Leo M. Hurvich

5.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
56 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Leo M. Hurvich is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Leo M. Hurvich has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 22 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 20 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Leo M. Hurvich's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (23 papers), Color Science and Applications (22 papers) and Color perception and design (19 papers). Leo M. Hurvich is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (23 papers), Color Science and Applications (22 papers) and Color perception and design (19 papers). Leo M. Hurvich collaborates with scholars based in United States and France. Leo M. Hurvich's co-authors include Dorothea Jameson, Floyd Ratliff, Robert Sekuler, G. S. Brindley, Henry P. Raleigh, Ewald Hering, Morton P. Friedman, Edward C. Carterette, S. S. Stevens and Walter A. Rosenblith and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Psychological Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Leo M. Hurvich

53 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

An opponent-process theory of color vision. 1957 2026 1980 2003 1957 1966 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. An opponent-process theory of color vision.
    1957 694 citations Leo M. Hurvich, Dorothea Jameson Psychological Review profile →
  2. Mach Bands: Quantitative Studies on Neural Networks in the Retina
    1966 473 citations Dorothea Jameson, Leo M. Hurvich et al. profile →

Peers

Leo M. Hurvich
Dorothea Jameson United States
John Krauskopf United States
Robert M. Boynton United States
Jacob Nachmias United States
J. J. Kulikowski United Kingdom
Donald I. A. MacLeod United States
C.F. Stromeyer United States
Davida Y. Teller United States
Lothar Spillmann Germany
Whitman Richards United States
Dorothea Jameson United States
Leo M. Hurvich
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jameson, Dorothea & Leo M. Hurvich. (1989). Essay Concerning Color Constancy. Annual Review of Psychology. 40(1). 1–24. 193 indexed citations
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Jameson, Dorothea, et al.. (1979). Receptoral and postreceptoral visual processes in recovery from chromatic adaptation.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 76(6). 3034–3038. 43 indexed citations
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Hurvich, Leo M. & Dorothea Jameson. (1979). Helmholtz's Vision: Looking Backward. Contemporary Psychology. 24(11). 901–904. 1 indexed citations
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Hurvich, Leo M.. (1978). Colour vision deficiences III. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 30(2). 230–232. 2 indexed citations
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Jameson, Dorothea & Leo M. Hurvich. (1978). Dichromatic color language: "reds" and "greens" don't look alike but their colors do.. PubMed. 2(2). 146–55. 36 indexed citations
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Raleigh, Henry P., et al.. (1970). The Perception of Brightness and Darkness. Leonardo. 3(3). 369–369. 80 indexed citations
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Jameson, Dorothea & Leo M. Hurvich. (1970). Improvable, yes; insoluble, no: A reply to Flock. Perception & Psychophysics. 8(2). 125–128. 6 indexed citations
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Hurvich, Leo M., et al.. (1968). The experimental determination of unique green in the spectrum. Perception & Psychophysics. 4(2). 65–68. 60 indexed citations
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Hurvich, Leo M. & Dorothea Jameson. (1960). Perceived Color, Induction Effects, and Opponent-Response Mechanisms. The Journal of General Physiology. 43(6). 63–80. 14 indexed citations
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Hurvich, Leo M. & Dorothea Jameson. (1960). Color Vision. Annual Review of Psychology. 11(1). 99–130. 7 indexed citations
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Hurvich, Leo M. & Dorothea Jameson. (1960). Binocular Fusion of Colors. Science. 132(3422). 305–306. 1 indexed citations
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Hurvich, Leo M. & Dorothea Jameson. (1957). An opponent-process theory of color vision.. Psychological Review. 64(6, Pt.1). 384–404. 694 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jameson, Dorothea & Leo M. Hurvich. (1956). Theoretical Analysis of Anomalous Trichromatic Color Vision. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 46(12). 1075–1075. 31 indexed citations
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Hurvich, Leo M. & Dorothea Jameson. (1955). A QUANTITATIVE THEORETICAL ACCOUNT OF COLOR VISION*. Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences. 18(1 Series II). 33–38. 5 indexed citations
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Hurvich, Leo M. & Dorothea Jameson. (1954). Spectral Sensitivity of the Fovea III Heterochromatic Brightness and Chromatic Adaptation. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 44(3). 213–213. 16 indexed citations
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Hurvich, Leo M. & Dorothea Jameson. (1953). Spectral Sensitivity of the Fovea I Neutral Adaptation. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 43(6). 485–485. 27 indexed citations
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Jameson, Dorothea & Leo M. Hurvich. (1953). Spectral Sensitivity of the Fovea II Dependence on Chromatic Adaptation. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 43(7). 552–552. 21 indexed citations
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Jameson, Dorothea & Leo M. Hurvich. (1951). Use of spectral hue-invariant loci for the specification of white stimuli.. Journal of Experimental Psychology. 41(6). 455–463. 18 indexed citations
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Hurvich, Leo M. & Dorothea Jameson. (1951). A Psychophysical Study of White I Neutral Adaptation. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 41(8). 521–521. 39 indexed citations
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Hurvich, Leo M. & Dorothea Jameson. (1951). A Psychophysical Study of White III Adaptation as Variant. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 41(11). 787–787. 19 indexed citations

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