2026 Beat Meier: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	37	9190	8591	107	102	216	5872

Overview

Beat Meier is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland. Their research contributions span multiple fields, primarily focusing on neuroscience and psychology. The scientist has a strong background in cognitive neuroscience and experimental and cognitive psychology, with additional work in plant science, materials chemistry, and neurology.

Meier's research encompasses several key topics including:

Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Cognitive Functions and Memory
Memory Processes and Influences
Cognitive Abilities and Testing
Multisensory Perception and Integration
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies

Among their recent papers are:

The hypnagogic state: A brief update, 2022, Journal of Sleep Research
The left prefrontal cortex determines relevance at encoding and governs episodic memory formation, 2022, Cerebral Cortex
Different temporal dynamics after conflicts and errors in children and adults, 2020, PLoS ONE
Stimulating the parietal cortex by transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS): no effects on attention and memory, 2020, AIMS neuroscience
Fostering cognitive performance in older adults with a process- and a strategy-based cognitive training, 2022, Aging Neuropsychology and Cognition

The scientist frequently publishes in various venues including the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, The Cambridge Structural Database, Zeitschrift für Phytotherapie, Journal of Sleep Research, and Cerebral Cortex.

Meier has collaborated regularly with several coauthors such as Mirela Dubravac, Michèle C. Muhmenthaler, Romain Ghibellini, Stefan Klöppel, and Katharina Henke. The collaboration counts range up to seven joint works with Mirela Dubravac.

Best Publications

The concurrent validity of the N-back task as a working memory measure

Susanne M Jaeggi;Martin Buschkuehl;Walter J Perrig;Beat Meier

1178
Citations
Stress effects on working memory, explicit memory, and implicit memory for neutral and emotional stimuli in healthy men

Mathias Luethi;Beat Meier;Carmen Sandi

460
Citations
Enhanced memory ability: Insights from synaesthesia

Nicolas Rothen;Beat Meier;Jamie Ward

171
Citations
The rise and decline of prospective memory performance across the lifespan

Thomas D. Zimmermann;Beat Meier

158
Citations
How important is importance for prospective memory? A review

Stefan Walter;Beat Meier

148
Citations
Dimensional structure of the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS).

Steffen Moritz;Beat Meier;Martin Kloss;Dirk Jacobsen

144
Citations
Transfer appropriate processing for prospective memory tests

Beat Meier;Peter Graf

125
Citations
The Effect of Implementation Intentions on Prospective Memory Performance across the Lifespan

Thomas D. Zimmermann;Beat Meier

124
Citations
Higher Prevalence of Synaesthesia in Art Students

Nicolas Rothen;Beat Meier

120
Citations
Grapheme-color synaesthesia is associated with a distinct cognitive style

Beat Meier;Nicolas Rothen

117
Citations
Swimming-style synesthesia.

Danko Nikolić;Uta M. Jürgens;Uta M. Jürgens;Nicolas Rothen;Beat Meier

110
Citations
Do synesthetes have a general advantage in visual search and episodic memory? A case for group studies.

Nicolas Rothen;Beat Meier

109
Citations
Training grapheme-colour associations produces a synaesthetic Stroop effect, but not a conditioned synaesthetic response.

Beat Meier;Nicolas Rothen

103
Citations
Grapheme–colour synaesthesia yields an ordinary rather than extraordinary memory advantage: Evidence from a group study

Nicolas Rothen;Beat Meier

103
Citations
Retrieval experience in prospective memory: strategic monitoring and spontaneous retrieval.

Beat Meier;Thomas D. Zimmermann;Walter J. Perrig

100
Citations
Sex Differences in Semantic Processing: Event-Related Brain Potentials Distinguish between Lower and Higher Order Semantic Analysis during Word Reading

M Wirth;H Horn;T Koenig;M Stein

99
Citations
Bivalency is Costly: Bivalent Stimuli Elicit Cautious Responding

Todd S. Woodward;Beat Meier;Christine Tipper;Peter Graf

89
Citations
Low reliability of perceptual priming: consequences for the interpretation of functional dissociations between explicit and implicit memory.

Beat Meier;Walter J. Perrig

88
Citations
Offline consolidation in implicit sequence learning

Beat Meier;Josephine Cock

82
Citations
Personality and Memory in Old Age

Beat Meier;Pasqualina Perrig-Chiello;Walter Perrig

80
Citations
How important is importance for prospective memory

Stefan Markus Walter;Beat Meier

60
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudia M. Roebers University of Bern

Todd S. Woodward University of British Columbia

Walter J. Perrig University of Bern

Peter Graf University of British Columbia

Steffen Moritz University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf

Susanne M. Jaeggi University of California, Irvine

Fred W. Mast University of Bern

Martin Buschkuehl University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Clay B. Holroyd University of Victoria

External Links

Personal website of Beat Meier

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