Lawrence Weiskrantz

18.6k citations

173 papers · 12.9k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 56

Impact in

Cognitive Neuroscience top 0.05%
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Memory Processes and Influences
- Face Recognition and Perception
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology top 0.5%

Papers in

Cognitive Neuroscience 114
- Visual perception and processing mechanisms 59
- Neural dynamics and brain function 39
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms 39
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies 20
- Memory Processes and Influences 12
Sensory Systems 8

Co-authors: Elizabeth K. Warrington Alan Cowey M. D. Sanders John Marshall Béatrice de Gelder John L. Barbur Arash Sahraie Alan Baddeley
Journals: Neuropsychologia (20 papers)Nature (12 papers)Brain (11 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (11 papers)Science (5 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Netherlands

In The Last Decade

Lawrence Weiskrantz

169 papers receiving 11.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

Blindsight: A Case Study and Implications 1986 · 595 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.

1986 Medical Entomology and Zoology
1974 Brain
1970 Nature
1968 Nature
1956 Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology

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All Works

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#	Work
1	Blindsight in hindsight Psychologist ·Lawrence Weiskrantz	2010	4
2	Early extrastriate activity without primary visual cortex in humans Neuroscience Letters ·Bruno Rossion, Béatrice de Gelder, Gilles Pourtois, J.M. Guérit, Lawrence Weiskrantz	2000	22
3	Covert processing of facial expressions in a blindsight patient. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience ·Béatrice de Gelder, Jean Vroomen, Lawrence Weiskrantz	1999	3
4	Covert processing or facial expressions in a blindsight patient. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Béatrice de Gelder, Jean Vroomen, Lawrence Weiskrantz	1999	2
5	Recovered memory debate Psychologist ·Lawrence Weiskrantz	1998	1
6	Conscious and unconscious processing of visual signals: Psychophysical and fMRI studies Perception ·Arash Sahraie, Lawrence Weiskrantz, Andrew Simmons, Steven Williams, John L. Barbur	1996	3
7	Prefrontal dysfunction in neuropsychiatric disorders - General discussion Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Trevor W. Robbins, Biel Granell, Chris Frith, Lawrence Weiskrantz	1996	1
8	CONSCIOUS VERSUS UNCONSCIOUS VISUAL-DISCRIMINATION WITHOUT V1 Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Arash Sahraie, John L. Barbur, Lawrence Weiskrantz	1995	2
9	DISCRIMINATION OF CHROMATIC STIMULI IN BLINDSIGHT - PUPILLOMETRY AND PSYCHOPHYSICS Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Petra Stoerig, John L. Barbur, Arash Sahraie, Lawrence Weiskrantz	1994	8
10	Spatial and temporal response properties of residual vision in a case of hemianopia Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·John L. Barbur, A J Harlow, Lawrence Weiskrantz	1994	71
11	Attention : selection, awareness, and control : a tribute to Donald Broadbent Clarendon Press eBooks ·Alan Baddeley, Lawrence Weiskrantz	1993	253
12	NMDA receptor blockers facilitate and impair learning via different mechanisms Behavioral and Neural Biology ·Cesare Mondadori, Lawrence Weiskrantz	1993	57
13	MK-801 can facilitate passive avoidance memory when retention is not present in control animals, and can fail to facilitate when it is present Psychopharmacology ·Lawrence Weiskrantz, Cesare Mondadori	1991	28
14	The Ferrier Lecture, 1989 - Outlooks for blindsight: explicit methodologies for implicit processes Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences ·Lawrence Weiskrantz	1990	100
15	Problems of learning and memory: one or multiple memory systems? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Lawrence Weiskrantz	1990	35
16	Animal intelligence : proceedings of a Royal Society discussion meeting held on 6 and 7 June 1984 Clarendon Press eBooks ·Lawrence Weiskrantz	1985	4
17	The Neuropsychology of cognitive function : proceedings of a Royal Society discussion meeting, held on 18 and 19 November 1981 Donald E. Broadbent, Lawrence Weiskrantz	1982	5
18	BLINDSIGHT - RESIDUAL VISION FOLLOWING OCCIPITAL LESIONS IN MAN AND MONKEY Brain Research ·Lawrence Weiskrantz, E. K. Warrington	1975	2
19	ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENTS AND REVERSAL OF DIURNAL ACTIVITY CYCLES IN RAT Biological Psychiatry ·V. Baltzer, Lawrence Weiskrantz	1975	21
20	Sir Frederic Bartlett Lectureship BMJ ·Lawrence Weiskrantz, O. L. Zangwill	1965	2

About Lawrence Weiskrantz

Lawrence Weiskrantz is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Sensory Systems, Ophthalmology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Developmental and Educational Psychology, having authored 173 papers that have together received 12.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (59 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (39 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (39 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (20 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (12 papers), Memory Processes and Influences (12 papers), Child and Animal Learning Development (11 papers) and Ocular and Laser Science Research (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cognitive Neuroscience (10.5k citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (1.9k citations), Sensory Systems (554 citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (2.1k citations) and Developmental and Educational Psychology (1.4k citations). Lawrence Weiskrantz has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Elizabeth K. Warrington, Alan Cowey, M. D. Sanders, John Marshall, Béatrice de Gelder, John L. Barbur, Arash Sahraie, Alan Baddeley, Gilles Pourtois and Alan Baddeley. Their work appears in journals such as Neuropsychologia, Nature, Brain, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Science.

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