2026 Shaul Hochstein: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	39	8211	7582	63	59	152	10771

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Neuroscience

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10771

Overview

Shaul Hochstein is affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel and has a research focus primarily in the field of Neuroscience. Their work encompasses several subfields, including Cognitive Neuroscience, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Hochstein's research topics cover a range of areas related to perception and brain function. These include:

Visual perception and processing mechanisms
Neural dynamics and brain function
Multisensory perception and integration
Visual Attention and Saliency Detection
Color perception and design
Aesthetic Perception and Analysis
Autism Spectrum Disorder Research

The scientist has contributed extensively to academic literature, with notable publications appearing in venues such as the Journal of Vision, Attention Perception & Psychophysics, and Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences. Hochstein's recurring publication outlets are:

Journal of Vision (12 publications)
Attention Perception & Psychophysics (3 publications)
Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences (1 publication)

Noteworthy recent papers authored or co-authored by Hochstein include:

Perceiving ensemble statistics of novel image sets (2021, Attention Perception & Psychophysics)
Comparing explicit and implicit ensemble perception: 3 stimulus variables and 3 presentation modes (2023, Attention Perception & Psychophysics)
Perceptual history biases in serial ensemble representation (2023, Journal of Vision)
Perceptual Learning: Policy Insights From Basic Research to Real-World Applications (2023, Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences)
Perceptual learning of ensemble and outlier perception (2020, Journal of Vision)

Hochstein has also contributed to scholarly books, including a publication with Cambridge University Press titled "The Pervasiveness of Ensemble Perception" (2023).

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

Noam Khayat
Marina Pavlovskaya
Safa'a Abassi Abu Rukab
Stefano Fusi
Merav Ahissar

Best Publications

View from the top: hierarchies and reverse hierarchies in the visual system.

Shaul Hochstein;Merav Ahissar

1747
Citations
The Reverse Hierarchy Theory of Visual Perceptual Learning

Merav Ahissar;Shaul Hochstein

1247
Citations
Task difficulty and the specificity of perceptual learning.

Merav Ahissar;Shaul Hochstein

1074
Citations
Attentional control of early perceptual learning

Merav Ahissar;Shaul Hochstein

738
Citations
Quantitative analysis of retinal ganglion cell classifications.

S Hochstein;R M Shapley

596
Citations
Linear and nonlinear spatial subunits in Y cat retinal ganglion cells.

S Hochstein;R M Shapley

581
Citations
At first sight: a high-level pop out effect for faces.

Orit Hershler;Shaul Hochstein

394
Citations
Reverse hierarchies and sensory learning

Merav Ahissar;Mor Nahum;Israel Nelken;Shaul Hochstein

347
Citations
Learning Pop-out Detection: Specificities to Stimulus Characteristics

Merav Ahissar;Shaul Hochstein

295
Citations
A complex-cell receptive-field model.

H. Spitzer;S. Hochstein

183
Citations
Macaque monkeys categorize images by their ordinal number

Tanya Orlov;Volodya Yakovlev;Shaul Hochstein;Ehud Zohary

166
Citations
Transduction in invertebrate photoreceptors: role of pigment bistability.

P Hillman;S Hochstein;B Minke

159
Citations
How serial is serial processing in vision

Ehud Zohary;Shaul Hochstein

154
Citations
The spread of attention and learning in feature search: effects of target distribution and task difficulty.

Merav Ahissar;Shaul Hochstein

135
Citations
Simple- and complex-cell response dependences on stimulation parameters.

H. Spitzer;S. Hochstein

122
Citations
The development of category learning strategies: What makes the difference?

Rubi Hammer;Gil Diesendruck;Daphna Weinshall;Daphna Weinshall;Shaul Hochstein;Shaul Hochstein

115
Citations
Antagonistic components of the late receptor potential in the barnacle photoreceptor arising from different stages of the pigment process.

S. Hochstein;B. Minke;P. Hillman

111
Citations
Theoretical analysis of parameters leading to frequency modulation along an inhomogeneous axon.

I. Parnas;S. Hochstein;H. Parnas

102
Citations
With a careful look: still no low-level confound to face pop-out.

Orit Hershler;Shaul Hochstein

101
Citations
Eye dominance effects in feature search

Einat Shneor;Shaul Hochstein

96
Citations
Isolating the effect of one-dimensional motion signals on the perceived direction of moving two-dimensional objects

Nava Rubin;Shaul Hochstein

95
Citations
Lateral inhibition between spatially adjacent spatial-frequency channels?

Dov Sagi;Shaul Hochstein

91
Citations