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Joy J. Geng 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 Joy J. Geng sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 136 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Joy J. Geng 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 Joy J. Geng sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% 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

  • 2010 - Hellman Fellow

Overview

Joy J. Geng is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of neuroscience, with a concentration in cognitive neuroscience. The scope of their work also includes computer vision and pattern recognition, experimental and cognitive psychology, sensory systems, and social psychology.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, including:

  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Visual Attention and Saliency Detection
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Face Recognition and Perception
  • Multisensory perception and integration
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces

Joy J. Geng has contributed to numerous publications in various venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Vision
  • Attention Perception & Psychophysics
  • Memory & Cognition
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Geng reflect a focus on attention, distraction, and visual search mechanisms. Notable recent works include:

  • "Ten simple rules to study distractor suppression," 2022, Progress in Neurobiology
  • "Good-enough attentional guidance," 2023, Trends in Cognitive Sciences
  • "Passive exposure attenuates distraction during visual search," 2020, Journal of Experimental Psychology General
  • "Attentional Guidance and Match Decisions Rely on Different Template Information During Visual Search," 2021, Psychological Science
  • "Changes in visual cortical processing attenuate singleton distraction during visual search," 2020, Cortex

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Zhiheng Zhou, Xinger Yu, Phillip Witkowski, Shea E. Duarte, and Bo-Yeong Won. These collaborations have contributed to the development of the research topics listed above.

Joy J. Geng has been recognized with an award, notably the Hellman Fellow designation in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Dorsal and Ventral Attention Systems Distinct Neural Circuits but Collaborative Roles

    Simone Vossel;Joy J. Geng;Gereon R. Fink

  • Parietal Cortex and Attention

    Marlene Behrmann;Joy J Geng;Sarah Shomstein

  • Oculomotor mechanisms activated by imagery and memory: eye movements to absent objects.

    Michael J. Spivey;Joy J. Geng

  • A critique of functional localisers.

    Karl J. Friston;Pia Rotshtein;Joy J. Geng;Philipp Sterzer

  • Re-evaluating the role of TPJ in attentional control: Contextual updating?

    Joy J. Geng;Simone Vossel;Simone Vossel

  • Spatial probability as an attentional cue in visual search

    Joy J. Geng;Joy J. Geng;Marlene Behrmann

  • A Common Neural Mechanism for Preventing and Terminating the Allocation of Attention

    Risa Sawaki;Joy J. Geng;Steven J. Luck

  • Probability Cuing of Target Location Facilitates Visual Search Implicitly in Normal Participants and Patients with Hemispatial Neglect

    Joy J. Geng;Marlene Behrmann

  • Attentional Mechanisms of Distractor Suppression

    Joy J. Geng

  • Role of Features and Second-order Spatial Relations in Face Discrimination, Face Recognition, and Individual Face Skills: Behavioral and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data

    Pia Rotshtein;Joy J. Geng;Jon Driver;Raymond J. Dolan

  • Ten simple rules to study distractor suppression

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  • Contextual Knowledge Configures Attentional Control Networks

    Nicholas E. DiQuattro;Joy J. Geng

  • Right temporoparietal junction activation by a salient contextual cue facilitates target discrimination.

    Joy J. Geng;George R. Mangun

  • Evidence for second-order singleton suppression based on probabilistic expectations.

    Bo-Yeong Won;Mary Kosoyan;Joy J Geng

  • Anterior intraparietal sulcus is sensitive to bottom-up attention driven by stimulus salience

    Joy J. Geng;George R. Mangun

  • The Role of Alpha Activity in Spatial and Feature-Based Attention.

    Rosanne M. van Diepen;Lee M. Miller;Ali Mazaheri;Joy J. Geng

  • Distractor ignoring: strategies, learning, and passive filtering.

    Joy J. Geng;Bo-Yeong Won;Nancy B. Carlisle

  • On-Line Attentional Selection From Competing Stimuli in Opposite Visual Fields: Effects on Human Visual Cortex and Control Processes

    Joy J. Geng;Evelyn Eger;Christian C. Ruff;Árni Kristjánsson

  • Attentional capture by a perceptually salient non-target facilitates target processing through inhibition and rapid rejection.

    Joy J. Geng;Nicholas E. DiQuattro

  • Distractor probability changes the shape of the attentional template.

    Joy J. Geng;Nicholas E. DiQuattro;Jonathan Helm

  • Pre-Stimulus Activity Predicts the Winner of Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up Attentional Selection

    Ali Mazaheri;Nicholas E. DiQuattro;Jesse Bengson;Joy J. Geng

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven J. Luck
Steven J. Luck University of California, Davis
Marlene Behrmann
Marlene Behrmann Carnegie Mellon University
Pia Rotshtein
Pia Rotshtein University of Birmingham
George R. Mangun
George R. Mangun University of California, Davis
Árni Kristjánsson
Árni Kristjánsson University of Iceland
Michael J. Minzenberg
Michael J. Minzenberg University of California, Los Angeles
James M. Gold
James M. Gold University of Maryland, Baltimore
Christian C. Ruff
Christian C. Ruff University of Zurich
David Soto
David Soto Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language
Ian A. Apperly
Ian A. Apperly University of Birmingham

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