Andreas Nieder

12.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
163 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Andreas Nieder is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Statistics and Probability and Developmental Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Andreas Nieder has authored 163 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 80 papers in Statistics and Probability and 37 papers in Developmental Biology. Recurrent topics in Andreas Nieder's work include Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (80 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (41 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (38 papers). Andreas Nieder is often cited by papers focused on Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (80 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (41 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (38 papers). Andreas Nieder collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Bulgaria. Andreas Nieder's co-authors include Earl K. Miller, Stanislas Dehaene, Simon N. Jacob, Torben Ott, Oana Tudusciuc, David J. Freedman, Helen M. Ditz, Ilka Diester, Steffen R. Hage and Pooja Viswanathan and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Andreas Nieder

158 papers receiving 8.3k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Representation of Number in the Brain

2009 603 citations Andreas Nieder, Stanislas Dehaene profile →
Representation of the Quantity of Visual Items in the Primate Prefrontal Cortex

2002 526 citations Andreas Nieder et al. Science profile →
Dopamine and Cognitive Control in Prefrontal Cortex

2019 336 citations Torben Ott, Andreas Nieder Trends in Cognitive Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Andreas Nieder Germany	53	4.8k	4.3k	2.3k	1.6k	913	163	8.5k
Thomas R. Zentall United States	54	3.3k 0.7×	1.4k 0.3×	653 0.3×	5.7k 3.5×	2.2k 2.4×	440	10.9k
C. R. Gallistel United States	51	7.4k 1.5×	4.3k 1.0×	2.7k 1.2×	4.1k 2.6×	1.5k 1.6×	176	14.4k
H. S. Terrace United States	39	3.0k 0.6×	1.6k 0.4×	544 0.2×	3.7k 2.3×	1.1k 1.2×	123	6.7k
Michael J. Beran United States	44	2.3k 0.5×	1.4k 0.3×	561 0.2×	2.6k 1.6×	1.8k 2.0×	217	5.4k
Elizabeth M. Brannon United States	54	3.2k 0.7×	7.0k 1.6×	4.4k 1.9×	3.8k 2.4×	536 0.6×	138	8.9k
Russell M. Church United States	50	8.9k 1.9×	2.9k 0.7×	746 0.3×	3.3k 2.1×	1.3k 1.5×	163	12.4k
William A. Roberts Canada	47	3.2k 0.7×	1.0k 0.2×	343 0.2×	2.1k 1.3×	1.1k 1.3×	199	6.3k
Ghislaine Dehaene‐Lambertz France	52	8.7k 1.8×	1.8k 0.4×	920 0.4×	5.1k 3.2×	765 0.8×	146	13.2k
J. E. R. Staddon United States	44	2.6k 0.5×	949 0.2×	131 0.1×	3.4k 2.2×	726 0.8×	179	6.8k
Christian Agrillo Italy	34	1000 0.2×	1.5k 0.4×	659 0.3×	673 0.4×	602 0.7×	109	3.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Nieder, Andreas. (2026). The making of number: from content to representation. Trends in Cognitive Sciences.

Nieder, Andreas, et al.. (2026). Coordinated parieto-frontal neuronal communication is critical for abstract quantity judgments in primates. Cell Reports. 45(4). 117147–117147.

Jeong, Gi Seok, Joram Soch, Robert Trampel, Andreas Nieder, & Michael A. Skeide. (2025). High-field fMRI at 7 Tesla reveals topographic responses tuned to number in the developing human brain. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. 75. 101598–101598.

Hahn, Markus, et al.. (2025). Crows recognize geometric regularity. Science Advances. 11(15). eadt3718–eadt3718. 2 indexed citations

Liao, Diana A., Katharina F. Brecht, Lena Veit, & Andreas Nieder. (2024). Crows “count” the number of self-generated vocalizations. Science. 384(6698). 874–877. 12 indexed citations

Veit, Lena, et al.. (2023). Crows protect visual working memory against interference. Journal of Experimental Biology. 226(5). 3 indexed citations

Nieder, Andreas, et al.. (2023). Categorical representation of abstract spatial magnitudes in the executive telencephalon of crows. Current Biology. 33(11). 2151–2162.e5. 11 indexed citations

Borger, Valeri, et al.. (2023). Distinct neuronal representation of small and large numbers in the human medial temporal lobe. Nature Human Behaviour. 7(11). 1998–2007. 14 indexed citations

Liao, Diana A., et al.. (2022). Recursive sequence generation in crows. Science Advances. 8(44). eabq3356–eabq3356. 21 indexed citations

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Nieder, Andreas, et al.. (2021). Working memory capacity of crows and monkeys arises from similar neuronal computations. eLife. 10. 21 indexed citations

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Cantlon, Jessica F., Steven T. Piantadosi, Evan L. MacLean, et al.. (2021). The evolution of quantitative sensitivity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 377(1844). 20200529–20200529. 14 indexed citations

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Brecht, Katharina F., et al.. (2020). Carrion crows (Corvus corone corone) fail the mirror mark test yet again.. Journal of comparative psychology. 134(4). 372–378. 20 indexed citations

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Brecht, Katharina F., et al.. (2019). Volitional control of vocalizations in corvid songbirds. PLoS Biology. 17(8). e3000375–e3000375. 27 indexed citations

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Ott, Torben & Andreas Nieder. (2019). Dopamine and Cognitive Control in Prefrontal Cortex. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 23(3). 213–234. 336 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hannagan, Thomas, Andreas Nieder, Pooja Viswanathan, & Stanislas Dehaene. (2018). A random-matrix theory of the number sense. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 373(1740). 20170253–20170253. 14 indexed citations

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Brecht, Katharina F., et al.. (2017). Comparing the face inversion effect in crows and humans. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 203(12). 1017–1027. 16 indexed citations

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Veit, Lena & Andreas Nieder. (2013). Abstract rule neurons in the endbrain support intelligent behaviour in corvid songbirds. Nature Communications. 4(1). 2878–2878. 122 indexed citations

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Nieder, Andreas, et al.. (2010). Basic mathematical rules are encoded by primate prefrontal cortex neurons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(5). 2277–2282. 83 indexed citations

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Vallentin, Daniela & Andreas Nieder. (2008). Behavioral and Prefrontal Representation of Spatial Proportions in the Monkey. Current Biology. 18(18). 1420–1425. 60 indexed citations

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Nieder, Andreas & Hermann Wagner. (2001). Encoding of both vertical and horizontal disparity in random-dot stereograms by Wulst neurons of awake barn owls. Visual Neuroscience. 18(4). 541–547. 23 indexed citations

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