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Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Dick Schijven
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
2
Xinran Wu
Pennsylvania State University
3
Paule Dagenais
Université Paris Sciences et Lettres
4
Yaara Endevelt–Shapira
Weizmann Institute of Science
5
Philipp Kuhnke
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
6
Loïc Labache
Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
7
Yannick Becker
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
8
Linoy Schwartz
Brandman University
9
Sangyub Kim
Korea University
10
Bo Leberecht
Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg

Rising Stars Papers

1
Developing brain asymmetry shapes cognitive and psychiatric outcomes in adolescence
Nature Communications|2025
32 cit.
2
Generation WhatsApp: inter-brain synchrony during face-to-face and texting communication
Scientific Reports|2024
28 cit.
3
Exome-wide analysis implicates rare protein-altering variants in human handedness
Nature Communications|2024
25 cit.
4
Mother–infant social and language interactions at 3 months are associated with infants’ productive language development in the third year of life
Infant Behavior and Development|2024
19 cit.
5
Long arcuate fascicle in wild and captive chimpanzees as a potential structural precursor of the language network
Nature Communications|2025
15 cit.
6
Planum temporale asymmetry in newborn monkeys predicts the future development of gestural communication’s handedness
Nature Communications|2024
12 cit.
7
Sensitive infant care tunes a frontotemporal interbrain network in adolescence
Scientific Reports|2024
11 cit.
8
Lateralized displays reveal the perceptual locus of the syllable transposition effect in Korean
Neuropsychologia|2024
9 cit.
9
Mechanical positional information guides the self-organized development of a polygonal network of creases in the skin of mammalian noses
Current Biology|2024
9 cit.
10
Empathy aligns brains in synchrony
iScience|2025
7 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Diego L. Lorca‐Puls
University of Concepción
2
Séverine Henry
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
3
Lisette M. C. Leliveld
University of Milan
4
Lauren J. Taylor
Virginia Commonwealth University
5
Gurkiran K. Mann
McMaster University
6
Kathryn M. Lalonde
University of Calgary
7
Esmeralda Hidalgo‐Lopez
University of Salzburg
8
Mónica Folgueira
Universidade da Coruña
9
Jia Han
University of Canberra
10
Giulia Prete
University of Chieti-Pescara

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Exploring brain activity for positive and negative emotions by means of EEG microstates
Scientific Reports|2022
44 cit.
2
Real-time automatic integrated monitoring of barn environment and dairy cattle behaviour: Technical implementation and evaluation on three commercial farms
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture|2023
38 cit.
3
Effects of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticle Exposure on Human Glial Cells and Zebrafish Embryos
International Journal of Molecular Sciences|2023
31 cit.
4
Dairy Cow Behavior Is Affected by Period, Time of Day and Housing
Animals|2022
29 cit.
5
Ankle Inversion Proprioception Impairment in Persons with Chronic Ankle Instability Is Task-Specific
Perceptual and Motor Skills|2022
25 cit.
6
Test-retest reliability of ankle range of motion, proprioception, and balance for symptom and gender effects in individuals with chronic ankle instability
Musculoskeletal Science and Practice|2023
25 cit.
7
Neural basis of speech and grammar symptoms in non-fluent variant primary progressive aphasia spectrum
Brain|2023
25 cit.
8
Chronic non-specific low back pain and ankle proprioceptive acuity in community-dwelling older adults
Neuroscience Letters|2022
24 cit.
9
A neural signature of exposure to masked faces after 18 months of COVID-19
Neuropsychologia|2022
22 cit.
10
Effects of graduated compression socks on ankle inversion proprioception of half-marathon runners at different running distances
Journal of science and medicine in sport|2022
20 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Giorgio Vallortígara
University of Trento
2
Lesley J. Rogers
University of New England
3
Karl Zilles
Forschungszentrum Jülich
4
Marcus E. Raichle
Washington University in St. Louis
5
William D. Hopkins
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
6
Kenneth M. Heilman
University of Florida
7
Onur Güntürkün
Ruhr University Bochum
8
Helmuth Steinmetz
Goethe University Frankfurt
9
Brenda Milner
Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
10
Richard J. Davidson
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
A default mode of brain function
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2001
12.4k cit.
2
The human brain is intrinsically organized into dynamic, anticorrelated functional networks
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2005
8.8k cit.
3
LOSS OF RECENT MEMORY AFTER BILATERAL HIPPOCAMPAL LESIONS
Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry|1957
7.4k cit.
4
Science
Science|2023
5.9k cit.
5
A new SPM toolbox for combining probabilistic cytoarchitectonic maps and functional imaging data
NeuroImage|2005
4.2k cit.
6
Medial prefrontal cortex and self-referential mental activity: Relation to a default mode of brain function
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2001
3k cit.
7
Alterations in Brain and Immune Function Produced by Mindfulness Meditation
Psychosomatic Medicine|2003
2.9k cit.
8
Subgenual prefrontal cortex abnormalities in mood disorders
Nature|1997
2.7k cit.
9
Effects of Different Brain Lesions on Card Sorting
Archives of Neurology|1963
2.2k cit.
10
Spontaneous neuronal activity distinguishes human dorsal and ventral attention systems
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2006
2.2k cit.

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