Topics Visual perception and processing mechanisms (114 papers) Neural dynamics and brain function (82 papers) Aesthetic Perception and Analysis (30 papers) Overview Impact Standout Papers Peers Geography Research Space Co-Authors Works Hit Papers A direct demonstration of functional specialization in hu... 1974 2026 1991 2008 1991 1993 2004 1988 1974 400 800 1.2k Peers Semir Zeki
Comparison fields: 5 of 193 Cognitive Neuroscience 18.2k Social Psychology 3.9k Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 3.8k Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 2.2k Molecular Biology 1.9k Sensory Systems 1.3k Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1.1k Neurology 1.0k Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 898 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 882 Clinical Psychology 817 Epidemiology 658 Psychiatry and Mental health 567 Ophthalmology 491 Developmental and Educational Psychology 482 Sociology and Political Science 400 Artificial Intelligence 308 Philosophy 230 Visual Arts and Performing Arts 213 Biophysics 198 Neurology 193 Biomedical Engineering 160 Pathology and Forensic Medicine 148 Signal Processing 140 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 135 Safety Research 134 Human-Computer Interaction 134 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 123 General Decision Sciences 117 Physiology 114 Statistics and Probability 114 History and Philosophy of Science 111 Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 106 Automotive Engineering 104 Geometry and Topology 97 Marketing 94 Plant Science 91 Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 89 Economics and Econometrics 89 Genetics 87 Pharmacy 83 Behavioral Neuroscience 77 Education 77 Applied Psychology 73 Media Technology 72 Literature and Literary Theory 71 Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 68 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 64 Conservation 63 Computational Theory and Mathematics 56 Pharmacology 55 Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 54 Nutrition and Dietetics 50 Cultural Studies 49 Language and Linguistics 43 Cell Biology 43 Developmental Neuroscience 41 Demography 41 Health 40 Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 40 Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 38 Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 36 Computer Networks and Communications 34 General Health Professions 34 Gender Studies 33 Food Science 31 Developmental Biology 30 General Psychology 29 Anthropology 29 Global and Planetary Change 29 History 29 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Cognitive Neuroscience 18.2k Social Psychology 3.9k Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 3.8k Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 2.2k Molecular Biology 1.9k Denis G. Pelli United States
Michael S. Gazzaniga United States
Nancy Kanwisher United States
Stephen M. Kosslyn United States
Leslie G. Ungerleider United States
Mark H. Johnson United Kingdom
James V. Haxby United States
Daniel J. Simons United States
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All Works Load more (20 of 204) # Work Indexed citations 1 1 2 4 3 14 4 2020 · European Journal of Neuroscience · Semir Zeki 5 5 12 6 5 7 34 8 3 9 119 10 Vision and art: The biology of seeing
2002 · UCL Discovery (University College London) · Semir Zeki 1 11 Abstraction and idealism - From Plato to Einstein: how do we acquire knowledge?
2000 · UCL Discovery (University College London) · Semir Zeki 1 12 Are the independent components of brain imaging data functionally specialized areas?
1 13 The architecture of the colour centre in the human visual brain
2000 · UCL Discovery (University College London) · (unknown) , Semir Zeki 2 14 Mapping and topographic organization of the visual field in human area V4 as revealed by fMRI.
1997 · UCL Discovery (University College London) · (unknown) , Semir Zeki 1 15 1994 · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · Semir Zeki 13 16 THE PHYSIOLOGY OF AREA V6 IN THE AWAKE, BEHAVING MONKEY
10 17 HIGH CYTOCHROME-OXIDASE CONTENT OF THE V5 COMPLEX OF MACAQUE MONKEY VISUAL-CORTEX
1984 · UCL Discovery (University College London) · (unknown) , Semir Zeki 2 18 1983 · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · Semir Zeki 150 19 THE REPRESENTATION OF COLORS IN THE CEREBRAL-CORTEX
1980 · UCL Discovery (University College London) · Semir Zeki 6 20 THE CODING OF INTENSITY OF ILLUMINATION IN THE VISUAL-CORTEX OF THE MONKEY
1980 · UCL Discovery (University College London) · Semir Zeki 1
Load more (20 of 204) About Semir Zeki Semir Zeki is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience , Sensory Systems and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology , having authored 204 papers that have together received 21.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (114 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (82 papers) and Aesthetic Perception and Analysis (30 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cognitive Neuroscience (18.2k citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (3.8k citations) and Sensory Systems (1.3k citations). Semir Zeki has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom , United States and Germany . Frequent co-authors include Andreas Bartels , Stewart Shipp , R. S. J. Frackowiak , J D Watson , Konstantinos Moutoussis , Karl Friston , Hideaki Kawabata , Oliver R. Goodenough , Christian J. Lueck and Christopher Kennard . Their work appears in journals such as Nature , Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences .
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