2026 Martin A. Giese: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	52	5319	4885	450	424	335	10098

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Overview

Martin A. Giese is a researcher affiliated with the University of Tübingen in Germany.

Their work spans multiple fields with a focus primarily on Neuroscience and Computer Science. Within these domains, they have contributed notably to subfields such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Artificial Intelligence, Social Psychology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The main research topics explored by Martin A. Giese include:

Face Recognition and Perception
Neural dynamics and brain function
Action Observation and Synchronization
Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
Visual perception and processing mechanisms
Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

Their publication record includes contributions to various journals and platforms. Frequent publication venues include the Journal of Vision, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), arXiv (Cornell University), Movement Disorders, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Martin A. Giese are:

Real-life gait assessment in degenerative cerebellar ataxia (2020, Neurology)
Real-Life Turning Movements Capture Subtle Longitudinal and Preataxic Changes in Cerebellar Ataxia (2022, Movement Disorders)
Digital Gait Measures Capture 1-Year Progression in Early-Stage Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2 (2024, Movement Disorders)
A large-scale brain network of species-specific dynamic human body perception (2022, Progress in Neurobiology)
Rigid soles improve balance in beam walking, but improvements do not persist with bare feet (2020, Scientific Reports)

Martin A. Giese has collaborated extensively with various researchers, notably with Nick Taubert, Winfried Ilg, Rufin Vogels, Rajani Raman, and Anna Bognár.

In addition to journal articles, Martin A. Giese has also contributed to academic books. Published through Springer Science+Business Media, one such book is titled Rules and Reasoning, released in 2020.

Best Publications

Neural mechanisms for the recognition of biological movements.

Martin A. Giese;Tomaso Poggio

1221
Citations
Norm-based face encoding by single neurons in the monkey inferotemporal cortex

David A Leopold;David A Leopold;Igor V Bondar;Igor V Bondar;Martin A Giese

484
Citations
Nonvisual Motor Training Influences Biological Motion Perception

Antonino Casile;Martin A. Giese

472
Citations
Critical features for the perception of emotion from gait.

Claire L. Roether;Lars Omlor;Andrea Christensen;Martin A. Giese

452
Citations
Intensive coordinative training improves motor performance in degenerative cerebellar disease.

Winfried Ilg;Matthis Synofzik;Doris Brötz;Susanne Burkard

387
Citations
Frequency-dependence of the action-perception cycle for postural control in a moving visual environment - relative phase dynamics

T. M. H. Dijkstra;Gregor Schöner;Martin A. Giese;C. C. A. M. Gielen

252
Citations
View-Based Encoding of Actions in Mirror Neurons of Area F5 in Macaque Premotor Cortex

Vittorio Caggiano;Leonardo Fogassi;Leonardo Fogassi;Giacomo Rizzolatti;Giacomo Rizzolatti;Joern K. Pomper

251
Citations
Video game–based coordinative training improves ataxia in children with degenerative ataxia

Winfried Ilg;Cornelia Schatton;Julia Schicks;Martin A. Giese

234
Citations
Specific influences of cerebellar dysfunctions on gait.

Winfried Ilg;Heidrun Golla;Peter Thier;Martin A. Giese

221
Citations
Long-term effects of coordinative training in degenerative cerebellar disease.

Winfried Ilg;Doris Brötz;Susanne Burkard;Martin A. Giese

211
Citations
Critical features for the recognition of biological motion.

Antonino Casile;Martin A. Giese

189
Citations
Morphable Models for the Analysis and Synthesis of Complex Motion Patterns

Martin A. Giese;Tomaso Poggio

188
Citations
Neural representations of kinematic laws of motion: Evidence for action-perception coupling

Eran Dayan;Antonino Casile;Nava Levit-Binnun;Martin A. Giese

187
Citations
Parametric Population Representation of Retinal Location: Neuronal Interaction Dynamics in Cat Primary Visual Cortex

Dirk Jancke;Wolfram Erlhagen;Hubert R. Dinse;Amir C. Akhavan;Amir C. Akhavan

167
Citations
Predicting point-light actions in real-time

Markus Graf;Bianca Reitzner;Caroline Corves;Caroline Corves;Antonino Casile

167
Citations
The influence of focal cerebellar lesions on the control and adaptation of gait.

W. Ilg;M. A. Giese;E. R. Gizewski;B. Schoch

158
Citations
Mirror neurons encode the subjective value of an observed action

Vittorio Caggiano;Leonardo Fogassi;Giacomo Rizzolatti;Antonino Casile

155
Citations
Flexible coding for categorical decisions in the human brain.

Shengqiao Li;Dirk Ostwald;Martin Giese;Zoe Kourtzi

152
Citations
Biophysiologically plausible implementations of the maximum operation

Angela J. Yu;Martin A. Giese;Tomaso A. Poggio

130
Citations
Expression of emotion in the kinematics of locomotion.

Avi Barliya;Lars Omlor;Martin A. Giese;Alain Berthoz

130
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