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

Hit Papers

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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.

Visual Perception: The Neurophysiological Foundations

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

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Lothar Spillmann	2.8k	759	688	363	338	116	3.2k
Qasim Zaidi	2.5k 0.9×	1.1k 1.4×	940 1.4×	394 1.1×	298 0.9×	136	2.9k
Norma Graham	3.0k 1.1×	1.0k 1.4×	370 0.5×	323 0.9×	569 1.7×	60	3.5k
J. J. Kulikowski	3.8k 1.4×	1.2k 1.6×	568 0.8×	625 1.7×	509 1.5×	93	4.4k
Jacob Nachmias	3.2k 1.2×	1.1k 1.4×	427 0.6×	374 1.0×	504 1.5×	45	3.8k
Kathy T. Mullen	3.4k 1.2×	1.4k 1.8×	1.1k 1.5×	517 1.4×	462 1.4×	116	4.1k
Mark A. Georgeson	3.6k 1.3×	1.1k 1.4×	512 0.7×	456 1.3×	656 1.9×	121	4.1k
Israel Abramov	1.7k 0.6×	616 0.8×	723 1.1×	369 1.0×	129 0.4×	62	2.7k
Jyrki Rovamo	2.9k 1.1×	490 0.6×	327 0.5×	381 1.0×	373 1.1×	93	3.4k
Frederick A. A. Kingdom	3.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.5×	963 1.4×	249 0.7×	581 1.7×	145	3.8k
C.F. Stromeyer	2.4k 0.9×	1.1k 1.5×	652 0.9×	312 0.9×	279 0.8×	70	2.6k

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All Works

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Spillmann, Lothar, et al.. (2012). Multiple cues add up in defining a figure on a ground. Vision Research. 77. 51–58. 4 indexed citations

Spillmann, Lothar. (2011). Fading, Filling-in, and the Perception of Uniform Surfaces. 53(4). 35–47. 5 indexed citations

Spillmann, Lothar. (2011). Fading, Perceptual Filling-in, and Motion-Induced Blindness: Phenomenology, Psychophysics, and Neurophysiology. 53(4). 29–33. 1 indexed citations

Spillmann, Lothar, et al.. (2009). The watercolor effect: Spacing constraints. Vision Research. 49(24). 2911–2917. 13 indexed citations

Spillmann, Lothar. (2009). Phenomenology and neurophysiological correlations: Two approaches to perception research. Vision Research. 49(12). 1507–1521. 44 indexed citations

Werner, John S., Baingio Pinna, & Lothar Spillmann. (2007). Illusory color and the brain. Scientific American. 296(3). 90–95. 2 indexed citations

Spillmann, Lothar, Tobias Otte, Kai Hamburger, & Svein Magnussen. (2006). Perceptual filling-in from the edge of the blind spot. Vision Research. 46(25). 4252–4257. 38 indexed citations

Gori, Simone, Kai Hamburger, & Lothar Spillmann. (2006). Reversal of apparent rotation in the Enigma-figure with and without motion adaptation and the effect of T-junctions. Vision Research. 46(19). 3267–3273. 28 indexed citations

Hamburger, Kai, Helmut Prior, Viktor Sarris, & Lothar Spillmann. (2005). Filling-in with colour: Different modes of surface completion. Vision Research. 46(6-7). 1129–1138. 24 indexed citations

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Pinna, Baingio, Walter H. Ehrenstein, & Lothar Spillmann. (2004). Illusory contours and surfaces without amodal completion and depth stratification. Vision Research. 44(16). 1851–1855. 6 indexed citations

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Magnussen, Svein, et al.. (2003). Unveiling the foveal blue scotoma through an afterimage. Vision Research. 44(4). 377–383. 18 indexed citations

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Pinna, Baingio, John S. Werner, & Lothar Spillmann. (2002). The watercolor effect: a new principle of grouping and figure–ground organization. Vision Research. 43(1). 43–52. 48 indexed citations

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Spillmann, Lothar, et al.. (2001). Texture fading correlates with stimulus salience. Vision Research. 41(23). 2969–2977. 27 indexed citations

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Pinna, Baingio, Gavin Brelstaff, & Lothar Spillmann. (2001). Surface color from boundaries: a new ‘watercolor’ illusion. Vision Research. 41(20). 2669–2676. 154 indexed citations

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Schrauf, Michael & Lothar Spillmann. (2000). The scintillating grid illusion in stereo-depth. Vision Research. 40(7). 717–721. 10 indexed citations

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Uttal, William R., et al.. (2000). Motion and shape in common fate. Vision Research. 40(3). 301–310. 36 indexed citations

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Shinomori, Keizo, Lothar Spillmann, & John S. Werner. (1999). S-cone signals to temporal OFF-channels:. Vision Research. 39(1). 39–49. 38 indexed citations

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Wade, Nicholas, Lothar Spillmann, & Michael T Swanston. (1996). Visual Motion Aftereffects: Critical Adaptation and Test Conditions. Vision Research. 36(14). 2167–2175. 26 indexed citations

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Ferrer, Manuel Soriano, Lothar Spillmann, & Michael Bach. (1996). The abutting grating illusion. Vision Research. 36(1). 109–116. 57 indexed citations

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Weert, Charles M. M. de & Lothar Spillmann. (1995). Assimilation: Asymmetry between brightness and darkness?. Vision Research. 35(10). 1413–1419. 42 indexed citations

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