2026 Driss Boussaoud: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	42	7575	6988	350	321	73	8733

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Overview

Driss Boussaoud is affiliated with Aix-Marseille University in France. Their research spans the fields of psychology and neuroscience, with a particular focus on cognitive neuroscience and experimental and cognitive psychology. Additional areas of study include developmental and educational psychology, psychiatry and mental health, as well as clinical psychology.

The scientist's research covers several key topics, including:

Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
Reading and Literacy Development
Schizophrenia Research and Treatment
Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
Action Observation and Synchronization

The body of work includes publications in multiple scientific venues such as:

Heliyon
Schizophrenia Research Cognition
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Communications Biology

Examples of recent papers authored by Driss Boussaoud include:

"Social facilitation and bilingual cognitive advantage: Bridging social psychology and psycholinguistics," 2023, Heliyon
"Associative learning and facial expression recognition in schizophrenic patients: Effects of social presence," 2023, Schizophrenia Research Cognition
"Probing other's Presence: Probabilistic Inference Across Brain Scales Reveals Enhanced Excitatory Synaptic Efficacy," 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
"Probabilistic inference of social presence across brain scales reveals enhanced synaptic efficacy," 2025, Communications Biology

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Driss Boussaoud's research activity. Frequent co-authors include:

Amirhossein Esmaeili
Marjolein Viersen
Abolfazl Ziaeemehr
Faiçal Isbaine
Pascal Huguet

Best Publications

Premotor and parietal cortex: corticocortical connectivity and combinatorial computations.

Steven P. Wise;Driss Boussaoud;Paul B. Johnson;Roberto Caminiti

1159
Citations
Pathways for motion analysis: Cortical connections of the medial superior temporal and fundus of the superior temporal visual areas in the macaque

Driss Boussaoud;Leslie G. Ungerleider;Robert Desimone

830
Citations
Visual topography of area TEO in the macaque.

Driss Boussaoud;Robert Desimone;Leslie G. Ungerleider

484
Citations
Cortical connections of inferior temporal area TEO in macaque monkeys.

C. Distler;D. Boussaoud;R. Desimone;Leslie G. Ungerleider

390
Citations
Parietal inputs to dorsal versus ventral premotor areas in the macaque monkey: evidence for largely segregated visuomotor pathways

Judith Tanné-Gariépy;Eric M. Rouiller;Driss Boussaoud

325
Citations
The premotor cortex and nonstandard sensorimotor mapping.

S P Wise;G di Pellegrino;D Boussaoud

279
Citations
Spatial attention and memory versus motor preparation: premotor cortex involvement as revealed by fMRI.

Stéphane R. Simon;Martine Meunier;Loÿs Piettre;Anna M. Berardi

273
Citations
Primate frontal cortex: neuronal activity following attentional versus intentional cues.

D. Boussaoud;S. P. Wise

252
Citations
Multivoxel Pattern Analysis for fMRI Data: A Review

Abdelhak Mahmoudi;Sylvain Takerkart;Fakhita Regragui;Driss Boussaoud

236
Citations
Primate frontal cortex: effects of stimulus and movement

D Boussaoud;S P Wise

220
Citations
Direct visual pathways for reaching movements in the macaque monkey.

Judith Tanné;Driss Boussaoud;Noëlle Boyer-Zeller;Eric M. Rouiller

216
Citations
Attention versus intention in the primate premotor cortex.

Driss Boussaoud

213
Citations
Visuo-motor learning with combination of different rates of motor imagery and physical practice

Nadia Allami;Yves Paulignan;Andrea Brovelli;Driss Boussaoud

206
Citations
PRIMATE PREMOTOR CORTEX : MODULATION OF PREPARATORY NEURONAL ACTIVITY BY GAZE ANGLE

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200
Citations
High gamma frequency oscillatory activity dissociates attention from intention in the human premotor cortex

Andrea Brovelli;Jean-Philippe Lachaux;Philippe Kahane;Driss Boussaoud

197
Citations
Eye Position Effects on the Neuronal Activity of Dorsal Premotor Cortex in the Macaque Monkey

Driss Boussaoud;Christophe Jouffrais;Frank Bremmer

196
Citations
Selective use of perceptual recalibration versus visuomotor skill acquisition.

Dottie M. Clower;Driss Boussaoud

171
Citations
Differential roles of caudate nucleus and putamen during instrumental learning

Andrea Brovelli;Bruno Nazarian;Martine Meunier;Driss Boussaoud

162
Citations
Effects of gaze on apparent visual responses of frontal cortex neurons.

Driss Boussaoud;Timothy M. Barth;Steven P. Wise

156
Citations
Subcortical connections of visual areas MST and FST in macaques

Driss Boussaoud;Robert Desimone;Leslie G. Ungerleider

153
Citations
Role of the cat substantia nigra pars reticulata in eye and head movements. I. Neural activity.

J. P. Joseph;D. Boussaoud

149
Citations