Istvan Molnar-Szakacs

6.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
28 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Istvan Molnar-Szakacs is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Istvan Molnar-Szakacs has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 17 papers in Social Psychology and 6 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Istvan Molnar-Szakacs's work include Action Observation and Synchronization (16 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (9 papers) and Face Recognition and Perception (6 papers). Istvan Molnar-Szakacs is often cited by papers focused on Action Observation and Synchronization (16 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (9 papers) and Face Recognition and Perception (6 papers). Istvan Molnar-Szakacs collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Istvan Molnar-Szakacs's co-authors include Marco Iacoboni, Lucina Q. Uddin, Katie Overy, John C. Mazziotta, Giacomo Rizzolatti, Vittorio Gallese, Giovanni Buccino, Eran Zaidel, Jonas Kaplan and Stephen M. Wilson and has published in prestigious journals such as Neuron, Journal of Neuroscience and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Istvan Molnar-Szakacs

27 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

Grasping the Intentions of Others with One's Own Mirror Neuron System

2005 1.3k citations Marco Iacoboni, Istvan Molnar-Szakacs et al. PLoS Biology profile →
Anterior insula as a gatekeeper of executive control

2022 141 citations Istvan Molnar-Szakacs, Lucina Q. Uddin Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Istvan Molnar-Szakacs United States	19	3.0k	2.3k	954	687	596	28	4.1k
Ricarda I. Schubotz Germany	38	4.9k 1.6×	2.2k 1.0×	1.3k 1.3×	1.1k 1.6×	340 0.6×	129	5.8k
Josep Marco‐Pallarés Spain	40	3.7k 1.2×	996 0.4×	727 0.8×	305 0.4×	477 0.8×	102	4.8k
Juan Lupiáñez Spain	47	6.6k 2.2×	1.2k 0.5×	2.5k 2.6×	739 1.1×	569 1.0×	237	8.1k
Beatriz Calvo‐Merino United Kingdom	21	2.6k 0.9×	2.7k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	988 1.4×	357 0.6×	35	3.6k
Simone Schütz‐Bosbach Germany	36	2.8k 0.9×	2.0k 0.8×	554 0.6×	483 0.7×	744 1.2×	86	3.6k
Gisa Aschersleben Germany	40	5.0k 1.7×	3.8k 1.6×	1.6k 1.7×	2.3k 3.4×	286 0.5×	108	7.0k
Lisa Aziz‐Zadeh United States	28	2.3k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.2×	851 1.2×	539 0.9×	61	3.6k
Enrico Glerean Finland	29	2.7k 0.9×	1.2k 0.5×	1.1k 1.1×	192 0.3×	389 0.7×	68	3.8k
Thomas Rammsayer Germany	41	4.0k 1.3×	741 0.3×	2.1k 2.2×	453 0.7×	267 0.4×	192	5.3k
Jean‐Luc Anton France	29	2.4k 0.8×	939 0.4×	605 0.6×	695 1.0×	363 0.6×	64	3.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Istvan Molnar-Szakacs

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Molnar-Szakacs, Istvan & Lucina Q. Uddin. (2023). Laterality and hemispheric specialization of self-face recognition. Neuropsychologia. 186. 108586–108586. 3 indexed citations

Molnar-Szakacs, Istvan & Lucina Q. Uddin. (2022). Anterior insula as a gatekeeper of executive control. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 139. 104736–104736. 141 indexed citations breakdown →

Molnar-Szakacs, Istvan, et al.. (2021). The face behind the mask: The future of interpersonal interaction. Neuron. 109(12). 1918–1920. 18 indexed citations

Molnar-Szakacs, Istvan, et al.. (2020). Autism, Emotion Recognition and the Mirror Neuron System: The Case of Music. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations

Molnar-Szakacs, Istvan, et al.. (2020). Neuroimaging Markers of Risk and Pathways to Resilience in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. 6(2). 200–210. 11 indexed citations

Molnar-Szakacs, Istvan. (2015). Please Don’t Stop the Music: Commentary on “Musical Sounds, Motor Resonance, and Detectable Agency”. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10(1-2). 46–49. 1 indexed citations

Molnar-Szakacs, Istvan & Lucina Q. Uddin. (2013). Self-Processing and the Default Mode Network: Interactions with the Mirror Neuron System. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 7. 571–571. 157 indexed citations

Molnar-Szakacs, Istvan & Pamela Heaton. (2012). Music: a unique window into the world of autism. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1252(1). 318–324. 69 indexed citations

Arzy, Shahar, Christine Möhr, Istvan Molnar-Szakacs, & Olaf Blanke. (2011). Schizotypal Perceptual Aberrations of Time: Correlation between Score, Behavior and Brain Activity. PLoS ONE. 6(1). e16154–e16154. 10 indexed citations

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David, Nicole, Marije Jansen, Michael X Cohen, et al.. (2008). Disturbances of self–other distinction after stimulation of the extrastriate body area in the human brain. Social Neuroscience. 4(1). 40–48. 15 indexed citations

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Arzy, Shahar, Istvan Molnar-Szakacs, & Olaf Blanke. (2008). Self in Time: Imagined Self-Location Influences Neural Activity Related to Mental Time Travel. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(25). 6502–6507. 80 indexed citations

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Molnar-Szakacs, Istvan, Allan D. Wu, Francisco J. Balao Robles, & Marco Iacoboni. (2007). Do You See What I Mean? Corticospinal Excitability During Observation of Culture-Specific Gestures. PLoS ONE. 2(7). e626–e626. 90 indexed citations

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Wilson, Stephen M., Istvan Molnar-Szakacs, & Marco Iacoboni. (2007). Beyond Superior Temporal Cortex: Intersubject Correlations in Narrative Speech Comprehension. Cerebral Cortex. 18(1). 230–242. 216 indexed citations

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Molnar-Szakacs, Istvan & Katie Overy. (2006). Music and mirror neurons: from motion to ’e’motion. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 1(3). 235–241. 270 indexed citations

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Molnar-Szakacs, Istvan, Jonas Kaplan, Patricia M. Greenfield, & Marco Iacoboni. (2006). Observing complex action sequences: The role of the fronto-parietal mirror neuron system. NeuroImage. 33(3). 923–935. 108 indexed citations

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Uddin, Lucina Q., Istvan Molnar-Szakacs, Eran Zaidel, & Marco Iacoboni. (2006). rTMS to the right inferior parietal lobule disrupts self–other discrimination. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 1(1). 65–71. 202 indexed citations

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Iacoboni, Marco, Istvan Molnar-Szakacs, Vittorio Gallese, et al.. (2005). Grasping the Intentions of Others with One's Own Mirror Neuron System. PLoS Biology. 3(3). e79–e79. 1316 indexed citations breakdown →

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Uddin, Lucina Q., Jonas Kaplan, Istvan Molnar-Szakacs, Eran Zaidel, & Marco Iacoboni. (2005). Self-face recognition activates a frontoparietal “mirror” network in the right hemisphere: an event-related fMRI study. NeuroImage. 25(3). 926–935. 344 indexed citations

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Molnar-Szakacs, Istvan, Marco Iacoboni, Lisa Koski, & John C. Mazziotta. (2004). Functional Segregation within Pars Opercularis of the Inferior Frontal Gyrus: Evidence from fMRI Studies of Imitation and Action Observation. Cerebral Cortex. 15(7). 986–994. 210 indexed citations

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Koski, Lisa, Istvan Molnar-Szakacs, & Marco Iacoboni. (2004). Exploring the contributions of premotor and parietal cortex to spatial compatibility using image-guided TMS. NeuroImage. 24(2). 296–305. 23 indexed citations

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