| A century of Gestalt psychology in visual perception: I. Perceptual grouping and figure–ground organization. J Wagemans, JH Elder, M Kubovy, SE Palmer, MA Peterson, M Singh, ... Psychological bulletin 138 (6), 1172, 2012 | 1966* | 2012 |
| Goodness of visual regularities: a nontransformational approach. PA van der Helm, ELJ Leeuwenberg Psychological review 103 (3), 429, 1996 | 241 | 1996 |
| Accessibility: A criterion for regularity and hierarchy in visual pattern codes PA Van der Helm, ELJ Leeuwenberg Journal of Mathematical Psychology 35 (2), 151-213, 1991 | 151 | 1991 |
| Integrating global and local aspects of visual occlusion R van Lier, P van der Helm, E Leeuwenberg Perception 23 (8), 883-903, 1994 | 132 | 1994 |
| Simplicity versus likelihood in visual perception: from surprisals to precisals. PA Van der Helm Psychological Bulletin 126 (5), 770, 2000 | 120 | 2000 |
| Symmetry and selective attention: A dissociation between effortless perception and serial search CNL Olivers, PA Van Der Helm Perception & psychophysics 60, 1101-1116, 1998 | 112 | 1998 |
| Competing global and local completions in visual occlusion. RJ Van Lier, PA Van der Helm, ELJ Leeuwenberg Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance 21 (3), 571, 1995 | 112 | 1995 |
| Serial pattern complexity: Irregularity and hierarchy P A van der Helm, R J van Lier, E LJ Leeuwenberg Perception 21 (4), 517-544, 1992 | 67 | 1992 |
| Symmetry perception PA Van der Helm | 62 | 2014 |
| Blobs strengthen repetition but weaken symmetry Á Csathó, G van der Vloed, PA van der Helm Vision Research 43 (9), 993-1007, 2003 | 60 | 2003 |
| Structural information theory: The simplicity of visual form E Leeuwenberg, PA Van der Helm Cambridge University Press, 2013 | 57 | 2013 |
| Unity and variety in visual form E Leeuwenberg, P Van der Helm Perception 20 (5), 595-622, 1991 | 54 | 1991 |
| Multiple completions primed by occlusion patterns RJ van Lier, ELJ Leeuwenberg, PA van der Helm Perception 24 (7), 727-740, 1995 | 52 | 1995 |
| A better approach to goodness: Reply to Wagemans (1999). PA van der Helm, ELJ Leeuwenberg American Psychological Association 106 (3), 622, 1999 | 50 | 1999 |
| Simplicity in vision: A multidisciplinary account of perceptual organization PA Van der Helm Cambridge University Press, 2014 | 47 | 2014 |
| Symmetry versus repetition in cyclopean vision: A microgenetic analysis MS Treder, PA van der Helm Vision Research 47 (23), 2956-2967, 2007 | 46 | 2007 |
| Avoiding explosive search in automatic selection of simplest pattern codes PA van der Helm, ELJ Leeuwenberg Pattern Recognition 19 (2), 181-191, 1986 | 44 | 1986 |
| Weber-Fechner behavior in symmetry perception? PA van der Helm Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics 72, 1854-1864, 2010 | 41 | 2010 |
| Holographic goodness is not that bad: Reply to Olivers, Chater, and Watson (2004). PA van der Helm, ELJ Leeuwenberg American Psychological Association 111 (1), 261, 2004 | 41 | 2004 |
| Detection of (anti) symmetry and (anti) repetition: Perceptual mechanisms versus cognitive strategies PA van der Helm, MS Treder Vision Research 49 (23), 2754-2763, 2009 | 40 | 2009 |
