Bernhard Spanlang

6.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
51 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Bernhard Spanlang is a scholar working on Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Neuroscience and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernhard Spanlang has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Human-Computer Interaction, 17 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 14 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Bernhard Spanlang's work include Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (28 papers), Human Motion and Animation (13 papers) and Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (9 papers). Bernhard Spanlang is often cited by papers focused on Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (28 papers), Human Motion and Animation (13 papers) and Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (9 papers). Bernhard Spanlang collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United Kingdom and United States. Bernhard Spanlang's co-authors include Mel Slater, María V. Sánchez-Vives, Olaf Blanke, Daniel Freeman, David M. Clark, Sarah Reeve, Anke Ehlers, Abigail Robinson, Joan Llobera and Jean‐Marie Normand and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Journal of Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Bernhard Spanlang

50 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Virtual reality in the assessment, understanding, and treatment of mental health disorders

2017 783 citations Daniel Freeman, Sarah Reeve et al. Psychological Medicine profile →
First Person Experience of Body Transfer in Virtual Reality

2010 733 citations Mel Slater, Bernhard Spanlang et al. PLoS ONE profile →
Immersive Journalism: Immersive Virtual Reality for the First-Person Experience of News

2010 369 citations Bernhard Spanlang, Doron Friedman et al. profile →
Automated psychological therapy using immersive virtual reality for treatment of fear of heights: a single-blind, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial

2018 244 citations Daniel Freeman, Jason Freeman et al. The Lancet Psychiatry profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bernhard Spanlang Spain	21	3.0k	1.5k	1.4k	567	402	51	4.4k
Thomas W. Schubert Portugal	34	2.0k 0.7×	2.3k 1.5×	1.7k 1.2×	508 0.9×	1.4k 3.6×	73	5.6k
Andrew C. Beall United States	29	2.6k 0.9×	1.8k 1.2×	1.7k 1.2×	783 1.4×	728 1.8×	55	5.3k
Marc Erich Latoschik Germany	32	3.2k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 2.0×	255 0.6×	289	4.7k
Bob G. Witmer United States	12	3.9k 1.3×	1.4k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 2.0×	515 1.3×	19	5.5k
Albert Rizzo United States	37	1.7k 0.6×	822 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	525 0.9×	718 1.8×	128	5.8k
Pietro Cipresso Italy	40	1.2k 0.4×	974 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	485 0.9×	1.2k 3.0×	202	5.6k
Yvonne de Kort Netherlands	43	1.2k 0.4×	1.7k 1.2×	718 0.5×	311 0.5×	941 2.3×	158	6.1k
Bernhard E. Riecke Canada	35	2.2k 0.8×	776 0.5×	1.7k 1.2×	765 1.3×	372 0.9×	201	4.1k
Albert Rizzo United States	45	2.1k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	1.7k 1.2×	592 1.0×	992 2.5×	151	7.2k
Hunter G. Hoffman United States	55	2.8k 0.9×	1.8k 1.2×	3.6k 2.5×	474 0.8×	1.0k 2.5×	124	10.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bernhard Spanlang

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Friedman, Doron, et al.. (2025). Self-conversation with a sporting celebrity enhances later physical exercise: an exploratory study. Virtual Reality. 29(3). 1 indexed citations

Oliva, Ramon, S. Marshall Perry, Bernhard Spanlang, et al.. (2025). AI-Enhanced Virtual Reality Self-Talk for Psychological Counseling: Formative Qualitative Study. JMIR Formative Research. 9. e67782–e67782. 3 indexed citations

Klomek, Anat Brunstein, et al.. (2025). Intrapersonal emotion regulation training in virtual reality: embodying self-talk. Virtual Reality. 29(2).

Anastasiadou, Dimitra, et al.. (2024). Assessing the Clinical Efficacy of a Virtual Reality Tool for the Treatment of Obesity: Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 26. e51558–e51558. 7 indexed citations

Anastasiadou, Dimitra, et al.. (2023). Virtual self-conversation using motivational interviewing techniques to promote healthy eating and physical activity: A usability study. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 14. 999656–999656. 7 indexed citations

Anastasiadou, Dimitra, Mel Slater, Bernhard Spanlang, et al.. (2022). Clinical efficacy of a virtual reality tool for the treatment of obesity: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 12(6). e060822–e060822. 6 indexed citations

Slater, Mel, et al.. (2019). An experimental study of a virtual reality counselling paradigm using embodied self-dialogue. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 10903–10903. 77 indexed citations

Spanlang, Bernhard, et al.. (2019). Agency and responsibility over virtual movements controlled through different paradigms of brain−computer interface. The Journal of Physiology. 599(9). 2419–2434. 27 indexed citations

Freeman, Daniel, Jason Freeman, Bernhard Spanlang, et al.. (2018). Automated psychological therapy using immersive virtual reality for treatment of fear of heights: a single-blind, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Psychiatry. 5(8). 625–632. 244 indexed citations breakdown →

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Freeman, Daniel, Sarah Reeve, Abigail Robinson, et al.. (2017). Virtual reality in the assessment, understanding, and treatment of mental health disorders. Psychological Medicine. 47(14). 2393–2400. 783 indexed citations breakdown →

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Salgado‐Pineda, Pilar, Ramón Landín-Romero, Bernhard Spanlang, et al.. (2017). Patterns of activation and de-activation associated with cue-guided spatial navigation: A whole-brain, voxel-based study. Neuroscience. 358. 70–78. 4 indexed citations

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Pizarro, Rodrigo, et al.. (2016). Assessing 3D Scan Quality in Virtual Reality Through Paired-comparisons Psychophysics. 147–151. 1 indexed citations

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Salgado‐Pineda, Pilar, Ramón Landín-Romero, Francisco Portillo, et al.. (2016). Examining hippocampal function in schizophrenia using a virtual reality spatial navigation task. Schizophrenia Research. 172(1-3). 86–93. 18 indexed citations

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Osimo, Sofia Adelaide, Rodrigo Pizarro, Bernhard Spanlang, & Mel Slater. (2015). Conversations between self and self as Sigmund Freud—A virtual body ownership paradigm for self counselling. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 13899–13899. 149 indexed citations

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Normand, Jean‐Marie, María V. Sánchez-Vives, Elias Giannopoulos, et al.. (2012). Beaming into the Rat World: Enabling Real-Time Interaction between Rat and Human Each at Their Own Scale. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e48331–e48331. 10 indexed citations

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Normand, Jean‐Marie, Elias Giannopoulos, Bernhard Spanlang, & Mel Slater. (2011). Multisensory Stimulation Can Induce an Illusion of Larger Belly Size in Immersive Virtual Reality. PLoS ONE. 6(1). e16128–e16128. 199 indexed citations

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Sánchez-Vives, María V., Bernhard Spanlang, Antonio Frisoli, Massimo Bergamasco, & Mel Slater. (2010). Virtual Hand Illusion Induced by Visuomotor Correlations. PLoS ONE. 5(4). e10381–e10381. 338 indexed citations

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Spanlang, Bernhard, Jean‐Marie Normand, Elias Giannopoulos, & Mel Slater. (2010). A first person avatar system with haptic feedback. 47–50. 15 indexed citations

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Mortensen, Jesper, Insu Yu, Pritee Khanna, et al.. (2008). Real-Time Global Illumination for VR Applications. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications. 28(6). 56–64. 12 indexed citations

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Zhang, Dongliang, et al.. (2003). Animating scanned human models. Digital Library (University of West Bohemia). 7 indexed citations

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