Paul Cisek

12.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
83 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Paul Cisek is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Cisek has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 27 papers in Social Psychology and 10 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Paul Cisek's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (33 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (32 papers) and Motor Control and Adaptation (29 papers). Paul Cisek is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (33 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (32 papers) and Motor Control and Adaptation (29 papers). Paul Cisek collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. Paul Cisek's co-authors include John Kalaska, David Thura, Giovanni Pezzulo, Alexandre Pastor‐Bernier, Stephen H. Scott, Ignasi Cos, Donald J. Crammond, Lauren E. Sergio, Nicolas Bélanger and Julie Duqué and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Paul Cisek

80 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Neural Mechanisms for Interacting with a World Full of Action Choices

2010 1.0k citations Paul Cisek et al. profile →
Neural Correlates of Reaching Decisions in Dorsal Premotor Cortex: Specification of Multiple Direction Choices and Final Selection of Action

2005 753 citations Paul Cisek et al. Neuron profile →
Cortical mechanisms of action selection: the affordance competition hypothesis

2007 735 citations Paul Cisek profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul Cisek Canada	39	6.3k	2.2k	750	668	545	83	7.5k
Thierry Hasbroucq France	38	5.4k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	383 0.5×	808 1.2×	247 0.5×	107	6.3k
Eliot Hazeltine United States	34	4.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	402 0.5×	1.0k 1.6×	168 0.3×	105	5.5k
Floris P. de Lange Netherlands	60	10.0k 1.6×	2.2k 1.0×	294 0.4×	1.1k 1.6×	649 1.2×	177	12.1k
Peter Brugger Switzerland	49	4.4k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	242 0.3×	1.0k 1.5×	324 0.6×	248	8.0k
Katsuyuki Sakai Japan	35	5.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	638 0.9×	518 0.8×	626 1.1×	53	6.4k
Paul M. Bays United Kingdom	38	6.4k 1.0×	1.3k 0.6×	402 0.5×	355 0.5×	237 0.4×	90	7.1k
Sam J. Gilbert United Kingdom	50	6.4k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	423 0.6×	818 1.2×	221 0.4×	124	9.3k
Borı́s Burle France	40	4.3k 0.7×	662 0.3×	322 0.4×	568 0.9×	186 0.3×	109	4.9k
Stefan Debener Germany	59	12.2k 1.9×	1.1k 0.5×	621 0.8×	495 0.7×	1.2k 2.2×	179	13.9k
Franck Vidal France	44	5.2k 0.8×	696 0.3×	453 0.6×	411 0.6×	216 0.4×	134	6.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Cisek

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Chandrasekaran, Chandramouli, Diksha Gupta, Tian Wang, et al.. (2025). No Central Executive? Decision Formation Through Multi-Area Population Dynamics. Journal of Neuroscience. 45(46). e1633252025–e1633252025.

Green, Andrea M., et al.. (2024). Biomechanical costs influence decisions made during ongoing actions. Journal of Neurophysiology. 132(2). 461–469. 3 indexed citations

Derosière, Gérard, David Thura, Paul Cisek, & Julie Duqué. (2022). Hasty sensorimotor decisions rely on an overlap of broad and selective changes in motor activity. PLoS Biology. 20(4). e3001598–e3001598. 17 indexed citations

Pezzulo, Giovanni, Francesco Donnarumma, Simone Ferrari-Toniolo, Paul Cisek, & Alexandra Battaglia‐Mayer. (2021). Shared population-level dynamics in monkey premotor cortex during solo action, joint action and action observation. Progress in Neurobiology. 210. 102214–102214. 5 indexed citations

Yau, Yvonne, et al.. (2021). Evidence and Urgency Related EEG Signals during Dynamic Decision-Making in Humans. Journal of Neuroscience. 41(26). 5711–5722. 22 indexed citations

Yau, Yvonne, Mahsa Dadar, Yashar Zeighami, et al.. (2020). Neural Correlates of Evidence and Urgency During Human Perceptual Decision-Making in Dynamically Changing Conditions. Cerebral Cortex. 30(10). 5471–5483. 11 indexed citations

Derosière, Gérard, David Thura, Paul Cisek, & Julie Duqué. (2019). Motor cortex disruption delays motor processes but not deliberation about action choices. Journal of Neurophysiology. 122(4). 1566–1577. 20 indexed citations

Thura, David & Paul Cisek. (2014). Deliberation and Commitment in the Premotor and Primary Motor Cortex during Dynamic Decision Making. Neuron. 81(6). 1401–1416. 199 indexed citations

Carbonell, Félix, Atsuko Nagano‐Saito, Marco Leyton, et al.. (2014). Dopamine precursor depletion impairs structure and efficiency of resting state brain functional networks. Neuropharmacology. 84. 90–100. 37 indexed citations

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Pastor‐Bernier, Alexandre, et al.. (2012). Dorsal premotor cortex is involved in switching motor plans. PubMed. 5. 5–5. 42 indexed citations

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Michelet, Thomas, Gary H. Duncan, & Paul Cisek. (2010). Response Competition in the Primary Motor Cortex: Corticospinal Excitability Reflects Response Replacement During Simple Decisions. Journal of Neurophysiology. 104(1). 119–127. 65 indexed citations

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Thivierge, Jean‐Philippe & Paul Cisek. (2010). Spiking neurons that keep the rhythm. Journal of Computational Neuroscience. 30(3). 589–605. 5 indexed citations

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Cisek, Paul, et al.. (2009). Decisions in Changing Conditions: The Urgency-Gating Model. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(37). 11560–11571. 328 indexed citations

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Thivierge, Jean‐Philippe & Paul Cisek. (2008). Nonperiodic Synchronization in Heterogeneous Networks of Spiking Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(32). 7968–7978. 48 indexed citations

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Cisek, Paul. (2007). A parallel framework for interactive behavior. Progress in brain research. 165. 475–492. 15 indexed citations

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Schuster, Rob, et al.. (2007). Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Does Trauma Center Designation Affect Outcome?. Annals of Vascular Surgery. 21(2). 133–136. 14 indexed citations

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Stewart, David, et al.. (2007). Endovascular Repair of a Secondary Aortoesophageal Fistula: a Case Report and Review of the Literature. Annals of Vascular Surgery. 21(2). 167–171. 14 indexed citations

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Cisek, Paul. (1999). BEYOND THE COMPUTER METAPHOR: BEHAVIOR AS INTERACTION. Journal of Consciousness Studies. 6. 66 indexed citations

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Cisek, Paul, et al.. (1997). Microcirculatory Compensation to Progressive Atherosclerotic Disease. Annals of Vascular Surgery. 11(1). 49–53. 18 indexed citations

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White, John V., et al.. (1996). Venous outflow of the leg: Anatomy and physiologic mechanism of the plantar venous plexus. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 24(5). 819–824. 32 indexed citations

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