2026 Margaret S. Livingstone: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	61	3598	3289	1660	1496	164	24777

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Research.com Recognitions

2020 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2015 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Margaret S. Livingstone is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has a research focus centered in the field of Neuroscience, with 72 publications recorded. Their work spans several subfields, notably Cognitive Neuroscience (68 publications), Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (11 publications), Social Psychology (6 publications), Biophysics (4 publications), and Sensory Systems (3 publications).

The main research topics covered in their publications include:

Face Recognition and Perception
Neural dynamics and brain function
Visual perception and processing mechanisms
Visual Attention and Saliency Detection
Face recognition and analysis
Primate Behavior and Ecology
Cell Image Analysis Techniques

Margaret S. Livingstone's work has appeared frequently in specific publication venues, with multiple papers published across:

Journal of Vision
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
arXiv (Cornell University)
Science Advances

Their recent notable papers include:

"On the relationship between maps and domains in inferotemporal cortex," 2021, published in Nature reviews. Neuroscience
"Sulcal Depth in the Medial Ventral Temporal Cortex Predicts the Location of a Place-Selective Region in Macaques, Children, and Adults," 2020, published in Cerebral Cortex
"The neural code for "face cells" is not face-specific," 2023, published in Science Advances
"The neurons that mistook a hat for a face," 2020, published in eLife
"Anatomical correlates of face patches in macaque inferotemporal cortex," 2020, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, such as:

Michael J. Arcaro
Saloni Sharma
Kasper Vinken
Kevin S. Weiner
Will Xiao

Awards recognizing contributions in their field include membership in the National Academy of Sciences awarded in 2020 and fellowship in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences conferred in 2015.

Best Publications

Segregation of form, color, movement, and depth: anatomy, physiology, and perception

Margaret Livingstone;David Hubel

4645
Citations
Anatomy and physiology of a color system in the primate visual cortex.

M S Livingstone;D H Hubel

2033
Citations
Physiological and anatomical evidence for a magnocellular defect in developmental dyslexia

Margaret S. Livingstone;Glenn D. Rosen;Frank W. Drislane;Albert M. Galaburda

1586
Citations
A cortical region consisting entirely of face-selective cells.

Doris Y. Tsao;Winrich A. Freiwald;Roger B. H. Tootell;Margaret S. Livingstone

1378
Citations
Segregation of form, color, and stereopsis in primate area 18.

David H. Hubel;Margaret S. Livingstone

966
Citations
Mechanisms of face perception.

Doris Y. Tsao;Margaret S. Livingstone

807
Citations
Effects of sleep and arousal on the processing of visual information in the cat

Margaret S. Livingstone;Margaret S. Livingstone;David H. Hubel

667
Citations
Temporary Disruption of the Blood–Brain Barrier by Use of Ultrasound and Microbubbles: Safety and Efficacy Evaluation in Rhesus Macaques

Nathan McDannold;Costas D. Arvanitis;Natalia Vykhodtseva;Margaret S. Livingstone

633
Citations
A face feature space in the macaque temporal lobe

Winrich A Freiwald;Doris Y Tsao;Margaret S Livingstone

532
Citations
Neuronal correlates of visibility and invisibility in the primate visual system.

Stephen L. Macknik;Margaret S. Livingstone

517
Citations
Evidence for a magnocellular defect in developmental dyslexia.

Albert Galaburda;Albert Galaburda;Albert Galaburda;Margaret Livingstone;Margaret Livingstone

485
Citations
Serotonin and octopamine produce opposite postures in lobsters.

Margaret S. Livingstone;Ronald M. Harris-Warrick;Edward A. Kravitz

468
Citations
Thalamic inputs to cytochrome oxidase-rich regions in monkey visual cortex.

Margaret S. Livingstone;David H. Hubel

409
Citations
Stereopsis activates V3A and caudal intraparietal areas in macaques and humans

Doris Y. Tsao;Wim Vanduffel;Wim Vanduffel;Yuka Sasaki;Denis Fize

391
Citations
Seeing faces is necessary for face-domain formation.

Michael J Arcaro;Peter F Schade;Justin L Vincent;Carlos R Ponce

329
Citations
Genetic Dissection of Monoamine Neurotransmitter Synthesis in Drosophila

Margaret S. Livingstone;Margaret S. Livingstone;Bruce L. Tempel;Bruce L. Tempel

282
Citations
Mechanisms of Direction Selectivity in Macaque V1

Margaret S Livingstone

282
Citations
Color and contrast sensitivity in the lateral geniculate body and primary visual cortex of the macaque monkey

David H. Hubel;Margaret S. Livingstone

274
Citations
Oscillatory firing and interneuronal correlations in squirrel monkey striate cortex

M. S. Livingstone

248
Citations
A hierarchical, retinotopic proto-organization of the primate visual system at birth.

Michael J Arcaro;Margaret S Livingstone

238
Citations
Ultrasound-mediated blood-brain barrier disruption for targeted drug delivery in the central nervous system

Nathan McDannold;Yongzhi Zhang;Chanikarn Power;Costas D. Arvanitis

2
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