James A. Mazer

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

James A. Mazer is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, James A. Mazer has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in James A. Mazer's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (18 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (17 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (5 papers). James A. Mazer is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (18 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (17 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (5 papers). James A. Mazer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Singapore and Greece. James A. Mazer's co-authors include Jack L. Gallant, Min Wang, Amy F.T. Arnsten, Yang Yang, Lu E. Jin, Nao J. Gamo, Xiao‐Jing Wang, Julie D. Golomb, Marvin M. Chun and Alvaro Duque and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

James A. Mazer

25 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. α2A-Adrenoceptors Strengthen Working Memory Networks by Inhibiting cAMP-HCN Channel Signaling in Prefrontal Cortex
    2007 527 citations Min Wang, Brian P. Ramos et al. Cell profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James A. Mazer United States 19 2.1k 1.0k 476 173 170 25 2.7k
Trichur R. Vidyasagar Australia 34 3.4k 1.6× 1.1k 1.1× 415 0.9× 115 0.7× 145 0.9× 90 3.9k
Daniel Kiper Switzerland 29 2.2k 1.0× 627 0.6× 306 0.6× 123 0.7× 169 1.0× 55 2.9k
Elizabeth A. Buffalo United States 33 3.6k 1.7× 1.7k 1.7× 187 0.4× 132 0.8× 251 1.5× 61 4.3k
Christos Constantinidis United States 37 5.1k 2.4× 1.5k 1.5× 411 0.9× 127 0.7× 167 1.0× 107 6.0k
Yifeng Zhou China 26 1.9k 0.9× 594 0.6× 433 0.9× 116 0.7× 32 0.2× 97 2.7k
Ulf Knoblich United States 17 2.9k 1.4× 2.5k 2.5× 497 1.0× 169 1.0× 44 0.3× 21 3.9k
Guillaume S. Masson France 28 1.8k 0.8× 434 0.4× 350 0.7× 240 1.4× 88 0.5× 95 2.2k
Fraser A.W. Wilson China 19 2.7k 1.3× 970 1.0× 183 0.4× 69 0.4× 97 0.6× 37 3.1k
Blake A. Richards Canada 24 1.8k 0.8× 1.3k 1.3× 378 0.8× 63 0.4× 151 0.9× 52 3.0k
Daniel H. O’Connor United States 31 3.7k 1.7× 2.4k 2.4× 440 0.9× 140 0.8× 49 0.3× 57 4.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James A. Mazer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Golomb, Julie D. & James A. Mazer. (2021). Visual Remapping. Annual Review of Vision Science. 7(1). 257–277. 13 indexed citations
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Marino, Alexandria C. & James A. Mazer. (2018). Saccades Trigger Predictive Updating of Attentional Topography in Area V4. Neuron. 98(2). 429–438.e4. 22 indexed citations
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Marino, Alexandria C. & James A. Mazer. (2016). Perisaccadic Updating of Visual Representations and Attentional States: Linking Behavior and Neurophysiology. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. 10. 3–3. 38 indexed citations
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Touryan, Jon & James A. Mazer. (2015). Linear and non-linear properties of feature selectivity in V4 neurons. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. 9. 82–82. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Min, Yang Yang, Nao J. Gamo, et al.. (2013). NMDA Receptors Subserve Persistent Neuronal Firing during Working Memory in Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex. Neuron. 77(4). 736–749. 355 indexed citations
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Sachdev, Robert N. S., Matthew R. Krause, & James A. Mazer. (2012). Surround suppression and sparse coding in visual and barrel cortices. Frontiers in Neural Circuits. 6. 43–43. 55 indexed citations
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Mazer, James A.. (2011). Spatial Attention, Feature-Based Attention, and Saccades: Three Sides of One Coin?. Biological Psychiatry. 69(12). 1147–1152. 30 indexed citations
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Wang, Min, Nao J. Gamo, Yang Yang, et al.. (2011). Neuronal basis of age-related working memory decline. Nature. 476(7359). 210–213. 346 indexed citations
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Golomb, Julie D., et al.. (2010). Attentional Facilitation throughout Human Visual Cortex Lingers in Retinotopic Coordinates after Eye Movements. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(31). 10493–10506. 60 indexed citations
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Golomb, Julie D., Alexandria C. Marino, Marvin M. Chun, & James A. Mazer. (2010). Attention doesn’t slide: spatiotopic updating after eye movements instantiates a new, discrete attentional locus. Attention Perception & Psychophysics. 73(1). 7–14. 43 indexed citations
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Haider, Bilal, Matthew R. Krause, Alvaro Duque, et al.. (2010). Synaptic and Network Mechanisms of Sparse and Reliable Visual Cortical Activity during Nonclassical Receptive Field Stimulation. Neuron. 65(1). 107–121. 198 indexed citations
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Golomb, Julie D., Marvin M. Chun, & James A. Mazer. (2008). The Native Coordinate System of Spatial Attention Is Retinotopic. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(42). 10654–10662. 144 indexed citations
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David, Stephen V., Benjamin Y. Hayden, James A. Mazer, & Jack L. Gallant. (2008). Attention to Stimulus Features Shifts Spectral Tuning of V4 Neurons during Natural Vision. Neuron. 59(3). 509–521. 125 indexed citations
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Wang, Min, Brian P. Ramos, Constantinos D. Paspalas, et al.. (2007). α2A-Adrenoceptors Strengthen Working Memory Networks by Inhibiting cAMP-HCN Channel Signaling in Prefrontal Cortex. Cell. 129(2). 397–410. 527 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mazer, James A. & Jack L. Gallant. (2003). Goal-Related Activity in V4 during Free Viewing Visual Search. Neuron. 40(6). 1241–1250. 194 indexed citations
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Saberi, Kourosh, et al.. (2002). Detection of Large Interaural Delays and Its Implication for Models of Binaural Interaction. Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology. 3(1). 80–88. 11 indexed citations
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Wagner, Hermann, et al.. (2002). Response properties of neurons in the core of the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus of the barn owl. European Journal of Neuroscience. 15(8). 1343–1352. 29 indexed citations
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Gallant, Jack L., et al.. (2000). A Human Extrastriate Area Functionally Homologous to Macaque V4. Neuron. 27(2). 227–235. 161 indexed citations
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Mazer, James A. & Jack L. Gallant. (2000). Object recognition: Seeing us seeing shapes. Current Biology. 10(18). R668–R670. 5 indexed citations
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Mazer, James A.. (1998). How the owl resolves auditory coding ambiguity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 95(18). 10932–10937. 51 indexed citations

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