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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Psychology D-index 69 Citations 14,536 189 World Ranking 1694 National Ranking 1025

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Cognition
  • Neuroscience
  • Internal medicine

His primary areas of study are Insula, Functional magnetic resonance imaging, Neuroscience, Clinical psychology and Amygdala. His Insula research incorporates themes from Cognitive psychology, Insular cortex, Neuroticism and Anxiety disorder, Anxiety. His Functional magnetic resonance imaging research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Anterior cingulate cortex, Cognition, Neural substrate and Brain mapping.

His Clinical psychology study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Psychiatry and Anorexia nervosa. His Amygdala study incorporates themes from Cingulate cortex, Functional imaging, Prefrontal cortex, Major depressive disorder and Functional neuroimaging. His Prefrontal cortex research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Developmental psychology and Limbic system.

His most cited work include:

  • Increased amygdala and insula activation during emotion processing in anxiety-prone subjects. (628 citations)
  • Increased activation in the right insula during risk-taking decision making is related to harm avoidance and neuroticism. (603 citations)
  • Increased activation in the right insula during risk-taking decision making is related to harm avoidance and neuroticism. (603 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Functional magnetic resonance imaging, Insula, Neuroscience, Clinical psychology and Psychiatry are his primary areas of study. His research in Functional magnetic resonance imaging intersects with topics in Audiology, Anterior cingulate cortex, Prefrontal cortex, Cognition and Brain mapping. His Insula study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Cognitive psychology, Anxiety, Developmental psychology, Anticipation and Amygdala.

His study in Neuroscience is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Eating disorders and Perfectionism. His studies deal with areas such as Functional neuroimaging, Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and Traumatic brain injury as well as Clinical psychology. His study on Major depressive disorder, Brain activity and meditation, Anxiety disorder and Frontal lobe is often connected to Concussion as part of broader study in Psychiatry.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging (72.96%)
  • Insula (47.04%)
  • Neuroscience (40.37%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Clinical psychology (38.15%)
  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging (72.96%)
  • Neuroscience (40.37%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Alan N. Simmons mostly deals with Clinical psychology, Functional magnetic resonance imaging, Neuroscience, Cognition and Audiology. The various areas that Alan N. Simmons examines in his Clinical psychology study include Valence, Traumatic brain injury and Anxiety. Alan N. Simmons has included themes like Cognitive psychology, Insula, Stimulus, Short-term memory and Rumination in his Functional magnetic resonance imaging study.

Alan N. Simmons works mostly in the field of Insula, limiting it down to concerns involving Psychological intervention and, occasionally, Impulse and Resting state fMRI. His Biological neural network, Vagus nerve stimulation, Amygdala and Vagus nerve study in the realm of Neuroscience interacts with subjects such as Left lower extremity. His work deals with themes such as Recall, Stimulation and Neuroimaging, which intersect with Cognition.

Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Altered interoceptive activation before, during, and after aversive breathing load in women remitted from anorexia nervosa. (39 citations)
  • Spinal cord stimulation in chronic pain: evidence and theory for mechanisms of action (30 citations)
  • Interactive impact of childhood maltreatment, depression, and age on cortical brain structure: mega-analytic findings from a large multi-site cohort. (20 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Cognition
  • Neuroscience
  • Internal medicine

Alan N. Simmons mainly investigates Neuroscience, Audiology, Neuroimaging, Functional neuroimaging and Traumatic brain injury. His research in Amygdala, Functional magnetic resonance imaging, Insular cortex, Somatosensory system and Thalamus are components of Neuroscience. His Amygdala research incorporates elements of Cognitive psychology and Expression.

His Functional magnetic resonance imaging research integrates issues from Striatum, Body perception, Stimulus, Anxiety and Internal medicine. His study explores the link between Audiology and topics such as Interoception that cross with problems in Insula and Endocrinology. His work carried out in the field of Functional neuroimaging brings together such families of science as Psychology of self, Anorexia nervosa, Association, Harm avoidance and Brain mapping.

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Best Publications

Increased amygdala and insula activation during emotion processing in anxiety-prone subjects.

M.P.H. Murray B. Stein;Alan N. Simmons;B.S. Justin S. Feinstein;Martin P. Paulus.
American Journal of Psychiatry (2007)

969 Citations

Increased activation in the right insula during risk-taking decision making is related to harm avoidance and neuroticism.

Martin P. Paulus;Martin P. Paulus;Corianne Rogalsky;Alan N. Simmons;Alan N. Simmons;Justin S. Feinstein.
NeuroImage (2003)

852 Citations

Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels: the neurobiology of anorexia nervosa

Walter H. Kaye;Christina E. Wierenga;Ursula F. Bailer;Ursula F. Bailer;Alan N. Simmons;Alan N. Simmons.
Trends in Neurosciences (2013)

483 Citations

Association of major depressive disorder with altered functional brain response during anticipation and processing of heat pain.

Irina A Strigo;Alan N Simmons;Scott C Matthews;Arthur D Bud Craig.
Archives of General Psychiatry (2008)

325 Citations

Functional subdivisions within anterior cingulate cortex and their relationship to autonomic nervous system function.

Scott C Matthews;Martin P Paulus;Alan N Simmons;Richard A Nelesen.
NeuroImage (2004)

322 Citations

Dose-dependent decrease of activation in bilateral amygdala and insula by lorazepam during emotion processing.

Martin P. Paulus;Justin S. Feinstein;Gabriel Castillo;Alan N. Simmons.
Archives of General Psychiatry (2005)

318 Citations

Resting-State Functional Connectivity of Subgenual Anterior Cingulate Cortex in Depressed Adolescents

Colm G. Connolly;Jing Wu;Tiffany C. Ho;Fumiko Hoeft.
Biological Psychiatry (2013)

314 Citations

Anticipation of aversive visual stimuli is associated with increased insula activation in anxiety-prone subjects.

Alan Simmons;Irina Strigo;Scott C. Matthews;Martin P. Paulus;Martin P. Paulus.
Biological Psychiatry (2006)

298 Citations

Sucrose activates human taste pathways differently from artificial sweetener

Guido K.W. Frank;Tyson A. Oberndorfer;Alan N. Simmons;Martin P. Paulus.
NeuroImage (2008)

297 Citations

Exaggerated and Disconnected Insular-Amygdalar Blood Oxygenation Level-Dependent Response to Threat-Related Emotional Faces in Women with Intimate-Partner Violence Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Gregory A. Fonzo;Alan N. Simmons;Alan N. Simmons;Steven R. Thorp;Steven R. Thorp;Sonya B. Norman;Sonya B. Norman.
Biological Psychiatry (2010)

280 Citations

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