Mary A. Peterson

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
126 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Mary A. Peterson is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mary A. Peterson has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 25 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 20 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Mary A. Peterson's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (77 papers), Face Recognition and Perception (52 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (40 papers). Mary A. Peterson is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (77 papers), Face Recognition and Perception (52 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (40 papers). Mary A. Peterson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Iran. Mary A. Peterson's co-authors include Bradley S. Gibson, R. von der Heydt, James H. Elder, Manish Singh, Stephen Palmer, Michael Kubovy, Johan Wagemans, Julian Hochberg, Erin M. Harvey and Hollis J. Weidenbacher and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Bulletin, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Mary A. Peterson

113 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

A century of Gestalt psychology in visual perception: I. Perceptual grouping and figure–ground organization.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mary A. Peterson United States	33	2.9k	801	596	557	287	126	3.9k
M Kleiner Germany	19	3.1k 1.1×	864 1.1×	694 1.2×	341 0.6×	293 1.0×	43	3.9k
Dwight J. Kravitz United States	28	3.5k 1.2×	499 0.6×	374 0.6×	425 0.8×	274 1.0×	58	4.0k
Claus Bundesen Denmark	39	5.4k 1.8×	1.2k 1.6×	726 1.2×	667 1.2×	488 1.7×	106	6.2k
Ignace T. C. Hooge Netherlands	38	2.5k 0.9×	700 0.9×	548 0.9×	831 1.5×	285 1.0×	148	4.4k
Svein Magnussen Norway	36	2.8k 1.0×	542 0.7×	952 1.6×	272 0.5×	287 1.0×	135	3.6k
Iain D. Gilchrist United Kingdom	40	4.1k 1.4×	794 1.0×	548 0.9×	1.5k 2.6×	427 1.5×	176	5.7k
Sebastiaan Mathôt Netherlands	26	3.1k 1.1×	1.2k 1.4×	828 1.4×	359 0.6×	647 2.3×	75	4.5k
Edward K. Vogel United States	13	5.2k 1.8×	1.3k 1.6×	644 1.1×	300 0.5×	404 1.4×	20	5.8k
Joel Pearson Australia	37	3.7k 1.3×	1.2k 1.6×	757 1.3×	180 0.3×	413 1.4×	93	4.8k
Guillaume A. Rousselet United Kingdom	37	3.8k 1.3×	1.0k 1.3×	371 0.6×	748 1.3×	279 1.0×	71	4.7k

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Peterson, Mary A., et al.. (2023). Understanding the encoding of object locations in small-scale spaces during free exploration using eye tracking. Neuropsychologia. 184. 108565–108565. 3 indexed citations

Curby, Kim M., Lina Teichmann, Mary A. Peterson, & Sarah Shomstein. (2023). Holistic processing is modulated by the probability that parts contain task-congruent information. Attention Perception & Psychophysics. 86(2). 471–481. 1 indexed citations

Peterson, Mary A., et al.. (2023). Dynamic Charge Scheduling of Solar PV-Storage Hybrid Resources Based on Solar-Load Correlation. Holmes Museum Of Anthropology (Wichita State University). 1–5.

Peterson, Mary A., et al.. (2020). Normative data for an expanded set of stimuli for testing high-level influences on object perception: OMEFA-II. PLoS ONE. 15(8). e0224471–e0224471. 5 indexed citations

Onie, Sandersan, Mary A. Peterson, Mike E. Le Pelley, & Steven B. Most. (2020). Learned value and predictiveness affect gaze but not figure assignment. Attention Perception & Psychophysics. 83(1). 156–172. 1 indexed citations

Sanguinetti, Joseph L., Logan Trujillo, David M. Schnyer, John J. B. Allen, & Mary A. Peterson. (2015). Increased alpha band activity indexes inhibitory competition across a border during figure assignment. Vision Research. 126. 120–130. 14 indexed citations

Peterson, Mary A.. (2014). Low-level and High-level Contributions to Figure–Ground Organization. Oxford University Press eBooks. 13 indexed citations

Trujillo, Logan, et al.. (2014). Increased alpha band activity indexes inhibitory competition across a border during figure assignment. Journal of Vision. 14(10). 49–49. 4 indexed citations

Peterson, Mary A., et al.. (2013). Surprising Evidence of Competition in a Classic Figure-Ground Stimulus Supports a Role for Background Priors in Figure Assignment. Journal of Vision. 13(9). 717–717. 1 indexed citations

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Peterson, Mary A., et al.. (2012). The poverty puzzle: the surprising difference between wealthy and poor students for self-efficacy and academic achievement. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. 24(4). 355–362. 11 indexed citations

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Bennett, Patrick, et al.. (2012). The Effect of Context and Convexity on Figure Ground Perception in Aging. Journal of Vision. 12(9). 1302–1302. 1 indexed citations

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Peterson, Mary A., et al.. (2012). Fast Access to Category Level Representations Can Be Dissociated From Perception. Journal of Vision. 12(9). 1107–1107. 1 indexed citations

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Tommasi, Luca, Mary A. Peterson, & Lynn Nadel. (2009). Cognitive Biology: Evolutionary and Developmental Perspectives on Mind, Brain, and Behavior. MIT Press eBooks. 28 indexed citations

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Peterson, Mary A., et al.. (2009). Attention and competition in figure-ground perception. Progress in brain research. 176. 1–13. 3 indexed citations

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Peterson, Mary A., et al.. (2008). Inhibitory competition between shape properties in figure-ground perception.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 34(2). 251–267. 55 indexed citations

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Trujillo, Logan, Mary A. Peterson, Alfred W. Kaszniak, & John J. B. Allen. (2004). EEG phase synchrony differences across visual perception conditions may depend on recording and analysis methods. Clinical Neurophysiology. 116(1). 172–189. 81 indexed citations

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Suzuki, Satoru & Mary A. Peterson. (2000). Multiplicative Effects of Intention on the Perception of Bistable Apparent Motion. Psychological Science. 11(3). 202–209. 48 indexed citations

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Gerhardstein, Peter, Mary A. Peterson, & Steven Z. Rapcsak. (1998). Age-Related Hemispheric Asymmetry in Object Discrimination. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. 20(2). 174–185. 30 indexed citations

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Peterson, Mary A.. (1994). The proper placement of uniform connectedness. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 1(4). 509–514. 27 indexed citations

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Peterson, Mary A. & Bradley S. Gibson. (1991). Directing spatial attention within an object: Altering the functional equivalence of shape description.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 17(1). 170–182. 7 indexed citations

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