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Guy A. Orban

Guy A. Orban

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Neuroscience
Italy
2023

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Neuroscience

D-Index
111
Citations
35185
World Ranking
532
National Ranking
12

Guy A. Orban publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Guy A. Orban sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 563 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Guy A. Orban D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

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

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This scientist: 111 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Guy A. Orban is affiliated with the University of Parma in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of neuroscience and psychology, with a notable focus on cognitive neuroscience and social psychology. Their work addresses multiple interconnected areas including action observation and synchronization, visual perception and processing mechanisms, neural dynamics and brain function, neural and behavioral psychology studies, face recognition and perception, motor control and adaptation, and language, metaphor, and cognition.

Orban has contributed to several recent publications. These include:

  • From Observed Action Identity to Social Affordances (2021), Trends in Cognitive Sciences
  • Parietal maps of visual signals for bodily action planning (2021), Brain Structure and Function

In addition to these, Orban often collaborates with other researchers in their field. Frequent coauthors include Burcu A. Ürgen, Luca Bonini, Marco Lanzilotto, Artem Platonov, and Veronica Pelliccia.

Orban's research has appeared in multiple publication venues with several contributions to bioRxiv, Zenodo, Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Science Advances, and Brain Structure and Function. The diversity of venues reflects a breadth of inquiry across experimental and cognitive psychology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and geometry and topology.

Their research topics cover a range of scientific interests including:

  • Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Face Recognition and Perception
  • Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Language, Metaphor, and Cognition

Recent publications by Orban reflect investigations into the neural substrates of action observation and bodily action planning. These studies contribute to understanding underlying brain regions and mechanisms involved in social and motor functions.

Best Publications

  • Practising orientation identification improves orientation coding in V1 neurons

    Aniek Schoups;Rufin Vogels;Ning Qian;Guy Orban

  • Comparative mapping of higher visual areas in monkeys and humans

    Guy A. Orban;David Van Essen;Wim Vanduffel;Wim Vanduffel

  • Visual motion processing investigated using contrast agent-enhanced fMRI in awake behaving monkeys

    Wim Vanduffel;Denis Fize;Joseph B Mandeville;Koen Nelissen

  • Neuronal Operations in the Visual Cortex

    Guy A. Orban

  • Parietal Representation of Symbolic and Nonsymbolic Magnitude

    Wim Fias;Jan Lammertyn;Bert Reynvoet;Patrick Dupont

  • Human perceptual learning in identifying the oblique orientation: retinotopy, orientation specificity and monocularity.

    A A Schoups;Rufin Vogels;Guy Orban

  • Observing Others: Multiple Action Representation in the Frontal Lobe

    Koen Nelissen;Giuseppe Luppino;Wim Vanduffel;Wim Vanduffel;Giacomo Rizzolatti

  • Motion-responsive regions of the human brain.

    Stefan Sunaert;Paul Van Hecke;Guy Marchal;Guy Orban

  • Extracting 3D from Motion: Differences in Human and Monkey Intraparietal Cortex

    Wim Vanduffel;Wim Vanduffel;Denis Fize;H Peuskens;Katrien Denys

  • The Representation of Tool Use in Humans and Monkeys: Common and Uniquely Human Features

    R. Peeters;L. Simone;K. Nelissen;M. Fabbri-Destro

  • Cue-invariant shape selectivity of macaque inferior temporal neurons

    Gyula Sáry;Rufin Vogels;Guy A. Orban

  • Selectivity of Neuronal Adaptation Does Not Match Response Selectivity: A Single-Cell Study of the fMRI Adaptation Paradigm

    Hiromasa Sawamura;Guy A. Orban;Rufin Vogels

  • The retinotopic organization of the human middle temporal area MT/V5 and its cortical neighbors.

    Hauke Kolster;Ronald Peeters;Guy A. Orban

  • Stereopsis activates V3A and caudal intraparietal areas in macaques and humans

    Doris Y. Tsao;Wim Vanduffel;Wim Vanduffel;Yuka Sasaki;Denis Fize

  • Default Mode of Brain Function in Monkeys

    Dante Mantini;Annelis Gerits;Koen Nelissen;Jean-Baptiste Durand

  • Higher Order Visual Processing in Macaque Extrastriate Cortex

    Guy A. Orban

  • Responses of macaque STS neurons to optic flow components: a comparison of areas MT and MST

    Lieven Lagae;Hugo Maes;Steven Raiguel;D K Xiao

  • Evolutionarily Novel Functional Networks in the Human Brain

    Dante Mantini;Maurizio Corbetta;Gian Luca Romani;Guy A. Orban;Guy A. Orban

  • Human velocity and direction discrimination measured with random dot patterns

    Bart de Bruyn;Guy A. Orban

  • Mapping the parietal cortex of human and non-human primates

    Guy A. Orban;Kristl Claeys;Koen Nelissen;Ruth Smans

Frequent Co-Authors

Wim Vanduffel
Wim Vanduffel Harvard University
Rufin Vogels
Rufin Vogels KU Leuven
Giacomo Rizzolatti
Giacomo Rizzolatti University of Parma
James T. Todd
James T. Todd The Ohio State University
Roger B. H. Tootell
Roger B. H. Tootell Harvard University

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