Christopher I. Wright

12.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
144 papers, 9.3k citations indexed

About

Christopher I. Wright is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher I. Wright has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 9.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 13 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 12 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Christopher I. Wright's work include Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (23 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (17 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (15 papers). Christopher I. Wright is often cited by papers focused on Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (23 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (17 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (15 papers). Christopher I. Wright collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Christopher I. Wright's co-authors include Scott L. Rauch, Lisa M. Shin, Paul J. Whalen, Håkan Fischer, Roger K. Pitman, Scott P. Orr, Sean C. McInerney, Lisa Feldman Barrett, Henk J. Groenewegen and Mohammed R. Milad and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Christopher I. Wright

132 papers receiving 9.0k 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.

Recall of Fear Extinction in Humans Activates the Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex and Hippocampus in Concert

2007 928 citations Christopher I. Wright, Scott L. Rauch et al. Biological Psychiatry profile →
A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Amygdala and Medial Prefrontal Cortex Responses to Overtly Presented Fearful Faces in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

2005 722 citations Lisa M. Shin, Christopher I. Wright et al. profile →
Response-Guided Telaprevir Combination Treatment for Hepatitis C Virus Infection

2011 566 citations Christopher I. Wright et al. profile →
A functional MRI study of human amygdala responses to facial expressions of fear versus anger.

2001 500 citations Paul J. Whalen, Lisa M. Shin et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher I. Wright United States	43	4.7k	2.2k	1.5k	1.3k	1.1k	144	9.3k
David Mischoulon United States	60	1.0k 0.2×	1.5k 0.7×	1.9k 1.3×	637 0.5×	905 0.8×	323	11.6k
Norio Ozaki Japan	59	2.4k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	4.4k 3.5×	903 0.8×	748	16.2k
Phyllis C. Zee United States	73	6.3k 1.4×	8.5k 3.9×	682 0.4×	811 0.6×	172 0.2×	329	17.5k
Debra J. Skene United Kingdom	64	4.5k 1.0×	6.0k 2.8×	264 0.2×	1.5k 1.2×	315 0.3×	242	15.7k
Shigeto Yamawaki Japan	60	3.9k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	2.5k 2.0×	1.6k 1.5×	379	12.6k
Simon F. Crowe Australia	39	1.8k 0.4×	913 0.4×	653 0.4×	627 0.5×	159 0.1×	212	6.0k
Cynthia M. Kuhn United States	77	1.6k 0.3×	1.0k 0.5×	2.8k 1.9×	3.7k 2.9×	2.7k 2.4×	278	17.5k
Judith R. Homberg Netherlands	45	1.9k 0.4×	684 0.3×	1.4k 0.9×	3.5k 2.8×	2.2k 1.9×	225	9.0k
Matthew F. Muldoon United States	60	920 0.2×	1.7k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	842 0.7×	1.6k 1.4×	215	11.0k
Shih‐Jen Tsai Taiwan	63	4.1k 0.9×	1.4k 0.6×	2.1k 1.4×	3.7k 2.9×	1.2k 1.1×	689	16.9k

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Mâsse, Louise C., Christopher I. Wright, Luke Wolfenden, et al.. (2025). Facility-level implementation strategies in early childhood education and care to enhance adherence to a provincial physical activity standard: Protocol for the Good Start Matters ATP+ randomised controlled trial. PLoS ONE. 20(8). e0329276–e0329276.

Naylor, Patti‐Jean, Christopher I. Wright, Luke Wolfenden, et al.. (2025). Tracking Physical Activity and Nutrition Policies and Practices in Early Childhood Education and Care: Five Years Post-Implementation of a Provincial-Level Active Play Standard. Childhood Obesity. 21(3). 273–281. 1 indexed citations

Wright, Christopher I., et al.. (2024). Systematic review of educator behaviours associated with physical activity of early years children. Child Care Health and Development. 50(4). e13308–e13308.

Naylor, Patti‐Jean, Ryan E. Rhodes, Sam Liu, et al.. (2023). Piloting the Virtual PLAYshop Program: A Parent-Focused Physical Literacy Intervention for Early Childhood. Children. 10(4). 720–720. 3 indexed citations

Wright, Christopher I.. (2020). An examination of jihadi recidivism rates in the United States. 2 indexed citations

Wright, Christopher I., et al.. (2020). A Pragmatic Feasibility Trial Examining the Effect of Job Embedded Professional Development on Teachers’ Capacity to Provide Physical Literacy Enriched Physical Education in Elementary Schools. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(12). 4386–4386. 24 indexed citations

Wright, Christopher I., et al.. (2016). Image interpretation performance: A longitudinal study from novice to professional. Radiography. 23(1). e1–e7. 26 indexed citations

Draijer, Richard, et al.. (2015). Consumption of a Polyphenol-Rich Grape-Wine Extract Lowers Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Mildly Hypertensive Subjects. Nutrients. 7(5). 3138–3153. 75 indexed citations

Bickart, Kevin, et al.. (2010). Amygdala volume and social network size in humans. Nature Neuroscience. 14(2). 163–164. 363 indexed citations

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Dickerson, Bradford C., Akram Bakkour, David H. Salat, et al.. (2008). The Cortical Signature of Alzheimer's Disease: Regionally Specific Cortical Thinning Relates to Symptom Severity in Very Mild to Mild AD Dementia and is Detectable in Asymptomatic Amyloid-Positive Individuals. Cerebral Cortex. 19(3). 497–510. 32 indexed citations

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Wright, Christopher I., Eric Feczko, Bradford Dickerson, & Danielle M. Williams. (2007). Neuroanatomical correlates of personality in the elderly. NeuroImage. 35(1). 263–272. 83 indexed citations

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Rauch, Scott L., Michelle M. Wedig, Christopher I. Wright, et al.. (2006). Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Regional Brain Activation During Implicit Sequence Learning in Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder. Biological Psychiatry. 61(3). 330–336. 135 indexed citations

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Wright, Christopher I., Daniel R. Williams, Eric Feczko, et al.. (2005). Neuroanatomical Correlates of Extraversion and Neuroticism. Cerebral Cortex. 16(12). 1809–1819. 175 indexed citations

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Fischer, Håkan, Peter Fransson, Christopher I. Wright, & Lars Bäckman. (2004). Enhanced occipital and anterior cingulate activation in men but not in women during exposure to angry and fearful male faces. Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience. 4(3). 326–334. 20 indexed citations

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Wright, Christopher I., Brian Martis, Katherine McMullin, Lisa M. Shin, & Scott L. Rauch. (2003). Amygdala and insular responses to emotionally valenced human faces in small animal specific phobia. Biological Psychiatry. 54(10). 1067–1076. 112 indexed citations

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Haack, Sheridan K., Lisa R. Fogarty, & Christopher I. Wright. (2003). Escherichia coli and Enterococci at Beaches in the Grand Traverse Bay, Lake Michigan: Sources, Characteristics, and Environmental Pathways. Environmental Science & Technology. 37(15). 3275–3282. 82 indexed citations

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Fischer, Håkan, Christopher I. Wright, Paul J. Whalen, et al.. (2002). Brain habituation during repeated exposure to fearful and neutral faces: A functional MRI study. Brain Research Bulletin. 59(5). 387–392. 213 indexed citations

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Wright, Christopher I., Håkan Fischer, Paul J. Whalen, et al.. (2001). Differential prefrontal cortex and amygdala habituation to repeatedly presented emotional stimuli. Neuroreport. 12(2). 379–383. 435 indexed citations

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Groenewegen, Henk J., et al.. (1999). Hippocampal and amygdaloid interactions in the nucleus accumbens. Psychobiology. 27(2). 149–164. 60 indexed citations

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Wright, Christopher I. & Henk J. Groenewegen. (1995). Patterns of convergence and segregation in the medial nucleus accumbens of the rat: Relationships of prefrontal cortical, midline thalamic, and basal amygdaloid afferents. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 361(3). 383–403. 158 indexed citations

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