OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Social Neuroscience is 4. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
An Empirical Evaluation of Methodologies Used for Emotion Recognition via EEG Signals	23
Readiness potentials changed by decision-making in the chicken game	17
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	17
Event-related correlates of evolving trust evaluations	14
Comparing level 1 and level 2 visuo-spatial perspective-taking in the brain: evidence from fMRI	11
Distinct neural correlates of accuracy and bias in the perception of facial emotion expressions	10
Emotional engagement with close friends in adolescence predicts neural correlates of empathy in adulthood	9
Social status in zebrafish modulates the behavioral response to 5-HT2C receptor agonists and antagonists	9
The degree of mu rhythm suppression in women is associated with presence of children as well as empathy and anxiety level	9
Desensitized gamers? Violent video game exposure and empathy for pain in adolescents – an ERP study	8
Neurophysiological mechanisms of perspective-taking: An MEG investigation of agency	7
Sensorimotor anticipation of others’ actions in real-world and video settings: Modulation by level of engagement?	7
Interpersonal negotiation skills in ADHD	7
Neural correlates of enhancing question asking and initiations in children with autism spectrum disorders: A Randomized Clinical Trial	6
Uncertainty cues amplify late positive potential responses to aversive emotional stimuli	6
To bridge or not to bridge: Moral Judgement in Cocaine Use Disorders, a case-control study on human morality	6
Social reward anticipation in infants as revealed by event-related potentials	5
Social appropriateness perception of dynamic interactions	5
Recognizing communicative intentions from single- and dyadic point light displays in autistic adults	5
A functional neuroimaging investigation of Moral Foundations Theory	5
From physical to digital: A theoretical-methodological primer on designing hyperscanning investigations to explore remote exchanges	5
Impaired social perception from eyes and face visual cues: evidence from prefrontal cortex damage	5
An fMRI-study of leading and following using rhythmic tapping	5
A common neural response to perceiving but not implicitly regulating infant and adult affect in postpartum mothers	5
Investigating the relationship of theory of mind and empathy with neuroimaging, neuropsychological, and neuropsychiatric data in persons with multiple sclerosis	5

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	5
Loneliness - not for the faint of heart? Effects of transient loneliness induction on neural and parasympathetic responses to affective stimuli	4
Facial attractiveness is more associated with individual warmth than with competence: Behavioral and neural evidence	4
An examination of mindfulness on Mu suppression and pain empathy and its relation to trait empathy	4
Oxytocin and vasopressin 1a receptor alterations in the superior temporal sulcus and hypothalamus in schizophrenia	4
Medial prefrontal activity during self-other judgments is modulated by relationship need fulfillment	4
Communicative intentions automatically hold attention – evidence from event-related potentials	4
Competition during verbal creative processes influences on ERS/ERD	4
The neurobiological map of theory of mind and pragmatic communication in autism	4
The relation between belief in a just world and early processing of deserved and undeserved outcomes: An ERP study	4