Valentin Benzing

1.9k total citations
48 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Valentin Benzing is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Valentin Benzing has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 14 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 12 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Valentin Benzing's work include Children's Physical and Motor Development (15 papers), Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (11 papers) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (10 papers). Valentin Benzing is often cited by papers focused on Children's Physical and Motor Development (15 papers), Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (11 papers) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (10 papers). Valentin Benzing collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Italy. Valentin Benzing's co-authors include Mirko Schmidt, Achim Conzelmann, Fabienne Egger, Yu‐Kai Chang, Theda Heinks, Caterina Pesce, Claudia M. Roebers, Myrto F. Mavilidi, Katja Jäger and Fred Paas and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Bulletin, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Valentin Benzing

43 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Valentin Benzing Switzerland 17 757 405 289 239 184 48 1.3k
Marianna Alesi Italy 24 639 0.8× 283 0.7× 254 0.9× 108 0.5× 163 0.9× 96 1.5k
Joanne Smith Netherlands 14 839 1.1× 328 0.8× 299 1.0× 388 1.6× 422 2.3× 33 1.4k
Achim Conzelmann Switzerland 22 1.2k 1.6× 235 0.6× 304 1.1× 135 0.6× 129 0.7× 105 1.9k
Mirko Schmidt Switzerland 27 1.4k 1.8× 628 1.6× 586 2.0× 373 1.6× 292 1.6× 62 2.3k
Johannes W. de Greeff Netherlands 9 681 0.9× 148 0.4× 447 1.5× 107 0.4× 75 0.4× 10 1.0k
Jane Clark United States 17 481 0.6× 378 0.9× 211 0.7× 285 1.2× 194 1.1× 41 1.2k
Monika Haga Norway 20 800 1.1× 177 0.4× 248 0.9× 88 0.4× 290 1.6× 57 1.3k
Catherine M. Capio Hong Kong 22 690 0.9× 379 0.9× 174 0.6× 152 0.6× 254 1.4× 76 1.2k
Chwen‐Yng Su Taiwan 17 420 0.6× 531 1.3× 144 0.5× 233 1.0× 197 1.1× 39 1.2k
Hermundur Sigmundsson Norway 20 823 1.1× 220 0.5× 154 0.5× 258 1.1× 267 1.5× 54 1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Valentin Benzing

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All Works

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Herold, Fabian, Sebastian Ludyga, Myrto F. Mavilidi, et al.. (2025). The Other Side of the Coin – A Call to Investigate the Influence of Reduced Levels of Physical Activity on Children’s Cognition. Educational Psychology Review. 37(3). 2 indexed citations
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Benzing, Valentin, et al.. (2025). The effects of different types of leisure-time physical activity on positive mental health among adolescents: a mixed-methods systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 22(1). 123–123.
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Mavilidi, Myrto F., Spyridoula Vazou, David R. Lubans, et al.. (2025). How physical activity context relates to cognition across the lifespan: A systematic review and meta-analysis.. Psychological Bulletin. 151(5). 544–579. 6 indexed citations
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Lee, Young‐Jun, Flavia Guidotti, Laura Capranica, et al.. (2025). Olympic combat sports and mental health in children and adolescents with disability: a systematic review of controlled trials. Frontiers in Psychology. 16. 1567978–1567978. 1 indexed citations
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Ketelhut, Sascha, et al.. (2025). Effects of exergaming versus endurance training on cardiorespiratory fitness and hemodynamic parameters: a randomized controlled trial. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 125(7). 1817–1830. 1 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Mirko, et al.. (2024). The importance of body perception in the relationship between physical activity and self-esteem in adolescents. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 23(8). 1522–1544. 2 indexed citations
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Martin‐Niedecken, Anna Lisa, et al.. (2024). Together towards better executive functions? Effects of acute cognitively demanding physical activity and social interaction on inhibition. Mental health and physical activity. 27. 100640–100640.
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Benzing, Valentin, et al.. (2023). Designed acute physical activity to benefit primary school children’s cognition: Effects of cognitive challenge, bout duration and positive affect. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(2). 25–25. 1 indexed citations
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Schmid, Jürg, et al.. (2023). Dose–response relation between the duration of a cognitively challenging bout of physical exercise and children's cognition. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 33(8). 1439–1451. 7 indexed citations
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Nigg, Carina, et al.. (2023). Leave the screen: The influence of everyday behaviors on self-reported interoception. Biological Psychology. 181. 108600–108600. 3 indexed citations
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Martin‐Niedecken, Anna Lisa, et al.. (2023). Acute exercise and children’s cognitive functioning: What is the optimal dose of cognitive challenge?. Psychology of sport and exercise. 66. 102404–102404. 14 indexed citations
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Palser, Eleanor R., et al.. (2022). Acute physical-activity related increases in interoceptive ability are not enhanced with simultaneous interoceptive attention. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 15054–15054. 16 indexed citations
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Lubans, David R., Myrto F. Mavilidi, Charles H. Hillman, et al.. (2022). Effects of Classroom-Based Resistance Training With and Without Cognitive Training on Adolescents’ Cognitive Function, On-task Behavior, and Muscular Fitness. Frontiers in Psychology. 13. 811534–811534. 17 indexed citations
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Egger, Fabienne, Valentin Benzing, Achim Conzelmann, & Mirko Schmidt. (2019). Boost your brain, while having a break! The effects of long-term cognitively engaging physical activity breaks on children’s executive functions and academic achievement. PLoS ONE. 14(3). e0212482–e0212482. 104 indexed citations
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Benzing, Valentin, Manuela Pastore‐Wapp, Nedelina Slavova, et al.. (2018). The Brainfit study: efficacy of cognitive training and exergaming in pediatric cancer survivors – a randomized controlled trial. BMC Cancer. 18(1). 18–18. 32 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Mirko, Fabienne Egger, Valentin Benzing, et al.. (2017). Disentangling the relationship between children’s motor ability, executive function and academic achievement. PLoS ONE. 12(8). e0182845–e0182845. 120 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Mirko, et al.. (2016). Classroom-Based Physical Activity Breaks and Children's Attention: Cognitive Engagement Works!. Frontiers in Psychology. 7. 1474–1474. 140 indexed citations
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Benzing, Valentin, et al.. (2016). Acute Cognitively Engaging Exergame-Based Physical Activity Enhances Executive Functions in Adolescents. PLoS ONE. 11(12). e0167501–e0167501. 109 indexed citations
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Müller, Daniel, Valentin Benzing, & Volker Roder. (2014). Poster #S79 EFFECTIVENESS OF INTEGRATED COGNITIVE REMEDIATION THERAPY FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA OUTPATIENTS: EARLY VERSUS LONG-TERM COURSE OF ILLNESS – RESULTS FROM AN INTERNATIONAL RCT. Schizophrenia Research. 153. S117–S117. 2 indexed citations

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