Jörn Munzert

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Jörn Munzert is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jörn Munzert has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 44 papers in Social Psychology and 37 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Jörn Munzert's work include Action Observation and Synchronization (43 papers), Motor Control and Adaptation (35 papers) and Sport Psychology and Performance (35 papers). Jörn Munzert is often cited by papers focused on Action Observation and Synchronization (43 papers), Motor Control and Adaptation (35 papers) and Sport Psychology and Performance (35 papers). Jörn Munzert collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Canada and Switzerland. Jörn Munzert's co-authors include Karen Zentgraf, Britta Lorey, Rudolf Stark, Sebastian Pilgramm, Matthias Bischoff, Britta Krüger, Dieter Vaitl, M Reiser, Benjamin de Haas and Nikolaus F. Troje and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, NeuroImage and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Jörn Munzert

62 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Cognitive motor processes: The role of motor imagery in t... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Cognitive motor processes: The role of motor imagery in the study of motor representations
    2009 557 citations Jörn Munzert, Britta Lorey et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jörn Munzert Germany 27 1.5k 1.2k 1.1k 286 202 67 2.3k
Karen Zentgraf Germany 25 1.5k 1.0× 1.1k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 387 1.4× 179 0.9× 82 2.4k
Stefan Vogt United Kingdom 26 1.8k 1.2× 1.8k 1.5× 1.0k 0.9× 203 0.7× 251 1.2× 57 2.7k
Matthias Weigelt Germany 25 1.3k 0.8× 929 0.8× 960 0.8× 267 0.9× 230 1.1× 120 2.1k
Paola Cesari Italy 20 1.5k 1.0× 1.2k 1.0× 739 0.7× 251 0.9× 210 1.0× 75 2.2k
Paul S. Holmes United Kingdom 30 1.7k 1.1× 1.6k 1.3× 1.9k 1.7× 680 2.4× 177 0.9× 88 3.2k
Florent Lebon France 23 1.2k 0.8× 580 0.5× 910 0.8× 308 1.1× 71 0.4× 58 1.7k
Franck Di Rienzo France 21 902 0.6× 542 0.5× 776 0.7× 285 1.0× 60 0.3× 63 1.7k
Britta Lorey Germany 13 896 0.6× 641 0.5× 599 0.5× 107 0.4× 92 0.5× 15 1.2k
Luc Proteau Canada 29 1.9k 1.2× 791 0.7× 746 0.7× 206 0.7× 133 0.7× 85 2.4k
David A. Westwood Canada 30 2.2k 1.5× 862 0.7× 408 0.4× 59 0.2× 211 1.0× 83 3.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jörn Munzert

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jörn Munzert

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Munzert, Jörn, et al.. (2025). Decoding affect in emotional body language: valence representation in the action observation network. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 20(1).
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Krüger, Britta, et al.. (2023). Recognition of emotional body language from dyadic and monadic point-light displays in 5-year-old children and adults. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 235. 105713–105713.
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Hegele, Mathias, et al.. (2021). End in view: Joint end-state comfort depends on gaze and extraversion. Human Movement Science. 80. 102867–102867. 4 indexed citations
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Krüger, Britta, et al.. (2020). Practice modality of motor sequences impacts the neural signature of motor imagery. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 19176–19176. 18 indexed citations
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Hegele, Mathias, et al.. (2018). Gaze Behavior in a Natural Environment with a Task-Relevant Distractor: How the Presence of a Goalkeeper Distracts the Penalty Taker. Frontiers in Psychology. 9. 19–19. 15 indexed citations
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Hegele, Mathias, et al.. (2017). Impact of task difficulty on gaze behavior in a sequential object manipulation task. Experimental Brain Research. 235(11). 3479–3486. 8 indexed citations
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Reiser, M, et al.. (2016). Domain-Specific and Unspecific Reaction Times in Experienced Team Handball Goalkeepers and Novices. Frontiers in Psychology. 7. 882–882. 25 indexed citations
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Zentgraf, Karen & Jörn Munzert. (2014). Kognitives Training im Sport. Hogrefe eBooks. 6 indexed citations
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Bischoff, Matthias, Karen Zentgraf, Sebastian Pilgramm, et al.. (2014). Anticipating action effects recruits audiovisual movement representations in the ventral premotor cortex. Brain and Cognition. 92. 39–47. 13 indexed citations
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Bischoff, Matthias, Karen Zentgraf, Britta Lorey, et al.. (2012). Motor familiarity: Brain activation when watching kinematic displays of one's own movements. Neuropsychologia. 50(8). 2085–2092. 24 indexed citations
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Bischoff, Matthias, et al.. (2012). Neural Correlates of Switching Attentional Focus during Finger Movements: An fMRI Study. Frontiers in Psychology. 3. 555–555. 26 indexed citations
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Zentgraf, Karen, Jörn Munzert, Matthias Bischoff, & Roger Newman‐Norlund. (2011). Simulation during observation of human actions – Theories, empirical studies, applications. Vision Research. 51(8). 827–835. 51 indexed citations
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Munzert, Jörn & Karen Zentgraf. (2009). Motor imagery and its implications for understanding the motor system. Progress in brain research. 174. 219–229. 78 indexed citations
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Zentgraf, Karen, Britta Lorey, M Reiser, & Jörn Munzert. (2009). Bewegungsvorstellungstraining in der motorischen Rehabilitation. Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern).
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Pilgramm, Sebastian, Britta Lorey, Rudolf Stark, Jörn Munzert, & Karen Zentgraf. (2009). The role of own-body representations in action observation: a functional MRI study. Neuroreport. 20(11). 997–1001. 8 indexed citations
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Zentgraf, Karen, Jörn Munzert, Thomas Schack, et al.. (2009). How are actions physically implemented?. Progress in brain research. 174. 303–318. 4 indexed citations
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Lorey, Britta, Sebastian Pilgramm, Bertram Walter, et al.. (2009). Your mind's hand: Motor imagery of pointing movements with different accuracy. NeuroImage. 49(4). 3239–3247. 45 indexed citations
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Zentgraf, Karen, Rudolf Stark, M Reiser, et al.. (2005). Differential activation of pre-SMA and SMA proper during action observation: Effects of instructions. NeuroImage. 26(3). 662–672. 62 indexed citations
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Munzert, Jörn & Dieter Hackfort. (1999). Individual preconditions for mental training.. International journal of sport psychology. 30(1). 41–62. 5 indexed citations
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Munzert, Jörn. (1997). Sprache und Bewegungsorganisation : Untersuchungen zur Selbstinstruktion beim Bewegungslernen. 4 indexed citations

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