R. W. Sperry

17.7k total citations · 8 hit papers
107 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

R. W. Sperry is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, R. W. Sperry has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 14 papers in Social Psychology and 8 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in R. W. Sperry's work include Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience (18 papers), Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction (17 papers) and Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs (10 papers). R. W. Sperry is often cited by papers focused on Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience (18 papers), Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction (17 papers) and Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs (10 papers). R. W. Sperry collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. R. W. Sperry's co-authors include Michael S. Gazzaniga, Joseph E. Bogen, Dahlia W. Zaidel, Colwyn Trevarthen, Domenica Gandini Attardi, Jerre Levy, Brenda Milner, Laughlin Taylor, Eran Zaidel and Harold W. Gordon and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Psychological Review.

In The Last Decade

R. W. Sperry

106 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

CHEMOAFFINITY IN THE ORDERLY GROWTH OF NERVE FIBER PATTER... 1961 2026 1982 2004 1963 1972 1963 1961 1967 400 800 1.2k
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. CHEMOAFFINITY IN THE ORDERLY GROWTH OF NERVE FIBER PATTERNS AND CONNECTIONS
    1963 1.4k citations R. W. Sperry profile →
  2. PERCEPTION OF BILATERAL CHIMERIC FIGURES FOLLOWING HEMISPHERIC DECONNEXION
    1972 419 citations Jerre Levy, Colwyn Trevarthen et al. profile →
  3. Preferential selection of central pathways by regenerating optic fibers
    1963 417 citations R. W. Sperry et al. profile →
  4. Cerebral Organization and Behavior
    1961 346 citations R. W. Sperry profile →
  5. LANGUAGE AFTER SECTION OF THE CEREBRAL COMMISSURES
    1967 331 citations R. W. Sperry et al. profile →
  6. Lateral specialization in the surgically separated hemispheres.
    1974 325 citations R. W. Sperry profile →
  7. Some functional effects of sectioning the cerebral commissures in man*
    1962 230 citations R. W. Sperry et al. profile →
  8. The Great Cerebral Commissure
    1964 172 citations R. W. Sperry profile →

Peers

R. W. Sperry
Charles G. Gross United States
Victor H. Denenberg United States
John C. Eccles United States
H. Hécaen France
Alan Cowey United Kingdom
John M. Allman United States
Douglas Wahłsten Canada
Wilder Penfield Canada
Richard F. Thompson United States
Todd M. Preuss United States
Charles G. Gross United States
R. W. Sperry
Citations per year, relative to R. W. Sperry R. W. Sperry (= 1×) peers Charles G. Gross

Countries citing papers authored by R. W. Sperry

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. W. Sperry

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of R. W. Sperry. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of R. W. Sperry 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 R. W. Sperry. R. W. Sperry 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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Sperry, R. W.. (1998). A powerful paradigm made stronger. Neuropsychologia. 36(10). 1063–1068. 3 indexed citations
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Sperry, R. W.. (1992). Turnabout on consciousness: a mentalist view. ˜The œJournal of mind and behavior. 13(3). 259–280. 11 indexed citations
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Sperry, R. W.. (1991). In defense of mentalism and emergent interaction. ˜The œJournal of mind and behavior. 12(2). 221–245. 56 indexed citations
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Trevarthen, Colwyn & R. W. Sperry. (1990). Brain circuits and functions of the mind : essays in honor of Roger W. Sperry. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 52 indexed citations
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Sperry, R. W.. (1987). Structure and significance of the consciousness revolution. ˜The œJournal of mind and behavior. 8(1). 34 indexed citations
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Sperry, R. W., et al.. (1985). Interhemispheric Communication After Section of the Forebrain Commissures. Cortex. 21(2). 249–260. 40 indexed citations
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Benowitz, Larry I., David M. Bear, Robert Rosenthal, et al.. (1983). Hemispheric Specialization in Nonverbal Communication. Cortex. 19(1). 5–11. 103 indexed citations
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Sperry, R. W.. (1983). Science and moral priority: Merging mind, brain, and human values. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 82 indexed citations
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Zaidel, Eran, Dahlia W. Zaidel, & R. W. Sperry. (1981). Left and Right Intelligence: Case Studies of Raven's Progressive Matrices Following Brain Bisection and Hemidecortication. Cortex. 17(2). 167–185. 33 indexed citations
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Ellenberg, Leah & R. W. Sperry. (1979). Capacity for Holding Sustained Attention Following Commissurotomy. Cortex. 15(3). 421–438. 36 indexed citations
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Sperry, R. W., et al.. (1977). Hemisphere lateralization for cognitive processing of geometry. Neuropsychologia. 15(1). 107–114. 117 indexed citations
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Sperry, R. W.. (1975). Mental Phenomena as Causal Determinants in Brain Functions. Process Studies. 5(4). 247–256. 11 indexed citations
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Teng, Evelyn L. & R. W. Sperry. (1974). Interhemispheric Rivalry During Simultaneous Bilateral Task Presentation in Commissurotomized Patients. Cortex. 10(2). 111–120. 22 indexed citations
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Zaidel, Dahlia W. & R. W. Sperry. (1973). Performance on the Raven's Colored Progressive Matrices Test by Subjects with Cerebral Commissurotomy. Cortex. 9(1). 34–39. 80 indexed citations
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Levy, Jerre, Robert D. Nebes, & R. W. Sperry. (1971). Expressive Language in the Surgically Separated Minor Hemisphere. Cortex. 7(1). 49–58. 67 indexed citations
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Levy, Jerre & R. W. Sperry. (1970). Crossed Temperature Discrimination Following Section of Forebrain Neocortical Commissures. Cortex. 6(4). 349–361. 3 indexed citations
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Sperry, R. W.. (1964). Problems outstanding in the evolution of brain function (James Arthur lecture on the evolution of the human brain, no. 33, 1964).. American Museum Novitates. 7 indexed citations
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Sperry, R. W.. (1964). The great cerebral commissure. Annals of Dyslexia. 14(1). 67–68. 8 indexed citations
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Sperry, R. W., et al.. (1957). Myotypic Respecification of Regenerated Nerve-fibres in Cichlid Fishes. Development. 5(3). 256–263. 3 indexed citations
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Sperry, R. W., et al.. (1955). Pattern perception following insertion of mica plates into visual cortex.. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology. 48(6). 463–469. 45 indexed citations

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