.R., Vetter P., Russo R. & Fitzgerald P. B. (2009). Reduced cortico-motor facilitation in a normal sample with high traits of autism. Neuroscience Letters, 467, 173-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2009.10.033
Vetter, P., Butterworth, B. & Bahrami, B. (2008). Modulating attentional load affects numerosity estimation: Evidence against a pre-attentive subitizing mechanism. PLoS ONE, 3 (9), e3269. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003269