David Gaffan

16.5k citations

163 papers · 12.8k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 66

Impact in

Cognitive Neuroscience top 0.05%
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Memory Processes and Influences
- Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Sensory Systems top 0.1%
- Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies

Papers in

Sensory Systems 42
- Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies 42
Cognitive Neuroscience 150
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms 125
- Neural dynamics and brain function 44
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies 33
- Visual perception and processing mechanisms 23
- Memory Processes and Influences 23

Co-authors: Elisabeth A. Murray Mark J. Buckley Susan T.L. Harrison Amanda Parker Madeline J. Eacott Mark G. Baxter E. A. Gaffan Alexander Easton
Journals: Journal of Neuroscience (21 papers)European Journal of Neuroscience (18 papers)Behavioral Neuroscience (17 papers)Behavioural Brain Research (12 papers)Neuropsychologia (12 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States France

In The Last Decade

David Gaffan

163 papers receiving 12.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Dynamic Coding for Cognitive Control in Prefrontal Cortex 2013 · 473 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2013 Neuron
1974 Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology

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1	Dynamic Construction of a Coherent Attentional State in a Prefrontal Cell Population Neuron ·Mikiko Kadohisa, Shih Yee-Marie Tan, Mark G. Stokes, Natasha Sigala, Mark J. Buckley, David Gaffan, Makoto Kusunoki, John Duncan	2013	39
2	Hierarchical coding for sequential task events in the monkey prefrontal cortex Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Natasha Sigala, Makoto Kusunoki, Ian Nimmo‐Smith, David Gaffan, John S. Duncan	2008	109
3	Fornix transection impairs visuospatial memory acquisition more than retrieval. Behavioral Neuroscience ·Mark J. Buckley, Charles Wilson, David Gaffan	2008	26
4	Dorsolateral prefrontal lesions do not impair tests of scene learning and decision‐making that require frontal–temporal interaction European Journal of Neuroscience ·Mark G. Baxter, David Gaffan, Diana Kyriazis, Anna S. Mitchell	2008	32
5	Addition of fornix transection to frontal‐temporal disconnection increases the impairment in object‐in‐place memory in macaque monkeys European Journal of Neuroscience ·Charles Wilson, Mark G. Baxter, Alexander Easton, David Gaffan	2008	28
6	Impaired Recency Judgments and Intact Novelty Judgments after Fornix Transection in Monkeys Journal of Neuroscience ·David Charles, David Gaffan, Mark J. Buckley	2004	66
7	The effect of cingulate lesions on social behaviour and emotion Neuropsychologia ·Cira Virgen Rodríguez Pelier, Matthew F. S. Rushworth, David Gaffan, R.E. Passingham	2003	177
8	Visual agnosia and Klüver–Bucy syndrome in marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) following ablation of inferotemporal cortex, with additional mnemonic effects of immunotoxic lesions of cholinergic projections to medial temporal areas Brain Research ·R.M. Ridley, C. Hoffmann, C. J. Maclean, David Gaffan, Harry F. Baker	2001	13
9	Crossed unilateral lesions of medial forebrain bundle and either inferior temporal or frontal cortex impair object recognition memory in Rhesus monkeys Behavioural Brain Research ·Alexander Easton, Amanda Parker, David Gaffan	2001	26
10	Monkeys with rhinal cortex damage or neurotoxic hippocampal lesions are impaired on spatial scene learning and object reversals. Behavioral Neuroscience ·Elisabeth A. Murray, Mark G. Baxter, David Gaffan	1998	158
11	The Recognition Memory Deficit Caused by Mediodorsal Thalamic Lesion in Non‐human Primates: A Comparison with Rhinal Cortex Lesion European Journal of Neuroscience ·Amanda Parker, Madeline J. Eacott, David Gaffan	1997	62
12	Correlation of fornix damage with memory impairment in six cases of colloid cyst removal Acta Neurochirurgica ·D. McMackin, Janet Cockburn, Philip Anslow, David Gaffan	1995	111
13	Neural substrates of visual stimulus-stimulus association in rhesus monkeys Journal of Neuroscience ·Elisabeth A. Murray, David Gaffan, Mortimer Mishkin	1993	272
14	Amnesia for Complex Naturalistic Scenes and for Objects Following Fornix Transection in the Rhesus Monkey European Journal of Neuroscience ·David Gaffan	1992	77
15	Monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) with rhinal cortex ablations succeed in object discrimination learning despite 24-hr intertrial intervals and fail at matching to sample despite double sample presentations. Behavioral Neuroscience ·David Gaffan, Elisabeth A. Murray	1992	237
16	Spatial organization of episodic memory Hippocampus ·David Gaffan	1991	50
17	Concurrent and Sequential Pattern Discrimination Learning by Patients with Korsakoff Amnesia Cortex ·E. A. Gaffan, John P. Aggleton, David Gaffan, Charles R. Shaw	1990	17
18	Projections from inferior temporal cortex to prefrontal cortex via the uncinate fascicle in rhesus monkeys Experimental Brain Research ·Leslie G. Ungerleider, David Gaffan, Victoria S. Pelak	1989	276
19	A comparison of the effects of fornix transection and sulcus principalis ablation upon spatial learning by monkeys Behavioural Brain Research ·David Gaffan, Susan T.L. Harrison	1989	172
20	REACHING TO A REWARDED VISUAL STIMULUS: INTERHEMISPHERIC CONFLICT AND HAND USE IN MONKEYS WITH FOREBRAIN COMMISSUROTOMY Brain ·Madeline J. Eacott, David Gaffan	1989	10

About David Gaffan

David Gaffan is a scholar working on Sensory Systems, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, having authored 163 papers that have together received 12.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Memory and Neural Mechanisms (125 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (44 papers), Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (42 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (34 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (33 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (23 papers), Memory Processes and Influences (23 papers) and Child and Animal Learning Development (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cognitive Neuroscience (11.5k citations), Sensory Systems (1.9k citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (5.3k citations), Behavioral Neuroscience (676 citations) and Developmental Neuroscience (454 citations). David Gaffan has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include Elisabeth A. Murray, Mark J. Buckley, Susan T.L. Harrison, Amanda Parker, Madeline J. Eacott, Mark G. Baxter, E. A. Gaffan, Alexander Easton, Kim S. Graham and Philip G. F. Browning. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, European Journal of Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience, Behavioural Brain Research and Neuropsychologia.

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