Lothar Spillmann

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
116 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Lothar Spillmann is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lothar Spillmann has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 30 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 23 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Lothar Spillmann's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (93 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (30 papers) and Color Science and Applications (30 papers). Lothar Spillmann is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (93 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (30 papers) and Color Science and Applications (30 papers). Lothar Spillmann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Italy. Lothar Spillmann's co-authors include John S. Werner, Baingio Pinna, Christoph Redies, Birgitta Dresp, Gavin Brelstaff, Kenneth Fuld, Anne Kurtenbach, Nicolas Hunzelmann, Jerrold S. Levine and Kai Hamburger and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience and Trends in Neurosciences.

In The Last Decade

Lothar Spillmann

110 papers receiving 3.0k citations

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Visual Perception: The Neurophysiological Foundations

1989 443 citations Lothar Spillmann, John S. Werner profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Fading, Filling-in, and the Perception of Uniform Surfaces 2011 ·Lothar Spillmann	5
2	Fading, Perceptual Filling-in, and Motion-Induced Blindness: Phenomenology, Psychophysics, and Neurophysiology 2011 ·Lothar Spillmann	1
3	The watercolor effect: Spacing constraints 2009 ·Vision Research ·(unknown), Lothar Spillmann	13
4	Illusory color and the brain 2007 ·Scientific American ·John S. Werner, Baingio Pinna, Lothar Spillmann	2
5	Perceptual filling-in from the edge of the blind spot 2006 ·Vision Research ·Lothar Spillmann, Tobias Otte, Kai Hamburger, Svein Magnussen	38
6	Spatial profile of contours inducing long-range color assimilation 2006 ·Visual Neuroscience ·(unknown), Lothar Spillmann, John S. Werner	10
7	Chapter 5 From perceptive fields to Gestalt 2006 ·Progress in brain research ·Lothar Spillmann	20
8	Filling-in with colour: Different modes of surface completion 2005 ·Vision Research ·Kai Hamburger, Helmut Prior, Viktor Sarris, Lothar Spillmann	24
9	Illusory contours and surfaces without amodal completion and depth stratification 2004 ·Vision Research ·Baingio Pinna, Walter H. Ehrenstein, Lothar Spillmann	6
10	Unveiling the foveal blue scotoma through an afterimage 2003 ·Vision Research ·Svein Magnussen, Lothar Spillmann, (unknown), John S. Werner	18
11	Masking, persistence, and transfer in rotating arcs 2002 ·Vision Research ·(unknown), (unknown), Osvaldo Da Pos, Lothar Spillmann	4
12	Texture fading correlates with stimulus salience 2001 ·Vision Research ·(unknown), Lothar Spillmann	27
13	Surface color from boundaries: a new ‘watercolor’ illusion 2001 ·Vision Research ·Baingio Pinna, Gavin Brelstaff, Lothar Spillmann	154
14	Motion and shape in common fate 2000 ·Vision Research ·William R. Uttal, Lothar Spillmann, (unknown), Allison B. Sekuler	36
15	The scintillating grid illusion in stereo-depth 2000 ·Vision Research ·Michael Schrauf, Lothar Spillmann	10
16	S-cone signals to temporal OFF-channels: 1999 ·Vision Research ·Keizo Shinomori, Lothar Spillmann, John S. Werner	38
17	Spatial distortions in rotating radial figures 1999 ·Vision Research ·Stuart Anstis, (unknown), Lothar Spillmann	9
18	The abutting grating illusion 1996 ·Vision Research ·Manuel Soriano Ferrer, Lothar Spillmann, Michael Bach	57
19	Visual Motion Aftereffects: Critical Adaptation and Test Conditions 1996 ·Vision Research ·Nicholas Wade, Lothar Spillmann, Michael T Swanston	26
20	Assimilation: Asymmetry between brightness and darkness? 1995 ·Vision Research ·Charles M. M. de Weert, Lothar Spillmann	42

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