Elisha P. Merriam

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Elisha P. Merriam is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Elisha P. Merriam has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Elisha P. Merriam's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (35 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (29 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (10 papers). Elisha P. Merriam is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (35 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (29 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (10 papers). Elisha P. Merriam collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Czechia. Elisha P. Merriam's co-authors include David J. Heeger, Christopher R. Genovese, Carol L. Colby, John A. Sweeney, Matcheri S. Keshavan, Jeremy Freeman, Beatríz Luna, Keith R. Thulborn, Nancy J. Minshew and William F. Eddy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Elisha P. Merriam

45 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Maturation of Widely Distributed Brain Function Subserves... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Maturation of Widely Distributed Brain Function Subserves Cognitive Development
    2001 540 citations Beatríz Luna, Keith R. Thulborn et al. NeuroImage profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Elisha P. Merriam United States 19 2.0k 304 219 173 164 47 2.4k
Anne B. Sereno United States 26 1.6k 0.8× 266 0.9× 338 1.5× 240 1.4× 112 0.7× 63 2.4k
Pedro J. Pardo Spain 14 1.3k 0.7× 300 1.0× 283 1.3× 118 0.7× 213 1.3× 48 1.9k
Duje Tadin United States 31 2.5k 1.3× 373 1.2× 211 1.0× 332 1.9× 296 1.8× 117 2.9k
Stephan A. Brandt Germany 22 2.7k 1.4× 326 1.1× 114 0.5× 246 1.4× 247 1.5× 56 3.2k
Jöran Lepsien Germany 22 1.7k 0.8× 348 1.1× 162 0.7× 73 0.4× 218 1.3× 56 2.2k
Jens‐Max Hopf Germany 31 3.2k 1.6× 521 1.7× 188 0.9× 207 1.2× 217 1.3× 89 3.8k
Veit Stuphorn United States 27 2.9k 1.5× 238 0.8× 238 1.1× 429 2.5× 230 1.4× 45 3.3k
Michael Waskom United States 11 1.4k 0.7× 411 1.4× 188 0.9× 131 0.8× 121 0.7× 15 2.0k
Elisa C. Dias United States 27 2.1k 1.1× 227 0.7× 401 1.8× 327 1.9× 120 0.7× 46 2.4k
Ian E. Holliday United Kingdom 25 1.9k 1.0× 198 0.7× 121 0.6× 299 1.7× 174 1.1× 49 2.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elisha P. Merriam

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Knapen, Tomas, et al.. (2024). Principles of intensive human neuroimaging. Trends in Neurosciences. 47(11). 856–864. 5 indexed citations
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Jaschke, Artur C., Claire Howlin, James L. Pool, et al.. (2024). Study protocol of a randomized control trial on the effectiveness of improvisational music therapy for autistic children. BMC Psychiatry. 24(1). 637–637. 3 indexed citations
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Steinberg, Noah J., et al.. (2024). Brain representations of motion and position in the double-drift illusion. eLife. 13. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Tina, et al.. (2023). Direction discrimination training recovers fine orientation perception in V1-damage fields. Journal of Vision. 23(9). 4942–4942.
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Merriam, Elisha P., et al.. (2023). Representations in human primary visual cortex drift over time. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4422–4422. 11 indexed citations
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Merriam, Elisha P., et al.. (2023). Pupil Size Is Sensitive to Low-Level Stimulus Features, Independent of Arousal-Related Modulation. eNeuro. 10(10). ENEURO.0005–23.2023. 3 indexed citations
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Japee, Shruti, et al.. (2023). Emotion and anxiety interact to bias spatial attention.. Emotion. 24(4). 1109–1124. 2 indexed citations
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Chai, Yuhui, et al.. (2022). Layer-specific, retinotopically-diffuse modulation in human visual cortex in response to viewing emotionally expressive faces. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6302–6302. 13 indexed citations
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Kay, Kendrick, et al.. (2022). Natural scene sampling reveals reliable coarse-scale orientation tuning in human V1. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6469–6469. 13 indexed citations
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Steinberg, Noah J., et al.. (2022). Spatiotopic and retinotopic memory in the context of natural images. Journal of Vision. 22(4). 11–11. 3 indexed citations
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Merriam, Elisha P., et al.. (2020). Task-related activity in human visual cortex. PLoS Biology. 18(11). e3000921–e3000921. 14 indexed citations
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Merriam, Elisha P., et al.. (2018). Data and code for "Stimulus vignetting and orientation selectivity in human visual cortex". OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints). 1 indexed citations
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Heeger, David J., et al.. (2018). Stimulus vignetting and orientation selectivity in human visual cortex. eLife. 7. 36 indexed citations
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Merriam, Elisha P., et al.. (2014). Motion Direction Biases and Decoding in Human Visual Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(37). 12601–12615. 30 indexed citations
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Merriam, Elisha P., Justin L. Gardner, J. Anthony Movshon, & David J. Heeger. (2013). Modulation of Visual Responses by Gaze Direction in Human Visual Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(24). 9879–9889. 41 indexed citations
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Freeman, Jeremy, David J. Heeger, & Elisha P. Merriam. (2013). Coarse-Scale Biases for Spirals and Orientation in Human Visual Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(50). 19695–19703. 53 indexed citations
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Jerde, Trenton A., Elisha P. Merriam, Adam C. Riggall, James H. Hedges, & Clayton E. Curtis. (2012). Prioritized Maps of Space in Human Frontoparietal Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(48). 17382–17390. 157 indexed citations
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Wang, Haihui, et al.. (2010). Temporal scramble disrupts eye movements to naturalistic videos. Journal of Vision. 10(7). 528–528. 2 indexed citations
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Merriam, Elisha P., Carol L. Colby, Keith R. Thulborn, et al.. (2001). Stimulus–Response Incompatibility Activates Cortex Proximate to Three Eye Fields. NeuroImage. 13(5). 794–800. 67 indexed citations

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