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Italy
2023

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Neuroscience

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87
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29741
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Giuseppe Vallar is affiliated with the University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy and has published extensively in the field of neuroscience, with a focus on cognitive neuroscience and neurology. Their research spans various subfields including rehabilitation, pharmacology, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The main areas of study covered in their work include:

  • Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism

Giuseppe Vallar has contributed to numerous recent papers, reflecting ongoing research interests in stroke rehabilitation, spatial neglect, and neuropsychological assessment techniques. Selected recent publications include:

  • Bi-hemispheric transcranial direct current stimulation for upper-limb hemiparesis in acute stroke: a randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled trial (2020, European Journal of Neurology)
  • The Neuropsychological Assessment of Unilateral Spatial Neglect Through Computerized and Virtual Reality Tools: A Scoping Review (2023, Neuropsychology Review)
  • Multisensory stimulation for the rehabilitation of unilateral spatial neglect (2020, Neuropsychological Rehabilitation)
  • State-dependent effectiveness of cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation on cortical excitability (2023, NeuroImage)
  • Disownership of body parts as revealed by a visual scale evaluation. An observational study (2020, Neuropsychologia)

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Nadia Bolognini
  • Carlotta Casati
  • Alberto Pisoni
  • Leonor J. Romero Lauro
  • Cristina Russo

Giuseppe Vallar has published repeatedly in specific scientific venues, indicating areas of concentrated academic contribution. These venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Neuropsychologia
  • Neurological Sciences
  • Cortex
  • Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

The overall volume of publications is significant in the field of neuroscience, comprising a total of 69 works, with a majority focused on cognitive neuroscience (49 publications) and neurology (20 publications), supported by research in related subfields and topics.

Best Publications

  • Exploring the articulatory loop

    Alan D. Baddeley;Vivien Lewis;Giuseppe Vallar

  • The anatomy of unilateral neglect after right-hemisphere stroke lesions. A clinical/CT-scan correlation study in man.

    Giuseppe Vallar;Daniela Perani

  • Verbal and spatial immediate memory span: normative data from 1355 adults and 1112 children.

    A. Orsini;D. Grossi;E. Capitani;M. Laiacona

  • When long-term learning depends on short-term storage

    Alan D. Baddeley;Costanza Papagno;Giuseppe Vallar

  • Unawareness of disease following lesions of the right hemisphere: anosognosia for hemiplegia and anosognosia for hemianopia.

    Edoardo Bisiach;Giuseppe Vallar;Daniela Perani;Costanza Papagno

  • Neuropsychological impairments of short-term memory

    Giuseppe Vallar;Tim Shallice

  • Tre test clinici di ricerca e produzione lessicale: taratura su soggetti normali

    C Novelli;C Papagno;E Capitani;M Laiacona

  • Spatial cognition: evidence from visual neglect

    Peter W. Halligan;Gereon R. Fink;John C. Marshall;Giuseppe Vallar

  • Fractionation of working memory: Neuropsychological evidence for a phonological short-term store

    Giuseppe Vallar;Alan D. Baddeley

  • Spatial hemineglect in humans

    Giuseppe Vallar

  • Remission of hemineglect and anosognosia during vestibular stimulation.

    Stefano F. Cappa;Roberto Sterzi;Giuseppe Vallar;Edoardo Bisiach

  • Somatoparaphrenia: a body delusion. A review of the neuropsychological literature

    Giuseppe Vallar;Roberta Ronchi

  • Unilateral neglect: Personal and extra-personal

    Edoardo Bisiach;Daniela Perani;Giuseppe Vallar;Anna Berti

  • Shared Cortical Anatomy for Motor Awareness and Motor Control

    A. Berti;G. Bottini;M. Gandola;L. Pia

  • Identification of the central vestibular projections in man: a positron emission tomography activation study.

    Gabriella Bottini;Roberto Sterzi;Eraldo Paulesu;Giuseppe Vallar

  • The neural basis of egocentric and allocentric coding of space in humans: a functional magnetic resonance study

    Gaspare Galati;Elie Lobel;Giuseppe Vallar;Alain Berthoz

  • Left hemisphere damage and selective impairment of auditory verbal short-term memory. A case study.

    Anna Basso;Hans Spinnler;Giuseppe Vallar;M.Ester Zanobio

  • The Cognitive and Neural Bases of Spatial Neglect

    Hans-Otto Karnath;A. David Milner;Giuseppe Vallar

  • Extrapersonal Visual Unilateral Spatial Neglect and Its Neuroanatomy

    Giuseppe Vallar

  • Neurophysiological and Behavioral Effects of tDCS Combined With Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy in Poststroke Patients

    Nadia Bolognini;Nadia Bolognini;Giuseppe Vallar;Carlotta Casati;Lydia Abdul Latif;Lydia Abdul Latif

  • Verbal Short-term Memory and Vocabulary Learning in Polyglots

    C. Papagno;Giuseppe Vallar

Frequent Co-Authors

Nadia Bolognini
Nadia Bolognini University of Milano-Bicocca
Stefano F. Cappa
Stefano F. Cappa Istituto Universitario Di Studi Superiori Di Pavia
Edoardo Bisiach
Edoardo Bisiach University of Turin
Luigi Pizzamiglio
Luigi Pizzamiglio Sapienza University of Rome
Daniela Perani
Daniela Perani Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Mario Rosanova
Mario Rosanova University of Milan
Hans Spinnler
Hans Spinnler University of Milan
Angelo Maravita
Angelo Maravita University of Milano-Bicocca
Eraldo Paulesu
Eraldo Paulesu University of Milano-Bicocca
Alan D. Baddeley
Alan D. Baddeley University of York

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