Michael J. Wolff

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 652 citations indexed

About

Michael J. Wolff is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael J. Wolff has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 652 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 2 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 1 paper in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Michael J. Wolff's work include Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (8 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (6 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (4 papers). Michael J. Wolff is often cited by papers focused on Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (8 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (6 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (4 papers). Michael J. Wolff collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and Germany. Michael J. Wolff's co-authors include Mark G. Stokes, Elkan G. Akyürek, Janina Jochim, Nicholas E. Myers, Eelke Spaak, Timothy J. Buschman, Candice C. Morey, Sabine Scholz, Hedderik van Rijn and Nikolai Axmacher and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, Nature Neuroscience and Trends in Cognitive Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael J. Wolff

9 papers receiving 643 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.

Dynamic hidden states underlying working-memory-guided behavior

2017 321 citations Michael J. Wolff, Janina Jochim et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael J. Wolff Netherlands	8	615	64	52	44	32	11	652
Sirawaj Itthipuripat United States	16	664 1.1×	85 1.3×	58 1.1×	40 0.9×	21 0.7×	30	737
Kartik K. Sreenivasan United States	14	874 1.4×	135 2.1×	73 1.4×	54 1.2×	42 1.3×	22	925
Matthew F. Panichello United States	5	357 0.6×	58 0.9×	26 0.5×	47 1.1×	15 0.5×	10	399
Travis Meyer United States	13	662 1.1×	82 1.3×	85 1.6×	28 0.6×	28 0.9×	15	708
Ruben S. van Bergen Netherlands	7	366 0.6×	67 1.0×	38 0.7×	24 0.5×	17 0.5×	10	409
Pim Mostert Netherlands	8	620 1.0×	128 2.0×	30 0.6×	53 1.2×	11 0.3×	8	666
Anil Cherian United States	5	395 0.6×	41 0.6×	68 1.3×	22 0.5×	16 0.5×	6	425
Andreas Wutz Italy	12	587 1.0×	101 1.6×	91 1.8×	34 0.8×	12 0.4×	22	642
Hansem Sohn United States	12	401 0.7×	37 0.6×	65 1.3×	25 0.6×	25 0.8×	19	471
Aurelio Cortese Japan	12	451 0.7×	70 1.1×	33 0.6×	45 1.0×	11 0.3×	28	544

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael J. Wolff

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Wolff, Michael J., et al.. (2025). Behaviorally Irrelevant Feature Matching Increases Neural and Behavioral Working Memory Readout. Psychophysiology. 62(2). e70020–e70020.

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Spaak, Eelke & Michael J. Wolff. (2025). Rapid connectivity modulations unify long-term and working memory. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 29(5). 400–402.

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Wolff, Michael J., et al.. (2024). Concurrent maintenance of both veridical and transformed working memory representations within unique coding schemes. Imaging Neuroscience. 2. 4 indexed citations

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Wolff, Michael J., Janina Jochim, Elkan G. Akyürek, Timothy J. Buschman, & Mark G. Stokes. (2020). Drifting codes within a stable coding scheme for working memory. PLoS Biology. 18(3). e3000625–e3000625. 47 indexed citations

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Wolff, Michael J., et al.. (2019). Unimodal and Bimodal Access to Sensory Working Memories by Auditory and Visual Impulses. Journal of Neuroscience. 40(3). 671–681. 34 indexed citations

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Wolff, Michael J., Janina Jochim, Elkan G. Akyürek, & Mark G. Stokes. (2017). Dynamic hidden states underlying working-memory-guided behavior. Nature Neuroscience. 20(6). 864–871. 321 indexed citations breakdown →

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Akyürek, Elkan G. & Michael J. Wolff. (2016). Extended temporal integration in rapid serial visual presentation: Attentional control at Lag 1 and beyond. Acta Psychologica. 168. 50–64. 22 indexed citations

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Stokes, Mark G., Michael J. Wolff, & Eelke Spaak. (2015). Decoding Rich Spatial Information with High Temporal Resolution. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 19(11). 636–638. 75 indexed citations

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Wolff, Michael J., et al.. (2015). Revealing hidden states in visual working memory using electroencephalography. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. 9. 123–123. 113 indexed citations

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Wolff, Michael J., Sabine Scholz, Elkan G. Akyürek, & Hedderik van Rijn. (2014). Two visual targets for the price of one? Pupil dilation shows reduced mental effort through temporal integration. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 22(1). 251–257. 14 indexed citations

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Morey, Candice C., et al.. (2014). Visual selective attention is equally functional for individuals with low and high working memory capacity: Evidence from accuracy and eye movements. Attention Perception & Psychophysics. 76(7). 1998–2014. 22 indexed citations

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