Lawrence Marks, PhD

Director Emeritus and Fellow Emeritus
The John B. Pierce Laboratory

Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology and Public Health and Psychology
Yale School of Public Health

E mail: lmarks@jbpierce.org
Telephone: (203) 562-9901,
EXT. 230

Education

AB, Hunter College, City University of New York, 1962
PhD, Harvard University, 1965

Biographical Sketch

After a post-doctoral year at Harvard, Marks came to the Pierce Laboratory in 1966. He was promoted to Fellow in 1984 and served as Director from 1999-2009. Originally trained as a cognitive psychologist specializing in language, Marks has devoted most of his scientific career to elucidating human sensory and perceptual processes, including mechanisms of multisensory integration and interactions of sensory with cognitive processes in the coding and representation of perceptual information. Among his awards and honors are election as Fellow of the Society for Experimental Psychologists, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the New York Academy of Sciences, the American Psychological Association, and the Association for Psychological Science; election to the Connecticut Association for Science and Engineering; a Jacob Javits/Claude Pepper Award from the National Institutes of Health; and an honorary doctorate from Stockholm University.

Recent Publications

Knell SL, Marks LE, Sauri A and Simonovich SD. A Qualitative Examination of Opioid Sparing Anesthesia Practices Among CRNAs. (2023) J Perianesth Nurs. Pubmed J Perianesth Nurs

Veldhuizen MG, Siddique A, Rosenthal S and Marks LE. Interactions of Lemon, Sucrose and Citric Acid in Enhancing Citrus, Sweet and Sour Flavors. (2017) Chem Senses. 43, 17-26 Pubmed Chem Senses PMC Article

Hallowell ES, Parikh R, Veldhuizen MG and Marks LE. Flavor Identification and Intensity: Effects of Stimulus Context. (2016) Chem Senses. 41, 249-59 Pubmed Chem Senses PMC Article

Shepard TG, Veldhuizen MG and Marks LE. Response Times to Gustatory-Olfactory Flavor Mixtures: Role of Congruence. (2015) Chem Senses. 40, 565-75 Pubmed Chem Senses PMC Article

Brewer JM, Shavit AY, Shepard TG, Veldhuizen MG, Parikh R and Marks LE. Identification of gustatory-olfactory flavor mixtures: effects of linguistic labeling. (2013) Chem Senses. 38, 305-13 Pubmed Chem Senses PMC Article

Marks LE, Veldhuizen MG, Shepard TG and Shavit AY. Detecting gustatory-olfactory flavor mixtures: models of probability summation. (2012) Chem Senses. 37, 263-77 Pubmed Chem Senses PMC Article

Goertz MP, Marks LE and Montaño GA. Biomimetic monolayer and bilayer membranes made from amphiphilic block copolymer micelles. (2012) ACS Nano. 6, 1532-40 Pubmed ACS Nano

Marks LE, Shepard TG, Burger K and Chakwin EM. Flavor-intensity perception: effects of stimulus context. (2012) Physiol Behav. 105, 443-50 Pubmed Physiol Behav PMC Article

Veldhuizen MG, Shepard TG, Wang MF and Marks LE. Coactivation of gustatory and olfactory signals in flavor perception. (2010) Chem Senses. 35, 121-33 Pubmed Chem Senses PMC Article

Arieh Y and Marks LE. Post-transient shifts in auditory lateralization: effects of target level. (2010) J Acoust Soc Am. 127, 1-4 Pubmed J Acoust Soc Am

Wang MF, Marks LE and Frank ME. Taste coding after selective inhibition by chlorhexidine. (2009) Chem Senses. 34, 653-66 Pubmed Chem Senses PMC Article

Ross DA and Marks LE. Absolute pitch in children prior to the beginning of musical training. (2009) Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1169, 199-204 Pubmed Ann N Y Acad Sci

Arieh Y and Marks LE. Cross-modal interaction between vision and hearing: a speed-accuracy analysis. (2008) Percept Psychophys. 70, 412-21 Pubmed Percept Psychophys

Ittyerah M and Marks LE. Memory for curvature of objects: haptic touch vs. vision. (2007) Br J Psychol. 98, 589-610 Pubmed Br J Psychol PMC Article

Arieh Y and Marks LE. Posttransient shifts in auditory lateralization. (2007) Percept Psychophys. 69, 523-8 Pubmed Percept Psychophys

Pollock RA, Carter AS, Amir N and Marks LE. Anxiety sensitivity and auditory perception of heartbeat. (2006) Behav Res Ther. 44, 1739-56 Pubmed Behav Res Ther

Ross DA, Gore JC and Marks LE. Absolute pitch: music and beyond. (2005) Epilepsy Behav. 7, 578-601 Pubmed Epilepsy Behav

Arieh Y, Kelly K and Marks LE. Tracking the time to recovery after induced loudness reduction. (2005) J Acoust Soc Am. 117, 3381-4 Pubmed J Acoust Soc Am

Ross DA, Olson IR, Marks LE and Gore JC. A nonmusical paradigm for identifying absolute pitch possessors. (2004) J Acoust Soc Am. 116, 1793-9 Pubmed J Acoust Soc Am

Bartoshuk LM, Duffy VB, Green BG, Hoffman HJ, Ko CW, Lucchina LA, Marks LE, Snyder DJ and Weiffenbach JM. Valid across-group comparisons with labeled scales: the gLMS versus magnitude matching. (2004) Physiol Behav. 82, 109-14 Pubmed Physiol Behav

Odgaard EC, Arieh Y and Marks LE. Brighter noise: sensory enhancement of perceived loudness by concurrent visual stimulation. (2004) Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci. 4, 127-32 Pubmed Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci

Ashkenazi A and Marks LE. Effect of endogenous attention on detection of weak gustatory and olfactory flavors. (2004) Percept Psychophys. 66, 596-608 Pubmed Percept Psychophys

Ashkenazi A, Fritz M, Buckley J and Marks LE. The Temporal Automated System for Taste Experiments (TASTE). (2004) Behav Res Methods Instrum Comput. 36, 83-8 Pubmed Behav Res Methods Instrum Comput

Marks LE, Ben-Artzi E and Lakatos S. Cross-modal interactions in auditory and visual discrimination. (2003) Int J Psychophysiol. 50, 125-45 Pubmed Int J Psychophysiol

Arieh Y and Marks LE. Time course of loudness recalibration: implications for loudness enhancement. (2003) J Acoust Soc Am. 114, 1550-6 Pubmed J Acoust Soc Am

Arieh Y and Marks LE. Recalibrating the auditory system: a speed-accuracy analysis of intensity perception. (2003) J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform. 29, 523-36 Pubmed J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform

Odgaard EC, Arieh Y and Marks LE. Cross-modal enhancement of perceived brightness: sensory interaction versus response bias. (2003) Percept Psychophys. 65, 123-32 Pubmed Percept Psychophys

Jiang Y, Chun MM and Marks LE. Visual marking: selective attention to asynchronous temporal groups. (2002) J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform. 28, 717-30 Pubmed J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform

Arieh Y and Marks LE. Context effects in visual length perception: role of ocular, retinal, and spatial location. (2002) Percept Psychophys. 64, 478-92 Pubmed Percept Psychophys

Jiang Y, Chun MM and Marks LE. Visual marking: dissociating effects of new and old set size. (2002) J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn. 28, 293-302 Pubmed J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn

Rankin KM and Marks LE. Chemosensory context effects: role of perceived similarity and neural commonality. (2000) Chem Senses. 25, 747-59 Pubmed Chem Senses

Hettinger TP, Gent JF, Marks LE and Frank ME. A confusion matrix for the study of taste perception. (1999) Percept Psychophys. 61, 1510-21 Pubmed Percept Psychophys

Armstrong L and Marks LE. Haptic perception of linear extent. (1999) Percept Psychophys. 61, 1211-26 Pubmed Percept Psychophys

Gent JF, Hettinger TP, Frank ME and Marks LE. Taste confusions following gymnemic acid rinse. (1999) Chem Senses. 24, 393-403 Pubmed Chem Senses

Lakatos S and Marks LE. Haptic form perception: relative salience of local and global features. (1999) Percept Psychophys. 61, 895-908 Pubmed Percept Psychophys

Ben-Artzi E and Marks LE. Processing linguistic and perceptual dimensions of speech: interactions in speeded classification. (1999) J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform. 25, 579-95 Pubmed J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform

Marks LE and Wheeler ME. Focused attention and the detectability of weak gustatory stimuli. Empirical measurement and computer simulations. (1998) Ann N Y Acad Sci. 855, 645-7 Pubmed Ann N Y Acad Sci

Stevens JC, Cruz LA, Marks LE and Lakatos S. A multimodal assessment of sensory thresholds in aging. (1998) J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 53, P263-72 Pubmed J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci

Marks LE and Wheeler ME. Attention and the detectability of weak taste stimuli. (1998) Chem Senses. 23, 19-29 Pubmed Chem Senses

Potts BC, Melara RD and Marks LE. Circle size and diameter tilt: a new look at integrality and separability. (1998) Percept Psychophys. 60, 101-12 Pubmed Percept Psychophys

Marks LE and Mulvenna CM. Synesthesia, at and near its borders. (2013) Front Psychol. 4, 651 Pubmed Front Psychol PMC Article

Ittyerah M and Marks LE. Intramodal and cross-modal discrimination of curvature: Haptic touch versus vision. (2008) Curr Psychol Lett. 24, 1-11 Pubmed Curr Psychol Lett PMC Article

Velasco C, Woods AT, Marks LE, Cheok AD and Spence C. The semantic basis of taste-shape associations. (2016) PeerJ. 4, e1644 Pubmed PeerJ PMC Article

Eitan Z, Schupak A, Gotler A and Marks LE. Lower pitch is larger, yet falling pitches shrink. (2014) Exp Psychol. 61, 273-84 Pubmed Exp Psychol

Lakatos S and Marks LE. Haptic underestimation of angular extent. (1998) Perception. 27, 737-54 Pubmed Perception

Shepard TG, Shavit AY, Veldhuizen MG and Marks LE. Contextual Effects in Judgments of Taste Intensity: No Assimilation, Sometimes Contrast. (2017) Perception. 46, 268-282 Pubmed Perception PMC Article

Marks LE, Elgart BZ, Burger K and Chakwin EM. Human flavor perception: Application of information integration theory. (2007) Teor Model. 1, 121-132 Pubmed Teor Model PMC Article

Martino G and Marks LE. Cross-modal interaction between vision and touch: the role of synesthetic correspondence. (2000) Perception. 29, 745-54 Pubmed Perception

Martino G and Marks LE. Perceptual and linguistic interactions in speeded classification: tests of the semantic coding hypothesis. (1999) Perception. 28, 903-23 Pubmed Perception

Lawrence Marks, PhD

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