Franz Mechsner

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 911 citations indexed

About

Franz Mechsner is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Franz Mechsner has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 911 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 13 papers in Social Psychology and 5 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Franz Mechsner's work include Motor Control and Adaptation (12 papers), Action Observation and Synchronization (12 papers) and Sport Psychology and Performance (4 papers). Franz Mechsner is often cited by papers focused on Motor Control and Adaptation (12 papers), Action Observation and Synchronization (12 papers) and Sport Psychology and Performance (4 papers). Franz Mechsner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Franz Mechsner's co-authors include Günther Knoblich, Wolfgang Prinz, Dirk Kerzel, Thomas Schack, Victor Smetacek, Martina Rieger, Matthias Weigelt, Rüdiger J. Seitz, Roman Liepelt and Raimund Kleiser and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance.

In The Last Decade

Franz Mechsner

21 papers receiving 876 citations

Hit Papers

Perceptual basis of bimanual coordination 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Perceptual basis of bimanual coordination
    2001 503 citations Franz Mechsner, Dirk Kerzel et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Franz Mechsner Germany 10 754 528 263 151 75 23 911
Jin-Hoon Park United States 10 536 0.7× 261 0.5× 319 1.2× 184 1.2× 106 1.4× 25 766
Mathias Hegele Germany 18 851 1.1× 451 0.9× 212 0.8× 250 1.7× 60 0.8× 46 948
Scott Glover United Kingdom 15 1.1k 1.4× 572 1.1× 250 1.0× 182 1.2× 38 0.5× 16 1.2k
Michael A. Khan Canada 18 801 1.1× 204 0.4× 268 1.0× 239 1.6× 82 1.1× 46 934
Patrice Senot France 11 618 0.8× 298 0.6× 143 0.5× 60 0.4× 52 0.7× 20 725
Will Spijkers Germany 19 920 1.2× 434 0.8× 187 0.7× 236 1.6× 47 0.6× 34 1.1k
Nicole Malfait Canada 19 982 1.3× 329 0.6× 181 0.7× 437 2.9× 143 1.9× 27 1.3k
András Semjén France 23 1.3k 1.7× 429 0.8× 193 0.7× 352 2.3× 90 1.2× 44 1.4k
Jean-Pierre Orliaguet France 18 508 0.7× 322 0.6× 349 1.3× 108 0.7× 20 0.3× 32 837
Matthias Bischoff Germany 15 717 1.0× 397 0.8× 305 1.2× 56 0.4× 16 0.2× 21 915

Countries citing papers authored by Franz Mechsner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Franz Mechsner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Franz Mechsner. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Franz Mechsner. The network helps show where Franz Mechsner may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Franz Mechsner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Franz Mechsner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Franz Mechsner based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Franz Mechsner. Franz Mechsner is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mechsner, Franz, et al.. (2023). Healing Atmospheres: A Design Based Study. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations
2.
Abrahamson, Dor & Franz Mechsner. (2022). Toward Synergizing Educational Research and Movement Sciences: a Dialogue on Learning as Developing Perception for Action. Educational Psychology Review. 34(3). 1813–1842. 4 indexed citations
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Baayen, Corine, Irene Klugkist, & Franz Mechsner. (2012). A Test of Order-Constrained Hypotheses for Circular Data With Applications to Human Movement Science. Journal of Motor Behavior. 44(5). 351–363. 5 indexed citations
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Müller, Katharina, Raimund Kleiser, Franz Mechsner, & Rüdiger J. Seitz. (2011). Involvement of area MT in bimanual finger movements in left-handers: an fMRI study. European Journal of Neuroscience. 34(8). 1301–1309. 6 indexed citations
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Springer, Anne, Roman Liepelt, Teresa Birngruber, et al.. (2011). Motor execution affects action prediction. Brain and Cognition. 76(1). 26–36. 37 indexed citations
6.
Mechsner, Franz. (2011). Anticipation and ontology. International Journal of General Systems. 41(1). 23–42. 3 indexed citations
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Müller, Katharina, Raimund Kleiser, Franz Mechsner, & Rüdiger J. Seitz. (2009). Perceptual influence on bimanual coordination: an fMRI study. European Journal of Neuroscience. 30(1). 116–124. 13 indexed citations
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Mechsner, Franz, Prisca Stenneken, Jonathan Cole, Gisa Aschersleben, & Wolfgang Prinz. (2007). Bimanual circling in deafferented patients: Evidence for a role of visual forward models. Journal of Neuropsychology. 1(2). 259–282. 10 indexed citations
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Weigelt, Matthias, Martina Rieger, Franz Mechsner, & Wolfgang Prinz. (2006). Target-related coupling in bimanual reaching movements. Psychological Research. 71(4). 438–447. 25 indexed citations
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Schack, Thomas & Franz Mechsner. (2005). Representation of motor skills in human long-term memory. Neuroscience Letters. 391(3). 77–81. 134 indexed citations
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Mechsner, Franz. (2004). A Psychological Approach to Human Voluntary Movements. Journal of Motor Behavior. 36(4). 355–370. 59 indexed citations
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Smetacek, Victor & Franz Mechsner. (2004). Making sense. Nature. 432(7013). 21–21. 22 indexed citations
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Mechsner, Franz. (2004). Response to Commentaries: Actions as Perceptual-Conceptual "Gestalts". Journal of Motor Behavior. 36(4). 408–417. 17 indexed citations
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Mechsner, Franz & Günther Knoblich. (2004). Do Muscles Matter for Coordinated Action?. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 30(3). 490–503. 49 indexed citations
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Weigelt, Matthias, Franz Mechsner, Martina Rieger, & Wolfgang Prinz. (2004). Target-related coordination of bimanual reaching movements. Max Planck Digital Library. 2 indexed citations
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Mechsner, Franz. (2004). Perceptual‐cognitive control of bimanual coordination. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 2(3). 210–238. 4 indexed citations
17.
Mechsner, Franz. (2003). Wie frei ist unser Wille. Max Planck Digital Library. 65–84. 1 indexed citations
18.
Mechsner, Franz. (2003). Gestalt factors in human movement coordination. Max Planck Digital Library. 25(4). 225–245. 8 indexed citations
19.
Mechsner, Franz, Dirk Kerzel, Günther Knoblich, & Wolfgang Prinz. (2001). Perceptual basis of bimanual coordination. Nature. 414(6859). 69–73. 503 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mechsner, Franz. (1996). A New Theory of Cerebellar Function. Connection Science. 8(1). 31–54. 2 indexed citations

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