Peter Walla

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Peter Walla is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Sensory Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Walla has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 17 papers in Social Psychology and 15 papers in Sensory Systems. Recurrent topics in Peter Walla's work include Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (27 papers), Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (15 papers) and Memory Processes and Influences (10 papers). Peter Walla is often cited by papers focused on Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (27 papers), Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (15 papers) and Memory Processes and Influences (10 papers). Peter Walla collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Australia and France. Peter Walla's co-authors include L. Deecke, Astrid M. Schloerscheidt, Michael D. Rugg, Kevin Allan, Ruth E. Mark, Johann Lehrner, Monika Koller, Christian Montag, Wilfried Lang and G. Lindinger and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Peter Walla

69 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Dissociation of the neural correlates of implicit and exp... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 100 200 300 400 500
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. Dissociation of the neural correlates of implicit and explicit memory
    1998 594 citations Michael D. Rugg, Ruth E. Mark et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Walla Austria 20 1.1k 406 369 329 166 72 2.0k
Laura Miccoli Spain 9 891 0.8× 399 1.0× 198 0.5× 596 1.8× 63 0.4× 14 1.6k
Howard Ehrlichman United States 21 999 0.9× 303 0.7× 265 0.7× 423 1.3× 47 0.3× 37 1.6k
Miguel A. Escrig Spain 8 858 0.7× 392 1.0× 168 0.5× 543 1.7× 57 0.3× 14 1.5k
Fren T.Y. Smulders Netherlands 30 1.5k 1.3× 555 1.4× 165 0.4× 705 2.1× 302 1.8× 61 3.1k
Dino J. Levy Israel 15 1.3k 1.2× 275 0.7× 127 0.3× 360 1.1× 106 0.6× 34 2.1k
Francesco Foroni Italy 21 356 0.3× 440 1.1× 190 0.5× 498 1.5× 194 1.2× 40 1.2k
Nasir H. Naqvi United States 18 1.7k 1.4× 346 0.9× 118 0.3× 893 2.7× 140 0.8× 28 3.3k
Henk van Steenbergen Netherlands 26 1.7k 1.5× 516 1.3× 128 0.3× 928 2.8× 135 0.8× 75 2.7k
M. Fenske Germany 22 1.7k 1.4× 585 1.4× 109 0.3× 653 2.0× 232 1.4× 88 2.6k
Catherine A. Hartley United States 27 1.6k 1.4× 558 1.4× 262 0.7× 913 2.8× 148 0.9× 61 3.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Walla

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Walla

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Peter Walla. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Peter Walla based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Peter Walla. Peter Walla is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Walla, Peter, et al.. (2023). Sex-Determined Alteration of Frontal Electroencephalographic (EEG) Activity in Social Presence. Life. 13(2). 585–585. 1 indexed citations
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Walla, Peter, et al.. (2023). Brain Activities Show There Is Nothing Like a Real Friend in Contrast to Influencers and Other Celebrities. Brain Sciences. 13(5). 831–831. 3 indexed citations
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Walla, Peter, et al.. (2021). Electroencephalography (EEG) Reveals Increased Frontal Activity in Social Presence. Brain Sciences. 11(6). 731–731. 3 indexed citations
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Halpin, Sean, et al.. (2017). Conscious and Non-Conscious Measures of Emotion: Do They Vary with Frequency of Pornography Use?. Applied Sciences. 7(5). 493–493. 13 indexed citations
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Koller, Monika & Peter Walla. (2015). Towards Alternative Ways to Measure Attitudes Related to Consumption: Introducing Startle Reflex Modulation. Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization. 13(1). 83–88. 13 indexed citations
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Koller, Monika, Thomas Salzberger, Gerhard Brenner, & Peter Walla. (2013). Ampliando o leque de aplicações de eye-tracking na pesquisa em Administração. 23(1). 71–77.
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Grahl, Arvina, et al.. (2012). Bottle Shape Elicits Gender-Specific Emotion: A Startle Reflex Modulation Study. Psychology. 3(7). 548–554. 19 indexed citations
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Koller, Monika & Peter Walla. (2012). Measuring Affective Information Processing in Information Systems and Consumer Research - Introducing Startle Reflex Modulation.. WU Research. 9 indexed citations
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Walla, Peter, Gerhard Brenner, & Monika Koller. (2011). Objective Measures of Emotion Related to Brand Attitude: A New Way to Quantify Emotion-Related Aspects Relevant to Marketing. PLoS ONE. 6(11). e26782–e26782. 67 indexed citations
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Walla, Peter, H. Imhof, & Wilfried Lang. (2009). A gender difference related to the effect of a background odor: a magnetoencephalographic study. Journal of Neural Transmission. 116(10). 1227–1236. 7 indexed citations
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Brondel, Laurent, M. Romer, Virginie van Wymelbeke, et al.. (2006). Sensory-specific satiety with simple foods in humans: no influence of BMI?. International Journal of Obesity. 31(6). 987–995. 30 indexed citations
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Staresina, Bernhard P., Herbert Bauer, L. Deecke, & Peter Walla. (2005). Magnetoencephalographic correlates of different levels in subjective recognition memory. NeuroImage. 27(1). 83–94. 9 indexed citations
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Walla, Peter, Johann Lehrner, Dagmar Mayer, et al.. (2002). Evidence of conscious and subconscious olfactory information processing during word encoding: a magnetoencephalographic (MEG) study. Cognitive Brain Research. 14(3). 309–316. 19 indexed citations
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Walla, Peter, et al.. (2001). False recognition depends on depth of prior word processing: a magnetoencephalographic (MEG) study. Cognitive Brain Research. 11(2). 249–257. 5 indexed citations
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Lehrner, Johann, et al.. (2000). Ambient odor of orange in a dental office reduces anxiety and improves mood in female patients. Physiology & Behavior. 71(1-2). 83–86. 250 indexed citations
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Walla, Peter, et al.. (1999). Event-related potential correlates of false recognitions of faces. Neuroscience Letters. 265(2). 115–118. 8 indexed citations
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Rugg, Michael D., et al.. (1998). Dissociation of the neural correlates of implicit and explicit memory. Nature. 392(6676). 595–598. 594 indexed citations breakdown →

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