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Karl Magnus Petersson

Karl Magnus Petersson

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Neuroscience
Portugal
2026
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Psychology
Portugal
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
75
Citations
20963
World Ranking
1787
National Ranking
3

Neuroscience

D-Index
75
Citations
20993
World Ranking
2010
National Ranking
2

Karl Magnus Petersson 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 Karl Magnus Petersson sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 218 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Karl Magnus Petersson 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 Karl Magnus Petersson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 85th percentile

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

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Portugal Leader Award

Overview

Karl Magnus Petersson is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and contributes to research primarily in the field of neuroscience. Their work spans multiple subfields including cognitive neuroscience, electrical and electronic engineering, atomic and molecular physics and optics, artificial intelligence, and developmental and educational psychology.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Reading and Literacy Development
  • Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Topological Materials and Phenomena

Petersson's recent papers cover various domains and were published in notable venues. These include:

  • "InAs-Al hybrid devices passing the topological gap protocol," 2023, Physical Review B
  • "Neuronal spike-rate adaptation supports working memory in language processing," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Distinguishing Syntactic Operations in the Brain: Dependency and Phrase-Structure Parsing," 2020, Neurobiology of Language
  • "Supramodal Sentence Processing in the Human Brain: fMRI Evidence for the Influence of Syntactic Complexity in More Than 200 Participants," 2022, Neurobiology of Language
  • "InAs-Al Hybrid Devices Passing the Topological Gap Protocol," 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent co-authors in Petersson's collaborative work include Peter Hagoort, Hartmut Fitz, Renato Duarte, Alessio Quaresima, and Dick Van den Broek.

The researcher's publications are often found in specific venues, notably:

  • Neurobiology of Language
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Physical Review B
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Best Publications

  • Placebo and opioid analgesia - Imaging a shared neuronal network

    Predrag Petrovic;Eija Kalso;Karl Magnus Petersson;Martin Ingvar

  • Integration of Word Meaning and World Knowledge in Language Comprehension

    Peter Hagoort;Lea A. Hald;Marcel C. M. Bastiaansen;Karl Magnus Petersson

  • The illiterate brain: Learning to read and write during childhood influences the functional organization of the adult brain

    A. Castro-Caldas;Karl Magnus Petersson;A. Reis;S. Stone-Elander

  • Declarative memory consolidation in humans: a prospective functional magnetic resonance imaging study.

    Atsuko Takashima;Karl Magnus Petersson;F. Rutters;I. Tendolkar

  • Pain-related cerebral activation is altered by a distracting cognitive task

    P. Petrovic;Karl Magnus Petersson;P.H. Ghatan;S. Stone-Elander

  • Neuronal Dynamics Underlying High- and Low-Frequency EEG Oscillations Contribute Independently to the Human BOLD Signal

    René Scheeringa;René Scheeringa;Pascal Fries;Pascal Fries;Karl Magnus Petersson;Karl Magnus Petersson;Robert Oostenveld

  • Frontal theta EEG activity correlates negatively with the default mode network in resting state.

    René Scheeringa;Marcel C. M. Bastiaansen;Karl Magnus Petersson;Robert Oostenveld

  • The role of precuneus and left inferior frontal cortex during source memory episodic retrieval.

    Brian Nils Lundstrom;Brian Nils Lundstrom;Martin Ingvar;Karl Magnus Petersson;Karl Magnus Petersson

  • Trial-by-trial coupling between EEG and BOLD identifies networks related to alpha and theta EEG power increases during working memory maintenance.

    René Scheeringa;Karl Magnus Petersson;Karl Magnus Petersson;Robert Oostenveld;David G. Norris

  • Neural correlates of training-related memory improvement in adulthood and aging.

    Lars Nyberg;Johan Sandblom;Sari Jones;Anna Stigsdotter Neely

  • Rapid Automatized Naming and Reading Performance: A Meta-Analysis.

    Susana Araújo;Susana Araújo;Alexandra Reis;Karl Magnus Petersson;Karl Magnus Petersson;Luís Faísca

  • Common prefrontal activations during working memory, episodic memory, and semantic memory

    Lars Nyberg;Petter Marklund;Jonas Persson;Roberto Cabeza

  • Shared Syntax in Language Production and Language Comprehension—An fMRI Study

    Katrien Segaert;Laura Menenti;Kirsten Weber;Karl Magnus Petersson

  • Progesterone selectively increases amygdala reactivity in women

    G. A. Van Wingen;F. Van Broekhoven;R. J. Verkes;Karl Magnus Petersson

  • Retrieval and Unification of Syntactic Structure in Sentence Comprehension: an fMRI Study Using Word-Category Ambiguity

    Tineke M. Snijders;Theo Vosse;Gerard Kempen;Jos J.A. Van Berkum

  • Interaction between the human hippocampus and the caudate nucleus during route recognition.

    Nicol C. Voermans;Karl Magnus Petersson;Leonie Daudey;Bernd Weber

  • Reactivation of motor brain areas during explicit memory for actions.

    Lars Nyberg;Karl Magnus Petersson;Lars-Göran Nilsson;Johan Sandblom

  • Language Processing Modulated by Literacy: A Network Analysis of Verbal Repetition in Literate and Illiterate Subjects

    Karl Magnus Petersson;Alexandra Reis;Simon Askelöf;Alexandre Castro-caldas

  • Predictability modulates the affective and sensory-discriminative neural processing of pain

    Katrina Carlsson;Jesper Andersson;Predrag Bosko Petrovic;Karl Magnus Petersson

  • The right hippocampus participates in short-term memory maintenance of object–location associations

    Carinne Piekema;Carinne Piekema;Roy P. C. Kessels;Rogier B. Mars;Rogier B. Mars;Karl Magnus Petersson

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Hagoort
Peter Hagoort Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
Martin Ingvar
Martin Ingvar Karolinska Institute
Alexandra Reis
Alexandra Reis University of Algarve
Guillén Fernández
Guillén Fernández Radboud University
Marcel C. M. Bastiaansen
Marcel C. M. Bastiaansen Tilburg University
Predrag Petrovic
Predrag Petrovic Karolinska Institute
São Luís Castro
São Luís Castro University of Porto
Jan K. Buitelaar
Jan K. Buitelaar Radboud University
Alexandre Castro-Caldas
Alexandre Castro-Caldas Catholic University of Portugal
Per Hansson
Per Hansson Karolinska Institute

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