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Stefan Knecht is affiliated with Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, including subfields such as clinical psychology, rehabilitation, cognitive neuroscience, atomic and molecular physics and optics, and general health professions.

The scientist has contributed to topics including stroke rehabilitation and recovery, intensive care unit cognitive disorders, healthcare decision-making and restraints, quantum computing algorithms and architecture, quantum and electron transport phenomena, radical photochemical reactions, and behavioral health and interventions.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Stefan Knecht include:

  • German hospital capacities for prolonged mechanical ventilator weaning in neurorehabilitation - results of a representative survey (2020, Neurological Research and Practice)
  • A decision-neuroscientific intervention to improve cognitive recovery after stroke (2021, Brain)
  • Inducing illusory control ensures persistence when rewards fade and when others outperform us (2020, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review)
  • Schleichender demografischer Wandel und neurologische Rehabilitation - Teil 01: Situationsbeschreibung (2022, Der Nervenarzt)
  • Towards quantum-enabled cell-centric therapeutics (2023, arXiv [Cornell University])

Frequent co-authors include Bettina Studer, Tobias Schmidt-Wilcke, Anton Nykänen, Thomas Platz, and Ivano Tavernelli. The scientist has published multiple papers in the venues arXiv (Cornell University), Der Nervenarzt, Nachrichten aus der Chemie, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, and Brain and Cognition.

Their body of work reflects an interdisciplinary approach blending medicine and physics, addressing challenges in neurological rehabilitation, cognitive recovery, and emerging areas like quantum-enabled therapeutics.

Best Publications

  • Phantom-limb pain as a perceptual correlate of cortical reorganization following arm amputation

    Herta Flor;Thomas Elbert;Stefan Knecht;Christian Wienbruch

  • Handedness and hemispheric language dominance in healthy humans.

    Stefan Knecht;B. Dräger;M. Deppe;L. Bobe

  • The Dalton quantum chemistry program system

    Kestutis Aidas;Celestino Angeli;Keld L. Bak;Vebjørn Bakken

  • High impact running improves learning

    Bernward Winter;Caterina Breitenstein;Frank C. Mooren;Klaus Voelker

  • Caloric restriction improves memory in elderly humans

    A. V. Witte;M. Fobker;R. Gellner;S. Knecht

  • Language lateralization in healthy right-handers.

    Stefan Knecht;M. Deppe;B. Dräger;L. Bobe

  • Physical activity and memory functions: an interventional study

    R. Ruscheweyh;C. Willemer;K. Krüger;T. Duning

  • Atrial fibrillation in stroke-free patients is associated with memory impairment and hippocampal atrophy

    Stefan Knecht;Christian Oelschläger;Thomas Duning;Hubertus Lohmann

  • Extensive reorganization of the somatosensory cortex in adult humans after nervous system injury

    T. Elbert;H. Flor;N. Birbaumer;S. Knecht

  • Noninvasive Brain Stimulation Improves Language Learning

    Agnes Flöel;Nina Rösser;Olesya Michka;Stefan Knecht

  • Intensive speech and language therapy in patients with chronic aphasia after stroke: a randomised, open-label, blinded-endpoint, controlled trial in a health-care setting

    Caterina Breitenstein;Tanja Grewe;Agnes Flöel;Wolfram Ziegler

  • Pain sensitivity can be assessed by self-rating: Development and validation of the Pain Sensitivity Questionnaire.

    Ruth Ruscheweyh;Martin Marziniak;Frederike Stumpenhorst;Julia Reinholz

  • Hippocampus activity differentiates good from poor learners of a novel lexicon.

    Caterina Breitenstein;Andreas Jansen;Michael Deppe;Ann-Freya Foerster

  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the occipital pole interferes with verbal processing in blind subjects

    Amir Amedi;Agnes Floel;Agnes Floel;Stefan Knecht;Ehud Zohary

  • Physical activity and memory functions: are neurotrophins and cerebral gray matter volume the missing link?

    Agnes Flöel;Ruth Ruscheweyh;Karsten Krüger;C. Willemer

  • Levodopa: faster and better word learning in normal humans.

    Stefan Knecht;Caterina Breitenstein;Stefan Bushuven;Stefanie Wailke

  • Serum C-reactive protein is linked to cerebral microstructural integrity and cognitive function

    H. Wersching;T. Duning;H. Lohmann;S. Mohammadi

  • Degree of language lateralization determines susceptibility to unilateral brain lesions

    S. Knecht;A. Flöel;B. Dräger;C. Breitenstein

  • Noninvasive Determination of Language Lateralization by Functional Transcranial Doppler Sonography: A Comparison With the Wada Test

    S. Knecht;M. Deppe;A. Ebner;H. Henningsen

  • The assessment of hemispheric lateralization in functional MRI--robustness and reproducibility.

    Andreas Jansen;R. Menke;Jens Sommer;Ann-Freya Förster

Frequent Co-Authors

Agnes Flöel
Agnes Flöel Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Michael Deppe
Michael Deppe University of Münster
Caterina Breitenstein
Caterina Breitenstein University of Münster
Hubertus Lohmann
Hubertus Lohmann University of Münster
Andreas Jansen
Andreas Jansen Philipp University of Marburg
E. Bernd Ringelstein
E. Bernd Ringelstein University of Münster
Jens Sommer
Jens Sommer Philipp University of Marburg
Christo Pantev
Christo Pantev University of Münster
Pienie Zwitserlood
Pienie Zwitserlood University of Münster
Herta Flor
Herta Flor Heidelberg University

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