George Sperling

16.6k citations

153 papers · 12.5k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 48

Impact in

Cognitive Neuroscience top 0.05%
- Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology top 0.2%
- Multisensory perception and integration
- Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes

Papers in

Cognitive Neuroscience 123
- Visual perception and processing mechanisms 108
- Neural dynamics and brain function 33
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies 22
Human-Computer Interaction 16

Co-authors: Charles Chubb Jan P. H. van Santen Zhong‐Lin Lu Erich Weichselgartner Jian Ding Adam Reeves Joshua A. Solomon Michael S. Landy
Journals: Journal of Vision (26 papers)Vision Research (20 papers)Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance (15 papers)Journal of the Optical Society of America A (10 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (10 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Taiwan

In The Last Decade

George Sperling

147 papers receiving 11.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Drift-balanced random stimuli: a general basis for studying non-Fourier motion perception 1988 · 564 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.

1988 Journal of the Optical Society of America A
1985 Journal of the Optical Society of America A
1963 Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
1960 The Psychological Monographs

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside George Sperling, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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#	Work
1	Deriving the number of salience maps an observer has from the number and quality of concurrent centroid judgments Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Tatianna Ungredda, Sixto Morinigo, George Sperling	2023	2
2	The centroid paradigm: Quantifying feature-based attention in terms of attention filters Attention Perception & Psychophysics ·Sixto Morinigo, Charles Chubb, Charles E. Wright, George Sperling	2015	21
3	Two mechanisms that determine the Barber-Pole Illusion Vision Research ·Sixto Morinigo, Charles Chubb, George Sperling	2015	8
4	Evidence against global attention filters selective for absolute bar-orientation in human vision Attention Perception & Psychophysics ·许之秀, Sixto Morinigo, Charles Chubb, Charles E. Wright, George Sperling	2015	13
5	Modeling the Temporal, Spatial, and Featural Processes of Visual Attention Journal of Vision ·George Sperling	2010	1
6	The three dimensions of human visual sensitivity to first-order contrast statistics Vision Research ·Charles Chubb, Jong-Ho Nam, 余鹍, George Sperling	2007	19
7	Sensitive calibration and measurement procedures based on the amplification principle in motion perception Vision Research ·Zhong‐Lin Lu, George Sperling	2001	26
8	Second-order reversed phi Perception & Psychophysics ·Zhong‐Lin Lu, George Sperling	1999	33
9	Structure detection: a statistically certified unsupervised learning procedure Vision Research ·Charles Chubb, Zhong‐Lin Lu, George Sperling	1997	4
10	Is there feature-based attentional selection in visual search? Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance ·Shui-I Shih, George Sperling	1996	23
11	Drastically different saturation for luminance motion versus texture-contrast motion Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Natasha Ramos-Ayala, George Sperling	1995	1
12	Depth from motion George Sperling, Barbara Anne Dosher	1995	11
13	Measuring the spatial frequency selectivity of second-order texture mechanisms Vision Research ·Anne Sutter, George Sperling, Mutsumi Viviana Ishida Fukami	1995	125
14	1st- and 2nd-order motion and texture resolution in central and peripheral vision Vision Research ·Joshua A. Solomon, George Sperling	1995	34
15	Energy computations in motion and texture Optical Society of America Annual Meeting ·Peter Werkhoven, George Sperling, Charles Chubb	1992	2
16	The visible persistence of stimuli in stroboscopic motion Vision Research ·Joyce Farrell, Misha Pavel, George Sperling	1990	42
17	Kinetic depth effect and optic flow—I. 3D shape from Fourier motion Vision Research ·Barbara Anne Dosher, Michael S. Landy, George Sperling	1989	79
18	Stereopsis versus proximity-luminance covariance as determinants of perceived three-dimensional structure (A) Barbara Anne Dosher, George Sperling, T Thistlewaite	1984	1
19	Range of stereopsis (A) Journal of the Optical Society of America A ·Peter J. Burt, George Sperling, Béla Julesz	1978	7
20	The information available in visual presentations The Psychological Monographs ·George Sperling	1960	5

About George Sperling

George Sperling is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Human-Computer Interaction, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Ophthalmology, having authored 153 papers that have together received 12.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (108 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (33 papers), Color Science and Applications (23 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (22 papers), Color perception and design (18 papers), Visual Attention and Saliency Detection (13 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (12 papers) and Multisensory perception and integration (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cognitive Neuroscience (10.5k citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (2.8k citations), Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (2.0k citations), Human-Computer Interaction (430 citations) and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (1.3k citations). George Sperling has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Taiwan. Frequent co-authors include Charles Chubb, Jan P. H. van Santen, Zhong‐Lin Lu, Erich Weichselgartner, Jian Ding, Adam Reeves, Joshua A. Solomon, Michael S. Landy, Barbara Anne Dosher and Karl R. Gegenfurtner. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Vision, Vision Research, Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance, Journal of the Optical Society of America A and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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