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Elisabeth M. Weiss

Elisabeth M. Weiss

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Psychology

D-Index
53
Citations
9091
World Ranking
4857
National Ranking
23

Overview

Elisabeth M. Weiss is affiliated with the University of Innsbruck in Austria and has contributed extensively to the fields of psychology and medicine. Their research intersects numerous subfields, particularly experimental and cognitive psychology, clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, and the physiology of endocrine and autonomic systems.

The scientist's main topics of investigation include creativity in education and neuroscience, high altitude and hypoxia effects, neuroscience of respiration and sleep, COVID-19 and mental health, broader mental health research topics, circadian rhythm and melatonin, and cognitive as well as developmental aspects of mathematical skills.

Among recent scholarly articles, several works can be highlighted:

  • More habitual physical activity is linked to the use of specific, more adaptive cognitive reappraisal strategies in dealing with stressful events (2020, Stress and Health)
  • Humor comprehension and creative cognition: Shared and distinct neurocognitive mechanisms as indicated by EEG alpha activity (2020, NeuroImage)
  • A Prospective Evaluation of the Acute Effects of High Altitude on Cognitive and Physiological Functions in Lowlanders (2021, Frontiers in Physiology)
  • Self-efficacy matters: Influence of students' perceived self-efficacy on statistics anxiety (2022, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences)
  • Acute Effects of a Short Bout of Physical Activity on Cognitive Function in Sport Students (2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)

Frequent collaborators in their publishing record include Markus Canazei, Ilona Papousek, Andréas Fink, Corinna M. Perchtold-Stefan, and Siegmund Staggl.

Publication venues where Elisabeth M. Weiss's works have appeared multiple times comprise Brain Sciences, Scientific Reports, Behavioral Sciences, Lernen und Lernstörungen, and Frontiers in Neurology.

Best Publications

  • Sex differences in cognitive functions

    Elisabeth M. Weiss;Georg Kemmler;Eberhard A. Deisenhammer;W.Wolfgang Fleischhacker

  • The duration of the suicidal process: how much time is left for intervention between consideration and accomplishment of a suicide attempt?

    Eberhard A. Deisenhammer;Chy-Meng Ing;Robert Strauss;Georg Kemmler

  • Sex differences in brain activation pattern during a visuospatial cognitive task: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study in healthy volunteers.

    E. Weiss;C.M. Siedentopf;A. Hofer;E.A. Deisenhammer

  • Frontal white matter microstructure, aggression, and impulsivity in men with schizophrenia: a preliminary study.

    Matthew J Hoptman;Matthew J Hoptman;Jan Volavka;Jan Volavka;Glyn Johnson;Elisabeth Weiss

  • Association of olanzapine-induced weight gain with an increase in body fat.

    Ursula Eder;Barbara Mangweth;Christoph Ebenbichler;Elisabeth Weiss

  • Sex differences in clustering and switching in verbal fluency tasks

    Elisabeth M. Weiss;J. Daniel Ragland;Colleen M. Brensinger;Warren B. Bilker

  • Five out of 16 plasma signaling proteins are enhanced in plasma of patients with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease.

    Josef Marksteiner;Georg Kemmler;Elisabeth M. Weiss;Gabriele Knaus

  • Stimulating creativity via the exposure to other people's ideas

    Andreas Fink;Karl Koschutnig;Mathias Benedek;Gernot Reishofer

  • Second-generation antipsychotics: is there evidence for sex differences in pharmacokinetic and adverse effect profiles?

    Wolfgang Aichhorn;Alexandra B Whitworth;Elisabeth M Weiss;Josef Marksteiner

  • Brain activation pattern during a verbal fluency test in healthy male and female volunteers: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study

    E.M. Weiss;C. Siedentopf;A. Hofer;E.A. Deisenhammer

  • Impairment in Emotion Recognition Abilities in Patients With Mild Cognitive Impairment, Early and Moderate Alzheimer Disease Compared With Healthy Comparison Subjects

    Elisabeth M. Weiss;Christian G. Kohler;Julia Vonbank;Edith Stadelmann

  • Compliance in schizophrenia: psychopathology, side effects, and patients' attitudes toward the illness and medication.

    Maria A. Rettenbacher;Alex Hofer;Ursula Eder;Martina Hummer

  • The time-course of EEG Alpha Power Changes in Creative Ideation

    Daniela Schwab;Mathias Benedek;Ilona Papousek;Elisabeth M. Weiss

  • Creativity and the Stroop interference effect

    Susanne Edl;Mathias Benedek;Ilona Papousek;Elisabeth M. Weiss

  • Pattern of brain atrophy in elderly patients with depression revealed by voxel-based morphometry

    Karl Egger;Michael Schocke;Elisabeth Weiss;Simone Auffinger

  • Brain activation patterns during a verbal fluency test-a functional MRI study in healthy volunteers and patients with schizophrenia.

    Elisabeth M. Weiss;Alex Hofer;Stefan Golaszewski;Christian Siedentopf

  • Language lateralization in unmedicated patients during an acute episode of schizophrenia: a functional MRI study.

    Elisabeth M. Weiss;Alex Hofer;Stefan Golaszewski;Christian Siedentopf

  • Creativity: Genius, madness, or a combination of both?

    Andreas Fink;Mirjam Slamar-Halbedl;Human F. Unterrainer;Elisabeth M. Weiss

  • Differential effect of catechol-O-methyltransferase Val158Met genotype on emotional recognition abilities in healthy men and women.

    Elisabeth M. Weiss;Edith Stadelmann;Christian G. Kohler;Colleen M. Brensinger

  • Creativity and schizotypy from the neuroscience perspective

    Andreas Fink;Bernhard Weber;Karl Koschutnig;Mathias Benedek

Frequent Co-Authors

Ilona Papousek
Ilona Papousek University of Graz
Andreas Fink
Andreas Fink University of Graz
Mathias Benedek
Mathias Benedek University of Graz
Walther Parson
Walther Parson Innsbruck Medical University
Robert M. Bilder
Robert M. Bilder University of California, Los Angeles
Andrea Christiane Samson
Andrea Christiane Samson University of Fribourg
James Loughead
James Loughead University of Pennsylvania
Daniel Memmert
Daniel Memmert German Sport University Cologne
Liane Kaufmann
Liane Kaufmann Health Science University
Margarete Delazer
Margarete Delazer Innsbruck Medical University

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