Peter Kok

7.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
56 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Peter Kok is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Kok has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 7 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 4 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Peter Kok's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (44 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (31 papers) and Face Recognition and Perception (14 papers). Peter Kok is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (44 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (31 papers) and Face Recognition and Perception (14 papers). Peter Kok collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States. Peter Kok's co-authors include Floris P. de Lange, Janneke F. M. Jehee, Micha Heilbron, Hakwan Lau, Hanneke E.M. den Ouden, Pim Mostert, Anke Marit Albers, Dobromir Rahnev, Ivan Toni and H. Chris Dijkerman and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Peter Kok

53 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

How Do Expectations Shape Perception? 2012 2026 2016 2021 2018 2012 100 200 300 400 500
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. How Do Expectations Shape Perception?
    2018 522 citations Floris P. de Lange, Micha Heilbron et al. Trends in Cognitive Sciences profile →
  2. Less Is More: Expectation Sharpens Representations in the Primary Visual Cortex
    2012 498 citations Peter Kok, Floris P. de Lange et al. Neuron profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Kok Netherlands 26 3.5k 706 423 217 190 56 4.0k
Scott D. Slotnick United States 31 3.4k 1.0× 569 0.8× 617 1.5× 325 1.5× 335 1.8× 101 3.8k
Lucía Melloni Germany 33 3.5k 1.0× 649 0.9× 342 0.8× 454 2.1× 312 1.6× 77 4.3k
Avniel Singh Ghuman United States 19 2.2k 0.6× 436 0.6× 245 0.6× 168 0.8× 182 1.0× 49 2.6k
Mika Koivisto Finland 40 3.5k 1.0× 655 0.9× 405 1.0× 102 0.5× 253 1.3× 123 4.7k
Thomas Gruber Germany 40 4.4k 1.3× 881 1.2× 500 1.2× 659 3.0× 208 1.1× 99 5.2k
Claire Sergent France 18 3.3k 0.9× 549 0.8× 400 0.9× 150 0.7× 138 0.7× 30 3.7k
Elissa Aminoff United States 18 2.6k 0.7× 462 0.7× 349 0.8× 277 1.3× 211 1.1× 35 3.1k
Stefan Pollmann Germany 32 3.5k 1.0× 604 0.9× 290 0.7× 258 1.2× 229 1.2× 127 4.1k
Dwight J. Kravitz United States 28 3.5k 1.0× 499 0.7× 374 0.9× 291 1.3× 274 1.4× 58 4.0k
Fang Fang China 29 2.7k 0.8× 522 0.7× 360 0.9× 226 1.0× 96 0.5× 139 3.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Peter Kok

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Kok

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Kok

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Peter Kok. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Peter Kok 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 Peter Kok. Peter Kok 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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Dijkstra, Nadine, et al.. (2025). A neural basis for distinguishing imagination from reality. Neuron. 113(15). 2536–2542.e4.
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Haarsma, Joost, et al.. (2025). Contents of Visual Predictions Oscillate at Alpha Frequencies. Journal of Neuroscience. 45(49). e0474252025–e0474252025.
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Yon, Daniel, et al.. (2023). Stubborn Predictions in Primary Visual Cortex. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 35(7). 1133–1143. 7 indexed citations
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Dijkstra, Nadine, Matan Mazor, Peter Kok, & Stephen M. Fleming. (2021). Mistaking imagination for reality: Congruent mental imagery leads to more liberal perceptual detection. Cognition. 212. 104719–104719. 23 indexed citations
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Koolschijn, Renée S., et al.. (2020). Prior expectations evoke stimulus-specific activity in the deep layers of the primary visual cortex. PLoS Biology. 18(12). e3001023–e3001023. 46 indexed citations
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Kok, Peter, et al.. (2020). Prior Expectations of Motion Direction Modulate Early Sensory Processing. Journal of Neuroscience. 40(33). 6389–6397. 39 indexed citations
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Press, Clare, Peter Kok, & Daniel Yon. (2020). Learning to Perceive and Perceiving to Learn. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 24(4). 260–261. 16 indexed citations
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Kok, Peter, et al.. (2019). Content-based Dissociation of Hippocampal Involvement in Prediction. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 32(3). 527–545. 20 indexed citations
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Press, Clare, Peter Kok, & Daniel Yon. (2019). The Perceptual Prediction Paradox. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 24(1). 13–24. 135 indexed citations
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Mostert, Pim, et al.. (2018). Stimulus Familiarity and Expectation Jointly Modulate Neural Activity in the Visual Ventral Stream. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 30(9). 1366–1377. 27 indexed citations
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Lange, Floris P. de, Micha Heilbron, & Peter Kok. (2018). How Do Expectations Shape Perception?. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 22(9). 764–779. 522 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kok, Peter, Pim Mostert, & Floris P. de Lange. (2017). Prior expectations induce prestimulus sensory templates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(39). 10473–10478. 182 indexed citations
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Ekman, Matthias, Peter Kok, & Floris P. de Lange. (2017). Time-compressed preplay of anticipated events in human primary visual cortex. Nature Communications. 8(1). 15276–15276. 91 indexed citations
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Kok, Peter, et al.. (2016). Local expectation violations result in global activity gain in primary visual cortex. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 37706–37706. 13 indexed citations
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Mostert, Pim, Peter Kok, & Floris P. de Lange. (2015). Dissociating sensory from decision processes in human perceptual decision making. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 18253–18253. 58 indexed citations
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Kok, Peter, et al.. (2015). Spontaneous Activity Patterns in Primary Visual Cortex Predispose to Visual Hallucinations. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(37). 12947–12953. 26 indexed citations
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Cadet, Edwin R., Peter Kok, R. Michael Greiwe, et al.. (2014). Intermediate and long-term follow-up of total shoulder arthroplasty for the management of postcapsulorrhaphy arthropathy. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 23(9). 1301–1308. 10 indexed citations
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Kok, Peter, Gijs Joost Brouwer, Marcel van Gerven, & Floris P. de Lange. (2013). Prior Expectations Bias Sensory Representations in Visual Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(41). 16275–16284. 172 indexed citations
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Kok, Peter, et al.. (2007). Inflection and computational load in agrammatic speech☆. Brain and Language. 102(3). 273–283. 48 indexed citations

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