Benjamin Baird

5.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
37 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Benjamin Baird is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Baird has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 17 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 4 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Baird's work include Sleep and Wakefulness Research (17 papers), EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (12 papers) and Mind wandering and attention (12 papers). Benjamin Baird is often cited by papers focused on Sleep and Wakefulness Research (17 papers), EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (12 papers) and Mind wandering and attention (12 papers). Benjamin Baird collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Benjamin Baird's co-authors include Jonathan W. Schooler, Jonathan Smallwood, Michael D. Mrazek, Michael S. Franklin, Dawa T. Phillips, Julia W. Y. Kam, Giulio Tononi, Daniel S. Margulies, Krzysztof J. Gorgolewski and Mélanie Boly and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Neuroscience and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Baird

34 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Mindfulness Training Improves Working Memory Capacity and GRE Performance While Reducing Mind Wandering

2013 680 citations Michael S. Franklin, Benjamin Baird et al. profile →
Inspired by Distraction

2012 598 citations Benjamin Baird, Jonathan Smallwood et al. profile →
The neural correlates of dreaming

2017 371 citations Francesca Siclari, Benjamin Baird et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin Baird United States	24	2.8k	1.6k	688	309	207	37	3.5k
Dongtao Wei China	36	2.6k 0.9×	1.9k 1.2×	659 1.0×	590 1.9×	114 0.6×	166	4.0k
Ewald Naumann Germany	29	1.6k 0.6×	832 0.5×	382 0.6×	437 1.4×	91 0.4×	65	2.8k
Gennady G. Knyazev Russia	25	2.8k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	594 0.9×	637 2.1×	149 0.7×	109	3.9k
Tingyong Feng China	27	1.2k 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	724 1.1×	474 1.5×	106 0.5×	135	2.4k
Matthew L. Dixon Canada	19	1.8k 0.6×	1.0k 0.6×	991 1.4×	443 1.4×	96 0.5×	27	3.0k
Abraham Goldstein Israel	30	1.5k 0.5×	811 0.5×	737 1.1×	845 2.7×	245 1.2×	92	2.7k
Karl Koschutnig Austria	31	2.3k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	245 0.4×	427 1.4×	589 2.8×	83	3.6k
Alexandre Schaefer United Kingdom	24	1.4k 0.5×	878 0.6×	291 0.4×	471 1.5×	249 1.2×	51	2.2k
Adrian R. Willoughby United States	17	1.8k 0.7×	736 0.5×	201 0.3×	241 0.8×	164 0.8×	31	2.5k
Diane L. Santesso Canada	32	1.8k 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	758 1.1×	318 1.0×	225 1.1×	55	2.9k

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Champagne, Frances A., et al.. (2025). Physical Activity Frequency Patterns Influence Sleep Architecture in Young Adults. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 22(8). 1042–1050.

Hsieh, Ju-Chun, Mengmeng Yao, Benjamin Baird, & Huiliang Wang. (2024). Protocol to fabricate a self-adhesive and long-term stable hydrogel for sleep EEG recording. STAR Protocols. 5(2). 103097–103097.

Champagne, Frances A., et al.. (2024). The effects of physical activity on sleep architecture and mood in naturalistic environments. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 5637–5637. 15 indexed citations

Hsieh, Ju-Chun, Ilya Pyatnitskiy, Wenliang Wang, et al.. (2023). Design of an injectable, self-adhesive, and highly stable hydrogel electrode for sleep recording. Device. 2(2). 100182–100182. 24 indexed citations

Baird, Benjamin, Stephen LaBerge, & Giulio Tononi. (2021). Two-Way Communication in Lucid REM Sleep Dreaming. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 25(6). 427–428. 8 indexed citations

Baird, Benjamin, et al.. (2021). Episodic thought distinguishes spontaneous cognition in waking from REM and NREM sleep. Consciousness and Cognition. 97. 103247–103247. 6 indexed citations

Lee, Minji, Benjamin Baird, Olivia Gosseries, et al.. (2019). Connectivity differences between consciousness and unconsciousness in non-rapid eye movement sleep: a TMS–EEG study. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 5175–5175. 69 indexed citations

LaBerge, Stephen, et al.. (2018). Pre-sleep treatment with galantamine stimulates lucid dreaming: A double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study. PLoS ONE. 13(8). e0201246–e0201246. 36 indexed citations

Gu, Shi, Matthew Cieslak, Benjamin Baird, et al.. (2018). The Energy Landscape of Neurophysiological Activity Implicit in Brain Network Structure. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 2507–2507. 76 indexed citations

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LaBerge, Stephen, Benjamin Baird, & Philip G. Zimbardo. (2018). Smooth tracking of visual targets distinguishes lucid REM sleep dreaming and waking perception from imagination. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3298–3298. 45 indexed citations

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Baird, Benjamin, et al.. (2018). Increased lucid dream frequency in long-term meditators but not following mindfulness-based stress reduction training.. Psychology of Consciousness Theory Research and Practice. 6(1). 40–54. 22 indexed citations

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Lai, Jizhou, et al.. (2017). Towards Efficient Use of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Urban Flood Monitoring. Journal of Water Management Modeling. 7 indexed citations

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Siclari, Francesca, Benjamin Baird, Lampros Perogamvros, et al.. (2017). The neural correlates of dreaming. Nature Neuroscience. 20(6). 872–878. 371 indexed citations breakdown →

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Elliott, J. C., Benjamin Baird, & Barry Giesbrecht. (2016). Consciousness isn’t all-or-none: Evidence for partial awareness during the attentional blink. Consciousness and Cognition. 40. 79–85. 12 indexed citations

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Elliott, J. C., Benjamin Baird, & Barry Giesbrecht. (2013). Consciousness During the Attentional Blink: Partial or All-or-None?. Journal of Vision. 13(9). 434–434. 1 indexed citations

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Smallwood, Jonathan, Krzysztof J. Gorgolewski, Johannes Golchert, et al.. (2013). The default modes of reading: modulation of posterior cingulate and medial prefrontal cortex connectivity associated with comprehension and task focus while reading. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 7. 734–734. 53 indexed citations

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Baird, Benjamin, Jonathan Smallwood, Krzysztof J. Gorgolewski, & Daniel S. Margulies. (2013). Medial and Lateral Networks in Anterior Prefrontal Cortex Support Metacognitive Ability for Memory and Perception. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(42). 16657–16665. 223 indexed citations

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Franklin, Michael S., Benjamin W. Mooneyham, Benjamin Baird, & Jonathan W. Schooler. (2013). Thinking one thing, saying another: The behavioral correlates of mind-wandering while reading aloud. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 21(1). 205–210. 30 indexed citations

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Smallwood, Jonathan, Christine M. Tipper, Kevin Brown, et al.. (2012). Escaping the here and now: Evidence for a role of the default mode network in perceptually decoupled thought. NeuroImage. 69. 120–125. 92 indexed citations

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Baird, Benjamin, Jonathan Smallwood, & Jonathan W. Schooler. (2011). Back to the future: Autobiographical planning and the functionality of mind-wandering. Consciousness and Cognition. 20(4). 1604–1611. 380 indexed citations

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