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Carles Escera publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Carles Escera sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 189 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Carles Escera D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Carles Escera sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Carles Escera is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain. Their research work primarily covers the fields of Neuroscience and Psychology, with a significant emphasis on Cognitive Neuroscience and Developmental and Educational Psychology. Additional subfields include Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Pharmacy.

The scientist's work focuses extensively on topics related to the neural basis of auditory perception and development. Main topics include Neuroscience and Music Perception, Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation, Language Development and Disorders, Multisensory Perception and Integration, Infant Health and Development, Neural Dynamics and Brain Function, and Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics.

Carles Escera has contributed to multiple publication venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Frequent coauthors in their research network include María Dolores Gómez-Roig, Teresa Ribas-Prats, Natàlia Gorina-Careta, Sonia Arenillas-Alcón, and Jordi Costa-Faidella.

Recent publications showcase diverse aspects of auditory neuroscience and development. Selected papers include:

  • Neural generators of the frequency-following response elicited to stimuli of low and high frequency: A magnetoencephalographic (MEG) study, 2021, NeuroImage
  • Neural encoding of voice pitch and formant structure at birth as revealed by frequency-following responses, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Prenatal daily musical exposure is associated with enhanced neural representation of speech fundamental frequency: Evidence from neonatal frequency-following responses, 2022, Developmental Science
  • Frequency-Following Response in Newborns and Infants: A Systematic Review of Acquisition Parameters, 2021, Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research
  • Deficient neural encoding of speech sounds in term neonates born after fetal growth restriction, 2021, Developmental Science

In 2015, Carles Escera was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea.

Best Publications

  • Neural Mechanisms of Involuntary Attention to Acoustic Novelty and Change

    Carles Escera;Kimmo Alho;István Winkler;Risto Näätänen

  • Involuntary attention and distractibility as evaluated with event-related brain potentials.

    Carles Escera;Kimmo Alho;Erich Schröger;István Winkler Winkler

  • The mismatch negativity (MMN) - A unique window to disturbed central auditory processing in ageing and different clinical conditions

    R. Näätänen;R. Näätänen;R. Näätänen;T. Kujala;C. Escera;T. Baldeweg;T. Baldeweg

  • Processing of novel sounds and frequency changes in the human auditory cortex: Magnetoencephalographic recordings

    Kimmo Alho;István Winkler;István Winkler;Carles Escera;Minna Huotilainen;Minna Huotilainen

  • Neurons along the auditory pathway exhibit a hierarchical organization of prediction error

    Gloria G. Parras;Javier Nieto-Diego;Guillermo V. Carbajal;Catalina Valdés-Baizabal

  • Task Switching and Novelty Processing Activate a Common Neural Network for Cognitive Control

    Francisco Barcelo;Carles Escera;Maria J. Corral;Jose A. Periáòez

  • Role of Mismatch Negativity and Novelty-P3 in Involuntary Auditory Attention

    Carles Escera;M.J. Corral

  • Stratified medicine for mental disorders

    Gunter Schumann;Elisabeth B. Binder;Arne Holte;E. Ronald de Kloet

  • The effect of age on involuntary capture of attention by irrelevant sounds: A test of the frontal hypothesis of aging

    Pilar Andrés;Fabrice B.R. Parmentier;Carles Escera

  • Electrical responses reveal the temporal dynamics of brain events during involuntary attention switching.

    Carles Escera;Elena Yago;Kimmo Alho;Kimmo Alho

  • The mismatch negativity: an index of cognitive decline in neuropsychiatric and neurological diseases and in ageing.

    Risto Näätänen;Risto Näätänen;Risto Näätänen;Teija Kujala;Kairi Kreegipuu;Synnöve Carlson;Synnöve Carlson;Synnöve Carlson

  • Mismatch Negativity: Clinical and Other Applications

    Risto Näätänen;Carles Escera

  • The accuracy of sound duration representation in the human brain determines the accuracy of behavioural perception

    Elena Amenedo;Carles Escera

  • Attention capture by auditory significant stimuli: semantic analysis follows attention switching.

    Carles Escera;Elena Yago;Maria‐José Corral;Sílvia Corbera

  • When loading working memory reduces distraction: Behavioral and electrophysiological evidence from an auditory-visual distraction paradigm

    Iria SanMiguel;María-José Corral;Carles Escera

  • Combined mapping of human auditory EEG and MEG responses

    Minna Huotilainen;István Winkler;István Winkler;Kimmo Alho;Kimmo Alho;Carles Escera

  • The cognitive locus of distraction by acoustic novelty in the cross-modal oddball task

    Fabrice B.R. Parmentier;Gregory Elford;Carles Escera;Pilar Andrés

  • Interactions between “What” and “When” in the Auditory System: Temporal Predictability Enhances Repetition Suppression

    Jordi Costa-Faidella;Torsten Baldeweg;Sabine Grimm;Carles Escera

  • Auditory information processing during human sleep as revealed by event-related brain potentials.

    Mercedes Atienza;José Luis Cantero;Carles Escera

  • Electrophysiological evidence of enhanced distractibility in ADHD children.

    V. Gumenyuk;O. Korzyukov;O. Korzyukov;C. Escera;M. Hämäläinen

  • Electrophysiological evidence for the hierarchical organization of auditory change detection in the human brain.

    Sabine Grimm;Carles Escera;Lavinia Slabu;Jordi Costa-Faidella

Frequent Co-Authors

Kimmo Alho
Kimmo Alho University of Helsinki
Risto Näätänen
Risto Näätänen University of Tartu
István Winkler
István Winkler Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Erich Schröger
Erich Schröger Leipzig University
Minna Huotilainen
Minna Huotilainen University of Helsinki
Iiro P. Jääskeläinen
Iiro P. Jääskeläinen Aalto University
Synnöve Carlson
Synnöve Carlson Aalto University
Torsten Baldeweg
Torsten Baldeweg University College London
Manfred Herrmann
Manfred Herrmann University of Bremen
Albert Costa
Albert Costa Pompeu Fabra University

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