Susan J. Lederman

15.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
140 papers, 10.3k citations indexed

About

Susan J. Lederman is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Human-Computer Interaction. According to data from OpenAlex, Susan J. Lederman has authored 140 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 125 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 60 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 19 papers in Human-Computer Interaction. Recurrent topics in Susan J. Lederman's work include Tactile and Sensory Interactions (99 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (61 papers) and Multisensory perception and integration (60 papers). Susan J. Lederman is often cited by papers focused on Tactile and Sensory Interactions (99 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (61 papers) and Multisensory perception and integration (60 papers). Susan J. Lederman collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Japan. Susan J. Lederman's co-authors include Roberta L. Klatzky, Lynette A. Jones, Roberta L. Klatzky, M. M. Taylor, Catherine L. Reed, Jack M. Loomis, Ryo Kitada, Cheryl Hamilton, Bill Jones and Alan M. Wing and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, NeuroImage and Psychological Science.

In The Last Decade

Susan J. Lederman

137 papers receiving 9.7k citations

Hit Papers

Hand movements: A window into haptic object recognition 1987 2026 2000 2013 1987 2009 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. Hand movements: A window into haptic object recognition
    1987 1.3k citations Susan J. Lederman, Roberta L. Klatzky profile →
  2. Haptic perception: A tutorial
    2009 669 citations Susan J. Lederman, Roberta L. Klatzky profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Susan J. Lederman Canada 56 8.8k 4.1k 2.1k 1.6k 1.3k 140 10.3k
Marc O. Ernst Germany 40 8.1k 0.9× 4.9k 1.2× 1.5k 0.7× 2.4k 1.5× 743 0.6× 173 10.6k
Roberta L. Klatzky United States 61 9.4k 1.1× 4.1k 1.0× 2.7k 1.3× 2.1k 1.3× 1.0k 0.8× 272 13.3k
Martin S. Banks United States 56 10.6k 1.2× 3.0k 0.7× 2.6k 1.3× 1.9k 1.2× 559 0.4× 226 14.3k
Astrid M. L. Kappers Netherlands 41 4.7k 0.5× 1.5k 0.4× 681 0.3× 843 0.5× 434 0.3× 266 5.8k
Stephen Brewster United Kingdom 56 6.1k 0.7× 1.6k 0.4× 6.3k 3.0× 2.4k 1.5× 312 0.2× 433 11.1k
Giulio Sandini Italy 52 5.1k 0.6× 1.2k 0.3× 848 0.4× 2.0k 1.3× 3.2k 2.5× 376 11.2k
N. I. Durlach United States 42 4.5k 0.5× 2.1k 0.5× 800 0.4× 355 0.2× 457 0.4× 133 6.4k
Hong Z. Tan United States 36 3.3k 0.4× 1.0k 0.3× 1.5k 0.7× 991 0.6× 497 0.4× 172 4.4k
Paul M. Fitts United States 24 8.5k 1.0× 861 0.2× 3.4k 1.6× 2.9k 1.9× 2.2k 1.7× 32 12.6k
Roland S. Johansson Sweden 72 16.7k 1.9× 1.4k 0.3× 1.3k 0.6× 3.2k 2.0× 10.7k 8.4× 150 21.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Susan J. Lederman

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All Works

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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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Kilgour, Andrea R., Ryo Kitada, Philip Servos, Thomas W. James, & Susan J. Lederman. (2005). Haptic face identification activates ventral occipital and temporal areas: An fMRI study. Brain and Cognition. 59(3). 246–257. 27 indexed citations
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Newman, Sharlene D., Roberta L. Klatzky, Susan J. Lederman, & Marcel Adam Just. (2005). Imagining material versus geometric properties of objects: an fMRI study. Cognitive Brain Research. 23(2-3). 235–246. 67 indexed citations
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Kitada, Ryo, Toshihiro Hashimoto, Takanori Kochiyama, et al.. (2004). Tactile estimation of the roughness of gratings yields a graded response in the human brain: an fMRI study. NeuroImage. 25(1). 90–100. 75 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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Wagner, Christopher R., et al.. (2003). Spatial low pass filters for pin actuated tactile displays. 57–62. 23 indexed citations
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Kilgour, Andrea R. & Susan J. Lederman. (2002). Face recognition by hand. Perception & Psychophysics. 64(3). 339–352. 48 indexed citations
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Klatzky, Roberta L. & Susan J. Lederman. (1999). Tactile roughness perception with a rigid link interposed between skin and surface. Perception & Psychophysics. 61(4). 591–607. 149 indexed citations
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Wing, Alan M. & Susan J. Lederman. (1998). Anticipatory load torques produced by voluntary movements.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 24(6). 1571–1581. 60 indexed citations
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Lederman, Susan J. & Roberta L. Klatzky. (1997). Relative availability of surface and object properties during early haptic processing.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 23(6). 1680–1707. 137 indexed citations
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Lederman, Susan J., Craig Summers, & Roberta L. Klatzky. (1996). Cognitive Salience of Haptic Object Properties: Role of Modality-Encoding Bias. Perception. 25(8). 983–998. 47 indexed citations
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Lederman, Susan J.. (1993). The intelligent hand: an experimental approach to human object recognition and implications for robotic design. International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 774–785. 4 indexed citations
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Lederman, Susan J. & Roberta L. Klatzky. (1993). Extracting object properties through haptic exploration. Acta Psychologica. 84(1). 29–40. 265 indexed citations
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Klatzky, Roberta L. & Susan J. Lederman. (1992). Stages of manual exploration in haptic object identification. Perception & Psychophysics. 52(6). 661–670. 90 indexed citations
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Klatzky, Roberta L., et al.. (1991). Imagined haptic exploration in judgments of object properties.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition. 17(2). 314–322. 90 indexed citations
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Reed, Catherine L., Susan J. Lederman, & Roberta L. Klatzky. (1990). Haptic integration of planar size with hardness, texture, and planar contour.. Canadian Journal of Psychology/Revue Canadienne de Psychologie. 44(4). 522–545. 39 indexed citations
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Klatzky, Roberta L., Susan J. Lederman, & Catherine L. Reed. (1989). Haptic integration of object properties: Texture, hardness, and planar contour.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 15(1). 45–57. 95 indexed citations
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Lederman, Susan J., et al.. (1987). Exploring environments by hand or foot: Time-based heuristics for encoding distance in movement space.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition. 13(4). 606–614. 61 indexed citations

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