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Hugh R. Wilson

Hugh R. Wilson

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Neuroscience

D-Index
71
Citations
24114
World Ranking
2370
National Ranking
134

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
68
Citations
18328
World Ranking
1203
National Ranking
44

Overview

Hugh R. Wilson is affiliated with York University in Canada and works primarily in the fields of neuroscience and medicine. Their research spans several subfields, including cognitive neuroscience, surgery, cellular and molecular neuroscience, oncology, and electrical and electronic engineering. The main topics they have explored involve neural dynamics and brain function, visual perception and processing mechanisms, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, colorectal cancer screening and detection, diverticular disease and complications, colorectal and anal carcinomas, as well as advanced memory and neural computing.

Wilson's recent publications include a range of articles in notable academic venues. The following papers highlight key contributions:

  • Evolution of the Wilson-Cowan equations, 2021, Biological Cybernetics
  • Faecal immunochemical test to triage patients with abdominal symptoms for suspected colorectal cancer in primary care: review of international use and guidelines, 2020, Family Practice
  • A Minimal Physiological Model of Perceptual Suppression and Breakthrough in Visual Rivalry, 2025, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Obituary for Professor Jack D. Cowan, 2025, Biological Cybernetics

Wilson has collaborated with several researchers, including Jack D. Cowan, Marije van Melle, Ian Samir Yep Manzano, William Hamilton, and Fiona M Walter. Their frequent publication venues reflect a focus on interdisciplinary approaches bridging biology, medicine, and computational modeling.

  • Biological Cybernetics
  • Family Practice
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Excitatory and Inhibitory Interactions in Localized Populations of Model Neurons

    Hugh R. Wilson;Jack D. Cowan

  • A Mathematical Theory of the Functional Dynamics of Cortical and Thalamic Nervous Tissue

    Wilson Hr;Cowan Jd

  • A four mechanism model for threshold spatial vision.

    Hugh R. Wilson;James R. Bergen

  • A psychophysically motivated model for two-dimensional motion perception.

    Hugh R. Wilson;Vincent P. Ferrera;Christopher Yo

  • Spatial frequency tuning of orientation selective units estimated by oblique masking

    Hugh R. Wilson;David K. Mcfarlane;Gregory C. Phillips

  • Selective preference in visual fixation away from negative images in old age? An eye-tracking study.

    Derek M. Isaacowitz;Heather A. Wadlinger;Deborah Goren;Hugh R. Wilson

  • Computational evidence for a rivalry hierarchy in vision

    Hugh R. Wilson

  • fMRI evidence for the neural representation of faces.

    Gunter Loffler;Grigori Yourganov;Frances Wilkinson;Hugh R Wilson

  • Is there an age-related positivity effect in visual attention? A comparison of two methodologies.

    Derek M. Isaacowitz;Heather A. Wadlinger;Deborah Goren;Hugh R. Wilson

  • Modified line-element theory for spatial-frequency and width discrimination

    Hugh R. Wilson;Douglas J. Gelb

  • Looking While Unhappy Mood-Congruent Gaze in Young Adults, Positive Gaze in Older Adults

    Derek M. Isaacowitz;Kaitlin Toner;Deborah Goren;Hugh R. Wilson

  • Detection and recognition of radial frequency patterns

    Frances Wilkinson;Hugh R Wilson;Claudine Habak

  • Detection of global structure in Glass patterns: implications for form vision

    Hugh R Wilson;Frances Wilkinson

  • Dynamics of travelling waves in visual perception

    Hugh R. Wilson;Randolph Blake;Sang-Hun Lee

  • Orientation bandwidths of spatial mechanisms measured by masking

    Gregory C. Phillips;Hugh R. Wilson

  • Responses of spatial mechanisms can explain hyperacuity.

    Hugh R. Wilson

  • An fMRI study of the selective activation of human extrastriate form vision areas by radial and concentric gratings.

    Frances Wilkinson;Thomas W James;Hugh R Wilson;Joseph S Gati

  • A transducer function for threshold and suprathreshold human vision

    Hugh R. Wilson

  • Concentric orientation summation in human form vision

    Hugh R. Wilson;Frances Wilkinson;Wael Asaad

  • Spatial frequency adaptation and contrast gain control.

    Hugh R. Wilson;Richard Humanski

  • Perceived direction of moving two-dimensional patterns depends on duration, contrast and eccentricity.

    Christopher Yo;Hugh R. Wilson

  • Simplified Dynamics of Human and Mammalian Neocortical Neurons

    Hugh R. Wilson

  • Development of spatiotemporal mechanisms in infant vision.

    Hugh R. Wilson

  • Synthetic faces, face cubes, and the geometry of face space

    Hugh R Wilson;Gunter Loffler;Frances Wilkinson

Frequent Co-Authors

Randolph Blake
Randolph Blake Vanderbilt University
Vincent P. Ferrera
Vincent P. Ferrera Columbia University
Robert Sekuler
Robert Sekuler Brandeis University
Daphne Maurer
Daphne Maurer McMaster University
Michael J. Kahana
Michael J. Kahana University of Pennsylvania
Derek M. Isaacowitz
Derek M. Isaacowitz Northeastern University
Laurent Mottron
Laurent Mottron University of Montreal
Terri L. Lewis
Terri L. Lewis McMaster University
Robert F. Hess
Robert F. Hess McGill University

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