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Fred W. Mast 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 Fred W. Mast sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 280 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Fred W. Mast 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 Fred W. Mast sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Fred W. Mast is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Neuroscience and Psychology, with notable contributions to subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Neurology, Human-Computer Interaction, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

Their research topics cover a range of areas such as visual perception and processing mechanisms, vestibular and auditory disorders, virtual reality applications and impacts, action observation and synchronization, neural dynamics and brain function, sleep and wakefulness research, and EEG and brain-computer interfaces.

Fred W. Mast has a record of publishing in various scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Visualized Experiments
  • Open Access CRIS of the University of Bern
  • Frontiers in Virtual Reality

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Fred W. Mast illustrate their focus on virtual reality and cognitive processes. Selected recent publications include:

  • "How to Get There When You Are There Already? Defining Presence in Virtual Reality and the Importance of Perceived Realism" (2021), published in Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Increasing awareness of climate change with immersive virtual reality" (2023), published in Frontiers in Virtual Reality
  • "Group Decision-Making in Multi-User Immersive Virtual Reality" (2020), published in Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking
  • "Eye movements to absent objects during mental imagery and visual memory in immersive virtual reality" (2020), published in Virtual Reality
  • "Eye movements during visual imagery and perception show spatial correspondence but have unique temporal signatures" (2021), published in Cognition

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their work. Frequent co-authors include Matthias Ertl, David Weibel, Daniel C. Fitze, Gerda Wyssen, and Corinna Martarelli, reflecting ongoing collaborative efforts in related research areas.

Best Publications

  • The human vestibular cortex revealed by coordinate-based activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis.

    Christophe Lopez;Olaf Blanke;Fred W. Mast

  • The neural basis of the egocentric and allocentric spatial frame of reference.

    Tino Zaehle;Kirsten Jordan;Torsten Wüstenberg;Jürgen Baudewig

  • Caloric vestibular stimulation modulates affective control and mood

    Nora Preuss;Gregor Hasler;Fred W. Mast

  • Vestibular thresholds for yaw rotation about an earth-vertical axis as a function of frequency

    Luzia Grabherr;Keyvan Nicoucar;Keyvan Nicoucar;Fred W. Mast;Daniel M. Merfeld;Daniel M. Merfeld

  • Immersion in mediated environments: the role of personality traits

    David Weibel;Bartholomäus Wissmath;Fred W. Mast

  • Identifying decision strategies in a consumer choice situation

    Nils Reisen;Ulrich Hoffrage;Fred W. Mast

  • Emotion recognition: The role of featural and configural face information

    Dario Bombari;Petra C. Schmid;Marianne Schmid Mast;Sandra Birri

  • Vestibular stimulation modifies the body schema

    Christophe Lopez;Helene-Marianne Schreyer;Nora Preuss;Fred W. Mast

  • Eye movements during visual mental imagery

    Fred W Mast;Stephen M Kosslyn

  • Spatial cognition, body representation and affective processes: the role of vestibular information beyond ocular reflexes and control of posture.

    Fred W. Mast;Nora Preuss;Matthias Hartmann;Luzia Grabherr

  • Human perceptual learning by mental imagery

    Elisa M. Tartaglia;Laura Bamert;Laura Bamert;Fred W. Mast;Michael H. Herzog

  • About individual differences in vision

    Lukasz Grzeczkowski;Aaron M. Clarke;Gregory Francis;Fred W. Mast

  • Assessing otolith function by the subjective visual vertical.

    Andreas Böhmer;Fred Mast

  • Mental transformation abilities in patients with unilateral and bilateral vestibular loss.

    Luzia Grabherr;Cyril Jean René Cuffel;Jean-Philippe Guyot;Fred W Mast

  • Moving along the mental number line: Interactions between whole-body motion and numerical cognition.

    Matthias Hartmann;Luzia Grabherr;Fred W. Mast

  • Street crossing behavior in younger and older pedestrians: an eye- and head-tracking study

    Giuseppe Angelo Zito;Dario Cazzoli;Loreen Scheffler;Michael Jäger

  • Visual mental imagery during caloric vestibular stimulation.

    Fred W. Mast;Daniel M. Merfeld;Stephen M. Kosslyn

  • Motor processes in children’s mental rotation

    Andrea Frick;Moritz M. Daum;Simone Walser;Fred W. Mast

  • How to Get There When You Are There Already? Defining Presence in Virtual Reality and the Importance of Perceived Realism.

    Stefan Weber;David Weibel;Fred W. Mast

  • Visual mental images can be ambiguous: Insights from individual differences in spatial transformation abilities.

    Fred W Mast;Stephen M Kosslyn

  • How Mood States Affect Information Processing During Facial Emotion Recognition: An Eye Tracking Study

    Petra C. Schmid;Marianne Schmid Mast;Dario Bombari;Fred W. Mast

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael H. Herzog
Michael H. Herzog École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Stephen M. Kosslyn
Stephen M. Kosslyn Harvard University
René M. Müri
René M. Müri University of Bern
Daniel M. Merfeld
Daniel M. Merfeld The Ohio State University
Bigna Lenggenhager
Bigna Lenggenhager University of Zurich
Claudia M. Roebers
Claudia M. Roebers University of Bern
Olaf Blanke
Olaf Blanke École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Gregor Hasler
Gregor Hasler University of Fribourg
Marianne Schmid Mast
Marianne Schmid Mast University of Lausanne
Martin H. Fischer
Martin H. Fischer University of Potsdam

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