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D-Index
47
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14646
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6300
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367

Paul Cisek publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paul Cisek sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 111 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Paul Cisek D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paul Cisek sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Paul Cisek is affiliated with the University of Montreal in Canada and specializes in research primarily within the fields of Neuroscience and Psychology. Their work extensively covers Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology, General Decision Sciences, Developmental and Educational Psychology, and Neurology.

The main topics of Paul Cisek's research focus on:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Motor Control and Adaptation
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Embodied and Extended Cognition

Paul Cisek has contributed to several publications, including papers published in notable venues such as Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal of Neurophysiology, PLoS Biology, and Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. Recent papers include:

  • Evolution of behavioural control from chordates to primates, 2021, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Neuroscience needs evolution, 2021, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Integrated neural dynamics of sensorimotor decisions and actions, 2022, PLoS Biology

Other prominent research outputs from Paul Cisek's network include:

  • The road towards understanding embodied decisions, 2021, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Reaching decisions during ongoing movements, 2020, Journal of Neurophysiology

Their frequent co-authors reflect ongoing collaboration with other researchers in the field and include Giovanni Pezzulo, David Thura, Andrea M. Green, Antonella Maselli, and Thomas Thiery.

Paul Cisek's research has appeared most frequently in the following publication venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • PLoS Biology
  • Journal of Neuroscience

Best Publications

  • Neural Mechanisms for Interacting with a World Full of Action Choices

    Paul Cisek;John F. Kalaska

  • Cortical mechanisms of action selection: the affordance competition hypothesis.

    Paul Cisek

  • Neural correlates of reaching decisions in dorsal premotor cortex: specification of multiple direction choices and final selection of action.

    Paul Cisek;John F. Kalaska

  • Modelling Natural Action Selection: Cortical mechanisms of action selection: the affordance competition hypothesis

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  • Decisions in Changing Conditions: The Urgency-Gating Model

    Paul Cisek;Geneviève Aude Puskas;Stephany El-Murr

  • Cortical control of reaching movements

    John F Kalaska;Stephen H Scott;Paul Cisek;Lauren E Sergio

  • Navigating the Affordance Landscape: Feedback Control as a Process Model of Behavior and Cognition

    Giovanni Pezzulo;Paul Cisek

  • Integrated neural processes for defining potential actions and deciding between them: a computational model.

    Paul Cisek

  • Making decisions through a distributed consensus.

    Paul Cisek

  • Neural correlates of mental rehearsal in dorsal premotor cortex

    Paul Cisek;John F. Kalaska

  • Neural Activity in Primary Motor and Dorsal Premotor Cortex In Reaching Tasks With the Contralateral Versus Ipsilateral Arm

    Paul Cisek;Donald J. Crammond;John F. Kalaska

  • Deliberation and Commitment in the Premotor and Primary Motor Cortex during Dynamic Decision Making

    David Thura;Paul Cisek

  • Decision making by urgency gating: theory and experimental support.

    David Thura;Julie Beauregard-Racine;Charles-William Fradet;Paul Cisek

  • No One Knows What Attention Is

    Bernhard Hommel;Craig S. Chapman;Paul Cisek;Heather F. Neyedli

  • Resynthesizing behavior through phylogenetic refinement

    Paul Cisek

  • Common codes for situated interaction

    Paul Cisek;John F. Kalaska

  • Cortical networks for control of voluntary arm movements under variable force conditions.

    Daniel Bullock;Paul Cisek;Stephen Grossberg

  • On the challenges and mechanisms of embodied decisions.

    Paul Cisek;Alexandre Pastor-Bernier

  • The Basal Ganglia Do Not Select Reach Targets but Control the Urgency of Commitment.

    David Thura;Paul Cisek

  • Neural Correlates of Biased Competition in Premotor Cortex

    Alexandre Pastor-Bernier;Paul Cisek

  • Simultaneous encoding of multiple potential reach directions in dorsal premotor cortex.

    Paul Cisek;John F. Kalaska

Frequent Co-Authors

John F. Kalaska
John F. Kalaska University of Montreal
Julie Duque
Julie Duque Université Catholique de Louvain
Stephen Scott
Stephen Scott Queen's University
Alain Dagher
Alain Dagher Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Gary H. Duncan
Gary H. Duncan University of Montreal
Lesley K. Fellows
Lesley K. Fellows Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Giovanni Pezzulo
Giovanni Pezzulo National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Trevor Drew
Trevor Drew University of Montreal
Alexandra Battaglia-Mayer
Alexandra Battaglia-Mayer Sapienza University of Rome
Lauren E. Sergio
Lauren E. Sergio York University

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