Robert Desimone

63.1k total citations · 25 hit papers
182 papers, 43.6k citations indexed

About

Robert Desimone is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Desimone has authored 182 papers receiving a total of 43.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 140 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 47 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 16 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Robert Desimone's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (106 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (88 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (41 papers). Robert Desimone is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (106 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (88 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (41 papers). Robert Desimone collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Brazil. Robert Desimone's co-authors include John S. Duncan, Earl K. Miller, Leslie G. Ungerleider, John H. Reynolds, Jeffrey Moran, Pascal Fries, Leonardo Chelazzi, Charles G. Gross, Charles J. Bruce and Peter De Weerd and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Robert Desimone

179 papers receiving 42.4k citations

Hit Papers

Neural Mechanisms of Selective Visual Attention 1981 2026 1996 2011 1995 2001 1985 1999 1997 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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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. Neural Mechanisms of Selective Visual Attention
    1995 5.9k citations Robert Desimone, John S. Duncan profile →
  2. Modulation of Oscillatory Neuronal Synchronization by Selective Visual Attention
    2001 2.0k citations Pascal Fries, John H. Reynolds et al. profile →
  3. Selective Attention Gates Visual Processing in the Extrastriate Cortex
    1985 1.8k citations Jeffrey Moran, Robert Desimone profile →
  4. Increased Activity in Human Visual Cortex during Directed Attention in the Absence of Visual Stimulation
    1999 1.3k citations Sabine Kästner, Mark A. Pinsk et al. Neuron profile →
  5. Neural Mechanisms of Spatial Selective Attention in Areas V1, V2, and V4 of Macaque Visual Cortex
    1997 1.2k citations Leonardo Chelazzi, Robert Desimone et al. profile →
  6. Neural Mechanisms of Visual Working Memory in Prefrontal Cortex of the Macaque
    1996 1.1k citations Earl K. Miller, Robert Desimone et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
  7. Stimulus-selective properties of inferior temporal neurons in the macaque
    1984 1.1k citations Robert Desimone et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
  8. Modulation of Neuronal Interactions Through Neuronal Synchronization
    2007 965 citations Thilo Womelsdorf, Robert Oostenveld et al. profile →
  9. Visual properties of neurons in a polysensory area in superior temporal sulcus of the macaque.
    1981 962 citations Robert Desimone et al. profile →
  10. Competitive Mechanisms Subserve Attention in Macaque Areas V2 and V4
    1999 914 citations John H. Reynolds, Leonardo Chelazzi et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
  11. A neural basis for visual search in inferior temporal cortex
    1993 867 citations Leonardo Chelazzi, Earl K. Miller et al. profile →
  12. Neural mechanisms for visual memory and their role in attention
    1996 807 citations Robert Desimone profile →
  13. Attention Increases Sensitivity of V4 Neurons
    2000 751 citations John H. Reynolds, Tatiana Pasternak et al. Neuron profile →
  14. Mechanisms of Directed Attention in the Human Extrastriate Cortex as Revealed by Functional MRI
    1998 705 citations Sabine Kästner, Peter De Weerd et al. profile →
  15. Increased Attention Enhances Both Behavioral and Neuronal Performance
    1988 628 citations Robert Desimone, Jeffrey Moran et al. profile →
  16. Cortical connections of visual area MT in the macaque
    1986 624 citations Robert Desimone et al. profile →
  17. Activity of neurons in anterior inferior temporal cortex during a short- term memory task
    1993 599 citations Earl K. Miller, Robert Desimone et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
  18. A Neural Mechanism for Working and Recognition Memory in Inferior Temporal Cortex
    1991 578 citations Earl K. Miller, Robert Desimone et al. profile →
  19. Gamma-band synchronization in visual cortex predicts speed of change detection
    2005 562 citations Thilo Womelsdorf, Pascal Fries et al. profile →
  20. Responses of Neurons in Inferior Temporal Cortex During Memory-Guided Visual Search
    1998 553 citations Leonardo Chelazzi, John S. Duncan et al. profile →
  21. Visual properties of neurons in area V4 of the macaque: sensitivity to stimulus form
    1987 544 citations Robert Desimone et al. profile →
  22. Visual attention mediated by biased competition in extrastriate visual cortex
    1998 525 citations Robert Desimone profile →
  23. Pathways for motion analysis: Cortical connections of the medial superior temporal and fundus of the superior temporal visual areas in the macaque
    1990 512 citations Leslie G. Ungerleider, Robert Desimone et al. profile →
  24. Multiple visual areas in the caudal superior temporal sulcus of the macaque
    1986 508 citations Robert Desimone et al. profile →
  25. Protein-retention expansion microscopy of cells and tissues labeled using standard fluorescent proteins and antibodies
    2016 419 citations Paul W. Tillberg, Fei Chen et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Desimone United States 86 38.6k 8.2k 4.5k 2.7k 2.7k 182 43.6k
Nikos K. Logothetis Germany 103 35.3k 0.9× 9.0k 1.1× 5.3k 1.2× 2.3k 0.8× 2.8k 1.0× 421 44.0k
David C. Van Essen United States 103 54.0k 1.4× 7.7k 0.9× 6.3k 1.4× 5.0k 1.8× 3.6k 1.3× 229 65.6k
Peter Dayan United Kingdom 93 32.1k 0.8× 12.2k 1.5× 7.0k 1.6× 4.3k 1.6× 3.9k 1.4× 442 54.8k
Earl K. Miller United States 73 30.1k 0.8× 6.5k 0.8× 3.8k 0.9× 1.6k 0.6× 2.6k 1.0× 172 35.7k
David H. Brainard United States 46 24.5k 0.6× 2.7k 0.3× 4.9k 1.1× 2.2k 0.8× 4.9k 1.8× 174 29.5k
Timothy E.J. Behrens United Kingdom 103 43.4k 1.1× 5.8k 0.7× 5.7k 1.3× 2.2k 0.8× 3.5k 1.3× 193 70.5k
John H. R. Maunsell United States 70 21.6k 0.6× 5.6k 0.7× 1.6k 0.4× 2.7k 1.0× 1.0k 0.4× 126 23.2k
Olaf Sporns United States 99 54.1k 1.4× 6.1k 0.7× 8.1k 1.8× 4.1k 1.5× 1.8k 0.7× 301 66.3k
Edmund T. Rolls United Kingdom 138 43.5k 1.1× 15.4k 1.9× 9.4k 2.1× 2.6k 1.0× 5.7k 2.1× 573 64.4k
David J. Heeger United States 84 22.2k 0.6× 3.4k 0.4× 2.0k 0.4× 1.5k 0.6× 1.9k 0.7× 218 28.9k

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All Works

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Mendoza-Halliday, Diego, Noah Lee, Jacob A. Westerberg, et al.. (2024). A ubiquitous spectrolaminar motif of local field potential power across the primate cortex. Nature Neuroscience. 27(3). 547–560. 36 indexed citations
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Rajimehr, Reza, et al.. (2024). Functional architecture of cerebral cortex during naturalistic movie watching. Neuron. 112(24). 4130–4146.e3. 8 indexed citations
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Mendoza-Halliday, Diego, Haoran Xu, Frederico A. C. Azevedo, & Robert Desimone. (2024). Dissociable neuronal substrates of visual feature attention and working memory. Neuron. 112(5). 850–863.e6. 10 indexed citations
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Xu, Fang, Yan Shen, Chao‐Yu Yang, et al.. (2021). High-throughput mapping of a whole rhesus monkey brain at micrometer resolution. Nature Biotechnology. 39(12). 1521–1528. 67 indexed citations
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Landman, Rogier, Jitendra Sharma, Julia Hyman, et al.. (2020). Close-range vocal interaction in the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus). PLoS ONE. 15(4). e0227392–e0227392. 10 indexed citations
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Schwerdt, Helen N., Ken‐ichi Amemori, Daniel J. Gibson, et al.. (2020). Dopamine and beta-band oscillations differentially link to striatal value and motor control. Science Advances. 6(39). 34 indexed citations
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Amemori, Satoko, Ken‐ichi Amemori, Tomoko Yoshida, et al.. (2019). Microstimulation of primate neocortex targeting striosomes induces negative decision‐making. European Journal of Neuroscience. 51(3). 731–741. 19 indexed citations
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Piatkevich, Kiryl D., Ho-Jun Suk, Suhasa B. Kodandaramaiah, et al.. (2017). Near-Infrared Fluorescent Proteins Engineered from Bacterial Phytochromes in Neuroimaging. Biophysical Journal. 113(10). 2299–2309. 42 indexed citations
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Tillberg, Paul W., Fei Chen, Kiryl D. Piatkevich, et al.. (2016). Protein-retention expansion microscopy of cells and tissues labeled using standard fluorescent proteins and antibodies. PMC. 2 indexed citations
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Gregoriou, Georgia G., Stephen J. Gotts, & Robert Desimone. (2012). Cell-Type-Specific Synchronization of Neural Activity in FEF with V4 during Attention. Neuron. 73(3). 581–594. 173 indexed citations
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Han, Xue, Brian Y. Chow, Huihui Zhou, et al.. (2011). A high-light sensitivity optical neural silencer: development, and application to optogenetic control of nonhuman primate cortex. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 363 indexed citations
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Han, Xue, Xiaofeng Qian, Jacob Bernstein, et al.. (2009). Millisecond-Timescale Optical Control of Neural Dynamics in the Nonhuman Primate Brain. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 8 indexed citations
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Gregoriou, Georgia G., Stephen J. Gotts, Huihui Zhou, & Robert Desimone. (2009). Long-range neural coupling through synchronization with attention. Progress in brain research. 176. 35–45. 65 indexed citations
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Fries, Pascal, Thilo Womelsdorf, Robert Oostenveld, & Robert Desimone. (2008). The Effects of Visual Stimulation and Selective Visual Attention on Rhythmic Neuronal Synchronization in Macaque Area V4. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(18). 4823–4835. 338 indexed citations
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Desimone, Robert, et al.. (2004). Privileged Structures: Applications in Drug Discovery. Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening. 7(5). 473–493. 495 indexed citations
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Reynolds, John H., Tatiana Pasternak, & Robert Desimone. (2000). Attention Increases Sensitivity of V4 Neurons. Neuron. 26(3). 703–714. 751 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kästner, Sabine, Mark A. Pinsk, Peter De Weerd, Robert Desimone, & Leslie G. Ungerleider. (1999). Increased Activity in Human Visual Cortex during Directed Attention in the Absence of Visual Stimulation. Neuron. 22(4). 751–761. 1257 indexed citations breakdown →
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Desimone, Robert, Leonardo Chelazzi, Earl K. Miller, & John S. Duncan. (1995). Neuronal mechanisms of visual attention. 219–226. 6 indexed citations
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Chelazzi, Leonardo, Earl K. Miller, Andreas Lueschow, & Robert Desimone. (1993). Dual mechanisms of short-term memory Ventral prefrontal cortex. The Society for Neuroscience Abstracts. 19. 975. 35 indexed citations
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Desimone, Robert, Jeffrey Moran, Stanley J. Schein, & Mortimer Mishkin. (1993). A role for the corpus callosum in visual area V4 of the macaque. Visual Neuroscience. 10(1). 159–171. 70 indexed citations

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