Paul Bertelson

8.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
97 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Paul Bertelson is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Bertelson has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 47 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 15 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Paul Bertelson's work include Multisensory perception and integration (33 papers), Tactile and Sensory Interactions (23 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (15 papers). Paul Bertelson is often cited by papers focused on Multisensory perception and integration (33 papers), Tactile and Sensory Interactions (23 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (15 papers). Paul Bertelson collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Paul Bertelson's co-authors include Béatrice de Gelder, Monique Radeau, José Morais, Jean Vroomen, Luz Cary, Jesüs Alegría, Gisa Aschersleben, Jesús Alegría, José Morais and Mirjam Keetels and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Trends in Cognitive Sciences and Psychological Science.

In The Last Decade

Paul Bertelson

93 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

Does awareness of speech as a sequence of phones arise sp... 1979 2026 1994 2010 1979 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Does awareness of speech as a sequence of phones arise spontaneously?
    1979 816 citations Paul Bertelson et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paul Bertelson Belgium 40 3.9k 3.3k 1.8k 1.0k 807 97 6.0k
Harry McGurk United Kingdom 19 2.7k 0.7× 3.4k 1.0× 851 0.5× 1.0k 1.0× 587 0.7× 53 5.6k
Mary C. Potter United States 42 7.4k 1.9× 2.4k 0.7× 2.1k 1.1× 747 0.7× 497 0.6× 81 9.1k
Edward M. Hubbard United States 24 3.0k 0.7× 2.3k 0.7× 1.4k 0.8× 1.5k 1.4× 943 1.2× 59 5.9k
Philip M. Merikle Canada 43 5.6k 1.4× 2.9k 0.9× 1.7k 0.9× 1.5k 1.4× 709 0.9× 95 7.6k
Frank Rösler Germany 48 5.7k 1.4× 2.2k 0.7× 1.7k 0.9× 776 0.8× 312 0.4× 160 6.8k
Monique Radeau Belgium 27 2.0k 0.5× 1.6k 0.5× 1.1k 0.6× 316 0.3× 248 0.3× 61 2.7k
H. Bouma Netherlands 26 3.6k 0.9× 1.1k 0.3× 1.3k 0.7× 492 0.5× 116 0.1× 83 5.0k
Thomas J. Palmeri United States 42 4.5k 1.1× 1.9k 0.6× 1.8k 1.0× 652 0.6× 230 0.3× 128 6.5k
Leslie B. Cohen United States 38 1.7k 0.4× 1.5k 0.4× 3.3k 1.8× 777 0.8× 73 0.1× 88 4.7k
Anne‐Lise Giraud France 36 5.1k 1.3× 2.3k 0.7× 1.0k 0.5× 354 0.3× 492 0.6× 74 6.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Bertelson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Bertelson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Paul Bertelson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Paul Bertelson 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 Paul Bertelson. Paul Bertelson 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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Bertelson, Paul, Ilja Frissen, Jean Vroomen, & Béatrice de Gelder. (2006). The aftereffects of ventriloquism: Patterns of spatial generalization. Perception & Psychophysics. 68(3). 428–436. 33 indexed citations
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Vroomen, Jean, et al.. (2006). Visual recalibration and selective adaptation in auditory–visual speech perception: Contrasting build-up courses. Neuropsychologia. 45(3). 572–577. 93 indexed citations
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Frissen, Ilja, Jean Vroomen, Béatrice de Gelder, & Paul Bertelson. (2004). The aftereffects of ventriloquism: Generalization across sound-frequencies. Acta Psychologica. 118(1-2). 93–100. 45 indexed citations
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Vroomen, Jean, Mirjam Keetels, Béatrice de Gelder, & Paul Bertelson. (2004). Recalibration of temporal order perception by exposure to audio-visual asynchrony. Cognitive Brain Research. 22(1). 32–35. 293 indexed citations
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Gelder, Béatrice de & Paul Bertelson. (2003). Multisensory integration, perception and ecological validity. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 7(10). 460–467. 273 indexed citations
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Vroomen, Jean, Paul Bertelson, & Béatrice de Gelder. (2001). The ventriloquist effect does not depend on the direction of automatic visual attention. Perception & Psychophysics. 63(4). 651–659. 142 indexed citations
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Vroomen, Jean, Paul Bertelson, & Béatrice de Gelder. (2001). Directing spatial attention towards the illusory location of a ventriloquized sound. Acta Psychologica. 108(1). 21–33. 38 indexed citations
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Bertelson, Paul, Jean Vroomen, Béatrice de Gelder, & Jon Driver. (2000). The ventriloquist effect does not depend on the direction of deliberate visual attention. Perception & Psychophysics. 62(2). 321–332. 199 indexed citations
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Gelder, Béatrice de, Jean Vroomen, & Paul Bertelson. (1998). Cross-modal Bias of Voice Tone on Facial Expression: Upper versus Lower Halves of a Face.. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 1158(1). 93–96. 3 indexed citations
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Bertelson, Paul. (1996). A Scientific Autobiography. Psychologica Belgica. 36(4). 197–197. 8 indexed citations
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Bertelson, Paul & Philippe Mousty. (1989). Simultaneous Reading of Braille with the Two Hands: Reply to Millar (1987). Cortex. 25(3). 495–498. 4 indexed citations
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Bertelson, Paul. (1987). The Onset of literacy : cognitive processes in reading acquisition. MIT Press eBooks. 22 indexed citations
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Morais, José, Jesús Alegría Iscoa, & Paul Bertelson. (1982). Accelerating the development of phonetic segmentation skills in kindergartners. 2. 259–269. 32 indexed citations
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Holender, Daniel & Paul Bertelson. (1975). Selective preparation and time uncertainty. Acta Psychologica. 39(3). 193–203. 28 indexed citations
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Bertelson, Paul, et al.. (1974). The limits of prior entry: Nonsensitivity of temporal order judgments to selective preparation affecting choice reaction time. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society. 4(6). 569–572. 13 indexed citations
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Radeau, Monique & Paul Bertelson. (1974). The After-Effects of Ventriloquism. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 26(1). 63–71. 122 indexed citations
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Bertelson, Paul, et al.. (1969). Appartent order and stimulus uncertainty. Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles). 15(2). 65–66. 3 indexed citations
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Bertelson, Paul, et al.. (1969). Refractory period of c-reactions.. Journal of Experimental Psychology. 79(1, Pt.1). 122–128. 34 indexed citations
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Bertelson, Paul, et al.. (1966). Choice Reaction Time as a Function of Stimulus versus Response Relative Frequency of Occurrence. Nature. 212(5066). 1069–1070. 53 indexed citations
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Bertelson, Paul & Aaron Davidson. (1959). Apparatus: A Simple Two-Channel Programming Unit Permitting the Control of Conditional Probabilities. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 11(3). 180–184. 4 indexed citations

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