Roberta L. Klatzky

20.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
272 papers, 13.3k citations indexed

About

Roberta L. Klatzky is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Human-Computer Interaction. According to data from OpenAlex, Roberta L. Klatzky has authored 272 papers receiving a total of 13.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 205 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 89 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 42 papers in Human-Computer Interaction. Recurrent topics in Roberta L. Klatzky's work include Tactile and Sensory Interactions (149 papers), Multisensory perception and integration (73 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (67 papers). Roberta L. Klatzky is often cited by papers focused on Tactile and Sensory Interactions (149 papers), Multisensory perception and integration (73 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (67 papers). Roberta L. Klatzky collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Roberta L. Klatzky's co-authors include Susan J. Lederman, Jack M. Loomis, Reginald G. Golledge, James W. Pellegrino, Catherine L. Reed, Joseph G. Cicinelli, William P. Wallace, John W. Cotton, R. G. Golledge and Yoky Matsuoka and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Roberta L. Klatzky

265 papers receiving 12.5k 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.

Hand movements: A window into haptic object recognition

1987 1.3k citations Susan J. Lederman, Roberta L. Klatzky profile →
Haptic perception: A tutorial

2009 669 citations Susan J. Lederman, Roberta L. Klatzky profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Roberta L. Klatzky United States	61	9.4k	4.1k	2.7k	2.1k	2.0k	272	13.3k
HH Bülthoff Germany	75	12.3k 1.3×	4.1k 1.0×	3.0k 1.1×	3.9k 1.9×	2.1k 1.0×	731	21.9k
Susan J. Lederman Canada	56	8.8k 0.9×	4.1k 1.0×	2.1k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	318 0.2×	140	10.3k
Jack M. Loomis United States	56	7.4k 0.8×	2.2k 0.5×	3.9k 1.4×	2.8k 1.3×	3.5k 1.8×	154	12.1k
Marc O. Ernst Germany	40	8.1k 0.9×	4.9k 1.2×	1.5k 0.5×	2.4k 1.2×	268 0.1×	173	10.6k
Dennis R. Proffítt United States	58	6.2k 0.7×	1.9k 0.5×	1.6k 0.6×	4.1k 2.0×	1.5k 0.8×	201	10.3k
Raja Parasuraman United States	82	11.2k 1.2×	3.8k 0.9×	840 0.3×	14.2k 6.9×	1.1k 0.6×	321	29.1k
Martin S. Banks United States	56	10.6k 1.1×	3.0k 0.7×	2.6k 1.0×	1.9k 0.9×	404 0.2×	226	14.3k
Stephen Brewster United Kingdom	56	6.1k 0.7×	1.6k 0.4×	6.3k 2.3×	2.4k 1.2×	572 0.3×	433	11.1k
Melvyn A. Goodale Canada	85	29.9k 3.2×	4.4k 1.1×	1.2k 0.4×	8.6k 4.2×	1.1k 0.5×	402	34.3k
Mary Hegarty United States	59	2.5k 0.3×	4.6k 1.1×	1.3k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	5.8k 2.9×	172	13.5k

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Tan, Sylvia, Michael A. Peshkin, Roberta L. Klatzky, & J. Edward Colgate. (2025). Toward human-resolution haptics: A high-bandwidth, high-density, wearable tactile display. Science Advances. 11(47). eadz5937–eadz5937.

Klatzky, Roberta L.. (2024). Haptic Perception and Its Relation to Action. Annual Review of Psychology. 76(1). 227–250. 2 indexed citations

Seminara, Lucia, Strahinja Došen, Fulvio Mastrogiovanni, et al.. (2023). A hierarchical sensorimotor control framework for human-in-the-loop robotic hands. Science Robotics. 8(78). eadd5434–eadd5434. 22 indexed citations

Christie, Breanne, Avi Caspi, Francesco V. Tenore, et al.. (2022). Sequential epiretinal stimulation improves discrimination in simple shape discrimination tasks only. Journal of Neural Engineering. 19(3). 36033–36033. 6 indexed citations

Klatzky, Roberta L., et al.. (2021). Impact of delayed response on wearable cognitive assistance. PLoS ONE. 16(3). e0248690–e0248690. 9 indexed citations

Wu, Bing, Roberta L. Klatzky, & John Galeotti. (2013). Effects of magnification on depth perception and visually-guided reaching. Journal of Vision. 13(9). 220–220. 1 indexed citations

Klatzky, Roberta L., et al.. (2010). Please Touch: Aesthetic Features That Invite Touch. Advances in consumer research. 1 indexed citations

Klatzky, Roberta L., et al.. (2009). Haptic Classification of Facial Identity in 2D Displays: Configural versus Feature-Based Processing. IEEE Transactions on Haptics. 3(1). 48–55. 6 indexed citations

Klatzky, Roberta L., Nicholas A. Giudice, James R. Marston, et al.. (2008). An n-back task using vibrotactile stimulation with comparison to an auditory analogue. Behavior Research Methods. 40(1). 367–372. 9 indexed citations

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Matsuoka, Yoky, Bambi R. Brewer, & Roberta L. Klatzky. (2007). Using visual feedback distortion to alter coordinated pinching patterns for robotic rehabilitation. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. 4(1). 17–17. 19 indexed citations

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Wu, Bing, et al.. (2007). Mental concatenation of perceptually and cognitively specified depth to represent locations in near space. Experimental Brain Research. 184(3). 295–305. 4 indexed citations

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Lederman, Susan J., et al.. (2007). Haptic Recognition of Static and Dynamic Expressions of Emotion in the Live Face. Psychological Science. 18(2). 158–164. 36 indexed citations

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Reed, Catherine L., Roberta L. Klatzky, & Eric Halgren. (2005). What vs. where in touch: an fMRI study. NeuroImage. 25(3). 718–726. 135 indexed citations

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Allin, Sonya, Yoky Matsuoka, & Roberta L. Klatzky. (2003). Measuring just noticeable differences for haptic force feedback: implications for rehabilitation. 299–302. 81 indexed citations

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Klatzky, Roberta L., et al.. (2003). Watching a Cursor Distorts Haptically Guided Reproduction of Mouse Movement.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Applied. 9(4). 228–235. 14 indexed citations

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Klatzky, Roberta L., et al.. (2002). The Phonological-Similarity Effect Differentiates Between Two Working Memory Tasks. Psychological Science. 13(5). 465–468. 5 indexed citations

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Klatzky, Roberta L.. (1999). Path completion after haptic exploration without vision: Implications for haptic spatial representations. Perception & Psychophysics. 61(2). 220–235. 43 indexed citations

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Golledge, Reginald G., Jack M. Loomis, & Roberta L. Klatzky. (1997). A new direction for applied geography. 1(3). 151–168.

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Lederman, Susan J., Roberta L. Klatzky, & Janaki Balakrishnan. (1991). Task-Driven Extraction of Object Contour by Human Haptics: Part 2. Robotica. 9(2). 179–188. 6 indexed citations

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Klatzky, Roberta L. & Richard C. Atkinson. (1971). Specialization of the cerebral hemispheres in scanning for information in short-term memory. Perception & Psychophysics. 10(5). 335–338. 88 indexed citations

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