Stephen M. Kosslyn

45.0k total citations · 12 hit papers
282 papers, 30.4k citations indexed

About

Stephen M. Kosslyn is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Automotive Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen M. Kosslyn has authored 282 papers receiving a total of 30.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 151 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 69 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 57 papers in Automotive Engineering. Recurrent topics in Stephen M. Kosslyn's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (79 papers), Spatial Cognition and Navigation (57 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (37 papers). Stephen M. Kosslyn is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (79 papers), Spatial Cognition and Navigation (57 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (37 papers). Stephen M. Kosslyn collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Stephen M. Kosslyn's co-authors include William L. Thompson, Giorgio Ganis, Nathaniel M. Alpert, Peter Podgorny, Olivier Koenig, Edward E. Smith, Chad J. Marsolek, Joel Pearson, Christopher F. Chabris and Brian J. Reiser and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Stephen M. Kosslyn

273 papers receiving 28.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Placebo-Induced Changes in fMRI in the Anticipation and Experience of Pain

2004 1.4k citations Stephen M. Kosslyn et al. profile →
Image and Mind

1982 1.3k citations Stephen M. Kosslyn et al. profile →
Neural foundations of imagery

2001 1.3k citations Stephen M. Kosslyn, William L. Thompson et al. profile →
Image And Brain

1994 1.2k citations Stephen M. Kosslyn profile →
Image and Brain: The Resolution of the Imagery Debate

1994 905 citations Stephen M. Kosslyn profile →
Seeing and imagining in the cerebral hemispheres: A computational approach.

1987 699 citations Stephen M. Kosslyn profile →
Mental Imagery: Functional Mechanisms and Clinical Applications

2015 602 citations Stephen M. Kosslyn et al. profile →
Visual images preserve metric spatial information: Evidence from studies of image scanning.

1978 588 citations Stephen M. Kosslyn et al. profile →
Changes in cortical activity during mental rotation A mapping study using functional MRI

1996 549 citations Stephen M. Kosslyn, William L. Thompson et al. profile →
The Role of Area 17 in Visual Imagery: Convergent Evidence from PET and rTMS

1999 524 citations Stephen M. Kosslyn et al. profile →
Brain areas underlying visual mental imagery and visual perception: an fMRI study

2004 513 citations William L. Thompson, Stephen M. Kosslyn et al. Cognitive Brain Research profile →
Mental imagery

1990 489 citations Stephen M. Kosslyn profile →

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John Jonides United States

Martha J. Farah United States

Marcel Adam Just United States

Patricia A. Carpenter United States

Nancy Kanwisher United States

Morris Moscovitch Canada

Timothy A. Salthouse United States

Anne Treisman United States

Glyn W. Humphreys United Kingdom

Roger N. Shepard United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen M. Kosslyn

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All Works

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Kosslyn, Stephen M., et al.. (2024). Minerva: The Intentional University. Daedalus. 153(2). 275–285. 2 indexed citations

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Lewis, Katie, Grégoire Borst, & Stephen M. Kosslyn. (2010). Integrating visual mental images and visual percepts: new evidence for depictive representations. Psychological Research. 75(4). 259–271. 22 indexed citations

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Thompson, William L., Stephen M. Kosslyn, Michael S. Hoffman, & Katinka van der Kooij. (2008). Inspecting visual mental images: Can people “see” implicit properties as easily in imagery and perception?. Memory & Cognition. 36(5). 1024–1032. 22 indexed citations

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Woolley, Anita Williams, et al.. (2007). Using brain-based measures to compose teams: How individual capabilities and team collaboration strategies jointly shape performance. Social Neuroscience. 2(2). 96–105. 41 indexed citations

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Moulton, Samuel T. & Stephen M. Kosslyn. (2007). Using Neuroimaging to Resolve the Psi Debate. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 20(1). 182–192. 17 indexed citations

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Vieilledent, Stéphane, et al.. (2003). Does mental simulation of following a path improve navigation performance without vision?. Cognitive Brain Research. 16(2). 238–249. 23 indexed citations

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Galaburda, Albert M., Stephen M. Kosslyn, & Yves Christen. (2002). The languages of the brain. Harvard University Press eBooks. 15 indexed citations

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Kosslyn, Stephen M., Robert Plomin, Darin D. Dougherty, & Scott L. Rauch. (2001). Psychiatric neuroimaging research: Contemporary strategies. 13 indexed citations

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Kosslyn, Stephen M., et al.. (1993). Broken brains and normal minds: why Humpty-Dumpty needs a skeleton. MIT Press eBooks. 390–402. 17 indexed citations

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Butter, Charles M. & Stephen M. Kosslyn. (1993). Lateralized imagery deficits in patients with hemianopia following unilateral cerebral infarcts. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. 15(1). 22. 1 indexed citations

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Estes, W. K., Alice F. Healy, Stephen M. Kosslyn, & Richard M. Shiffrin. (1992). From learning theory to connectionist theory. 13 indexed citations

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Kosslyn, Stephen M., Nahum Gershon, Haim Levkowitz, & Justin D. Pearlman. (1992). Improving visualization: theoretical and empirical foundations. IEEE Visualization. 372–374. 3 indexed citations

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Kosslyn, Stephen M. & Richard A. Andersen. (1992). Frontiers in cognitive neuroscience. MIT Press eBooks. 35 indexed citations

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Estes, W. K., Alice F. Healy, Stephen M. Kosslyn, & Richard M. Shiffrin. (1992). From learning processes to cognitive processes. 24 indexed citations

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Osherson, Daniel N., Stephen M. Kosslyn, & John M. Hollerbach. (1990). Visual cognition and action (vol.2): an invitation to cognitive science. MIT Press eBooks. 11 indexed citations

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Kosslyn, Stephen M., Carol A. Seger, John R. Pani, & Lynn A. Hillger. (1990). When is imagery used in everyday life? A diary study.. 43 indexed citations

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Koenig, Olivier, et al.. (1990). The development of spatial relation representations: Evidence from studies of cerebral lateralization. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 50(1). 119–130. 38 indexed citations

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Kosslyn, Stephen M.. (1989). The Psychology of Visual Displays. Investigative Radiology. 24(5). 417–419. 3 indexed citations

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Kosslyn, Stephen M. & Gary Hatfield. (1984). Representation without symbol systems. 51(4). 33 indexed citations

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Farah, Martha J. & Stephen M. Kosslyn. (1981). Structure and Strategy in Image Generation*. Cognitive Science. 5(4). 371–383. 14 indexed citations

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