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Overview

Gennaro Ruggiero is affiliated with the University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" in Italy. Their research output spans multiple topics primarily within the fields of psychology and neuroscience, with a significant focus on social psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, including:

  • Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Multisensory Perception and Integration
  • Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
  • Spatial Cognition and Navigation
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Color Perception and Design

Frequent publication venues for Gennaro Ruggiero include:

  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Journal of Environmental Psychology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Cortex
  • Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

The recent papers authored or co-authored by Gennaro Ruggiero demonstrate research interests aligned with environmental psychology, social perception, and sensory processing. Notable publications include:

  • "Social Distance during the COVID-19 Pandemic Reflects Perceived Rather Than Actual Risk" (2021), published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "An Investigation of the Influence of the Night Lighting in a Urban Park on Individuals' Emotions" (2022), published in Sustainability
  • "Space at home and psychological distress during the Covid-19 lockdown in Italy" (2021), published in Journal of Environmental Psychology
  • "A questionnaire investigating the emotional salience of sounds" (2021), published in Applied Acoustics
  • "Defensive functions provoke similar psychophysiological reactions in reaching and comfort spaces" (2021), published in Scientific Reports

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their research activity. Frequent co-authors include Tina Iachini, Francesco Ruotolo, Mariachiara Rapuano, Massimiliano Masullo, and Luigi Maffei, indicating a network of partnerships within related disciplines.

The research contributions of Gennaro Ruggiero involve experimental approaches to understanding social behaviors, environmental effects on psychological states, and sensory processing. Their work intersects multiple areas of psychology and neuroscience, contributing to knowledge on the interaction between environmental contexts and human perception and behavior.

Best Publications

  • Visuospatial Memory in Healthy Elderly, AD and MCI: A Review

    Tina Iachini;Alessandro Iavarone;Vincenzo Paolo Senese;Francesco Ruotolo

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

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

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

    Tina Iachini;Yann Coello;Francesca Frassinetti;Gennaro Ruggiero

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

    Gennaro Ruggiero;Francesca Frassinetti;Yann Coello;Mariachiara Rapuano

  • Immersive virtual reality and environmental noise assessment: An innovative audio-visual approach

    Francesco Ruotolo;Luigi Maffei;Maria Di Gabriele;Tina Iachini

  • Immersive virtual reality in community planning: Acoustic and visual congruence of simulated vs real world

    Luigi Maffei;Massimiliano Masullo;Aniello Pascale;Gennaro Ruggiero

  • Gender differences in object location memory in a real three-dimensional environment

    Tina Iachini;Ida Sergi;Gennaro Ruggiero;Augusto Gnisci

  • Development of egocentric and allocentric spatial representations from childhood to elderly age

    Gennaro Ruggiero;Ortensia D’Errico;Tina Iachini

  • Physiological Response to Facial Expressions in Peripersonal Space Determines Interpersonal Distance in a Social Interaction Context

    Alice Cartaud;Gennaro Ruggiero;Laurent Ott;Tina Iachini

  • Near or far? It depends on my impression: moral information and spatial behavior in virtual interactions.

    Tina Iachini;Stefano Pagliaro;Gennaro Ruggiero

  • Does blindness affect egocentric and allocentric frames of reference in small and large scale spaces

    Tina Iachini;Gennaro Ruggiero;Francesco Ruotolo

  • The effects of familiarity and gender on spatial representation

    Tina Iachini;Francesco Ruotolo;Gennaro Ruggiero

  • Multisensory Assessment of Acoustic Comfort Aboard Metros: a Virtual Reality Study

    Tina Iachini;Luigi Maffei;Francesco Ruotolo;Vincenzo Paolo Senese

  • The experience of virtual reality: are individual differences in mental imagery associated with sense of presence?

    Tina Iachini;Luigi Maffei;Massimiliano Masullo;Vincenzo Paolo Senese

  • Gender differences in remembering and inferring spatial distances.

    Gennaro Ruggiero;Ida Sergi;Tina Iachini

  • Lateralization of egocentric and allocentric spatial processing after parietal brain lesions.

    Tina Iachini;Gennaro Ruggiero;Massimiliano Conson;Luigi Trojano

  • Age differences in mental scanning of locomotor maps.

    Tina Iachini;Carla Poderico;Gennaro Ruggiero;Alessandro Iavarone

  • The influence of anxiety and personality factors on comfort and reachability space: a correlational study.

    Tina Iachini;Gennaro Ruggiero;Francesco Ruotolo;Armando Schiano di Cola

  • Keeping you at arm’s length: modifying peripersonal space influences interpersonal distance

    François Quesque;Gennaro Ruggiero;Sandra Mouta;Jorge Almeida Santos

  • Social Distance during the COVID-19 Pandemic Reflects Perceived Rather Than Actual Risk.

    Tina Iachini;Francesca Frassinetti;Francesco Ruotolo;Filomena Leonela Sbordone

  • Age differences on mental scanning of locomotor maps

    T. Iachini;C. Poderico;G. Ruggiero;A. Iavarone

Frequent Co-Authors

Tina Iachini
Tina Iachini University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Francesca Frassinetti
Francesca Frassinetti University of Bologna
Albert Postma
Albert Postma Utrecht University
Zaira Cattaneo
Zaira Cattaneo University of Milano-Bicocca
Francesca Pazzaglia
Francesca Pazzaglia University of Padua
Lorenza Magliano
Lorenza Magliano University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
John Read
John Read University of East London
Luigi Trojano
Luigi Trojano University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"

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