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Nancy Kanwisher

Nancy Kanwisher publishes mostly in Cognitive Neuroscience, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, on topics such as Visual perception and processing mechanisms, Face Recognition and Perception and Neural dynamics and brain function.

World rank
#7,573
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#3,655
of 358,040
Works
71
Citations
1.5k
Citations per work
20.5

What does Nancy Kanwisher research?

Cognitive Neuroscience: 59.2%Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 7.1%Experimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5.1%Artificial Intelligence: 4.1%other fields: 24.5%59%top field
Cognitive Neuroscience59.2%Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition7.1%Experimental and Cognitive Psychology5.1%Artificial Intelligence4.1%other fields24.5%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Cognitive Neuroscience59% of their works
  2. 2Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition7% of their works
  3. 3Experimental and Cognitive Psychology5% of their works
  4. 4Artificial Intelligence4% of their works
  5. 5Developmental and Educational Psychology3% of their works
  6. 6Sensory Systems2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Nancy Kanwisher's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Neural Mechanisms, Neural Processing, Visual Perception, Social Cognition, Face Perception, Prefrontal Cortex, Visual Cortex and Cortical Networks.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Neural Mechanisms172 topics
  2. Neural Processing171 topic
  3. Visual Perception171 topic
  4. Social Cognition142 topics
  5. Face Perception111 topic
  6. Prefrontal Cortex112 topics
  7. Visual Cortex111 topic
  8. Cortical Networks91 topic
  9. Neuronal Oscillations91 topic
  10. Cognitive Control61 topic
  11. Decision Making61 topic
  12. Hippocampus51 topic
  13. Memory51 topic
  14. Face Recognition41 topic
  15. Facial Landmark Detection41 topic
  16. Brain-Computer Interfaces31 topic
  17. Child Development31 topic
  18. EEG Analysis31 topic
  19. Theory of Mind31 topic

Where does Nancy Kanwisher work?

Nancy Kanwisher's main affiliation in the publication record is Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States.

How many publications and citations does Nancy Kanwisher have?

Science Explorer counts 71 works and 1,455 citations for Nancy Kanwisher, ranking #7,573 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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