Moshe Bar

18.5k total citations · 6 hit papers
138 papers, 13.1k citations indexed

About

Moshe Bar is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Computer Networks and Communications and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Moshe Bar has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 13.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 21 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 19 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Moshe Bar's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (45 papers), Face Recognition and Perception (36 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (29 papers). Moshe Bar is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (45 papers), Face Recognition and Perception (36 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (29 papers). Moshe Bar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Germany. Moshe Bar's co-authors include Elissa Aminoff, Maital Neta, Kestutis Kveraga, Lisa Feldman Barrett, Avniel Singh Ghuman, M. Eiswirth, Daniel L. Schacter, Irving Biederman, Jasmine Boshyan and Heather Linz and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Moshe Bar

137 papers receiving 12.6k citations

Hit Papers

Visual objects in context 2003 2026 2010 2018 2004 2006 2007 2003 2013 250 500 750 1000
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.

  1. Visual objects in context
    2004 1.1k citations Moshe Bar profile →
  2. Top-down facilitation of visual recognition
    2006 1.1k citations Moshe Bar, K. Kassam et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  3. The proactive brain: using analogies and associations to generate predictions
    2007 821 citations Moshe Bar profile →
  4. A Cortical Mechanism for Triggering Top-Down Facilitation in Visual Object Recognition
    2003 683 citations Moshe Bar Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience profile →
  5. The role of the parahippocampal cortex in cognition
    2013 602 citations Elissa Aminoff, Kestutis Kveraga et al. profile →
  6. The proactive brain: memory for predictions
    2009 440 citations Moshe Bar profile →

Peers

Moshe Bar
Stefan J. Kiebel Germany
Konrad P. Körding United States
Anil K. Seth United Kingdom
Hugh R. Wilson Canada
Michael A. Arbib United States
Francisco J. Varela France
Peter König Germany
Lawrence M. Ward Canada
Jeffrey N. Rouder United States
Kenji Doya Japan
Stefan J. Kiebel Germany
Moshe Bar
Citations per year, relative to Moshe Bar Moshe Bar (= 1×) peers Stefan J. Kiebel

Countries citing papers authored by Moshe Bar

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Fields of papers citing papers by Moshe Bar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Moshe Bar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Moshe Bar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Moshe Bar based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Moshe Bar. Moshe Bar is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pedrelli, Paola, et al.. (2024). Facilitating Thought Progression to Reduce Depressive Symptoms: Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 26. e56201–e56201.
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Ivancovsky, Tal, et al.. (2024). A shared novelty-seeking basis for creativity and curiosity: Response to the commentators. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 47. e119–e119. 1 indexed citations
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Bar, Moshe, et al.. (2022). How associative thinking influences scene perception. Consciousness and Cognition. 103. 103377–103377. 2 indexed citations
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Axelrod, Vadim, Geraint Rees, & Moshe Bar. (2017). The default network and the combination of cognitive processes that mediate self-generated thought. Nature Human Behaviour. 1(12). 896–910. 80 indexed citations
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O’Callaghan, Claire, Kestutis Kveraga, James M. Shine, Reginald B. Adams, & Moshe Bar. (2016). Convergent evidence for top-down effects from the “predictive brain”. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 39. e254–e254. 10 indexed citations
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Bar, Moshe, et al.. (2015). Space and Human Perception. Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia. 541–550. 4 indexed citations
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Axelrod, Vadim, Moshe Bar, Geraint Rees, & Galit Yovel. (2014). Neural Correlates of Subliminal Language Processing. Cerebral Cortex. 25(8). 2160–2169. 43 indexed citations
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Chaumon, Maximilien, Kestutis Kveraga, Lisa Feldman Barrett, & Moshe Bar. (2013). Visual Predictions in the Orbitofrontal Cortex Rely on Associative Content. Cerebral Cortex. 24(11). 2899–2907. 82 indexed citations
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Cheung, Olivia S., Sylvain Gagnon, Matthew F. Panichello, & Moshe Bar. (2012). Dissociating contextual and semantic priming in object recognition. Journal of Vision. 12(9). 813–813. 1 indexed citations
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Calderone, Daniel, Matthew J. Hoptman, Antı́gona Martı́nez, et al.. (2012). Contributions of Low and High Spatial Frequency Processing to Impaired Object Recognition Circuitry in Schizophrenia. Cerebral Cortex. 23(8). 1849–1858. 53 indexed citations
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Lebrecht, Sophie, Moshe Bar, Lisa Feldman Barrett, & Michael J. Tarr. (2012). Micro-Valences: Perceiving Affective Valence in Everyday Objects. Frontiers in Psychology. 3. 107–107. 81 indexed citations
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Bar, Moshe. (2011). Predictions in the brain : using our past to generate a future. Oxford University Press eBooks. 119 indexed citations
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Mason, Malia F. & Moshe Bar. (2011). The effect of mental progression on mood.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 141(2). 217–221. 25 indexed citations
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Kveraga, Kestutis, Avniel Singh Ghuman, K. Kassam, et al.. (2010). Early activation of contextual associations during object recognition. Journal of Vision. 10(7). 1192–1192. 2 indexed citations
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Schacter, Daniel L., Elissa Aminoff, & Moshe Bar. (2009). The Cortical Underpinnings of Context-based Memory Distortion. Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University). 40 indexed citations
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Bar, Moshe, K. Kassam, Avniel Singh Ghuman, et al.. (2006). Top-down facilitation of visual recognition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(2). 449–454. 1123 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bar, Moshe, et al.. (2004). Pattern formation in a reaction-advection model with delay: a continuum approach to myxobacterial rippling. Annalen der Physik. 13(78). 432–441. 7 indexed citations
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Bar, Moshe. (2003). A Cortical Mechanism for Triggering Top-Down Facilitation in Visual Object Recognition. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 15(4). 600–609. 683 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bar, Moshe, et al.. (2003). Situations of emotional significance in residents suffering from dementia. Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie. 36(6). 454–462. 10 indexed citations
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Biederman, Irving & Moshe Bar. (1999). One-shot viewpoint invariance in matching novel objects. Vision Research. 39(17). 2885–2899. 137 indexed citations

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