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Guy Vingerhoets

Guy Vingerhoets

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
55
Citations
8296
World Ranking
4806
National Ranking
59

Psychology

D-Index
53
Citations
7957
World Ranking
4874
National Ranking
71

Overview

Guy Vingerhoets is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of neuroscience and medicine, with a strong focus on cognitive neuroscience. Their research spans several subfields including surgery, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, neurology, and genetics.

The scientist's publications cover a range of topics, centering on hemispheric asymmetry in neuroscience, spatial neglect and hemispheric dysfunction, neurobiology of language and bilingualism, advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, intestinal malrotation and obstruction disorders, traumatic brain injury and neurovascular disturbances, and cerebral palsy and movement disorders.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Guy Vingerhoets are the following:

  • "Mirrored brain organization: Statistical anomaly or reversal of hemispheric functional segregation bias?" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "The genetics of situs inversus without primary ciliary dyskinesia" (2020), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Laterality indices consensus initiative (LICI): A Delphi expert survey report on recommendations to record, assess, and report asymmetry in human behavioural and brain research" (2023), published in Laterality Asymmetries of Body Brain and Cognition
  • "Clinical implications of brain asymmetries" (2024), published in Nature Reviews Neurology
  • "Network diffusion modeling predicts neurodegeneration in traumatic brain injury" (2020), published in Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Guy Vingerhoets include:

  • Robin Gerrits
  • Helena Verhelst
  • Emma Karlsson
  • Thijs Dhollander
  • Ruth Van der Looven

The scientist regularly publishes in several venues, with a notable volume of work found in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Laterality Asymmetries of Body Brain and Cognition
  • Brain Structure and Function
  • Neuropsychologia
  • Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology

Best Publications

  • Motor imagery in mental rotation: an fMRI study.

    Guy Vingerhoets;Floris P. de Lange;Pieter Vandemaele;Karel Deblaere

  • Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography monitoring of cerebral hemodynamics during performance of cognitive tasks: a review.

    Nathalie Stroobant;Guy Vingerhoets

  • Multilingualism: an fMRI study

    Guy Vingerhoets;John Van Borsel;Cathelijne Tesink;Maurits van den Noort

  • Cognitive effects of seizures

    Guy Vingerhoets

  • Deep brain stimulation of the globus pallidus pars interna in advanced Parkinson's disease.

    R Kumar;Ae Lang;Mc Rodriguez-Oroz;Am Lozano

  • Contribution of the posterior parietal cortex in reaching, grasping, and using objects and tools.

    Guy Vingerhoets

  • Neuropsychological Performance in School-Aged Children with Surgically Corrected Congenital Heart Disease

    Marijke Miatton;Daniël De Wolf;Katrien François;Evert Thiery

  • Lateralization of Cerebral Blood Flow Velocity Changes During Cognitive Tasks A Simultaneous Bilateral Transcranial Doppler Study

    Guy Vingerhoets;Nathalie Stroobant

  • Cerebral lateralization of praxis in right- and left-handedness: same pattern, different strength.

    Guy Vingerhoets;Frederic Acke;Ann-Sofie Alderweireldt;Jo Nys

  • Phenotypes in hemispheric functional segregation? Perspectives and challenges.

    Guy Vingerhoets

  • Neural underpinnings of impaired predictive motor timing in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder.

    Julie Debrabant;Freja Gheysen;Karen Caeyenberghs;Karen Caeyenberghs;Hilde Van Waelvelde

  • Does egocentric mental rotation elicit sex differences

    R. Seurinck;G. Vingerhoets;F.P. de Lange;E. Achten

  • Praxis and language are linked: evidence from co-lateralization in individuals with atypical language dominance.

    Guy Vingerhoets;Ann-Sofie Alderweireldt;Pieter Vandemaele;Qing Cai

  • Knowing about tools : neural correlates of tool familiarity and experience

    Guy Vingerhoets

  • Vagus nerve stimulation for refractory epilepsy: a transatlantic experience.

    Kristl Vonck;Vijay Thadani;Karen Gilbert;Stefanie Dedeurwaerdere

  • Cognitive Differences Between Patients with Left-sided and Right-sided Parkinson’s Disease. A Review

    Nele Verreyt;Gudrun M. S. Nys;Patrick Santens;Guy Vingerhoets

  • Perioperative Anxiety and Depression in Open-Heart Surgery

    Guy Vingerhoets

  • Intellectual, neuropsychological, and behavioral functioning in children with tetralogy of Fallot.

    Marijke Miatton;Daniël De Wolf;Katrien François;Evert Thiery

  • Depression, anxiety, and neuropsychological performance in coronary artery bypass graft patients: a follow-up study.

    Nathalie Stroobant;Guy Vingerhoets

  • Cognitive outcome after unilateral pallidal stimulation in Parkinson’s disease

    G. Vingerhoets;C. van der Linden;E. Lannoo;V. Vandewalle

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric Achten
Eric Achten Ghent University
Paul Boon
Paul Boon Ghent University
Evert Thiery
Evert Thiery Ghent University Hospital
Kristl Vonck
Kristl Vonck Ghent University
Karen Caeyenberghs
Karen Caeyenberghs Deakin University
André Aleman
André Aleman University Medical Center Groningen
Albert P. Aldenkamp
Albert P. Aldenkamp Eindhoven University of Technology
Walter H. Backes
Walter H. Backes Maastricht University
Marc Brysbaert
Marc Brysbaert Ghent University
Paul A.M. Hofman
Paul A.M. Hofman Maastricht University

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