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Karl Koschutnig

Karl Koschutnig

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Neuroscience

D-Index
36
Citations
5689
World Ranking
8987
National Ranking
57

Overview

Karl Koschutnig is affiliated with the University of Graz in Austria and has contributed to multiple areas within neuroscience, psychology, and medicine. Their research integrates cognitive neuroscience with advanced neuroimaging techniques, focusing on brain connectivity, motor control, and behavioral psychology.

The scientist's recent publications demonstrate a diverse scope of investigation. Some notable papers include:

  • Elements of creative thought: Investigating the cognitive and neural correlates of association and bi-association processes, 2020, NeuroImage
  • Neurophysiological indicators of internal attention: An fMRI-eye-tracking coregistration study, 2021, Cortex
  • Handedness impacts the neural correlates of kinesthetic motor imagery and execution: A FMRI study, 2022, Journal of Neuroscience Research
  • Reading-related functional activity in children with isolated spelling deficits and dyslexia, 2020, Language Cognition and Neuroscience
  • A two-week running intervention reduces symptoms related to depression and increases hippocampal volume in young adults, 2021, Cortex

Karl Koschutnig collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Andréas Fink
  • Corinna M. Perchtold-Stefan
  • Guilherme Wood
  • Mathias Benedek
  • Christian Rominger

Their work has been published predominantly in the following scientific venues:

  • NeuroImage
  • Cortex
  • Brain Structure and Function
  • Journal of Neuroscience Research
  • Language Cognition and Neuroscience

The main fields of study encompassed in their research include:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology

Within these fields, Karl Koschutnig's research particularly emphasizes several subfields:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology

The major topics of their scientific interest and investigation are:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Sport Psychology and Performance

Best Publications

  • Creativity and the default network: A functional connectivity analysis of the creative brain at rest.

    Roger E. Beaty;Mathias Benedek;Robin W. Wilkins;Emanuel Jauk

  • To retrieve or to calculate? Left angular gyrus mediates the retrieval of arithmetic facts during problem solving

    Roland H. Grabner;Daniel Ansari;Karl Koschutnig;Gernot Reishofer

  • To create or to recall? Neural mechanisms underlying the generation of creative new ideas.

    Mathias Benedek;Emanuel Jauk;Andreas Fink;Karl Koschutnig

  • Enhancing creativity by means of cognitive stimulation: evidence from an fMRI study.

    Andreas Fink;Roland H. Grabner;Daniela Gebauer;Gernot Reishofer

  • Creating metaphors: the neural basis of figurative language production.

    Mathias Benedek;Roger E. Beaty;Emanuel Jauk;Karl Koschutnig

  • Probiotics drive gut microbiome triggering emotional brain signatures

    Deepika Bagga;Johanna Louise Reichert;Karl Koschutnig;Christoph Stefan Aigner

  • Neural efficiency as a function of task demands.

    Beate Dunst;Mathias Benedek;Emanuel Jauk;Sabine Bergner

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

    Andreas Fink;Karl Koschutnig;Mathias Benedek;Gernot Reishofer

  • Brain mechanisms associated with internally directed attention and self-generated thought.

    Mathias Benedek;Emanuel Jauk;Roger E. Beaty;Andreas Fink

  • Neural substrates of cognitive control under the belief of getting neurofeedback training

    Manuel Ninaus;Silvia Erika Kober;Matthias Witte;Karl Koschutnig

  • Fact learning in complex arithmetic and figural-spatial tasks: the role of the angular gyrus and its relation to mathematical competence.

    Roland H. Grabner;Anja Ischebeck;Gernot Reishofer;Karl Koschutnig

  • Creativity and schizotypy from the neuroscience perspective

    Andreas Fink;Bernhard Weber;Karl Koschutnig;Mathias Benedek

  • The Function of the Left Angular Gyrus in Mental Arithmetic: Evidence from the Associative Confusion Effect

    Roland H. Grabner;Daniel Ansari;Karl Koschutnig;Gernot Reishofer

  • To create or to recall original ideas: Brain processes associated with the imagination of novel object uses

    Mathias Benedek;Till Schües;Roger E. Beaty;Emanuel Jauk

  • Gray matter density in relation to different facets of verbal creativity

    Andreas Fink;Karl Koschutnig;Lisa Hutterer;Elisabeth Steiner

  • Insulin and hippocampus activation in response to images of high-calorie food in normal weight and obese adolescents.

    Sandra Wallner-Liebmann;Karl Koschutnig;Gernot Reishofer;Erich Sorantin

  • Training of Verbal Creativity Modulates Brain Activity in Regions Associated with language- and memory-Related Demands

    Andreas Fink;Mathias Benedek;Karl Koschutnig;Eva Pirker

  • Elements of creative thought: Investigating the cognitive and neural correlates of association and bi-association processes.

    Mathias Benedek;Julian Jurisch;Karl Koschutnig;Andreas Fink

  • Sex differences in the IQ-white matter microstructure relationship: a DTI study

    Beate Dunst;Mathias Benedek;Karl Koschutnig;Emanuel Jauk

  • White matter alterations and tract lateralization in children with dyslexia and isolated spelling deficits.

    Chiara Banfi;Karl Koschutnig;Kristina Moll;Gerd Schulte‐Körne

  • Brain activity changes in cognitive networks in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis - insights from a longitudinal FMRI study.

    Marisa Loitfelder;Franz Fazekas;Karl Koschutnig;Siegrid Fuchs

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Fink
Andreas Fink University of Graz
Mathias Benedek
Mathias Benedek University of Graz
Christa Neuper
Christa Neuper University of Graz
Roland H. Grabner
Roland H. Grabner University of Graz
Ilona Papousek
Ilona Papousek University of Graz
Elisabeth M. Weiss
Elisabeth M. Weiss University of Innsbruck
Anja Ischebeck
Anja Ischebeck University of Graz
Aljoscha C. Neubauer
Aljoscha C. Neubauer University of Graz
Emanuel Jauk
Emanuel Jauk TU Dresden
Guilherme Wood
Guilherme Wood University of Graz

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