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Laila Craighero

Laila Craighero

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
39
Citations
23878
World Ranking
8194
National Ranking
447

Laila Craighero 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 Laila Craighero sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 87 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Laila Craighero 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 Laila Craighero sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 39 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Laila Craighero is a researcher affiliated with the University of Ferrara in Italy. Their work spans multiple fields, primarily Psychology and Neuroscience, with a notable emphasis on Cognitive Neuroscience and Social Psychology. Research contributions also extend into Developmental and Educational Psychology, Neurology, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The researcher's publications frequently appear in journals such as Brain Sciences, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, and Science Robotics.

Key topics addressed in their research include:

  • Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Motor Control and Adaptation
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
  • Face Recognition and Perception
  • Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery

Laila Craighero collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including Francesca Cini, Marco Controzzi, Sonia Mele, Tommaso Banfi, and Gastone Ciuti, with multiple joint publications with each.

Notable recent papers include:

  • The relevance of signal timing in human-robot collaborative manipulation, 2021, Science Robotics
  • The Role of the Sensorimotor System in Cognitive Functions, 2022, Brain Sciences
  • Movement observation activates motor cortex in fibromyalgia patients: a fNIRS study, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Efficacy of Facial Exercises in Facial Expression Categorization in Schizophrenia, 2021, Brain Sciences
  • An embodied approach to fetal and newborn perceptual and sensorimotor development, 2024, Brain and Cognition

The research focus is strongly oriented toward understanding the sensorimotor system's involvement in cognitive processes. This includes examining neural mechanisms underlying action observation, motor adaptation, and developmental aspects of perception and cognition.

Recent publications highlight interests in applications such as human-robot collaborative manipulation and clinical contexts like schizophrenia and fibromyalgia, supporting their interdisciplinary approach crossing psychology, neuroscience, and biomedical engineering.

Best Publications

  • The mirror neuron system.

    Giacomo Rizzolatti;Laila Craighero

  • Speech listening specifically modulates the excitability of tongue muscles: a TMS study.

    Luciano Fadiga;Laila Craighero;Laila Craighero;Giovanni Buccino;Giacomo Rizzolatti

  • Human motor cortex excitability during the perception of others' action.

    Luciano Fadiga;Laila Craighero;Etienne Olivier

  • Corticospinal excitability is specifically modulated by motor imagery: a magnetic stimulation study

    Luciano Fadiga;Giovanni Buccino;Laila Craighero;Leonardo Fogassi

  • Action for perception: a motor-visual attentional effect.

    Laila Craighero;Luciano Fadiga;Giacomo Rizzolatti;Carlo Umiltà

  • Broca's Area in Language, Action, and Music

    Luciano Fadiga;Luciano Fadiga;Laila Craighero;Alessandro D’Ausilio

  • Cortical mechanism for the visual guidance of hand grasping movements in the monkey: A reversible inactivation study

    Leonardo Fogassi;Vittorio Gallese;Giovanni Buccino;Laila Craighero

  • Hand action preparation influences the responses to hand pictures

    Laila Craighero;Arianna Bello;Luciano Fadiga;Giacomo Rizzolatti

  • Encoding of human action in Broca's area.

    Patrik Fazio;Anna Cantagallo;Laila Craighero;Alessandro D’Ausilio

  • Modulation of spinal excitability during observation of hand actions in humans

    Fausto Baldissera;Paolo Cavallari;Laila Craighero;Luciano Fadiga

  • Mirror neuron: a neurological approach to empathy

    Giacomo Rizzolatti;Laila Craighero

  • The Influence of Hand Posture on Corticospinal Excitability during Motor Imagery: A Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Study

    C.D. Vargas;E. Olivier;L. Craighero;L. Fadiga

  • Evidence for visuomotor priming effect

    Laila Craighero;Luciano Fadiga;Carlo A. Umiltà;Giacomo Rizzolatti

  • Leadership in orchestra emerges from the causal relationships of movement kinematics.

    Alessandro D'Ausilio;Leonardo Badino;Yi Li;Sera Tokay

  • Effects of spatial attention on directional manual and ocular responses

    B. M. Sheliga;L. Craighero;L. Riggio;G. Rizzolatti

  • Electrophysiology of action representation.

    Luciano Fadiga;Laila Craighero

  • The mirror system in humans.

    Giacomo Rizzolatti;Laila Craighero;Luciano Fadiga

  • Eye Position Affects Orienting of Visuospatial Attention

    Laila Craighero;Mauro Nascimben;Luciano Fadiga

  • Force requirements of observed object lifting are encoded by the observer's motor system: a TMS study.

    Kaat Alaerts;Patrice Senot;Stephan P. Swinnen;Laila Craighero

  • Spatial attention-determined modifications in saccade trajectories.

    Boris M. Sheliga;Lucia Riggio;Laila Craighero;Giacomo Rizzolatti

  • SHORT COMMUNICATION Modulation of spinal excitability during observation of hand actions in humans

    Fausto Baldissera;Paolo Cavallari;Laila Craighero;Luciano Fadiga

Frequent Co-Authors

Luciano Fadiga
Luciano Fadiga Italian Institute of Technology
Giacomo Rizzolatti
Giacomo Rizzolatti University of Parma
Leonardo Fogassi
Leonardo Fogassi University of Parma
Vittorio Gallese
Vittorio Gallese University of Parma
Giovanni Buccino
Giovanni Buccino Magna Graecia University
Giulio Sandini
Giulio Sandini Italian Institute of Technology
Giorgio Metta
Giorgio Metta Italian Institute of Technology
Carlo Umiltà
Carlo Umiltà University of Padua
Yiannis Aloimonos
Yiannis Aloimonos University of Maryland, College Park
Francesca Simion
Francesca Simion University of Padua

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