Mark D’Esposito

69.1k total citations · 22 hit papers
431 papers, 50.3k citations indexed

About

Mark D’Esposito is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark D’Esposito has authored 431 papers receiving a total of 50.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 335 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 48 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 39 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Mark D’Esposito's work include Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (187 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (142 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (114 papers). Mark D’Esposito is often cited by papers focused on Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (187 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (142 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (114 papers). Mark D’Esposito collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Netherlands. Mark D’Esposito's co-authors include Geoffrey K. Aguirre, Bradley R. Postle, Eric Zarahn, Clayton E. Curtis, Adam Gazzaley, Bart Rypma, Roshan Cools, Martha J. Farah, David Badre and Sharon L. Thompson‐Schill and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Mark D’Esposito

427 papers receiving 49.1k citations

Hit Papers

Role of left inferior pre... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1997 2003 2011 1995 2014 500 1000 1.5k
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. Role of left inferior prefrontal cortex in retrieval of semantic knowledge: A reevaluation
    1997 1.7k citations Mark D’Esposito et al. profile →
  2. Persistent activity in the prefrontal cortex during working memory
    2003 1.5k citations Mark D’Esposito et al. profile →
  3. Inverted-U–Shaped Dopamine Actions on Human Working Memory and Cognitive Control
    2011 1.2k citations Mark D’Esposito et al. profile →
  4. The neural basis of the central executive system of working memory
    1995 1.1k citations Mark D’Esposito et al. profile →
  5. The Cognitive Neuroscience of Working Memory
    2014 975 citations Mark D’Esposito et al. profile →
  6. The Variability of Human, BOLD Hemodynamic Responses
    1998 920 citations Mark D’Esposito et al. profile →
  7. Functional MRI studies of spatial and nonspatial working memory
    1998 810 citations Mark D’Esposito et al. profile →
  8. Variation of BOLD hemodynamic responses across subjects and brain regions and their effects on statistical analyses
    2004 721 citations Mark D’Esposito et al. profile →
  9. Top-down suppression deficit underlies working memory impairment in normal aging
    2005 717 citations Mark D’Esposito et al. profile →
  10. Measuring functional connectivity during distinct stages of a cognitive task
    2004 706 citations Mark D’Esposito et al. profile →
  11. Is the rostro-caudal axis of the frontal lobe hierarchical?
    2009 660 citations Mark D’Esposito et al. profile →
  12. Alterations in the BOLD fMRI signal with ageing and disease: a challenge for neuroimaging
    2003 649 citations Mark D’Esposito et al. profile →
  13. Prefrontal cortical contributions to working memory: evidence from event-related fMRI studies
    2000 649 citations Mark D’Esposito, Bart Rypma et al. profile →
  14. Maintenance versus Manipulation of Information Held in Working Memory: An Event-Related fMRI Study
    1999 593 citations Mark D’Esposito et al. profile →
  15. Empirical Analyses of BOLD fMRI Statistics
    1997 590 citations Mark D’Esposito et al. profile →
  16. From cognitive to neural models of working memory
    2007 558 citations Mark D’Esposito profile →
  17. Dissociable correlates of recollection and familiarity within the medial temporal lobes
    2003 531 citations Mark D’Esposito et al. profile →
  18. The Parahippocampus Subserves Topographical Learning in Man
    1996 525 citations Mark D’Esposito et al. Cerebral Cortex profile →
  19. The Segregation and Integration of Distinct Brain Networks and Their Relationship to Cognition
    2016 519 citations Jessica R. Cohen, Mark D’Esposito Journal of Neuroscience profile →
  20. The Human Thalamus Is an Integrative Hub for Functional Brain Networks
    2017 401 citations Kai Hwang, Maxwell A. Bertolero et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
  21. The modular and integrative functional architecture of the human brain
    2015 376 citations Maxwell A. Bertolero, Mark D’Esposito et al. profile →
  22. The role of PFC networks in cognitive control and executive function
    2021 305 citations Mark D’Esposito et al. Neuropsychopharmacology profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Mark D’Esposito 40.9k 7.5k 5.2k 4.9k 4.1k 431 50.3k
Russell A. Poldrack 37.1k 0.9× 8.1k 1.1× 6.5k 1.3× 5.4k 1.1× 3.7k 0.9× 319 49.2k
Angela R. Laird 30.6k 0.7× 8.1k 1.1× 7.7k 1.5× 6.9k 1.4× 2.2k 0.6× 219 39.5k
Vinod Menon 46.0k 1.1× 11.1k 1.5× 11.4k 2.2× 9.0k 1.8× 3.0k 0.7× 268 58.3k
Cameron S. Carter 34.1k 0.8× 9.5k 1.3× 2.4k 0.5× 7.9k 1.6× 3.5k 0.9× 236 42.8k
Steven E. Petersen 51.3k 1.3× 9.5k 1.3× 13.0k 2.5× 5.5k 1.1× 2.5k 0.6× 192 58.7k
Maurizio Corbetta 53.1k 1.3× 7.9k 1.1× 10.4k 2.0× 4.9k 1.0× 2.7k 0.7× 307 60.1k
John D. E. Gabrieli 42.6k 1.0× 12.2k 1.6× 5.0k 1.0× 8.0k 1.6× 4.2k 1.0× 497 59.2k
Gordon L. Shulman 38.9k 1.0× 7.0k 0.9× 6.3k 1.2× 4.3k 0.9× 1.8k 0.4× 133 44.8k
Bernard Mazoyer 20.7k 0.5× 4.2k 0.6× 7.3k 1.4× 5.3k 1.1× 2.5k 0.6× 280 32.0k
Michael Petrides 24.1k 0.6× 3.8k 0.5× 4.0k 0.8× 2.9k 0.6× 3.2k 0.8× 239 31.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark D’Esposito

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All Works

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Rahnev, Dobromir, et al.. (2024). Task learning is subserved by a domain-general brain network. Cerebral Cortex. 34(2). 2 indexed citations
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Lapate, Regina C., et al.. (2024). Information-based TMS to mid-lateral prefrontal cortex disrupts action goals during emotional processing. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4294–4294. 2 indexed citations
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Gallen, Courtney L., Kai Hwang, Anthony J.-W. Chen, et al.. (2023). Influence of goals on modular brain network organization during working memory. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 17. 1128610–1128610. 1 indexed citations
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Spence, Jeffrey S., Monroe P. Turner, Bart Rypma, Mark D’Esposito, & Sandra B. Chapman. (2023). Toward precision brain health: accurate prediction of a cognitive index trajectory using neuroimaging metrics. Cerebral Cortex. 34(1). 2 indexed citations
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LaPoint, Molly R., et al.. (2023). Poorer aging trajectories are associated with elevated serotonin synthesis capacity. Molecular Psychiatry. 28(10). 4390–4398. 4 indexed citations
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Ivanova, Maria V., Ioannis Pappas, Ben Inglis, et al.. (2023). Cerebral perfusion in post-stroke aphasia and its relationship to residual language abilities. Brain Communications. 6(1). fcad252–fcad252. 1 indexed citations
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Harrison, Theresa M., Matthew J. Betts, Anne Maaß, et al.. (2022). Associations among locus coeruleus catecholamines, tau pathology, and memory in aging. Neuropsychopharmacology. 47(5). 1106–1113. 31 indexed citations
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Leong, Yuan Chang, et al.. (2021). Pupil-Linked Arousal Biases Evidence Accumulation Toward Desirable Percepts During Perceptual Decision-Making. Psychological Science. 32(9). 1494–1509. 8 indexed citations
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Westphal, Andrew J., et al.. (2021). Working memory, cortical dopamine tone, and frontoparietal brain recruitment in post-traumatic stress disorder: a randomized controlled trial. Translational Psychiatry. 11(1). 389–389. 14 indexed citations
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Miller, Jacob A., Willa I. Voorhies, Daniel J. Lurie, Mark D’Esposito, & Kevin S. Weiner. (2021). Overlooked Tertiary Sulci Serve as a Meso-Scale Link between Microstructural and Functional Properties of Human Lateral Prefrontal Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 41(10). 2229–2244. 40 indexed citations
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Pappas, Ioannis, et al.. (2020). Differential contributions of static and time-varying functional connectivity to human behavior. Network Neuroscience. 5(1). 145–165. 24 indexed citations
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Scimeca, Jason M., et al.. (2020). Dissociable Neural Systems Support the Learning and Transfer of Hierarchical Control Structure. Journal of Neuroscience. 40(34). 6624–6637. 5 indexed citations
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Lorenc, Elizabeth S., Annelinde R. E. Vandenbroucke, Derek Evan Nee, Floris P. de Lange, & Mark D’Esposito. (2020). Dissociable neural mechanisms underlie currently-relevant, future-relevant, and discarded working memory representations. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 11195–11195. 17 indexed citations
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Berry, Anne S., Robert L. White, Daniella J. Furman, et al.. (2019). Dopaminergic Mechanisms Underlying Normal Variation in Trait Anxiety. Journal of Neuroscience. 39(14). 2735–2744. 47 indexed citations
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Tambini, Arielle, Derek Evan Nee, & Mark D’Esposito. (2018). Hippocampal-targeted Theta-burst Stimulation Enhances Associative Memory Formation. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 30(10). 1452–1472. 86 indexed citations
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Lorenc, Elizabeth S., Kartik K. Sreenivasan, Derek Evan Nee, Annelinde R. E. Vandenbroucke, & Mark D’Esposito. (2018). Flexible Coding of Visual Working Memory Representations during Distraction. Journal of Neuroscience. 38(23). 5267–5276. 85 indexed citations
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Cameron, Ian, et al.. (2018). Effects of tolcapone and bromocriptine on cognitive stability and flexibility. Psychopharmacology. 235(4). 1295–1305. 24 indexed citations
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Hwang, Kai, et al.. (2017). The Human Thalamus Is an Integrative Hub for Functional Brain Networks. Journal of Neuroscience. 37(23). 5594–5607. 401 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gratton, Caterina, et al.. (2017). Cholinergic, But Not Dopaminergic or Noradrenergic, Enhancement Sharpens Visual Spatial Perception in Humans. Journal of Neuroscience. 37(16). 4405–4415. 47 indexed citations
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DeGutis, Joseph, Shlomo Bentin, Lynn C. Robertson, & Mark D’Esposito. (2007). Functional Plasticity in Ventral Temporal Cortex following Cognitive Rehabilitation of a Congenital Prosopagnosic. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 19(11). 1790–1802. 86 indexed citations

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