D. E. Berlyne

18.0k total citations · 7 hit papers
96 papers, 11.6k citations indexed

About

D. E. Berlyne is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, D. E. Berlyne has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 11.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 31 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 18 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in D. E. Berlyne's work include Psychological and Educational Research Studies (28 papers), Face Recognition and Perception (13 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (9 papers). D. E. Berlyne is often cited by papers focused on Psychological and Educational Research Studies (28 papers), Face Recognition and Perception (13 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (9 papers). D. E. Berlyne collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. D. E. Berlyne's co-authors include Charles K. West, Earl A. Alluisi, Sandra Packard, Judith L. Lewis, Malcolm Piercy, Rex Knight, Jean Piaget, David E. Hunt, Hy Day and Philip Salapatek and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Psychological Review and Child Development.

In The Last Decade

D. E. Berlyne

91 papers receiving 9.8k citations

Hit Papers

Conflict, arousal, and curiosity. 1954 2026 1978 2002 1960 1970 1966 1954 1978 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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. Conflict, arousal, and curiosity.
    1960 4.1k citations D. E. Berlyne profile →
  2. Novelty, complexity, and hedonic value
    1970 1.0k citations D. E. Berlyne profile →
  3. Curiosity and Exploration
    1966 749 citations D. E. Berlyne profile →
  4. A THEORY OF HUMAN CURIOSITY
    1954 595 citations D. E. Berlyne profile →
  5. Aesthetics and Psychobiology
    1978 446 citations D. E. Berlyne et al. profile →
  6. Studies in the New Experimental Aesthetics
    1975 407 citations D. E. Berlyne et al. profile →
  7. Structure and direction in thinking
    1965 343 citations D. E. Berlyne profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
D. E. Berlyne Canada 36 4.8k 3.8k 3.7k 2.1k 1.9k 96 11.6k
Charles E. Osgood United States 37 3.4k 0.7× 2.1k 0.6× 4.7k 1.3× 3.2k 1.5× 1.6k 0.8× 97 15.0k
Eleanor Rosch United States 22 6.6k 1.4× 6.5k 1.7× 5.2k 1.4× 2.4k 1.2× 6.1k 3.2× 39 21.7k
Norman H. Anderson United States 54 2.0k 0.4× 2.5k 0.7× 2.6k 0.7× 2.7k 1.3× 1.4k 0.7× 217 13.8k
Geoffrey Keppel United States 28 1.6k 0.3× 3.1k 0.8× 1.9k 0.5× 1000 0.5× 1.8k 0.9× 77 10.5k
Albert Mehrabian United States 52 4.1k 0.9× 2.2k 0.6× 6.5k 1.8× 4.6k 2.2× 896 0.5× 136 17.6k
Andrew Ortony United States 35 4.6k 1.0× 2.1k 0.5× 4.2k 1.1× 1.6k 0.8× 1.4k 0.8× 98 11.0k
James J. Gibson United States 6 2.6k 0.5× 6.3k 1.7× 4.5k 1.2× 2.1k 1.0× 2.6k 1.4× 15 17.1k
Allan Paivio Canada 58 8.5k 1.8× 8.0k 2.1× 3.7k 1.0× 1.3k 0.6× 8.9k 4.6× 171 22.4k
Robert B. Zajonc United States 50 5.5k 1.2× 6.5k 1.7× 8.1k 2.2× 7.0k 3.4× 2.0k 1.0× 113 23.7k
Percy H. Tannenbaum United States 20 1.7k 0.3× 1.1k 0.3× 2.8k 0.8× 2.2k 1.0× 704 0.4× 50 9.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Berlyne, D. E., et al.. (1982). Verbal and Exploratory Responses to Melodic Musical Intervals. Psychology of Music. 10(1). 11–27. 25 indexed citations
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Berlyne, D. E.. (1978). Curiosity and learning. Motivation and Emotion. 2(2). 97–175. 218 indexed citations
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Berlyne, D. E., et al.. (1978). Dimensions in the perception of architecture:I. Identification and interpretation of dimensions of similarity. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. 19(1). 73–82. 44 indexed citations
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Berlyne, D. E., et al.. (1974). Konflikt, Erregung, Neugier. 9 indexed citations
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Berlyne, D. E., et al.. (1973). Pleasure, reward, preference : their nature, determinants, and role in behavior. Academic Press eBooks. 42 indexed citations
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Berlyne, D. E.. (1972). Ends and means of experimental aesthetics.. Canadian Journal of Psychology/Revue Canadienne de Psychologie. 26(4). 303–325. 53 indexed citations
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Berlyne, D. E.. (1969). The reward value of light increment under supranormal and subnormal arousal.. Canadian Journal of Psychology/Revue Canadienne de Psychologie. 23(1). 11–23. 14 indexed citations
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Berlyne, D. E.. (1969). AROUSAL, REWARD AND LEARNING*. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 159(3). 1059–1070. 30 indexed citations
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Berlyne, D. E.. (1966). Mediating responses: A note on Fodor's criticisms. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior. 5(4). 408–411. 2 indexed citations
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Berlyne, D. E., et al.. (1966). Some Determinants of the Incidence and Content of Children's Questions. Child Development. 37(1). 177–177. 40 indexed citations
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Berlyne, D. E.. (1966). Discussion: The Delimitation of Cognitive Development. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. 31(5). 71–71. 1 indexed citations
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Berlyne, D. E.. (1966). Conflict and Reaction Time: Reply to Kiesler. Psychological Reports. 19(2). 413–414. 8 indexed citations
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Berlyne, D. E., et al.. (1965). Effects of stimulus complexity and induced arousal on paired-associate learning. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior. 4(4). 291–299. 50 indexed citations
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Berlyne, D. E.. (1964). Emotional Aspects of Learning. Annual Review of Psychology. 15(1). 115–142. 20 indexed citations
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Berlyne, D. E., et al.. (1964). Effects of Complexity and Incongruity Variables on Gsr, Investigatory Behavior, and Verbally Expressed Preference. The Journal of General Psychology. 71(1). 21–45. 57 indexed citations
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Berlyne, D. E.. (1963). Soviet Research on Intellectual Processes in Children. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. 28(2). 165–165. 6 indexed citations
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Berlyne, D. E.. (1962). Note on Food Deprivation and Extrinsic Exploratory Responses. Psychological Reports. 11(1). 162–162. 3 indexed citations
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Berlyne, D. E. & Jean Piaget. (1960). Théorie du comportement et opérations. Presses Universitaires de France eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Berlyne, D. E.. (1958). The influence of complexity and novelty in visual figures on orienting responses.. Journal of Experimental Psychology. 55(3). 289–296. 277 indexed citations
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Berlyne, D. E., et al.. (1951). The Science of Humanity.. The Philosophical Quarterly. 1(5). 477–477.

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