Torkel Klingberg

20.7k total citations · 10 hit papers
108 papers, 14.1k citations indexed

About

Torkel Klingberg is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Torkel Klingberg has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 14.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 39 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 21 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Torkel Klingberg's work include Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (39 papers), Cognitive Abilities and Testing (36 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (23 papers). Torkel Klingberg is often cited by papers focused on Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (39 papers), Cognitive Abilities and Testing (36 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (23 papers). Torkel Klingberg collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Finland and United Kingdom. Torkel Klingberg's co-authors include Helena Westerberg, Hans Forssberg, Jes Olesen, Fiona McNab, Zoltán Nagy, Sissela B. Nutley, Lisa B. Thorell, Per E. Roland, Christos Constantinidis and Elisabeth Fernell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Torkel Klingberg

106 papers receiving 13.5k 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.

Computerized Training of Working Memory in Children With ADHD-A Randomized, Controlled Trial

2005 1.4k citations Torkel Klingberg, Elisabeth Fernell et al. profile →
Training and plasticity of working memory

2010 1.1k citations Torkel Klingberg profile →
Increased prefrontal and parietal activity after training of working memory

2003 948 citations Helena Westerberg, Torkel Klingberg et al. profile →
Training of Working Memory in Children With ADHD

2002 878 citations Torkel Klingberg, Hans Forssberg et al. profile →
Prefrontal cortex and basal ganglia control access to working memory

2007 763 citations Fiona McNab, Torkel Klingberg profile →
Training and transfer effects of executive functions in preschool children

2008 754 citations Sissela B. Nutley, Torkel Klingberg et al. profile →
Maturation of White Matter is Associated with the Development of Cognitive Functions during Childhood

2004 544 citations Zoltán Nagy, Helena Westerberg et al. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience profile →
Increased Brain Activity in Frontal and Parietal Cortex Underlies the Development of Visuospatial Working Memory Capacity during Childhood

2002 534 citations Torkel Klingberg, Hans Forssberg et al. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience profile →
Two different areas within the primary motor cortex of man

1996 508 citations Torkel Klingberg et al. profile →
The neuroscience of working memory capacity and training

2016 345 citations Christos Constantinidis, Torkel Klingberg Nature reviews. Neuroscience profile →

Peers

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Bruce D. McCandliss United States

Margot J. Taylor Canada

Pawel Skudlarski United States

Beatríz Luna United States

Kenneth Hugdahl Norway

Kevin A. Pelphrey United States

Alfredo Ardila United States

Marie T. Banich United States

Silvia A. Bunge United States

Cathy J. Price United Kingdom

Bruce D. McCandliss United States

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4.8k ×1.4

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1.7k ×0.6

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1.0k ×0.8

RNMI

Citations per year, relative to Torkel Klingberg Torkel Klingberg (= 1×) peers Bruce D. McCandliss

Countries citing papers authored by Torkel Klingberg

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Torkel Klingberg

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Torkel Klingberg

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Torkel Klingberg. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Torkel Klingberg 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 Torkel Klingberg. Torkel Klingberg is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Lundqvist, Mikael, et al.. (2025). Low frequency oscillations – neural correlates of stability and flexibility in cognition. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5381–5381.

Palva, Satu, et al.. (2024). Strengthening of alpha synchronization is a neural correlate of cognitive transfer. Cerebral Cortex. 34(2). 1 indexed citations

Judd, Nicholas, et al.. (2024). Interindividual Differences in Cognitive Variability Are Ubiquitous and Distinct From Mean Performance in a Battery of Eleven Tasks. Journal of Cognition. 7(1). 45–45. 9 indexed citations

Klingberg, Torkel, et al.. (2023). Effects of prenatal exposure to maternal diabetes mellitus on deep grey matter structures and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms in children. Acta Paediatrica. 112(7). 1511–1523. 2 indexed citations

Judd, Nicholas & Torkel Klingberg. (2021). Training spatial cognition enhances mathematical learning in a randomized study of 17,000 children. Nature Human Behaviour. 5(11). 1548–1554. 47 indexed citations

Klingberg, Torkel, et al.. (2020). Cortical surface area of the left frontal pole is associated with visuospatial working memory capacity. Neuropsychologia. 143. 107486–107486. 4 indexed citations

Nemmi, Federico, Charlotte Nymberg, Fahimeh Darki, et al.. (2018). Interaction between striatal volume and DAT1 polymorphism predicts working memory development during adolescence. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. 30. 191–199. 6 indexed citations

Darki, Fahimeh & Torkel Klingberg. (2018). Functional differentiation between convergence and non-convergence zones of the striatum in children. NeuroImage. 173. 384–393. 4 indexed citations

Einarsdóttir, Elísabet, Myriam Peyrard‐Janvid, Fahimeh Darki, et al.. (2017). Identification of NCAN as a candidate gene for developmental dyslexia. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 9294–9294. 15 indexed citations

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Constantinidis, Christos & Torkel Klingberg. (2016). The neuroscience of working memory capacity and training. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 17(7). 438–449. 345 indexed citations breakdown →

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Spencer‐Smith, Megan & Torkel Klingberg. (2015). Benefits of a Working Memory Training Program for Inattention in Daily Life: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. PLoS ONE. 10(3). e0119522–e0119522. 159 indexed citations

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Nutley, Sissela B., Fahimeh Darki, & Torkel Klingberg. (2014). Music practice is associated with development of working memory during childhood and adolescence. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 7. 926–926. 102 indexed citations

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Söderqvist, Stina, Hans Matsson, Myriam Peyrard‐Janvid, Juha Kere, & Torkel Klingberg. (2013). Polymorphisms in the Dopamine Receptor 2 Gene Region Influence Improvements during Working Memory Training in Children and Adolescents. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 26(1). 54–62. 57 indexed citations

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Ziermans, Tim, Iroise Dumontheil, Chantal Roggeman, et al.. (2012). Working memory brain activity and capacity link MAOA polymorphism to aggressive behavior during development. Translational Psychiatry. 2(2). e85–e85. 37 indexed citations

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Scerri, Thomas, Fahimeh Darki, Dianne F. Newbury, et al.. (2012). The Dyslexia Candidate Locus on 2p12 Is Associated with General Cognitive Ability and White Matter Structure. PLoS ONE. 7(11). e50321–e50321. 31 indexed citations

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Edin, Fredrik, Torkel Klingberg, Pär I. Johansson, et al.. (2009). Mechanism for top-down control of working memory capacity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(16). 6802–6807. 274 indexed citations

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McNab, Fiona, Andrea Varrone, Lars Farde, et al.. (2009). Changes in Cortical Dopamine D1 Receptor Binding Associated with Cognitive Training. Science. 323(5915). 800–802. 408 indexed citations

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Hedman, Leif, Torkel Klingberg, Lars Enochsson, A. Kjellin, & Li Felländer‐Tsai. (2007). Visual working memory influences the performance in virtual image–guided surgical intervention. Surgical Endoscopy. 21(11). 2044–2050. 28 indexed citations

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Klingberg, Torkel. (2006). Development of a superior frontal–intraparietal network for visuo-spatial working memory. Neuropsychologia. 44(11). 2171–2177. 279 indexed citations

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Nagy, Zoltán, Katarina Lindström, Helena Westerberg, et al.. (2005). Diffusion Tensor Imaging on Teenagers, Born at Term With Moderate Hypoxic-ischemic Encephalopathy. Pediatric Research. 58(5). 936–940. 27 indexed citations

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