Michael X Cohen

20.7k total citations · 7 hit papers
132 papers, 14.3k citations indexed

About

Michael X Cohen is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael X Cohen has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 14.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 126 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 29 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 9 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Michael X Cohen's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (84 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (58 papers) and EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (53 papers). Michael X Cohen is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (84 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (58 papers) and EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (53 papers). Michael X Cohen collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Germany. Michael X Cohen's co-authors include Charan Ranganath, Christian E. Elger, James F. Cavanagh, K. Richard Ridderinkhof, Michael J. Frank, Nikolai Axmacher, John J. B. Allen, Tobias H. Donner, Thomas E. Schläepfer and Doris Lenartz and has published in prestigious journals such as Neuron, Journal of Neuroscience and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Michael X Cohen

129 papers receiving 14.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Deep Brain Stimulation to Reward Circuitry Alleviates Anhedonia in Refractory Major Depression

2007 669 citations Thomas E. Schläepfer, Michael X Cohen et al. Neuropsychopharmacology profile →
Nucleus Accumbens Deep Brain Stimulation Decreases Ratings of Depression and Anxiety in Treatment-Resistant Depression

2009 595 citations Nikolai Axmacher, Michael X Cohen et al. profile →
Oxytocin Enhances Amygdala-Dependent, Socially Reinforced Learning and Emotional Empathy in Humans

2010 578 citations Michael X Cohen et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
Dissociable correlates of recollection and familiarity within the medial temporal lobes

2003 531 citations Charan Ranganath, Michael X Cohen et al. profile →
Prelude to and Resolution of an Error: EEG Phase Synchrony Reveals Cognitive Control Dynamics during Action Monitoring

2009 518 citations Michael X Cohen et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
Where Does EEG Come From and What Does It Mean?

2017 414 citations Michael X Cohen profile →
A better way to define and describe Morlet wavelets for time-frequency analysis

2019 273 citations Michael X Cohen NeuroImage profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael X Cohen Netherlands	65	11.1k	2.3k	1.9k	1.6k	1.4k	132	14.3k
Hans‐Jochen Heinze Germany	65	9.9k 0.9×	2.1k 0.9×	2.4k 1.3×	1.5k 1.0×	2.1k 1.6×	340	15.4k
Douglas P. Munoz Canada	73	13.3k 1.2×	2.0k 0.8×	2.7k 1.4×	1.2k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	236	18.3k
Emrah Düzel Germany	68	9.9k 0.9×	3.4k 1.5×	1.5k 0.8×	817 0.5×	904 0.7×	243	13.8k
Chiang‐Shan R. Li United States	59	8.9k 0.8×	2.3k 1.0×	2.4k 1.3×	829 0.5×	668 0.5×	338	13.1k
Irene Daum Germany	60	6.3k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	2.0k 1.1×	1.3k 0.8×	977 0.7×	202	9.9k
Brigitte Rockstroh Germany	57	9.8k 0.9×	1.2k 0.5×	1.8k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	670 0.5×	246	13.6k
Pietro Pietrini Italy	56	10.4k 0.9×	996 0.4×	2.9k 1.5×	1.7k 1.1×	779 0.6×	250	14.5k
Eric Maris Netherlands	33	15.4k 1.4×	2.1k 0.9×	2.8k 1.5×	1.3k 0.9×	627 0.5×	84	18.3k
Ivan Toni Netherlands	66	9.8k 0.9×	1.8k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	3.6k 2.3×	2.6k 1.9×	200	14.6k
Randall C. O’Reilly United States	56	13.2k 1.2×	4.8k 2.1×	1.9k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	682 0.5×	127	16.7k

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Dede, Adam J. O., et al.. (2025). Exploring EEG resting state differences in autism: sparse findings from a large cohort. Molecular Autism. 16(1). 13–13.

Cohen, Michael X, et al.. (2024). Interactive effects of pain and arousal state on heart rate and cortical activity in the mouse anterior cingulate and somatosensory cortices. PubMed. 15. 100157–100157. 2 indexed citations

Keil, Andreas, Edward M. Bernat, Michael X Cohen, et al.. (2022). Recommendations and publication guidelines for studies using frequency domain and time‐frequency domain analyses of neural time series. Psychophysiology. 59(5). e14052–e14052. 68 indexed citations

Solis‐Escalante, Teodoro, et al.. (2022). Midfrontal theta dynamics index the monitoring of postural stability. Cerebral Cortex. 33(7). 3454–3466. 16 indexed citations

Duprez, Joan, et al.. (2021). Synchronization between Keyboard Typing and Neural Oscillations. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 33(5). 887–901. 4 indexed citations

Solis‐Escalante, Teodoro, et al.. (2020). Cortical responses to whole‐body balance perturbations index perturbation magnitude and predict reactive stepping behavior. European Journal of Neuroscience. 54(12). 8120–8138. 28 indexed citations

Correa, Camile, Jun Jiang, Stefano Palminteri, et al.. (2018). How the Level of Reward Awareness Changes the Computational and Electrophysiological Signatures of Reinforcement Learning. Journal of Neuroscience. 38(48). 10338–10348. 29 indexed citations

Cohen, Michael X. (2017). Using spatiotemporal source separation to identify prominent features in multichannel data without sinusoidal filters. European Journal of Neuroscience. 48(7). 2454–2465. 11 indexed citations

Vijver, Irene van de, Michael X Cohen, & K. Richard Ridderinkhof. (2013). Aging affects medial but not anterior frontal learning-related theta oscillations. Neurobiology of Aging. 35(3). 692–704. 34 indexed citations

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Brink, Ruud L. van den, et al.. (2013). Subcortical, Modality-Specific Pathways Contribute to Multisensory Processing in Humans. Cerebral Cortex. 24(8). 2169–2177. 44 indexed citations

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Cohen, Michael X & K. Richard Ridderinkhof. (2013). EEG Source Reconstruction Reveals Frontal-Parietal Dynamics of Spatial Conflict Processing. PLoS ONE. 8(2). e57293–e57293. 100 indexed citations

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Driel, Joram van, K. Richard Ridderinkhof, & Michael X Cohen. (2012). Not All Errors Are Alike: Theta and Alpha EEG Dynamics Relate to Differences in Error-Processing Dynamics. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(47). 16795–16806. 172 indexed citations

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Cohen, Michael X. (2011). It's about Time. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 5. 2–2. 83 indexed citations

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Harsay, Helga A., Michael X Cohen, Liesbeth Reneman, & K. Richard Ridderinkhof. (2011). How the aging brain translates motivational incentive into action: The role of individual differences in striato-cortical white matter pathways. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. 1(4). 530–539. 9 indexed citations

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Axmacher, Nikolai, Michael X Cohen, Juergen Fell, et al.. (2010). Intracranial EEG Correlates of Expectancy and Memory Formation in the Human Hippocampus and Nucleus Accumbens. Neuron. 65(4). 541–549. 130 indexed citations

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Haupt, Sven, Nikolai Axmacher, Michael X Cohen, Christian E. Elger, & Juergen Fell. (2009). Activation of the caudal anterior cingulate cortex due to task‐related interference in an auditory Stroop paradigm. Human Brain Mapping. 30(9). 3043–3056. 42 indexed citations

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Cohen, Michael X, Nikolai Axmacher, Doris Lenartz, et al.. (2008). Neuroelectric Signatures of Reward Learning and Decision-Making in the Human Nucleus Accumbens. Neuropsychopharmacology. 34(7). 1649–1658. 51 indexed citations

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Axmacher, Nikolai, Florian Mormann, Guillén Fernández, et al.. (2007). Sustained Neural Activity Patterns during Working Memory in the Human Medial Temporal Lobe. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(29). 7807–7816. 218 indexed citations

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Wrase, Jana, Thorsten Kahnt, Florian Schlagenhauf, et al.. (2007). Different neural systems adjust motor behavior in response to reward and punishment. NeuroImage. 36(4). 1253–1262. 133 indexed citations

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Ranganath, Charan, et al.. (2005). Working Memory Maintenance Contributes to Long-term Memory Formation: Neural and Behavioral Evidence. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 17(7). 994–1010. 225 indexed citations

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