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Janette Atkinson publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Janette Atkinson sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 297 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Janette Atkinson D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Janette Atkinson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Kurt Koffka Medal, Giessen University
  • 2008 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Janette Atkinson is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their work spans multiple fields related to neuroscience and medicine with a focus on cognitive neuroscience, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, developmental and educational psychology, psychiatry and mental health, as well as statistics and probability.

Their research primarily addresses the following topics:

  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Infant development and preterm care
  • Neural and behavioral psychology studies
  • Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
  • Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
  • Child and animal learning development
  • Color perception and design

Janette Atkinson has published extensively in several academic venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Journal of Vision
  • Perception
  • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Early Human Development
  • Journal of Visualized Experiments

Some recent publications include:

  • Development of the spatial contrast sensitivity function (CSF) during childhood: Analysis of previous findings and new psychophysical data (2020, Journal of Vision)
  • Dorsal and Ventral Stream Function in Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder (2021, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience)
  • Relation Between Event-Related Potential Latency and Saccade Latency in Overt Shifts of Attention (2020, Perception)
  • Early Childhood Attention Battery: Italian adaptation and new expanded normative data (2020, Early Human Development)
  • Connolly, K. Perceptual Learning: The Flexibility of the Senses (2020, Perception)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Oliver Braddick
  • Giorgia Coratti
  • Maria Mallardi
  • Francesca Gallini
  • Domenico M. Romeo

Janette Atkinson has been recognized with awards such as the Kurt Koffka Medal from Giessen University in 2009 and membership in the Academia Europaea since 2008.

Best Publications

  • Motion processing in autism: evidence for a dorsal stream deficiency.

    Janine Spencer;Justin O'Brien;Kevin Riggs;Oliver Braddick

  • Normal and anomalous development of visual motion processing: motion coherence and 'dorsal-stream vulnerability'.

    Oliver Braddick;Janette Atkinson;John Wattam-Bell

  • The Developing Visual Brain

    Janette Atkinson

  • Brain areas sensitive to coherent visual motion.

    Oliver J Braddick;Justin M D O'Brien;John Wattam-Bell;Janette Atkinson

  • Development of human visual function.

    Oliver Braddick;Janette Atkinson

  • A specific deficit of dorsal stream function in Williams' syndrome.

    Jannette Atkinson;John King;Oliver Braddick;Louise Nokes

  • The Magic Number 4 ± 0: A New Look at Visual Numerosity Judgements

    Janette Atkinson;Fergus W Campbell;Marcus R Francis

  • Disengaging visual attention in the infant and adult

    Bruce M. Hood;Janette Atkinson

  • Form and motion coherence activate independent, but not dorsal/ventral segregated, networks in the human brain.

    O. J. Braddick;J. M. D. O'Brien;J. Wattam-Bell;J. Atkinson

  • Neurobiological models of visuospatial cognition in children with Williams Syndrome: Measures of dorsal-stream and frontal function.

    Janette Atkinson;Oliver Braddick;Shirley Anker;Will Curran

  • Neurocognitive Impairment Is an Independent Risk Factor for Death in HIV Infection

    Ellis Rj;Deutsch R;Heaton Rk;Marcotte Td

  • Neuropsychological impairment in human immunodeficiency virus-infection: implications for employment. HNRC Group. HIV Neurobehavioral Research Center.

    R. K. Heaton;R. A. Velin;J. A. Mccutchan;S. J. Gulevich

  • Visual and visuocognitive development in children born very prematurely

    Janette Atkinson;Oliver Braddick

  • Dorsal and ventral stream sensitivity in normal development and hemiplegia.

    Alison Gunn;Elizabeth Cory;Janette Atkinson;Oliver Braddick

  • Changes in infants' ability to switch visual attention in the first three months of life.

    Janette Atkinson;Bruce Hood;John Wattam-Bell;Oliver Braddick

  • Differential developmental trajectories for egocentric, environmental and intrinsic frames of reference in spatial memory.

    Marko Nardini;Neil Burgess;Kate Breckenridge;Janette Atkinson

  • Subjective Sleep Disturbance in Chronic Back Pain

    J. H. Atkinson;Sonia Ancoli-Israel;Mark A. Slater;Steven R. Garfin

  • Infant astigmatism: its disappearance with age.

    Janette Atkinson;Oliver Braddick;Jennifer French

  • Visual and visuospatial development in young children with Williams syndrome

    Janette Atkinson;Shirley Anker;Oliver Braddick;Louise Nokes

  • HIV-associated psychosis: a study of 20 cases. San Diego HIV Neurobehavioral Research Center Group.

    D D Sewell;D V Jeste;J H Atkinson;R K Heaton

  • Brain development and cognition: a reader

    Janette Atkinson

Frequent Co-Authors

Oliver Braddick
Oliver Braddick University of Oxford
Eugenio Mercuri
Eugenio Mercuri Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Frances M. Cowan
Frances M. Cowan Imperial College London
Mary A. Rutherford
Mary A. Rutherford King's College London
Igor Grant
Igor Grant University of California, San Diego
Robert Turner
Robert Turner Max Planck Society
Giovanni Cioni
Giovanni Cioni University of Pisa
Bruce M. Hood
Bruce M. Hood University of Bristol
Jeremy R. Parr
Jeremy R. Parr Newcastle University
Terry L. Jernigan
Terry L. Jernigan University of California, San Diego

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