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Psychology

D-Index
47
Citations
10168
World Ranking
6122
National Ranking
622

Neuroscience

D-Index
47
Citations
10168
World Ranking
6369
National Ranking
508

Peter C. Hansen publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter C. Hansen sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 114 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Peter C. Hansen D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Cognition
  • Neuroscience
  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging

Peter C. Hansen mostly deals with Visual perception, Cognitive psychology, Dyslexia, Cognition and Audiology. Peter C. Hansen mostly deals with Sensory system in his studies of Cognitive psychology. Peter C. Hansen has researched Sensory system in several fields, including Functional magnetic resonance imaging and Frontal lobe.

In his work, Perception is strongly intertwined with Stimulus, which is a subfield of Dyslexia. His work carried out in the field of Cognition brings together such families of science as Developmental psychology and Creativity. While the research belongs to areas of Audiology, Peter C. Hansen spends his time largely on the problem of Phonological awareness, intersecting his research to questions surrounding Developmental dyslexia, Spelling and Dysfunctional family.

His most cited work include:

  • Dynamics of letter string perception in the human occipitotemporal cortex (397 citations)
  • Detection of audio-visual integration sites in humans by application of electrophysiological criteria to the BOLD effect. (383 citations)
  • Detection of audio-visual integration sites in humans by application of electrophysiological criteria to the BOLD effect. (383 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Peter C. Hansen spends much of his time researching Cognitive psychology, Neuroscience, Audiology, Cognition and Dyslexia. Peter C. Hansen is involved in the study of Cognitive psychology that focuses on Intraparietal sulcus in particular. His work deals with themes such as Deep brain stimulation and Parkinson's disease, which intersect with Neuroscience.

His Audiology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Communication, Visual word form area, Phonetics and Speech perception. His Cognition study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Brain stimulation, Transcranial direct-current stimulation and Comprehension. The Dyslexia study combines topics in areas such as Developmental psychology, Visual perception, Stimulus and Phonological awareness.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Cognitive psychology (55.47%)
  • Neuroscience (24.22%)
  • Audiology (22.66%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2021)?

  • Cognitive psychology (55.47%)
  • Theory of mind (13.28%)
  • Neuroscience (24.22%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Peter C. Hansen focuses on Cognitive psychology, Theory of mind, Neuroscience, Mentalization and Social cognition. Peter C. Hansen is interested in Salience, which is a field of Cognitive psychology. His research in Theory of mind intersects with topics in Functional magnetic resonance imaging, Inferior frontal gyrus, Audiology, Developmental psychology and Temporoparietal junction.

Peter C. Hansen interconnects Posterior cingulate, Empathy, Neural correlates of consciousness, Tourette syndrome and Supramarginal gyrus in the investigation of issues within Audiology. His Mentalization research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Neurotypical, Psychosis and Autism. Peter C. Hansen works on Cognition which deals in particular with Working memory.

Between 2014 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Satiation attenuates BOLD activity in brain regions involved in reward and increases activity in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex: an fMRI study in healthy volunteers (43 citations)
  • Perspective-taking abilities in the balance between autism tendencies and psychosis proneness (41 citations)
  • Right lateral cerebellum represents linguistic predictability (31 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Cognition
  • Neuroscience
  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging

Peter C. Hansen spends much of his time researching Cognitive psychology, Theory of mind, Mentalization, Psychosis and Autism. His Cognitive psychology research includes elements of Working memory, Cognition, Statement and Comprehension. His work carried out in the field of Theory of mind brings together such families of science as Brain mapping, Audiology, Posterior cingulate, Social cognition and Tourette syndrome.

His Brain mapping study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Temporoparietal junction, Ventrolateral prefrontal cortex, Prefrontal cortex, Mental representation and Neuropsychology. Peter C. Hansen has included themes like Empathy and Tics in his Posterior cingulate study. His Psychosis study incorporates themes from Neurotypical, Schizophrenia, Subclinical infection and Depression.

Best Publications

  • Dynamics of letter string perception in the human occipitotemporal cortex

    Antti Tarkiainen;P. Helenius;P. C. Hansen;P. L. Cornelissen

  • Detection of audio-visual integration sites in humans by application of electrophysiological criteria to the BOLD effect.

    Gemma A. Calvert;Peter C. Hansen;Peter C. Hansen;Susan D. Iversen;Michael J. Brammer

  • Sensitivity to dynamic auditory and visual stimuli predicts nonword reading ability in both dyslexic and normal readers

    C. Witton;J.B. Talcott;P.C. Hansen;A.J. Richardson

  • High motion coherence thresholds in children with autism

    Elizabeth Milne;John Swettenham;Peter Hansen;Ruth Campbell

  • MEG: An introduction to methods.

    Peter C. Hansen;Morten L. Kringelbach;Morten L. Kringelbach;Riitta Salmelin

  • The Role of Sensorimotor Impairments in Dyslexia: A Multiple Case Study of Dyslexic Children.

    Sarah White;Elizabeth Milne;Elizabeth Milne;Stuart Rosen;Peter Hansen

  • A specific and rapid neural signature for parental instinct

    Morten L. Kringelbach;Annukka Lehtonen;Sarah E. Squire;Allison G Harvey

  • Dynamic sensory sensitivity and children's word decoding skills.

    Joel B. Talcott;Caroline Witton;Maggie F. McLean;Peter C. Hansen

  • Dissociation of Normal Feature Analysis and Deficient Processing of Letter-strings in Dyslexic Adults

    P. Helenius;A. Tarkiainen;P. Cornelissen;P.C. Hansen

  • Visual motion sensitivity in dyslexia: evidence for temporal and energy integration deficits.

    Joel B Talcott;Peter C Hansen;Elikem L Assoku;John F Stein

  • Visual word recognition: the first half second.

    Kristen Pammer;Peter C. Hansen;Morten L. Kringelbach;Ian E. Holliday

  • Neural correlates of intelligence as revealed by fMRI of fluid analogies.

    John G. Geake;John G. Geake;Peter C. Hansen;Peter C. Hansen

  • Magnocellular visual function and children's single word reading

    P.L. Cornelissen;P.C. Hansen;J.L. Hutton;V. Evangelinou

  • Are dyslexics' visual deficits limited to measures of dorsal stream function?

    Peter C. Hansen;John F. Stein;Sam R. Orde;Jonathan L. Winter

  • Motion and Form Coherence Detection in Autistic Spectrum Disorder: Relationship to Motor Control and 2:4 Digit Ratio

    Elizabeth Milne;Elizabeth Milne;Sarah White;Ruth Campbell;John Swettenham

  • On the relationship between dynamic visual and auditory processing and literacy skills; results from a large primary-school study.

    Joel B. Talcott;Joel B. Talcott;Caroline Witton;Caroline Witton;Gillian S. Hebb;Catherine J. Stoodley

  • Color of scents: chromatic stimuli modulate odor responses in the human brain.

    Robert A. Osterbauer;Paul M. Matthews;Mark Jenkinson;Christian F. Beckmann

  • VISUAL MAGNOCELLULAR IMPAIRMENT IN ADULT DEVELOPMENTAL DYSLEXICS

    Joel B. Talcott;Peter C. Hansen;Charles Willis-Owen;Iain W. McKinnell

  • Separating neural correlates of allocentric and egocentric neglect: Distinct cortical sites and common white matter disconnections

    Magdalena Chechlacz;Pia Rotshtein;Wai-Ling Bickerton;Peter C. Hansen

  • Activation of the left inferior frontal gyrus in the first 200 ms of reading: evidence from magnetoencephalography (MEG)

    Piers L. Cornelissen;Morten L. Kringelbach;Andrew W. Ellis;Carol Whitney

  • Target article with commentaries and response: The role of sensorimotor impairments in dyslexia: A multiple case study of dyslexic children

    Sarah White;Elizabeth Milne;Stuart Rosen

Frequent Co-Authors

Piers L. Cornelissen
Piers L. Cornelissen Northumbria University
John F. Stein
John F. Stein University of Oxford
Ian A. Apperly
Ian A. Apperly University of Birmingham
Joel B. Talcott
Joel B. Talcott Aston University
Morten L. Kringelbach
Morten L. Kringelbach University of Oxford
Stephen J. Wood
Stephen J. Wood University of Melbourne
Alexander L. Green
Alexander L. Green University of Oxford
Glyn W. Humphreys
Glyn W. Humphreys University of Oxford
Catherine J. Stoodley
Catherine J. Stoodley American University
Suzanne Higgs
Suzanne Higgs University of Birmingham

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