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Asif A. Ghazanfar publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Asif A. Ghazanfar sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 159 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Asif A. Ghazanfar D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Asif A. Ghazanfar sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 58 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Troland Research Awards, United States National Academy of Sciences For studies on the development and neural basis of primate communication that advance our understanding of human communication.

Overview

Asif A. Ghazanfar is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States. Their research primarily centers on the biological and neural underpinnings of vocal communication and behavior, with significant contributions in developmental biology and cognitive neuroscience.

Their work encompasses a broad range of topics including animal vocal communication and behavior, marine animal studies, infant health and development, child and animal learning development, music and audio processing, animal behavior and reproduction, and neural dynamics and brain function.

Key recent publications by Asif A. Ghazanfar and collaborators include:

  • A Hierarchy of Autonomous Systems for Vocal Production (2020) in Trends in Neurosciences
  • Domestication Phenotype Linked to Vocal Behavior in Marmoset Monkeys (2020) in Current Biology
  • Social-vocal brain networks in a non-human primate (2021) in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cooperative care and the evolution of the prelinguistic vocal learning (2021) in Developmental Psychobiology
  • Active neural coordination of motor behaviors with internal states (2022) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Daniel Y. Takahashi
  • Yisi Zhang
  • Diana A. Liao
  • Thiago T. Varella
  • Lauren M. Kelly

Their publications are often featured in specialized venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Developmental Psychobiology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Trends in Neurosciences, and Current Biology.

Asif A. Ghazanfar's research contributions largely fall within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with an emphasis on subfields including Developmental Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Ecology, Pharmacy, and Developmental and Educational Psychology.

In 2013, they received the Troland Research Award from the United States National Academy of Sciences for studies on the development and neural basis of primate communication that inform understanding of human communication.

Best Publications

  • Is neocortex essentially multisensory

    Asif A. Ghazanfar;Charles E. Schroeder

  • Neuroscience Needs Behavior: Correcting a Reductionist Bias

    John W. Krakauer;Asif A. Ghazanfar;Alex Gomez-Marin;Malcolm A. MacIver

  • Brain-to-Brain coupling: A mechanism for creating and sharing a social world

    Uri Hasson;Asif A. Ghazanfar;Bruno Galantucci;Bruno Galantucci;Simon Garrod;Simon Garrod

  • The Natural Statistics of Audiovisual Speech

    Chandramouli Chandrasekaran;Andrea Trubanova;Sébastien Stillittano;Alice Caplier

  • Multisensory Integration of Dynamic Faces and Voices in Rhesus Monkey Auditory Cortex

    Asif A. Ghazanfar;Joost X. Maier;Kari L. Hoffman;Nikos K. Logothetis

  • Reconstructing the Engram: Simultaneous, Multisite, Many Single Neuron Recordings

    Miguel A.L Nicolelis;Asif A Ghazanfar;Barbara M Faggin;Scott Votaw

  • The emergence of multisensory systems through perceptual narrowing

    David J. Lewkowicz;Asif A. Ghazanfar

  • Coupled Oscillator Dynamics of Vocal Turn-Taking in Monkeys

    Daniel Y. Takahashi;Darshana Z. Narayanan;Asif A. Ghazanfar

  • Monkey vocal tracts are speech-ready

    W. Tecumseh Fitch;W. Tecumseh Fitch;Bart de Boer;Neil Mathur;Asif A. Ghazanfar

  • Simultaneous encoding of tactile information by three primate cortical areas

    Miguel A. L. Nicolelis;Asif A. Ghazanfar;Christopher R. Stambaugh;Laura M. O. Oliveira

  • Interactions between the Superior Temporal Sulcus and Auditory Cortex Mediate Dynamic Face/Voice Integration in Rhesus Monkeys

    Asif A. Ghazanfar;Chandramouli Chandrasekaran;Nikos K. Logothetis

  • Immediate thalamic sensory plasticity depends on corticothalamic feedback

    David J. Krupa;Asif A. Ghazanfar;Miguel A. L. Nicolelis

  • Neuroperception: facial expressions linked to monkey calls.

    Asif A. Ghazanfar;Nikos K. Logothetis

  • Primate brains in the wild: the sensory bases for social interactions.

    Asif A. Ghazanfar;Laurie R. Santos

  • The developmental dynamics of marmoset monkey vocal production

    D. Y. Takahashi;A. R. Fenley;Y. Teramoto;D. Z. Narayanan

  • Vocal-Tract Resonances as Indexical Cues in Rhesus Monkeys

    Asif A. Ghazanfar;Hjalmar K. Turesson;Joost X. Maier;Ralph van Dinther

  • Evolution of human vocal production

    Asif A. Ghazanfar;Drew Rendall

  • Monkey visual behavior falls into the uncanny valley

    Shawn A. Steckenfinger;Asif A. Ghazanfar

  • Monkeys match the number of voices they hear to the number of faces they see.

    Kerry E. Jordan;Elizabeth M. Brannon;Nikos K. Logothetis;Asif A. Ghazanfar

  • Multisensory Integration of Looming Signals by Rhesus Monkeys

    Joost X Maier;John G Neuhoff;Nikos K Logothetis;Asif A Ghazanfar

  • The decline of cross-species intersensory perception in human infants.

    David J. Lewkowicz;Asif A. Ghazanfar

Frequent Co-Authors

Nikos K. Logothetis
Nikos K. Logothetis Chinese Academy of Sciences
Miguel A. L. Nicolelis
Miguel A. L. Nicolelis Duke University
W. Tecumseh Fitch
W. Tecumseh Fitch University of Vienna
David J. Lewkowicz
David J. Lewkowicz Northeastern University
David Poeppel
David Poeppel New York University
Isabel Gauthier
Isabel Gauthier Vanderbilt University
Simon Garrod
Simon Garrod University of Glasgow
Charles Spence
Charles Spence University of Oxford
Elizabeth M. Brannon
Elizabeth M. Brannon University of Pennsylvania
Tobias Grossmann
Tobias Grossmann University of Virginia

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