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Antonia F. de C. Hamilton

Antonia F. de C. Hamilton

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Neuroscience

D-Index
58
Citations
16974
World Ranking
4107
National Ranking
361

Psychology

D-Index
59
Citations
17337
World Ranking
3655
National Ranking
388

Overview

Antonia F. de C. Hamilton is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Neuroscience, with significant contributions to Cognitive Neuroscience and Social Psychology. The work of this scientist also intersects with Clinical Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The main areas of study include Action Observation and Synchronization, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders, and Child and Animal Learning Development. Additionally, the scientist explores Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, and Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques.

Recent publications by Antonia F. de C. Hamilton include the following:

  • Hyperscanning: Beyond the Hype, 2020, Neuron
  • Reduced nonverbal interpersonal synchrony in autism spectrum disorder independent of partner diagnosis: a motion energy study, 2020, Molecular Autism
  • Learning from others is good, with others is better: the role of social interaction in human acquisition of new knowledge, 2022, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Quantification of inter-brain coupling: A review of current methods used in haemodynamic and electrophysiological hyperscanning studies, 2023, NeuroImage
  • Nonverbal communication in virtual reality: Nodding as a social signal in virtual interactions, 2022, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Antonia F. de C. Hamilton include:

  • Ilias Tachtsidis
  • Paola Pinti
  • Sara De Felice
  • Uzair Hakim
  • Joy Hirsch

Common venues for publication are:

  • NeuroImage
  • Neurophotonics
  • Scientific Reports
  • Molecular Autism
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Best Publications

  • The present and future use of functional near‐infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) for cognitive neuroscience

    Paola Pinti;Ilias Tachtsidis;Antonia Hamilton;Joy Hirsch

  • Building a motor simulation de novo: observation of dance by dancers.

    Emily S. Cross;Antonia F. de C. Hamilton;Scott T. Grafton

  • Recognition of Emotions in Autism: A Formal Meta-Analysis.

    Mirko Uljarevic;Antonia Hamilton

  • Why and how to use virtual reality to study human social interaction: The challenges of exploring a new research landscape.

    Xueni Pan;Antonia F. de C. Hamilton

  • Sources of signal-dependent noise during isometric force production.

    Kelvin E. Jones;Antonia F. de C. Hamilton;Daniel M. Wolpert

  • Goal representation in human anterior intraparietal sulcus.

    Antonia F. de C. Hamilton;Scott T. Grafton

  • Evidence for a distributed hierarchy of action representation in the brain.

    Scott T. Grafton;Antonia F. de C. Hamilton

  • Sensitivity of the Action Observation Network to Physical and Observational Learning

    Emily S. Cross;Emily S. Cross;David J. M. Kraemer;David J. M. Kraemer;Antonia F. de C. Hamilton;William M. Kelley

  • Motor Abilities in Autism: A Review Using a Computational Context

    Emma Gowen;Antonia Hamilton

  • Imitation and action understanding in autistic spectrum disorders: how valid is the hypothesis of a deficit in the mirror neuron system?

    Antonia F. de C. Hamilton;Rachel M. Brindley;Uta Frith

  • Infant vocabulary development assessed with a British communicative development inventory.

    Antonia Hamilton;Kim Plunkett;Graham Schafer

  • Reflecting on the mirror neuron system in autism: a systematic review of current theories.

    Antonia F. de C. Hamilton

  • Current Status and Issues Regarding Pre-processing of fNIRS Neuroimaging Data: An Investigation of Diverse Signal Filtering Methods Within a General Linear Model Framework.

    Paola Pinti;Felix Scholkmann;Antonia Hamilton;Paul Burgess

  • Visual Perspective Taking Impairment in Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder.

    Antonia F. de C. Hamilton;Rachel Brindley;Uta Frith

  • The scaling of motor noise with muscle strength and motor unit number in humans

    Antonia F. de C. Hamilton;Kelvin E. Jones;Daniel M. Wolpert

  • Social top-down response modulation (STORM): a model of the control of mimicry in social interaction

    Yin Wang;Antonia F. de C. Hamilton

  • Unbroken mirrors : challenging a theory of Autism

    Victoria Southgate;Antonia F. de C. Hamilton

  • Action Outcomes Are Represented in Human Inferior Frontoparietal Cortex

    Antonia F. de C. Hamilton;Scott T. Grafton

  • A Review on the Use of Wearable Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Naturalistic Environments

    Paola Pinti;Clarisse Aichelburg;Sam Gilbert;Antonia Hamilton

  • Emulation and Mimicry for Social Interaction: A Theoretical Approach to Imitation in Autism:

    Antonia F. de C. Hamilton

  • Action understanding requires the left inferior frontal cortex.

    Gorana Pobric;Antonia F. de C. Hamilton

Frequent Co-Authors

Emily S. Cross
Emily S. Cross University of Glasgow
Danielle Ropar
Danielle Ropar University of Nottingham
Scott T. Grafton
Scott T. Grafton University of California, Santa Barbara
Victoria Southgate
Victoria Southgate University of Copenhagen
Ilias Tachtsidis
Ilias Tachtsidis University College London
Uta Frith
Uta Frith University College London
Daniel M. Wolpert
Daniel M. Wolpert Columbia University
Paul W. Burgess
Paul W. Burgess University College London
Wolfgang Prinz
Wolfgang Prinz Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Sam J. Gilbert
Sam J. Gilbert University College London

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