Adam Kohn

11.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
74 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Adam Kohn is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Adam Kohn has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 36 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 4 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Adam Kohn's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (65 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (49 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (14 papers). Adam Kohn is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (65 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (49 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (14 papers). Adam Kohn collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Portugal. Adam Kohn's co-authors include Matthew A. Smith, J. Anthony Movshon, Marlene R. Cohen, Xiaoxuan Jia, Amin Zandvakili, Ruben Coen-Cagli, Stephanie Wissig, Samuel G. Solomon, Byron M. Yu and Odelia Schwartz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Adam Kohn

68 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Measuring and interpreting neuronal correlations

2011 702 citations Adam Kohn et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
Visual Adaptation: Physiology, Mechanisms, and Functional Benefits

2007 594 citations Adam Kohn Journal of Neurophysiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Adam Kohn United States	39	6.0k	2.7k	408	408	398	74	6.5k
Emilio Salinas United States	34	5.3k 0.9×	1.9k 0.7×	460 1.1×	430 1.1×	273 0.7×	68	5.7k
Jonathan W. Pillow United States	34	4.7k 0.8×	2.0k 0.7×	500 1.2×	590 1.4×	564 1.4×	111	5.6k
Amos Arieli Israel	28	5.9k 1.0×	2.6k 0.9×	314 0.8×	344 0.8×	305 0.8×	52	6.5k
Carlos D. Brody United States	39	5.5k 0.9×	2.0k 0.7×	313 0.8×	527 1.3×	395 1.0×	73	6.2k
Andreas S. Tolias United States	42	6.0k 1.0×	3.2k 1.2×	270 0.7×	633 1.6×	1.2k 3.1×	93	8.2k
Christos Constantinidis United States	37	5.1k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	121 0.3×	322 0.8×	411 1.0×	107	6.0k
Alexander Thiele United Kingdom	39	4.7k 0.8×	2.1k 0.8×	187 0.5×	185 0.5×	747 1.9×	121	5.5k
W. Martin Usrey United States	30	4.8k 0.8×	2.5k 0.9×	164 0.4×	275 0.7×	925 2.3×	60	5.4k
José‐Manuel Alonso United States	35	4.4k 0.7×	2.7k 1.0×	225 0.6×	418 1.0×	773 1.9×	86	4.9k
Zoltán Nádasdy United States	22	5.0k 0.8×	4.0k 1.5×	169 0.4×	497 1.2×	501 1.3×	42	6.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Adam Kohn

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Fields of papers citing papers by Adam Kohn

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Adam Kohn

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Adam Kohn. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Adam Kohn based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Adam Kohn. Adam Kohn is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Kohn, Adam, et al.. (2025). Relating natural image statistics to patterns of response covariability in macaque primary visual cortex. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6757–6757.

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Kohn, Adam, et al.. (2025). Fast Multigroup Gaussian Process Factor Models. Neural Computation. 37(9). 1709–1782.

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Semedo, João D., et al.. (2022). Disentangling the flow of signals between populations of neurons. Nature Computational Science. 2(8). 512–525. 14 indexed citations

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Aschner, Amir, et al.. (2021). Neuronal variability reflects probabilistic inference tuned to natural image statistics. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3635–3635. 39 indexed citations

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Bonnen, Kathryn, et al.. (2019). Binocular viewing geometry shapes the neural representation of the dynamic three-dimensional environment. Nature Neuroscience. 23(1). 113–121. 15 indexed citations

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Aschner, Amir, Samuel G. Solomon, Michael S. Landy, David J. Heeger, & Adam Kohn. (2018). Temporal Contingencies Determine Whether Adaptation Strengthens or Weakens Normalization. Journal of Neuroscience. 38(47). 10129–10142. 12 indexed citations

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Cowley, Benjamin R., João D. Semedo, Amin Zandvakili, et al.. (2017). Distance covariance analysis. 242–251. 6 indexed citations

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Cowley, Benjamin R., Matthew A. Smith, Adam Kohn, & Byron M. Yu. (2016). Stimulus-Driven Population Activity Patterns in Macaque Primary Visual Cortex. PLoS Computational Biology. 12(12). e1005185–e1005185. 29 indexed citations

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Larsson, Jonas, Samuel G. Solomon, & Adam Kohn. (2015). fMRI adaptation revisited. Cortex. 80. 154–160. 53 indexed citations

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Zandvakili, Amin & Adam Kohn. (2015). Coordinated Neuronal Activity Enhances Corticocortical Communication. Neuron. 87(4). 827–839. 84 indexed citations

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Snyder, A. C., Michael J. Morais, Adam Kohn, & Matthew A. Smith. (2014). Correlations in V1 Are Reduced by Stimulation Outside the Receptive Field. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(34). 11222–11227. 40 indexed citations

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Semedo, João D., Amin Zandvakili, Adam Kohn, Christian K. Machens, & Byron M. Yu. (2014). Extracting Latent Structure From Multiple Interacting Neural Populations. Neural Information Processing Systems. 27. 2942–2950. 18 indexed citations

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Cormack, Lawrence K., et al.. (2013). Neuronal selectivity for directions of 3D motion in area MT. Journal of Vision. 13(9). 608–608.

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Shriki, Oren, Adam Kohn, & Maoz Shamir. (2012). Fast Coding of Orientation in Primary Visual Cortex. PLoS Computational Biology. 8(6). e1002536–e1002536. 23 indexed citations

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Alviña, Karina, et al.. (2008). Questioning the role of rebound firing in the cerebellum. Nature Neuroscience. 11(11). 1256–1258. 90 indexed citations

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Kohn, Adam. (2007). Visual Adaptation: Physiology, Mechanisms, and Functional Benefits. Journal of Neurophysiology. 97(5). 3155–3164. 594 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kelly, Ryan C., Matthew A. Smith, Jason M. Samonds, et al.. (2007). Comparison of Recordings from Microelectrode Arrays and Single Electrodes in the Visual Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(2). 261–264. 157 indexed citations

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Kohn, Adam. (2004). The Wild West Down Under: Comparing American and Australian Expressions of Gun Enthusiasm. 16(1). 10 indexed citations

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Movshon, J. Anthony, Nicole C. Rust, Adam Kohn, Lynne Kiorpes, & Michael J. Hawken. (2004). Receptive field properties of MT neurons in infant macaques. Journal of Human Evolution. 35(3). 321–325. 13 indexed citations

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Kohn, Adam & J. Anthony Movshon. (2004). Adaptation changes the direction tuning of macaque MT neurons. Nature Neuroscience. 7(7). 764–772. 257 indexed citations

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