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Denis Pélisson

Denis Pélisson

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
42
Citations
9214
World Ranking
7560
National Ranking
348

Denis Pélisson 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 Denis Pélisson sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 124 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Denis Pélisson 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 Denis Pélisson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Denis Pélisson is affiliated with Inserm in France and has contributed extensively to the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with a particular focus on Cognitive Neuroscience and Neurology. Their research spans a range of topics primarily related to vestibular and auditory disorders, ophthalmology and eye disorders, and visual perception and processing mechanisms.

The scientist's work includes studies on neural and behavioral psychology, cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills, child and animal learning development, as well as glaucoma and retinal disorders. This interdisciplinary approach highlights an interest in both fundamental neuroscience and applied medical issues.

Denis Pélisson has published research in prominent venues such as:

  • NeuroImage
  • The Cerebellum
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Neurophysiology

Frequently collaborating researchers include Leslie Tricoche, Martine Meunier, Éric Koun, Alexis Cheviet, and Jérôme Prado.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Denis Pélisson are:

  • "Peer Presence Effects on Eye Movements and Attentional Performance," 2020, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
  • "Task-independent neural bases of peer presence effect on cognition in children and adults," 2023, NeuroImage
  • "The posterior parietal cortex processes visuo-spatial and extra-retinal information for saccadic remapping: A case study," 2021, Cortex
  • "Cerebellar signals drive motor adjustments and visual perceptual changes during forward and backward adaptation of reactive saccades," 2021, Cerebral Cortex
  • "Peer Presence Effect on Numerosity and Phonological Comparisons in 4th Graders: When Working with a SchoolMate Makes Children More Adult-like," 2021, Biology

Best Publications

  • Large adjustments in visually guided reaching do not depend on vision of the hand or perception of target displacement

    M. A. Goodale;M. A. Goodale;D. Pelisson;D. Pelisson;C. Prablanc;C. Prablanc

  • Consensus paper: roles of the cerebellum in motor control--the diversity of ideas on cerebellar involvement in movement.

    Mario Manto;James M. Bower;Adriana Bastos Conforto;José M. Delgado-García

  • Visual control of reaching movements without vision of the limb. II. Evidence of fast unconscious processes correcting the trajectory of the hand to the final position of a double-step stimulus.

    Pélisson D;Prablanc C;Goodale Ma;Jeannerod M

  • Visual control of reaching movements without vision of the limb

    C. Prablanc;D. Pélisson;M. A. Goodale

  • From eye to hand: planning goal-directed movements.

    Michel Desmurget;Denis Pélisson;Yves Rossetti;Claude Prablanc

  • Movement of neural activity on the superior colliculus motor map during gaze shifts

    Douglas P. Munoz;Denis Pélisson;Daniel Guitton

  • Control of orienting gaze shifts by the tectoreticulospinal system in the head-free cat. III. Spatiotemporal characteristics of phasic motor discharges.

    D. P. Munoz;D. Guitton;D. Pelisson

  • Sensorimotor adaptation of saccadic eye movements

    D Pélisson;N Alahyane;M Panouillères;C Tilikete

  • Vestibuloocular reflex inhibition and gaze saccade control characteristics during eye-head orientation in humans

    D. Pelisson;C. Prablanc;C. Urquizar

  • Gaze shifts evoked by electrical stimulation of the superior colliculus in the head-unrestrained cat. I. Effect of the locus and of the parameters of stimulation

    Alain Guillaume;Denis Pélisson

  • Functional anatomy of saccadic adaptation in humans

    M. Desmurget;D. Pélisson;C. Urquizar;C. Prablanc

  • Ipsidirectional impairment of prism adaptation after unilateral lesion of anterior cerebellum.

    L. Pisella;Y. Rossetti;C. Michel;G. Rode

  • Automatic online control of motor adjustments in reaching and grasping.

    Valérie Gaveau;Valérie Gaveau;Laure Pisella;Laure Pisella;Anne-Emmanuelle Priot;Takao Fukui

  • Persistent visual impairment in multiple sclerosis: prevalence, mechanisms and resulting disability

    Laurence Jasse;Sandra Vukusic;Françoise Durand-Dubief;Cristina Vartin

  • Direct evidence for the contribution of the superior colliculus in the control of visually guided reaching movements in the cat

    Jean-Hubert Courjon;Etienne Olivier;Denis Pélisson

  • New insights on eye blindness and hand sight: Temporal constraints of visuo-motor networks

    Yves Rossetti;Laure Pisella;Denis Pélisson

  • Behavioral evidence of separate adaptation mechanisms controlling saccade amplitude lengthening and shortening.

    Muriel Panouillères;Tiffany Weiss;Christian Urquizar;Roméo Salemme

  • Kinematics of centrifugal and centripetal saccadic eye movements in man

    D. Pelisson;C. Prablanc

  • Modifications in end positions of arm movements following short-term saccadic adaptation.

    Jozina B. de Graaf;Denis Pélisson;Claude Prablanc;Laurent Goffart

  • Right-hemispheric dominance for visual remapping in humans

    L. Pisella;N. Alahyane;A. Blangero;F. Thery

  • Compensatory eye and head movements generated by the cat following stimulation-induced perturbations in gaze position.

    D. Pélisson;D. Guitton;D. P. Munoz

  • Vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) induced by passive head rotation and goal-directed saccadic eye movements do not simply add in man

    D. Pelisson;C. Prablanc

Frequent Co-Authors

Caroline Tilikete
Caroline Tilikete Hospices Civils de Lyon
Laure Pisella
Laure Pisella Inserm : Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale
Michel Desmurget
Michel Desmurget Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Yves Rossetti
Yves Rossetti Lyon Neuroscience Research Center
Douglas P. Munoz
Douglas P. Munoz Queen's University
Melvyn A. Goodale
Melvyn A. Goodale University of Western Ontario
Scott T. Grafton
Scott T. Grafton University of California, Santa Barbara
Daniel Guitton
Daniel Guitton McGill University

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