2026 Antoni Rodríguez-Fornells: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	80	1639	1493	20	19	290	19264
Psychology	80	1473	1316	9	9	275	19185

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Psychology in Spain Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Psychology in Spain Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Psychology in Spain Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Spain Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Psychology in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Antoni Rodríguez-Fornells is affiliated with the Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats in Spain. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Medicine, with a particular focus on Cognitive Neuroscience. They also contribute to Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

Their work encompasses several interconnected topics including Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism, Music Therapy and Health, Neuroscience and Music Perception, Reading and Literacy Development, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, and EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces.

Frequent publication venues for Antoni Rodríguez-Fornells include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 11 publications, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences with 7, NeuroImage and Cortex each with 6, and Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews with 3.

The scientist's recent papers cover diverse aspects of neuroscience and music therapy. These include:

Potential benefits of music playing in stroke upper limb motor rehabilitation, 2020, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
Vocal music enhances memory and language recovery after stroke: pooled results from two RCTs, 2020, Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
Dopamine modulations of reward-driven music memory consolidation, 2021, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
The role of opioid transmission in music-induced pleasure, 2022, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
The forgotten role of absorption in music reward, 2022, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Antoni Rodríguez-Fornells collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

Matti Laine (15 coauthored papers)
Jennifer Grau-Sánchez (14 coauthored papers)
François Clément (12 coauthored papers)
Teppo Särkämö (10 coauthored papers)
Laura Ferreri (10 coauthored papers)

Best Publications

Brain potential and functional MRI evidence for how to handle two languages with one brain

Antoni Rodriguez-Fornells;Michael Rotte;Hans-Jochen Heinze;Tömme Nösselt

449
Citations
Individual Differences in Music Reward Experiences

Ernest Mas-Herrero;Josep Marco-Pallares;Urbano Lorenzo-Seva;Robert J. Zatorre

427
Citations
Subjective effects and tolerability of the South American psychoactive beverage Ayahuasca in healthy volunteers

Jordi Riba;Antoni Rodríguez-Fornells;Gloria Urbano;Adelaida Morte

397
Citations
Dopamine modulates the reward experiences elicited by music.

Laura Ferreri;Ernest Mas-Herrero;Robert J. Zatorre;Pablo Ripollés

373
Citations
Second Language Interferes with Word Production in Fluent Bilinguals: Brain Potential and Functional Imaging Evidence

Antoni Rodriguez-fornells;Arie Van Der Lugt;Michael Rotte;Belinda Britti

365
Citations
Word learning is mediated by the left arcuate fasciculus

Diana López-Barroso;Marco Catani;Pablo Ripollés;Flavio Dell'Acqua;Flavio Dell'Acqua

348
Citations
Human oscillatory activity associated to reward processing in a gambling task.

Josep Marco-Pallares;David Cucurell;Toni Cunillera;Rafael García

335
Citations
Is There a Relationship between Language Switching and Executive Functions in Bilingualism? Introducing a within group Analysis Approach.

Anna Soveri;Antoni Rodriguez-Fornells;Antoni Rodriguez-Fornells;Matti Laine

280
Citations
Long-term use of psychedelic drugs is associated with differences in brain structure and personality in humans $

José Carlos Bouso;Fernanda Palhano-Fontes;Antoni Rodríguez-Fornells;Antoni Rodríguez-Fornells;Sidarta Tollendal Gomes Ribeiro

274
Citations
Executive Control in Bilingual Language Processing

A. Rodriguez-Fornells;R. De Diego Balaguer;T. F. Münte

264
Citations
Individual differences in control of language interference in late bilinguals are mainly related to general executive abilities

Julia Festman;Antoni Rodriguez-Fornells;Thomas F Münte

262
Citations
Watching the Brain during Meaning Acquisition

Anna Mestres-Missé;Antoni Rodriguez-Fornells;Antoni Rodriguez-Fornells;Thomas F. Münte

257
Citations
Structural Changes Induced by Daily Music Listening in the Recovering Brain after Middle Cerebral Artery Stroke: A Voxel-Based Morphometry Study

Teppo Tapio Särkämö;Pablo Ripollés;Henna Reetta Vepsäläinen;Taina Helena Autti

253
Citations
Neurophysiological mechanisms involved in language learning in adults.

Antoni Rodríguez-Fornells;Antoni Rodríguez-Fornells;Toni Cunillera;Anna Mestres-Missé;Ruth de Diego-Balaguer

252
Citations
Dissociation between musical and monetary reward responses in specific musical anhedonia

Ernest Mas-Herrero;Robert J. Zatorre;Antoni Rodriguez-Fornells;Antoni Rodriguez-Fornells;Josep Marco-Pallarés

242
Citations
Neural correlates of specific musical anhedonia.

Noelia Martínez-Molina;Ernest Mas-Herrero;Antoni Rodríguez-Fornells;Antoni Rodríguez-Fornells;Robert J. Zatorre

237
Citations
Chemobrain: a systematic review of structural and functional neuroimaging studies.

Marta Simó;Xavier Rifà-Ros;Antoni Rodriguez-Fornells;Antoni Rodriguez-Fornells;Jordi Bruna

235
Citations
Time course of error detection and correction in humans: Neurophysiological evidence

Antoni Rodrı́guez-Fornells;Arthur R. Kurzbuch;Thomas F. Münte

233
Citations
Functional connectivity of reward processing in the brain

Estela Camara;Estela Camara;Antoni Rodriguez-Fornells;Antoni Rodriguez-Fornells;Thomas F Münte

211
Citations
Self-Assessment of Individual Differences in Language Switching

Antoni Rodriguez-Fornells;Ulrike M. Krämer;Urbano Lorenzo-Seva;Julia Festman

206
Citations
Neural mechanisms underlying adaptive actions after slips

Josep Marco-Pallarés;Estela Camara;Estela Camara;Thomas F. Münte;Antoni Rodríguez-Fornells;Antoni Rodríguez-Fornells

202
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas F. Münte University of Lübeck

Josep Marco-Pallarés University of Barcelona

Matti Laine Åbo Akademi University

Ulrike M. Krämer University of Lübeck

Lluís Fuentemilla University of Barcelona

Robert J. Zatorre McGill University

Ludger Schöls University of Tübingen

Nadine Martin Temple University

Rebecca Schüle University of Tübingen

Hans-Jochen Heinze Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg

External Links

Personal website of Antoni Rodríguez-Fornells

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