Vesa Putkinen

2.1k total citations
56 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Vesa Putkinen is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Music. According to data from OpenAlex, Vesa Putkinen has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 18 papers in Social Psychology and 11 papers in Music. Recurrent topics in Vesa Putkinen's work include Neuroscience and Music Perception (40 papers), Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation (19 papers) and Diverse Music Education Insights (11 papers). Vesa Putkinen is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Music Perception (40 papers), Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation (19 papers) and Diverse Music Education Insights (11 papers). Vesa Putkinen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, China and United Kingdom. Vesa Putkinen's co-authors include Mari Tervaniemi, Minna Huotilainen, Katri Saarikivi, Tuomas Eerola, Jari Lipsanen, Lauri Nummenmaa, Tommi Makkonen, Jonna K. Vuoskoski, Henna‐Riikka Peltola and Jussi Hirvonen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, NeuroImage and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Vesa Putkinen

53 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Vesa Putkinen Finland 20 913 319 295 243 166 56 1.1k
Victoria J. Williamson United Kingdom 20 993 1.1× 312 1.0× 299 1.0× 376 1.5× 113 0.7× 40 1.2k
Reyna L. Gordon United States 20 1.1k 1.2× 247 0.8× 225 0.8× 322 1.3× 457 2.8× 44 1.3k
Jessica Slater United States 16 734 0.8× 172 0.5× 217 0.7× 147 0.6× 164 1.0× 20 870
Donald A. Hodges United States 17 945 1.0× 320 1.0× 308 1.0× 481 2.0× 74 0.4× 48 1.2k
Roni Granot Israel 17 779 0.9× 328 1.0× 153 0.5× 394 1.6× 77 0.5× 42 1.1k
Susanne Reiterer Austria 21 740 0.8× 121 0.4× 80 0.3× 407 1.7× 255 1.5× 41 998
Stefan Elmer Switzerland 25 1.3k 1.4× 182 0.6× 133 0.5× 340 1.4× 242 1.5× 58 1.4k
Cyrille Magne United States 14 1.7k 1.8× 214 0.7× 356 1.2× 713 2.9× 491 3.0× 25 1.8k
Jane Hornickel United States 17 1.6k 1.7× 84 0.3× 133 0.5× 397 1.6× 568 3.4× 23 1.7k
Jean Mary Zarate United States 14 758 0.8× 140 0.4× 113 0.4× 307 1.3× 76 0.5× 18 928

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Fields of papers citing papers by Vesa Putkinen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vesa Putkinen

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Putkinen, Vesa, et al.. (2025). Pleasurable music activates cerebral µ-opioid receptors: a combined PET-fMRI study. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 52(10). 3540–3549. 2 indexed citations
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Putkinen, Vesa, et al.. (2024). Bodily maps of musical sensations across cultures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(5). e2308859121–e2308859121. 17 indexed citations
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Jern, Patrick, Jouni Tuisku, Tiina Saanijoki, et al.. (2023). Endogenous Opioid Release After Orgasm in Man: A Combined PET/Functional MRI Study. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 64(8). 1310–1313. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Cuicui, et al.. (2023). The effect of second language immersion and musical experiences on second language speech processing and general auditory processing. Journal of Neurolinguistics. 68. 101158–101158. 1 indexed citations
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Putkinen, Vesa, Tomi Karjalainen, Matthew Hudson, et al.. (2023). Pattern recognition reveals sex‐dependent neural substrates of sexual perception. Human Brain Mapping. 44(6). 2543–2556. 2 indexed citations
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Hudson, Matthew, Vesa Putkinen, Kerttu Seppälä, et al.. (2023). Neural responses to biological motion distinguish autistic and schizotypal traits. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 18(1). 3 indexed citations
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Nummenmaa, Lauri, Kerttu Seppälä, Lihua Sun, et al.. (2023). Decoding brain basis of laughter and crying in natural scenes. NeuroImage. 273. 120082–120082. 1 indexed citations
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Saarikivi, Katri, Tommi Makkonen, Silja Martikainen, et al.. (2022). Inter-brain synchronization occurs without physical co-presence during cooperative online gaming. Neuropsychologia. 174. 108316–108316. 28 indexed citations
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Sun, Lihua, Vesa Putkinen, Kerttu Seppälä, et al.. (2022). Aberrant motor contagion of emotions in psychopathy and high-functioning autism. Cerebral Cortex. 33(2). 374–384. 9 indexed citations
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Eerola, Tuomas, et al.. (2021). Being moved by listening to unfamiliar sad music induces reward‐related hormonal changes in empathic listeners. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1502(1). 121–131. 15 indexed citations
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Tervaniemi, Mari, Vesa Putkinen, Cuicui Wang, et al.. (2021). Improved Auditory Function Caused by Music Versus Foreign Language Training at School Age: Is There a Difference?. Cerebral Cortex. 32(1). 63–75. 24 indexed citations
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Putkinen, Vesa, et al.. (2021). Faster maturation of selective attention in musically trained children and adolescents: Converging behavioral and event‐related potential evidence. European Journal of Neuroscience. 54(1). 4246–4257. 9 indexed citations
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Nummenmaa, Lauri, Vesa Putkinen, & Mikko Sams. (2021). Social pleasures of music. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. 39. 196–202. 23 indexed citations
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Nummenmaa, Lauri, Patrick Jern, Tatu Kantonen, et al.. (2021). μ-opioid receptor availability is associated with sex drive in human males. Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience. 22(2). 281–290. 3 indexed citations
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Putkinen, Vesa, Kerttu Seppälä, Tomi Karjalainen, et al.. (2020). Decoding Music-Evoked Emotions in the Auditory and Motor Cortex. Cerebral Cortex. 31(5). 2549–2560. 41 indexed citations
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Putkinen, Vesa, Mari Tervaniemi, & Minna Huotilainen. (2019). Musical playschool activities are linked to faster auditory development during preschool-age: a longitudinal ERP study. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 11310–11310. 16 indexed citations
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Putkinen, Vesa, et al.. (2018). Music playschool enhances children’s linguistic skills. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 8767–8767. 92 indexed citations
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Eerola, Tuomas, et al.. (2017). An integrative review of the enjoyment of sadness associated with music. Physics of Life Reviews. 25. 100–121. 85 indexed citations
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Putkinen, Vesa, et al.. (2014). Investigating the effects of musical training on functional brain development with a novel Melodic MMN paradigm. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 110. 8–15. 67 indexed citations

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