Mathias Benedek

19.2k total citations · 7 hit papers
160 papers, 12.6k citations indexed

About

Mathias Benedek is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mathias Benedek has authored 160 papers receiving a total of 12.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 131 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 105 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 19 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Mathias Benedek's work include Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (123 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (45 papers) and Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function (40 papers). Mathias Benedek is often cited by papers focused on Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (123 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (45 papers) and Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function (40 papers). Mathias Benedek collaborates with scholars based in Austria, United States and Germany. Mathias Benedek's co-authors include Aljoscha C. Neubauer, Christian Kaernbach, Andréas Fink, Emanuel Jauk, Roger E. Beaty, Paul J. Silvia, Daniel L. Schacter, Karl Koschutnig, Beate Dunst and Yoed N. Kenett and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

Mathias Benedek

149 papers receiving 12.2k citations

Hit Papers

A continuous measure of phasic electrodermal activity 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2015 2014 2018 2015 250 500 750 1000
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. A continuous measure of phasic electrodermal activity
    2010 1.2k citations Mathias Benedek et al. profile →
  2. Creative Cognition and Brain Network Dynamics
    2015 632 citations Roger E. Beaty, Mathias Benedek et al. profile →
  3. Intelligence, creativity, and cognitive control: The common and differential involvement of executive functions in intelligence and creativity
    2014 487 citations Mathias Benedek, Emanuel Jauk et al. profile →
  4. Robust prediction of individual creative ability from brain functional connectivity
    2018 478 citations Roger E. Beaty, Yoed N. Kenett et al. profile →
  5. Default and Executive Network Coupling Supports Creative Idea Production
    2015 420 citations Roger E. Beaty, Mathias Benedek et al. Scientific Reports profile →
  6. The role of memory in creative ideation
    2023 88 citations Mathias Benedek, Roger E. Beaty et al. profile →
  7. A systematic framework of creative metacognition
    2023 81 citations Izabela Lebuda, Mathias Benedek profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mathias Benedek Austria 58 8.7k 8.0k 2.3k 1.2k 832 160 12.6k
Andréas Fink Austria 53 5.5k 0.6× 6.4k 0.8× 1.8k 0.8× 951 0.8× 951 1.1× 255 10.5k
Aljoscha C. Neubauer Austria 57 6.4k 0.7× 6.3k 0.8× 2.1k 0.9× 1.2k 1.0× 1.2k 1.4× 158 10.8k
Roger E. Beaty United States 50 5.9k 0.7× 5.3k 0.7× 1.4k 0.6× 820 0.7× 479 0.6× 154 8.1k
Jonathan W. Schooler United States 67 8.0k 0.9× 15.3k 1.9× 3.6k 1.6× 1.8k 1.5× 2.9k 3.5× 219 21.4k
Sam J. Gilbert United Kingdom 50 2.9k 0.3× 6.4k 0.8× 1.2k 0.5× 818 0.7× 702 0.8× 124 9.3k
Anjan Chatterjee United States 61 3.3k 0.4× 6.4k 0.8× 2.7k 1.2× 1.0k 0.8× 691 0.8× 303 11.6k
Bernhard Hommel Netherlands 84 6.6k 0.8× 20.8k 2.6× 10.0k 4.3× 4.4k 3.7× 1.6k 1.9× 467 27.3k
Jeremy R. Gray United States 44 4.4k 0.5× 6.2k 0.8× 2.0k 0.9× 1.2k 1.0× 2.8k 3.4× 69 11.3k
David J. Hargreaves United Kingdom 49 2.3k 0.3× 4.3k 0.5× 2.2k 0.9× 645 0.5× 549 0.7× 219 9.9k
David E. Meyer United States 46 3.3k 0.4× 9.6k 1.2× 2.6k 1.1× 2.9k 2.4× 1.5k 1.8× 118 14.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Benedek, Mathias, et al.. (2025). Why do you think you are creative? An analysis of sources and correlates of creative self-concept judgements. Thinking Skills and Creativity. 57. 101813–101813. 4 indexed citations
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Benedek, Mathias & Izabela Lebuda. (2024). Managing Your Muse: Exploring Three Levels of Metacognitive Control in Creative Ideation. Creativity Research Journal. 37(4). 570–581. 10 indexed citations
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Annerer‐Walcher, Sonja, et al.. (2024). Internal coupling: Eye behavior coupled to visual imagery. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 165. 105855–105855. 1 indexed citations
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Annerer‐Walcher, Sonja, et al.. (2024). Decoupling of the pupillary light response during internal attention: The modulating effect of luminance intensity. Acta Psychologica. 242. 104123–104123. 3 indexed citations
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Benedek, Mathias, et al.. (2024). An observation of a negative effect of social cohesion on creativity in musical improvisation. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 2922–2922. 3 indexed citations
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Vieira, Sónia, et al.. (2022). Brain activity in constrained and open design: the effect of gender on frequency bands. Artificial intelligence for engineering design analysis and manufacturing. 36. 12 indexed citations
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Vieira, Sónia, et al.. (2022). Design spaces and EEG frequency band power in constrained and open design. Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha). 10(4). 193–221. 14 indexed citations
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Rominger, Christian, Andréas Fink, Mathias Benedek, et al.. (2022). The ambulatory battery of creativity: Additional evidence for reliability and validity. Frontiers in Psychology. 13. 964206–964206. 5 indexed citations
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Rominger, Christian, Mathias Benedek, Izabela Lebuda, et al.. (2022). Functional brain activation patterns of creative metacognitive monitoring. Neuropsychologia. 177. 108416–108416. 26 indexed citations
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Annerer‐Walcher, Sonja, Christof Körner, Roger E. Beaty, & Mathias Benedek. (2020). Eye behavior predicts susceptibility to visual distraction during internally directed cognition. Attention Perception & Psychophysics. 82(7). 3432–3444. 21 indexed citations
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Jauk, Emanuel, et al.. (2019). A New Measure for the Assessment of Appreciation for Creative Personality. Creativity Research Journal. 31(2). 149–163. 9 indexed citations
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Kenett, Yoed N., et al.. (2019). Building individual semantic networks and exploring their relationships with creativity.. Cognitive Science. 138–144. 15 indexed citations
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Fink, Andréas & Mathias Benedek. (2019). The Neuroscience of Creativity. 25(4). 231–240. 22 indexed citations
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Benedek, Mathias & Emanuel Jauk. (2018). Spontaneous and Controlled Processes in Creative Cognition. Oxford University Press eBooks. 48 indexed citations
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Diedrich, Jennifer, et al.. (2017). Assessment of real-life creativity: The Inventory of Creative Activities and Achievements (ICAA).. Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts. 12(3). 304–316. 155 indexed citations
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Benedek, Mathias, Emanuel Jauk, Roger E. Beaty, et al.. (2016). Brain mechanisms associated with internally directed attention and self-generated thought. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 22959–22959. 114 indexed citations
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Diedrich, Jennifer, Mathias Benedek, Emanuel Jauk, & Aljoscha C. Neubauer. (2015). Are creative ideas novel and useful?. Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts. 9(1). 35–40. 205 indexed citations
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Dunst, Beate, Mathias Benedek, Karl Koschutnig, Emanuel Jauk, & Aljoscha C. Neubauer. (2014). Sex differences in the IQ-white matter microstructure relationship: A DTI study. Brain and Cognition. 91. 71–78. 49 indexed citations
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Fink, Andréas, Roland H. Grabner, Mathias Benedek, et al.. (2008). The creative brain: Investigation of brain activity during creative problem solving by means of EEG and FMRI. Human Brain Mapping. 30(3). 734–748. 369 indexed citations

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