Markus Ullsperger

16.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
119 papers, 12.1k citations indexed

About

Markus Ullsperger is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Markus Ullsperger has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 12.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 12 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 10 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Markus Ullsperger's work include Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (80 papers), EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (42 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (34 papers). Markus Ullsperger is often cited by papers focused on Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (80 papers), EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (42 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (34 papers). Markus Ullsperger collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and United States. Markus Ullsperger's co-authors include D. Yves von Cramon, K. Richard Ridderinkhof, Claudia Danielmeier, Eveline A. Crone, Sander Nieuwenhuis, Gerhard Jocham, Tilmann A. Klein, Adrian G. Fischer, Andreas K. Engel and Stefan Debener and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Markus Ullsperger

113 papers receiving 12.0k citations

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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.

The Role of the Medial Frontal Cortex in Cognitive Control

2004 2.3k citations Markus Ullsperger et al. profile →
Trial-by-Trial Coupling of Concurrent Electroencephalogram and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Identifies the Dynamics of Performance Monitoring

2005 874 citations Markus Ullsperger, D. Yves von Cramon et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
Subprocesses of Performance Monitoring: A Dissociation of Error Processing and Response Competition Revealed by Event-Related fMRI and ERPs

2001 546 citations Markus Ullsperger, D. Yves von Cramon NeuroImage profile →
Neurophysiology of Performance Monitoring and Adaptive Behavior

2014 448 citations Markus Ullsperger, Claudia Danielmeier et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Markus Ullsperger Germany	47	10.4k	2.1k	1.4k	1.2k	1.1k	119	12.1k
William J. Gehring United States	31	8.0k 0.8×	2.4k 1.2×	975 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	516 0.5×	69	9.4k
Tobias Egner United States	56	12.2k 1.2×	3.9k 1.8×	2.0k 1.5×	1.5k 1.2×	739 0.7×	157	14.9k
Wolfgang H. R. Miltner Germany	53	7.6k 0.7×	2.9k 1.4×	1.2k 0.9×	1.7k 1.4×	808 0.8×	186	11.8k
Clay B. Holroyd Canada	53	13.0k 1.3×	2.4k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	120	14.7k
Frederick Verbruggen Belgium	44	6.5k 0.6×	1.7k 0.8×	837 0.6×	997 0.8×	497 0.5×	136	8.9k
Rogier B. Mars United Kingdom	56	9.0k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	2.1k 1.5×	779 0.6×	833 0.8×	138	11.6k
Silvia A. Bunge United States	50	7.7k 0.7×	3.0k 1.4×	1.4k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	460 0.4×	110	11.2k
Adam R. Aron United States	61	14.3k 1.4×	2.5k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	2.9k 2.4×	2.7k 2.6×	115	18.8k
Maurits W. van der Molen Netherlands	53	6.5k 0.6×	2.3k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	1.9k 1.6×	416 0.4×	170	9.8k
Mathias Pessiglione France	42	4.6k 0.4×	1.2k 0.6×	664 0.5×	927 0.8×	1.6k 1.4×	97	6.9k

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Klingner, Carsten M., Alexander Schmidt, Philipp A. Reuken, et al.. (2025). Cognitive impairment and associated neurobehavioral dysfunction in post-COVID syndrome. Psychiatry Research. 349. 116522–116522.

Ullsperger, Markus, et al.. (2025). Error-driven upregulation of memory representations. Communications Psychology. 3(1). 17–17.

Ullsperger, Markus, et al.. (2024). Cholinergic modulation of motor sequence learning. European Journal of Neuroscience. 60(1). 3706–3718.

Beldzik, Ewa & Markus Ullsperger. (2024). A thin line between conflict and reaction time effects on EEG and fMRI brain signals. Imaging Neuroscience. 2. 2 indexed citations

Nassar, Matthew R., Adrian G. Fischer, Thomas Frodl, et al.. (2023). Transdiagnostic inflexible learning dynamics explain deficits in depression and schizophrenia. Brain. 147(1). 201–214. 7 indexed citations

Beldzik, Ewa, Markus Ullsperger, Aleksandra Domagalik, & Tadeusz Marek. (2022). Conflict- and error-related theta activities are coupled to BOLD signals in different brain regions. NeuroImage. 256. 119264–119264. 17 indexed citations

Derrfuß, Jan, Claudia Danielmeier, Tilmann A. Klein, Adrian G. Fischer, & Markus Ullsperger. (2021). Unbiased post-error slowing in interference tasks: A confound and a simple solution. Behavior Research Methods. 54(3). 1416–1427. 4 indexed citations

Klein, Tilmann A., Markus Ullsperger, & Gerhard Jocham. (2017). Learning relative values in the striatum induces violations of normative decision making. Nature Communications. 8(1). 16033–16033. 44 indexed citations

Danielmeier, Claudia, Elena A. Allen, Gerhard Jocham, et al.. (2015). Acetylcholine Mediates Behavioral and Neural Post-Error Control. Current Biology. 25(11). 1461–1468. 35 indexed citations

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Fischer, Adrian G., Tanja Endraß, Ingrid Goebel, et al.. (2015). Interactive effects of citalopram and serotonin transporter genotype on neural correlates of response inhibition and attentional orienting. NeuroImage. 116. 59–67. 5 indexed citations

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Siegert, Sandy, María Herrojo Ruiz, Christof Brücke, et al.. (2014). Error signals in the subthalamic nucleus are related to post-error slowing in patients with Parkinson's disease. Cortex. 60. 103–120. 38 indexed citations

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Wessel, Jan R., Tilmann A. Klein, Derek V. M. Ott, & Markus Ullsperger. (2013). Lesions to the prefrontal performance-monitoring network disrupt neural processing and adaptive behaviors after both errors and novelty. Cortex. 50. 45–54. 36 indexed citations

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Wessel, Jan R., Claudia Danielmeier, J. Bruce Morton, & Markus Ullsperger. (2012). Surprise and Error: Common Neuronal Architecture for the Processing of Errors and Novelty. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(22). 7528–7537. 182 indexed citations

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Cramon, D. Yves von, et al.. (2011). Thalamocingulate Interactions In Performance Monitoring. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(9). 3375–3383. 63 indexed citations

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Ullsperger, Markus, et al.. (2010). Effects of Parametrical and Trial-to-Trial Variation in Prior Probability Processing Revealed by Simultaneous Electroencephalogram/Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(49). 16709–16717. 45 indexed citations

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Wessel, Jan R. & Markus Ullsperger. (2010). Selection of independent components representing event-related brain potentials: A data-driven approach for greater objectivity. NeuroImage. 54(3). 2105–2115. 59 indexed citations

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Jocham, Gerhard, et al.. (2009). Dopamine DRD2 polymorphism alters reversal learning and associated neural activity. NeuroImage. 47. S178–S178. 1 indexed citations

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Jocham, Gerhard, Tilmann A. Klein, Jane Neumann, et al.. (2009). Dopamine DRD2 Polymorphism Alters Reversal Learning and Associated Neural Activity. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(12). 3695–3704. 153 indexed citations

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Ullsperger, Markus. (2009). Genetic association studies of performance monitoring and learning from feedback: The role of dopamine and serotonin. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 34(5). 649–659. 34 indexed citations

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Jocham, Gerhard & Markus Ullsperger. (2008). Neuropharmacology of performance monitoring. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 33(1). 48–60. 141 indexed citations

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