2026 Charles Spence: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	150	147	132	22	21	1043	83754
Psychology	150	76	65	17	15	1056	84727

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Psychology in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Charles Spence is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and conducts research primarily in the fields of Psychology and Neuroscience. Their work focuses extensively on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Sensory Systems, Social Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Food Science.

The main research topics explored by Spence include:

Multisensory perception and integration
Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
Color perception and design
Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods
Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
Tactile and Sensory Interactions
Culinary Culture and Tourism

Spence has published recent papers such as:

"Senses of place: architectural design for the multisensory mind" (2020) in Cognitive Research Principles and Implications
"Using Ambient Scent to Enhance Well-Being in the Multisensory Built Environment" (2020) in Frontiers in Psychology
"Multisensory Flavour Perception: Blending, Mixing, Fusion, and Pairing within and between the Senses" (2020) in Foods

Frequent co-authors include:

Carlos Velasco (22 publications)
Kosuke Motoki (19 publications)
Nicola Di Stefano (19 publications)
Christian Frings (11 publications)
Jozef Youssef (10 publications)

Spence's research has appeared frequently in journals such as:

International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science (34 publications)
Food Quality and Preference (21 publications)
i-Perception (20 publications)
Multisensory Research (19 publications)
Frontiers in Psychology (16 publications)

Regarding book publications, Spence has contributed to titles published by Frontiers Media, Cambridge University Press, and Transcript Verlag. Specific books include:

"Crossmodal Correspondence" (2024, Frontiers Media)
"Smells, Well-being, and the Built Environment" (2022, Frontiers Media)
"Crossmodal Attention Applied" (2020, Cambridge University Press)
"Food - Media - Senses" (2023, Transcript Verlag)

Best Publications

Crossmodal correspondences: A tutorial review

Charles Spence

1825
Citations
That's My Hand! Activity in Premotor Cortex Reflects Feeling of Ownership of a Limb

H. Henrik Ehrsson;Charles Spence;Richard E. Passingham

1660
Citations
The Handbook of Multisensory Processing

Gemma A. Calvert;Charles Spence;Barry E. Stein

1292
Citations
The science of interpersonal touch: An overview

Alberto Gallace;Charles Spence

1089
Citations
Sensory expectations based on product-extrinsic food cues: An interdisciplinary review of the empirical evidence and theoretical accounts

Betina Piqueras-Fiszman;Charles Spence

806
Citations
Visual capture of touch : Out-of-the-body experiences with rubber gloves

Francesco Pavani;Charles Spence;Jon Driver

805
Citations
Multisensory integration and the body schema: close to hand and within reach

Angelo Maravita;Charles Spence;Jon Driver

801
Citations
The multisensory perception of flavor.

Malika Auvray;Charles Spence

778
Citations
Crossmodal Space and Crossmodal Attention

Charles Spence;Jon Driver

777
Citations
The body schema and multisensory representation(s) of peripersonal space

Nicholas P. Holmes;Charles Spence

756
Citations
Store Atmospherics: A Multisensory Perspective

Charles Spence;Nancy M. Puccinelli;Dhruv Grewal;Anne L. Roggeveen

746
Citations
Audiovisual links in exogenous covert spatial orienting

Charles Spence;Jon Driver

672
Citations
Does Food Color Influence Taste and Flavor Perception in Humans

Charles Spence;Carmel A. Levitan;Maya U. Shankar;Massimiliano Zampini

622
Citations
A Microfabricated Device for Sizing and Sorting DNA Molecules

Hou-Pu Chou;Charles Spence;Axel Scherer;Stephen R. Quake

620
Citations
Psychologically induced cooling of a specific body part caused by the illusory ownership of an artificial counterpart

G. Lorimer Moseley;Nick Olthof;Annemeike Venema;Sanneke Don

614
Citations
Multisensory perception: Beyond modularity and convergence

Jon Driver;Charles Spence

612
Citations
Eating with our eyes: From visual hunger to digital satiation.

Charles Spence;Katsunori Okajima;Adrian David Cheok;Olivia Petit

572
Citations
The role of auditory cues in modulating the perceived crispness and staleness of potato chips

Massimiliano Zampini;Charles Spence

571
Citations
Multisensory prior entry.

Charles Spence;David I. Shore;Raymond M. Klein

542
Citations
Multisensory integration: maintaining the perception of synchrony.

Charles Spence;Sarah Squire

537
Citations
The cost of expecting events in the wrong sensory modality.

Charles Spence;Michael E. R. Nicholls;J. O. N. Driver

536
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos Velasco BI Norwegian Business School

Alberto Gallace University of Milano-Bicocca

Massimiliano Zampini University of Trento

Salvador Soto-Faraco Pompeu Fabra University

Christian Frings University of Trier

Ophelia Deroy Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

David I. Shore McMaster University

Raymond van Ee Radboud University

Alan Kingstone University of British Columbia

Francis McGlone Liverpool John Moores University

External Links

Wikipedia of Charles Spence Personal website of Charles Spence

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