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Peter Vuust 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 Vuust sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 258 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter Vuust 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 Vuust sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Peter Vuust is affiliated with the Royal Academy of Music in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on neuroscience, with a particular emphasis on cognitive neuroscience and its intersection with music.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • Music in the brain, 2022, Nature reviews. Neuroscience
  • The sensation of groove engages motor and reward networks, 2020, NeuroImage
  • Rare long-range cortical connections enhance human information processing, 2021, Current Biology
  • Neural Correlates of Music Listening: Does the Music Matter?, 2021, Brain Sciences
  • An ALE meta-analytic review of musical expertise, 2022, Scientific Reports

Peter Vuust collaborates frequently with several co-authors, among them:

  • Elvira Brattico
  • Morten L. Kringelbach
  • Leonardo Bonetti
  • Niels Trusbak Haumann
  • Gemma Fernández-Rubio

The venues where Peter Vuust most often publishes include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Scientific Reports
  • NeuroImage
  • Psychology of Music

The main fields of study covered by their work are:

  • Neuroscience

Subfields of expertise consist of:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Social Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Signal Processing
  • Music

The primary research topics addressed include:

  • Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Music and Audio Processing
  • Music Therapy and Health
  • Diverse Music Education Insights
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Multisensory perception and integration

Among their book publications is Music Interventions in Health Care: White paper, published by King's College London in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Predictive Processes and the Peculiar Case of Music.

    Stefan Koelsch;Peter Vuust;Karl Friston

  • Syncopation, Body-Movement and Pleasure in Groove Music

    Maria A. G. Witek;Eric F. Clarke;Mikkel Wallentin;Morten L. Kringelbach

  • Follow you, follow me: Continuous mutual prediction and adaptation in joint tapping

    Ivana Konvalinka;Peter Vuust;Andreas Roepstorff;Chris D. Frith

  • The Musical Ear Test, a new reliable test for measuring musical competence

    Mikkel Wallentin;Mikkel Wallentin;Andreas Højlund Nielsen;Morten Friis-Olivarius;Christian Vuust

  • Music in the brain

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  • Predictive coding of music--brain responses to rhythmic incongruity.

    Peter Vuust;Peter Vuust;Leif Ostergaard;Karen Johanne Pallesen;Karen Johanne Pallesen;Christopher Bailey;Christopher Bailey;Christopher Bailey

  • To musicians, the message is in the meter pre-attentive neuronal responses to incongruent rhythm are left-lateralized in musicians.

    Peter Vuust;Karen Johanne Pallesen;Karen Johanne Pallesen;Karen Johanne Pallesen;Christopher J. Bailey;Christopher J. Bailey;Titia L. van Zuijen

  • Rhythmic complexity and predictive coding: A novel approach to modeling rhythm and meter perception in music

    Peter Vuust;Peter Vuust;Maria A. G. Witek

  • Discovery of key whole-brain transitions and dynamics during human wakefulness and non-REM sleep.

    A. B. A. Stevner;A. B. A. Stevner;D. Vidaurre;J. Cabral;J. Cabral;K. Rapuano

  • Ever-changing cycles of musical pleasure: The role of dopamine and anticipation.

    Line Gebauer;Morten L. Kringelbach;Peter Vuust

  • The sound of music: Differentiating musicians using a fast, musical multi-feature mismatch negativity paradigm

    Peter Vuust;Elvira Brattico;Elvira Brattico;Miia Seppänen;Miia Seppänen;Risto Näätänen;Risto Näätänen;Risto Näätänen

  • Amygdala and heart rate variability responses from listening to emotionally intense parts of a story.

    Mikkel Wallentin;Mikkel Wallentin;Andreas Højlund Nielsen;Andreas Højlund Nielsen;Peter Vuust;Peter Vuust;Anders Dohn;Anders Dohn

  • The sensation of groove engages motor and reward networks.

    Tomas E. Matthews;Maria A. G. Witek;Torben Ellegaard Lund;Peter Vuust;Peter Vuust

  • Working memory and musical competence of musicians and non-musicians:

    Mads Hansen;Mikkel Wallentin;Peter Vuust

  • Music for insomnia in adults

    Kira V Jespersen;Julian Koenig;Poul Jennum;Peter Vuust

  • It don't mean a thing... Keeping the rhythm during polyrhythmic tension, activates language areas (BA47).

    Peter Vuust;Andreas Roepstorff;Andreas Roepstorff;Mikkel Wallentin;Mikkel Wallentin;Kim Mouridsen

  • Now you hear it: a predictive coding model for understanding rhythmic incongruity.

    Peter Vuust;Peter Vuust;Martin J. Dietz;Maria Witek;Maria Witek;Morten L. Kringelbach;Morten L. Kringelbach;Morten L. Kringelbach

  • The sensation of groove is affected by the interaction of rhythmic and harmonic complexity.

    Tomas E. Matthews;Maria A. G. Witek;Maria A. G. Witek;Ole A. Heggli;Virginia B. Penhune

  • Representation of harmony rules in the human brain: further evidence from event-related potentials.

    Sakari Leino;Elvira Brattico;Mari Tervaniemi;Peter Vuust;Peter Vuust

  • Connectivity Patterns During Music Listening: Evidence for Action-Based Processing in Musicians

    Vinoo Alluri;Petri Toiviainen;Iballa Burunat;Marina Kliuchko

  • Music reduces pain and increases functional mobility in fibromyalgia.

    Eduardo A. Garza-Villarreal;Eduardo A. Garza-Villarreal;Andrew D Wilson;Lene Vase;Elvira Brattico;Elvira Brattico;Elvira Brattico

Frequent Co-Authors

Elvira Brattico
Elvira Brattico Aarhus University
Morten L. Kringelbach
Morten L. Kringelbach University of Oxford
Andreas Roepstorff
Andreas Roepstorff Aarhus University
Marcus T. Pearce
Marcus T. Pearce Queen Mary University of London
Mari Tervaniemi
Mari Tervaniemi University of Helsinki
Risto Näätänen
Risto Näätänen University of Tartu
Leif Østergaard
Leif Østergaard Aarhus University
Petri Toiviainen
Petri Toiviainen University of Jyväskylä
Eus J.W. Van Someren
Eus J.W. Van Someren Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Katherine S. Young
Katherine S. Young King's College London

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