David Alais

9.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
188 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

David Alais is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Alais has authored 188 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 172 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 90 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 24 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in David Alais's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (134 papers), Multisensory perception and integration (81 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (50 papers). David Alais is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (134 papers), Multisensory perception and integration (81 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (50 papers). David Alais collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Netherlands and United States. David Alais's co-authors include David C. Burr, John Cass, Erik Van der Burg, Randolph Blake, Jessica Taubert, Deborah Apthorp, Chris Paffen, Amanda Parker, Maria Concetta Morrone and Simon Carlile and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

David Alais

180 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

The Ventriloquist Effect Results from Near-Optimal Bimoda... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 400 800 1.2k
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. The Ventriloquist Effect Results from Near-Optimal Bimodal Integration
    2004 1.3k citations David Alais, David C. Burr profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Alais Australia 42 5.8k 3.5k 1.2k 1.2k 481 188 6.9k
Shin’ya Nishida Japan 38 4.5k 0.8× 1.7k 0.5× 946 0.8× 571 0.5× 785 1.6× 197 5.3k
Marisa Carrasco United States 57 12.1k 2.1× 2.3k 0.7× 1.5k 1.2× 903 0.8× 1.4k 3.0× 238 13.6k
Raymond van Ee Netherlands 42 3.8k 0.7× 1.0k 0.3× 712 0.6× 362 0.3× 342 0.7× 144 5.0k
Frank Tong United States 35 7.9k 1.4× 1.4k 0.4× 825 0.7× 244 0.2× 807 1.7× 121 8.7k
Colin W. G. Clifford Australia 45 5.7k 1.0× 1.7k 0.5× 918 0.8× 291 0.2× 815 1.7× 205 6.4k
Geoffrey M. Boynton United States 44 7.5k 1.3× 1.3k 0.4× 633 0.5× 412 0.3× 604 1.3× 111 8.7k
Vincent Di Lollo Canada 41 6.9k 1.2× 1.6k 0.5× 656 0.5× 423 0.4× 535 1.1× 180 7.5k
Bruce Bridgeman United States 45 6.0k 1.0× 1.2k 0.4× 1.2k 1.0× 227 0.2× 417 0.9× 173 7.0k
Kimron L. Shapiro United Kingdom 42 10.0k 1.7× 2.6k 0.7× 880 0.7× 937 0.8× 377 0.8× 128 11.1k
Naotsugu Tsuchiya Australia 33 5.1k 0.9× 1.1k 0.3× 830 0.7× 301 0.3× 277 0.6× 113 6.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Alais

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Alais

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Alais. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Alais 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 David Alais. David Alais is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Tonelli, Alessia, et al.. (2025). Sensory reliability takes priority over the central tendency effect in temporal and spatial estimation. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 38886–38886. 1 indexed citations
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Davidson, Matthew, Frans A.J. Verstraten, & David Alais. (2024). Walking modulates visual detection performance according to stride cycle phase. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2027–2027. 6 indexed citations
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Burr, David C., et al.. (2021). Propagation and update of auditory perceptual priors through alpha and theta rhythms. European Journal of Neuroscience. 55(11-12). 3083–3099. 6 indexed citations
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Noel, Jean‐Paul, Nathan Faivre, Elisa Magosso, et al.. (2019). Multisensory perceptual awareness: Categorical or graded?. Cortex. 120. 169–180. 3 indexed citations
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Alais, David, et al.. (2018). Eye gaze direction shows a positive serial dependency. Journal of Vision. 18(4). 11–11. 34 indexed citations
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Alais, David, et al.. (2018). Continuous flash suppression operates in local spatial zones: Effects of mask size and contrast. Vision Research. 154. 105–114. 5 indexed citations
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Davidson, Matthew, David Alais, Jeroen J. A. van Boxtel, & Naotsugu Tsuchiya. (2018). Attention periodically samples competing stimuli during binocular rivalry. eLife. 7. 17 indexed citations
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Apthorp, Deborah, Scott Griffiths, David Alais, & John Cass. (2017). Adaptation-Induced Blindness Is Orientation-Tuned and Monocular. i-Perception. 8(2). 978969701–978969701. 2 indexed citations
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Taubert, Jessica, Erik Van der Burg, & David Alais. (2016). Love at second sight: Sequential dependence of facial attractiveness in an on-line dating paradigm. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 22740–22740. 85 indexed citations
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Poulton, Alison, et al.. (2015). Piloting a New Approach to the Treatment of Obesity Using Dexamphetamine. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 6. 14–14. 8 indexed citations
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Alais, David, Claudia Lunghi, & Maria Concetta Morrone. (2014). Auditory and tactile signals combine to influence vision during binocular rivalry. Journal of Vision. 14(10). 434–434. 1 indexed citations
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Burg, Erik Van der, et al.. (2013). Amplitude-modulated auditory stimuli influence selection of visual spatial frequencies. Journal of Vision. 13(3). 6–6. 19 indexed citations
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Cass, John, et al.. (2011). Synchronized audio-visual transients drive efficient visual search for motion-in-depth. Journal of Vision. 11(11). 792–792. 1 indexed citations
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Apthorp, Deborah, et al.. (2010). Motion streaks in the brain: an fMRI study. UCL Discovery (University College London). 3 indexed citations
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Dakin, Steven C., Deborah Apthorp, & David Alais. (2010). Anisotropies in judging the direction of moving natural scenes. Journal of Vision. 10(11). 5–5. 8 indexed citations
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Alais, David & Simon Carlile. (2005). Synchronizing to real events: Subjective audiovisual alignment scales with perceived auditory depth and speed of sound. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(6). 2244–2247. 82 indexed citations
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Alais, David, Jean Lorenceau, Roberto Arrighi, & John Cass. (2005). Contour interactions between pairs of Gabors engaged in binocular rivalry reveal a map of the association field. Vision Research. 46(8-9). 1473–1487. 23 indexed citations
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Alais, David, Frans A.J. Verstraten, & David C. Burr. (2004). The motion aftereffect of transparent motion: Two temporal channels account for perceived direction. Vision Research. 45(4). 403–412. 27 indexed citations
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Alais, David, Peter Wenderoth, & Darren Burke. (1997). The Size and Number of Plaid Blobs Mediate the Misperception of Type-II Plaid Direction. Vision Research. 37(1). 143–150. 18 indexed citations

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