Peter Kirsch

19.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
196 papers, 11.9k citations indexed

About

Peter Kirsch is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Kirsch has authored 196 papers receiving a total of 11.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 57 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 54 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Peter Kirsch's work include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (64 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (47 papers) and Schizophrenia research and treatment (28 papers). Peter Kirsch is often cited by papers focused on Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (64 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (47 papers) and Schizophrenia research and treatment (28 papers). Peter Kirsch collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Spain. Peter Kirsch's co-authors include Andreas Meyer‐Lindenberg, Daniela Mier, Christine Esslinger, Gregor Domes, Markus Heinrichs, Stefanie Lis, B. Gallhofer, Leila Haddad, Heike Tost and Marcella Rietschel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Peter Kirsch

191 papers receiving 11.6k 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.

Oxytocin and vasopressin in the human brain: social neuropeptides for translational medicine

2011 1.2k citations Andreas Meyer‐Lindenberg, Peter Kirsch et al. profile →
Oxytocin Modulates Neural Circuitry for Social Cognition and Fear in Humans

2005 1.2k citations Peter Kirsch, Christine Esslinger et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
City living and urban upbringing affect neural social stress processing in humans

2011 1.1k citations Peter Kirsch, Leila Haddad et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The Ups and Downs of Brain Stress: Extending the Triple Network Hypothesis 2025 ·Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging ·(unknown), (unknown), Christoph Bärtl, (unknown), (unknown), T. Krause, (unknown), Lea Waller, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Fabian Streit, Ilya M. Veer, Peter Kirsch, Thomas E. Nichols, Brigitte M. Kudielka, Stefan Wüst, Susanne Erk, Henrik Walter	0
2	Relational neuroscience: Insights from hyperscanning research 2024 ·Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews ·Sara De Felice, Tara Chand, Ilona Croy, Veronika Engert, Pavel Goldstein, Clay B. Holroyd, Peter Kirsch, Sören Krach, Yina Ma, Dirk Scheele, Matthias Schurz, Stefan R. Schweinberger, Stefanie Hoehl, Pascal Vrtička	9
3	- Brain activation changes as predictors for perceived stress and cortisol awakening responses over a 13-months stress period 2024 ·Psychoneuroendocrinology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Elisabeth Kraus, Christoph Bärtl, (unknown), Sandra Zänkert, (unknown), Peter Kirsch, Brigitte M. Kudielka, Stefan Wüst	1
4	Cue-exposure treatment influences resting-state functional connectivity—a randomized controlled fMRI study in alcohol use disorder 2024 ·Psychopharmacology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Martin Fungisai Gerchen, Martina Kirsch, Sabine Hoffmann, Peter Kirsch, Falk Kiefer, Sabine Vollstädt‐Klein	3
5	Neural responses to instructed positive couple interaction: an fMRI study on compliment sharing 2023 ·Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience ·Monika Eckstein, (unknown), Martin Fungisai Gerchen, Edda Bilek, Peter Kirsch, Beate Ditzen	3
6	Reactivation strength during cued recall is modulated by graph distance within cognitive maps 2023 ·eLife ·(unknown), (unknown), Martin Fungisai Gerchen, (unknown), Andreas Meyer‐Lindenberg, Peter Kirsch, Raymond J. Dolan, Steffen Gais, Gordon B. Feld	1
7	Decoding fMRI alcohol cue reactivity and its association with drinking behaviour 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Martin Fungisai Gerchen, Patrick Bach, (unknown), Oliver Hummel, Wolfgang H. Sommer, Peter Kirsch, Falk Kiefer, Sabine Vollstädt‐Klein	3
8	Comparing Discounting of Potentially Real Rewards and Losses by Means of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2022 ·Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience ·(unknown), Janine Thome, (unknown), Wolfgang H. Sommer, Georgia Koppe, Peter Kirsch	3
9	Tryptophan-enriched diet or 5-hydroxytryptophan supplementation given in a randomized controlled trial impacts social cognition on a neural and behavioral level 2021 ·Scientific Reports ·Vera Zamoscik, Stephanie Schmidt, Rafael Bravo, Lierni Ugartemendia, Thomas Plieger, A. Rodríguez, Martin Reuter, Peter Kirsch	19
10	Chronic alcohol consumption alters extracellular space geometry and transmitter diffusion in the brain 2020 ·Science Advances ·Silvia De Santis, Alejandro Cosa‐Linan, Raquel García‐Hernández, (unknown), Lýdia Vargová, Ivan Voříšek, Serena Stopponi, Patrick Bach, Peter Kirsch, Falk Kiefer, Roberto Ciccocioppo, Eva Syková, David Moratal, Wolfgang H. Sommer, Santiago Canals	41
11	Specific and segregated changes to the functional connectome evoked by the processing of emotional faces: A task-based connectome study 2020 ·Scientific Reports ·Sebastian Markett, Philippe Jawinski, Peter Kirsch, Martin Fungisai Gerchen	13
12	Incubation of neural alcohol cue reactivity after withdrawal and its blockade by naltrexone 2019 ·Addiction Biology ·Patrick Bach, (unknown), (unknown), Sabine Hoffmann, Derik Hermann, Sabine Vollstädt‐Klein, Karl Mann, Úrsula Pérez‐Ramírez, David Moratal, Santiago Canals, Serdar Dursun, Andrew J. Greenshaw, Peter Kirsch, Falk Kiefer, Wolfgang H. Sommer	69
13	The NeMo real-time fMRI neurofeedback study: protocol of a randomised controlled clinical intervention trial in the neural foundations of mother–infant bonding 2019 ·BMJ Open ·Monika Eckstein, Anna‐Lena Zietlow, Martin Fungisai Gerchen, Mike M. Schmitgen, Sarah Ashcroft-Jones, Peter Kirsch, Beate Ditzen	5
14	Mindfulness-based focused attention training versus progressive muscle relaxation in remitted depressed patients: Effects on salivary cortisol and associations with subjective improvements in daily life 2019 ·Psychoneuroendocrinology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Vera Zamoscik, Ulrich Ebner‐Priemer, Iris Reinhard, Peter Kirsch, Christine Kuehner	8
15	Study protocol of the ASD-Net, the German research consortium for the study of Autism Spectrum Disorder across the lifespan: from a better etiological understanding, through valid diagnosis, to more effective health care 2017 ·BMC Psychiatry ·Inge Kamp‐Becker, Luise Poustka, Christian Bachmann, Stefan Ehrlich, Falk Hoffmann, Philipp Kanske, Peter Kirsch, Sören Krach, Frieder M. Paulus, Marcella Rietschel, Stefan Roepke, Veit Roessner, (unknown), Tania Singer, Sanna Stroth, Stephanie H. Witt, Anne‐Kathrin Wermter	31
16	Information flow between interacting human brains: Identification, validation, and relationship to social expertise 2015 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Edda Bilek, Matthias Ruf, Axel Schäfer, Ceren Akdeniz, Vince D. Calhoun, Christian Schmahl, Charmaine Demanuele, Heike Tost, Peter Kirsch, Andreas Meyer‐Lindenberg	122
17	Investigation of metamemory functioning in the at-risk mental state for psychosis 2015 ·Psychological Medicine ·Sarah Eisenacher, Franziska Rausch, (unknown), Daniela Mier, Ruth Veckenstedt, Frederike Schirmbeck, (unknown), Susanne Englisch, Christina Andreou, Steffen Moritz, Andreas Meyer‐Lindenberg, Peter Kirsch, Mathias Zink	30
18	Reduced embodied simulation in psychopathy 2014 ·The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry ·Daniela Mier, Leila Haddad, Kersten Diers, Harald Dreßing, Andreas Meyer‐Lindenberg, Peter Kirsch	38
19	Hippocampal Function in Healthy Carriers of theCLUAlzheimer's Disease Risk Variant 2011 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Susanne Erk, Andreas Meyer‐Lindenberg, (unknown), Christine Esslinger, Knut Schnell, Peter Kirsch, Manuel Mattheisen, Thomas W. Mühleisen, Sven Cichon, Stephanie H. Witt, Marcella Rietschel, Markus M. Nöthen, Henrik Walter	38
20	Oxytocin Modulates Neural Circuitry for Social Cognition and Fear in Humans breakdown → 2005 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Peter Kirsch, Christine Esslinger, Qiang Chen, Daniela Mier, Stefanie Lis, (unknown), Harald Gruppe, Venkata S. Mattay, B. Gallhofer, Andreas Meyer‐Lindenberg	1176

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