2026 Leonardo Fogassi: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	69	2566	2346	98	94	174	66003

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Research.com Recognitions

2007 - Grawemeyer Award in Psychology, University of Louisville

Overview

Leonardo Fogassi is affiliated with the University of Parma in Italy. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on neuroscience, psychology, and medicine. Within these broad domains, they have significant contributions in cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, neurology, psychiatry and mental health, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

Their work addresses key topics including action observation and synchronization, motor control and adaptation, neural dynamics and brain function, cerebral palsy and movement disorders, neural and behavioral psychology studies, vestibular and auditory disorders, and neuroscience and neural engineering.

Frequent coauthors of Leonardo Fogassi include Antonino Errante, Settimio Ziccarelli, Stefano Rozzi, Francesca Bozzetti, and Marzio Gerbella, with multiple collaborations documented.

They have published extensively in several notable venues such as NeuroImage, Scientific Reports, Brain Communications, Human Brain Mapping, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Some of their recent papers are:

Activation of cerebellum and basal ganglia during the observation and execution of manipulative actions, 2020, Scientific Reports
Effectiveness of action observation therapy based on virtual reality technology in the motor rehabilitation of paretic stroke patients: a randomized clinical trial, 2022, BMC Neurology
Structural connectivity associated with the sense of body ownership: a diffusion tensor imaging and disconnection study in patients with bodily awareness disorder, 2022, Brain Communications
Grasping and Manipulation: Neural Bases and Anatomical Circuitry in Humans, 2021, Neuroscience
Fast-Spiking Interneurons of the Premotor Cortex Contribute to Initiation and Execution of Spontaneous Actions, 2023, Journal of Neuroscience

Leonardo Fogassi was recognized with the Grawemeyer Award in Psychology from the University of Louisville in 2007.

Best Publications

Premotor cortex and the recognition of motor actions.

Giacomo Rizzolatti;Luciano Fadiga;Vittorio Gallese;Leonardo Fogassi

7652
Citations
Action recognition in the premotor cortex

Vittorio Gallese;Luciano Fadiga;Leonardo Fogassi;Giacomo Rizzolatti

7580
Citations
Understanding motor events-a neurophysiological study

G di Pellegrino;L Fadiga;L Fogassi;V Gallese

4964
Citations
Neurophysiological mechanisms underlying the understanding and imitation of action.

Giacomo Rizzolatti;Leonardo Fogassi;Vittorio Gallese

4804
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Action observation activates premotor and parietal areas in a somatotopic manner: an fMRI study.

G. Buccino;F. Binkofski;G. R. Fink;L. Fadiga

3456
Citations
Motor facilitation during action observation: a magnetic stimulation study

L. Fadiga;L. Fogassi;G. Pavesi;G. Rizzolatti

3325
Citations
Hearing sounds, understanding actions: action representation in mirror neurons.

Evelyne Kohler;Christian Keysers;M. Alessandra Umiltà;Leonardo Fogassi

2817
Citations
Parietal lobe: from action organization to intention understanding.

Leonardo Fogassi;Pier Francesco Ferrari;Benno Gesierich;Stefano Rozzi

2710
Citations
Functional organization of inferior area 6 in the macaque monkey. II. Area F5 and the control of distal movements.

G Rizzolatti;R Camarda;L Fogassi;M Gentilucci

2237
Citations
I Know What You Are Doing: A Neurophysiological Study

M.A. Umiltà;E. Kohler;V. Gallese;L. Fogassi

1993
Citations
A touching sight: SII/PV activation during the observation and experience of touch.

Christian Keysers;Bruno Wicker;Valeria Gazzola;Jean-Luc Anton

1247
Citations
Mirror neurons responding to the observation of ingestive and communicative mouth actions in the monkey ventral premotor cortex.

Pier Francesco Ferrari;Vittorio Gallese;Giacomo Rizzolatti;Leonardo Fogassi

1054
Citations
The Space Around Us

Giacomo Rizzolatti;Luciano Fadiga;Leonardo Fogassi;Vittorio Gallese

996
Citations
Object representation in the ventral premotor cortex (area F5) of the monkey.

Akira Murata;Luciano Fadiga;Leonardo Fogassi;Vittorio Gallese

981
Citations
Eye position effects on visual, memory, and saccade-related activity in areas LIP and 7a of macaque

RA Andersen;RM Bracewell;S Barash;JW Gnadt

903
Citations
Coding of peripersonal space in inferior premotor cortex (area F4).

L Fogassi;V Gallese;L Fadiga;G Luppino

868
Citations
Motor and cognitive functions of the ventral premotor cortex.

Giacomo Rizzolatti;Leonardo Fogassi;Vittorio Gallese

857
Citations
Functional organization of inferior area 6 in the macaque monkey. I. Somatotopy and the control of proximal movements.

Gentilucci M;Fogassi L;Luppino G;Matelli M

722
Citations
Audiovisual mirror neurons and action recognition

C. Keysers;E. Kohler;M. A. Umiltà;L. Nanetti

669
Citations
Corticospinal excitability is specifically modulated by motor imagery: a magnetic stimulation study

Luciano Fadiga;Giovanni Buccino;Laila Craighero;Leonardo Fogassi

654
Citations
Action observation activates premotor and parietal areas in a somatotopic manner: an fMRI study: Cortical activation during action observation

G. Buccino;F. Binkofski;G. R. Fink;L. Fadiga

411
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