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Hanna Damasio 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 Hanna Damasio sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 253 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hanna Damasio 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 Hanna Damasio sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 109 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Hanna Damasio is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields with a primary focus on neuroscience and psychology, contributing notably to cognitive neuroscience and social psychology.

The scientist's work includes studies related to advanced neuroimaging techniques, neural dynamics, brain function, and the integration of emotions with moral behavior. Their research topics cover:

  • Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Diverse Music Education Insights
  • Emotions and Moral Behavior

Hanna Damasio has published several papers in various respected venues. Notable recent papers include:

  • "The rise of affectivism," 2021, Nature Human Behaviour
  • "Feelings Are the Source of Consciousness," 2022, Neural Computation
  • "A hybrid high-resolution anatomical MRI atlas with sub-parcellation of cortical gyri using resting fMRI," 2022, Journal of Neuroscience Methods
  • "Homeostatic feelings and the biology of consciousness," 2022, Brain
  • "Changes in auditory cortical thickness following music training in children: converging longitudinal and cross-sectional results," 2020, Brain Structure and Function

The scientist frequently collaborates with peers including António R. Damásio, Anand A. Joshi, Soyoung Choi, Yijun Liu, and Minqi Chong. Among these, António R. Damásio appears as a frequent coauthor with multiple joint publications.

Hanna Damasio's research is often published in venues such as Nature Human Behaviour, Neural Computation, Journal of Neuroscience Methods, Brain, and the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. These journals reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their work, integrating neuroscience, psychology, neuroimaging, and cognitive science.

Best Publications

  • Insensitivity to future consequences following damage to human prefrontal cortex

    Antoine Bechara;Antonio R. Damasio;Hanna Damasio;Steven W. Anderson

  • Deciding Advantageously Before Knowing the Advantageous Strategy

    Antoine Bechara;Hanna Damasio;Daniel Tranel;Antonio R. Damasio

  • Emotion, Decision Making and the Orbitofrontal Cortex

    Antoine Bechara;Hanna Damasio;Antonio R. Damasio

  • Impaired recognition of emotion in facial expressions following bilateral damage to the human amygdala.

    R. Adolphs;D. Tranel;H. Damasio;H. Damasio;A. Damasio;A. Damasio

  • Subcortical and cortical brain activity during the feeling of self-generated emotions

    Antonio R. Damasio;Thomas J. Grabowski;Antoine Bechara;Hanna Damasio

  • Different Contributions of the Human Amygdala and Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex to Decision-Making

    Antoine Bechara;Hanna Damasio;Antonio R. Damasio;Gregory P. Lee

  • Characterization of the decision-making deficit of patients with ventromedial prefrontal cortex lesions.

    Antoine Bechara;Daniel Tranel;Hanna Damasio

  • Impairment of social and moral behavior related to early damage in human prefrontal cortex.

    Steven W. Anderson;Antoine Bechara;Hanna Damasio;Daniel Tranel

  • Double dissociation of conditioning and declarative knowledge relative to the amygdala and hippocampus in humans

    Antoine Bechara;Daniel Tranel;Hanna Damasio;Ralph Adolphs

  • A neural basis for lexical retrieval

    Hanna Damasio;Thomas J. Grabowski;Daniel Tranel;Richard D. Hichwa

  • Fear and the human amygdala

    Ralph Adolphs;Daniel Tranel;Hanna Damasio;Antonio R. Damasio

  • Failure to Respond Autonomically to Anticipated Future Outcomes Following Damage to Prefrontal Cortex

    Antoine Bechara;Daniel Tranel;Hanna Damasio;Antonio R. Damasio

  • Individuals with sociopathic behavior caused by frontal damage fail to respond autonomically to social stimuli

    Antonio R. Damasio;Daniel Tranel;Hanna Damasio

  • A Role for Somatosensory Cortices in the Visual Recognition of Emotion as Revealed by Three-Dimensional Lesion Mapping

    Ralph Adolphs;Hanna Damasio;Hanna Damasio;Daniel Tranel;Greg Cooper

  • Dissociation Of Working Memory from Decision Making within the Human Prefrontal Cortex

    Antoine Bechara;Hanna Damasio;Daniel Tranel;Steven W. Anderson

  • Damage to the insula disrupts addiction to cigarette smoking.

    Nasir H. Naqvi;David Rudrauf;Hanna Damasio;Antoine Bechara;Antoine Bechara

  • Lesion analysis in neuropsychology

    Hanna Damasio;Antonio R. Damasio

  • Prosopagnosia: Anatomic basis and behavioral mechanisms

    Antonio R. Damasio;Hanna Damasio;Gary W. Van Hoesen

  • Decision-making and addiction (part I): impaired activation of somatic states in substance dependent individuals when pondering decisions with negative future consequences

    Antoine Bechara;Hanna Damasio

  • The Iowa Gambling Task and the somatic marker hypothesis: some questions and answers.

    A. Bechara;H. Damasio;D. Tranel;A.R. Damasio

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio R. Damasio
Antonio R. Damasio University of Southern California
Daniel Tranel
Daniel Tranel University of Iowa
Thomas J. Grabowski
Thomas J. Grabowski University of Washington
Antoine Bechara
Antoine Bechara University of Southern California
Steven W. Anderson
Steven W. Anderson University of Iowa
Ralph Adolphs
Ralph Adolphs California Institute of Technology
Richard D. Hichwa
Richard D. Hichwa University of Iowa
Richard M. Leahy
Richard M. Leahy University of Southern California
Paul J. Eslinger
Paul J. Eslinger Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
David Rudrauf
David Rudrauf University of Geneva

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