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76
Citations
37248
World Ranking
1884
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901

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2002 - W. Alden Spencer Award, College of Physicians and Surgeons
  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Charles D. Gilbert is affiliated with Rockefeller University in the United States. Their primary field of study is Neuroscience, with a focus on Cognitive Neuroscience. Their research encompasses topics including neural dynamics and brain function, visual perception and processing mechanisms, neural and behavioral psychology studies, and face recognition and perception.

The scientist has contributed to multiple publications, with a recent selection of papers including:

  • Adaptive processing and perceptual learning in visual cortical areas V1 and V4, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Expectation-dependent stimulus selectivity in the ventral visual cortical pathway, 2025, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Le théâtre d'ombres de Monsieur Valat, 2025, [Pratiques ou les cahiers de la médecine utopique].

Charles D. Gilbert has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, notably Guadalupe Astorga, Minggui Chen, Yin Yan, Tiago Siebert Altavini, and Wu Li.

Their work has appeared predominantly in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and in [Pratiques ou les cahiers de la médecine utopique].

In addition to journal articles, they have contributed to academic book publications, including a volume titled Elucidating Molecular and Pathway-Level Determinants of Cognitive Performance in Humans Through Multiomics, published in 2025 by National Academies Press eBooks.

Throughout their career, Charles D. Gilbert has been recognized with several awards and honors, including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2006
  • W. Alden Spencer Award, College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2002
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2001
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2000

Best Publications

  • Columnar specificity of intrinsic horizontal and corticocortical connections in cat visual cortex

    CD Gilbert;TN Wiesel

  • Functional architecture of cortex revealed by optical imaging of intrinsic signals

    Amiram Grinvald;Amiram Grinvald;Amiram Grinvald;Edmund Lieke;Ron D. Frostig;Charles D. Gilbert

  • Morphology and intracortical projections of functionally characterised neurones in the cat visual cortex

    Charles D. Gilbert;Torsten N. Wiesel

  • Clustered intrinsic connections in cat visual cortex

    CD Gilbert;TN Wiesel

  • Improvement in Visual Sensitivity by Changes in Local Context: Parallel Studies in Human Observers and in V1 of Alert Monkeys

    Mitesh K. Kapadia;Minami Ito;Charles D. Gilbert;Gerald Westheimer

  • Top-down influences on visual processing

    Charles D. Gilbert;Wu Li

  • Receptive field dynamics in adult primary visual cortex

    Charles D. Gilbert;Torsten N. Wiesel

  • Brain states: top-down influences in sensory processing.

    Charles D. Gilbert;Mariano Sigman

  • Relationships between horizontal interactions and functional architecture in cat striate cortex as revealed by cross-correlation analysis

    DY Ts'o;CD Gilbert;TN Wiesel

  • The projections of cells in different layers of the cat's visual cortex.

    C. D. Gilbert;J. P. Kelly

  • Laminar differences in receptive field properties of cells in cat primary visual cortex

    Charles D. Gilbert

  • The neural basis of perceptual learning.

    Charles D. Gilbert;Mariano Sigman;Roy E. Crist

  • Axonal sprouting accompanies functional reorganization in adult cat striate cortex.

    Corinna Darian-Smith;Charles D. Gilbert

  • The influence of contextual stimuli on the orientation selectivity of cells in primary visual cortex of the cat.

    Charles D. Gilbert;Torsten N. Wiesel

  • Horizontal integration and cortical dynamics.

    Charles D. Gilbert

  • Synaptic physiology of horizontal connections in the cat's visual cortex

    Judith A. Hirsch;Charles D. Gilbert

  • Laminar patterns of geniculocortical projection in the cat

    Simon LeVay;Charles D. Gilbert

  • The organization of chromatic and spatial interactions in the primate striate cortex.

    DY Ts'o;CD Gilbert

  • Long-range horizontal connections and their role in cortical reorganization revealed by optical recording of cat primary visual cortex.

    Aniruddha Das;Charles D. Gilbert

  • Attention Modulates Contextual Influences in the Primary Visual Cortex of Alert Monkeys

    Minami Ito;Charles D. Gilbert

Frequent Co-Authors

Torsten N. Wiesel
Torsten N. Wiesel Rockefeller University
Mariano Sigman
Mariano Sigman Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Amiram Grinvald
Amiram Grinvald Weizmann Institute of Science
Jon H. Kaas
Jon H. Kaas Vanderbilt University
Jürgen Bolz
Jürgen Bolz Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Ulf T. Eysel
Ulf T. Eysel Ruhr University Bochum
Michael B. Calford
Michael B. Calford Australian National University
Jean-Pierre Hornung
Jean-Pierre Hornung University of Lausanne
Michael I. Posner
Michael I. Posner University of Oregon
Ken Nakayama
Ken Nakayama Harvard University

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