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80
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28355
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1432
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Mara Mather 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 Mara Mather sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 262 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mara Mather 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 Mara Mather sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Mara Mather is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with a significant focus on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Neurology.

The scientist's recent publications reflect an emphasis on brain function, aging, and neurodegenerative diseases. Key papers include the 2021 article "Noradrenergic modulation of rhythmic neural activity shapes selective attention" published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences, the 2021 paper "Locus coeruleus integrity is related to tau burden and memory loss in autosomal-dominant Alzheimer's disease" in Neurobiology of Aging, and "Stress and aging: A neurovisceral integration perspective" from 2021 featured in Psychophysiology.

Other notable works are "Noradrenergic Responsiveness Supports Selective Attention across the Adult Lifespan," published in the Journal of Neuroscience in 2020, and the 2020 Neurobiology of Aging article "Locus coeruleus MRI contrast is associated with cortical thickness in older adults."

The researcher collaborates frequently with several colleagues, including Julian F. Thayer, Jungwon Min, Kaoru Nashiro, Hyun Joo Yoo, and Daniel A. Nation.

Common publication venues for their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • Neurobiology of Aging
  • Innovation in Aging
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

The main research topics covered by Mara Mather involve:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol

Best Publications

  • Aging and motivated cognition: the positivity effect in attention and memory

    Mara Mather;Laura L. Carstensen

  • Aging and emotional memory: the forgettable nature of negative images for older adults.

    Susan Turk Charles;Mara Mather;Laura L. Carstensen

  • Aging and Attentional Biases for Emotional Faces

    Mara Mather;Laura L. Carstensen

  • Arousal-biased competition in perception and memory

    Mara Mather;Matthew R. Sutherland

  • Goal-directed memory: the role of cognitive control in older adults' emotional memory.

    Mara Mather;Marisa Knight

  • Amygdala Responses to Emotionally Valenced Stimuli in Older and Younger Adults

    Mara Mather;Turhan Canli;Tammy English;Sue Whitfield

  • The Role of Motivation in the Age-Related Positivity Effect in Autobiographical Memory

    Quinn Kennedy;Mara Mather;Laura L. Carstensen

  • Norepinephrine ignites local hotspots of neuronal excitation: How arousal amplifies selectivity in perception and memory.

    Mara Mather;David Clewett;Michiko Sakaki;Carolyn W. Harley

  • Emotional Arousal and Memory Binding: An Object-Based Framework.

    Mara Mather

  • The Locus Coeruleus: Essential for Maintaining Cognitive Function and the Aging Brain.

    Mara Mather;Carolyn W. Harley

  • Aging and goal-directed emotional attention: distraction reverses emotional biases.

    Marisa Knight;Travis L. Seymour;Joshua T. Gaunt;Christopher Baker

  • Mechanisms of motivation-cognition interaction: Challenges and opportunities

    Todd S. Braver;Marie K. Krug;Kimberly S. Chiew;Wouter Kool

  • Evaluating characteristics of false memories: Remember/know judgments and memory characteristics questionnaire compared

    Mara Mather;Linda A. Henkel;Marcia K. Johnson

  • How heart rate variability affects emotion regulation brain networks.

    Mara Mather;Julian F Thayer

  • Aging and the Intersection of Cognition, Motivation, and Emotion

    Laura L. Carstensen;Joseph A. Mikels;Mara Mather

  • Aging and reflective processes of working memory: binding and test load deficits.

    Karen J. Mitchell;Marcia K. Johnson;Carol L. Raye;Mara Mather

  • The emotion paradox in the aging brain.

    Mara Mather

  • Angry Faces Get Noticed Quickly: Threat Detection is not Impaired Among Older Adults

    Mara Mather;Marisa R. Knight

  • Acute Stress Increases Sex Differences in Risk Seeking in the Balloon Analogue Risk Task

    Nichole R. Lighthall;Mara Mather;Marissa A. Gorlick

  • Locus coeruleus imaging as a biomarker for noradrenergic dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases

    Matthew J Betts;Matthew J Betts;Evgeniya Kirilina;Evgeniya Kirilina;Maria C G Otaduy;Dimo Ivanov

  • Choice-supportive source monitoring: do our decisions seem better to us as we age?

    Mara Mather;Marcia K. Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcia K. Johnson
Marcia K. Johnson Yale University
Markus Werkle-Bergner
Markus Werkle-Bergner Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Julian F. Thayer
Julian F. Thayer University of California, Irvine
Karen J. Mitchell
Karen J. Mitchell West Chester University
Laura L. Carstensen
Laura L. Carstensen Stanford University
Ulman Lindenberger
Ulman Lindenberger Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Andrew E. Budson
Andrew E. Budson Boston University
Simone Kühn
Simone Kühn Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Daniel L. Schacter
Daniel L. Schacter Harvard University
Kevin N. Ochsner
Kevin N. Ochsner Columbia University

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