2006

• Pessoa, L., Padmala, S., (2006). Decoding near-threshold perception of fear from distributed single-trial brain activation. Cerebral Cortex, Apr; 20.
• Pessoa, L., Japee, S., Sturman, D., & Ungerleider, L.G. (2006). Target visibility and visual awareness modulate amygdala responses to fearful faces. Cerebral Cortex, Mar; 16; 366-375.

2005

• Fátima Smith Erthal, Letícia de Oliveira, Izabela Mocaiber, Mirtes Garcia Pereira, Walter Machado-Pinheiro, Eliane Volchan, & Pessoa, L. (2005). Load-dependent modulation of affective picture processing. Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience, 5(4):388-395.
• Pessoa, L., Padmala, S., & Morland, T. (2005). Fate of the unattended fearful faces in the amygdala is determined by both attentional resources and cognitive modulation. NeuroImage, Oct 15;28(1):249-255.
• Pessoa, L. & Padmala, S. (2005). Quantitative prediction of perceptual decisions during near-threshold fear detection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 102, 5612-5617.
• Pessoa, L. (2005). To what extent are emotional stimuli processed without attention and awareness? Current Opinion of Neurobiology, 15, 188-196.
• Pessoa, L., & Ungerleider, L.G. (2005). Visual attention and emotional perception. In L. Itti, G. Rees, and J.K. Tsotsos (Eds.), Neurobiology of Attention. San Diego, CA: Elsev
• Pessoa, L., Japee, S., & Ungerleider, L.G. (2005). Visual awareness and the detection of fearful faces. Emotion, Jun;5(2):243-7.
  

2004

• Pessoa, L. & Ungerleider, L.G. (2004). Top-down mechanisms for working memory and attentional processes. In M. S. Gazzaniga (Ed.), The New Cognitive Neurosciences, 3^rd Edition, pp. 919-930, MIT Press.
  
• Pessoa, L., & Ungerleider, L.G. (2004). Neuroimaging studies of attention and the processing of emotion-laden stimuli. Progress in Brain Research, 144:171-82.
• Ishai, A., Pessoa, L., Bikle, C., & Ungerleider, L.G. (2004). Repetition suppression of faces is modulated by emotion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 101, 9827-9832.
• Pessoa, L., & Ungerleider, L.G. (2004). Neural correlates of change detection and change blindness in visual working memory. Cerebral Cortex, 14, 511-520.

2003

• Pessoa, L., Kastner, S., & Ungerleider, L.G. (2003). Neuroimaging studies of attention: From modulation of sensory processing to top-down control. Journal of Neuroscience, 23, 3990-3998.
• Mourão-Miranda, J., Volchan, E., Moll, J., de Oliveira-Souza, R., Oliveira, L., Bramati, I., Gattass, R., & Pessoa, L. (2003). Contributions of stimulus valence and arousal to visual system activation during emotional perception fMRI. Neuroimage , 20, 1955-1963.

2002

• Pessoa, L., Gutierrez, E., Bandettini, P.B., & Ungerleider, L.G (2002). Neural correlates of visual working memory: fMRI amplitude predicts task performance. Neuron, 35, 975-987.
• Pessoa, L., McKenna, M., Gutierrez, E., & Ungerleider, L.G (2002). Neural processing of emotional faces requires attention. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 99, 11458-11463.
• Moll, J., Oliveira-Souza, R., Eslinger, P., Bramati I., Mourao-Miranda, J., Andreiuolo P., & Pessoa, L. (2002). The neural correlates of moral sensitivity: A functional magnetic resonance imaging investigation of basic and moral emotions. Journal of Neuroscience, 22, 2730-2736.  
• Oliveira, L., Volchan, E., Pessoa, L., Marques, R.F., Pantoja, J.H.; Joffily, M., Souza-Neto, D., & Rocha-Miranda, C.E (2002). Contour integration in the primary visual cortex of the opossum. NeuroReport, 13, 2001-2004.
• Pessoa, L., Kastner, S., & Ungerleider. L.G (2002). Attentional control of the processing of neutral and emotional stimuli. Cognitive Brain Research, 15, 31-45.

1995-2001

• Neumann, H., Pessoa, L., & Hansen, T (2001). Visual filling-in for computing perceptual surface properties. Biological Cybernetics, 85, 355-369.

• Noë A, Pessoa L, & Thompson, E. (2000). Beyond the grand illusion: what change blindness really teaches us about vision. Visual Cognition, 7, 93-106.
• Ross, W., & Pessoa, L. (2000) Lightness from contrast: A selective integration model. Perception & Psychophysics, 62, 1160-1181.
  
  
• Pessoa, L., Exel, S. (1999). Attentional strategies for object recognition. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1606, 850-859.
• Neumann, H., Pessoa, L., & Hansen, T. (1999). Interaction of ON and OFF pathways for visual contrast measurement. Biological Cybernetics, 81, 515-32.
  
• Pessoa, L & Leitão, AP (1999). Complex cell prototype representation for face recognition. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, 10, 1528-1531.
• Neumann, H., Pessoa, L., & Mingolla, E. (1998). A neural network architecture of brightness perception: Non-linear contrast detection and geometry-driven diffusion. Image and Vision Computing, 16, 423-446.
• Grossberg, S., & Pessoa, L. (1998). Texture segregation, surface representation, and figure-ground separation. Vision Research, 38, 2657-2684.
• Pessoa, L., Thompson, E., & Noë, A. (1998). Finding out about filling-in: A guide to perceptual completion for visual science and the philosophy of perception. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 21, 65-144.
• Pessoa, L., Mingolla, E., & Arend, L. (1996). The perception of lightness in 3-D curved objects.  Perception & Psychophysics, 58, 1293-1305.
• Pessoa, L., Beck, J., & Mingolla, E. (1996). Perceived texture segregation in chromatic element-arrangement patterns: High intensity interference. Vision Research, 36, 1745-1760.
• Pessoa, L. (1996). Mach band attenuation by adjacent stimuli: experiment and filling-in simulations.   Perception, 25, 425-442.
• Pessoa, L. (1996). Mach bands: How many models are possible?  Recent experimental findings and modeling attempts.  Vision Research, 36, 3205-3227.
• Pessoa, L., Mingolla, E., and Neumann, H. (1995). A contrast- and luminance-driven multiscale network model of brightness perception. Vision Research, 35, 2201-2223.