Articles

In Press

Slaski, N., Sayim, B., & Kalénine, S. (in press). Thematic knowledge survives visual crowding and influences object identification.

2026

Lukyanova, V., Ameln, J., Witten, J. L., Gutnikov, A., Freiberg, M., Sayim, B., & Harmening, W. M. (2026). Sub-cone visual acuity can be achieved with less than 1 arcmin retinal slip . Journal of Vision, 26(2), 7.

2025

Sayim, B., & Rummens, K. (2025). Visual Crowding: A Fundamental Limit of Peripheral Vision, Word Identification and Reading . In Interactions with Neurobiology and Psychology, International Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (3rd ed.).

2024

Alp, N., Lale, G., Saglam, C., & Sayim, B. (2024). The effect of processing partial information in dynamic face perception . Scientific Reports.

Yildirim-Keles, Z., Coates, D. R., & Sayim, B. (2024). Attention in redundancy masking . Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 86, 1–14.

L-Miao, L., Reynvoet, B., & Sayim, B. (2024). The radial–tangential anisotropy of numerosity estimation . Journal of Vision, 24(7), 1–20.

2023

Dandan, Y. R., Ji, L., Song, Y., & Sayim, B. (2023). Foveal vision determines the perceived emotion of face ensembles . Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics.

Şentürk, Y. D., Tavacıoğlu, E. E., Duymaz, İ., Sayim, B., & Alp, N. (2023). The Sabancı University Dynamic Face Database (SUDFace) . Behavior Research Methods.

2022

Herzog, M. H., & Sayim, B. (2022). Crowding: Recent advances and perspectives . Journal of Vision, 22(12), 1–4.

L-Miao, L., Reynvoet, B., & Sayim, B. (2022). Anisotropic representations of visual space modulate visual numerosity estimation . Vision Research, 201, 108130.

Yildirim, F. Z., & Sayim, B. (2022). High confidence and low accuracy in redundancy masking . Consciousness and Cognition, 102, 103349.

Rummens, K., & Sayim, B. (2022). Multidimensional feature interactions in visual crowding . Journal of Vision, 22(6), 2.

Yildirim, F. Z., Coates, D. R., & Sayim, B. (2022). Atypical visual field asymmetries in redundancy masking . Journal of Vision, 22(5), 1–15.

2021

Rummens, K., & Sayim, B. (2021). Broad attention uncovers benefits of stimulus uniformity in visual crowding . Scientific Reports, 11, 23976.

Hirsch, T., Haiduk, M., & Sayim, B. (2021). Raphael’s “imperfect” viol – A question of perspective . Early Music, caab047.

Yildirim, F. Z., Coates, D. R., & Sayim, B. (2021). Hidden by bias . Scientific Reports, 11, 4095.

Melnik, N., Coates, D. R., & Sayim, B. (2021). Geometrically restricted image descriptors: A method to capture the appearance of shape . Journal of Vision, 21(3), 14.

2020

Taylor, H., & Sayim, B. (2020). Redundancy masking and the identity crowding debate . Thought: A Journal of Philosophy, 9(4), 257–265.

Doerig, A., Schmittwilken, L., Sayim, B., Manassi, M., & Herzog, M. H. (2020). Capsule networks as recurrent models of grouping and segmentation . PLOS Computational Biology, 16(7), e1008017.

Yildirim, F. Z., Coates, D. R., & Sayim, B. (2020). Redundancy masking: The loss of repeated items in crowded peripheral vision . Journal of Vision, 20(4), 14.

Melnik, N., Coates, D. R., & Sayim, B. (2020). Emergent features break the rules of crowding . Scientific Reports, 10(1), 1–10.

2019

Sayim, B., & Taylor, H. (2019). Letters lost: Capturing appearance in crowded peripheral vision reveals a new kind of masking . Psychological Science, 30(7), 1082–1086.

Rummens, K., & Sayim, B. (2019). Disrupting uniformity: Feature contrasts that reduce crowding interfere with peripheral word recognition . Vision Research, 161, 25–35.

2018

Melnik, N., Coates, D. R., & Sayim, B. (2018). Emergent features in the crowding zone: When target–flanker grouping surmounts crowding . Journal of Vision, 18(9), 19.

Taylor, H., & Sayim, B. (2018). Crowding, attention and consciousness: In support of the inference hypothesis . Mind & Language, 33(1), 17–33.

Sayim, B., & Franke, I. (2018). Towards a phenomenology of the unknown . Berlin: Schering Foundation.

2017

Sayim, B., & Wagemans, J. (2017). Appearance changes and error characteristics in crowding revealed by drawings . Journal of Vision, 17(11), 8.

Coates, D. R., Wagemans, J., & Sayim, B. (2017). Diagnosing the visual periphery: Using the Rey–Osterrieth Complex Figure test to evaluate peripheral visual function . i-Perception, 8(3).

Greenwood, J. A., Szinte, M., Sayim, B., & Cavanagh, P. (2017). Variations in crowding, saccadic precision, and spatial localization reveal the shared topology of spatial vision . PNAS, 114(17), E3573–E3582.

Ekroll, V., Sayim, B., & Wagemans, J. (2017). The other side of magic: The psychology of perceiving hidden things . Perspectives on Psychological Science, 12(1), 91–106.

2016

Herzog, M. H., Sayim, B., Manassi, M., & Chicherov, V. (2016). What crowds in crowding? . Journal of Vision, 16(11), 25.

Ekroll, V., Sayim, B., van der Hallen, R., & Wagemans, J. (2016). Illusory visual completion of an object’s invisible backside can make your finger feel shorter . Current Biology, 26(8), 1029–1033.

2015

Overvliet, K. E., & Sayim, B. (2015). Perceptual grouping determines haptic contextual modulation . Vision Research, 126, 52–58.

Sayim, B., Myin, E., & Van Uytven, T. (2015). Prior knowledge modulates peripheral color appearance . Proceedings of the International Colour Association (AIC), 1147–1152.

Herzog, M. H., Sayim, B., Chicherov, V., & Manassi, M. (2015). Crowding, grouping, and object recognition: A matter of appearance . Journal of Vision, 15(6), 5.

2014

Sayim, B., Greenwood, J. G., & Cavanagh, P. (2014). Foveal target repetitions reduce crowding . Journal of Vision, 14(6), 4.

Greenwood, J. G., Sayim, B., & Cavanagh, P. (2014). Crowding is reduced by onset transients in the target object (but not in the flankers) . Journal of Vision, 14(6), 2.

Sayim, B., Manassi, M., & Herzog, M. H. (2014). How color, regularity, and Gestalt determine backward masking . Journal of Vision, 14(7), 8.

2013

Ekroll, V., Sayim, B., & Wagemans, J. (2013). Against better knowledge: The magical force of amodal volume completion . i-Perception, 4(8).

Manassi, M., Sayim, B., & Herzog, M. H. (2013). When crowding of crowding leads to uncrowding . Journal of Vision, 13(13), 10.

Sayim, B., & Cavanagh, P. (2013). Grouping and crowding affect target appearance over different spatial scales . PLoS ONE, 8(8), e71188.

2012

Manassi, M., Sayim, B., & Herzog, M. H. (2012). Grouping, pooling, and when bigger is better in visual crowding . Journal of Vision, 12(10), 13.

2011

Sayim, B., & Cavanagh, P. (2011). What line drawings reveal about the visual brain . Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 5, 118.

Sayim, B., & Cavanagh, P. (2011). The art of transparency . i-Perception, 2(7), 679–696.

Sayim, B., Westheimer, G., & Herzog, M. H. (2011). Quantifying target conspicuity in contextual modulation by visual search . Journal of Vision, 11(1), 6.

2010

Sayim, B., Grubert, A., Herzog, M. H., & Krummenacher, J. (2010). Display probability modulates attentional capture by onset distractors . Journal of Vision, 10(3), 10.

Sayim, B., Westheimer, G., & Herzog, M. H. (2010). Gestalt factors modulate basic spatial vision . Psychological Science, 21(5), 641–644.

2009

Saarela, T. P., Sayim, B., Westheimer, G., & Herzog, M. H. (2009). Global stimulus configuration modulates crowding . Journal of Vision, 9(2), 5.

2008

Sayim, B., Westheimer, G., & Herzog, M. H. (2008). Contrast polarity, chromaticity, and stereoscopic depth modulate contextual interactions in vernier acuity . Journal of Vision, 8(8), 12.

2005

Sayim, B., Jameson, K. A., Alvarado, N., & Szeszel, M. (2005). Semantic and perceptual representations of color: Evidence of a shared color naming function . Journal of Cognition and Culture, 5, 165–220.