2026 Karl Magnus Petersson: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	75	2010	1836	3	3	231	20993
Psychology	75	1789	1610	3	3	218	20963

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

1895
Citations
Integration of Word Meaning and World Knowledge in Language Comprehension

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

1507
Citations
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

676
Citations
Declarative memory consolidation in humans: a prospective functional magnetic resonance imaging study.

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

670
Citations
Pain-related cerebral activation is altered by a distracting cognitive task

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

570
Citations
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

533
Citations
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

482
Citations
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

448
Citations
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

447
Citations
Neural correlates of training-related memory improvement in adulthood and aging.

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

390
Citations
Rapid Automatized Naming and Reading Performance: A Meta-Analysis.

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

368
Citations
Common prefrontal activations during working memory, episodic memory, and semantic memory

Lars Nyberg;Petter Marklund;Jonas Persson;Roberto Cabeza

337
Citations
Shared Syntax in Language Production and Language Comprehension—An fMRI Study

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

326
Citations
Progesterone selectively increases amygdala reactivity in women

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

324
Citations
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

309
Citations
Interaction between the human hippocampus and the caudate nucleus during route recognition.

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

298
Citations
Reactivation of motor brain areas during explicit memory for actions.

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

293
Citations
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

288
Citations
Predictability modulates the affective and sensory-discriminative neural processing of pain

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

263
Citations
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

260
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Hagoort Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics

Martin Ingvar Karolinska Institute

Alexandra Reis University of Algarve

Guillén Fernández Radboud University

Marcel C. M. Bastiaansen Tilburg University

Predrag Petrovic Karolinska Institute

São Luís Castro University of Porto

Jan K. Buitelaar Radboud University

Alexandre Castro-Caldas Catholic University of Portugal

Per Hansson Karolinska Institute

External Links

Personal website of Karl Magnus Petersson

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