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R. Nathan Spreng

R. Nathan Spreng

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
60
Citations
26147
World Ranking
3465
National Ranking
219

Neuroscience

D-Index
64
Citations
27546
World Ranking
3200
National Ranking
185

R. Nathan Spreng 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 R. Nathan Spreng sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 175 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

R. Nathan Spreng 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 R. Nathan Spreng sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

R. Nathan Spreng is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and has contributed extensively to the fields of neuroscience and medicine. Their research primarily focuses on cognitive neuroscience, encompassing 127 publications, as well as radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging with 50 publications. Additional work spans psychiatry and mental health, experimental and cognitive psychology, and physiology.

Their main research topics include functional brain connectivity studies, advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, neural dynamics and brain function, memory and neural mechanisms, as well as dementia and cognitive impairment research. Their investigations also cover Alzheimer's disease research and treatments and advanced MRI techniques.

Spreng has published in several scientific venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 24 publications
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia with 15 publications
  • NeuroImage with 6 publications
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences with 5 publications
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series B with 5 publications

Selected recent papers by Spreng include:

  • "Mapping neurotransmitter systems to the structural and functional organization of the human neocortex," 2022, Nature Neuroscience
  • "The default network of the human brain is associated with perceived social isolation," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Basal forebrain volume reliably predicts the cortical spread of Alzheimer's degeneration," 2020, Brain
  • "Social exclusion reliably engages the default network: A meta-analysis of Cyberball," 2020, NeuroImage
  • "Controversies and progress on standardization of large-scale brain network nomenclature," 2023, Network Neuroscience

Frequent co-authors with whom Spreng has collaborated include:

  • Gary R. Turner
  • Sylvia Villeneuve
  • Roni Setton
  • Giulia Baracchini
  • Danilo Bzdok

Best Publications

  • The common neural basis of autobiographical memory, prospection, navigation, theory of mind, and the default mode: A quantitative meta-analysis

    R. Nathan Spreng;Raymond A. Mar;Alice S. N. Kim

  • The default network and self-generated thought: component processes, dynamic control, and clinical relevance

    Jessica R. Andrews-Hanna;Jonathan Smallwood;R. Nathan Spreng

  • The Future of Memory: Remembering, Imagining, and the Brain

    Daniel L. Schacter;Donna Rose Addis;Demis Hassabis;Victoria C. Martin

  • Mind-wandering as spontaneous thought: a dynamic framework

    Kalina Christoff;Zachary C. Irving;Kieran C. R. Fox;R. Nathan Spreng

  • The Toronto Empathy Questionnaire: Scale development and initial validation of a factor-analytic solution to multiple empathy measures

    R. Nathan Spreng;Margaret C. McKinnon;Raymond A. Mar;Brian Levine

  • Default network activity, coupled with the frontoparietal control network, supports goal-directed cognition.

    R. Nathan Spreng;W. Dale Stevens;Jon P. Chamberlain;Adrian W. Gilmore

  • Patterns of brain activity supporting autobiographical memory, prospection, and theory of mind, and their relationship to the default mode network

    R. Nathan Spreng;Cheryl L. Grady

  • Mapping neurotransmitter systems to the structural and functional organization of the human neocortex

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  • Intrinsic architecture underlying the relations among the default, dorsal attention, and frontoparietal control networks of the human brain

    R. Nathan Spreng;Jorge Sepulcre;Gary R. Turner;W. Dale Stevens

  • The wandering brain: meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging studies of mind-wandering and related spontaneous thought processes.

    Kieran C. R. Fox;R. Nathan Spreng;Melissa Ellamil;Jessica R. Andrews-Hanna

  • Towards a Universal Taxonomy of Macro-scale Functional Human Brain Networks.

    Lucina Q. Uddin;B. T. Thomas Yeo;R. Nathan Spreng

  • Neurocircuitry models of posttraumatic stress disorder and beyond: a meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging studies.

    Ronak Patel;R. Nathan Spreng;Lisa M. Shin;Todd A. Girard

  • A taxonomy of prospection: Introducing an organizational framework for future-oriented cognition

    Karl K. Szpunar;R. Nathan Spreng;Daniel L. Schacter

  • Heterogeneity within the frontoparietal control network and its relationship to the default and dorsal attention networks.

    Matthew L. Dixon;Alejandro De La Vega;Caitlin Mills;Jessica Andrews-Hanna

  • Gradients of structure-function tethering across neocortex.

    Bertha Vázquez-Rodríguez;Laura E. Suárez;Ross D. Markello;Golia Shafiei

  • Reliable differences in brain activity between young and old adults: a quantitative meta-analysis across multiple cognitive domains.

    R. Nathan Spreng;Magdalena Wojtowicz;Cheryl L. Grady

  • The Fallacy of a “Task-Negative” Network

    R. Nathan Spreng

  • Executive functions and neurocognitive aging: dissociable patterns of brain activity.

    Gary R. Turner;Gary R. Turner;R. Nathan Spreng

  • Basal forebrain degeneration precedes and predicts the cortical spread of Alzheimer's pathology.

    Taylor W. Schmitz;R. Nathan Spreng;Michael W. Weiner;Paul Aisen

  • Imagine All the People: How the Brain Creates and Uses Personality Models to Predict Behavior

    Demis Hassabis;R. Nathan Spreng;Andrei A. Rusu;Clifford A. Robbins

  • The temporal distribution of past and future autobiographical events across the lifespan.

    R. Nathan Spreng;Brian Levine

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel L. Schacter
Daniel L. Schacter Harvard University
B.T. Thomas Yeo
B.T. Thomas Yeo National University of Singapore
Jessica R. Andrews-Hanna
Jessica R. Andrews-Hanna University of Arizona
Kalina Christoff
Kalina Christoff University of British Columbia
Avram J. Holmes
Avram J. Holmes Yale University
Danilo Bzdok
Danilo Bzdok Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Tian Ge
Tian Ge Massachusetts General Hospital
Martin Kronbichler
Martin Kronbichler University of Salzburg
Raymond A. Mar
Raymond A. Mar York University
Brian Levine
Brian Levine University of Toronto

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