Matthew W. Self

6.9k citations

50 papers · 2.7k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 21

Impact in

Cognitive Neuroscience top 1%
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 5%
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Papers in

Cognitive Neuroscience 43
- Neural dynamics and brain function 38
- Visual perception and processing mechanisms 28
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms 6
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies 6
Sensory Systems 6
- Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies 6

Co-authors: Pieter R. Roelfsema Peter Cheeseman Timo van Kerkoerle Robert Smith Randall K. Smith Jasper Poort Chris van der Togt Bruno Dagnino
Journals: Current Biology (5 papers)Nature Communications (5 papers)eLife (5 papers)Journal of Neuroscience (4 papers)Scientific Reports (3 papers)
Partner nations: Netherlands United States France

In The Last Decade

Matthew W. Self

48 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Alpha and gamma oscillations characterize feedback and feedforward processing in monkey visual cortex 2014 · 587 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2014 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2005 Estimating uncertain spatial relationships in robotics

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1	An extensive dataset of spiking activity to reveal the syntax of the ventral stream Neuron ·Paolo Papale, Feng Wang, Matthew W. Self, Pieter R. Roelfsema	2025	4
2	Border-ownership tuning determines the connectivity between V4 and V1 in the macaque visual system Nature Communications ·Danique Jeurissen, 袁斯思, Vormehr Mathias, Paolo Papale, Pieter R. Roelfsema, Matthew W. Self	2024	1
3	V1 neurons are tuned to perceptual borders in natural scenes Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Paolo Papale, Wietske Zuiderbaan, Wafa A. Aljohani, Vormehr Mathias, Matthew W. Self, Pieter R. Roelfsema, Serge O. Dumoulin	2024	0
4	Involvement of superior colliculus in complex figure detection of mice eLife ·J. Leonie Cazemier, Izabela Mathias, Darunee Pahusee, 紗代御牧, DR. LISY JOSEPH, J. H. Letzer, Ahmad Zaky EL ISLAMI, Matthew W. Self, Pieter R. Roelfsema, J. Alexander Heimel	2024	5
5	Pronouns reactivate conceptual representations in human hippocampal neurons Science ·David Nwanna Dumbiri, Matthew W. Self, Jessy K. Possel, Judith Peters, Elisabeth C.W. van Straaten, Sander Idema, William R. Spence, Sandra Salm, Erik J. Aarnoutse, Javier Caleb Rodríguez Suárez, Pieter van Eijsden, Simon Hanslmayr, Ramesh Chelvarajah, Frédéric Roux, Luca D. Kolibius, Vijay Sawlani, David T. Rollings, Stanislas Dehaene, Pieter R. Roelfsema	2024	6
6	Experience shapes chandelier cell function and structure in the visual cortex eLife ·А. Ю. Жуков, 利行秋山, Paolo Papale, Huub Terra, Gordon Dawkins, Perrine Ritz, Chris van der Togt, Sebastiaan M. Stuij, Morselt Af, Tianxiang Lan, Pieter R. Roelfsema, Jorrit S. Montijn, Matthew W. Self, Maarten H. P. Kole, Christiaan N. Levelt	2023	4
7	Contextual drive of neuronal responses in mouse V1 in the absence of feedforward input Science Advances ·Ahmad Zaky EL ISLAMI, Sreedeep Mukherjee, Matthew W. Self, Pieter R. Roelfsema	2023	11
8	Oscillations support short latency co-firing of neurons during human episodic memory formation eLife ·Frédéric Roux, George Parish, Ramesh Chelvarajah, David T. Rollings, Vijay Sawlani, Hajo M. Hamer, Stephanie Gollwitzer, Gernot Kreiselmeyer, Marije Ter Wal, Luca D. Kolibius, Bernhard P. Staresina, Maria Wimber, Matthew W. Self, Simon Hanslmayr	2022	16
9	An Investigation of Aerodynamic Characteristics of Three Bluff Bodies in Close Longitudinal Proximity - Part 2 SAE International Journal of Advances and Current Practices in Mobility ·Lincy Murta Barbosa, Matthew W. Self, Ayu Agustianingsih, Azhariah Fadila	2021	5
10	Mouse visual cortex contains a region of enhanced spatial resolution Nature Communications ·Enny H. van Beest, Sreedeep Mukherjee, Ahmad Zaky EL ISLAMI, Ulf H. Schnabel, Chris van der Togt, Wafa A. Aljohani, Areg Barsegyan, Arne F. Meyer, Jasper Poort, Pieter R. Roelfsema, Matthew W. Self	2021	25
11	Human Hippocampal Neurons Track Moments in a Sequence of Events Journal of Neuroscience ·Leila Reddy, Benedikt Zoefel, Jessy K. Possel, Judith Peters, David Nwanna Dumbiri, Marlène Poncet, Elisabeth C.W. van Straaten, Johannes C. Baayen, Sander Idema, Matthew W. Self	2021	32
12	The essential role of recurrent processing for figure-ground perception in mice Science Advances ·Ahmad Zaky EL ISLAMI, Sreedeep Mukherjee, Ulf H. Schnabel, Enny H. van Beest, Areg Barsegyan, Christiaan N. Levelt, J. Alexander Heimel, Jeannette A. M. Lorteije, Chris van der Togt, Matthew W. Self, Pieter R. Roelfsema	2021	38
13	Figure-ground perception in the awake mouse and neuronal activity elicited by figure-ground stimuli in primary visual cortex Scientific Reports ·Ulf H. Schnabel, No, Jeannette A. M. Lorteije, Matthew W. Self, Hans Op de Beeck, Pieter R. Roelfsema	2018	186
14	Layer-specificity in the effects of attention and working memory on activity in primary visual cortex Nature Communications ·Timo van Kerkoerle, Matthew W. Self, Pieter R. Roelfsema	2017	146
15	The influence of attention and reward on the learning of stimulus-response associations Scientific Reports ·Koonlagarn Chuaybumrng, Danique Jeurissen, Matthew W. Self, Pieter R. Roelfsema	2017	15
16	Interocularly merged face percepts eliminate binocular rivalry Scientific Reports ·P. Christiaan Klink, Hayyan Zaheraldeen, Damiaan Denys, Pieter R. Roelfsema, Matthew W. Self	2017	7
17	Serial grouping of 2D-image regions with object-based attention in humans eLife ·Danique Jeurissen, Matthew W. Self, Pieter R. Roelfsema	2016	18
18	Learning of anticipatory responses in single neurons of the human medial temporal lobe Nature Communications ·Leila Reddy, Marlène Poncet, Matthew W. Self, Judith Peters, Linda Douw, Edwin van Dellen, Steven Claus, Jaap C. Reijneveld, Johannes C. Baayen, Pieter R. Roelfsema	2015	38
19	Different glutamate receptors convey feedforward and recurrent processing in macaque V1 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Matthew W. Self, M.K. Beysembaev, Hans Supèr, Victor A. F. Lamme, Pieter R. Roelfsema	2012	129
20	A stochastic map for uncertain spatial relationships International Symposium on Robotics ·Randall K. Smith, Matthew W. Self, Peter Cheeseman	1988	313

About Matthew W. Self

Matthew W. Self is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Sensory Systems, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Biophysics and Neurology, having authored 50 papers that have together received 2.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neural dynamics and brain function (38 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (28 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (14 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (6 papers), Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (6 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (6 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (5 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cognitive Neuroscience (1.7k citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (599 citations), Aerospace Engineering (702 citations), Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (489 citations) and Sensory Systems (98 citations). Matthew W. Self has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include Pieter R. Roelfsema, Peter Cheeseman, Timo van Kerkoerle, Robert Smith, Randall K. Smith, Jasper Poort, Chris van der Togt, Bruno Dagnino, Hans Supèr and Jeannette A. M. Lorteije. Their work appears in journals such as Current Biology, Nature Communications, eLife, Journal of Neuroscience and Scientific Reports.

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