Helena Westerberg

8.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
24 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Helena Westerberg is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Helena Westerberg has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 10 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 8 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Helena Westerberg's work include Cognitive Abilities and Testing (9 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (9 papers) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (6 papers). Helena Westerberg is often cited by papers focused on Cognitive Abilities and Testing (9 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (9 papers) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (6 papers). Helena Westerberg collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United Kingdom and United States. Helena Westerberg's co-authors include Torkel Klingberg, Hans Forssberg, Jes Olesen, Zoltán Nagy, Elisabeth Fernell, Yvonne Brehmer, Lars Bäckman, Christopher Gillberg, Per Gustafsson and Mats Johnson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Neuroscience, NeuroImage and Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Helena Westerberg

24 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Computerized Training of Working Memory in Children With ADHD-A Randomized, Controlled Trial

2005 1.4k citations Torkel Klingberg, Elisabeth Fernell et al. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry profile →
Increased prefrontal and parietal activity after training of working memory

2003 948 citations Jes Olesen, Helena Westerberg et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
Training of Working Memory in Children With ADHD

2002 878 citations Torkel Klingberg, Hans Forssberg et al. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology profile →
Maturation of White Matter is Associated with the Development of Cognitive Functions during Childhood

2004 544 citations Zoltán Nagy, Helena Westerberg et al. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience profile →
Increased Brain Activity in Frontal and Parietal Cortex Underlies the Development of Visuospatial Working Memory Capacity during Childhood

2002 534 citations Torkel Klingberg, Hans Forssberg et al. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience profile →

Peers

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Matthew C. Davidson United States

Hazel Emslie United Kingdom

Fumiko Hoeft United States

Gina Geffen Australia

E. Mark Mahone United States

Chandan J. Vaidya United States

John W. VanMeter United States

Judith M. Rumsey United States

Karen E. Marchione United States

Michelle de Haan United Kingdom

Matthew C. Davidson United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Helena Westerberg

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20 of 20 papers shown

Brehmer, Yvonne, Helena Westerberg, & Lars Bäckman. (2012). Working-memory training in younger and older adults: training gains, transfer, and maintenance. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 6. 63–63. 333 indexed citations

Bellander, Martin, Yvonne Brehmer, Helena Westerberg, et al.. (2011). Preliminary evidence that allelic variation in the LMX1A gene influences training-related working memory improvement. Neuropsychologia. 49(7). 1938–1942. 40 indexed citations

Brehmer, Yvonne, Anna Rieckmann, Martin Bellander, et al.. (2011). Neural correlates of training-related working-memory gains in old age. NeuroImage. 58(4). 1110–1120. 170 indexed citations

Brehmer, Yvonne, Helena Westerberg, Martin Bellander, et al.. (2009). Working memory plasticity modulated by dopamine transporter genotype. Neuroscience Letters. 467(2). 117–120. 65 indexed citations

Westerberg, Helena & Torkel Klingberg. (2007). Changes in cortical activity after training of working memory — a single-subject analysis. Physiology & Behavior. 92(1-2). 186–192. 176 indexed citations

Westerberg, Helena, et al.. (2007). Computerized working memory training after stroke–A pilot study. Brain Injury. 21(1). 21–29. 307 indexed citations

Nagy, Zoltán, Katarina Lindström, Helena Westerberg, et al.. (2005). Diffusion Tensor Imaging on Teenagers, Born at Term With Moderate Hypoxic-ischemic Encephalopathy. Pediatric Research. 58(5). 936–940. 27 indexed citations

Klingberg, Torkel, Elisabeth Fernell, Jes Olesen, et al.. (2005). Computerized Training of Working Memory in Children With ADHD-A Randomized, Controlled Trial. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 44(2). 177–186. 1371 indexed citations breakdown →

Westerberg, Helena, Tatja Hirvikoski, Hans Forssberg, & Torkel Klingberg. (2004). BRIEF REPORT Visuo-Spatial Working Memory Span: A Sensitive Measure of Cognitive Deficits in Children With ADHD. 1 indexed citations

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Nagy, Zoltán, Helena Westerberg, & Torkel Klingberg. (2004). Maturation of White Matter is Associated with the Development of Cognitive Functions during Childhood. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 16(7). 1227–1233. 544 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nagy, Zoltán, Helena Westerberg, Stefan Skare, et al.. (2003). Preterm Children Have Disturbances of White Matter at 11 Years of Age as Shown by Diffusion Tensor Imaging. Pediatric Research. 54(5). 672–679. 154 indexed citations

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Olesen, Jes, Zoltán Nagy, Helena Westerberg, & Torkel Klingberg. (2003). Combined analysis of DTI and fMRI data reveals a joint maturation of white and grey matter in a fronto-parietal network. Cognitive Brain Research. 18(1). 48–57. 308 indexed citations

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Olesen, Jes, Helena Westerberg, & Torkel Klingberg. (2003). Increased prefrontal and parietal activity after training of working memory. Nature Neuroscience. 7(1). 75–79. 948 indexed citations breakdown →

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Klingberg, Torkel, Hans Forssberg, & Helena Westerberg. (2002). Training of Working Memory in Children With ADHD. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. 24(6). 781–791. 878 indexed citations breakdown →

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Klingberg, Torkel, Hans Forssberg, & Helena Westerberg. (2002). Increased Brain Activity in Frontal and Parietal Cortex Underlies the Development of Visuospatial Working Memory Capacity during Childhood. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 14(1). 1–10. 534 indexed citations breakdown →

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Westerberg, Helena, Hans Forssberg, & Torkel Klingberg. (2001). fMRI and psychometrics of visuo-spatial working memory in children with and without ADHD. NeuroImage. 13(6). 761–761. 1 indexed citations

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Nordenskjöld, Bo, Lambert Skoog, Arne Wallgren, et al.. (1981). Measurements of DNA synthesis and estrogen receptor in needle aspirates as powerful methods in the management of mammary carcinoma. Advances in Enzyme Regulation. 19. 489–496. 5 indexed citations

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Westerberg, Helena. (1980). Tamoxifen and fluoxymesterone in advanced breast cancer: a controlled clinical trial.. PubMed. 64(1). 117–21. 28 indexed citations

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Westerberg, Helena, et al.. (1980). Estrogen receptor level and other factors in early recurrence of breast cancer. International Journal of Cancer. 26(4). 429–433. 46 indexed citations

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Nordenskjöld, Bo, T Löwhagen, Helena Westerberg, & J Zajicek. (1976). 3H-thymidine incorporation into mammary carcinoma cells obtained by needle aspiration before and during endocrine therapy.. PubMed. 20(2). 137–43. 23 indexed citations

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