World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
40
Citations
10970
World Ranking
8082
National Ranking
81

Overview

Yosef Grodzinsky is affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. Their research primarily focuses on the intersections of psychology and neuroscience, with significant work in cognitive neuroscience and developmental and educational psychology.

Their research topics encompass several areas including:

  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Reading and Literacy Development
  • Language Development and Disorders
  • Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Cognitive Functions and Memory
  • Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Grodzinsky include:

  • Stable brain loci for the processing of complex syntax: A review of the current neuroimaging evidence, 2021, Cortex
  • Negative sentences exhibit a sustained effect in delayed verification tasks., 2022, Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition
  • A linguistic complexity pattern that defies aging: The processing of multiple negations, 2021, Journal of Neurolinguistics
  • Do two negatives make a positive? Language and logic in language processing, 2023, Language Cognition and Neuroscience
  • The Domains of Monotonicity Processing, 2024, Journal of Semantics

Frequent co-authors with whom Grodzinsky has collaborated include:

  • Peter Pieperhoff
  • Galit Agmon
  • Yonatan Loewenstein
  • Katrin Amunts
  • I-An Tan

The main venues where Grodzinsky has published are diverse and include:

  • Cortex
  • Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition
  • Journal of Neurolinguistics
  • Language Cognition and Neuroscience
  • Journal of Semantics

Grodzinsky's work contributes to understanding language processing, complex syntax, and linguistic phenomena related to negation and monotonicity. Their interdisciplinary approach links cognitive neuroscience with linguistic theory and experimental psychology, aiming to uncover both behavioral and neural mechanisms involved in language comprehension and cognitive functions.

Best Publications

  • The neurology of syntax: language use without Broca's area.

    Yosef Grodzinsky

  • The innateness of binding and coreference

    Yosef Grodzinsky;Tanya Reinhart

  • Theoretical perspectives on language deficits

    Yosef Grodzinsky

  • Tense and agreement in agrammatic production: pruning the syntactic tree

    Na'ama Friedmann;Yosef Grodzinsky;Yosef Grodzinsky

  • Language deficits and the theory of syntax

    Yosef Grodzinsky

  • Neuroimaging of syntax and syntactic processing

    Yosef Grodzinsky;Angela D Friederici

  • The syntactic characterization of agrammatism

    Yosef Grodzinsky

  • The battle for Broca’s region

    Yosef Grodzinsky;Andrea Santi

  • The Neural Reality of Syntactic Transformations Evidence From Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    Michal Ben-Shachar;Talma Hendler;Itamar Kahn;Dafna Ben-Bashat

  • Children's Passive: A View from the By -Phrase

    Danny Fox;Yosef Grodzinsky;Yosef Grodzinsky

  • Syntactic Cliticization and Lexical Cliticization: The Case of Hebrew Dative Clitics

    Hagit Borer;Yosef Grodzinsky

  • Neural correlates of syntactic movement: converging evidence from two fMRI experiments.

    Michal Ben-Shachar;Dafna Palti;Yosef Grodzinsky;Yosef Grodzinsky

  • Broca's region

    Yosef Grodzinsky;Katrin Amunts

  • A Restrictive Theory of Agrammatic Comprehension

    Grodzinsky Y

  • Working memory and syntax interact in Broca's area

    Andrea Santi;Yosef Grodzinsky

  • The critical role of group studies in neuropsychology: comprehension regularities in Broca's aphasia.

    Yosef Grodzinsky;Yosef Grodzinsky;Maria Mercedes Piñango;Maria Mercedes Piñango;Edgar Zurif;Edgar Zurif;Dan Drai

  • The breakdown of binding relations.

    Y. Grodzinsky;K. Wexler;Yu-Chin Chien;S. Marakovitz

  • Agrammatic comprehension of relative clauses.

    Yosef Grodzinsky

  • Trace Deletion, Θ-Roles, and Cognitive Strategies

    Y. Grodzinsky

  • fMRI adaptation dissociates syntactic complexity dimensions.

    Andrea Santi;Yosef Grodzinsky

  • A new empirical angle on the variability debate: Quantitative neurosyntactic analyses of a large data set from Broca’s Aphasia

    Dan Drai;Yosef Grodzinsky;Yosef Grodzinsky

Frequent Co-Authors

Katrin Amunts
Katrin Amunts Forschungszentrum Jülich
Angela D. Friederici
Angela D. Friederici Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Edgar Zurif
Edgar Zurif Brandeis University
Walter Huber
Walter Huber RWTH Aachen University
Naama Friedmann
Naama Friedmann Tel Aviv University
Talma Hendler
Talma Hendler Tel Aviv University
David Swinney
David Swinney University of California, San Diego
Roelien Bastiaanse
Roelien Bastiaanse University of Groningen

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Considering a future in psychology opens up a range of related online degrees and diverse career pathways. Students interested in applied mental health fields often explore degrees in counseling, social work, or therapy, all of which can be accessed via flexible, accredited online programs.

Choosing the right program is crucial. Prospective counselors may want to investigate specific options based on location and specialty. For example, you might explore the best counseling degree programs in Seattle for urban-focused studies, or look for the best counseling program rankings in South if you prefer programs with a southern regional focus.

Regional factors can impact internship placements, faculty expertise, and networking opportunities. Researching best counseling program rankings in Stockton or the best counseling program rankings in Tucson can help you understand local demand and program strengths.

Aligning your online degree choice with career goals—such as school counseling, clinical mental health, or rehabilitation counseling—will help position you for licensure and long-term success in an evolving field.

Best Scientists Citing Yosef Grodzinsky

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles