What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Neuroscience
- Internal medicine
- Cognition
Ian Q. Whishaw mostly deals with Neuroscience, Forelimb, Spatial memory, Anatomy and Hippocampal formation.
His Lesion research extends to the thematically linked field of Neuroscience.
The various areas that Ian Q. Whishaw examines in his Forelimb study include Motor skill, Skilled reaching, Motor cortex, Motor control and Hindlimb.
His Motor cortex research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Physical medicine and rehabilitation, Neocortex, Parietal lobe, Motor system and Pyramidal tracts.
Ian Q. Whishaw interconnects Spatial ability, Communication, Memoria, Sensory cue and Fimbria fornix in the investigation of issues within Spatial memory.
His Hippocampal formation research includes themes of Path integration and Jumping.
His most cited work include:
- Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology (1857 citations)
- A behavioural analysis of spatial localization following electrolytic, kainate- or colchicine-induced damage to the hippocampal formation in the rat ☆ (548 citations)
- Brain plasticity and behavior. (527 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Ian Q. Whishaw spends much of his time researching Neuroscience, Forelimb, Anatomy, Lesion and Communication.
His study in Hippocampal formation, Motor cortex, Spatial memory, Central nervous system and Hippocampus are all subfields of Neuroscience.
His research in Forelimb intersects with topics in Motor system, Skilled reaching, Physical medicine and rehabilitation and Motor control.
He usually deals with Anatomy and limits it to topics linked to Cortex and Cerebral cortex.
Ian Q. Whishaw works mostly in the field of Lesion, limiting it down to topics relating to Dopamine and, in certain cases, Basal ganglia, as a part of the same area of interest.
His Communication study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as GRASP, Sensory cue, Artificial intelligence, Foraging and Computer vision.
He most often published in these fields:
- Neuroscience (49.28%)
- Forelimb (19.62%)
- Anatomy (18.18%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2008-2021)?
- Communication (15.55%)
- GRASP (5.26%)
- Neuroscience (49.28%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His primary areas of investigation include Communication, GRASP, Neuroscience, Physical medicine and rehabilitation and Forelimb.
Ian Q. Whishaw has researched Communication in several fields, including Visually guided, Head and Haptic technology.
Ian Q. Whishaw has included themes like Cognitive psychology, Perception, Action, Computer vision and Artificial intelligence in his GRASP study.
His Neuroscience study frequently links to adjacent areas such as Parkinson's disease.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Skilled reaching and Stroke.
His Forelimb study is related to the wider topic of Anatomy.
Between 2008 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- The ladder rung walking task: a scoring system and its practical application. (182 citations)
- Similar hand shaping in reaching-for-food (skilled reaching) in rats and humans provides evidence of homology in release, collection, and manipulation movements. (101 citations)
- The use of rodent skilled reaching as a translational model for investigating brain damage and disease. (83 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Internal medicine
- Neuroscience
- Cognition
His main research concerns Communication, Forelimb, Physical medicine and rehabilitation, Developmental psychology and Skilled reaching.
His Communication research includes elements of Haptic technology, Motor control, GRASP and Computer vision.
Forelimb is a subfield of Neuroscience that Ian Q. Whishaw studies.
His research in the fields of Central nervous system, Motor cortex and Cortex overlaps with other disciplines such as Lipid kinase activity and Gene regulatory network.
His Motor skill study in the realm of Developmental psychology interacts with subjects such as Humanities.
As a member of one scientific family, Ian Q. Whishaw mostly works in the field of Spinal cord injury, focusing on Lesion and, on occasion, Rubrospinal tract and Anatomy.
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