2026 Michael H. Thaut: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	60	3795	3472	216	195	172	15481

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Overview

Michael H. Thaut is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Medicine, with a strong emphasis on subfields such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Rehabilitation, and Neurology.

The main topics of their work include:

Neuroscience and Music Perception
Music Therapy and Health
EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
Motor Control and Adaptation
Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
Children's Physical and Motor Development
Autism Spectrum Disorder Research

Frequent co-authors associated with Michael H. Thaut are:

Veronica Vuong
Tristan Loria
Luc Tremblay
Claude Alain
Marija Pranjić

Their work has been published in several prominent venues, including:

Neurorehabilitation
Frontiers in Psychology
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Brain Sciences
PLoS ONE

Selected recent papers by Michael H. Thaut include:

"Rhythm and Music-Based Interventions in Motor Rehabilitation: Current Evidence and Future Perspectives" (2022), published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
"Neural plasticity: The substratum of music-based interventions in neurorehabilitation" (2021), published in Neurorehabilitation
"Long-Known Music Exposure Effects on Brain Imaging and Cognition in Early-Stage Cognitive Decline: A Pilot Study" (2021), published in Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
"Effects of therapeutic instrumental music performance and motor imagery on chronic post-stroke cognition and affect: A randomized controlled trial" (2021), published in Neurorehabilitation
"Neural Basis of Long-term Musical Memory in Cognitively Impaired Older Persons" (2020), published in Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders

Best Publications

Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation in Gait Training for Parkinson's Disease Patients

M. H. Thaut;G. C. McIntosh;R. R. Rice;R. A. Miller

1101
Citations
Comparison of linear, nonlinear, and feature selection methods for EEG signal classification

D. Garrett;D.A. Peterson;C.W. Anderson;M.H. Thaut

974
Citations
Rhythmic auditory-motor facilitation of gait patterns in patients with Parkinson's disease.

G C McIntosh;S H Brown;R R Rice;M H Thaut

878
Citations
Rhythmic facilitation of gait training in hemiparetic stroke rehabilitation.

M.H Thaut;G.C McIntosh;G.C McIntosh;R.R Rice

572
Citations
Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology

Susan Hallam;Ian Cross;Michael Thaut

469
Citations
Rhythm, Music, and the Brain: Scientific Foundations and Clinical Applications

Michael H. Thaut

438
Citations
Neurobiological foundations of neurologic music therapy: rhythmic entrainment and the motor system.

Michael H. Thaut;Gerald C. McIntosh;Volker Hoemberg

435
Citations
Rhythmic auditory stimulation improves gait more than NDT/Bobath training in near-ambulatory patients early poststroke: a single-blind, randomized trial.

M.H. Thaut;A.K. Leins;R.R. Rice;H. Argstatter

418
Citations
Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation in Rehabilitation of Movement Disorders: A Review Of Current Research

Michael H. Thaut;Mutsumi Abiru

401
Citations
The connection between rhythmicity and brain function

M.H. Thaut;G.P. Kenyon;M.L. Schauer;G.C. McIntosh

364
Citations
The Influence of Preferred Relaxing Music on Measures of State Anxiety, Relaxation, and Physiological Responses

William B. Davis;Michael H. Thaut

254
Citations
Handbook of neurologic music therapy

[edited by] Michael H. Thaut;Volker Hoemberg.

243
Citations
Neurologic music therapy improves executive function and emotional adjustment in traumatic brain injury rehabilitation.

Michael H. Thaut;James C. Gardiner;Dawn Holmberg;Javan Horwitz

243
Citations
An Introduction to Music Therapy: Theory and Practice

William B. Davis;Kate E. Gfeller;Michael H. Thaut

223
Citations
Kinematic optimization of spatiotemporal patterns in paretic arm training with stroke patients.

M H Thaut;G P Kenyon;C P Hurt;G C McIntosh

221
Citations
Neural basis of rhythmic timing networks in the human brain.

Michael H. Thaut

221
Citations
Components of EMG symmetry and variability in parkinsonian and healthy elderly gait

Robert A. Miller;Michael H. Thaut;Gerald C. McIntosh;Ruth R. Rice

213
Citations
Auditory rhythmicity enhances movement and speech motor control in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Thaut Mh;McIntosh Kw;McIntosh Gc;Hoemberg

206
Citations
Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation in Gait Training for Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury.

Corene P. Hurt;Ruth R. Rice;Gerald C. McIntosh;Michael H. Thaut

204
Citations
A Review on the Relationship Between Sound and Movement in Sports and Rehabilitation.

Nina Schaffert;Thenille Braun Janzen;Klaus Mattes;Michael H. Thaut

202
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Multiple synchronization strategies in rhythmic sensorimotor tasks: phase vs period correction

Michael H. Thaut;Robert A. Miller;Leopold M. Schauer

196
Citations
Conscious and subconscious sensorimotor synchronization--prefrontal cortex and the influence of awareness.

K. M. Stephan;M. H. Thaut;G. Wunderlich;W. Schicks

179
Citations
Neurobiology of Rhythmic Motor Entrainment

Marco Molinari;Maria G. Leggio;Martina De Martin;Antonio Cerasa

178
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