Lars Nyberg

70.8k total citations · 10 hit papers
451 papers, 45.5k citations indexed

About

Lars Nyberg is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Lars Nyberg has authored 451 papers receiving a total of 45.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 254 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 92 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 48 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Lars Nyberg's work include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (114 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (95 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (95 papers). Lars Nyberg is often cited by papers focused on Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (114 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (95 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (95 papers). Lars Nyberg collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Germany and United States. Lars Nyberg's co-authors include Timo Jämsä, Irene Vikman, Raija Korpelainen, Maarit Kangas, Roberto Cabeza, Lars Bäckman, Endel Tulving, Lars‐Göran Nilsson, Yngve Gustafson and Ulman Lindenberger and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Lars Nyberg

442 papers receiving 44.3k citations

Hit Papers

Sensitivity and False Ala... 1997 2026 2006 2016 2014 2000 2012 2018 2008 4.0k 8.0k 12.0k
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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. Sensitivity and False Alarm Rate of a Fall Sensor in Long-Term Fall Detection in the Elderly
    2014 14.0k citations Lars Nyberg et al. profile →
  2. Imaging Cognition II: An Empirical Review of 275 PET and fMRI Studies
    2000 2.8k citations Lars Nyberg et al. profile →
  3. Memory aging and brain maintenance
    2012 803 citations Lars Nyberg, Katrine Riklund et al. profile →
  4. Maintenance, reserve and compensation: the cognitive neuroscience of healthy ageing
    2018 688 citations Ulman Lindenberger, Lars Nyberg et al. profile →
  5. Transfer of Learning After Updating Training Mediated by the Striatum
    2008 675 citations Lars Nyberg et al. profile →
  6. Age-Related Differences in Neural Activity during Memory Encoding and Retrieval: A Positron Emission Tomography Study
    1997 624 citations Lars Nyberg et al. profile →
  7. Stability, Growth, and Decline in Adult Life Span Development of Declarative Memory: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Data From a Population-Based Study.
    2005 621 citations Michael Rönnlund, Lars Nyberg et al. Psychology and Aging profile →
  8. The correlative triad among aging, dopamine, and cognition: Current status and future prospects
    2006 586 citations Lars Bäckman, Lars Nyberg et al. profile →
  9. Neurocognitive Architecture of Working Memory
    2015 405 citations Lars Nyberg et al. profile →
  10. Establishment of reference values for plasma neurofilament light based on healthy individuals aged 5–90 years
    2022 111 citations Lars Nyberg et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Lars Nyberg 22.6k 12.8k 5.8k 5.1k 3.9k 451 45.5k
Arthur F. Kramer 22.9k 1.0× 9.8k 0.8× 8.6k 1.5× 8.5k 1.7× 3.1k 0.8× 642 54.9k
Howard Chertkow 12.1k 0.5× 18.6k 1.4× 2.9k 0.5× 9.4k 1.9× 3.0k 0.8× 167 39.2k
Kirk I. Erickson 9.3k 0.4× 6.8k 0.5× 3.7k 0.6× 7.6k 1.5× 2.5k 0.7× 343 31.3k
Ulman Lindenberger 21.7k 1.0× 6.7k 0.5× 9.4k 1.6× 2.0k 0.4× 3.0k 0.8× 480 40.4k
Paul R. McHugh 17.0k 0.7× 33.0k 2.6× 5.5k 0.9× 13.6k 2.7× 3.4k 0.9× 67 75.4k
Sandra Weıntraub 17.2k 0.8× 18.5k 1.4× 3.2k 0.6× 11.7k 2.3× 3.2k 0.8× 305 39.2k
Carlo Caltagirone 15.8k 0.7× 8.9k 0.7× 3.0k 0.5× 4.5k 0.9× 4.4k 1.1× 900 36.8k
Perminder S. Sachdev 8.8k 0.4× 16.0k 1.2× 2.7k 0.5× 6.4k 1.3× 4.1k 1.0× 995 43.0k
Susan E. Folstein 24.6k 1.1× 35.3k 2.8× 5.7k 1.0× 13.4k 2.6× 3.6k 0.9× 140 86.9k
Marshal F. Folstein 18.5k 0.8× 37.4k 2.9× 6.0k 1.0× 15.5k 3.0× 3.9k 1.0× 147 85.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lars Nyberg

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lars Nyberg

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All Works

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Fjell, Anders M., Didac Vidal‐Piñeiro, Øystein Sørensen, et al.. (2025). Sex differences in healthy brain aging are unlikely to explain higher Alzheimer’s disease prevalence in women. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(42). e2510486122–e2510486122. 1 indexed citations
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Nyberg, Lars. (2024). Longitudinal data are crucial for identifying superagers. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5. 100118–100118.
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Garpebring, Anders, et al.. (2024). Blood–brain barrier integrity is linked to cognitive function, but not to cerebral arterial pulsatility, among elderly. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 15338–15338. 6 indexed citations
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Patwary, Muhammad Mainuddin, Mondira Bardhan, M Atiqul Haque, et al.. (2024). Impact of extreme weather events on mental health in South and Southeast Asia: A two decades of systematic review of observational studies. Environmental Research. 250. 118436–118436. 25 indexed citations
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Boraxbekk, Carl‐Johan, et al.. (2023). Age-Independent Transfer After Successful Associative Mnemonic Training. Journal of Cognitive Enhancement. 7(3-4). 159–172.
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Andersson‐Hall, Ulrika, Rudolf Kaaks, Matthias B. Schulze, et al.. (2023). Altered plasma metabolite levels can be detected years before a glioma diagnosis. JCI Insight. 8(19). 8 indexed citations
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Vega‐Mendoza, Mariana, et al.. (2023). Computerized cognitive interventions for adults with ADHD: A systematic review and meta-analysis.. Neuropsychology. 37(5). 519–530. 9 indexed citations
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Karalija, Nina, Anders Eklund, Jan Malm, et al.. (2022). 5‐Year Associations among Cerebral Arterial Pulsatility, Perivascular Space Dilation, and White Matter Lesions. Annals of Neurology. 92(5). 871–881. 22 indexed citations
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Tucker–Drob, Elliot M., Javier de la Fuente, Ylva Köhncke, et al.. (2022). A strong dependency between changes in fluid and crystallized abilities in human cognitive aging. Science Advances. 8(5). eabj2422–eabj2422. 33 indexed citations
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Andersson, Micael, Carina Granberg, Johan Lithner, et al.. (2021). Active math and grammar learning engages overlapping brain networks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(46). 5 indexed citations
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Eklund, Anders, Nina Karalija, Jan Malm, et al.. (2021). Cerebral arterial pulsatility is linked to hippocampal microvascular function and episodic memory in healthy older adults. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 41(7). 1778–1790. 28 indexed citations
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Nyberg, Lars, et al.. (2021). Sex-specific effects of polygenic risk for schizophrenia on lifespan cognitive functioning in healthy individuals. Translational Psychiatry. 11(1). 520–520. 13 indexed citations
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Jonsson, Bert, Carola Wiklund‐Hörnqvist, Tova Stenlund, Micael Andersson, & Lars Nyberg. (2020). A learning method for all: The testing effect is independent of cognitive ability.. Journal of Educational Psychology. 113(5). 972–985. 31 indexed citations
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Vidal‐Piñeiro, Didac, Markus H. Sneve, Inge K. Amlien, et al.. (2020). The Functional Foundations of Episodic Memory Remain Stable Throughout the Lifespan. Cerebral Cortex. 31(4). 2098–2110. 2 indexed citations
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Wiklund‐Hörnqvist, Carola, et al.. (2020). Retrieval practice facilitates learning by strengthening processing in both the anterior and posterior hippocampus. Brain and Behavior. 11(1). e01909–e01909. 16 indexed citations
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Figueira, João, Pär Jonsson, Annelie Nordin Adolfsson, et al.. (2016). NMR analysis of the human saliva metabolome distinguishes dementia patients from matched controls. Molecular BioSystems. 12(8). 2562–2571. 77 indexed citations
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Nyberg, Lars, et al.. (2006). Using a Virtual Reality System to Study Balance and Walking in a Virtual Outdoor Environment: APilot Study. CyberPsychology & Behavior. 9(4). 388–395. 27 indexed citations
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Nyberg, Lars, Scott B. Maitland, Michael Rönnlund, et al.. (2003). Selective adult age differences in an age-invariant multifactor model of declarative memory.. Psychology and Aging. 18(1). 149–160. 176 indexed citations

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