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86
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49391
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1268
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644

Marco Iacoboni 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 Marco Iacoboni sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 251 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.

Marco Iacoboni 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 Marco Iacoboni sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 86 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Marco Iacoboni is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within neuroscience and medicine, with a significant focus on cognitive neuroscience and neurology. Their work also involves social psychology, biomedical engineering, and anesthesiology and pain medicine.

Iacoboni's main research topics cover a range of areas including transcranial magnetic stimulation studies, neural and behavioral psychology studies, action observation and synchronization, pain management and treatment, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, ultrasound and hyperthermia applications, and the psychology of moral and emotional judgment.

Recent publications by Marco Iacoboni include the following papers:

  • "Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in depression induces structural plasticity" (2023) published in Scientific Reports
  • "Predicting Empathy From Resting State Brain Connectivity: A Multivariate Approach" (2020) published in Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience
  • "In-vivo imaging of targeting and modulation of depression-relevant circuitry by transcranial direct current stimulation: a randomized clinical trial" (2021) published in Translational Psychiatry
  • "Preventing antisocial robots: A pathway to artificial empathy" (2023) published in Science Robotics
  • "Dissociating Language and Thought in Human Reasoning" (2022) published in Brain Sciences

Marco Iacoboni frequently publishes in venues such as Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), NeuroSci, Scientific Reports, and Brain Sciences.

They have collaborated often with several co-authors, including Mayank Jog, Katherine L. Narr, Allan D. Wu, Cole Anderson, and Antoni Kubicki.

Best Publications

  • Cortical Mechanisms of Human Imitation

    Marco Iacoboni;Roger P. Woods;Marcel Brass;Harold Bekkering

  • Grasping the intentions of others with one's own mirror neuron system.

    Marco Iacoboni;Istvan Molnar-Szakacs;Vittorio Gallese;Giovanni Buccino

  • Neural mechanisms of empathy in humans: A relay from neural systems for imitation to limbic areas

    Laurie Carr;Marco Iacoboni;Marie-Charlotte Dubeau;John C. Mazziotta

  • A probabilistic atlas and reference system for the human brain: International Consortium for Brain Mapping (ICBM)

    J. Mazziotta;A. Toga;A. Evans;P. Fox

  • Understanding emotions in others: mirror neuron dysfunction in children with autism spectrum disorders

    Mirella Dapretto;Mari S Davies;Jennifer H Pfeifer;Ashley A Scott

  • Imitation, Empathy, and Mirror Neurons

    Marco Iacoboni

  • The mirror neuron system and the consequences of its dysfunction

    Marco Iacoboni;Mirella Dapretto

  • Mirroring People: The New Science of How We Connect with Others

    Marco Iacoboni

  • Single-Neuron Responses in Humans during Execution and Observation of Actions

    Roy Mukamel;Roy Mukamel;Arne D. Ekstrom;Arne D. Ekstrom;Jonas Kaplan;Jonas Kaplan;Jonas Kaplan;Marco Iacoboni;Marco Iacoboni

  • Empathy: Gender effects in brain and behavior

    Leonardo Christov-Moore;Elizabeth A. Simpson;Gino Coudé;Kristina Grigaityte

  • Listening to speech activates motor areas involved in speech production.

    Stephen M Wilson;Ayşe Pinar Saygin;Martin I Sereno;Marco Iacoboni

  • Congruent embodied representations for visually presented actions and linguistic phrases describing actions

    Lisa Aziz-Zadeh;Lisa Aziz-Zadeh;Lisa Aziz-Zadeh;Stephen M. Wilson;Giacomo Rizzolatti;Marco Iacoboni

  • The self and social cognition: the role of cortical midline structures and mirror neurons

    Lucina Q. Uddin;Lucina Q. Uddin;Marco Iacoboni;Claudia Lange;Julian Paul Keenan

  • Neural mechanisms of imitation.

    Marco Iacoboni

  • Bilateral Spreading Cerebral Hypoperfusion during Spontaneous Migraine Headache

    Roger P. Woods;Marco Iacoboni;John C. Mazziotta

  • Reafferent copies of imitated actions in the right superior temporal cortex

    Marco Iacoboni;Lisa M. Koski;Marcel Brass;Harold Bekkering

  • Watching social interactions produces dorsomedial prefrontal and medial parietal BOLD fMRI signal increases compared to a resting baseline

    Marco Iacoboni;Matthew D Lieberman;Barbara J Knowlton;Istvan Molnar-Szakacs

  • Self-face recognition activates a frontoparietal “mirror” network in the right hemisphere: an event-related fMRI study

    Lucina Q. Uddin;Jonas T. Kaplan;Istvan Molnar-Szakacs;Eran Zaidel

  • Mirroring others' emotions relates to empathy and interpersonal competence in children.

    Jennifer H. Pfeifer;Marco Iacoboni;Marco Iacoboni;John C. Mazziotta;John C. Mazziotta;Mirella Dapretto;Mirella Dapretto

  • The essential role of Broca's area in imitation.

    Marc Heiser;Marco Iacoboni;Fumiko Maeda;Jake Marcus

Frequent Co-Authors

John C. Mazziotta
John C. Mazziotta University of California, Los Angeles
Eran Zaidel
Eran Zaidel University of California, Los Angeles
Michael F. Green
Michael F. Green University of California, Los Angeles
Roger P. Woods
Roger P. Woods University of California, Los Angeles
Claudio Babiloni
Claudio Babiloni Sapienza University of Rome
Mirella Dapretto
Mirella Dapretto University of California, Los Angeles
Jonathan K. Wynn
Jonathan K. Wynn University of California, Los Angeles
Claudio Del Percio
Claudio Del Percio Sapienza University of Rome
Fabrizio Eusebi
Fabrizio Eusebi Sapienza University of Rome
Gerhard Hellemann
Gerhard Hellemann University of California, Los Angeles

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