2026 Lothar Spillmann: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	32	10924	10224	530	521	132	4273

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Psychology

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Overview

Lothar Spillmann is affiliated with the University of Freiburg in Germany and specializes in Neuroscience with a particular focus on Cognitive Neuroscience. Their research spans multiple subfields including Psychiatry and Mental Health, Clinical Psychology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research centers on several main topics, notably:

Visual perception and processing mechanisms
Neural dynamics and brain function
Schizophrenia research and treatment
Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
Hallucinations in medical conditions
Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
Retinal Development and Disorders

Lothar Spillmann has authored papers published in a variety of scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

Journal of Vision
Gestalt Theory
Schizophrenia Bulletin
Journal of Neuroscience
Frontiers in Neuroscience

Representative recent publications demonstrate the breadth of Spillmann's research:

"From Receptive to Perceptive Fields: Size-Dependent Asymmetries in Both Negative Afterimages and Subcortical On and Off Post-Stimulus Responses," 2021, Journal of Neuroscience
"Spatial and Temporal Abnormalities of Spontaneous Fixational Saccades and Their Correlates With Positive and Cognitive Symptoms in Schizophrenia," 2023, Schizophrenia Bulletin
"Gestalt neurons and emergent properties in visual perception: A novel concept for the transformation from local to global processing," 2023, Journal of Vision
"Watercolor spreading in Bridget Riley's and Piet Mondrian's op-art placed in the context of recent watercolor studies," 2024, Journal of Vision
"The Serpentine Illusion: A Visual Motion Illusion Induced by Phase-Shifted Line Gratings," 2020, Frontiers in Neuroscience

Collaborations have been an important component of Spillmann's research output. Frequent coauthors include:

Wei Wang
Ian Max Andolina
Xu Liu
Jijun Wang
Chia-huei Tseng

Best Publications

Visual Perception: The Neurophysiological Foundations

Lothar Spillmann;John Simon Werner

427
Citations
Surface color from boundaries: a new 'watercolor' illusion

Baingio Pinna;Gavin James Brelstaff;Lothar Spillmann

299
Citations
Neon Color Spreading: A Review:

Paola Bressan;Ennio Mingolla;Lothar Spillmann;Takeo Watanabe

141
Citations
Perceptual filling-in from the edge of the blind spot.

Lothar Spillmann;Tobias Otte;Kai Hamburger;Svein Magnussen

138
Citations
The Hermann Grid Illusion: A Tool for Studying Human Perceptive Field Organization

Lothar Spillmann

135
Citations
Asymmetries in blue-yellow color perception and in the color of “the dress”

Alissa D. Winkler;Lothar Spillmann;John S. Werner;Michael A. Webster

132
Citations
Phenomena of illusory form: can we bridge the gap between levels of explanation?

Lothar Spillmann;Birgitta Dresp

126
Citations
Past trials influence perception of ambiguous motion quartets through pattern completion

L. T. Maloney;M. F. Dal Martello;C. Sahm;L. Spillmann

113
Citations
Foveal perceptive fields in the human visual system measured with simultaneous contrast in grids and bars

Lothar Spillmann;Lothar Spillmann

92
Citations
The watercolor effect: a new principle of grouping and figure-ground organization.

Baingio Pinna;John S. Werner;Lothar Spillmann

88
Citations
Colored neon flanks and line gap enhancement

C. Redies;C. Redies;L. Spillmann;K. Kunz

87
Citations
Beyond the classical receptive field: The effect of contextual stimuli.

Lothar Spillmann;Lothar Spillmann;Birgitta Dresp-Langley;Chia huei Tseng

87
Citations
Phenomenology and neurophysiological correlations: two approaches to perception research.

Lothar Spillmann

83
Citations
Flicker adaptation in the peripheral retina

Stephan Schieting;Lothar Spillmann

83
Citations
Thatcher illusion: dependence on angle of rotation.

Frank Stürzel;Lothar Spillmann

81
Citations
Brightness contrast in the Ehrenstein illusion.

Lothar Spillmann;Kenneth Fuld;Henk J.M. Gerrits

74
Citations
Assimilation - Asymmetry between Brightness and Darkness

Charles M.M. De Weert;Lothar Spillmann

74
Citations
Motion and shape in common fate

William R Uttal;Lothar Spillmann;Frank Stürzel;Allison B Sekuler

73
Citations
GESTALT ISSUES IN MODERN NEUROSCIENCE

Walter H. Ehrenstein;Lothar Spillmann;Viktor Sarris

64
Citations
Mechanisms of Surface Completion: Perceptual Filling-In of Texture

Lothar Spillmann;Peter De Weerd

62
Citations
Texture fading correlates with stimulus salience.

Frank Stürzel;Lothar Spillmann

53
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Svein Magnussen University of Oslo

Patrick Cavanagh York University

Bruno G. Breitmeyer University of Houston

Allison B. Sekuler McMaster University

Ken Nakayama Harvard University

External Links

Personal website of Lothar Spillmann

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