M. T. Turvey

22.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
298 papers, 14.8k citations indexed

About

M. T. Turvey is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, M. T. Turvey has authored 298 papers receiving a total of 14.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 199 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 57 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 57 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in M. T. Turvey's work include Motor Control and Adaptation (102 papers), Tactile and Sensory Interactions (51 papers) and Action Observation and Synchronization (49 papers). M. T. Turvey is often cited by papers focused on Motor Control and Adaptation (102 papers), Tactile and Sensory Interactions (51 papers) and Action Observation and Synchronization (49 papers). M. T. Turvey collaborates with scholars based in United States, Serbia and United Kingdom. M. T. Turvey's co-authors include Georgije Lukatela, Claudia Carello, Michael A. Riley, R. C. Schmidt, Guy C. Van Orden, John G. Holden, Paul Jaak Treffner, Eric L. Amazeen, Ramesh Balasubramaniam and Carol A. Fowler and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Review, American Psychologist and Child Development.

In The Last Decade

M. T. Turvey

297 papers receiving 13.6k 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.

Affordances and Prospective Control: An Outline of the Ontology

1992 608 citations M. T. Turvey profile →
Self-organization of cognitive performance.

2003 528 citations M. T. Turvey et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. T. Turvey United States	63	10.6k	3.8k	3.8k	2.8k	1.6k	298	14.8k
J. A. Scott Kelso United States	83	17.9k 1.7×	7.4k 1.9×	3.3k 0.9×	2.4k 0.9×	2.2k 1.4×	281	23.1k
Gregor Schöner Germany	61	9.8k 0.9×	3.3k 0.9×	1.7k 0.5×	661 0.2×	2.5k 1.6×	211	13.2k
Karl M. Newell United States	63	8.8k 0.8×	2.9k 0.8×	3.0k 0.8×	487 0.2×	3.8k 2.4×	415	15.4k
Esther Thelen United States	57	4.9k 0.5×	2.9k 0.8×	6.5k 1.7×	1.3k 0.5×	523 0.3×	120	13.3k
R. C. Schmidt United States	50	5.8k 0.5×	4.4k 1.2×	1.5k 0.4×	818 0.3×	591 0.4×	125	7.6k
Richard B. Ivry United States	83	19.6k 1.9×	5.7k 1.5×	2.8k 0.7×	3.6k 1.3×	753 0.5×	297	25.3k
Wolfgang Prinz Germany	64	13.6k 1.3×	11.7k 3.1×	5.9k 1.6×	3.5k 1.2×	294 0.2×	385	19.2k
David E. Meyer United States	46	9.6k 0.9×	2.6k 0.7×	2.9k 0.8×	3.3k 1.2×	288 0.2×	118	14.5k
Melvyn A. Goodale Canada	85	29.9k 2.8×	8.6k 2.3×	3.0k 0.8×	4.4k 1.6×	643 0.4×	402	34.3k
Marc Jeannerod France	79	22.0k 2.1×	12.1k 3.2×	6.2k 1.6×	2.7k 1.0×	845 0.5×	249	27.8k

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Dotov, Dobromir, M. T. Turvey, & T.D. Frank. (2019). Embodied gestalts: Unstable visual phenomena become stable when they are stimuli for competitive action selection. Attention Perception & Psychophysics. 81(7). 2330–2342. 5 indexed citations

Turvey, M. T., et al.. (2017). Bernstein’s levels of movement construction: A contemporary perspective. Human Movement Science. 57. 111–133. 91 indexed citations

Kim, Seokhun, Claudia Carello, & M. T. Turvey. (2016). Size and distance are perceived independently in an optical tunnel: Evidence for direct perception. Vision Research. 125. 1–11. 6 indexed citations

Turvey, M. T. & Sérgio T. Fonseca. (2014). The Medium of Haptic Perception: A Tensegrity Hypothesis. Journal of Motor Behavior. 46(3). 143–187. 160 indexed citations

Fajen, Brett R., Michael A. Riley, & M. T. Turvey. (2009). Information, affordances, and the control of action in sport.. International journal of sport psychology. 40(1). 79–107. 384 indexed citations

Turvey, M. T. & Sérgio T. Fonseca. (2008). Nature of Motor Control: Perspectives and Issues. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 629. 93–123. 59 indexed citations

Turvey, M. T.. (2007). Action and perception at the level of synergies. Human Movement Science. 26(4). 657–697. 251 indexed citations

Kinsella-Shaw, Jeffrey, et al.. (2006). Effects of Visual Environment on Quiet Standing by Young and Old Adults. Journal of Motor Behavior. 38(4). 251–264. 39 indexed citations

Kudo, Kazutoshi, et al.. (2006). Environmental coupling modulates the attractors of rhythmic coordination.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 32(3). 599–609. 45 indexed citations

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Mitra, Suvobrata & M. T. Turvey. (2004). A Rotation Invariant in 3-D Reaching.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 30(1). 163–179. 5 indexed citations

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Lukatela, Georgije, et al.. (2004). Vowel Duration Affects Visual Word Identification: Evidence That the Mediating Phonology Is Phonetically Informed.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 30(1). 151–162. 38 indexed citations

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Riley, Michael A. & M. T. Turvey. (2002). Variability and Determinism in Motor Behavior. Journal of Motor Behavior. 34(2). 99–125. 315 indexed citations

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Sternad, Dagmar, M. T. Turvey, & Elliot Saltzman. (1999). Dynamics of 1:2 Coordination: Sources of Symmetry Breaking. Journal of Motor Behavior. 31(3). 224–235. 20 indexed citations

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Sternad, Dagmar, M. T. Turvey, & Elliot Saltzman. (1999). Dynamics of 1:2 Coordination: Generalizing Relative Phase to n:m Rhythms. Journal of Motor Behavior. 31(3). 207–223. 43 indexed citations

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Amazeen, Polemnia G., Eric L. Amazeen, & M. T. Turvey. (1998). Breaking the Reflectional Symmetry of Interlimb Coordination Dynamics. Journal of Motor Behavior. 30(3). 199–216. 29 indexed citations

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Lukatela, Georgije & M. T. Turvey. (1998). Reading in two alphabets.. American Psychologist. 53(9). 1057–1072. 45 indexed citations

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Collins, David R., Dagmar Sternad, & M. T. Turvey. (1996). An Experimental Note on Defining Frequency Competition in Intersegmental Coordination Dynamics. Journal of Motor Behavior. 28(4). 299–303. 20 indexed citations

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Turvey, M. T., et al.. (1995). Does perceived size depend on perceived distance? An argument from extended haptic perception. Perception & Psychophysics. 57(2). 216–224. 19 indexed citations

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Turvey, M. T., et al.. (1991). Perceiving aperture size by striking.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 17(2). 330–346. 30 indexed citations

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Turvey, M. T., Elliot Saltzman, & R. C. Schmidt. (1991). Dynamics and task-specific coordinations. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc. eBooks. 157–170. 4 indexed citations

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