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Matthew A. Lambon Ralph

Matthew A. Lambon Ralph

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Psychology
UK
2026

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Neuroscience

D-Index
112
Citations
41801
World Ranking
511
National Ranking
65

Psychology

D-Index
111
Citations
41297
World Ranking
383
National Ranking
57

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 1991 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Matthew A. Lambon Ralph is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research spans extensive work within neuroscience and medicine, with a particular focus on cognitive neuroscience and related subfields.

The scientist's research topics cover a diverse range of areas, including:

  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Action Observation and Synchronization

Their work is frequently published in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Brain Communications
  • Brain
  • NeuroImage
  • Cerebral Cortex

Among recent published papers are the following:

  • A Unifying Account of Angular Gyrus Contributions to Episodic and Semantic Cognition, 2021, Trends in Neurosciences
  • Redefining the multidimensional clinical phenotypes of frontotemporal lobar degeneration syndromes, 2020, Brain
  • Subregions of DLPFC Display Graded yet Distinct Structural and Functional Connectivity, 2022, Journal of Neuroscience
  • Reverse-engineering the cortical architecture for controlled semantic cognition, 2021, Nature Human Behaviour
  • Multiple dimensions underlying the functional organization of the language network, 2021, NeuroImage

Frequent co-authors with whom they have collaborated multiple times include:

  • Ajay D. Halai
  • James B. Rowe
  • Karalyn Patterson
  • JeYoung Jung
  • Peter Garrard

Their publications primarily contribute to the fields of cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, developmental and educational psychology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and neurology.

Among their honors, Matthew A. Lambon Ralph was awarded the title of Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1991.

Best Publications

  • The neural and computational bases of semantic cognition

    Matthew A. Lambon Ralph;Elizabeth Jefferies;Karalyn Patterson;Timothy T. Rogers

  • Non-verbal semantic impairment in semantic dementia.

    Sasha Bozeat;Matthew A. Lambon Ralph;Karalyn Patterson;Peter Garrard

  • Semantic impairment in stroke aphasia versus semantic dementia: a case-series comparison

    Elizabeth Jefferies;Matthew A. Lambon Ralph

  • Structure and deterioration of semantic memory: a neuropsychological and computational investigation.

    Timothy T. Rogers;Matthew A. Lambon Ralph;Peter Garrard;Sasha Bozeat

  • Which neuropsychiatric and behavioural features distinguish frontal and temporal variants of frontotemporal dementia from Alzheimer's disease?

    Sasha Bozeat;Carol A Gregory;Matthew A Lambon Ralph;John R Hodges

  • Semantic processing in the anterior temporal lobes: A meta-analysis of the functional neuroimaging literature

    M. Visser;E. Jefferies;M. A. Lambon Ralph

  • The Neural Organization of Semantic Control: TMS Evidence for a Distributed Network in Left Inferior Frontal and Posterior Middle Temporal Gyrus

    Carin Whitney;Marie Kirk;Jamie O'Sullivan;Matthew A. Lambon Ralph

  • Lateralization of ventral and dorsal auditory-language pathways in the human brain

    Geoffrey J.M. Parker;Simona Luzzi;Daniel C. Alexander;Claudia A.M. Wheeler-Kingshott

  • Going beyond Inferior Prefrontal Involvement in Semantic Control: Evidence for the Additional Contribution of Dorsal Angular Gyrus and Posterior Middle Temporal Cortex

    Krist A. Noonan;Elizabeth Jefferies;Maya Visser;Matthew A. Lambon Ralph

  • Coherent concepts are computed in the anterior temporal lobes.

    Matthew A. Lambon Ralph;Karen Sage;Roy W. Jones;Emily J. Mayberry

  • Age of acquisition effects in adult lexical processing reflect loss of plasticity in maturing systems: insights from connectionist networks.

    Andrew W. Ellis;Matthew A. Lambon Ralph

  • SD-squared: On the association between semantic dementia and surface dyslexia

    Anna M. Woollams;Matthew A. Lambon Ralph;David C. Plaut;Karalyn Patterson

  • The role of conceptual knowledge in object use Evidence from semantic dementia

    John R. Hodges;Sasha Bozeat;Matthew A. Lambon Ralph;Karalyn Patterson

  • Both the middle temporal gyrus and the ventral anterior temporal area are crucial for multimodal semantic processing: Distortion-corrected fmri evidence for a double gradient of information convergence in the temporal lobes

    Maya Visser;Elizabeth Jefferies;Karl V. Embleton;Matthew A. Lambon Ralph

  • Anterior temporal lobes mediate semantic representation: mimicking semantic dementia by using rTMS in normal participants.

    Gorana Pobric;Elizabeth Jefferies;Matthew A. Lambon Ralph

  • The Ventral and Inferolateral Aspects of the Anterior Temporal Lobe Are Crucial in Semantic Memory: Evidence from a Novel Direct Comparison of Distortion-Corrected fMRI, rTMS, and Semantic Dementia

    Richard J. Binney;Karl V. Embleton;Elizabeth Jefferies;Geoffrey J. M. Parker

  • Neurocognitive insights on conceptual knowledge and its breakdown

    Matthew A. Lambon Ralph

  • Semantic diversity: a measure of semantic ambiguity based on variability in the contextual usage of words.

    Paul Hoffman;Matthew A. Lambon Ralph;Timothy T. Rogers

  • Prototypicality, distinctiveness, and intercorrelation: Analyses of the semantic attributes of living and nonliving concepts.

    Peter Garrard;Matthew A. Lambon Ralph;John R. Hodges;Karalyn Patterson

  • No Right to Speak? The Relationship between Object Naming and Semantic Impairment: Neuropsychological Evidence and a Computational Model

    M. A. Lambon Ralph;J. L. Mcclelland;K. Patterson;C. J. Galton

  • Naming in semantic dementia—what matters?

    Matthew A. Lambon Ralph;Kim Samantha Graham;Andrew W. Ellis;John R. Hodges

Frequent Co-Authors

Karalyn Patterson
Karalyn Patterson MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
Elizabeth Jefferies
Elizabeth Jefferies University of York
Karen Sage
Karen Sage Sheffield Hallam University
John R. Hodges
John R. Hodges University of Sydney
Anna M. Woollams
Anna M. Woollams University of Manchester
Timothy T. Rogers
Timothy T. Rogers University of Wisconsin–Madison
Roland Zahn
Roland Zahn King's College London
James L. McClelland
James L. McClelland Stanford University
Alistair Burns
Alistair Burns University of Manchester
Alexander P. Leff
Alexander P. Leff University College London

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