2026 Michael I. Posner: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	156	126	112	86	75	472	165810
Psychology	156	60	51	34	27	466	165553

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
2026 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
2017 - Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute
2008 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his innovative application of technology to the understanding of brain function, his incisive and accurate modeling of functional tasks, and his development of methodological and conceptual tools to help understand the mind and the development of brain networks of attention.", Presented by President Barack H. Obama in the East Room of the White House on October 7, 2009.
2001 - Grawemeyer Award in Psychology, University of Louisville
1999 - Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Award
1998 - Karl Spencer Lashley Award, The American Philosophical Society Jointly, for their pioneering contributions to brain imaging
1989 - William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (APA)
1988 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
1986 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1981 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1980 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association
1979 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1976 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1975 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Michael I. Posner is affiliated with the University of Oregon in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of neuroscience and psychology. Their work spans several subfields including cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, developmental and educational psychology, and clinical psychology.

Their research covers multiple topics such as memory and neural mechanisms, cognitive abilities and testing, neural dynamics and brain function, neural and behavioral psychology studies, functional brain connectivity studies, neuroscience, education and cognitive function, as well as EEG and brain-computer interfaces.

Recent papers by Michael I. Posner include the following:

Fifty years integrating neurobiology and psychology to study attention (2023), published in Biological Psychology
General intelligence in the age of neuroimaging (2020), published in Trends in Neuroscience and Education
The Evolution and Future Development of Attention Networks (2023), published in Journal of Intelligence

Other recent papers associated with their broader research domain include:

Effortless training of attention and self-control: mechanisms and applications (2022), Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Beyond Infant's Looking: The Neural Basis for Infant Prediction Errors (2022), Perspectives on Psychological Science

Michael I. Posner has frequently published in venues such as Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Perspectives on Psychological Science, Biological Psychology, Journal of Intelligence, and Trends in Neuroscience and Education.

Frequent collaborators include Mary K. Rothbart, Aldis P. Weible, Pascale Voelker, Cristopher M. Niell, and Habibollah Ghassemzadeh, reflecting ongoing interdisciplinary research efforts.

The scientist has received multiple awards over the course of their career:

Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute (2017)
US President's National Medal of Science (2008), awarded for innovative application of technology to brain function and conceptual tools to understand attention networks
Grawemeyer Award in Psychology, University of Louisville (2001)
Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Award (1999)
Karl Spencer Lashley Award, The American Philosophical Society (1998)
William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (1989)
Member of the National Academy of Medicine (1988)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1986)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1981)
APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology (1980)
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1979)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1976)
Fellow of the American Psychological Association (1975)

Best Publications

Orienting of attention

Michael I. Posner

13560
Citations
The Attention System of the Human Brain

Michael I. Posner;Steven E. Petersen

11884
Citations
Cognitive and emotional influences in anterior cingulate cortex

George Bush;Phan Luu;Michael I. Posner

8381
Citations
Attention and the detection of signals.

Michael I. Posner;Charles R. R. Snyder;Brian J. Davidson

5101
Citations
Testing the Efficiency and Independence of Attentional Networks

Jin Fan;Bruce D. McCandliss;Tobias Sommer;Amir Raz

4857
Citations
Components of visual orienting

M. I. Posner

4327
Citations
Chronometric explorations of mind

Michael I. Posner

4218
Citations
The attention system of the human brain: 20 years after.

Steven E. Petersen;Michael I. Posner

4096
Citations
Attention and cognitive control.

Michael I. Posner;Charles R. R. Snyder

3533
Citations
Positron emission tomographic studies of the cortical anatomy of single-word processing

Steven E. Petersen;P. T. Fox;Michael I. Posner;M. Mintun

3332
Citations
The neuroscience of mindfulness meditation

Yi‑Yuan Tang;Britta K. Hölzel;Michael I. Posner

3238
Citations
Effects of parietal injury on covert orienting of attention

Michael I. Posner;John A. Walker;Frances J. Friedrich;Robert D. Rafal

3028
Citations
On the genesis of abstract ideas.

Michael I. Posner;Steven W. Keele

2790
Citations
Images of mind

Michael I. Posner;Marcus E. Raichle

2772
Citations
Short-term meditation training improves attention and self-regulation

Yi-Yuan Tang;Yinghua Ma;Junhong Wang;Yaxin Fan

2375
Citations
Components of attention.

Michael I. Posner;Stephen J. Boies

2354
Citations
The activation of attentional networks.

Jin Fan;Bruce D. McCandliss;John Fossella;Jonathan I. Flombaum

2293
Citations
Developing mechanisms of self-regulation

Michael I. Posner;Mary K. Rothbart

2122
Citations
Research on Attention Networks as a Model for the Integration of Psychological Science

Michael I Posner;Mary K Rothbart

2046
Citations
Localization of cognitive operations in the human brain

Michael I. Posner;Steven E. Petersen;Peter T. Fox;Marcus E. Raichle

2007
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary K. Rothbart University of Oregon

Yi-Yuan Tang Arizona State University

Jin Fan City University of New York

James M. Swanson University of California, Irvine

Bruce D. McCandliss Stanford University

Marcus E. Raichle Washington University in St. Louis

Robert D. Rafal University of Delaware

Don M. Tucker University of Oregon

Amir Raz Chapman University

Kenneth N. Levy Pennsylvania State University

External Links

Personal website of Michael I. Posner

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