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Massimiliano Zampini

Massimiliano Zampini

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
36
Citations
6396
World Ranking
8961
National Ranking
497

Psychology

D-Index
36
Citations
6403
World Ranking
9457
National Ranking
206

Overview

Massimiliano Zampini is affiliated with the University of Trento in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of neuroscience and psychology, with significant contributions to cognitive neuroscience and sensory systems. Their work also spans related subfields including social psychology, nutrition and dietetics, and clinical psychology.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Olfactory and sensory function studies
  • Biochemical analysis and sensing techniques
  • Advanced chemical sensor technologies
  • Color perception and design
  • Multisensory perception and integration
  • Thermoregulation and physiological responses
  • Eating disorders and behaviors

Zampini has published extensively in various scientific venues. The most frequent publication platforms are:

  • Food Quality and Preference
  • Scientific Reports
  • Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
  • Building and Environment
  • PsycTESTS Dataset

Some of their recent papers include:

  • An investigation on humans' sensitivity to environmental temperature (2023) published in Scientific Reports
  • Olfactory habituation to food and nonfood odours (2022) published in Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
  • Bodily self-perception during voluntary actions: The causal contribution of premotor cortex and cerebellum (2021) published in Cortex
  • Validating the Italian version of the Adult Picky Eating Questionnaire (2022) published in Food Quality and Preference
  • Body size estimation in obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2021) published in Experimental Brain Research

Their collaborative research network includes frequent co-authors such as:

  • Lara Fontana
  • Javier Albayay
  • Laura Battistel
  • Leonardo Menghi
  • Isabella Endrizzi

Massimiliano Zampini's research integrates multidisciplinary approaches to examine sensory perception, neurophysiological mechanisms, and behavioral outcomes. Their studies often explore sensory function from olfactory habituation and chemical sensing to the physiological regulation linked to environmental and bodily sensations.

Best Publications

  • Does Food Color Influence Taste and Flavor Perception in Humans

    Charles Spence;Carmel A. Levitan;Maya U. Shankar;Massimiliano Zampini

  • The role of auditory cues in modulating the perceived crispness and staleness of potato chips

    Massimiliano Zampini;Charles Spence

  • Category-specific organization in the human brain does not require visual experience.

    Bradford Z. Mahon;Bradford Z. Mahon;Bradford Z. Mahon;Stefano Anzellotti;Stefano Anzellotti;Jens Schwarzbach;Massimiliano Zampini

  • Audio-visual simultaneity judgments

    Massimiliano Zampini;Steve Guest;David I. Shore;Charles Spence

  • The multisensory perception of flavor: Assessing the influence of color cues on flavor discrimination responses

    Massimiliano Zampini;Daniel Sanabria;Daniel Sanabria;Nicola Phillips;Charles Spence

  • Audiovisual temporal order judgments

    Massimiliano Zampini;Massimiliano Zampini;David I. Shore;Charles Spence

  • Exposure to asynchronous audiovisual speech extends the temporal window for audiovisual integration

    Jordi Navarra;Argiro Vatakis;Massimiliano Zampini;Salvador Soto-Faraco

  • Multisensory temporal order judgments: When two locations are better than one

    Charles Spence;Roland Baddeley;Massimiliano Zampini;Robert James

  • Auditory contributions to multisensory product perception

    Charles Spence;Massimiliano Zampini

  • Audiovisual prior entry

    Massimiliano Zampini;David I. Shore;Charles Spence

  • The Role of Hand Size in the Fake-Hand Illusion Paradigm

    Francesco Pavani;Massimiliano Zampini

  • Multisensory flavor perception: Assessing the influence of fruit acids and color cues on the perception of fruit-flavored beverages

    Massimiliano Zampini;Massimiliano Zampini;Emma Wantling;Nicola Phillips;Charles Spence

  • Modifying the multisensory perception of a carbonated beverage using auditory cues

    Massimiliano Zampini;Charles Spence

  • Changes in spatial position of hands modify tactile extinction but not disownership of contralesional hand in two right brain-damaged patients

    Valentina Moro;Massimiliano Zampini;Salvatore M. Aglioti

  • Individual Differences in the Rubber Hand Illusion Are Related to Sensory Suggestibility.

    Angela Marotta;Michele Tinazzi;Clelia Cavedini;Massimiliano Zampini

  • Audiotactile temporal order judgments.

    Massimiliano Zampini;Timothy Brown;David I. Shore;Angelo Maravita

  • Audiotactile interactions in near and far space.

    Norimichi Kitagawa;Norimichi Kitagawa;Massimiliano Zampini;Massimiliano Zampini;Charles Spence

  • Temporal Order is Coded Temporally in the Brain: Early Event-related Potential Latency Shifts Underlying Prior Entry in a Cross-modal Temporal Order Judgment Task

    J. Vibell;C. Klinge;M. Zampini;C. Spence

  • Effects of the sound of the bite on apple perceived crispness and hardness

    M. Luisa Demattè;Nicola Pojer;Isabella Endrizzi;Maria Laura Corollaro

  • Multisensory temporal order judgments: the role of hemispheric redundancy.

    Massimiliano Zampini;David I Shore;Charles Spence

  • audiovisual prior entry

    Massimiliano Zampini;David I. Shore

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles Spence
Charles Spence University of Oxford
Francesco Pavani
Francesco Pavani University of Trento
David I. Shore
David I. Shore McMaster University
Gianluca Esposito
Gianluca Esposito University of Trento
Christoph Braun
Christoph Braun University of Tübingen
Bradford Z. Mahon
Bradford Z. Mahon Carnegie Mellon University
Alberto Gallace
Alberto Gallace University of Milano-Bicocca
Paola Venuti
Paola Venuti University of Trento
Michele Tinazzi
Michele Tinazzi University of Verona
Anna C. Nobre
Anna C. Nobre Yale University

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