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Francesca Frassinetti

Francesca Frassinetti

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
42
Citations
8414
World Ranking
7499
National Ranking
152

Neuroscience

D-Index
42
Citations
8422
World Ranking
7584
National Ranking
405

Francesca Frassinetti publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Francesca Frassinetti sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 104 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Francesca Frassinetti D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

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

  • Hemispatial neglect Subtypes, neuroanatomy, and disability

    Lj Buxbaum;Mk Ferraro;T Veramonti;A Farne

  • Enhancement of visual perception by crossmodal visuo-auditory interaction

    Francesca Frassinetti;Nadia Bolognini;Elisabetta Làdavas

  • Long‐lasting amelioration of visuospatial neglect by prism adaptation

    Francesca Frassinetti;Valentina Angeli;Francesca Meneghello;Stefano Avanzi

  • Tool-use induces morphological updating of the body schema.

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

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

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

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

    Nadia Bolognini;Francesca Frassinetti;Andrea Serino;Elisabetta Làdavas

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

    Tina Iachini;Yann Coello;Francesca Frassinetti;Gennaro Ruggiero

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

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

  • Mechanisms underlying neglect recovery after prism adaptation.

    Andrea Serino;Valentina Angeli;Francesca Frassinetti;Elisabetta Làdavas

  • Audiovisual Integration in Patients with Visual Deficit

    Francesca Frassinetti;Nadia Bolognini;Davide Bottari;Annalisa Bonora

  • The effect of facial expressions on peripersonal and interpersonal spaces.

    Gennaro Ruggiero;Francesca Frassinetti;Yann Coello;Mariachiara Rapuano

  • Neglect and extinction: within and between sensory modalities.

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

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

    Francesca Frassinetti;Francesco Pavani;Elisabetta Làdavas

  • Time perception in a neglected space

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

  • Personal Space Regulation in Childhood Autism Spectrum Disorders

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

  • A sensorimotor network for the bodily self

    Francesca Ferri;Francesca Frassinetti;Martina Ardizzi;Marcello Costantini

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

    Francesca Frassinetti;Manule Maini;Sabrina Romualdi;Emanuela Galante

  • 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

  • Spatial extinction on double asynchronous stimulation

    Giuseppe Di Pellegrino;Gianpaolo Basso;Francesca Frassinetti

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Giuseppe di Pellegrino
Giuseppe di Pellegrino University of Bologna
Vittorio Gallese
Vittorio Gallese University of Parma
Elisabetta Làdavas
Elisabetta Làdavas University of Bologna
Massimiliano Oliveri
Massimiliano Oliveri University of Palermo
Tina Iachini
Tina Iachini University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Gennaro Ruggiero
Gennaro Ruggiero University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Nadia Bolognini
Nadia Bolognini University of Milano-Bicocca
Marcello Costantini
Marcello Costantini University of Chieti-Pescara
Francesco Pavani
Francesco Pavani University of Trento

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