Bruce A. Kay

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Bruce A. Kay is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Bruce A. Kay has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 8 papers in Social Psychology and 6 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Bruce A. Kay's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (10 papers), Motor Control and Adaptation (10 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (8 papers). Bruce A. Kay is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (10 papers), Motor Control and Adaptation (10 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (8 papers). Bruce A. Kay collaborates with scholars based in United States, Montenegro and Brazil. Bruce A. Kay's co-authors include William H. Warren, Elliot Saltzman, J. A. Scott Kelso, Andrew Duchon, Gregor Schöner, Emre Yılmaz, Benoît G. Bardy, Eugene C. Goldfield, Eric Vatikiotis‐Bateson and Dilip Kondepudi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Neuroscience, PLoS ONE and Child Development.

In The Last Decade

Bruce A. Kay

35 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Optic flow is used to control human walking 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Optic flow is used to control human walking
    2001 531 citations William H. Warren, Bruce A. Kay et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bruce A. Kay United States 23 1.6k 570 524 349 256 35 2.3k
C. E. Peper Netherlands 33 1.9k 1.2× 643 1.1× 529 1.0× 654 1.9× 349 1.4× 86 2.8k
Ramesh Balasubramaniam United States 27 1.3k 0.8× 439 0.8× 608 1.2× 211 0.6× 144 0.6× 89 2.2k
Kevin Shockley United States 29 1.4k 0.9× 1.2k 2.1× 283 0.5× 193 0.6× 463 1.8× 73 2.7k
Myrka Zago Italy 30 2.2k 1.4× 747 1.3× 587 1.1× 873 2.5× 274 1.1× 61 3.2k
Joseph McIntyre France 31 2.4k 1.5× 734 1.3× 390 0.7× 847 2.4× 234 0.9× 104 3.4k
Stefan Glasauer Germany 42 2.8k 1.8× 691 1.2× 516 1.0× 431 1.2× 211 0.8× 222 5.9k
Luc P. J. Selen Netherlands 17 2.5k 1.6× 416 0.7× 340 0.6× 734 2.1× 105 0.4× 48 3.5k
C.C.A.M. Gielen Netherlands 39 3.5k 2.2× 622 1.1× 646 1.2× 2.0k 5.8× 256 1.0× 106 4.7k
Jocelyn Faubert Canada 34 3.1k 2.0× 626 1.1× 281 0.5× 127 0.4× 795 3.1× 214 4.7k
Brett R. Fajen United States 28 1.5k 0.9× 873 1.5× 440 0.8× 317 0.9× 619 2.4× 86 3.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bruce A. Kay

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bruce A. Kay

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Paxton, Alexandra, et al.. (2021). Functional Interdependence in Coupled Dissipative Structures: Physical Foundations of Biological Coordination. Entropy. 23(5). 614–614. 9 indexed citations
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Dixon, James A., et al.. (2019). Oscillatory dynamics of an electrically driven dissipative structure. PLoS ONE. 14(5). e0217305–e0217305. 13 indexed citations
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Vaz, Daniela Virgínia, Bruce A. Kay, & M. T. Turvey. (2017). Effects of visual and auditory guidance on bimanual coordination complexity. Human Movement Science. 54. 13–23. 6 indexed citations
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Davis, Tehran J., Bruce A. Kay, Dilip Kondepudi, & James A. Dixon. (2016). Spontaneous Interentity Coordination in a Dissipative Structure. Ecological Psychology. 28(1). 23–36. 22 indexed citations
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Kondepudi, Dilip, Bruce A. Kay, & James A. Dixon. (2015). End-directed evolution and the emergence of energy-seeking behavior in a complex system. Physical Review E. 91(5). 50902–50902. 49 indexed citations
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Isenhower, Robert W., T.D. Frank, Bruce A. Kay, & Claudia Carello. (2012). Capturing and quantifying the dynamics of valenced emotions and valenced events of the organism-environment system.. PubMed. 16(4). 397–427. 4 indexed citations
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Isenhower, Robert W., et al.. (2010). Effects of intention and learning on attention to information in dynamic touch. Attention Perception & Psychophysics. 72(3). 721–735. 44 indexed citations
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Kudo, Kazutoshi, et al.. (2006). Environmental coupling modulates the attractors of rhythmic coordination.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 32(3). 599–609. 45 indexed citations
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Richardson, Michael J., R. C. Schmidt, & Bruce A. Kay. (2006). Distinguishing the noise and attractor strength of coordinated limb movements using recurrence analysis. Biological Cybernetics. 96(1). 59–78. 56 indexed citations
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Kay, Bruce A., M. T. Turvey, & Onno G. Meijer. (2003). An Early Oscillator Model: Studieson the Biodynamics of the Piano Strike (Bernstein & Popova, 1930). Motor Control. 7(1). 1–45. 19 indexed citations
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Kay, Bruce A. & William H. Warren. (2001). Coupling of posture and gait: mode locking and parametric excitation. Biological Cybernetics. 85(2). 89–106. 31 indexed citations
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Fasse, Ernest D., Neville Hogan, Bruce A. Kay, & Ferdinando A. Mussa-Ivaldi. (2000). Haptic interaction with virtual objects. Biological Cybernetics. 82(1). 69–83. 47 indexed citations
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Bardy, Benoît G., William H. Warren, & Bruce A. Kay. (1999). The role of central and peripheral vision in postural control duringwalking. Perception & Psychophysics. 61(7). 1356–1368. 89 indexed citations
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Saltzman, Elliot, et al.. (1998). Dynamics of intergestural timing: a perturbation study of lip-larynx coordination. Experimental Brain Research. 123(4). 412–424. 41 indexed citations
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Kay, Bruce A., et al.. (1996). Visual control of posture during walking: Functional specificity.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 22(4). 818–838. 101 indexed citations
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Bardy, Benoît G., William H. Warren, & Bruce A. Kay. (1996). Motion parallax is used to control postural sway during walking. Experimental Brain Research. 111(2). 271–282. 75 indexed citations
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Goldfield, Eugene C., Bruce A. Kay, & William H. Warren. (1993). Infant Bouncing: The Assembly and Tuning of Action Systems. Child Development. 64(4). 1128–1128. 64 indexed citations
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Smith, Caroline L., Catherine P. Browman, Richard S. McGowan, & Bruce A. Kay. (1993). Extracting dynamic parameters from speech movement data. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 93(3). 1580–1588. 21 indexed citations
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Kay, Bruce A., Elliot Saltzman, & J. A. Scott Kelso. (1991). Steady-state and perturbed rhythmical movements: A dynamical analysis.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 17(1). 183–197. 124 indexed citations
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Hogan, Neville, Bruce A. Kay, Ernest D. Fasse, & Ferdinando A. Mussa-Ivaldi. (1990). Haptic Illusions: Experiments on Human Manipulation and Perception of "Virtual Objects". Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 55(0). 925–931. 31 indexed citations

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