Semir Zeki

30.8k total citations · 7 hit papers
204 papers, 21.3k citations indexed

About

Semir Zeki is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Semir Zeki has authored 204 papers receiving a total of 21.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 171 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 31 papers in Social Psychology and 31 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Semir Zeki's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (114 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (82 papers) and Aesthetic Perception and Analysis (30 papers). Semir Zeki is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (114 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (82 papers) and Aesthetic Perception and Analysis (30 papers). Semir Zeki collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Semir Zeki's 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 and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Semir Zeki

198 papers receiving 20.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers

Semir Zeki
David H. Brainard United States
Geraint Rees United Kingdom
Denis G. Pelli United States
Leslie G. Ungerleider United States
Eleanor A. Maguire United Kingdom
Robert Desimone United States
Riitta Hari Finland
Alan Cowey United Kingdom
David H. Brainard United States
Semir Zeki
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Semir Zeki. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Semir Zeki 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 Semir Zeki. Semir Zeki is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Paolini, Marco, et al.. (2024). Neural correlates of the experience of ugliness. European Journal of Neuroscience. 60(7). 5671–5679. 1 indexed citations
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Paolini, Marco, et al.. (2023). The neural determinants of abstract beauty. European Journal of Neuroscience. 57(4). 633–645. 4 indexed citations
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Paolini, Marco, et al.. (2021). The neural determinants of beauty. European Journal of Neuroscience. 55(1). 91–106. 14 indexed citations
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Zeki, Semir. (2020). “Multiplexing” cells of the visual cortex and the timing enigma of the binding problem. European Journal of Neuroscience. 52(12). 4684–4694. 5 indexed citations
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Zeki, Semir & Oliver Y. Chén. (2019). The Bayesian‐Laplacian brain. European Journal of Neuroscience. 51(6). 1441–1462. 12 indexed citations
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Zeki, Semir, Alexandre Javier, & Dimitris Mylonas. (2019). The biological basis of the experience and categorization of colour. European Journal of Neuroscience. 51(2). 670–680. 5 indexed citations
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Ishizu, Tomohiro & Semir Zeki. (2017). The experience of beauty derived from sorrow. Human Brain Mapping. 38(8). 4185–4200. 34 indexed citations
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Zeki, Semir. (2009). In praise of subjective truths. The Journal of Physiology. 587(12). 2825–2835. 3 indexed citations
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Zeki, Semir & John Paul Romaya. (2008). Neural Correlates of Hate. PLoS ONE. 3(10). e3556–e3556. 119 indexed citations
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Zeki, Semir. (2002). Vision and art: The biology of seeing. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Zeki, Semir. (2000). Abstraction and idealism - From Plato to Einstein: how do we acquire knowledge?. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Bartels, Andreas & Semir Zeki. (2000). Are the independent components of brain imaging data functionally specialized areas?. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Zeki, Semir, et al.. (2000). The architecture of the colour centre in the human visual brain. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations
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Zeki, Semir, et al.. (1997). Mapping and topographic organization of the visual field in human area V4 as revealed by fMRI.. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Zeki, Semir. (1994). The cortical Enigma : a reply to Professor Gregory. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 257(1350). 243–245. 13 indexed citations
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Battaglini, Piero Paolo, Patrizia Fattori, Claudio Galletti, & Semir Zeki. (1990). THE PHYSIOLOGY OF AREA V6 IN THE AWAKE, BEHAVING MONKEY. UCL Discovery (University College London). 10 indexed citations
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Zeki, Semir, et al.. (1984). HIGH CYTOCHROME-OXIDASE CONTENT OF THE V5 COMPLEX OF MACAQUE MONKEY VISUAL-CORTEX. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations
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Zeki, Semir. (1983). The distribution of wavelength and orientation selective cells in different areas of monkey visual cortex. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 217(1209). 449–470. 150 indexed citations
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Zeki, Semir. (1980). THE REPRESENTATION OF COLORS IN THE CEREBRAL-CORTEX. UCL Discovery (University College London). 6 indexed citations
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Zeki, Semir. (1980). THE CODING OF INTENSITY OF ILLUMINATION IN THE VISUAL-CORTEX OF THE MONKEY. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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