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W. Pieter Medendorp

W. Pieter Medendorp

Radboud University
Netherlands

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
47
Citations
7125
World Ranking
6505
National Ranking
182

W. Pieter Medendorp 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 W. Pieter Medendorp sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 170 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

W. Pieter Medendorp 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 W. Pieter Medendorp sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

W. Pieter Medendorp is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands and has contributed extensively to the field of neuroscience, with a focus on cognitive neuroscience. Their research portfolio encompasses a range of topics centered on motor control and sensory processing.

Medendorp's main field of study is Neuroscience, with a significant emphasis on Cognitive Neuroscience. Additional subfields include Social Psychology, Biomedical Engineering, Neurology, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The primary research topics covered by Medendorp's work include:

  • Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Muscle activation and electromyography studies
  • Action Observation and Synchronization
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Vestibular and auditory disorders

Medendorp has been published in several scientific venues, with the most frequent contributors being:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Neurophysiology
  • eNeuro
  • Nature Communications
  • iScience

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Medendorp include:

  • "Selective postnatal excitation of neocortical pyramidal neurons results in distinctive behavioral and circuit deficits in adulthood" (2021), published in iScience
  • "Movement preparation time determines movement variability" (2021), published in Journal of Neurophysiology
  • "External location of touch is constructed post-hoc based on limb choice" (2020), published in eLife
  • "Sensitivity to error during visuomotor adaptation is similarly modulated by abrupt, gradual, and random perturbation schedules" (2021), published in Journal of Neurophysiology
  • "A neural surveyor to map touch on the body" (2021), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent collaborators in Medendorp's research include:

  • Luc P. J. Selen
  • Robert J. van Beers
  • Leonie Oostwoud Wijdenes
  • Luke E. Miller
  • Milou J. L. van Helvert

Best Publications

  • Gaze-Centered Updating of Visual Space in Human Parietal Cortex

    W. Pieter Medendorp;Herbert C. Goltz;Tutis Vilis;J. Douglas Crawford

  • Spatial Transformations for Eye–Hand Coordination

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  • Integration of target and effector information in the human brain during reach planning.

    S. M. Beurze;F. P. de Lange;I. Toni;W. P. Medendorp

  • Integration of Target and Effector Information in Human Posterior Parietal Cortex for the Planning of Action

    W. Pieter Medendorp;Herbert C. Goltz;J. Douglas Crawford;Tutis Vilis

  • Oscillatory Activity in Human Parietal and Occipital Cortex Shows Hemispheric Lateralization and Memory Effects in a Delayed Double-Step Saccade Task

    W. Pieter Medendorp;W. Pieter Medendorp;Geerten F.I. Kramer;Geerten F.I. Kramer;Ole Jensen;Robert Oostenveld

  • Three-Dimensional Transformations for Goal-Directed Action

    J. Douglas Crawford;Denise Y. P. Henriques;W. Pieter Medendorp

  • Modulations in oscillatory activity with amplitude asymmetry can produce cognitively relevant event-related responses

    Hanneke van Dijk;Jurrian van der Werf;Ali Mazaheri;W. Pieter Medendorp

  • Multisensory Processing in Spatial Orientation: An Inverse Probabilistic Approach

    I.A.H. Clemens;M. de Vrijer;L.P.J. Selen;J.A.M. van Gisbergen

  • Gamma-Band Activity in Human Posterior Parietal Cortex Encodes the Motor Goal during Delayed Prosaccades and Antisaccades

    J. van der Werf;O. Jensen;P. Fries;W.P. Medendorp

  • Spatial and Effector Processing in the Human Parietofrontal Network for Reaches and Saccades

    S. M. Beurze;F. P. de Lange;I. Toni;W. P. Medendorp

  • Remapping the remembered target location for anti-saccades in human posterior parietal cortex.

    W. Pieter Medendorp;Herbert C. Goltz;Tutis Vilis

  • Theta oscillations locked to intended actions rhythmically modulate perception

    Alice Tomassini;Luca Ambrogioni;W Pieter Medendorp;Eric Maris

  • Shared computational mechanism for tilt compensation accounts for biased verticality percepts in motion and pattern vision.

    M. De Vrijer;W. P. Medendorp;J.A.M. Van Gisbergen

  • Functional rather than effector-specific organization of human posterior parietal cortex.

    Tobias Heed;S. M. Beurze;I. Toni;B. Roder

  • Accuracy-precision trade-off in visual orientation constancy.

    M. De Vrijer;W. P. Medendorp;J. A. M. Van Gisbergen

  • Behavioral reference frames for planning human reaching movements.

    Sabine M. Beurze;Stan Van Pelt;W. Pieter Medendorp

  • Fusion of Visual and Vestibular Tilt Cues in the Perception of Visual Vertical

    R. A. A. Vingerhoets;M. De Vrijer;J. A. M. Van Gisbergen;W. P. Medendorp

  • Rotational Remapping in Human Spatial Memory during Eye and Head Motion

    W. Pieter Medendorp;Michael A. Smith;Douglas B. Tweed;J. Douglas Crawford

  • Motion parallax is computed in the updating of human spatial memory.

    W. Pieter Medendorp;Douglas B. Tweed;J. Douglas Crawford

  • Frames of Reference for Eye-Head Gaze Commands in Primate Supplementary Eye Fields

    Julio C. Martinez-Trujillo;Julio C. Martinez-Trujillo;W.Pieter Medendorp;W.Pieter Medendorp;Hongying Wang;J.Douglas Crawford

  • The subjective vertical and the sense of self orientation during active body tilt

    A.D. Van Beuzekom;W.P. Medendorp;J.A.M. Van Gisbergen

Frequent Co-Authors

J. Douglas Crawford
J. Douglas Crawford York University
Ivan Toni
Ivan Toni Radboud University
Peter Praamstra
Peter Praamstra Radboud University
Ole Jensen
Ole Jensen University of Oxford
Brian D. Corneil
Brian D. Corneil University of Western Ontario
Tutis Vilis
Tutis Vilis University of Western Ontario
Robert Oostenveld
Robert Oostenveld Radboud University
Jeroen B. J. Smeets
Jeroen B. J. Smeets Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Alessandro Farnè
Alessandro Farnè Inserm
Patrick Cavanagh
Patrick Cavanagh York University

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