Nancy Kanwisher

65.5k total citations · 23 hit papers
284 papers, 44.4k citations indexed

About

Nancy Kanwisher is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nancy Kanwisher has authored 284 papers receiving a total of 44.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 252 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 55 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and 36 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Nancy Kanwisher's work include Face Recognition and Perception (150 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (112 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (70 papers). Nancy Kanwisher is often cited by papers focused on Face Recognition and Perception (150 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (112 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (70 papers). Nancy Kanwisher collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Nancy Kanwisher's co-authors include Josh H. McDermott, Marvin M. Chun, Rebecca Saxe, Russell A. Epstein, Zoe Kourtzi, Galit Yovel, Evelina Fedorenko, Kalanit Grill‐Spector, Paul E. Downing and Ewa Wojciulik and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Nancy Kanwisher

273 papers receiving 43.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

The Fusiform Face Area: A Module in Human Extrastriate Cortex Specialized for Face Perception

1997 5.7k citations Nancy Kanwisher, Josh H. McDermott et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
A cortical representation of the local visual environment

1998 2.2k citations Nancy Kanwisher et al. profile →
People thinking about thinking peopleThe role of the temporo-parietal junction in “theory of mind”

2003 1.7k citations Rebecca Saxe, Nancy Kanwisher profile →
A Cortical Area Selective for Visual Processing of the Human Body

2001 1.5k citations Yuhong Jiang, Nancy Kanwisher et al. profile →
The fusiform face area: a cortical region specialized for the perception of faces

2006 1.2k citations Nancy Kanwisher et al. profile →
The lateral occipital complex and its role in object recognition

2001 1.1k citations Nancy Kanwisher et al. profile →
The fusiform face area subserves face perception, not generic within-category identification

2004 740 citations Nancy Kanwisher et al. profile →
Mental Imagery of Faces and Places Activates Corresponding Stimulus-Specific Brain Regions

2000 693 citations Nancy Kanwisher et al. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience profile →
Representation of Perceived Object Shape by the Human Lateral Occipital Complex

2001 687 citations Nancy Kanwisher et al. profile →
Domain specificity in face perception

2000 665 citations Nancy Kanwisher profile →
fMRI evidence for objects as the units of attentional selection

1999 647 citations Nancy Kanwisher et al. profile →
Broad domain generality in focal regions of frontal and parietal cortex

2013 647 citations Evelina Fedorenko, Nancy Kanwisher et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Neuroimaging of cognitive functions in human parietal cortex

2001 644 citations Nancy Kanwisher et al. profile →
The Parahippocampal Place Area

1999 637 citations Nancy Kanwisher et al. profile →
Binocular Rivalry and Visual Awareness in Human Extrastriate Cortex

1998 633 citations Nancy Kanwisher et al. profile →
Activation in Human MT/MST by Static Images with Implied Motion

2000 563 citations Nancy Kanwisher et al. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience profile →
Functional specificity in the human brain: A window into the functional architecture of the mind

2010 546 citations Nancy Kanwisher Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Cortical Regions Involved in Perceiving Object Shape

2000 546 citations Nancy Kanwisher et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
Repetition blindness: Type recognition without token individuation

1987 529 citations Nancy Kanwisher profile →
Stages of processing in face perception: an MEG study

2002 527 citations Jia Liu, Nancy Kanwisher et al. profile →
Spurious group differences due to head motion in a diffusion MRI study

2013 396 citations Kami Koldewyn, Nancy Kanwisher et al. profile →
The neural architecture of language: Integrative modeling converges on predictive processing

2021 241 citations Martin Schrimpf, Idan Blank et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Dissociating language and thought in large language models

2024 118 citations Idan Blank, Nancy Kanwisher et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Representation of navigational affordances and ego-motion in the occipital place area 2024 ·Imaging Neuroscience ·Frederik S. Kamps, (unknown), Nancy Kanwisher, Rebecca Saxe	2
2	Intracortical recordings reveal the neuronal selectivity for bodies and body parts in the human visual cortex 2024 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), N. Apurva Ratan Murty, (unknown), Wim Van Paesschen, Stefania Bracci, Hans Op de Beeck, Nancy Kanwisher, Peter Janssen, Tom Theys	2
3	Brain-like functional specialization emerges spontaneously in deep neural networks 2022 ·Science Advances ·Katharina Dobs, (unknown), Alexander J.E. Kell, Nancy Kanwisher	69
4	Using child‐friendly movie stimuli to study the development of face, place, and object regions from age 3 to 12 years 2022 ·Human Brain Mapping ·Frederik S. Kamps, Hilary Richardson, N. Apurva Ratan Murty, Nancy Kanwisher, Rebecca Saxe	13
5	Music-selective neural populations arise without musical training 2021 ·Journal of Neurophysiology ·Dana Boebinger, Sam Norman-Haignere, Josh H. McDermott, Nancy Kanwisher	28
6	Computational models of category-selective brain regions enable high-throughput tests of selectivity 2021 ·Nature Communications ·N. Apurva Ratan Murty, Pouya Bashivan, (unknown), James J. DiCarlo, Nancy Kanwisher	63
7	A size‐adaptive 32‐channel array coil for awake infant neuroimaging at 3 Tesla MRI 2021 ·Magnetic Resonance in Medicine ·(unknown), Heather L. Kosakowski, Atsushi Takahashi, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Andreas Jansen, Lawrence L. Wald, Nancy Kanwisher, Rebecca Saxe, Boris Keil	19
8	The neural architecture of language: Integrative modeling converges on predictive processing breakdown → 2021 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Martin Schrimpf, Idan Blank, Greta Tuckute, Carina Kauf, Eghbal A. Hosseini, Nancy Kanwisher, Joshua B. Tenenbaum, Evelina Fedorenko	241
9	Visual experience is not necessary for the development of face-selectivity in the lateral fusiform gyrus 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·N. Apurva Ratan Murty, Santani Teng, David Beeler, (unknown), Aude Oliva, Nancy Kanwisher	57
10	Response patterns in the developing social brain are organized by social and emotion features and disrupted in children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder 2019 ·Cortex ·Hilary Richardson, Hyowon Gweon, David Dodell‐Feder, (unknown), (unknown), Boris Keil, Nancy Kanwisher, Rebecca Saxe	9
11	Perceiving social interactions in the posterior superior temporal sulcus 2017 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Leyla Işık, Kami Koldewyn, David Beeler, Nancy Kanwisher	176
12	Reorganization of Visual Processing in Age-Related Macular Degeneration Depends on Foveal Loss 2014 ·DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) ·Daniel D. Dilks, Joshua B. Julian, Eli Peli, Nancy Kanwisher	1
13	How fMRI Can Inform Cognitive Theories 2013 ·DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) ·Nancy Kanwisher, Mara Mather, John T. Cacioppo	60
14	Children with autism spectrum disorder demonstrate normal attentional preference for faces and normal attentional disengagement 2013 ·Journal of Vision ·Jason Fischer, Kami Koldewyn, Yi Jiang, Nancy Kanwisher	1
15	A region in the Posterior Superior Temporal Sulcus (pSTS) appears to be selectively engaged in the perception of social interactions. 2011 ·Journal of Vision ·Kami Koldewyn, Sarah Weigelt, Kilian Semmelmann, Nancy Kanwisher	1
16	Cortical reorganization in macular degeneration depends on complete loss of foveal input: A longitudinal case study 2011 ·Journal of Vision ·Joshua B. Julian, Daniel D. Dilks, Eli Peli, Nancy Kanwisher	1
17	Recognition Alters the Spatial Pattern of fMRI Activation in Early Retinotopic Cortex 2010 ·Journal of Neurophysiology ·P.-J. Hsieh, Ed Vul, Nancy Kanwisher	82
18	Visual word processing and experiential origins of functional selectivity in human extrastriate cortex 2007 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Chris I. Baker, Jia Liu, Lawrence L. Wald, Kenneth K. Kwong, Thomas Benner, Nancy Kanwisher	298
19	Separate Face and Body Selectivity on the Fusiform Gyrus 2005 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Rebecca F. Schwarzlose, Chris I. Baker, Nancy Kanwisher	407
20	Common Neural Mechanisms for Response Selection and Perceptual Processing 2003 ·Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience ·Yuhong Jiang, Nancy Kanwisher	54

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