Publications of Dale Purves

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Books

  1. Purves, D, Why Brains Don't Compute (May, 2021), pp. 1-168.

Papers Published

  1. Purves, D, Opinion: What does AI's success playing complex board games tell brain scientists?, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 116 no. 30 (July, 2019), pp. 14785-14787.
  2. Ng, CJ; Purves, D, An Alternative Theory of Binocularity., Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, vol. 13 (January, 2019), pp. 71.
  3. Bowling, DL; Purves, D; Gill, KZ, Reply to Goffinet: In consonance, old ideas die hard., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 115 no. 22 (May, 2018), pp. E4958-E4959.
  4. Bowling, DL; Purves, D; Gill, KZ, Vocal similarity predicts the relative attraction of musical chords., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 115 no. 1 (January, 2018), pp. 216-221.
  5. Purves, D; Yegappan, C, The Demands of Geometry on Color Vision., Vision (Basel, Switzerland), vol. 1 no. 1 (January, 2017), pp. E9.
  6. Bowling, DL; Purves, D, A biological rationale for musical consonance., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 112 no. 36 (September, 2015), pp. 11155-11160.
  7. Purves, D; Morgenstern, Y; Wojtach, WT, Will understanding vision require a wholly empirical paradigm?, Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 6 (January, 2015), pp. 1072.
  8. Purves, D; Morgenstern, Y; Wojtach, WT, Perception and Reality: Why a Wholly Empirical Paradigm is Needed to Understand Vision., Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, vol. 9 (January, 2015), pp. 156.
  9. Morgenstern, Y; Rostami, M; Purves, D, Properties of artificial networks evolved to contend with natural spectra., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 111 Suppl 3 (July, 2014), pp. 10868-10872.
  10. Purves, D; Monson, BB; Sundararajan, J; Wojtach, WT, How biological vision succeeds in the physical world., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 111 no. 13 (April, 2014), pp. 4750-4755.
  11. Morgenstern, Y; Rukmini, DV; Monson, BB; Purves, D, Properties of artificial neurons that report lightness based on accumulated experience with luminance., Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, vol. 8 (January, 2014), pp. 134.
  12. Monson, BB; Han, S; Purves, D, Are auditory percepts determined by experience?, Plos One, vol. 8 no. 5 (January, 2013), pp. e63728.
  13. Ng, C; Sundararajan, J; Hogan, M; Purves, D, Network connections that evolve to circumvent the inverse optics problem., Plos One, vol. 8 no. 3 (January, 2013), pp. e60490.
  14. Bowling, DL; Sundararajan, J; Han, S; Purves, D, Expression of emotion in Eastern and Western music mirrors vocalization., Plos One, vol. 7 no. 3 (January, 2012), pp. e31942.
  15. Purves, D; Wojtach, WT; Lotto, RB, Understanding vision in wholly empirical terms., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 108 Suppl 3 (September, 2011), pp. 15588-15595.
  16. Lotto, RB; Clarke, R; Corney, D; Purves, D, Seeing in colour, Optics & Laser Technology, vol. 43 no. 2 (March, 2011), pp. 261-269, Elsevier BV.
  17. Han, SE; Sundararajan, J; Bowling, DL; Lake, J; Purves, D, Co-variation of tonality in the music and speech of different cultures., Plos One, vol. 6 no. 5 (January, 2011), pp. e20160.
  18. Bowling, DL; Gill, K; Choi, JD; Prinz, J; Purves, D, Major and minor music compared to excited and subdued speech., The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 127 no. 1 (January, 2010), pp. 491-503.
  19. Gill, KZ; Purves, D, A biological rationale for musical scales., Plos One, vol. 4 no. 12 (December, 2009), pp. e8144.
  20. Wojtach, WT; Sung, K; Purves, D, An empirical explanation of the speed-distance effect., Plos One, vol. 4 no. 8 (August, 2009), pp. e6771.
  21. Purves, D, Perception of Surfaces and Forms (January, 2009), pp. 513-521, Elsevier.
  22. Sung, K; Wojtach, WT; Purves, D, An empirical explanation of aperture effects., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 106 no. 1 (January, 2009), pp. 298-303.
  23. Gill, KZ; Purves, D, A biological rationale for musical scales., Plos One, vol. 4 no. 12 (2009), pp. e8144.
  24. Wojtach, WT; Sung, K; Truong, S; Purves, D, An empirical explanation of the flash-lag effect., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 105 no. 42 (October, 2008), pp. 16338-16343.
  25. Ross, D; Choi, J; Purves, D, Musical intervals in speech., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 104 no. 23 (June, 2007), pp. 9852-9857.
  26. Boots, B; Nundy, S; Purves, D, Evolution of visually guided behavior in artificial agents., Network: Computation in Neural Systems, vol. 18 no. 1 (March, 2007), pp. 11-34.
  27. Howe, CQ; Beau Lotto, R; Purves, D, Comparison of Bayesian and empirical ranking approaches to visual perception., Journal of Theoretical Biology, vol. 241 no. 4 (August, 2006), pp. 866-875.
  28. Long, F; Yang, Z; Purves, D, Spectral statistics in natural scenes predict hue, saturation, and brightness., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 103 no. 15 (April, 2006), pp. 6013-6018.
  29. Holcombe, AO; Clifford, CWG; Eagleman, DM; Pakarian, P, Illusory motion reversal in tune with motion detectors., Trends in Cognitive Sciences, vol. 9 no. 12 (December, 2005), pp. 559-560.
  30. Andrews, T; Purves, D, The wagon-wheel illusion in continuous light., Trends in Cognitive Sciences, vol. 9 no. 6 (June, 2005), pp. 261-263.
  31. Howe, CQ; Yang, Z; Purves, D, The Poggendorff illusion explained by natural scene geometry., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 102 no. 21 (May, 2005), pp. 7707-7712.
  32. Howe, CQ; Purves, D, Perceiving geometry: Geometrical illusions explained by natural scene statistics, Perceiving Geometry: Geometrical Illusions Explained by Natural Scene Statistics (January, 2005), pp. 1-126, Springer Verlag.
  33. Howe, CQ; Purves, D, The Müller-Lyer illusion explained by the statistics of image-source relationships., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 102 no. 4 (January, 2005), pp. 1234-1239.
  34. Howe, CQ; Purves, D, Natural-scene geometry predicts the perception of angles and line orientation., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 102 no. 4 (January, 2005), pp. 1228-1233.
  35. Lotto RB, Purves D (2005) Understanding the basis of color perception. International Review of Neurobiology (In press). (2005).
  36. Schwartz, DA; Purves, D, Pitch is determined by naturally occurring periodic sounds., Hearing Research, vol. 194 no. 1-2 (August, 2004), pp. 31-46.
  37. Yang, Z; Purves, D, The statistical structure of natural light patterns determines perceived light intensity., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 101 no. 23 (June, 2004), pp. 8745-8750.
  38. Purves, D; Williams, SM; Nundy, S; Lotto, RB, Perceiving the intensity of light., Psychological Review, vol. 111 no. 1 (January, 2004), pp. 142-158.
  39. Howe, CQ; Purves, D, Size contrast and assimilation explained by the statistics of natural scene geometry., Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, vol. 16 no. 1 (January, 2004), pp. 90-102.
  40. Lotto, RB; Purves, D, Perceiving colour, Review of Progress in Coloration and Related Topics, vol. 34 no. 1 (January, 2004), pp. 12-25, WILEY.
  41. Purves, D.,  S.M. Williams, S. Nundy and B.B. Lotto (2003) Perceiving the Intensity of Light.  Psychological Rev. Vol 111: 142-158. (2004).
  42. Howe Q, Purves D (2004) Size contrast and assimilation explained by the statistics of scene geometry. J Cog Neurosci 16(1): 90-102. (2004).
  43. Purves D, Lotto RB (2004) The Cornsweet effect. Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, 3rd edition. G. Adelman and B.H. Smith, eds. Elsevier Press 2004. (2004).
  44. Lotto RB, Purves D (2004) Perceiving color. Color Dyers Rev (in press). (2004).
  45. Yang Z, Purves D (2004) The statistical structure of natural light patterns determines perceived light intensity. Proc Natl Acad Sci 101: 8745-8750 (2004).
  46. Schwartz D, Purves D (2004) Pitch is determined by naturally occurring periodic sounds. Hearing Research 194: 31-46. (2004).
  47. Long, F; Purves, D, Evidence that color contrast effects have a probabilistic foundation, Journal of Vision, vol. 3 no. 9 (December, 2003), pp. 314-314, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO).
  48. Purves, D; Howe, CQ; Schwartz, DA, Vision and the perception of music have a common denominator, Journal of Vision, vol. 3 no. 9 (December, 2003), pp. 518-518, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO).
  49. Howe, CQ; Purves, D, Size contrast explained by the statistics of scene geometry, Journal of Vision, vol. 3 no. 9 (December, 2003), pp. 522-522, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO).
  50. Yang, Z; Purves, D, Statistical concatenations of luminance can explain lightness/brightness percepts, Journal of Vision, vol. 3 no. 9 (December, 2003), pp. 423-423, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO).
  51. Long, F; Purves, D, Natural scene statistics as the universal basis of color context effects., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 100 no. 25 (December, 2003), pp. 15190-15193.
  52. Yang, Z; Purves, D, Image/source statistics of surfaces in natural scenes., Network: Computation in Neural Systems, vol. 14 no. 3 (August, 2003), pp. 371-390.
  53. Schwartz, DA; Howe, CQ; Purves, D, The statistical structure of human speech sounds predicts musical universals., The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience, vol. 23 no. 18 (August, 2003), pp. 7160-7168.
  54. Yang, Z; Purves, D, A statistical explanation of visual space., Nature Neuroscience, vol. 6 no. 6 (June, 2003), pp. 632-640.
  55. Yang, Z. and D. Purves (2003) Image/source statistics in natural scenes. Network: Computation in Neural Systems 14 (3): 371-390. (2003).
  56. Schwartz, D., C.Q. Howe and D. Purves (2003) Statistical evidence that musical universals derive from the acoustical characteristics of human speech. J. Neurosci. 23: 7160-7168. (2003).
  57. Long, F. and D. Purves (2003) Natural scene statistics as the universal basis for color context effects. Proc Natl Acad Sci 100 (25): 15190-15193. (2003).
  58. Purves,  D. and R.B. Lotto (2003) Why We See What We Do:  An Empirical Theory  of Vision. Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, MA. (2003).
  59. Purves, D; Yang, Z, The Poggendorff illusion explained by the statistics of natural scene geometry, Journal of Vision, vol. 2 no. 7 (December, 2002), pp. 201-201, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO).
  60. Howe, CQ; Purves, D, A probabilistic explanation of perceived line length and orientation, Journal of Vision, vol. 2 no. 7 (December, 2002), pp. 706-706, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO).
  61. Yang, Z; Purves, D, The probabilistic foundation of visual space, Journal of Vision, vol. 2 no. 7 (December, 2002), pp. 715-715, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO).
  62. Long, F; Purves, D, A probabilistic explanation of simultaneous brightness contrast, Journal of Vision, vol. 2 no. 7 (December, 2002), pp. 366-366, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO).
  63. Lotto, RB; Purves, D, The empirical basis of color perception., Consciousness and Cognition, vol. 11 no. 4 (December, 2002), pp. 609-629.
  64. Howe, CQ; Purves, D, Range image statistics can explain the anomalous perception of length., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 99 no. 20 (October, 2002), pp. 13184-13188.
  65. Nundy, S; Purves, D, A probabilistic explanation of brightness scaling., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 99 no. 22 (October, 2002), pp. 14482-14487.
  66. Lotto, RB; Purves, D, A rationale for the structure of color space., Trends in Neurosciences, vol. 25 no. 2 (February, 2002), pp. 84-88.
  67. Yang, Z; Shimpi, A; Purves, D, Perception of objects that are translating and rotating., Perception, vol. 31 no. 8 (January, 2002), pp. 925-942.
  68. Lotto, R.B and D. Purves (2002) An empirical explanation of the Chubb Illusion. J. Cog. Neurosci. 13: 1-9. (2002).
  69. Purves D., R. B. Lotto and S. Nundy (2002) Why we see what we do.  American Scientist 90(3): 236-243. (2002).
  70. Purves, D; Lotto, B, Explanation of some major features of color perception, Journal of Vision, vol. 1 no. 3 (December, 2001), pp. 60-60, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO).
  71. Lotto, RB; Purves, D, An empirical explanation of the Chubb illusion, Journal of Vision, vol. 1 no. 3 (December, 2001), pp. 48-48, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO).
  72. Yang, Z; Purves, D, Perception of objects that are both rotating and translating, Journal of Vision, vol. 1 no. 3 (December, 2001), pp. 325-325, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO).
  73. Nundy, S; Shimpi, A; Purves, D, The relationship between luminance and brightness, Journal of Vision, vol. 1 no. 3 (December, 2001), pp. 426-426, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO).
  74. Purves, D, Viktor Hamburger 1900-2001., Nature Neuroscience, vol. 4 no. 8 (August, 2001), pp. 777-778.
  75. Lotto, RB; Purves, D, An empirical explanation of the Chubb illusion., Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, vol. 13 no. 5 (July, 2001), pp. 547-555.
  76. Yang, Z; Shimpi, A; Purves, D, A wholly empirical explanation of perceived motion., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 98 no. 9 (April, 2001), pp. 5252-5257.
  77. Purves, D; Lotto, RB; Williams, SM; Nundy, S; Yang, Z, Why we see things the way we do: evidence for a wholly empirical strategy of vision., Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, vol. 356 no. 1407 (March, 2001), pp. 285-297.
  78. Purves, D., R.B. Lotto, S.M. Williams, S. Nundy and Z.Yang (2001) Why we see things the way we do: Evidence for a wholly empirical strategy of vision. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B, 356: 285-297. (2001).
  79. Yang, Z., A. Shimpi and D. Purves (2001) A wholly empirical explanation of perceived motion. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 9: 5252-5257. (2001).
  80. Lotto, RB; Purves, D, An empirical explanation of color contrast., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 97 no. 23 (November, 2000), pp. 12834-12839.
  81. Nundy, S; Lotto, B; Coppola, D; Shimpi, A; Purves, D, Why are angles misperceived?, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 97 no. 10 (May, 2000), pp. 5592-5597.
  82. Purves, D; Lotto, B; Polger, T, Color vision and the four-color-map problem., Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, vol. 12 no. 2 (March, 2000), pp. 233-237.
  83. Purves, D; Williams, SM; Lotto, RB, The relevance of visual perception to cortical evolution and development., Novartis Foundation Symposium, vol. 228 (January, 2000), pp. 240-254.
  84. Lotto, R.B. and D. Purves (2000) An empirical explanation of color contrast. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 97: 12834-12839. (2000).
  85. Purves, D., B. Lotto and T. Polger (2000) Color vision and the four-color-map problem. J. Cog. Neurosci. 12: 233-237. (2000).
  86. Nundy, S., B. Lotto, D. Coppola, A. Shimpi and D. Purves (2000) Why are angles misperceived? Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 97: 5592-5597. (2000).
  87. Purves, D., G.A. Augustine, D. Fitzpatrick, L.C. Katz, A.-S. LaMantia and J.O. McNamara (2000) Neuroscience, 2nd edition. Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, MA. (2000).
  88. Purves, D., S.M. Williams and R.B. Lotto (2000) The relevance of visual perception to cortical evolution and development. In: Evolutionary Developmental Biology of the Cerebral Cortex (Novartis Foundation Symposium Series, G.R. Bock and G. Cardew, eds.) John Wiley & Sons, Vol. 228, pp. 240-258. (2000).
  89. Purves, D, Perception as probability., Brain Research Bulletin, vol. 50 no. 5-6 (November, 1999), pp. 321-322.
  90. Lotto, RB; Purves, D, The effects of color on brightness., Nature Neuroscience, vol. 2 no. 11 (November, 1999), pp. 1010-1014.
  91. Purves, D; Shimpi, A; Lotto, RB, An empirical explanation of the cornsweet effect., The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience, vol. 19 no. 19 (October, 1999), pp. 8542-8551.
  92. Halpern, SD; Andrews, TJ; Purves, D, Interindividual variation in human visual performance., Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, vol. 11 no. 5 (September, 1999), pp. 521-534.
  93. Lotto, RB; Williams, SM; Purves, D, Erratum: An empirical basis for Mach bands (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (April 27, 1999) 96:9 (5239-5244)), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 96 no. 13 (June, 1999), pp. 7610.
  94. Lotto, RB; Williams, SM; Purves, D, Mach bands as empirically derived associations., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 96 no. 9 (April, 1999), pp. 5245-5250.
  95. Lotto, RB; Williams, SM; Purves, D, An empirical basis for Mach bands., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 96 no. 9 (April, 1999), pp. 5239-5244.
  96. Purves, D., A. Shimpi and R.B. Lotto (1999) An empirical explanation of the Cornsweet effect. J. Neurosci. 19: 8542-8551. (1999).
  97. Lotto, R.B. and D. Purves (1999) The effects of color on brightness. Nature Neurosci. 2: 1010-1014. (1999).
  98. Lotto, R.B., S.M. Williams and D. Purves (1999) Mach bands as empirically derived associations. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 96: 5245-5250. (1999).
  99. Halpern, S.D., T.J. Andrews and D. Purves (1999) Interindividual variation in human visual performance. J. Cog. Neurosci. 11: 521-534. (1999).
  100. Lotto, R.B., S.M. Williams and D. Purves (1999a) An empirical basis for Mach bands. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 96: 5239-5244. (1999).
  101. Williams, SM; McCoy, AN; Purves, D, The influence of depicted illumination on brightness., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 95 no. 22 (October, 1998), pp. 13296-13300.
  102. Williams, SM; McCoy, AN; Purves, D, An empirical explanation of brightness., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 95 no. 22 (October, 1998), pp. 13301-13306.
  103. Coppola, DM; Purves, HR; McCoy, AN; Purves, D, The distribution of oriented contours in the real world., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 95 no. 7 (March, 1998), pp. 4002-4006.
  104. Coppola, DM; White, LE; Fitzpatrick, D; Purves, D, Unequal representation of cardinal and oblique contours in ferret visual cortex., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 95 no. 5 (March, 1998), pp. 2621-2623.
  105. Williams, S.M.,  A.N. McCoy and D. Purves (1998) The influence of depicted illumination on perceived brightness.  Proc Natl Acad Sci 95: 13296-13300. (1998).
  106. Williams, S.M., A.N. McCoy and D. Purves (1998) An empirical explanation of brightness. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 95: 13301-13306. (1998).
  107. Coppola, D.M, L.E. White, D. Fitzpatrick and D. Purves (1998)  Unequal representation of cardinal and oblique contours in ferret visual cortex.  Proc Natl Acad Sci  95: 2621-2623. (1998).
  108. Coppola, D.M.,  H.R. Purves, A.N .McCoy and D. Purves (1998)  The distribution of oriented contours in the real world.  Proc Natl Acad Sci 95: 4002-4006. (1998).
  109. Andrews, TJ; Purves, D, Similarities in normal and binocularly rivalrous viewing., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 94 no. 18 (September, 1997), pp. 9905-9908.
  110. Sporns, O, Variation and selection in neural function., Trends in Neurosciences, vol. 20 no. 7 (July, 1997), pp. 291.
  111. Purves, D; Andrews, TJ, The perception of transparent three-dimensional objects., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 94 no. 12 (June, 1997), pp. 6517-6522.
  112. Andrews, TJ; Halpern, SD; Purves, D, Correlated size variations in human visual cortex, lateral geniculate nucleus, and optic tract., The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience, vol. 17 no. 8 (April, 1997), pp. 2859-2868.
  113. White, L.E., T. J. Andrews, C. Hulette, A. Richards, M. Groelle, J. Paydarfar and D. Purves  (1997)  Structure of the Human Sensorimotor System II.  Lateral symmetry.  Cereb Cortex 7:31-47. (1997).
  114. Purves, D. and T. J.  Andrews (1997)  The perception of transparent 3-dimensional objects.  Proc Natl Acad Sci 94: 6517-6522. (1997).
  115. Andrews T.J., and D. Purves  (1997)  Similarities in normal and binocularly rivalrous viewing.  Proc Natl Acad Sci  94: 9905-9908. (1997).
  116. White L.E., T. J. Andrews, C. Hulette, A. Richards, M. Groelle, J. Paydarfar and D.  Purves  (1997)  Structure of the human sensorimotor system I.  Morphology and cytoarchitecture of the central sulcus.  Cereb Cortex 7:18-30. (1997).
  117. Andrews T.J., S. D. Halpern and D. Purves (1997)  Correlated size variations in human visual cortex, lateral geniculate nucleus and optic tract.  J Neurosci 17: 2859-2868. (1997).
  118. White, LE; Andrews, TJ; Hulette, C; Richards, A; Groelle, M; Paydarfar, J; Purves, D, Structure of the human sensorimotor system. I: Morphology and cytoarchitecture of the central sulcus., Cerebral Cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991), vol. 7 no. 1 (1997), pp. 18-30.
  119. White, LE; Andrews, TJ; Hulette, C; Richards, A; Groelle, M; Paydarfar, J; Purves, D, Structure of the human sensorimotor system. II: Lateral symmetry., Cerebral Cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991), vol. 7 no. 1 (1997), pp. 31-47.
  120. Purves, D; White, LE; Riddle, DR, Is neural development Darwinian?, Trends in Neurosciences, vol. 19 no. 11 (November, 1996), pp. 460-464.
  121. Coppola, D; Purves, D, The extraordinarily rapid disappearance of entoptic images., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 93 no. 15 (July, 1996), pp. 8001-8004.
  122. Andrews, TJ; White, LE; Binder, D; Purves, D, Temporal events in cyclopean vision., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 93 no. 8 (April, 1996), pp. 3689-3692.
  123. Purves, D; Paydarfar, JA; Andrews, TJ, The wagon wheel illusion in movies and reality., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 93 no. 8 (April, 1996), pp. 3693-3697.
  124. Andrews, T.J., L.E. White, D. Binder and  D. Purves (1996)  Temporal events in cyclopean vision.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 93: 3689-3692. (1996).
  125. Purves, D., L.E. White  and D.R. Riddle (1996)  Is neural development Darwinian?  Trends Neurosci 19: 460-464. (1996).
  126. Purves, D., J.E. Paydarfar and  T.J. Andrews (1996)  The wagon wheel illusion in movies and reality.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 93: 3693-3697. (1996).
  127. Coppola, D. and D. Purves  (1996)  The extraordinarily rapid disappearance of entoptic images.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 93: 8001-8004. (1996).
  128. Purves D., L. White, D. Zheng, T. Andrews and D. Riddle  (1996)  Brain size, behavior and the allocation of neural space.  In:  The Lifespan Development of Individuals:  Behavioral, Neurobiological, and Psychosocial Perspectives, (Magnusson D, ed).  Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, Chapter 8, pp. 162-178. (1996).
  129. Riddle, DR; Purves, D, Individual variation and lateral asymmetry of the rat primary somatosensory cortex., The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience, vol. 15 no. 6 (June, 1995), pp. 4184-4195.
  130. Purves, D, Race plus IQ does not equal science., Nature, vol. 374 no. 6517 (March, 1995), pp. 10.
  131. Zheng, D; Purves, D, Effects of increased neural activity on brain growth., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 92 no. 6 (March, 1995), pp. 1802-1806.
  132. Riddle, D.R. and  D. Purves (1995)  Individual variation and lateral asymmetry of the rat primary somatosensory cortex.  J. Neurosci. 15: 4184-4195. (1995).
  133. Zheng, D. and D. Purves  (1995)  The effects of increased neural activity on brain growth.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 92: 1802-1806. (1995).
  134. Purves, D. (1995) Race plus IQ does not equal science. Nature 374: 10. (1995).
  135. White, L.E., T.J.Andrews,  C. Hulette, A. Richards,  M. Groelle, J. Paydarfar and  D. Purves (1995)  Structural symmetry of the human sensorimotor system.  Cerebral Cortex (submitted). (1995).
  136. Purves, D; White, LE, Monocular preferences in binocular viewing., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 91 no. 18 (August, 1994), pp. 8339-8342.
  137. Purves, D; White, LE; Andrews, TJ, Manual asymmetry and handedness., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 91 no. 11 (May, 1994), pp. 5030-5032.
  138. White, LE; Lucas, G; Richards, A; Purves, D, Cerebral asymmetry and handedness., Nature, vol. 368 no. 6468 (March, 1994), pp. 197-198.
  139. Purves, D; Riddle, DR; White, LE; Gutierrez-Ospina, G, Neural activity and the development of the somatic sensory system., Current Opinion in Neurobiology, vol. 4 no. 1 (February, 1994), pp. 120-123.
  140. White, L., G. Lucas, A. Richards and  D. Purves (1994) Cerebral asymmetry and handedness.  Nature 368: 197-198. (1994).
  141. Purves, D. (1994) Neural Activity and the Growth of the Brain. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. (1994).
  142. Purves, D.,  L. White and T. Andrews  (1994)  Manual asymmetry and handedness.  Proc Natl Acad Sci 91: 5030-5032. (1994).
  143. Purves, D.,  D.Riddle,  L. White and  G. Gutierrez (1994) Neural activity and the development of the somatic sensory system.  Curr Opin Neurobiol 4: 120-123. (1994).
  144. Purves, D. and L. E. White (1994) Monocular preferences in binocular viewing.  Proc Natl Acad Sci 91: 8339-8342. (1994).
  145. Purves, D; Riddle, DR; White, LE; Gutierrez-Ospina, G; LaMantia, AS, Categories of cortical structure., Progress in Brain Research, vol. 102 (1994), pp. 343-355.
  146. Riddle, DR; Gutierrez, G; Zheng, D; White, LE; Richards, A; Purves, D, Differential metabolic and electrical activity in the somatic sensory cortex of juvenile and adult rats., The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience, vol. 13 no. 10 (October, 1993), pp. 4193-4213.
  147. Purves, D; LaMantia, A, Development of blobs in the visual cortex of macaques., The Journal of Comparative Neurology, vol. 334 no. 2 (August, 1993), pp. 169-175.
  148. Purves, D; Riddle, D; LaMantia, A, Reply, Trends in Neurosciences, vol. 16 no. 5 (January, 1993), pp. 180-181, Elsevier BV.
  149. Riddle, D.R., G. Gutierrez, D. Zheng, L. White, A. Richards and D. Purves (1993) Differential metabolic and electrical activity in the somatic sensory cortex of juvenile and adult rats. J. Neurosci. 13: 4193-4213. (1993).
  150. Hevner, RF; Illing, RB; Purves, D; Riddle, D; LaMantia, A, More modules [2], Trends in Neurosciences, vol. 16 no. 5 (1993), pp. 178-180.
  151. Purves, D; Riddle, DR; LaMantia, AS, Iterated patterns of brain circuitry (or how the cortex gets its spots), Trends in Neurosciences, vol. 15 no. 10 (October, 1992), pp. 362-368.
  152. Riddle, D; Richards, A; Zsuppan, F; Purves, D, Growth of the rat somatic sensory cortex and its constituent parts during postnatal development., The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience, vol. 12 no. 9 (September, 1992), pp. 3509-3524.
  153. LaMantia, AS; Pomeroy, SL; Purves, D, Vital imaging of glomeruli in the mouse olfactory bulb., The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience, vol. 12 no. 3 (March, 1992), pp. 976-988.
  154. LaMantia, A-S., S. Pomeroy and D. Purves (1992) Vital imaging of glomeruli in the mouse olfactory bulb. J. Neurosci. 12: 976-988. (1992).
  155. Zheng, D; LaMantia, AS; Purves, D, Specialized vascularization of the primate visual cortex., The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience, vol. 11 no. 8 (August, 1991), pp. 2622-2629.
  156. Purves, D; LaMantia, AS, Numbers of "blobs" in the primary visual cortex of neonatal and adult monkeys., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 87 no. 15 (August, 1990), pp. 5764-5767.
  157. Pomeroy, SL; LaMantia, AS; Purves, D, Postnatal construction of neural circuitry in the mouse olfactory bulb., The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience, vol. 10 no. 6 (June, 1990), pp. 1952-1966.
  158. Purves, D; LaMantia, AS, Construction of modular circuits in the mammalian brain., Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology, vol. 55 (January, 1990), pp. 445-452.
  159. LaMantia, AS; Purves, D, Development of glomerular pattern visualized in the olfactory bulbs of living mice., Nature, vol. 341 no. 6243 (October, 1989), pp. 646-649.
  160. Harris, LW; Purves, D, Rapid remodeling of sensory endings in the corneas of living mice., The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience, vol. 9 no. 6 (June, 1989), pp. 2210-2214.
  161. Ivanov, A; Purves, D, Ongoing electrical activity of superior cervical ganglion cells in mammals of different size., The Journal of Comparative Neurology, vol. 284 no. 3 (June, 1989), pp. 398-404.
  162. Purves, D, Assessing some dynamic properties of the living nervous system, Quarterly Journal of Experimental Physiology, vol. 74 no. 7 (1989), pp. 1089-1105.
  163. Purves, D; Snider, WD; Voyvodic, JT, Trophic regulation of nerve cell morphology and innervation in the autonomic nervous system., Nature, vol. 336 no. 6195 (November, 1988), pp. 123-128.
  164. Pomeroy, SL; Purves, D, Neuron/glia relationships observed over intervals of several months in living mice., The Journal of Cell Biology, vol. 107 no. 3 (September, 1988), pp. 1167-1175.
  165. Purves, D., W.D. Snider and J.T. Voyvodic (1988) Trophic regulation of nerve cell morphology and innervation in the autonomic nervous system. Nature 336: 123-128. (1988).
  166. Purves, D; Voyvodic, JT; Magrassi, L; Yawo, H, Nerve terminal remodeling visualized in living mice by repeated examination of the same neuron., Science (New York, N.Y.), vol. 238 no. 4830 (November, 1987), pp. 1122-1126.
  167. Purves, D; Lichtman, JW, Synaptic sites on reinnervated nerve cells visualized at two different times in living mice., The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience, vol. 7 no. 5 (May, 1987), pp. 1492-1497.
  168. Lichtman, JW; Magrassi, L; Purves, D, Visualization of neuromuscular junctions over periods of several months in living mice., The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience, vol. 7 no. 4 (April, 1987), pp. 1215-1222.
  169. Magrassi, L; Purves, D; Lichtman, JW, Fluorescent probes that stain living nerve terminals., The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience, vol. 7 no. 4 (April, 1987), pp. 1207-1214.
  170. Purves, D; Sanes, JR, The 1986 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, Trends in Neurosciences, vol. 10 no. 6 (January, 1987), pp. 231-235, Elsevier BV.
  171. Purves, D; Voyvodic, JT, Imaging mammalian nerve cells and their connections over time in living animals, Trends in Neurosciences, vol. 10 no. 10 (January, 1987), pp. 398-404, Elsevier BV.
  172. Purves, D; Hadley, RD; Voyvodic, JT, Dynamic changes in the dendritic geometry of individual neurons visualized over periods of up to three months in the superior cervical ganglion of living mice., The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience, vol. 6 no. 4 (April, 1986), pp. 1051-1060.
  173. Purves, D; Rubin, E; Snider, WD; Lichtman, J, Relation of animal size to convergence, divergence, and neuronal number in peripheral sympathetic pathways., The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience, vol. 6 no. 1 (January, 1986), pp. 158-163.
  174. Purves, D, The trophic theory of neural concentrations, Trends in Neurosciences, vol. 9 no. C (January, 1986), pp. 486-489, Elsevier BV.
  175. Purves, D., R.D. Hadley and J. Voyvodic (1986) Dynamic changes in the dendritic geometry of individual neurons visualized over periods of up to three months in the superior cervical ganglion of living mice. J. Neurosci. 6: 1051-1060. (1986).
  176. Easter, SS; Purves, D; Rakic, P; Spitzer, NC, The changing view of neural specificity., Science (New York, N.Y.), vol. 230 no. 4725 (November, 1985), pp. 507-511.
  177. Purves, D; Hadley, RD, Changes in the dendritic branching of adult mammalian neurones revealed by repeated imaging in situ., Nature, vol. 315 no. 6018 (May, 1985), pp. 404-406.
  178. Purves, D; Lichtman, JW, Geometrical differences among homologous neurons in mammals., Science (New York, N.Y.), vol. 228 no. 4697 (April, 1985), pp. 298-302.
  179. Purves, D. and J.W. Lichtman (1985) Geometrical differences among homologous neurons in mammals. Science 228: 298-302. (1985).
  180. Forehand, CJ; Purves, D, Regional innervation of rabbit ciliary ganglion cells by the terminals of preganglionic axons., The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience, vol. 4 no. 1 (January, 1984), pp. 1-12.
  181. Johnson, DA; Purves, D, Tonic and reflex synaptic activity recorded in ciliary ganglion cells of anaesthetized rabbits., The Journal of Physiology, vol. 339 (June, 1983), pp. 599-613.
  182. Hume, RI; Purves, D, Apportionment of the terminals from single preganglionic axons to target neurones in the rabbit ciliary ganglion., The Journal of Physiology, vol. 338 (May, 1983), pp. 259-275.
  183. Lichtman, JW; Purves, D, Activity-mediated neural change., Nature, vol. 301 no. 5901 (February, 1983), pp. 563.
  184. Purves, D, Modulation of neuronal competition by postsynaptic geometry in autonomic ganglia, Trends in Neurosciences, vol. 6 no. C (January, 1983), pp. 10-16, Elsevier BV.
  185. Purves, D; Wigston, DJ, Neural units in the superior cervical ganglion of the guinea-pig., The Journal of Physiology, vol. 334 (January, 1983), pp. 169-178.
  186. Purves, D; Lichtman, JW, Specific connections between nerve cells., Annual Review of Physiology, vol. 45 (January, 1983), pp. 553-565.
  187. Hume, RI; Purves, D, Geometry of neonatal neurones and the regulation of synapse elimination., Nature, vol. 293 no. 5832 (October, 1981), pp. 469-471.
  188. Johnson, DA; Purves, D, Post-natal reduction of neural unit size in the rabbit ciliary ganglion., The Journal of Physiology, vol. 318 (September, 1981), pp. 143-159.
  189. Purves, D; Hume, RI, The relation of postsynaptic geometry to the number of presynaptic axons that innervate autonomic ganglion cells., The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience, vol. 1 no. 5 (May, 1981), pp. 441-452.
  190. Purves, D; Thompson, W; Yip, JW, Re-innervation of ganglia transplanted to the neck from different levels of the guinea-pig sympathetic chain., The Journal of Physiology, vol. 313 (January, 1981), pp. 49-63.
  191. Purves, D; Johnson, DA; Hume, RI, Regulation of synaptic connections in the rabbit ciliary ganglion., Ciba Foundation Symposium, vol. 83 (1981), pp. 232-251.
  192. Purves, D; Lichtman, JW, Elimination of synapses in the developing nervous system., Science (New York, N.Y.), vol. 210 no. 4466 (October, 1980), pp. 153-157.
  193. Purves, D, Neuronal competition., Nature, vol. 287 no. 5783 (October, 1980), pp. 585-586.
  194. Rubin, E; Purves, D, Segmental organization of sympathetic preganglionic neurons in the mammalian spinal cord., The Journal of Comparative Neurology, vol. 192 no. 1 (July, 1980), pp. 163-174.
  195. Lichtman, JW; Purves, D, The elimination of redundant preganglionic innervation to hamster sympathetic ganglion cells in early post-natal life., The Journal of Physiology, vol. 301 (April, 1980), pp. 213-228.
  196. Lichtman, JW; Purves, D; Yip, JW, Innervation of sympathetic neurones in the guinea-pig thoracic chain., The Journal of Physiology, vol. 298 (January, 1980), pp. 285-299.
  197. Lichtman, JW; Purves, D; Yip, JW, On the purpose of selective innervation of guinea-pig superior cervical ganglion cells., The Journal of Physiology, vol. 292 (July, 1979), pp. 69-84.
  198. Purves, D; Thompson, W, The effects of post-ganglionic axotomy on selective synaptic connexions in the superior cervical ganglion of the guinea-pig., Journal of Physiology, vol. 297 (1979), pp. 95-110.
  199. Purves, D; Lichtman, JW, Formation and maintenance of synaptic connections in autonomic ganglia., Physiological Reviews, vol. 58 no. 4 (October, 1978), pp. 821-862.
  200. Njå, A; Purves, D, Specificity of initial synaptic contacts made on guinea-pig superior cervical ganglion cells during regeneration of the cervical sympathetic trunk., The Journal of Physiology, vol. 281 (August, 1978), pp. 45-62.
  201. Njå, A; Purves, D, The effects of nerve growth factor and its antiserum on synapses in the superior cervical ganglion of the guinea-pig., The Journal of Physiology, vol. 277 no. 1 (April, 1978), pp. 53-75, WILEY.
  202. Nja, A; Purves, D, Re-innervation of guinea-pig superior cervical ganglion cells by preganglionic fibres arising from different levels of the spinal cord., The Journal of Physiology, vol. 272 no. 3 (November, 1977), pp. 633-651.
  203. Njå, A; Purves, D, Specific innervation of guinea-pig superior cervical ganglion cells by preganglionic fibres arising from different levels of the spinal cord., The Journal of Physiology, vol. 264 no. 2 (January, 1977), pp. 565-583.
  204. Purves, D, Competitive and non-competitive re-innervation of mammalian sympathetic neurones by native and foreign fibres., The Journal of Physiology, vol. 261 no. 2 (October, 1976), pp. 453-475.
  205. Purves, D, Functional and structural changes in mammalian sympathetic neurones following colchicine application to post-ganglionic nerves., The Journal of Physiology, vol. 259 no. 1 (July, 1976), pp. 159-175.
  206. Purves, D; Njå, A, Effect of nerve growth factor on synaptic depression after axotomy., Nature, vol. 260 no. 5551 (April, 1976), pp. 535-536.
  207. Roper, S; Purves, D; McMahan, UJ, Synaptic organization and acetylcholine sensitivity of multiply innervated autonomic ganglion cells., Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology, vol. 40 (January, 1976), pp. 283-295.
  208. McMahan, UJ; Purves, D, Visual identification of two kinds of nerve cells and their synaptic contacts in a living autonomic ganglion of the mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus)., The Journal of Physiology, vol. 254 no. 2 (January, 1976), pp. 405-425.
  209. Purves, D, Functional and structural changes in mammalian sympathetic neurones following interruption of their axons., The Journal of Physiology, vol. 252 no. 2 (November, 1975), pp. 429-463.
  210. Purves, D, Persistent innervation of mammalian sympathetic neurones by native and foreign fibres., Nature, vol. 256 no. 5518 (August, 1975), pp. 589-590.
  211. Roper, S; Purves, D; McMahan, UJ, Synaptic organization and acetylcholine sensitivity of multiply innervated autonomic ganglion cells, Symposia on Quantitative Biology, vol. Vol. 40 (January, 1975), pp. 283-295.
  212. Purves, D; Sakmann, B, Membrane properties underlying spontaneous activity of denervated muscle fibres., The Journal of Physiology, vol. 239 no. 1 (May, 1974), pp. 125-153.
  213. Purves, D; Sakmann, B, The effect of contractile activity on fibrillation and extrajunctional acetylcholine-sensitivity in rat muscle maintained in organ culture., The Journal of Physiology, vol. 237 no. 1 (February, 1974), pp. 157-182.
  214. Purves, D; McMahan, UJ, The distribution of synapses on a physiologically identified motor neuron in the central nervous system of the leech. An electron microscope study after the injection of the fluorescent dye procion yellow., The Journal of Cell Biology, vol. 55 no. 1 (October, 1972), pp. 205-220.
  215. Nicholls, JG; Purves, D, A comparison of chemical and electrical synaptic transmission between single sensory cells and a motoneurone in the central nervous system of the leech., The Journal of Physiology, vol. 225 no. 3 (September, 1972), pp. 637-656.
  216. McMahan, UJ; Purves, D, An electron-microscopic study of a physiologically identified motoneurone in the leech C.N.S. after injection of the fluorescent dye Procion yellow., The Journal of Physiology, vol. 222 no. 1 (April, 1972), pp. 64P-66P.
  217. Nicholls, JG; Purves, D, Monosynaptic chemical and electrical connexions between sensory and motor cells in the central nervous system of the leech., The Journal of Physiology, vol. 209 no. 3 (August, 1970), pp. 647-667.

Articles and Chapters

  1. Bowling, D; Purves, D, A biological basis for musical tonality, in Sensory Perception: Mind and Matter (January, 2012), pp. 205-214, Springer Vienna.

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