Leo Ganz

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Leo Ganz is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Leo Ganz has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Leo Ganz's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (21 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (10 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (4 papers). Leo Ganz is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (21 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (10 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (4 papers). Leo Ganz collaborates with scholars based in United States. Leo Ganz's co-authors include Bruno G. Breitmeyer, Robert Sekuler, Margaret I. Fitch, Eric Courchesne, Anthony M. Norcia, C.F. Stromeyer, Robert A. Schumer, Robert B. Felder, Stanley A. Klein and Suzannah Bliss Tieman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Psychological Bulletin and Psychological Review.

In The Last Decade

Leo Ganz

28 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Implications of sustained and transient channels for theories of visual pattern masking, saccadic suppression, and information processing.
    1976 993 citations Bruno G. Breitmeyer, Leo Ganz Psychological Review profile →

Peers

Leo Ganz
Veijo Virsu Finland
Walter Makous United States
R. J. W. Mansfield United States
Joseph S. Lappin United States
Lorrin A. Riggs United States
Allan Pantle United States
B. Fischer Germany
Peter Wenderoth Australia
RB Tootell United States
DH Hubel United States
Veijo Virsu Finland
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Countries citing papers authored by Leo Ganz

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Fields of papers citing papers by Leo Ganz

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leo Ganz

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Leo Ganz. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Leo Ganz based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Leo Ganz. Leo Ganz is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Nakatsuka, C., Ichiro Watanabe, Hua Bi, et al.. (2007). Effects of Perceptual Learning on Local Stereopsis and Neuronal Responses of V1 and V2 in Prism-Reared Monkeys. Journal of Neurophysiology. 97(4). 2612–2626. 20 indexed citations
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Ganz, Leo & Robert B. Felder. (1984). Mechanism of directional selectivity in simple neurons of the cat's visual cortex analyzed with stationary flash sequences. Journal of Neurophysiology. 51(2). 294–324. 65 indexed citations
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Schumer, Robert A. & Leo Ganz. (1979). Independent stereoscopic channels for different extents of spatial pooling. Vision Research. 19(12). 1303–1314. 72 indexed citations
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Ganz, Leo, et al.. (1979). Recognition of faces in the presence of two-dimensional sinusoidal masks. Perception & Psychophysics. 26(2). 163–167. 63 indexed citations
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Ungerleider, Leslie G., Leo Ganz, & Karl H. Pribram. (1977). Size constancy in rhesus monkeys: Effects of pulvinar, prestriate, and inferotemporal lesions. Experimental Brain Research. 27-27(3-4). 251–69. 48 indexed citations
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Breitmeyer, Bruno G. & Leo Ganz. (1976). Implications of sustained and transient channels for theories of visual pattern masking, saccadic suppression, and information processing.. Psychological Review. 83(1). 1–36. 46 indexed citations
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Breitmeyer, Bruno G. & Leo Ganz. (1976). Implications of sustained and transient channels for theories of visual pattern masking, saccadic suppression, and information processing.. Psychological Review. 83(1). 1–36. 993 indexed citations breakdown →
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Spear, P. D. & Leo Ganz. (1975). Effects of visual cortex lesions following recovery from monocular deprivation in the cat. Experimental Brain Research. 23(2). 181–201. 13 indexed citations
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Klein, Stanley A., C.F. Stromeyer, & Leo Ganz. (1974). The simultaneous spatial frequency shift: A dissociation between the detection and perception of gratings. Vision Research. 14(12). 1421–1432. 93 indexed citations
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Ganz, Leo, et al.. (1974). Permanent perceptual and neurophysiological effects of visual deprivation in the cat. Experimental Brain Research. 20(1). 67–87. 28 indexed citations
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Stromeyer, C.F., et al.. (1973). Spatial frequency phase effects in human vision. Vision Research. 13(12). 2345–IN7. 32 indexed citations
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Carpenter, Patricia A. & Leo Ganz. (1972). An attentional mechanism in the analysis of spatial frequency. Perception & Psychophysics. 12(1). 57–60. 11 indexed citations
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Ganz, Leo, et al.. (1968). The selective effect of visual deprivation on receptive field shape determined neurophysiologically. Experimental Neurology. 22(4). 614–637. 94 indexed citations
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Ganz, Leo, et al.. (1967). Electroencephalographic and unit discharge patterns of the striate cortex of visually deprived kittens to photic stimuli.. PubMed. 23(1). 91–2.
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Ganz, Leo & Paul D. Wilson. (1967). Innate generalization of a form discrimination without contouring eye movements.. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology. 63(2). 258–269. 9 indexed citations
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Ganz, Leo. (1966). Mechanism of the figural aftereffects.. Psychological Review. 73(2). 128–150. 144 indexed citations
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Ganz, Leo & Ross H. Day. (1965). An Analysis of the Satiation-Fatigue Mechanism of Figural After-Effects. The American Journal of Psychology. 78(3). 345–345. 17 indexed citations
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Sekuler, Robert & Leo Ganz. (1963). Aftereffect of Seen Motion with a Stabilized Retinal Image. Science. 139(3553). 419–420. 151 indexed citations
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Ganz, Leo. (1963). Effect of an anchor stimulus on the stimulus generalization gradient.. Journal of Experimental Psychology. 65(3). 270–279. 1 indexed citations
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Ganz, Leo & Austin H. Riesen. (1962). Stimulus generalization to hue in the darkreared macaque.. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology. 55(1). 92–99. 21 indexed citations

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