OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Social Neuroscience is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
An Empirical Evaluation of Methodologies Used for Emotion Recognition via EEG Signals	29
Readiness potentials changed by decision-making in the chicken game	23
The role of the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) in social decision-making against high- and low-rank opponents: a transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) study	20
Comparing level 1 and level 2 visuo-spatial perspective-taking in the brain: evidence from fMRI	19
Social status in zebrafish modulates the behavioral response to 5-HT2C receptor agonists and antagonists	15
Event-related correlates of evolving trust evaluations	11
Distinct neural correlates of accuracy and bias in the perception of facial emotion expressions	11
The degree of mu rhythm suppression in women is associated with presence of children as well as empathy and anxiety level	11
Uncertainty cues amplify late positive potential responses to aversive emotional stimuli	10
Emotional engagement with close friends in adolescence predicts neural correlates of empathy in adulthood	10
Sensorimotor anticipation of others’ actions in real-world and video settings: Modulation by level of engagement?	9
Desensitized gamers? Violent video game exposure and empathy for pain in adolescents – an ERP study	9
Interpersonal negotiation skills in ADHD	8
Neural correlates of enhancing question asking and initiations in children with autism spectrum disorders: A Randomized Clinical Trial	8
To bridge or not to bridge: Moral Judgement in Cocaine Use Disorders, a case-control study on human morality	7
A functional neuroimaging investigation of Moral Foundations Theory	7
An fMRI-study of leading and following using rhythmic tapping	7
Parent–child dyads with greater parenting stress exhibit less synchrony in posterior areas and more synchrony in frontal areas of the prefrontal cortex during shared play	7
Recognizing communicative intentions from single- and dyadic point light displays in autistic adults	6
Social appropriateness perception of dynamic interactions	6
Social reward anticipation in infants as revealed by event-related potentials	6
Investigating the relationship of theory of mind and empathy with neuroimaging, neuropsychological, and neuropsychiatric data in persons with multiple sclerosis	6
A common neural response to perceiving but not implicitly regulating infant and adult affect in postpartum mothers	6
Loneliness - not for the faint of heart? Effects of transient loneliness induction on neural and parasympathetic responses to affective stimuli	6
From physical to digital: A theoretical-methodological primer on designing hyperscanning investigations to explore remote exchanges	6

Competition during verbal creative processes influences on ERS/ERD	5
The relation between belief in a just world and early processing of deserved and undeserved outcomes: An ERP study	5
The enhancement effect of social interaction on emotional contagion: an EEG-Based hyperscanning study	5
Oxytocin and vasopressin 1a receptor alterations in the superior temporal sulcus and hypothalamus in schizophrenia	5
Directed causal networks for leading and following in hyperscanning EEG	5
An examination of mindfulness on Mu suppression and pain empathy and its relation to trait empathy	5
Medial prefrontal activity during self-other judgments is modulated by relationship need fulfillment	5
Facial attractiveness is more associated with individual warmth than with competence: Behavioral and neural evidence	5
The neurobiological map of theory of mind and pragmatic communication in autism	5
Stronger mentalizing network connectivity in expectant fathers predicts postpartum father-infant bonding and parenting behavior	5