2026 David C. Burr: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	96	869	778	24	22	383	31299

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Overview

David C. Burr is affiliated with the University of Florence in Italy. Their research spans primarily the fields of neuroscience and mathematics, with a substantial focus on cognitive neuroscience as well as statistics and probability. Their work integrates concepts from education, experimental and cognitive psychology, and applied mathematics.

Their main topics of research include:

Visual perception and processing mechanisms
Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
Neural dynamics and brain function
Mathematics education and teaching techniques
Mathematics education and pedagogy
Neural and behavioral psychology studies
Multisensory perception and integration

David C. Burr has frequently published with a consistent group of collaborators. Their most regular co-authors include:

Guido Marco Cicchini
Giovanni Anobile
Roberto Arrighi
Elisa Castaldi
Paola Binda

Their recent scholarly output includes papers exploring perception mechanisms and numerical cognition, often published in well-recognized journals. Some selected papers include:

Perceptual history propagates down to early levels of sensory analysis, 2020, Current Biology
Serial Dependence in Perception, 2023, Annual Review of Psychology
A Sensorimotor Numerosity System, 2020, Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Serial dependence in perception requires conscious awareness, 2020, Current Biology
"Groupitizing": a strategy for numerosity estimation, 2020, Scientific Reports

The primary venues for their publications reflect a broad dissemination of research findings in neuroscience and vision sciences. These venues include:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Journal of Vision
Current Biology
Scientific Reports
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

The Ventriloquist Effect Results from Near-Optimal Bimodal Integration

David Alais;David Burr

2265
Citations
When the world becomes ‘too real’: a Bayesian explanation of autistic perception

Elizabeth Pellicano;Elizabeth Pellicano;David Burr;David Burr

1293
Citations
Feature Detection in Human Vision: A Phase-Dependent Energy Model

M C Morrone;D C Burr

973
Citations
Selective suppression of the magnocellular visual pathway during saccadic eye movements

David C. Burr;M. Concetta Morrone;John Ross

900
Citations
Changes in visual perception at the time of saccades

John Ross;M.Concetta Morrone;Michael E Goldberg;Michael E Goldberg;David C Burr

745
Citations
A visual sense of number

David Burr;John Ross

739
Citations
Young children do not integrate visual and haptic form information.

Monica Gori;Michela Del Viva;Giulio Sandini;David C. Burr;David C. Burr

635
Citations
Compression of visual space before saccades.

John Ross;M. Concetta Morrone;David C. Burr

577
Citations
Saccadic eye movements cause compression of time as well as space

M Concetta Morrone;John Ross;David Burr

520
Citations
Functional implications of cross-orientation inhibition of cortical visual cells. I. Neurophysiological evidence

M C Morrone;D C Burr;L Maffei

514
Citations
A cortical area that responds specifically to optic flow, revealed by fMRI

M. C. Morrone;M. Tosetti;D. Montanaro;A. Fiorentini

496
Citations
Seeing biological motion

P Neri;M C Morrone;D C Burr

470
Citations
Contrast sensitivity at high velocities.

David C. Burr;John Ross

447
Citations
Spatial and temporal selectivity of the human motion detection system.

Stephen J. Anderson;David C. Burr

355
Citations
Optimal Encoding of Interval Timing in Expert Percussionists

Guido Marco Cicchini;Roberto Arrighi;Luca Cecchetti;Marco Giusti

341
Citations
Mach bands are phase dependent

M. Concetta Morrone;John Ross;David C. Burr;Robyn Owens

333
Citations
Compressive mapping of number to space reflects dynamic encoding mechanisms, not static logarithmic transform

Guido Marco Cicchini;Giovanni Anobile;David C. Burr

319
Citations
Auditory dominance over vision in the perception of interval duration.

David Burr;David Burr;Martin S. Banks;Maria Concetta Morrone

317
Citations
Neural mechanisms for timing visual events are spatially selective in real-world coordinates

David Burr;David Burr;Arianna Tozzi;M Concetta Morrone

312
Citations
Two stages of visual processing for radial and circular motion

Maria Concetta Morrone;Dc Burr;Lm Vaina

298
Citations
Subitizing but not estimation of numerosity requires attentional resources

David C. Burr;David C. Burr;Marco Turi;Giovanni Anobile

258
Citations
Selective depression of motion sensitivity during saccades.

D C Burr;J Holt;J R Johnstone;J Ross

252
Citations
Report Young Children Do Not Integrate Visual and Haptic Form Information

Monica Gori;Michela Del Viva;Giulio Sandini;David C. Burr

0
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