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68
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38013
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2693
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90

Christian Keysers publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

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

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 177 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Christian Keysers D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Christian Keysers is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands and focuses on research spanning several interconnected fields within neuroscience and psychology. Their work primarily addresses cognitive neuroscience and social psychology, alongside topics in psychiatry and mental health, sensory systems, and behavioral neuroscience.

The key topics researched by Christian Keysers include:

  • Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Neural Dynamics and Brain Function
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies

Christian Keysers has published extensively, contributing to both high-impact and specialized journals. Frequent publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), NeuroImage, Scientific Reports, Nature Neuroscience, and Current Biology.

Some recent significant papers authored or co-authored by Keysers include:

  • Using Bayes factor hypothesis testing in neuroscience to establish evidence of absence, 2020, Nature Neuroscience
  • Emotional contagion and prosocial behavior in rodents, 2022, Trends in Cognitive Sciences
  • Harm to Others Acts as a Negative Reinforcer in Rats, 2020, Current Biology
  • Neural mechanisms necessary for empathy-related phenomena across species, 2021, Current Opinion in Neurobiology
  • A systematic review and multivariate meta-analysis of the physical and mental health benefits of touch interventions, 2024, Nature Human Behaviour

Keysers frequently collaborates with several researchers in their field. Regular co-authors include Valeria Gazzola, Kalliopi Ioumpa, Frédéric Michon, L. De Angelis, and Selene Gallo, reflecting a network of collaborators across related disciplines.

Christian Keysers works at the intersection of neuroscience and psychology and contributes to understanding the neural basis of social behaviors, emotional contagion, and empathy-related processes. Their research also explores the neuroendocrine underpinnings of behavior and integrates multiple methodologies to investigate brain function dynamics and memory mechanisms.

In 2016, Keysers was recognized as a member of Academia Europaea, reflecting a formal acknowledgment within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Both of us disgusted in My insula: the common neural basis of seeing and feeling disgust.

    Bruno Wicker;Christian Keysers;Christian Keysers;Jane Plailly;Jean Pierre Royet

  • A unifying view of the basis of social cognition.

    Vittorio Gallese;Christian Keysers;Christian Keysers;Giacomo Rizzolatti

  • The autism brain imaging data exchange: towards a large-scale evaluation of the intrinsic brain architecture in autism

    A Di Martino;C-G Yan;Q Li;E Denio

  • Hearing sounds, understanding actions: action representation in mirror neurons.

    Evelyne Kohler;Christian Keysers;M. Alessandra Umiltà;Leonardo Fogassi

  • I Know What You Are Doing: A Neurophysiological Study

    M.A. Umiltà;E. Kohler;V. Gallese;L. Fogassi

  • A touching sight: SII/PV activation during the observation and experience of touch.

    Christian Keysers;Bruno Wicker;Valeria Gazzola;Jean-Luc Anton

  • Brain-to-Brain coupling: A mechanism for creating and sharing a social world

    Uri Hasson;Asif A. Ghazanfar;Bruno Galantucci;Bruno Galantucci;Simon Garrod;Simon Garrod

  • Empathy and the somatotopic auditory mirror system in humans

    Valeria Gazzola;Lisa Aziz-Zadeh;Lisa Aziz-Zadeh;Christian Keysers

  • Somatosensation in social perception

    Christian Keysers;Jon H. Kaas;Valeria Gazzola

  • The anthropomorphic brain: the mirror neuron system responds to human and robotic actions.

    Valeria Gazzola;G. Rizzolatti;Bruno Wicker;Christian Keysers

  • The Observation and Execution of Actions Share Motor and Somatosensory Voxels in all Tested Subjects: Single-Subject Analyses of Unsmoothed fMRI Data

    Valeria Gazzola;Christian Keysers

  • Empathy for positive and negative emotions in the gustatory cortex

    Mbemba Jabbi;Marte Swart;Marte Swart;Christian Keysers

  • Demystifying social cognition: a Hebbian perspective

    Christian Keysers;David I. Perrett

  • Integrating simulation and theory of mind: from self to social cognition

    Christian Keysers;Valeria Gazzola

  • Audiovisual mirror neurons and action recognition

    C. Keysers;E. Kohler;M. A. Umiltà;L. Nanetti

  • Using Bayes factor hypothesis testing in neuroscience to establish evidence of absence

    Christian Keysers;Christian Keysers;Valeria Gazzola;Valeria Gazzola;Eric-Jan Wagenmakers

  • Towards a unifying neural theory of social cognition

    Christian Keysers;Valeria Gazzola

  • Expanding the mirror: vicarious activity for actions, emotions, and sensations.

    Christian Keysers;Valeria Gazzola

  • Evidence for mirror systems in emotions.

    J. A. C. J. Bastiaansen;M. Thioux;M. Thioux;C. Keysers;C. Keysers

  • Measuring shared responses across subjects using intersubject correlation

    Samuel A Nastase;Valeria Gazzola;Valeria Gazzola;Uri Hasson;Christian Keysers;Christian Keysers

  • The Speed of Sight

    C. Keysers;D.-K. Xiao;P. Földiák;D. I. Perrett

Frequent Co-Authors

Valeria Gazzola
Valeria Gazzola University of Amsterdam
David I. Perrett
David I. Perrett University of St Andrews
Peter E. Keller
Peter E. Keller University of Sydney
Vittorio Gallese
Vittorio Gallese University of Parma
Giacomo Rizzolatti
Giacomo Rizzolatti University of Parma
Alessio Avenanti
Alessio Avenanti University of Bologna
Remco J. Renken
Remco J. Renken University Medical Center Groningen
René Hurlemann
René Hurlemann Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Chris I. De Zeeuw
Chris I. De Zeeuw Erasmus University Rotterdam
Leonardo Fogassi
Leonardo Fogassi University of Parma

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