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Denmark
2026

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82
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24266
World Ranking
1515
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11

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2007 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Per E. Roland is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research predominantly spans the fields of neuroscience and engineering, with primary focus areas in cognitive neuroscience and ocean engineering among other subfields.

The scientist's research covers fundamental and applied topics in neural dynamics and brain function, functional brain connectivity studies, memory and neural mechanisms, advanced memory and neural computing, plant and biological electrophysiology studies, neural networks and applications, as well as EEG and brain-computer interfaces.

Recent publications authored or coauthored by Per E. Roland include:

  • How far neuroscience is from understanding brains, 2023, Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
  • Emerging principles of spacetime in brains: Meeting report on spatial neurodynamics, 2022, Neuron
  • Local networks from different parts of the human cerebral cortex generate and share the same population dynamic, 2022, Cerebral Cortex Communications
  • Human cerebral cortex networks use expanding and contracting state dynamic to shape cortical functions, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Next Generation Bulkheads for Pipe-In-Pipes: Story of a Fast-Track Technology Development from Inception to Offshore Operational Testing, 2024, Offshore Technology Conference

Per E. Roland collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Alex Willumsen
  • Jens Midtgaard
  • Christoffer K.K. Hansen
  • Salina N. Lam
  • Ron Kupers

The scientist has consistently published in specific venues such as Neuron, Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, Cerebral Cortex Communications, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Offshore Technology Conference, reflecting a range of interests from neuroscience to engineering applications.

Among their academic distinctions, Per E. Roland was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea in 2007.

Best Publications

  • Supplementary motor area and other cortical areas in organization of voluntary movements in man

    P. E. Roland;B. Larsen;N. A. Lassen;E. Skinhoj

  • Localization of cortical areas activated by thinking

    P. E. Roland;L. Friberg

  • Activation by Attention of the Human Reticular Formation and Thalamic Intralaminar Nuclei

    Shigeo Kinomura;Jonas Larsson;Balázs Gulyás;Per E. Roland

  • Two different areas within the primary motor cortex of man

    Stefan Geyer;Anders Ledberg;Axel Schleicher;Shigeo Kinomura

  • Asymmetry in the human motor cortex and handedness.

    Katrin Amunts;Gottfried Schlaug;Axel Schleicher;Helmuth Steinmetz

  • Different cortical areas in man in organization of voluntary movements in extrapersonal space

    P. E. Roland;E. Skinhoj;N. A. Lassen;B. Larsen

  • Olfactory Functions Are Mediated by Parallel and Hierarchical Processing

    Ivanka Savic;Balazs Gulyas;Maria Larsson;Maria Larsson;Per Roland

  • Does mental activity change the oxidative metabolism of the brain

    PE Roland;L Eriksson;S Stone-Elander;L Widen

  • Smelling of Odorous Sex Hormone-like Compounds Causes Sex-Differentiated Hypothalamic Activations in Humans

    Ivanka Savic;Hans Berglund;Balazs Gulyas;Per Roland

  • In-vivo demonstration of reduced benzodiazepine receptor binding in human epileptic foci.

    Ivanka Savic;Per Roland;Göran Sedvall;Anders Persson

  • Illusory arm movements activate cortical motor areas: a positron emission tomography study.

    Eiichi Naito;H. Henrik Ehrsson;Stefan Geyer;Karl Zilles

  • Cortical regulation of selective attention in man. A regional cerebral blood flow study.

    P E Roland

  • Learning of Sequential Finger Movements in Man: A Combined Kinematic and Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Study.

    Rüdiger J. Seitz;Per E. Roland

  • Human somatosensory area 2: observer-independent cytoarchitectonic mapping, interindividual variability, and population map.

    Christian Grefkes;Stefan Geyer;Thorsten Schormann;Per E. Roland

  • The engine of reason, the seat of the soul

    Per Roland

  • A quantitative analysis of sensations of tension and of kinaesthesia in man. Evidence for a peripherally originating muscular sense and for a sense of effort.

    P. E. Roland;H. Ladegaard-Pedersen

  • Brain atlases - a new research tool

    P.E. Roland;K. Zilles

  • Mapping of human and macaque sensorimotor areas by integrating architectonic, transmitter receptor, MRI and PET data.

    K Zilles;G Schlaug;M Matelli;G Luppino

  • Hierarchical Processing of Tactile Shape in the Human Brain

    Anna Bodegård;Stefan Geyer;Christian Grefkes;Karl Zilles

  • Visual Memory, Visual Imagery, and Visual Recognition of Large Field Patterns by the Human Brain: Functional Anatomy by Positron Emission Tomography

    P. E. Roland;Balazs Gulyás

  • Cortical representation of pain

    Per Roland

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl Zilles
Karl Zilles Forschungszentrum Jülich
Stefan Geyer
Stefan Geyer Max Planck Society
Balázs Gulyás
Balázs Gulyás Nanyang Technological University
Eiichi Naito
Eiichi Naito National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
Katrin Amunts
Katrin Amunts Forschungszentrum Jülich
Torkel Klingberg
Torkel Klingberg Karolinska Institute
Shigeo Kinomura
Shigeo Kinomura Tohoku University
Christian Grefkes
Christian Grefkes University of Cologne
Axel Schleicher
Axel Schleicher Forschungszentrum Jülich
Ryuta Kawashima
Ryuta Kawashima Tohoku University

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