Robert D. Rafal

13.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
146 papers, 10.7k citations indexed

About

Robert D. Rafal is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert D. Rafal has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 10.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 125 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 23 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 14 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Robert D. Rafal's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (74 papers), Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction (56 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (54 papers). Robert D. Rafal is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (74 papers), Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction (56 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (54 papers). Robert D. Rafal collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Israel. Robert D. Rafal's co-authors include Michael I. Posner, Robert Egly, Jon Driver, Avishai Henik, Jon Driver, Jonathan Vaughan, Cameron Brennan, Peter A. Calabresi, Tony Ro and Gordon C. Baylis and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Robert D. Rafal

146 papers receiving 10.3k 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.

Inhibition of return: Neural basis and function

1985 1.1k citations Michael I. Posner, Robert D. Rafal et al. Cognitive Neuropsychology profile →
Shifting visual attention between objects and locations: Evidence from normal and parietal lesion subjects.

1994 825 citations Robert D. Rafal et al. profile →
Shifting visual attention between objects and locations: Evidence from normal and parietal lesion subjects.

1994 745 citations Jon Driver, Robert D. Rafal et al. profile →
Saccade preparation inhibits reorienting to recently attended locations.

1989 633 citations Robert D. Rafal, Peter A. Calabresi et al. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert D. Rafal United Kingdom	49	9.2k	1.5k	761	641	564	146	10.7k
Mark W. Greenlee Germany	48	6.3k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	753 1.0×	860 1.3×	381 0.7×	246	7.9k
Ingrid R. Olson United States	51	8.0k 0.9×	2.0k 1.3×	1.4k 1.8×	678 1.1×	985 1.7×	131	10.0k
John–Dylan Haynes Germany	58	11.7k 1.3×	2.0k 1.3×	1.6k 2.1×	394 0.6×	696 1.2×	206	13.9k
Leslie G. Ungerleider United States	22	9.0k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	1.0k 1.4×	383 0.6×	374 0.7×	30	10.0k
Sophie Schwartz Switzerland	48	7.0k 0.8×	2.5k 1.6×	772 1.0×	358 0.6×	649 1.2×	140	8.4k
Paolo Bartolomeo France	50	7.9k 0.9×	1000 0.6×	562 0.7×	605 0.9×	697 1.2×	214	9.4k
Aina Puce United States	45	10.4k 1.1×	3.2k 2.1×	1.7k 2.3×	433 0.7×	616 1.1×	105	12.0k
Jason J.S. Barton Canada	49	6.9k 0.7×	2.1k 1.4×	461 0.6×	358 0.6×	610 1.1×	272	8.1k
Sabine Kästner United States	67	15.9k 1.7×	2.1k 1.3×	1.3k 1.7×	762 1.2×	680 1.2×	171	18.1k
Théodor Landis Switzerland	55	7.1k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	1.8k 2.3×	590 0.9×	1.7k 3.0×	236	10.5k

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Koller, Kristin, et al.. (2019). Stria terminalis microstructure in humans predicts variability in orienting towards threat. European Journal of Neuroscience. 50(11). 3804–3813. 9 indexed citations

Koller, Kristin, Robert D. Rafal, & Paul G. Mullins. (2019). Circadian circuits in humans: White matter microstructure predicts daytime sleepiness. Cortex. 122. 97–107. 7 indexed citations

Rafal, Robert D., et al.. (2018). An Opponent Process Cerebellar Asymmetry for Regulating Word Association Priming. The Cerebellum. 18(1). 47–55. 9 indexed citations

Poliva, Oren, et al.. (2015). Functional Mapping of the Human Auditory Cortex. Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology. 28(3). 160–180. 14 indexed citations

Capizzi, Mariagrazia, et al.. (2014). Foreperiod priming in temporal preparation: Testing current models of sequential effects. Cognition. 134. 39–49. 30 indexed citations

Leek, E. Charles, Giovanni d’Avossa, Marie‐Josèphe Tainturier, et al.. (2012). Impaired integration of object knowledge and visual input in a case of ventral simultanagnosia with bilateral damage to area V4. Cognitive Neuropsychology. 29(7-8). 569–583. 5 indexed citations

Bultitude, Janet H., et al.. (2012). Moving Forward with Prisms: Sensory-Motor Adaptation Improves Gait Initiation in Parkinson’s Disease. Frontiers in Neurology. 3. 132–132. 10 indexed citations

Bultitude, Janet H. & Robert D. Rafal. (2009). Derangement of body representation in complex regional pain syndrome: report of a case treated with mirror and prisms. Experimental Brain Research. 204(3). 409–418. 85 indexed citations

Ro, Tony & Robert D. Rafal. (2006). Visual restoration in cortical blindness: Insights from natural and TMS-induced blindsight. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. 16(4). 377–396. 22 indexed citations

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Rafal, Robert D., et al.. (2006). Feedback of brain-imaging findings: Effect on impaired awareness and mood in acquired brain injury. Brain Injury. 20(5). 485–497. 12 indexed citations

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Danziger, Sheldon, et al.. (2004). Contributions of the human pulvinar to linking vision and action. Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience. 4(1). 89–99. 41 indexed citations

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Danziger, Sheldon, et al.. (2002). The Effects of Unilateral Pulvinar Damage in Humans on Reflexive Orienting and Filtering of Irrelevant Information. Behavioural Neurology. 13(3-4). 95–104. 33 indexed citations

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Vuilleumier, Patrik, Noam Sagiv, Eliot Hazeltine, et al.. (2001). Neural fate of seen and unseen faces in visuospatial neglect: a combined event-related fMRI and ERP study. UCL Discovery (University College London). 6 indexed citations

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Machado, Liana & Robert D. Rafal. (2000). Control of eye movement reflexes. Experimental Brain Research. 135(1). 73–80. 28 indexed citations

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Vuilleumier, Patrik & Robert D. Rafal. (1999). "Both" means more than "two": localizing and counting in patients with visuospatial neglect. Nature Neuroscience. 2(9). 783–784. 41 indexed citations

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Driver, Jon, Gordon C. Baylis, Susan Goodrich, & Robert D. Rafal. (1994). Axis-based neglect of visual shapes. Neuropsychologia. 32(11). 1353–1356. 117 indexed citations

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Baylis, Gordon C., et al.. (1994). Reading of letters and words in a patient with Balint's syndrome. Neuropsychologia. 32(10). 1273–1286. 61 indexed citations

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Henik, Avishai, Singh Jaswinder, Dennis J. Beckley, & Robert D. Rafal. (1993). Disinhibition of Automatic Word Reading in Parkinson's Disease. Cortex. 29(4). 589–599. 72 indexed citations

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Rafal, Robert D., et al.. (1989). Saccade preparation inhibits reorienting to recently attended locations.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 15(4). 673–685. 633 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rafal, Robert D., John Walker, Michael I. Posner, & Frances J. Friedrich. (1984). COGNITION AND THE BASAL GANGLIA. Brain. 107(4). 1083–1094. 195 indexed citations

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