Michael Peters

8.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
110 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Michael Peters is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Automotive Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Peters has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 24 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 18 papers in Automotive Engineering. Recurrent topics in Michael Peters's work include Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience (56 papers), Motor Control and Adaptation (29 papers) and Spatial Cognition and Navigation (18 papers). Michael Peters is often cited by papers focused on Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience (56 papers), Motor Control and Adaptation (29 papers) and Spatial Cognition and Navigation (18 papers). Michael Peters collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Germany and United Kingdom. Michael Peters's co-authors include John T. Manning, Bruno Laeng, Lutz Jäncke, Mark Jackson, Keziah Latham, Connor D. Richardson, Stian Reimers, Christian Battista, N. Jon Shah and Jean Choi and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Psychological Bulletin and Journal of Applied Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Michael Peters

109 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

A Redrawn Vandenberg and Kuse Mental Rotations Test - Dif... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 250 500 750
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 Redrawn Vandenberg and Kuse Mental Rotations Test - Different Versions and Factors That Affect Performance
    1995 771 citations Michael Peters, Bruno Laeng et al. Brain and Cognition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Peters Canada 40 3.2k 1.2k 1.2k 945 938 110 5.9k
Janette Atkinson United Kingdom 55 5.1k 1.6× 1.4k 1.2× 465 0.4× 597 0.6× 632 0.7× 187 8.5k
Stanley Coren Canada 52 7.7k 2.4× 1.2k 1.0× 600 0.5× 1.9k 2.0× 2.0k 2.1× 232 10.4k
Richard Held United States 53 6.3k 1.9× 1.1k 0.9× 526 0.4× 1.5k 1.6× 928 1.0× 144 10.0k
Oliver Braddick United Kingdom 60 7.8k 2.4× 1.3k 1.1× 530 0.4× 790 0.8× 853 0.9× 279 11.4k
M. P. Bryden Canada 46 6.8k 2.1× 2.1k 1.7× 700 0.6× 976 1.0× 2.0k 2.2× 140 8.4k
Lawrence M. Parsons United States 42 7.2k 2.2× 1.7k 1.4× 973 0.8× 2.7k 2.9× 1.7k 1.8× 59 10.1k
Thomas D. Parsons United States 46 2.2k 0.7× 444 0.4× 239 0.2× 877 0.9× 971 1.0× 200 9.0k
Bruno Laeng Norway 35 3.5k 1.1× 717 0.6× 819 0.7× 1.2k 1.3× 1.8k 1.9× 153 5.7k
Peter Brugger Switzerland 49 4.4k 1.4× 1.0k 0.8× 343 0.3× 1.7k 1.8× 1.3k 1.4× 248 8.0k
Doreen Kimura Canada 46 8.8k 2.7× 3.2k 2.7× 1.9k 1.6× 1.9k 2.0× 4.1k 4.3× 77 13.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Peters

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Peters

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Peters, Michael. (2017). Laterality in sports: Theories and applications. Laterality Asymmetries of Body Brain and Cognition. 23(2). 249–251. 18 indexed citations
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Manning, John T. & Michael Peters. (2009). Digit ratio (2D:4D) and hand preference for writing in the BBC Internet Study. Laterality Asymmetries of Body Brain and Cognition. 14(5). 528–540. 64 indexed citations
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Lippa, Richard A., Marcia L. Collaer, & Michael Peters. (2009). Sex Differences in Mental Rotation and Line Angle Judgments Are Positively Associated with Gender Equality and Economic Development Across 53 Nations. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 39(4). 990–997. 165 indexed citations
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Peters, Michael. (2007). Laterality and Motor Control. Novartis Foundation symposium. 162. 300–315. 6 indexed citations
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Silverman, Irwin, Jean Choi, & Michael Peters. (2007). The Hunter-Gatherer Theory of Sex Differences in Spatial Abilities: Data from 40 Countries. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 36(2). 261–268. 198 indexed citations
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Manning, John T., Andrew Churchill, & Michael Peters. (2007). The Effects of Sex, Ethnicity, and Sexual Orientation on Self-Measured Digit Ratio (2D:4D). Archives of Sexual Behavior. 36(2). 223–233. 223 indexed citations
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Peters, Michael. (2000). The Importance of Autonomic Nervous System Function for Theories of Cognitive Brain Function. Brain and Cognition. 42(1). 93–94. 3 indexed citations
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Peters, Michael & Jason Ivanoff. (1999). Performance Asymmetries in Computer Mouse Control of Right-Handers, and Left-Handers With Left- and Right-Handed Mouse Experience. Journal of Motor Behavior. 31(1). 86–94. 48 indexed citations
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Laeng, Bruno, Michael Peters, & Brian J. McCabe. (1998). Memory for locations within regions: Spatial biases and visual hemifield differences. Memory & Cognition. 26(1). 97–107. 29 indexed citations
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Jäncke, Lutz, Michael Peters, Gottfried Schlaug, et al.. (1998). Differential magnetic resonance signal change in human sensorimotor cortex to finger movements of different rate of the dominant and subdominant hand. Cognitive Brain Research. 6(4). 279–284. 152 indexed citations
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Peters, Michael & J. D. Brooke. (1998). Comment on Conduction Velocity in Muscle and Cutaneous Nerve Afferents in Humans. Journal of Motor Behavior. 30(3). 285–287. 3 indexed citations
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Peters, Michael. (1997). Gender Differences in Intercepting a Moving Target by Using a Throw or Button Press. Journal of Motor Behavior. 29(4). 290–296. 21 indexed citations
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Peters, Michael, et al.. (1992). DO “Right-Armed” Lefthanders Have Different Lateralization of Motor Control for the Proximal and Distal Musculature?. Cortex. 28(3). 391–399. 22 indexed citations
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Peters, Michael. (1991). Sex, handedness, mathematical ability, and biological causation.. Canadian Journal of Psychology/Revue Canadienne de Psychologie. 45(3). 415–419. 16 indexed citations
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Peters, Michael. (1990). Subclassification of non-pathological left-handers poses problems for theories of handedness. Neuropsychologia. 28(3). 279–289. 70 indexed citations
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Servos, Philip & Michael Peters. (1990). A clear left hemisphere advantage for visuo-spatially based verbal categorization. Neuropsychologia. 28(12). 1251–1260. 13 indexed citations
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Peters, Michael, et al.. (1987). Dichotic listening performance and writing posture in right- and left-handers. Brain and Language. 32(2). 253–264. 5 indexed citations
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Chrisjohn, Roland D. & Michael Peters. (1986). The Right-Brained Indian: Fact or Fiction?.. The Journal of American Indian Education. 13(1). 62–71. 8 indexed citations

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