2026 Matthew H. Davis: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	77	1813	1655	190	173	173	25014
Psychology	77	1639	1470	185	170	176	25033

Overview

Matthew H. Davis is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and has published extensively in the field of neuroscience. Their research primarily focuses on cognitive neuroscience with substantial contributions to developmental and educational psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, artificial intelligence, and neurology.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics, including neural dynamics and brain function, neuroscience and music perception, hearing loss and rehabilitation, neurobiology of language and bilingualism, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, functional brain connectivity studies, and multisensory perception and integration.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Matthew H. Davis include:

Sustained neural rhythms reveal endogenous oscillations supporting speech perception, 2021, PLoS Biology
The relationship between sentence comprehension and lexical-semantic retuning, 2020, Journal of Memory and Language
Rapid computations of spectrotemporal prediction error support perception of degraded speech, 2020, eLife
A checklist for assessing the methodological quality of concurrent tES-fMRI studies (ContES checklist): a consensus study and statement, 2022, Nature Protocols
The Dramatic Impact of Explicit Instruction on Learning to Read in a New Writing System, 2021, Psychological Science

Frequent co-authors include Ediz Sohoglu, Rebecca A. Gilbert, Benedikt Zoefel, Lucy MacGregor, and Jennifer M. Rodd. These collaborations indicate active engagement in multidisciplinary research teams within neuroscience and related cognitive and psychological sciences.

Matthew H. Davis publishes regularly in notable scientific journals and venues. These include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Journal of Neuroscience
Neurobiology of Language
Cortex
PLoS Biology

The range of publication venues and coauthors, together with the main and subfields of study, reflect a broad and integrative approach to investigating brain function, language, and perception using experimental and computational methods. This comprehensive research profile illustrates an emphasis on understanding mechanisms underlying cognitive processes and neural activity patterns related to speech and language comprehension, as well as sensory and multisensory integration.

Best Publications

Detecting Awareness in the Vegetative State

Adrian M. Owen;Martin R. Coleman;Melanie Boly;Matthew H. Davis

2232
Citations
Hierarchical Processing in Spoken Language Comprehension

Matthew H. Davis;Ingrid S. Johnsrude

895
Citations
Speech recognition in adverse conditions: A review

Sven L. Mattys;Matthew H. Davis;Ann R. Bradlow;Sophie K. Scott

888
Citations
The broth in my brother's brothel: morpho-orthographic segmentation in visual word recognition.

Kathleen Rastle;Matthew H. Davis;Boris New

882
Citations
Individual Differences in Reward Drive Predict Neural Responses to Images of Food

John D. Beaver;Andrew David Lawrence;Jenneke van Ditzhuijzen;Matt H. Davis

854
Citations
The Neural Mechanisms of Speech Comprehension: fMRI studies of Semantic Ambiguity

Jennifer M. Rodd;Matthew H. Davis;Ingrid S. Johnsrude

775
Citations
Morphological and semantic effects in visual word recognition: A time-course study

Kathleen Rastle;Matt H. Davis;William D. Marslen-Wilson;Lorraine K. Tyler

708
Citations
The time course of visual word recognition as revealed by linear regression analysis of ERP data.

Olaf Hauk;Matthew H. Davis;M. Ford;Friedemann Pulvermüller

702
Citations
Neural Oscillations Carry Speech Rhythm through to Comprehension.

Jonathan E. Peelle;Matthew H. Davis

680
Citations
Phase-Locked Responses to Speech in Human Auditory Cortex are Enhanced During Comprehension

Jonathan E. Peelle;Joachim Gross;Matthew H. Davis

654
Citations
A complementary systems account of word learning: neural and behavioural evidence

Matthew H. Davis;M. Gareth Gaskell

650
Citations
Morphological decomposition based on the analysis of orthography

Kathleen Rastle;Matthew H. Davis

641
Citations
Lexical Information Drives Perceptual Learning of Distorted Speech: Evidence From the Comprehension of Noise-Vocoded Sentences.

Matthew H. Davis;Ingrid S. Johnsrude;Alexis Hervais-Adelman;Karen Taylor

618
Citations
Hearing speech sounds: top-down influences on the interface between audition and speech perception.

Matthew H. Davis;Ingrid S. Johnsrude

569
Citations
Susceptibility-induced loss of signal: comparing PET and fMRI on a semantic task.

Joseph T. Devlin;Richard P. Russell;Matt H. Davis;Cathy J. Price

526
Citations
Effortful Listening: The Processing of Degraded Speech Depends Critically on Attention

Conor J Wild;Afiqah Yusuf;Daryl E Wilson;Jonathan E Peelle;Jonathan E Peelle

423
Citations
Can cognitive models explain brain activation during word and pseudoword reading? A meta-analysis of 36 neuroimaging studies.

J. S. H. Taylor;Kathleen Rastle;Matthew H. Davis

410
Citations
Predictive Top-Down Integration of Prior Knowledge during Speech Perception

Ediz Sohoglu;Jonathan E. Peelle;Robert P. Carlyon;Matthew H. Davis

409
Citations
When thoughts become action: An fMRI paradigm to study volitional brain activity in non-communicative brain injured patients

Mélanie Boly;Martin R. Coleman;M. H. Davis;Adam Hampshire

403
Citations
Learning and consolidation of novel spoken words

Matthew H. Davis;Anna Maria Di Betta;Mark J. E. Macdonald;M. Gareth Gaskell

359
Citations
Detecting awareness in the vegetative state.

Adrian M. Owen;Martin R. Coleman

146
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ingrid S. Johnsrude University of Western Ontario

Jennifer M. Rodd University College London

Kathleen Rastle Royal Holloway University of London

Adrian M. Owen University of Western Ontario

William D. Marslen-Wilson University of Cambridge

Jonathan E. Peelle Washington University in St. Louis

M. Gareth Gaskell University of York

Steven Laureys University of Liège

Friedemann Pulvermüller Freie Universität Berlin

Mélanie Boly University of Wisconsin–Madison

External Links

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