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Leonardo Fogassi

Leonardo Fogassi

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Neuroscience

D-Index
69
Citations
66003
World Ranking
2566
National Ranking
98

Leonardo Fogassi 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 Leonardo Fogassi sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 174 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Leonardo Fogassi 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 Leonardo Fogassi sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

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

  • Action recognition in the premotor cortex

    Vittorio Gallese;Luciano Fadiga;Leonardo Fogassi;Giacomo Rizzolatti

  • Understanding motor events-a neurophysiological study

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

  • Neurophysiological mechanisms underlying the understanding and imitation of action.

    Giacomo Rizzolatti;Leonardo Fogassi;Vittorio Gallese

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

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

  • Motor facilitation during action observation: a magnetic stimulation study

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

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

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

  • Parietal lobe: from action organization to intention understanding.

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

  • 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

  • I Know What You Are Doing: A Neurophysiological Study

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

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

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

  • 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

  • The Space Around Us

    Giacomo Rizzolatti;Luciano Fadiga;Leonardo Fogassi;Vittorio Gallese

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

    Akira Murata;Luciano Fadiga;Leonardo Fogassi;Vittorio Gallese

  • 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

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

    L Fogassi;V Gallese;L Fadiga;G Luppino

  • Motor and cognitive functions of the ventral premotor cortex.

    Giacomo Rizzolatti;Leonardo Fogassi;Vittorio Gallese

  • 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

  • Audiovisual mirror neurons and action recognition

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

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

    Luciano Fadiga;Giovanni Buccino;Laila Craighero;Leonardo Fogassi

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Giacomo Rizzolatti
Giacomo Rizzolatti University of Parma
Vittorio Gallese
Vittorio Gallese University of Parma
Pier Francesco Ferrari
Pier Francesco Ferrari Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Luciano Fadiga
Luciano Fadiga Italian Institute of Technology
Stefano Rozzi
Stefano Rozzi University of Parma
Giuseppe Luppino
Giuseppe Luppino University of Parma
Massimo Matelli
Massimo Matelli University of Parma
Maurizio Gentilucci
Maurizio Gentilucci University of Parma
Giovanni Cioni
Giovanni Cioni University of Pisa
Patrick Ruther
Patrick Ruther University of Freiburg

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