James E. Cutting

12.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
149 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

James E. Cutting is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, James E. Cutting has authored 149 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 34 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 30 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in James E. Cutting's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (33 papers), Spatial Cognition and Navigation (18 papers) and Phonetics and Phonology Research (18 papers). James E. Cutting is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (33 papers), Spatial Cognition and Navigation (18 papers) and Phonetics and Phonology Research (18 papers). James E. Cutting collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. James E. Cutting's co-authors include Lynn T. Kozlowski, Dennis R. Proffítt, Nicola Bruno, Peter M. Vishton, Burton S. Rosner, Jordan E. DeLong, Robert T. Millard, Kaitlin L. Brunick, Cassandra Moore and Bennett I. Bertenthal and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Psychological Review.

In The Last Decade

James E. Cutting

141 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

Recognizing friends by their walk: Gait perception withou... 1977 2026 1993 2009 1977 1977 200 400 600
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. Recognizing friends by their walk: Gait perception without familiarity cues
    1977 744 citations James E. Cutting et al. profile →
  2. Recognizing the sex of a walker from a dynamic point-light display
    1977 605 citations James E. Cutting 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
James E. Cutting United States 43 4.1k 1.9k 1.7k 1.5k 881 149 7.2k
Gunnar Johansson Sweden 25 2.3k 0.6× 1.6k 0.8× 1.2k 0.7× 661 0.4× 578 0.7× 87 5.1k
Nikolaus F. Troje Canada 44 3.6k 0.9× 2.3k 1.2× 1.4k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 871 1.0× 199 6.9k
Michael S. Landy United States 41 6.2k 1.5× 1.3k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 1.4k 0.9× 383 0.4× 173 7.4k
Lawrence Stark United States 47 6.0k 1.5× 894 0.5× 1.5k 0.9× 710 0.5× 356 0.4× 232 9.9k
Giulio Sandini Italy 52 5.1k 1.2× 2.0k 1.0× 2.3k 1.3× 1.2k 0.8× 794 0.9× 376 11.2k
Gordon E. Legge United States 54 8.4k 2.1× 1.4k 0.7× 1.3k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 1.1k 1.2× 236 11.8k
Martin S. Banks United States 56 10.6k 2.6× 1.9k 1.0× 2.3k 1.3× 3.0k 2.0× 463 0.5× 226 14.3k
Laurence T. Maloney United States 44 5.7k 1.4× 2.1k 1.1× 1.4k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 473 0.5× 159 7.8k
James T. Enns Canada 53 7.9k 1.9× 1.6k 0.8× 1.6k 0.9× 2.1k 1.3× 996 1.1× 243 10.1k
David C. Knill United States 36 5.1k 1.2× 1.0k 0.5× 857 0.5× 1.1k 0.7× 315 0.4× 72 6.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cutting, James E., et al.. (2022). On the physical variables filmmakers use to engage viewers.. Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts. 17(5). 541–552. 3 indexed citations
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Cutting, James E.. (2020). Goldilocks Aesthetics. 14(2). 66–74. 1 indexed citations
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Cutting, James E., et al.. (2019). Large-scale narrative events in popular cinema. Cognitive Research Principles and Implications. 4(1). 34–34. 5 indexed citations
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Cutting, James E., et al.. (2019). Shaping Edits, Creating Fractals. 13(1). 1–22. 2 indexed citations
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Cutting, James E., et al.. (2017). Events, movies, and aging.. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. 6(2). 137–140. 4 indexed citations
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Cutting, James E.. (2016). Narrative theory and the dynamics of popular movies. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 23(6). 1713–1743. 67 indexed citations
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Abney, Drew H., Dima Amso, Anthony Chemero, et al.. (2016). Perception, as you make it. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 39. e260–e260. 12 indexed citations
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Cutting, James E., et al.. (2016). Facial expression, size, and clutter: Inferences from movie structure to emotion judgments and back. Attention Perception & Psychophysics. 78(3). 891–901. 25 indexed citations
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Cutting, James E.. (2016). The evolution of pace in popular movies. Cognitive Research Principles and Implications. 1(1). 30–30. 14 indexed citations
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Cutting, James E. & Ayşe Candan Şimşek. (2015). Shot Durations, Shot Classes, and the Increased Pace of Popular Movies. 9(2). 25 indexed citations
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Cutting, James E., Kaitlin L. Brunick, & Jordan E. DeLong. (2012). On Shot Lengths and Film Acts: A Revised View. 6(1). 9 indexed citations
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Cutting, James E., Kaitlin L. Brunick, & Ayşe Candan Şimşek. (2012). Perceiving event dynamics and parsing Hollywood films.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 38(6). 1476–1490. 64 indexed citations
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Cutting, James E., Kaitlin L. Brunick, & Jordan E. DeLong. (2011). How Act Structure Sculpts Shot Lengths and Shot Transitions in Hollywood Film. 5(1). 1–16. 14 indexed citations
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Cutting, James E.. (2007). Rhythms of Research. APS observer. 20(11). 1 indexed citations
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Cutting, James E.. (2007). On the Growth of Psychological Science. APS observer. 20(8). 1 indexed citations
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Jensen, Robert T., et al.. (2007). Partisan Canons. 5 indexed citations
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Cutting, James E.. (1999). The Reality of Illusion: An Ecological Approach to Cognitive Film Theory. Journal of Film and Video. 51. 97. 10 indexed citations
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Cutting, James E., Ranxiao Frances Wang, Michelangelo Flückiger, & Bernard Baumberger. (1999). Human heading judgments and object-based motion information. Vision Research. 39(6). 1079–1105. 23 indexed citations
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Cutting, James E.. (1986). Perceiving and recovering structure from events. 264–270. 3 indexed citations
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Cutting, James E.. (1986). Perception with an eye for motion. MIT Press eBooks. 316 indexed citations

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