Dirk Kerzel

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
175 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Dirk Kerzel is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dirk Kerzel has authored 175 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 159 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 46 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 33 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Dirk Kerzel's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (120 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (89 papers) and Multisensory perception and integration (33 papers). Dirk Kerzel is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (120 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (89 papers) and Multisensory perception and integration (33 papers). Dirk Kerzel collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United Kingdom. Dirk Kerzel's co-authors include Wolfgang Prinz, Nicolas Burra, Karl R. Gegenfurtner, Günther Knoblich, Franz Mechsner, Sabine Born, Jochen Müsseler, David Souto, Simona Buetti and Harold Bekkering and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Neuroscience and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Dirk Kerzel

168 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

Perceptual basis of bimanual coordination 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. Perceptual basis of bimanual coordination
    2001 503 citations Dirk Kerzel 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
Dirk Kerzel Switzerland 34 3.3k 895 808 349 251 175 3.8k
M Kleiner Germany 19 3.1k 0.9× 694 0.8× 864 1.1× 293 0.8× 341 1.4× 43 3.9k
Ehud Zohary Israel 33 4.9k 1.5× 810 0.9× 1.1k 1.4× 289 0.8× 217 0.9× 62 5.4k
Catherine L. Reed United States 27 2.7k 0.8× 1.1k 1.3× 1.2k 1.5× 475 1.4× 156 0.6× 82 3.4k
Giorgia Committeri Italy 29 3.3k 1.0× 773 0.9× 612 0.8× 308 0.9× 116 0.5× 87 4.0k
G. Keith Humphrey Canada 30 2.7k 0.8× 605 0.7× 802 1.0× 290 0.8× 357 1.4× 64 3.2k
Paul M. Bays United Kingdom 38 6.4k 1.9× 1.3k 1.4× 1.0k 1.3× 355 1.0× 286 1.1× 90 7.1k
Blake W. Johnson Australia 31 2.5k 0.7× 886 1.0× 677 0.8× 645 1.8× 75 0.3× 91 3.0k
Lucia Riggio Italy 25 3.8k 1.2× 2.0k 2.3× 1.2k 1.5× 842 2.4× 230 0.9× 56 4.7k
Hiroyuki Sogo Japan 6 1.9k 0.6× 476 0.5× 788 1.0× 477 1.4× 119 0.5× 28 2.8k
Pascal Mamassian France 35 3.0k 0.9× 676 0.8× 1.0k 1.3× 138 0.4× 463 1.8× 162 3.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Dirk Kerzel

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dirk Kerzel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dirk Kerzel

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kerzel, Dirk, et al.. (2025). Persistent effects of salience in visual working memory: Limits of cue-driven guidance.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 51(2). 153–163.
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Gaspelin, Nicholas, Dominique Lamy, Howard E. Egeth, et al.. (2023). The Distractor Positivity Component and the Inhibition of Distracting Stimuli. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 35(11). 1693–1715. 36 indexed citations
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Kerzel, Dirk, et al.. (2022). Statistical learning in visual search reflects distractor rarity, not only attentional suppression. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 29(5). 1890–1897. 7 indexed citations
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Kerzel, Dirk, et al.. (2022). Guidance of visual search by negative attentional templates depends on task demands.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 48(6). 653–664. 7 indexed citations
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Kerzel, Dirk. (2020). Direct evidence for the optimal tuning of attention.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 46(7). 716–728. 12 indexed citations
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Born, Sabine, et al.. (2020). Attribute amnesia can be modulated by foveal presentation and the pre-allocation of endogenous spatial attention. Attention Perception & Psychophysics. 82(5). 2302–2314. 8 indexed citations
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Burra, Nicolas, David G. Muñoz, Léonardo Ceravolo, Dirk Kerzel, & Didier Grandjean. (2017). Rapid orienting of spatial attention toward and away from aggressive voices. OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints). 1 indexed citations
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Burra, Nicolas, et al.. (2016). Electrophysiological evidence for attentional capture by irrelevant angry facial expressions. Biological Psychology. 120. 69–80. 27 indexed citations
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Kerzel, Dirk, et al.. (2016). Active suppression of salient-but-irrelevant stimuli does not underlie resistance to visual interference. Biological Psychology. 121(Pt A). 74–83. 57 indexed citations
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Schütz, Alexander C., Dirk Kerzel, & David Souto. (2013). Saccadic adaptation induced by a perceptual task. Journal of Vision. 13(9). 111–111. 1 indexed citations
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Born, Sabine & Dirk Kerzel. (2011). Effects of stimulus contrast and temporal delays in saccadic distraction. Vision Research. 51(10). 1163–1172. 4 indexed citations
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Kerzel, Dirk, et al.. (2008). Local motion inside an object affects pointing less than smooth pursuit. Experimental Brain Research. 191(2). 187–195. 2 indexed citations
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Müsseler, Jochen, Sonja Stork, & Dirk Kerzel. (2008). Localizing the onset of moving stimuli by pointing or relative judgment: Variations in the size of the Fröhlich effect. Vision Research. 48(4). 611–617. 8 indexed citations
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Kerzel, Dirk, et al.. (2008). Effects of attention shifts to stationary objects during steady-state smooth pursuit eye movements. Vision Research. 48(7). 958–969. 37 indexed citations
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White, Brian J., Dirk Kerzel, & Karl R. Gegenfurtner. (2006). The spatio-temporal tuning of the mechanisms in the control of saccadic eye movements. Vision Research. 46(22). 3886–3897. 16 indexed citations
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Kerzel, Dirk. (2003). Mental extrapolation of target position is strongest with weak motion signals and motor responses. Vision Research. 43(25). 2623–2635. 47 indexed citations
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Kerzel, Dirk. (2002). 'Representational Momentum': Wahrnehmung oder Kognition?. Psychologische Rundschau. 53(3). 101–108. 2 indexed citations
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Kerzel, Dirk & Jochen Müsseler. (2002). Effects of stimulus material on the Fröhlich illusion. Vision Research. 42(2). 181–189. 12 indexed citations
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Kerzel, Dirk & Heiko Hecht. (1997). Grenzen der perzeptuellen Robustheit bei perspektivischer Verzerrung. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. 44. 394–430. 5 indexed citations

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