Dr. Y. (Yaïr) Pinto
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Programme group Brain and Cognition
Area of expertise: Consciousness, Free will, Visual perception, Visual memory, Split-brain
Visiting address
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 129
- Room number: 0.07
Postal address
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Postbus 15915
1001 NK Amsterdam
Contact details
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Profile
Yair Pinto focuses on consciousness in several aspects. Past research has mainly focused on “passive” consciousness such as visual perception and visual memory. Current research is more geared towards active consciousness. This includes volition, conscious comprehension and language abilities.
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Research
Research methods
- Psychophysics
- fNiRS
- fMRI
Current research projects
- The role of libertarian free will in consciousness science
- Investigating consciousness via language and large language models
- Theoretical and empirical investigations into the existence of free will
Research grants and honours
- Rubicon
- Marie Curie Grant
- Large Templeton grant
- Replication grant
Current collaborations
- Kelvin McQueen, University of Durham
- Wolfgang Loeffler, University of Leiden
- Anil Seth, University of Sussex
- Adam Barrett, University of Sussex
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Teaching & PhD supervision
- Python course (BA)
- Consciousness and free will course (BA and MA)
- Supervising BA and MA theses
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Publications
2023
Pinto, Y., Villa, M.-C., Siliquini, S., Polonara, G., Passamonti, C., Lattanzi, S., Foschi, N., Fabri, M., & de Haan, E. H. F. (2023). Visual integration across fixation: automatic processes are split but conscious processes remain unified in the split-brain. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 17, Article 1278025. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2023.1278025 [details]- van der Reep, T. H. A., Molenaar, D., Löffler, W., & Pinto, Y. (2023). Quantum detector tomography applied to the human visual system: a feasibility study. Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics, Image Science and Vision, 40(2), 285-293. https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.477639 [details]
2022
- Lammers, N. A., Van den Berg, N. S., Lugtmeijer, S., Smits, A. R., Pinto, Y., de Haan, E. H. F., & the visual brain group (2022). Mid-range visual deficits after stroke: Prevalence and co-occurrence. PLoS ONE, 17(4), Article e0262886. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262886 [details]
- van den Berg, N. S., Lammers, N. A., Smits, A. R., Lugtmeijer, S., Pinto, Y., & De Haan, E. H. F. (2022). Mid-range visual functions in relation to higher-order visual functions after stroke. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 44(8), 580-591. https://doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2022.2147487 [details]
2021
- Lugtmeijer, S., Geerligs, L., de Leeuw, F. E., de Haan, E. H. F., Kessels, R. P. C., & The Visual Brain Group (2021). Are visual working memory and episodic memory distinct processes? Insight from stroke patients by lesion-symptom mapping. Brain Structure and Function, 226(6), 1713-1726. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-021-02281-0 [details]
- de Haan, E. H. F., Scholte, H. S., Pinto, Y., Foschi, N., Polonara, G., & Fabri, M. (2021). Singularity and consciousness: A neuropsychological contribution. Journal of Neuropsychology, 15(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnp.12234 [details]
- van den Berg, N. S., de Haan, E. H. F., Huitema, R. B., Spikman, J. M., & the visual brain group (2021). The neural underpinnings of facial emotion recognition in ischemic stroke patients. Journal of Neuropsychology, 15(3), 516-532. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnp.12240 [details]
2020
- Pinto, Y., de Haan, E. H. F., Villa, M-C., Soliquini, S., Polonara, G., Passamonti, C., Lattanzi, S., Foschi, N., & Fabri, M. (2020). Unified Visual Working Memory without the Anterior Corpus Callosum. Symmetry, 12(12), Article 2106. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym12122106 [details]
- de Haan, E. H. F., Corballis, P. M., Hillyard, S. A., Marzi, C. A., Seth, A., Lamme, V. A. F., Volz, L., Fabri, M., Schechter, E., Bayne, T., Corballis, M., & Pinto, Y. (2020). Split-Brain: What We Know Now and Why This is Important for Understanding Consciousness. Neuropsychology Review, 30(2), 224-233. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11065-020-09439-3 [details]
- de Haan, E. H. F., Fabri, M., Dijkerman, H. C., Foschi, N., Lattanzi, S., & Pinto, Y. (2020). Unified tactile detection and localisation in split-brain patients. Cortex, 124, 217-223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2019.11.010 [details]
2018
- Beek, T. F., Matzke, D., Pinto, Y., Rotteveel, M., Gierholz, A., Verhagen, J., Selker, R., Sasiadek, A., Steingroever, H., Jostmann, N. B., & Wagenmakers, E-J. (2018). Incidental Haptic Sensations May Not Influence Social Judgments: A Purely Confirmatory Replication Attempt of Study 1 by Ackerman, Nocera, and Bargh (2010). Journal of Articles in Support of the Null Hypothesis, 14(2), 69-90. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=132351143&site=ehost-live&scope=site [details]
2017
- Lammers, N. A., de Haan, E. H., & Pinto, Y. (2017). No Evidence of Narrowly Defined Cognitive Penetrability in Unambiguous Vision. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, Article 852. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00852 [details]
- Otten, M., Pinto, Y., Paffen, C. L. E., Seth, A. K., & Kanai, R. (2017). The uniformity illusion: Central stimuli can determine peripheral perception. Psychological Science, 28(1), 56-68. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797616672270 [details]
- Otten, M., Seth, A. K., & Pinto, Y. (2017). A social bayesian brain: How social knowledge can shape visual perception. Brain and Cognition, 112, 69-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2016.05.002 [details]
- Pinto, Y., Neville, D. A., Otten, M., Corballis, P. M., Lamme, V. A. F., de Haan, E. H. F., Foschi, N., & Fabri, M. (2017). Split brain: Divided perception but undivided consciousness. Brain, 140(5), 1231–1237. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/aww358 [details]
- Pinto, Y., Vandenbroucke, A. R., Otten, M., Sligte, I. G., Seth, A. K., & Lamme, V. A. F. (2017). Conscious visual memory with minimal attention. Journal of Experimental Psychology. General, 146(2), 214-226. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000255, https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000255.supp [details]
- Pinto, Y., de Haan, E. H. F., & Lamme, V. A. F. (2017). The Split-Brain phenomenon revisited: A single conscious agent with split perception. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 21(11), 835-851. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2017.09.003 [details]
- Zerr, P., Gayet, S., Mulder, K., Pinto, Y., Sligte, I., & Van der Stigchel, S. (2017). Remapping high-capacity, pre-Attentive, fragile sensory memory. Scientific Reports, 7, Article 15940. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-16156-0 [details]
2015
- Pinto, Y., van Gaal, S., de Lange, F. P., Lamme, V. A. F., & Seth, A. K. (2015). Expectations accelerate entry of visual stimuli into awareness. Journal of Vision, 15(8), Article 13. https://doi.org/10.1167/15.8.13 [details]
- Rotteveel, M., Gierholz, A., Koch, G., van Aalst, C., Pinto, Y., Matzke, D., Steingroever, H., Verhagen, J., Beek, T. F., Selker, R., Sasiadek, A., & Wagenmakers, E-J. (2015). On the automatic link between affect and tendencies to approach and avoid: Chen and Bargh (1999) revisited. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, Article 335. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00335 [details]
- Wagenmakers, E-J., Beek, T. F., Rotteveel, M., Gierholz, A., Matzke, D., Steingroever, H., Ly, A., Verhagen, J., Selker, R., Sasiadek, A., Gronau, Q. F., Love, J., & Pinto, Y. (2015). Turning the hands of time again: a purely confirmatory replication study and a Bayesian analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, Article 494. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00494 [details]
2013
- Pinto, Y., Sligte, I. G., Shapiro, K. L., & Lamme, V. A. F. (2013). Fragile visual short-term memory is an object-based and location-specific store. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 20(4), 732-739. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-013-0393-4 [details]
- Pinto, Y., van der Leij, A. R., Sligte, I. G., Lamme, V. A. F., & Scholte, H. S. (2013). Bottom-up and top-down attention are independent. Journal of Vision, 13(3), 16. Article 16. https://doi.org/10.1167/13.3.16 [details]
2012
- Pinto, Y., Scholte, H. S., & Lamme, V. A. F. (2012). Tracking moving identities: after attending the right location, the identity does not come for free. PLoS ONE, 7(8), e42929. Article e42929. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042929 [details]
2011
- Cohen, M. A., Pinto, Y., Howe, P. D. L., & Horowitz, T. S. (2011). The what-where trade-off in multiple-identity tracking. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 73(5), 1422-1434. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-011-0089-7 [details]
- Evans, K. K., Horowitz, T. S., Howe, P., Pedersini, R., Reijnen, E., Pinto, Y., & Wolfe, J. M. (2011). Visual attention. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews. Cognitive Science, 2(5), 503-514. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcs.127 [details]
- Howe, P. D. L., Drew, T., Pinto, Y., & Horowitz, T. S. (2011). Remapping attention in multiple object tracking. Vision Research, 51(5), 489-495. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2011.01.001 [details]
- Pinto, Y., Otten, M., Cohen, M. A., Wolfe, J. M., & Horowitz, T. S. (2011). The boundary conditions for Bohr’s law: when is reacting faster than acting? Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 73(2), 613-620. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-010-0057-7 [details]
- Wolfe, J. M., Reijnen, E., Horowitz, T. S., Pedersini, R., Pinto, Y., & Hulleman, J. (2011). How does our search engine "see" the world? The case of amodal completion. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 73(4), 1054-1064. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-011-0103-0
2010
- Howe, P. D. L., Cohen, M. S., Pinto, Y., & Horowitz, T. S. (2010). Distinguishing between parallel and serial accounts of multiple object tracking. Journal of Vision, 10(8), Article 11. https://doi.org/10.1167/10.8.11 [details]
- Howe, P. D. L., Pinto, Y., & Horowitz, T. S. (2010). The coordinate systems used in visual tracking. Vision Research, 50, 2375-2380. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2010.09.026 [details]
- Pinto, Y., Howe, P. D. L., Cohen, M. A., & Horowitz, T. S. (2010). The more often you see an object, the easier it becomes to track it. Journal of Vision, 10(10), 4. https://doi.org/10.1167/10.10.4 [details]
2008
- Pinto, Y., Olivers, C. N. L., & Theeuwes, J. (2008). Selecting from dynamic environments: Attention distinguishes between blinking and moving. Perception and Psychophysics, 70(1), 166-178. https://doi.org/10.3758/PP.70.1.166
- Pinto, Y., Olivers, C. N. L., & Theeuwes, J. (2008). Static items are automatically prioritized in a dynamic environment. Visual Cognition, 16(7), 916-932. https://doi.org/10.1080/13506280701575375
2007
- Pinto, Y., Olivers, C. N. L., & Theeuwes, J. (2007). The detection of temporally defined objects does not require focused attention. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 61(8), 1134-1142. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470210701851198
2006
- Pinto, Y., Olivers, C. N. L., & Theeuwes, J. (2006). When is search for a static target among dynamic distractors efficient? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 32(1), 59-72. https://doi.org/10.1037/0096-1523.32.1.59
2005
- Pinto, Y., Olivers, C. N. L., & Theeuwes, J. (2005). Target uncertainty does not lead to more distraction by singletons: Intertrial priming does. Perception and Psychophysics, 67(8), 1354-1361. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03193640
2021
- Pinto, Y., & Stein, T. (2021). The hard problem makes the easy problems hard – a reply to Doerig et al. Cognitive Neuroscience, 12(2), 97-98. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/17588928.2020.1838469 [details]
2020
- Pool, M. O., De Vos, B. D., Wolterink, J. M., Blok, S., Schuuring, M. J., Bleijendaal, H., Dohmen, D. A. J., Tulevski, I. I., Somsen, G. A., Mulder, B. J. M., Pinto, Y., Bouma, B. J., Isgum, I., & Winter, M. M. (2020). Distinguishing sinus rhythm from atrial fibrillation on single-lead ECGs using a deep neural network. European Heart journal, 41(Supplement 2), 3442. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.3442
2017
- Pinto, Y., Lamme, V. A. F., & de Haan, E. H. F. (2017). Cross-cueing cannot explain unified control in split-brain patients. Brain, 140(11), Article e68. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awx235 [details]
2011
- Cohen, M. A., Pinto, Y., Howe, P. D. L., & Horowitz, T. S. (2011). Erratum to: The what-where trade-off in multiple-identity tracking (Atten Percept Psychophys, 10.3758/s13414-011-0089-7). Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 73(8), 2668. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-011-0195-6
2020
- de Haan, E. H. F., & Pinto, Y. (2020). Callosal Syndromes. In J. Stein (Ed.), Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology Elsevier. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819641-0.00051-7 [details]
2019
- Pakholiuk, O., Bos, L. S., & Pinto, Y. (2019). Parafoveal preview benefit in mildly aphasic readers.
2017
- Pinto, Y., de Haan, E. H. F., & Lamme, V. A. F. (2017). Split-Brain, unified consciousness. Poster session presented at Annual meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness, Beijing, China.
Media appearance
- Otten, M. & Pinto, Y. (06-04-2023). Oh oh, ons geheugen faalt al na een paar seconden [Radio] BNR. Oh oh, ons geheugen faalt al na een paar seconden. https://www.bnr.nl/podcast/wetenschap-vandaag/10509057/oh-oh-ons-geheugen-faalt-al-na-een-paar-seconden
- Otten, M. & Pinto, Y. (05-04-2023). Human memory may be unreliable after just a few seconds, scientists find [Print] The Guardian. Human memory may be unreliable after just a few seconds, scientists find. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/apr/05/short-term-memory-illusions-study
- Otten, M. & Pinto, Y. (05-04-2023). Your short-term memory can be unreliable after just a few seconds [Web] New Scientist. Your short-term memory can be unreliable after just a few seconds. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2367992-your-short-term-memory-can-be-unreliable-after-just-a-few-seconds/
Talk / presentation
- Pinto, Y. (speaker) (8-6-2017). The requirements for conscious unity, Technical University of Kaiserslautern.
- Pinto, Y. (speaker) (3-2-2017). Split-Brain, unified consciousness, Tokyo consciousness association.
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Pinto, Y., Villa, M.-C., Siliquini, S., Polonara, G., Passamonti, C., Lattanzi, S., Foschi, N., Fabri, M., & de Haan, E. H. F. (2023). Visual integration across fixation: automatic processes are split but conscious processes remain unified in the split-brain. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 17, Article 1278025.