2026 Francesca Frassinetti: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	42	7584	6997	404	388	105	8422
Psychology	42	7502	6996	152	150	104	8414

Overview

Francesca Frassinetti is affiliated with the University of Bologna in Italy, with a research focus primarily in the fields of neuroscience and psychology. Their work spans cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, clinical psychology, sociology and political science, and human-computer interaction.

The scientist's research explores a range of topics including spatial neglect and hemispheric dysfunction, action observation and synchronization, virtual reality applications and impacts, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, urban green space and health, autism spectrum disorder research, and obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders.

Frequent collaborators of Francesca Frassinetti include Michela Candini, Giuliana Vezzadini, Tina Iachini, Gennaro Ruggiero, and Elisa Ciaramelli.

Among the recent academic contributions are the following papers:

The physiological correlates of interpersonal space, 2021, Scientific Reports
Social Distance during the COVID-19 Pandemic Reflects Perceived Rather Than Actual Risk, 2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Space at home and psychological distress during the Covid-19 lockdown in Italy, 2021, Journal of Environmental Psychology
The plasticity of the interpersonal space in autism spectrum disorder, 2020, Neuropsychologia
An asymmetry in past and future mental time travel following vmPFC damage, 2020, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Francesca Frassinetti has published extensively in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Scientific Reports, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal of Experimental Psychology General, and Experimental Brain Research.

Best Publications

When Far Becomes Near: Remapping of Space by Tool Use

Anna Berti;Francesca Frassinetti

1038
Citations
Hemispatial neglect Subtypes, neuroanatomy, and disability

Lj Buxbaum;Mk Ferraro;T Veramonti;A Farne

720
Citations
Enhancement of visual perception by crossmodal visuo-auditory interaction

Francesca Frassinetti;Nadia Bolognini;Elisabetta Làdavas

567
Citations
Long‐lasting amelioration of visuospatial neglect by prism adaptation

Francesca Frassinetti;Valentina Angeli;Francesca Meneghello;Stefano Avanzi

560
Citations
Tool-use induces morphological updating of the body schema.

Lucilla Cardinali;Lucilla Cardinali;Francesca Frassinetti;Claudio Brozzoli;Claudio Brozzoli;Christian Urquizar;Christian Urquizar

505
Citations
Peripersonal and interpersonal space in virtual and real environments: Effects of gender and age

Tina Iachini;Yann Coello;Francesca Frassinetti;Vincenzo Paolo Senese

279
Citations
"Acoustical vision" of below threshold stimuli: interaction among spatially converging audiovisual inputs.

Nadia Bolognini;Francesca Frassinetti;Andrea Serino;Elisabetta Làdavas

273
Citations
Body space in social interactions: a comparison of reaching and comfort distance in immersive virtual reality.

Tina Iachini;Yann Coello;Francesca Frassinetti;Gennaro Ruggiero

253
Citations
Patterns of spontaneous recovery of neglect and associated disorders in acute right brain-damaged patients.

A Farnè;L J Buxbaum;M Ferraro;F Frassinetti

234
Citations
Mechanisms underlying neglect recovery after prism adaptation.

Andrea Serino;Valentina Angeli;Francesca Frassinetti;Elisabetta Làdavas

216
Citations
Audiovisual Integration in Patients with Visual Deficit

Francesca Frassinetti;Nadia Bolognini;Davide Bottari;Annalisa Bonora

165
Citations
The effect of facial expressions on peripersonal and interpersonal spaces.

Gennaro Ruggiero;Francesca Frassinetti;Yann Coello;Mariachiara Rapuano

162
Citations
Neglect and extinction: within and between sensory modalities.

Claudio Brozzoli;M. Luisa Demattè;Francesco Pavani;Francesca Frassinetti

145
Citations
Acoustical Vision of Neglected Stimuli: Interaction among Spatially Converging Audiovisual Inputs in Neglect Patients

Francesca Frassinetti;Francesco Pavani;Elisabetta Làdavas

143
Citations
Time perception in a neglected space

G. Basso;P. Nichelli;F. Frassinetti;G. Di Pellegrino

143
Citations
Personal Space Regulation in Childhood Autism Spectrum Disorders

Erica Gessaroli;Erica Santelli;Giuseppe di Pellegrino;Francesca Frassinetti

140
Citations
A sensorimotor network for the bodily self

Francesca Ferri;Francesca Frassinetti;Martina Ardizzi;Marcello Costantini

137
Citations
Is it mine? Hemispheric asymmetries in corporeal self-recognition.

Francesca Frassinetti;Manule Maini;Sabrina Romualdi;Emanuela Galante

125
Citations
Grab an object with a tool and change your body: tool-use-dependent changes of body representation for action

Lucilla Cardinali;Stéphane Jacobs;Claudio Brozzoli;Francesca Frassinetti

122
Citations
Spatial extinction on double asynchronous stimulation

Giuseppe Di Pellegrino;Gianpaolo Basso;Francesca Frassinetti

116
Citations
Tool-use induces morphological updating of the body schema (DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.05.009)

Lucilla Cardinali;Francesca Frassinetti;Claudio Brozzoli;Christian Urquizar

73
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Alessandro Farnè Inserm

Giuseppe di Pellegrino University of Bologna

Vittorio Gallese University of Parma

Elisabetta Làdavas University of Bologna

Massimiliano Oliveri University of Palermo

Tina Iachini University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"

Gennaro Ruggiero University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"

Nadia Bolognini University of Milano-Bicocca

Marcello Costantini University of Chieti-Pescara

Francesco Pavani University of Trento

External Links

Personal website of Francesca Frassinetti

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