Bernt C. Skottun

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Bernt C. Skottun is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernt C. Skottun has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 12 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 12 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Bernt C. Skottun's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (61 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (50 papers) and Tactile and Sensory Interactions (13 papers). Bernt C. Skottun is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (61 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (50 papers) and Tactile and Sensory Interactions (13 papers). Bernt C. Skottun collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Norway. Bernt C. Skottun's co-authors include John R. Skoyles, Arthur Bradley, David H. Grosof, Russell L. De Valois, Ralph D. Freeman, G. Sclar, Izumi Ohzawa, A. B. Bonds, J. Anthony Movshon and Duane G. Albrecht and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Neuroscience.

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Bernt C. Skottun

79 papers receiving 2.5k citations

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Classifying simple and complex cells on the basis of response modulation

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A few remarks on spatial interference in visual stimuli 2017 ·Behavior Research Methods ·Bernt C. Skottun	0
2	A few words on differentiating magno- and parvocellular contributions to vision on the basis of temporal frequency 2016 ·Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews ·Bernt C. Skottun	11
3	On the use of spatial frequency to isolate contributions from the magnocellular and parvocellular systems and the dorsal and ventral cortical streams 2015 ·Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews ·Bernt C. Skottun	35
4	On the use of cues to assess attention in dyslexia 2014 ·Frontiers in Human Neuroscience ·Bernt C. Skottun	2
5	The magnocellular system versus the dorsal stream 2014 ·Frontiers in Human Neuroscience ·Bernt C. Skottun	5
6	On using isoluminant stimuli to separate magno- and parvocellular responses in psychophysical experiments—A few words of caution 2013 ·Behavior Research Methods ·Bernt C. Skottun	7
7	Subjective criteria and illusions in visual testing: some methodological limitations 2013 ·Psychological Research ·Bernt C. Skottun, John R. Skoyles	11
8	THE TIME COURSE OF VISUAL BACKWARD MASKING DEFICITS IN SCHIZOPHRENIA 2011 ·Journal of Integrative Neuroscience ·Bernt C. Skottun, John R. Skoyles	4
9	Are masking abnormalities in schizophrenia specific to type-B masking? 2009 ·The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry ·Bernt C. Skottun, John R. Skoyles	5
10	Contrast sensitivity and magnocellular functioning in schizophrenia 2007 ·Vision Research ·Bernt C. Skottun, John R. Skoyles	89
11	Some remarks on the use of visually evoked potentials to measure magnocellular activity 2007 ·Clinical Neurophysiology ·Bernt C. Skottun, John R. Skoyles	14
12	Is coherent motion an appropriate test for magnocellular sensitivity? 2006 ·Brain and Cognition ·Bernt C. Skottun, John R. Skoyles	32
13	THE USE OF PHANTOM CONTOURS TO ISOLATE MAGNOCELLULAR AND PARVOCELLULAR RESPONSES 2006 ·International Journal of Neuroscience ·Bernt C. Skottun, John R. Skoyles	8
14	On the prevalence of magnocellular deficits in the visual system of non-dyslexic individuals 2003 ·Brain and Language ·John R. Skoyles, Bernt C. Skottun	46
15	On the use of metacontrast to assess magnocellular function in dyslexic readers 2001 ·Perception & Psychophysics ·Bernt C. Skottun	24
16	The magnocellular deficit theory of dyslexia: the evidence from contrast sensitivity 2000 ·Vision Research ·Bernt C. Skottun	269
17	Hyperacuity and the estimated positional accuracy of a theoretical simple cell 2000 ·Vision Research ·Bernt C. Skottun	3
18	A Note on the Possibility of Explaining why a Color Cannot Be Both Red and Green 1998 ·Brain and Cognition ·Bernt C. Skottun	5
19	A model for end-stopping in the visual cortex 1998 ·Vision Research ·Bernt C. Skottun	11
20	Contrast sensitivity in dyslexia 1995 ·Visual Neuroscience ·Karen Gross-Glenn, Bernt C. Skottun, William E. Glenn, (unknown), Robert W. Lingua, (unknown), Bonnie Jallad, Herbert A. Lubs, Bonnie Levin, Mark Rabin, (unknown), Ranjan Duara	79

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