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Hermann J. Muller

Hermann J. Muller

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
54
Citations
18554
World Ranking
15366
National Ranking
6414

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1946 - Nobel Prize for the discovery of the production of mutations by means of X-ray irradiation
  • 1932 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1931 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Hermann J. Muller was a researcher affiliated with Indiana University in the United States. Their scientific work primarily centered on neuroscience, with a total of 88 publications in this domain.

Their research spanned several subfields of study, including:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Statistics and Probability

The main topics covered by their work involved:

  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments
  • Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Multisensory perception and integration

Frequent publication venues for Hermann J. Muller's research included:

  • Endocrine Abstracts
  • Attention Perception & Psychophysics
  • Psychophysiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance

Among the more recent papers connected to their research interests were:

  • "Modulations of saliency signals at two hierarchical levels of priority computation revealed by spatial statistical distractor learning." (2020, Journal of Experimental Psychology General)
  • "How visual working memory handles distraction: cognitive mechanisms and electrophysiological correlates" (2020, Visual Cognition)
  • "Preparatory Control Against Distraction Is Not Feature-Based" (2021, Cerebral Cortex)
  • "Alertness Training Increases Visual Processing Speed in Healthy Older Adults" (2021, Psychological Science)
  • "Visual processing speed is linked to functional connectivity between right frontoparietal and visual networks" (2021, European Journal of Neuroscience)

Frequent co-authors in their body of work consisted of:

  • Zhuanghua Shi
  • Fredrik Allenmark
  • Julia Beckhaus
  • Carsten Friedrich
  • Artyom Zinchenko

Over their career, Hermann J. Muller received several recognitions including:

  • Nobel Prize in 1946 for the discovery of the production of mutations by means of X-ray irradiation
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1932
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1931

Best Publications

  • THE RELATION OF RECOMBINATION TO MUTATIONAL ADVANCE.

    H.J. Muller

  • Some Genetic Aspects of Sex

    H. J. Muller

  • ARTIFICIAL TRANSMUTATION OF THE GENE

    H. J. Muller

  • Our load of mutations.

    Muller Hj

  • AN ESTIMATE OF THE MUTATIONAL DAMAGE IN MAN FROM DATA ON CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGES.

    Newton E. Morton;James F. Crow;H. J. Muller

  • Further studies on the nature and causes of gene mutations.

    H. J. Muller

  • GENETIC VARIABILITY, TWIN HYBRIDS AND CONSTANT HYBRIDS, IN A CASE OF BALANCED LETHAL FACTORS

    Hermann J. Muller

  • The Mechanism Of Crossing-over...

    Hermann Joseph Muller

  • Why Polyploidy is Rarer in Animals Than in Plants

    H. J. Muller

  • The Production of Mutations by X-Rays

    H. J. Muller

  • REVERSIBILITY IN EVOLUTION CONSIDERED FROM THE STANDPOINT OF GENETICS

    H. J. Muller

  • The Measurement of Gene Mutation Rate in Drosophila, Its High Variability, and Its Dependence upon Temperature.

    H J Muller

  • Variation Due to Change in the Individual Gene

    H. J. Muller

  • A gene for the fourth chromosome of Drosophila

    Hermann J. Muller

  • Radiation damage to the genetic material.

    H J Muller

  • The Frequency of Translocations Produced by X-Rays in Drosophila.

    H. J. Muller;Edgar Altenburg

  • Studies in genetics.

    H. J. Muller

  • The differentiation of the sex chromosomes of Drosophila into genetically active and inert regions

    H. J. Muller;T. S. Painter

  • The Individual Gene in Relation to the Chromomere and the Chromosome.

    H. J. Muller;A. A. Prokofyeva

  • The Evolution of Genetic Systems

    H. J. Muller

Frequent Co-Authors

Newton E. Morton
Newton E. Morton University of Southampton
James F. Crow
James F. Crow University of Wisconsin–Madison
Theodosius Dobzhansky
Theodosius Dobzhansky University of California, Davis

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