Bernhard Spitzer

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
47 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Bernhard Spitzer is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Ophthalmology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernhard Spitzer has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 6 papers in Ophthalmology and 6 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Bernhard Spitzer's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (20 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (17 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (10 papers). Bernhard Spitzer is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (20 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (17 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (10 papers). Bernhard Spitzer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Bernhard Spitzer's co-authors include Felix Blankenburg, Saskia Haegens, John–Dylan Haynes, P. Christiaan Klink, Thomas B. Christophel, Pieter R. Roelfsema, Simon Hanslmayr, Karl-Heinz Bäuml, Karl‐Heinz T. Bäuml and Evelin Wacker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Bernhard Spitzer

46 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Distributed Nature of Working Memory

2017 492 citations Thomas B. Christophel, P. Christiaan Klink et al. Trends in Cognitive Sciences profile →
Beyond the Status Quo: A Role for Beta Oscillations in Endogenous Content (Re)Activation

2017 366 citations Bernhard Spitzer, Saskia Haegens eNeuro profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bernhard Spitzer Germany	25	2.0k	333	236	218	180	47	2.5k
Alex R. Wade United Kingdom	29	2.4k 1.2×	706 2.1×	110 0.5×	387 1.8×	349 1.9×	87	3.6k
Janine D. Mendola United States	19	2.5k 1.2×	179 0.5×	239 1.0×	189 0.9×	151 0.8×	48	2.9k
Iole Indovina Italy	26	1.4k 0.7×	290 0.9×	132 0.6×	71 0.3×	297 1.6×	55	2.2k
Jochen Ditterich United States	23	2.0k 1.0×	156 0.5×	51 0.2×	257 1.2×	153 0.8×	42	2.3k
Marko Nardini United Kingdom	28	1.1k 0.6×	610 1.8×	376 1.6×	116 0.5×	218 1.2×	110	2.3k
Alexander C. Schütz Germany	22	1.5k 0.7×	334 1.0×	203 0.9×	74 0.3×	181 1.0×	104	1.9k
Franco Pestilli United States	32	2.3k 1.1×	221 0.7×	110 0.5×	120 0.6×	150 0.8×	79	3.2k
Sabrina Pitzalis Italy	34	4.3k 2.1×	549 1.6×	128 0.5×	260 1.2×	568 3.2×	82	4.8k
Burkhart Fischer Germany	26	1.9k 0.9×	382 1.1×	132 0.6×	161 0.7×	96 0.5×	44	2.4k
Thomas Haarmeier Germany	24	1.8k 0.9×	201 0.6×	139 0.6×	227 1.0×	232 1.3×	44	2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bernhard Spitzer

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Greff, Klaus, Bernhard Spitzer, Simon Kornblith, et al.. (2025). Aligning machine and human visual representations across abstraction levels. Nature. 647(8089). 349–355.

Appelhoff, Stefan, et al.. (2024). Over- and underweighting of extreme values in decisions from sequential samples.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 153(3). 814–826. 2 indexed citations

Linde‐Domingo, Juan & Bernhard Spitzer. (2023). Geometry of visuospatial working memory information in miniature gaze patterns. Nature Human Behaviour. 8(2). 336–348. 9 indexed citations

Appelhoff, Stefan, Ralph Hertwig, & Bernhard Spitzer. (2022). Control over sampling boosts numerical evidence processing in human decisions from experience. Cerebral Cortex. 33(1). 207–221. 2 indexed citations

Ciranka, Simon, et al.. (2022). Asymmetric reinforcement learning facilitates human inference of transitive relations. Nature Human Behaviour. 6(4). 555–564. 24 indexed citations

Appelhoff, Stefan, Ralph Hertwig, & Bernhard Spitzer. (2022). EEG-representational geometries and psychometric distortions in approximate numerical judgment. PLoS Computational Biology. 18(12). e1010747–e1010747. 1 indexed citations

Spitzer, Bernhard, et al.. (2021). Concurrent visual working memory bias in sequential integration of approximate number. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 5348–5348. 5 indexed citations

Luyckx, Fabrice, Bernhard Spitzer, Annabelle Blangero, Konstantinos Tsetsos, & Christopher Summerfield. (2020). Selective Integration during Sequential Sampling in Posterior Neural Signals. Cerebral Cortex. 30(8). 4454–4464. 6 indexed citations

Juechems, Keno, Jan Balaguer, Bernhard Spitzer, & Christopher Summerfield. (2020). Optimal utility and probability functions for agents with finite computational precision. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(2). 21 indexed citations

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Luyckx, Fabrice, Hamed Nili, Bernhard Spitzer, & Christopher Summerfield. (2019). Neural structure mapping in human probabilistic reward learning. eLife. 8. 44 indexed citations

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Spitzer, Bernhard, Leonhard Waschke, & Christopher Summerfield. (2017). Selective overweighting of larger magnitudes during noisy numerical comparison. Nature Human Behaviour. 1(8). 145–145. 47 indexed citations

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Christophel, Thomas B., P. Christiaan Klink, Bernhard Spitzer, Pieter R. Roelfsema, & John–Dylan Haynes. (2017). The Distributed Nature of Working Memory. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 21(2). 111–124. 492 indexed citations breakdown →

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Spitzer, Bernhard & Saskia Haegens. (2017). Beyond the Status Quo: A Role for Beta Oscillations in Endogenous Content (Re)Activation. eNeuro. 4(4). ENEURO.0170–17.2017. 366 indexed citations breakdown →

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Spitzer, Bernhard, et al.. (2016). Spectral EEG abnormalities during vibrotactile encoding and quantitative working memory processing in schizophrenia. NeuroImage Clinical. 11. 578–587. 5 indexed citations

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Huebl, Julius, Bernhard Spitzer, Christof Brücke, et al.. (2014). Oscillatory subthalamic nucleus activity is modulated by dopamine during emotional processing in Parkinson's disease. Cortex. 60. 69–81. 37 indexed citations

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Maurer, Ute, et al.. (2014). Risk of anaphylaxis in opioid dependent persons: effects of heroin versus substitution substance. Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy. 9(1). 12–12. 8 indexed citations

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Jaissle, Gesine B., Peter Szurman, Nicolas Feltgen, et al.. (2010). Predictive factors for functional improvement after intravitreal bevacizumab therapy for macular edema due to branch retinal vein occlusion. Graefe s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 249(2). 183–192. 82 indexed citations

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Eshel, Neir, Christian C. Ruff, Bernhard Spitzer, Felix Blankenburg, & Jon Driver. (2010). Effects of parietal TMS on somatosensory judgments challenge interhemispheric rivalry accounts. Neuropsychologia. 48(12). 3470–3481. 11 indexed citations

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Spitzer, Bernhard & Karl‐Heinz T. Bäuml. (2009). Retrieval-induced forgetting in a category recognition task.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition. 35(1). 286–291. 23 indexed citations

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Spitzer, Bernhard & Karl‐Heinz T. Bäuml. (2007). Retrieval-induced forgetting in item recognition: Evidence for a reduction in general memory strength.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition. 33(5). 863–875. 63 indexed citations

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