Daniel J. Simons

31.6k total citations · 9 hit papers
230 papers, 21.6k citations indexed

About

Daniel J. Simons is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel J. Simons has authored 230 papers receiving a total of 21.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 171 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 66 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 25 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Daniel J. Simons's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (82 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (66 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (64 papers). Daniel J. Simons is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (82 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (66 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (64 papers). Daniel J. Simons collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Daniel J. Simons's co-authors include Christopher F. Chabris, Daniel T. Levin, Walter R. Boot, George E. Carvell, Steven Franconeri, Ronald A. Rensink, Peter W. Land, G. E. Carvell, Ranxiao Frances Wang and D. Stephen Lindsay and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Daniel J. Simons

221 papers receiving 20.5k citations

Hit Papers

Gorillas in Our Midst: Sustained Inattentional B... 1978 2026 1994 2010 1999 2016 1997 2004 2008 500 1000 1.5k
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. Gorillas in Our Midst: Sustained Inattentional Blindness for Dynamic Events
    1999 1.6k citations Daniel J. Simons, Christopher F. Chabris profile →
  2. Do “Brain-Training” Programs Work?
    2016 748 citations Daniel J. Simons, Walter R. Boot et al. profile →
  3. Change blindness
    1997 701 citations Daniel J. Simons, Daniel T. Levin Trends in Cognitive Sciences profile →
  4. Change blindness: past, present, and future
    2004 700 citations Daniel J. Simons et al. Trends in Cognitive Sciences profile →
  5. The effects of video game playing on attention, memory, and executive control
    2008 675 citations Walter R. Boot, Arthur F. Kramer et al. profile →
  6. Response properties of vibrissa units in rat SI somatosensory neocortex
    1978 658 citations Daniel J. Simons Journal of Neurophysiology profile →
  7. Constraints on Generality (COG): A Proposed Addition to All Empirical Papers
    2017 617 citations Daniel J. Simons, D. Stephen Lindsay et al. profile →
  8. The Pervasive Problem With Placebos in Psychology
    2013 472 citations Walter R. Boot, Daniel J. Simons et al. profile →
  9. The Value of Direct Replication
    2014 436 citations Daniel J. Simons profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Daniel J. Simons United States 73 14.2k 5.1k 3.9k 3.0k 2.3k 230 21.6k
Eleanor A. Maguire United Kingdom 72 18.7k 1.3× 5.1k 1.0× 2.7k 0.7× 2.0k 0.7× 3.9k 1.7× 167 23.6k
Geraint Rees United Kingdom 87 21.6k 1.5× 1.7k 0.3× 4.8k 1.2× 3.2k 1.0× 1.3k 0.6× 367 28.2k
Morris Moscovitch Canada 98 30.6k 2.2× 5.4k 1.1× 5.8k 1.5× 3.2k 1.1× 7.5k 3.3× 406 36.1k
Ruben C. Gur United States 115 25.8k 1.8× 3.0k 0.6× 10.7k 2.7× 5.1k 1.7× 1.7k 0.7× 687 47.6k
Hanna Damásio United States 66 19.4k 1.4× 2.6k 0.5× 6.4k 1.6× 5.6k 1.8× 3.3k 1.4× 161 29.9k
Earl K. Miller United States 73 30.1k 2.1× 6.5k 1.3× 3.8k 1.0× 2.6k 0.9× 2.0k 0.9× 172 35.7k
David H. Brainard United States 46 24.5k 1.7× 2.7k 0.5× 4.9k 1.2× 4.9k 1.6× 1.5k 0.6× 174 29.5k
Gregory McCarthy United States 91 27.6k 1.9× 2.2k 0.4× 6.6k 1.7× 3.9k 1.3× 3.6k 1.6× 231 35.4k
Ulman Lindenberger Germany 100 21.7k 1.5× 1.8k 0.4× 9.4k 2.4× 5.5k 1.8× 4.0k 1.7× 480 40.4k
James V. Haxby United States 89 28.5k 2.0× 1.6k 0.3× 6.5k 1.6× 5.3k 1.8× 2.6k 1.1× 205 35.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Simons, Daniel J., et al.. (2024). Individual differences in inattentional blindness. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 31(4). 1471–1502. 1 indexed citations
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Simons, Daniel J., et al.. (2023). Similarity of an unexpected object to the attended and ignored objects affects noticing in a sustained inattentional blindness task. Attention Perception & Psychophysics. 85(7). 2150–2169. 3 indexed citations
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Washington, Kia M., et al.. (2022). Cortical reintegration after facial allotransplantation. Journal of Neurophysiology. 129(2). 421–430. 1 indexed citations
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Chabris, Christopher F., et al.. (2018). No Evidence That Experiencing Physical Warmth Promotes Interpersonal Warmth. Social Psychology. 50(2). 127–132. 40 indexed citations
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Middleton, Jason W., et al.. (2017). Long-Term Deficits in Cortical Circuit Function after Asphyxial Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation in Developing Rats. eNeuro. 4(3). ENEURO.0319–16.2017. 4 indexed citations
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Lindsay, D. Stephen, Daniel J. Simons, & Scott O. Lilienfeld. (2016). Research Preregistration 101. APS observer. 29(10). 27 indexed citations
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Shoykhet, Michael, et al.. (2012). Thalamocortical Dysfunction and Thalamic Injury after Asphyxial Cardiac Arrest in Developing Rats. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(14). 4972–4981. 28 indexed citations
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Bredemeier, Keith, Howard Berenbaum, & Daniel J. Simons. (2011). Individual differences in controlled attention and susceptibility to inattentional blindness. Visual Cognition. 19(10). 1299–1303. 1 indexed citations
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Gaspar, John G., Mark B. Neider, Daniel J. Simons, Jason S. McCarley, & Arthur F. Kramer. (2011). Change Detection: Training and Transfer. Journal of Vision. 11(11). 155–155.
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Voss, Michelle W., Ruchika Shaurya Prakash, Kirk I. Erickson, et al.. (2011). Effects of training strategies implemented in a complex videogame on functional connectivity of attentional networks. NeuroImage. 59(1). 138–148. 81 indexed citations
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Tager‐Flusberg, Helen, Daniela Plesa Skwerer, Casey A. Schofield, Alyssa Verbalis, & Daniel J. Simons. (2007). Change Detection as a Tool for Assessing Attentional Deployment in Atypical Populations: The Case of Williams Syndrome. 11(3). 491. 5 indexed citations
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Simons, Daniel J., et al.. (2007). Thalamocortical Conduction Times and Stimulus-Evoked Responses in the Rat Whisker-to-Barrel System. Journal of Neurophysiology. 98(5). 2842–2847. 14 indexed citations
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Hannula, Deborah E., Daniel J. Simons, & Neal J. Cohen. (2005). Objective measures of awareness: why not aim higher?. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 6(3). 258–258. 1 indexed citations
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Simons, Daniel J. & Michael S. Ambinder. (2005). Change Blindness. Current Directions in Psychological Science. 14(1). 44–48. 150 indexed citations
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Simons, Daniel J., et al.. (2004). Nothing compares 2 views: Change blindness results from failures to compare retained information. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 23(1). 77–83. 9 indexed citations
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Shoykhet, Michael, et al.. (2003). Whisker plucking alters responses of rat trigeminal ganglion neurons. Somatosensory & Motor Research. 20(3-4). 233–238. 6 indexed citations
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Simons, Daniel J., Christopher F. Chabris, Tatiana T. Schnur, & Daniel T. Levin. (2002). Evidence for Preserved Representations in Change Blindness. Consciousness and Cognition. 11(1). 78–97. 98 indexed citations
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Simons, Daniel J., et al.. (2002). Object recognition is mediated by extraretinal information. Perception & Psychophysics. 64(4). 521–530. 37 indexed citations
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Simons, Daniel J.. (2000). Change blindness and visual memory. Visual Cognition. 7. 14 indexed citations
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Simons, Daniel J.. (2000). Attentional capture and inattentional blindness. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 4(4). 147–155. 388 indexed citations

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