2026 Thomas J. Palmeri: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	51	5160	4785	2840	2571	163	12511

Overview

Thomas J. Palmeri is a researcher affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on the field of Neuroscience, with specific expertise in Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Family Practice.

The scientist's research covers a broad array of main topics, including:

Tactile and Sensory Interactions
Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Visual perception and processing mechanisms
Visual Attention and Saliency Detection
Face Recognition and Perception
Radiology practices and education
Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills

Their recent scholarly publications include:

"Combining convolutional neural networks and cognitive models to predict novel object recognition in humans." (2020), Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition
"Haptic object recognition based on shape relates to visual object recognition ability" (2021), Psychological Research
"Differentiating Experience From Cue Utilization in Radiological Assessments" (2020), Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
"Evidence for an amodal domain-general object recognition ability" (2023), Cognition
"Salience by competitive and recurrent interactions: Bridging neural spiking and computation in visual attention." (2022), Psychological Review

Palmeri frequently collaborates with several researchers in their fields of study. Notable coauthors include:

Jason K. Chow
L. Gauthier
Ann Carrigan
Andrew Georgiou
Kim M. Curby

They have published multiple articles in prominent scientific journals, with frequent contributions appearing in:

Journal of Vision
Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition
Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Cognition
SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

Rule-Plus-Exception Model of Classification Learning.

Robert M. Nosofsky;Thomas J. Palmeri;Stephen C. McKinley

1090
Citations
An Exemplar-Based Random Walk Model of Speeded Classification

Robert M. Nosofsky;Thomas J. Palmeri

1072
Citations
Episodic Encoding of Voice Attributes and Recognition Memory for Spoken Words

Thomas J. Palmeri;Stephen D. Goldinger;David B. Pisoni

641
Citations
Inhibitory Control in Mind and Brain: An Interactive Race Model of Countermanding Saccades

Leanne Boucher;Thomas J. Palmeri;Gordon D. Logan;Jeffrey D. Schall

622
Citations
Comparing modes of rule-based classification learning: A replication and extension of Shepard, Hovland, and Jenkins (1961)

Robert M. Nosofsky;Mark A. Gluck;Thomas J. Palmeri;Stephen C. Mckinley

466
Citations
Visual object understanding

Thomas J. Palmeri;Isabel Gauthier

439
Citations
Neurally constrained modeling of perceptual decision making.

Braden A. Purcell;Richard P. Heitz;Jeremiah Y. Cohen;Jeffrey D. Schall

409
Citations
Exemplar similarity and the development of automaticity.

Thomas J. Palmeri

335
Citations
Conditions for Facelike Expertise With Objects: Becoming a Ziggerin Expert—but Which Type?

Alan C.-N. Wong;Thomas J. Palmeri;Isabel Gauthier

292
Citations
The perceptual reality of synesthetic colors

Thomas J. Palmeri;Randolph Blake;René Marois;Marci A. Flanery

285
Citations
Approaches to Analysis in Model-based Cognitive Neuroscience

Brandon M. Turner;Birte U. Forstmann;Bradley C. Love;Thomas J. Palmeri

243
Citations
Are there representational shifts during category learning

Mark K. Johansen;Thomas J. Palmeri

235
Citations
Meanings, Mechanisms, and Measures of Holistic Processing

Jennifer J. Richler;Thomas J. Palmeri;Isabel Gauthier

216
Citations
Computational approaches to the development of perceptual expertise

Thomas J. Palmeri;Alan C.-N. Wong;Isabel Gauthier

211
Citations
Inverted faces are (eventually) processed holistically

Jennifer J. Richler;Michael L. Mack;Thomas J. Palmeri;Isabel Gauthier

203
Citations
From Salience to Saccades: Multiple-Alternative Gated Stochastic Accumulator Model of Visual Search

Braden A. Purcell;Jeffrey D. Schall;Gordon D. Logan;Thomas J. Palmeri

202
Citations
The Quality of Response Time Data Inference: A Blinded, Collaborative Assessment of the Validity of Cognitive Models

Gilles Dutilh;Jeffrey Annis;Scott D. Brown;Peter Cassey

194
Citations
Recognition memory for exceptions to the category rule.

Thomas J. Palmeri;Robert M. Nosofsky

189
Citations
Revisiting the role of spatial frequencies in the holistic processing of faces.

Olivia S. Cheung;Jennifer J. Richler;Thomas J. Palmeri;Isabel Gauthier

180
Citations
A rule-plus-exception model for classifying objects in continuous-dimension spaces.

Robert M. Nosofsky;Thomas J. Palmeri

171
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Isabel Gauthier Vanderbilt University

Gordon D. Logan Vanderbilt University

Robert M. Nosofsky Indiana University

Randolph Blake Vanderbilt University

René Marois Vanderbilt University

James W. Tanaka University of Victoria

Bradley C. Love University College London

David B. Pisoni Indiana University

Chris Donkin Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Woo-kyoung Ahn Yale University

External Links

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