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Yury Shtyrov

Yury Shtyrov

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Neuroscience

D-Index
52
Citations
10684
World Ranking
5302
National Ranking
33

Psychology

D-Index
52
Citations
10634
World Ranking
4994
National Ranking
16

Overview

Yury Shtyrov is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark and has contributed extensively to the fields of Neuroscience and Psychology. Their research has a particular focus on Cognitive Neuroscience, with additional work addressing Developmental and Educational Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, and Neurology.

Their research topics prominently include:

  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Reading and Literacy Development
  • Action Observation and Synchronization
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
  • Language Development and Disorders
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Recent publications demonstrate a focus on language and brain mechanisms as well as clinical neurophysiology:

  • "Rapid microstructural plasticity in the cortical semantic network following a short language learning session" (2021), PLoS Biology
  • "First Language Attrition: What It Is, What It Isn't, and What It Can Be" (2021), Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • "The 40-Hz auditory steady-state response in bipolar disorder: A meta-analysis" (2022), Clinical Neurophysiology
  • "Brain Signatures of Embodied Semantics and Language: A Consensus Paper" (2023), Journal of Cognition
  • "Anterior temporal lobe is necessary for efficient lateralised processing of spoken word identity" (2020), Cortex

They have collaborated regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Andriy Myachykov
  • Federico Gallo
  • Beatriz Bermúdez-Margaretto
  • Evgeny Blagovechtchenski
  • Olga Shcherbakova

Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Психология Журнал Высшей школы экономики
  • Bilingualism Language and Cognition
  • Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

In addition to journal articles, Yury Shtyrov has published a book titled Language Electrified in 2023 with Humana Press.

Best Publications

  • Motor cortex maps articulatory features of speech sounds

    Friedemann Pulvermüller;Martina Huss;Ferath Kherif;Fermin Moscoso del Prado Martin

  • Brain Signatures of Meaning Access in Action Word Recognition

    Friedemann Pulvermu¨ller;Yury Shtyrov;Risto Ilmoniemi

  • Language outside the focus of attention: the mismatch negativity as a tool for studying higher cognitive processes.

    Friedemann Pulvermüller;Yury Shtyrov

  • Memory traces for words as revealed by the mismatch negativity.

    Friedemann Pulvermüller;Teija Kujala;Yury Shtyrov;Jaana Simola

  • Understanding in an instant: Neurophysiological evidence for mechanistic language circuits in the brain

    Friedemann Pulvermüller;Yury Shtyrov;Olaf Hauk

  • Distributed neuronal networks for encoding category‐specific semantic information: the mismatch negativity to action words

    Yury Shtyrov;Olaf Hauk;Friedemann Pulvermüller

  • Ultra-rapid access to words in the brain.

    Lucy J MacGregor;Friedemann Pulvermüller;Maarten van Casteren;Yury Shtyrov

  • Discrimination of speech and of complex nonspeech sounds of different temporal structure in the left and right cerebral hemispheres.

    Yury Shtyrov;Teija Kujala;Satu Palva;Risto J. Ilmoniemi

  • When do you grasp the idea? MEG evidence for instantaneous idiom understanding.

    Véronique Boulenger;Yury Shtyrov;Friedemann Pulvermüller;Friedemann Pulvermüller

  • Automatic processing of grammar in the human brain as revealed by the mismatch negativity.

    Friedemann Pulvermüller;Yury Shtyrov

  • The time course of action and action-word comprehension in the human brain as revealed by neurophysiology

    O. Hauk;Y. Shtyrov;F. Pulvermüller

  • Background acoustic noise and the hemispheric lateralization of speech processing in the human brain: magnetic mismatch negativity study.

    Yury Shtyrov;Teija Kujala;Jyrki Ahveninen;Mari Tervaniemi

  • Spatiotemporal dynamics of neural language processing: an MEG study using minimum-norm current estimates.

    Friedemann Pulvermüller;Yury Shtyrov;Risto J. Ilmoniemi

  • Neurophysiological evidence of memory traces for words in the human brain.

    Yury Shtyrov;Friedemann Pulvermüller

  • Determinants of dominance: is language laterality explained by physical or linguistic features of speech?

    Yury Shtyrov;Elina Pihko;Friedemann Pulvermüller

  • Syntax as a reflex: neurophysiological evidence for early automaticity of grammatical processing.

    Friedemann Pulvermüller;Yury Shtyrov;Anna S. Hasting;Robert P. Carlyon

  • Primary motor cortex functionally contributes to language comprehension: An online rTMS study

    Nikola Vukovic;Nikola Vukovic;Matteo Feurra;Anna Shpektor;Andriy Myachykov

  • Rapid Cortical Plasticity Underlying Novel Word Learning

    Yury Shtyrov;Vadim V. Nikulin;Friedemann Pulvermüller

  • Grammar Processing Outside the Focus of Attention: an MEG Study

    Yury Shtyrov;Friedemann Pulvermüller;Risto Näätänen;Risto J. Ilmoniemi

  • Automatic ultrarapid activation and inhibition of cortical motor systems in spoken word comprehension.

    Yury Shtyrov;Anna Butorina;Anastasia Nikolaeva;Tatiana Stroganova

  • Word-specific cortical activity as revealed by the mismatch negativity.

    Friedemann Pulvermüller;Yury Shtyrov;Teija Kujala;Risto Näätänen

Frequent Co-Authors

Friedemann Pulvermüller
Friedemann Pulvermüller Freie Universität Berlin
Teija Kujala
Teija Kujala University of Helsinki
Risto Näätänen
Risto Näätänen University of Tartu
Risto J. Ilmoniemi
Risto J. Ilmoniemi Aalto University
Olaf Hauk
Olaf Hauk MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
William D. Marslen-Wilson
William D. Marslen-Wilson University of Cambridge
Mari Tervaniemi
Mari Tervaniemi University of Helsinki
Simon Baron-Cohen
Simon Baron-Cohen University of Cambridge
Pradeep J. Nathan
Pradeep J. Nathan University of Cambridge
Karalyn Patterson
Karalyn Patterson MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit

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