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7153
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Urs Maurer publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Urs Maurer sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 88 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Urs Maurer D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Urs Maurer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Urs Maurer is affiliated with the Chinese University of Hong Kong in China. Their research focuses primarily on psychology and neuroscience, with significant contributions to cognitive neuroscience and developmental and educational psychology. Their work also intersects with genetics and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The scientist's main topics of study include:

  • Reading and Literacy Development
  • Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Language Development and Disorders
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism

Maurer has published in several venues multiple times, highlighting consistent engagement with specific scholarly communities. These publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Reading and Writing
  • Nature Genetics
  • Scientific Reports
  • Bilingualism Language and Cognition

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a group of coauthors, indicating sustained research partnerships. Frequent co-authors consist of:

  • Catherine McBride
  • Brian W. L. Wong
  • Shuting Huo
  • Werner Sommer
  • Silvia Paracchini

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Discovery of 42 genome-wide significant loci associated with dyslexia", 2022, Nature Genetics
  • "Genome-wide association study reveals new insights into the heritability and genetic correlates of developmental dyslexia", 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • "Genome-wide analyses of individual differences in quantitatively assessed reading- and language-related skills in up to 34,000 people", 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Visual word form processing deficits driven by severity of reading impairments in children with developmental dyslexia", 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "The effects of input and output modalities on language switching between Chinese and English", 2021, Bilingualism Language and Cognition

Best Publications

  • The face-specific N170 component is modulated by emotional facial expression

    Vera C Blau;Urs Maurer;Nim Tottenham;Bruce D McCandliss

  • Predictors of developmental dyslexia in European orthographies with varying complexity

    Karin Landerl;Karin Landerl;Franck Ramus;Kristina Moll;Kristina Moll;Heikki Lyytinen

  • Cognitive mechanisms underlying reading and spelling development in five European orthographies

    Kristina Moll;Franck Ramus;Juergen Bartling;Jennifer Bruder

  • Fast, visual specialization for reading in English revealed by the topography of the N170 ERP response

    Urs Maurer;Daniel Brandeis;Bruce D McCandliss

  • Emerging Neurophysiological Specialization for Letter Strings

    Urs Maurer;Silvia Brem;Kerstin Bucher;Daniel Brandeis

  • Coarse neural tuning for print peaks when children learn to read

    Urs Maurer;Silvia Brem;Felicitas Kranz;Kerstin Bucher

  • The left occipitotemporal system in reading: disruption of focal fMRI connectivity to left inferior frontal and inferior parietal language areas in children with dyslexia.

    Sanne van der Mark;Peter Klaver;Kerstin Bucher;Urs Maurer;Urs Maurer

  • Children with dyslexia lack multiple specializations along the visual word-form (VWF) system.

    Sanne van der Mark;Kerstin Bucher;Urs Maurer;Urs Maurer;Enrico Schulz;Enrico Schulz

  • Impaired tuning of a fast occipito-temporal response for print in dyslexic children learning to read

    Urs Maurer;Silvia Brem;Kerstin Bucher;Felicitas Kranz

  • Left-lateralized n170 effects of visual expertise in reading: Evidence from japanese syllabic and logographic scripts

    Urs Maurer;Jason D. Zevin;Bruce D. McCandliss

  • Altered responses to tone and phoneme mismatch in kindergartners at familial dyslexia risk.

    Urs Maurer;Kerstin Bucher;Silvia Brem;Daniel Brandeis

  • Category specificity in early perception : face and word n170 responses differ in both lateralization and habituation properties

    Urs Maurer;Bruno Rossion;Bruce D McCandliss

  • Impaired semantic processing during sentence reading in children with dyslexia: combined fMRI and ERP evidence.

    Enrico Schulz;Urs Maurer;Urs Maurer;Sanne van der Mark;Kerstin Bucher

  • Frontal Midline Theta Reflects Individual Task Performance in a Working Memory Task

    Urs Maurer;Silvia Brem;Martina Liechti;Stefano Maurizio

  • Neurophysiology in Preschool Improves Behavioral Prediction of Reading Ability Throughout Primary School

    Urs Maurer;Urs Maurer;Kerstin Bucher;Silvia Brem;Silvia Brem;Rosmarie Benz

  • Auditory Selective Attention to Speech Modulates Activity in the Visual Word Form Area

    Yuliya N. Yoncheva;Jason D. Zevin;Urs Maurer;Urs Maurer;Bruce D. McCandliss;Bruce D. McCandliss

  • Genome-wide analyses of individual differences in quantitatively assessed reading- and language-related skills in up to 34,000 people

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  • The development of print tuning in children with dyslexia: Evidence from longitudinal ERP data supported by fMRI

    Urs Maurer;Enrico Schulz;Enrico Schulz;Silvia Brem;Sanne van der Mark

  • The development of visual expertise for words: The contribution of electrophysiology

    Urs Maurer;Bruce D. McCandliss

  • Development of the automatic mismatch response: from frontal positivity in kindergarten children to the mismatch negativity.

    Urs Maurer;Kerstin Bucher;Silvia Brem;Daniel Brandeis

  • Attentional Focus During Learning Impacts N170 ERP Responses to an Artificial Script

    Yuliya N. Yoncheva;Vera C. Blau;Urs Maurer;Bruce D. McCandliss

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Brandeis
Daniel Brandeis University of Zurich
Silvia Brem
Silvia Brem University of Zurich
Bruce D. McCandliss
Bruce D. McCandliss Stanford University
Karin Landerl
Karin Landerl University of Graz
Kristina Moll
Kristina Moll Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Bertram Müller-Myhsok
Bertram Müller-Myhsok Max Planck Society
Gerd Schulte-Körne
Gerd Schulte-Körne Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Heikki Lyytinen
Heikki Lyytinen University of Jyväskylä
Ernst Martin
Ernst Martin University of Zurich
Juha Kere
Juha Kere Karolinska Institute

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