Michael A. Yassa

13.2k citations

149 papers · 8.2k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 42

Impact in

Cognitive Neuroscience top 0.2%
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Memory Processes and Influences
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Behavioral Neuroscience top 0.5%

Papers in

Cognitive Neuroscience 105
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms 65
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies 41
- Neural dynamics and brain function 16
Behavioral Neuroscience 16
- Stress Responses and Cortisol 16

Co-authors: Craig E.L. Stark Shauna M. Stark Stephanie L. Leal Zachariah M. Reagh Joyce W. Lacy Michela Gallagher Marilyn Albert Arnold Bakker
Journals: Hippocampus (14 papers)Alzheimer s & Dementia (12 papers)Scientific Reports (8 papers)Learning & Memory (8 papers)Alzheimer s & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring (7 papers)
Partner nations: United States Japan Canada

In The Last Decade

Michael A. Yassa

138 papers receiving 8.1k citations

Hit Papers

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A task to assess behavioral pattern separation (BPS) in humans: Data from healthy aging and mild cognitive impairment 2013 · 404 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2013 Neuropsychologia
2012 Neuron
2011 Trends in Neurosciences

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1	NODDI-derived measures of microstructural integrity in medial temporal lobe white matter pathways are associated with Alzheimer’s disease pathology and cognition Imaging Neuroscience ·Dana Parker, Jenna N. Adams, Soyun Kim, Liv McMillan, Michael A. Yassa	2025	0
2	Individual differences in medial temporal lobe functional network architecture predict the capacity for sleep-related consolidation of emotional memories in older adults SLEEP ·Miranda G Chappel-Farley, Jenna N. Adams, Richard F. Betzel, Negin Sattari, Destiny Berisha, Novelle Meza, John Janecek, Hamid Niknazar, Soyun Kim, Abhishek Dave, Ivy Y. Chen, Kitty K. Lui, Ariel B. Neikrug, Ruth M. Benca, Michael A. Yassa, Bryce A. Mander	2025	1
3	Awake ripples enhance emotional memory encoding in the human brain Nature Communications ·Haoxin Zhang, Ivan Skelin, Shiting Ma, Michelle Paff, Lilit Mnatsakanyan, Michael A. Yassa, Robert T. Knight, Jack J. Lin	2024	9
4	Anhedonia is associated with higher functional connectivity between the nucleus accumbens and paraventricular nucleus of thalamus Journal of Affective Disorders ·Bianca T Leonard, Sarah M. Kark, Steven J. Granger, J Adams, Liv McMillan, Michael A. Yassa	2024	3
5	The amyloid beta 42/38 ratio as a plasma biomarker of early memory deficits in cognitively unimpaired older adults Neurobiology of Aging ·Alison Bamford, Jenna N. Adams, Soyun Kim, Liv McMillan, Rond Malhas, Mark Mapstone, Brian D. Hitt, Michael A. Yassa, Elizabeth A. Thomas	2024	1
6	Single preoperative radiation therapy with delayed surgery for low-risk breast cancer: Oncologic outcome, toxicity and cosmesis of the SPORT-DS phase I trial Radiotherapy and Oncology ·Danny Lavigne, Tarek Hijal, Peter Vavassis, Marie‐Christine Guilbert, Lucas Sidéris, Pierre Dubé, Mai‐Kim Gervais, Guy Leblanc, Michel-Pierre Dufresne, David H. Nguyen, David Tiberi, Dima Mahmoud, Michael A. Yassa	2024	2
7	Mild exercise improves executive function with increasing neural efficiency in the prefrontal cortex of older adults GeroScience ·Kyeongho Byun, Kazuki Hyodo, Kazuya Suwabe, Takemune Fukuie, Min‐Seong Ha, Chorphaka Damrongthai, Ryuta Kuwamizu, Hikaru Koizumi, Michael A. Yassa, Hideaki Soya	2023	16
8	Pseudo‐longitudinal trajectories of cerebrovascular disease biomarkers in adults with Down syndrome across the lifespan Alzheimer s & Dementia ·Patrick J. Lao, Amirreza Sedaghat, Natalie C. Edwards, Rafael V. Lippert, Batool Rizvi, Anna C. Smith, Dana Tudorascu, H. Diana Rosas, Michael A. Yassa, Benjamin L. Handen, Bradley T. Christian, José Gutierrez, Donna M. Wilcock, Elizabeth Head, Adam M. Brickman	2023	0
9	A possible contribution of the locus coeruleus to arousal enhancement with mild exercise: evidence from pupillometry and neuromelanin imaging Cerebral Cortex Communications ·Yudai Yamazaki, Kazuya Suwabe, Atsuko Nagano‐Saito, Kousaku Saotome, Ryuta Kuwamizu, Taichi Hiraga, Ferenc Torma, Kenji Suzuki, Yoshiyuki Sankai, Michael A. Yassa, Hideaki Soya	2023	12
10	Examining the diagnostic value of the mnemonic discrimination task for classification of cognitive status and amyloid-beta burden Neuropsychologia ·Soyun Kim, Jenna N. Adams, Miranda G Chappel-Farley, David B. Keator, John Janecek, Lisa Taylor, Abanoub Mikhail, Martina K. Hollearn, Liv McMillan, Paul E. Rapp, Michael A. Yassa	2023	5
11	Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on daily life, mood, and behavior of adults with Down syndrome Disability and health journal ·Sigan L. Hartley, Victoria Fleming, Brianna Piro‐Gambetti, Annie Cohen, Beau M. Ances, Michael A. Yassa, Adam M. Brickman, Benjamin L. Handen, Elizabeth Head, Mark Mapstone, Bradley Christian, Ira T. Lott, Eric Doran, Shahid Zaman, Sharon J. Krinsky‐McHale, Fredrick A. Schmitt, Christy Hom, Nicole Schupf	2022	11
12	Associations between saliva and plasma cytokines in cognitively normal, older adults Aging Clinical and Experimental Research ·Georgia M. Parkin, Soyun Kim, A Piradov Mikhail, Rond Malhas, Liv McMillan, Martina K. Hollearn, Douglas A. Granger, Mark Mapstone, Michael A. Yassa, Elizabeth A. Thomas	2022	20
13	Why do mothers never stop grieving for their deceased children? Enduring alterations of brain connectivity and function Frontiers in Human Neuroscience ·Sarah M. Kark, J Adams, Mithra Sathishkumar, Steven J. Granger, Liv McMillan, Tallie Z. Baram, Michael A. Yassa	2022	2
14	Effects of exercise types on white matter microstructure in late midlife adults: Preliminary results from a diffusion tensor imaging study Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience ·Feng‐Tzu Chen, Hideaki Soya, Michael A. Yassa, Ruei‐Hong Li, Chien‐Heng Chu, Aiguo Chen, Chiao‐Ling Hung, Yu‐Kai Chang	2022	3
15	The ANTsX ecosystem for quantitative biological and medical imaging Scientific Reports ·Nicholas J. Tustison, Philip A. Cook, Andrew J. Holbrook, Hans J. Johnson, John Muschelli, Gabriel A. Devenyi, Jeffrey Duda, Sandhitsu R. Das, Nicholas Cullen, Daniel L. Gillen, Michael A. Yassa, James R. Stone, James C. Gee, Brian Avants	2021	135
16	The Computerized Cognitive Composite (C3) in A4, an Alzheimer's Disease Secondary Prevention Trial The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease ·Kathryn V. Papp, Dorene M. Rentz, Paul Maruff, Chung‐Kai Sun, Rema Raman, Michael Donohue, Adrian Schembri, Craig E.L. Stark, Michael A. Yassa, Alette M. Wessels, R. Yaari, Karen C. Holdridge, Paul Aisen, Reisa A. Sperling	2021	41
17	Pattern Separation in the Human Hippocampus: Response to Quiroga Trends in Cognitive Sciences ·Nanthia Suthana, Arne D. Ekstrom, Michael A. Yassa, Craig E.L. Stark	2021	11
18	Aerobic fitness associates with mnemonic discrimination as a mediator of physical activity effects: evidence for memory flexibility in young adults Scientific Reports ·Kazuya Suwabe, Kazuki Hyodo, Kyeongho Byun, Genta Ochi, Takemune Fukuie, Takeshi Shimizu, Morimasa Kato, Michael A. Yassa, Hideaki Soya	2017	41
19	Mnemonic discrimination of similar face stimuli and a potential mechanism for the “other race” effect. Behavioral Neuroscience ·Allen Chang, Elizabeth Murray, Michael A. Yassa	2015	13
20	Effect of handedness on fMRI activation in the medial temporal lobe during an auditory verbal memory task Human Brain Mapping ·Jennifer L. Cuzzocreo, Michael A. Yassa, Guillermo Verduzco, Nancy A. Honeycutt, David Scott, Susan Spear Bassett	2008	37

About Michael A. Yassa

Michael A. Yassa is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Geriatrics and Gerontology, having authored 149 papers that have together received 8.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Memory and Neural Mechanisms (65 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (41 papers), Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (36 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (36 papers), Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (23 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (18 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (16 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (16 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cognitive Neuroscience (5.4k citations), Behavioral Neuroscience (635 citations), Developmental Neuroscience (705 citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (2.5k citations) and Psychiatry and Mental health (1.5k citations). Michael A. Yassa has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Japan and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Craig E.L. Stark, Shauna M. Stark, Stephanie L. Leal, Zachariah M. Reagh, Joyce W. Lacy, Michela Gallagher, Marilyn Albert, Arnold Bakker, Elizabeth Murray and Susan Spear Bassett. Their work appears in journals such as Hippocampus, Alzheimer s & Dementia, Scientific Reports, Learning & Memory and Alzheimer s & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring.

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