P.D. Nixon

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

P.D. Nixon is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, P.D. Nixon has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 4 papers in Neurology and 2 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in P.D. Nixon's work include Motor Control and Adaptation (6 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (4 papers) and Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience (2 papers). P.D. Nixon is often cited by papers focused on Motor Control and Adaptation (6 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (4 papers) and Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience (2 papers). P.D. Nixon collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Brazil. P.D. Nixon's co-authors include R.E. Passingham, R. S. J. Frackowiak, James G. Colebatch, Marie‐Pierre Deiber, Karl Friston, Matthew F. S. Rushworth, Chantal E. Stern, A.G.M. Canavan, et al and Richard E. Passingham and has published in prestigious journals such as Neuropsychologia, Experimental Brain Research and European Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

P.D. Nixon

14 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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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.

Cortical areas and the selection of movement: a study with positron emission tomography

1991 757 citations Marie‐Pierre Deiber, R.E. Passingham et al. Experimental Brain Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
P.D. Nixon United Kingdom	10	1.2k	308	298	230	128	15	1.4k
Richard E. Passingham United Kingdom	7	1.2k 1.0×	236 0.8×	218 0.7×	238 1.0×	133 1.0×	7	1.4k
Cobie Brinkman Australia	12	910 0.8×	323 1.0×	226 0.8×	155 0.7×	159 1.2×	13	1.2k
Hisae Gemba Japan	25	1.5k 1.3×	322 1.0×	212 0.7×	143 0.6×	270 2.1×	70	1.9k
Marc Himmelbach Germany	22	2.1k 1.8×	271 0.9×	245 0.8×	130 0.6×	152 1.2×	52	2.4k
Emanuele Lo Gerfo Italy	18	1.0k 0.9×	660 2.1×	242 0.8×	241 1.0×	94 0.7×	29	1.5k
Kimberly S. Stilwell‐Morecraft United States	18	856 0.7×	520 1.7×	196 0.7×	315 1.4×	151 1.2×	30	1.5k
Anna Floyer-Lea United Kingdom	6	881 0.7×	354 1.1×	148 0.5×	81 0.4×	270 2.1×	6	1.3k
Mark Schram Christensen Denmark	23	1.1k 1.0×	243 0.8×	294 1.0×	250 1.1×	120 0.9×	52	1.6k
John E. Schlerf United States	11	1.0k 0.9×	549 1.8×	213 0.7×	79 0.3×	120 0.9×	14	1.4k
Ernst Hülsmann Germany	4	867 0.7×	376 1.2×	394 1.3×	57 0.2×	100 0.8×	5	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of P.D. Nixon

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15 of 15 papers shown

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Nixon, P.D. & R.E. Passingham. (2000). The cerebellum and cognition: cerebellar lesions impair sequence learning but not conditional visuomotor learning in monkeys. Neuropsychologia. 38(7). 1054–1072. 79 indexed citations

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Gurd, Jennifer M., et al.. (1998). Hypometria in Parkinson's disease: Automatic versus controlled processing. Movement Disorders. 13(3). 422–427. 30 indexed citations

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Rushworth, Matthew F. S., P.D. Nixon, & R.E. Passingham. (1997). Parietal cortex and movement. Experimental Brain Research. 117(2). 292–310. 142 indexed citations

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Rushworth, Matthew F. S., P.D. Nixon, & R.E. Passingham. (1997). Parietal cortex and movement. Experimental Brain Research. 117(2). 311–323. 50 indexed citations

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Oliveira, Rosinda Martins, Jennifer M. Gurd, P.D. Nixon, John C. Marshall, & Richard E. Passingham. (1997). Micrographia in Parkinson's disease: the eVect of providing external cues. 1 indexed citations

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Tucker, Julie A., A E Harding, Marjan Jahanshahi, P.D. Nixon, & et al. (1996). Associative learning in patients with cerebellar ataxia.. Behavioral Neuroscience. 110(6). 1229–1234. 28 indexed citations

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Nixon, P.D., et al.. (1996). Associative learning in patients with cerebellar ataxia.. Behavioral Neuroscience. 110(6). 1229–1234. 20 indexed citations

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Nixon, P.D., et al.. (1995). The functions of the medial premotor cortex. Experimental Brain Research. 102(3). 461–73. 79 indexed citations

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Nixon, P.D., et al.. (1995). The functions of the medial premotor cortex. Experimental Brain Research. 102(3). 445–60. 143 indexed citations

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Jenkins, I. H., R.E. Passingham, P.D. Nixon, R. S. J. Frackowiak, & David J. Brooks. (1992). THE LEARNING OF MOTOR SEQUENCES - A PET STUDY. European Journal of Neuroscience. 174–174. 8 indexed citations

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Nixon, P.D., Pierre Burbaud, & R.E. Passingham. (1992). Control of arm movement after bilateral lesions of area 5 in the monkey (Macaca mulatta). Experimental Brain Research. 90(1). 229–32. 4 indexed citations

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Deiber, Marie‐Pierre, R.E. Passingham, James G. Colebatch, et al.. (1991). Cortical areas and the selection of movement: a study with positron emission tomography. Experimental Brain Research. 84(2). 393–402. 757 indexed citations breakdown →

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Canavan, A.G.M., P.D. Nixon, & R.E. Passingham. (1989). Motor learning in monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) with lesions in motor thalamus. Experimental Brain Research. 77(1). 113–26. 83 indexed citations

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Passingham, R.E., C.A. Heywood, & P.D. Nixon. (1986). Reorganization in the Human Brain as Illustrated by the Thalamus. Brain Behavior and Evolution. 29(1-2). 68–76. 3 indexed citations

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Nixon, P.D.. (1983). Franz Liszt on Religion. Theology. 86(711). 180–185.

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