2026 Piers L. Cornelissen: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	45	6663	6205	671	639	117	8703

Overview

Piers L. Cornelissen is affiliated with Northumbria University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on various aspects of psychology, with a significant emphasis on clinical psychology and experimental and cognitive psychology. They have contributed extensively to the study of eating disorders, body image, and related health behaviors.

The main fields of study for Cornelissen include:

Psychology

Their subfields of study encompass:

Clinical Psychology
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Cognitive Neuroscience
Pharmacy

Key topics they have investigated involve:

Eating Disorders and Behaviors
Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
Obesity and Health Practices
Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders

Some of their recent papers include:

"Using immersive virtual reality to modify body image" (2020), published in Body Image
"Targeting body image in eating disorders" (2021), published in Current Opinion in Psychology
"The ageing body: contributing attitudinal factors towards perceptual body size estimates in younger and middle-aged women" (2020), published in Archives of Women's Mental Health
"Beyond BMI for self-estimates of body size and shape: A new method for developing stimuli correctly calibrated for body composition" (2020), published in Behavior Research Methods
"The degree to which the cultural ideal is internalized predicts judgments of male and female physical attractiveness" (2022), published in Frontiers in Psychology

Frequent coauthors in Cornelissen's work include:

Martin J. Tovée
Kristofor McCarty
Robin S. S. Kramer
Bethany J. Ridley
Katri K. Cornelissen

Cornelissen's publications often appear in the following venues:

Body Image
Frontiers in Psychology
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Children
PLoS ONE

Best Publications

Dynamics of letter string perception in the human occipitotemporal cortex

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

628
Citations
Contrast sensitivity and coherent motion detection measured at photopic luminance levels in dyslexics and controls.

Piers Cornelissen;Alex Richardson;Alexandra Mason;Sue Fowler

535
Citations
Visual cues to female physical attractiveness.

M. J. Tovée;D. S. Maisey;J. L. Emery;P. L. Cornelissen

401
Citations
A specific and rapid neural signature for parental instinct

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

353
Citations
Female and male perceptions of female physical attractiveness in front-view and profile

Martin J. Tovée;Piers L. Cornelissen

351
Citations
Dissociation of Normal Feature Analysis and Deficient Processing of Letter-strings in Dyslexic Adults

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

335
Citations
Optimum body-mass index and maximum sexual attractiveness

MJ Tovée;S Reinhardt;JL Emery;PL Cornelissen

314
Citations
Automatic and Controlled Semantic Retrieval: TMS Reveals Distinct Contributions of Posterior Middle Temporal Gyrus and Angular Gyrus

James Davey;Piers L. Cornelissen;Hannah E. Thompson;X Saurabh Sonkusare

286
Citations
Visual word recognition: the first half second.

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

284
Citations
Dynamics of visual feature analysis and object-level processing in face versus letter-string perception.

A. Tarkiainen;P. L. Cornelissen;R. Salmelin

264
Citations
Magnocellular visual function and children's single word reading

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

262
Citations
Characteristics of male attractiveness for women

D. S. Maisey;E. L. E. Vale;P. L. Cornelissen;M. J. Tovee

256
Citations
Human female attractiveness: waveform analysis of body shape.

Martin J Tovee;Peter J B Hancock;Sasan Mahmoodi;Ben R R Singleton

212
Citations
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

170
Citations
Phase Coupling in a Cerebro-Cerebellar Network at 8–13 Hz during Reading

Jan Kujala;Kristen Pammer;Kristen Pammer;Piers Cornelissen;Alard Roebroeck

167
Citations
Coherent motion detection and letter position encoding

PL Cornelissen;PC Hansen;ID Gilchrist;F Cormack

156
Citations
Letter‐position encoding and dyslexia

Carol Whitney;Piers Cornelissen

148
Citations
What is an attractive body? Using an interactive 3D program to create the ideal body for you and your partner.

Kara L. Crossley;Piers L. Cornelissen;Piers L. Cornelissen;Martin J. Tovée

147
Citations
During visual word recognition, phonology is accessed within 100 ms and may be mediated by a speech production code: evidence from magnetoencephalography

Katherine L. Wheat;Piers L. Cornelissen;Stephen J. Frost;Peter C. Hansen

146
Citations
Symbol-string sensitivity and children's reading

Kristen Pammer;Ruth Lavis;Peter Hansen;Piers L Cornelissen

144
Citations
Color 3D bodies and judgements of human female attractiveness

Kathryn L. Smith;Piers L. Cornelissen;Martin J. Tovée

138
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin J. Tovée Northumbria University

Peter C. Hansen University of Birmingham

Elizabeth Jefferies University of York

Jonathan Smallwood Queen's University

Melissa Bateson Newcastle University

Andrew W. Ellis University of York

Peter J. B. Hancock University of Stirling

Pol Ghesquière KU Leuven

Bart Boets KU Leuven

Michelle G. Craske University of California, Los Angeles

External Links

Personal website of Piers L. Cornelissen

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