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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2013 - Polish Academy of Science
  • 2009 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1995 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Richard S. J. Frackowiak is affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research spans several interconnected fields within medicine and neuroscience, with a particular focus on cognitive neuroscience and infectious diseases.

Their work covers multiple specialized topics, including:

  • Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Motor Control and Adaptation
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
  • Estrogen and related hormone effects
  • Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments
  • Global Health Care Issues

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Frackowiak include:

  • "Brain plasticity dynamics during tactile Braille learning in sighted subjects: Multi-contrast MRI approach" (2020, NeuroImage)
  • "The influence of microsatellite polymorphisms in sex steroid receptor genes ESR1, ESR2 and AR on sex differences in brain structure" (2020, NeuroImage)
  • "Overcoming fragmentation of health research in Europe: lessons from COVID-19" (2020, The Lancet)
  • "Modelling lockdown-induced 2nd COVID waves in France" (2020, bioRxiv [Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory])

Frequent co-authors of Frackowiak include:

  • Jacek Matuszewski
  • Bartosz Kossowski
  • Łukasz Bola
  • Anna Banaszkiewicz
  • Małgorzata Paplińska

Frackowiak has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • NeuroImage
  • The Lancet
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their recognized contributions in the scientific community are reflected through various awards and memberships, including:

  • Member of Academia Europaea (1995)
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) (2009)
  • Polish Academy of Science (2013)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Best Publications

  • Statistical parametric maps in functional imaging: A general linear approach

    K. J. Friston;A. P. Holmes;K. J. Worsley;J.-P. Poline

  • A voxel-based morphometric study of ageing in 465 normal adult human brains.

    Catriona D. Good;Ingrid S. Johnsrude;John Ashburner;Richard N.A. Henson;Richard N.A. Henson

  • A voxel-based morphometric study of ageing in 465 normal adult human brains

    C.D. Good;I.S. Johnsrude;J. Ashburner;R.N.A. Henson

  • Spatial registration and normalization of images

    Karl. J. Friston;J. Ashburner;C. D. Frith;J.-B. Poline

  • Navigation-related structural change in the hippocampi of taxi drivers

    Eleanor A. Maguire;David G. Gadian;Ingrid S. Johnsrude;Catriona D. Good

  • Movement-related effects in fMRI time-series

    Karl J. Friston;Steven Williams;Robert Howard;Richard S. J. Frackowiak

  • The neural correlates of the verbal component of working memory.

    E. Paulesu;C. D. Frith;C. D. Frith;R. S. J. Frackowiak

  • Analysis of fMRI Time-Series Revisited

    Karl J. Friston;A. P. Holmes;J. B. Poline;P. J. Grasby

  • Functional Connectivity: The Principal-Component Analysis of Large (PET) Data Sets

    K. J. Friston;C. D. Frith;P. F. Liddle;R. S. J. Frackowiak

  • Assessing the significance of focal activations using their spatial extent

    K. J. Friston;K. J. Worsley;R. S. J. Frackowiak;J. C. Mazziotta

  • A direct demonstration of functional specialization in human visual cortex

    S. Zeki;J. D. G. Watson;C. J. Lueck;K. J. Friston

  • Other minds in the brain: a functional imaging study of "theory of mind" in story comprehension.

    P. C. Fletcher;F. Happe;U. Frith;S. C. Baker

  • Comparing functional (PET) images: the assessment of significant change.

    K. J. Friston;C. D. Frith;C. D. Frith;P. F. Liddle;R. S. J. Frackowiak

  • Human Brain Function

    Richard S. J. Frackowiak

  • Knowing Where and Getting There: A Human Navigation Network

    Eleanor A. Maguire;Neil Burgess;James G. Donnett;Richard S. J. Frackowiak

  • Quantitative measurement of regional cerebral blood flow and oxygen metabolism in man using 15O and positron emission tomography: theory, procedure, and normal values.

    Richard S. J. Frackowiak;Gian-Luigi Lenzi;Terry Jones;Jon D. Heather

  • The anatomy of phonological and semantic processing in normal subjects.

    Jean-François Démonet;François Chollet;Stuart Ramsay;Dominique Cardebat

  • Cerebral asymmetry and the effects of sex and handedness on brain structure: a voxel-based morphometric analysis of 465 normal adult human brains.

    Catriona D. Good;Ingrid S. Johnsrude;John Ashburner;Richard N. A. Henson;Richard N. A. Henson

  • Area V5 of the Human Brain: Evidence from a Combined Study Using Positron Emission Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    J. D. G. Watson;R. Myers;R. S. J. Frackowiak;J. V. Hajnal

  • Functional anatomy of a common semantic system for words and pictures

    R. Vandenberghe;C. Price;R. Wise;O. Josephs

  • Motor sequence learning: a study with positron emission tomography

    I. H. Jenkins;D. J. Brooks;P. D. Nixon;R. S. J. Frackowiak

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris D. Frith
Chris D. Frith University College London
Karl J. Friston
Karl J. Friston University College London
Bogdan Draganski
Bogdan Draganski University Hospital of Bern
John Ashburner
John Ashburner University College London
Raymond J. Dolan
Raymond J. Dolan University College London
Richard J. S. Wise
Richard J. S. Wise Imperial College London
Richard E. Passingham
Richard E. Passingham University of Oxford
Terry Jones
Terry Jones University of California, Davis
David J. Brooks
David J. Brooks Newcastle University
Cathy J. Price
Cathy J. Price University College London

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