Martin Constant

Post-doc

Uni Mail / bureau 4130
40 bd du Pont d'Arve
CH-1205 Genève
Email: martin.constant(at)unige.ch
Phone: +41 (0) 22 379 91 23
https://martinconstant.net/

Education

PhD in Systemic Neuroscience
Supervised by Heinrich R. Liesefeld
Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences (GSN)
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany

Master in Cognitive Science - “Neuropsychology and Clinical Neurosciences”
Université Lumière Lyon 2, Lyon, France
Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France

Research interests

Attention
EEG
Priority maps
Replication
Statistics & Methodology
Visual working memory

Projects

Management Comittee member representing Switzerland in the EEG101 COST Action [link].

Submitted articles

Fortuna, A., Constant, M., & Kerzel, D. (submitted to Journal of Vision). Probabilistic tuning of attentional templates: Evidence for flexible prioritization in visual working memory.
Kerzel, D., & Constant, M. (submitted to Journal of Vision). Attentional tuning to color in the additional singleton paradigm.
Babiloni, C., et al. (submitted to Clinical Neurophysiology Practice). EEG research workgroup: Recommendations on frequency and topographic analysis of resting state EEG rhythms. Part 2: Vigilance biomarkers for research in Alzheimer’s disease.

Publications

Cesnaite, E., & the EEGManyPipelines consortium (2025). The EEGManyPipelines Dataset: Metascientific Data on 168 Independent Analyses of a Single EEG Dataset. MetaArXiv. https://doi.org/qtjf
Constant, M., Mandal, A., Asanowicz, D., Panek, B., Kotlewska, I., Yamaguchi, M., Gillmeister, H., Kerzel, D., Luque, D., Molinero, S., Millán, A. V., Pesciarelli, F., Borelli, E., Ramzaoui, H., Beck, M., Somon, B., Desantis, A., Castellanos, M. C., Martín-Arévalo, E., … Liesefeld, H. R. (2025). A multilab investigation into the N2pc as an indicator of attentional selectivity: Direct replication of Eimer (1996). Cortex, 190, 304–341. https://doi.org/prd7 [accepted version, raw data, processed data, OSF, code, in-principle acceptance]
Fortuna, A., Constant, M., & Kerzel, D. (2025). Effects of retro-cue reliability on visual working memory and attentional template efficiency in visual search. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/prfn [data]
Constant, M., & Kerzel, D. (2025). Persistent effects of salience in visual working memory: Limits of cue-driven guidance. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 51(2), 153–163. https://doi.org/nz48 [accepted version, preprint v1, data] (Editor's choice article)
Mushtaq, F., Welke, D., Gallagher, A., Pavlov, Y. G., Kouara, L., Bosch-Bayard, J., van den Bosch, J. J. F., Arvaneh, M., Bland, A. R., Chaumon, M., Borck, C., He, X., Luck, S. J., Machizawa, M. G., Pernet, C., Puce, A., Segalowitz, S. J., Rogers, C., Awais, M., … Valdes-Sosa, P. (2024). One hundred years of EEG for brain and behaviour research. Nature Human Behaviour, 8, 1437–1443. https://doi.org/gt7s3x [pdf]
Kerzel, D., & Constant, M. (2024). Effects of spatial location on distractor interference. Journal of Vision, 24(9), 4. https://doi.org/ngfv [pdf, data]
Kerzel, D., & Constant, M. (2024). Dense and uniform displays facilitate the detection of salient targets. Visual Cognition. https://doi.org/ndsf [pdf]
Constant, M., Mandal, A., Asanowicz, D., Yamaguchi, M., Gillmeister, H., Kerzel, D., Luque, D., Pesciarelli, F., Fehr, T., Mushtaq, F., Pavlov, Y. G., & Liesefeld, H. R. (2023). A multilab investigation into the N2pc as an indicator of attentional selectivity: Direct replication of Eimer (1996). Peer Community In Registered Reports. Stage 1 Registered Report. https://doi.org/n6xg [pdf, in-principle acceptance]
Constant, M., & Liesefeld, H. R. (2023). Effects of salience are long-lived and stubborn. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 152(9), 2685–2694. https://doi.org/gr6xzr [accepted version, data]
Laybourn, S., Frenzel A. C., Constant M., & Liesefeld, H. R. (2022). Unintended emotions in the laboratory: Emotions incidentally induced by a standard visual working memory task predict task performance. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 151(7), 1591–1605. https://doi.org/hh3g [accepted version, data]
Constant, M., & Liesefeld, H. R. (2021). Massive effects of saliency on information processing in visual working memory. Psychological Science, 32(5), 682–691. https://doi.org/gjk9jh [pdf, supplements, preprint v1, preprint v2, data]
Constant, M., & Mellet, E. (2018). The impact of handedness, sex, and cognitive abilities on left–right discrimination: A behavioral study. Frontiers in Psychology, 9. https://doi.org/gdbb4f [pdf]

Conferences

The * indicates the presenter when it was not me.

Constant, M., & Kerzel, D. (upcoming; May 2026). To shield or not to shield: Effects of salience in whole-report visual working memory tasks. (VSS 2026) [abstract]
Fortuna, A.*, Constant, M., & Kerzel, D. (upcoming; May 2026). Beyond all-or-none: probabilistic visual working memory prioritization enhances memory performance without modulating N2pc or attentional capture. (VSS 2026) [abstract]
Constant, M., Mandal, A., Asanowicz, D., Panek, B., Kotlewska, I., Yamaguchi, M., Gillmeister, H., Kerzel, D., Luque, D., Molinero, S., Millán, A. V., Pesciarelli, F., Borelli, E., Ramzaoui, H., Beck, M., Somon, B., Desantis, A., Castellanos, M. C., Martín-Arévalo, E., … Liesefeld, H. R. (2025). A large-scale replication of Eimer (1996): Can the N2pc be elicited by an isolated target? International Journal of Psychophysiology, 213, 113065. https://doi.org/pwfw (IOP 2025)
Constant, M., & Kerzel, D. (2025). Effects of salience on visual working memory disappeared! Context during retrieval matters. Journal of Vision, 25(9), 2029. https://doi.org/g9tk2f (VSS 2025) [poster]
Fortuna, A.*, Constant, M., & Kerzel, D. (2025). The impact of retro-cue validity on working memory and attentional template efficiency. Journal of Vision, 25(9), 1768. https://doi.org/g9tk2d (VSS 2025) [poster]
Constant, M., Mandal, A., Asanowicz, D., Panek, B., Kotlewska, I., Yamaguchi, M., Gillmeister, H., Kerzel, D., Luque, D., Molinero, S., Millán, A. V., Pesciarelli, F., Borelli, E., Ramzaoui, H., Beck, M., Somon, B., Desantis, A., Castellanos, M. C., Martín-Arévalo, E., … Liesefeld, H. R. (2024). A multilab investigation into the N2pc as an indicator of attentional selectivity: Direct replication of Eimer (1996). Swiss Reproducibility Conference 2024.
Constant, M., & Kerzel, D. (2024). Cues improve visual working memory but fail to counteract the effects of salience. Journal of Vision, 24(10), 589. https://doi.org/g6chdt (VSS 2024) [poster]
Liesefeld H. R.*, & Constant, M. (2024). Overly simplistic displays conceal the importance of salience for human cognition. 53rd DGPs Congress/15th ÖGP Conference. [program, abstracts]
Constant, M., & Liesefeld, H. R. (2022). Examining the effect of saliency on EEG markers of attention allocation and maintenance in a visual-working-memory task. Handling Visual Distraction, Munich/Ammersee, Allemagne. [program]
Constant, M., & Liesefeld, H. R. (2022). Electrophysiological markers of saliency-dependent visual-working-memory processing. Abstracts of the 64th Conference of Experimental Psychologists. https://doi.org/g9tsqd (TeaP 2022)
Liesefeld, H. R.*, Constant, M., & Oberauer, K. (2022). The consequences of effects of saliency are long-lived (and stubborn). Journal of Vision, 22(14), 4206. https://doi.org/jsvx (VSS 2022) [poster]
Constant, M., & Liesefeld, H. R. (2022). Examining the effect of saliency on EEG markers of attention allocation and maintenance in a visual-working-memory task. Journal of Vision, 22(14), 3512. https://doi.org/jsvw (VSS 2022) [poster]
Constant, M., & Liesefeld, H. R. (2021). Investigating saliency-dependent working memory encoding using ERP components. Virtual Working Memory Symposium 2021 [program]
Constant, M., & Liesefeld, H. R. (2020). Massive effects of saliency on information processing in visual working memory. Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences Retreat 2020 [program]
Constant, M., & Liesefeld, H. R. (2020). The role of saliency for visual working memory in complex visual scenes. Journal of Vision, 20(11), 499. https://doi.org/fgf4 (VSS 2020) [poster]
Constant, M., & Liesefeld, H. R. (2020). Massive effects of saliency on information processing in visual working memory. Virtual Working Memory Symposium 2020 [program]