2026 Sophie K. Scott: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	80	1608	1466	168	153	249	27097
Psychology	80	1439	1284	169	155	245	27091

Overview

Sophie K. Scott is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans the fields of Psychology and Neuroscience, with a particular focus on Social Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. The subfields also include Literature and Literary Theory and Clinical Psychology.

The scientist has published extensively in various venues, frequently contributing to:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
Cortex
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Scientific Reports
Nature reviews. Neuroscience

Their research covers topics such as:

Humor Studies and Applications
Neuroscience and Music Perception
Media Influence and Health
Multisensory perception and integration
Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
Infant Health and Development
Emotions and Moral Behavior

Prominent co-authors who have frequently collaborated with Sophie K. Scott include:

César F. Lima
Qing Cai
Mimi R. Borrelli
Vikram Sinha
Addison Billing

Selected recent publications include:

Robert Provine: the critical human importance of laughter, connections and contagion, 2022, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
Death audits and reviews for reducing maternal, perinatal and child mortality, 2020, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Error in the Superior Temporal Gyrus? A Systematic Review and Activation Likelihood Estimation Meta-Analysis of Speech Production Studies, 2020, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
Pupil dilation reflects the authenticity of received nonverbal vocalizations, 2021, Scientific Reports
Pushing the envelope: Evaluating speech rhythm with different envelope extraction techniques, 2022, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Best Publications

Maps and streams in the auditory cortex: nonhuman primates illuminate human speech processing.

Josef P Rauschecker;Sophie K Scott

2000
Citations
Identification of a pathway for intelligible speech in the left temporal lobe

Sophie K. Scott;C. Catrin Blank;Stuart Rosen;Richard J. S. Wise

1378
Citations
Neural responses to facial and vocal expressions of fear and disgust

Mary Phillips;A W Young;Sarah Scott;A J Calder

1100
Citations
Cross-cultural recognition of basic emotions through nonverbal emotional vocalizations

Disa A. Sauter;Frank Eisner;Frank Eisner;Paul Ekman;Sophie K. Scott

1022
Citations
The neuroanatomical and functional organization of speech perception

Sophie K. Scott;Ingrid S. Johnsrude

907
Citations
Speech recognition in adverse conditions: A review

Sven L. Mattys;Matthew H. Davis;Ann R. Bradlow;Sophie K. Scott

888
Citations
Impaired auditory recognition of fear and anger following bilateral amygdala lesions

Sophie K. Scott;Andrew W. Young;Andrew J. Calder;Deborah J. Hellawell

887
Citations
Separate neural subsystems within `Wernicke's area'

Richard J. S. Wise;Sophie K. Scott;S. Catrin Blank;Cath J. Mummery

765
Citations
Amplitude envelope onsets and developmental dyslexia: A new hypothesis.

Usha Goswami;Jennifer Thomson;Ulla Richardson;Rhona Stainthorp

738
Citations
Brain regions involved in articulation.

R. J. S. Wise;J. Greene;C. Büchel;S. K. Scott

686
Citations
Facial expression recognition across the adult life span.

Andrew J Calder;Jill Keane;Tom Manly;Reiner Sprengelmeyer

567
Citations
The role of the rostral frontal cortex (area 10) in prospective memory: a lateral versus medial dissociation.

Paul W Burgess;Sophie K Scott;Christopher D Frith

552
Citations
Reading the mind from eye gaze

Andrew J Calder;Andrew D Lawrence;Jill Keane;Sophie K Scott

515
Citations
Intact but less Accessible Phonetic Representations in Adults with Dyslexia

Bart Boets;Hans P. Op de Beeck;Maaike Vandermosten;Sophie K. Scott

489
Citations
Speech production: Wernicke, Broca and beyond

S Catrin Blank;Sophie K Scott;Kevin Murphy;Elizabeth Warburton

460
Citations
Perceptual cues in nonverbal vocal expressions of emotion

Disa A. Sauter;Frank Eisner;Andrew J. Calder;Sophie K. Scott

433
Citations
Functional Integration across Brain Regions Improves Speech Perception under Adverse Listening Conditions

Jonas Obleser;Richard J. S. Wise;M. Alex Dresner;Sophie K. Scott

424
Citations
Comprehension of familiar and unfamiliar native accents under adverse listening conditions.

Patti Adank;Bronwen G. Evans;Jane Stuart-Smith;Sophie K. Scott

414
Citations
A little more conversation, a little less action--candidate roles for the motor cortex in speech perception.

Sophie K. Scott;Carolyn McGettigan;Frank Eisner

354
Citations
Converging language streams in the human temporal lobe

Galina Spitsyna;Jane E. Warren;Sophie K. Scott;Federico E. Turkheimer

354
Citations
The functional neuroanatomy of prelexical processing in speech perception.

Sophie K. Scott;Richard J.S. Wise

346
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard J. S. Wise Imperial College London

Disa Sauter University of Amsterdam

Alexander P. Leff University College London

David J. Sharp Imperial College London

Tom Manly MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit

Jason D. Warren University College London

Jonas Obleser University of Lübeck

David Howard Newcastle University

Federico E. Turkheimer King's College London

Andrew J. Calder University of Cambridge

External Links

Wikipedia of Sophie K. Scott Personal website of Sophie K. Scott

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