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Francesco Pavani

Francesco Pavani

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Neuroscience

D-Index
41
Citations
7053
World Ranking
7840
National Ranking
422

Psychology

D-Index
41
Citations
6998
World Ranking
7907
National Ranking
162

Overview

Francesco Pavani is affiliated with the University of Trento in Italy and has contributed extensively to research in neuroscience and psychology. Their work predominantly spans cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, and speech and hearing fields, with a strong focus on sensory systems.

Their research topics cover several areas including:

  • Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
  • Multisensory perception and integration
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Hearing Impairment and Communication
  • Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms

Recent publications by Francesco Pavani illustrate an interest in auditory perception and multisensory integration, particularly within virtual reality contexts and communication challenges under altered auditory conditions. Notable papers include:

  • "Unmasking the Difficulty of Listening to Talkers With Masks: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic," 2021, published in i-Perception
  • "The impact of a visual spatial frame on real sound-source localization in virtual reality," 2020, published in Current Research in Behavioral Sciences
  • "Reaching to sounds in virtual reality: A multisensory-motor approach to promote adaptation to altered auditory cues," 2020, published in Neuropsychologia
  • "Spatial Hearing Difficulties in Reaching Space in Bilateral Cochlear Implant Children Improve With Head Movements," 2021, published in Ear and Hearing
  • "A comparison of simultaneously-obtained measures of listening effort: pupil dilation, verbal response time and self-rating," 2021, published in International Journal of Audiology

Frequent collaborators associated with Francesco Pavani's research include:

  • Chiara Valzolgher
  • Alessandro Farnè
  • Elena Gessa
  • Elena Giovanelli
  • Valérie Gaveau

Their work is often published in venues known for cognitive and sensory neuroscience and psychology research, with multiple publications appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Experimental Brain Research
  • i-Perception
  • Ear and Hearing
  • Cognition

Francesco Pavani's body of research contributes to understanding how the brain processes sensory information, particularly in hearing and multisensory integration contexts, which has implications for rehabilitation and enhancing communication in challenging environments.

Best Publications

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

    Francesco Pavani;Charles Spence;Jon Driver

  • Synchronous Multisensory Stimulation Blurs Self-Other Boundaries

    Maria-Paola Paladino;Mara Mazzurega;Francesco Pavani;Thomas W. Schubert

  • Crossmodal links between vision and touch in covert endogenous spatial attention.

    Charles Spence;Francesco Pavani;Jon Driver

  • Spatial constraints on visual-tactile cross-modal distractor congruency effects.

    Charles Spence;Francesco Pavani;J. O. N. Driver

  • Are Perception and Action Affected Differently by the Titchener Circles Illusion

    Francesco Pavani;Irina Boscagli;Francesco Benvenuti;Marco Rabuffetti

  • Multisensory contributions to the 3-D representation of visuotactile peripersonal space in humans: evidence from the crossmodal congruency task

    Charles Spence;Francesco Pavani;Angelo Maravita;Nicholas Holmes

  • Left tactile extinction following visual stimulation of a rubber hand.

    Alessandro Farnè;Francesco Pavani;Francesca Meneghello;Elisabetta Làdavas

  • A common cortical substrate activated by horizontal and vertical sound movement in the human brain

    Francesco Pavani;Emiliano Macaluso;Jason D Warren;Jason D Warren;Jon Driver

  • The Role of Hand Size in the Fake-Hand Illusion Paradigm

    Francesco Pavani;Massimiliano Zampini

  • Action-specific remapping of peripersonal space

    C. Brozzoli;L. Cardinali;L. Cardinali;F. Pavani;A. Farnè;A. Farnè

  • 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

  • Visual Abilities in Individuals with Profound Deafness A Critical Review

    Francesco Pavani;Davide Bottari

  • Reappraising the apparent costs of attending to two separate visual objects.

    Greg Davis;Jon Driver;Francesco Pavani;Alex Shepherd

  • Grasping actions remap peripersonal space.

    Claudio Brozzoli;Francesco Pavani;Christian Urquizar;Lucilla Cardinali

  • Enhanced reactivity to visual stimuli in deaf individuals

    Davide Bottari;Elena Nava;Pia Ley;Francesco Pavani

  • Binding personal and extrapersonal space through body shadows

    Francesco Pavani;Umberto Castiello;Umberto Castiello

  • Losing one's hand: visual-proprioceptive conflict affects touch perception.

    Alessia Folegatti;Frédérique de Vignemont;Frédérique de Vignemont;Francesco Pavani;Yves Rossetti;Yves Rossetti

  • Effect of prism adaptation on left dichotic listening deficit in neglect patients: glasses to hear better?

    S Jacquin-Courtois;G Rode;F Pavani;J O'Shea

  • Changes in sensory dominance during childhood: converging evidence from the colavita effect and the sound-induced flash illusion.

    Elena Nava;Francesco Pavani

Frequent Co-Authors

Elisabetta Làdavas
Elisabetta Làdavas University of Bologna
Massimiliano Zampini
Massimiliano Zampini University of Trento
Charles Spence
Charles Spence University of Oxford
Christoph Braun
Christoph Braun University of Tübingen
Francesca Frassinetti
Francesca Frassinetti University of Bologna
Yves Rossetti
Yves Rossetti Lyon Neuroscience Research Center
Masud Husain
Masud Husain University of Oxford
Umberto Castiello
Umberto Castiello University of Padua
Maria Paola Paladino
Maria Paola Paladino University of Trento

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