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Mauricio R. Papini publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mauricio R. Papini sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 195 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Mauricio R. Papini D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mauricio R. Papini sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Mauricio R. Papini is affiliated with Texas Christian University in the United States and focuses primarily on neuroscience. Their research spans various fields, including cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, behavioral neuroscience, and neurology.

The scientist has contributed significantly to the understanding of neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, memory and neural mechanisms, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, stress responses and cortisol, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, olfactory and sensory function studies, and neurological disorders and treatments.

Several notable publications by Mauricio R. Papini include:

  • Frustrative nonreward: Chemogenetic inactivation of the central amygdala abolishes the effect of reward downshift without affecting alcohol intake (2020), published in Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
  • Incentive disengagement and the adaptive significance of frustrative nonreward (2022), published in Learning & Behavior
  • Frustrative Nonreward: Behavior, Circuits, Neurochemistry, and Disorders (2024), published in Journal of Neuroscience

Other recent related studies co-authored by collaborators include:

  • Effects of partial reinforcement on autoshaping in inbred Roman high- and low-avoidance rats (2020), in Physiology & Behavior
  • Frustrative nonreward and emotional self-medication: Factors modulating alcohol consumption following reward downshift in rats (2021), in Physiology & Behavior

Mauricio R. Papini frequently collaborates with researchers such as Carmen Torres, Christopher Hagen, Sara Guarino, Antonio D.R. Agüera, and Rubén N. Muzio.

The scientist's work is often published in journals such as:

  • Physiology & Behavior
  • Learning and Motivation
  • Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
  • Behavioural Processes
  • Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Mauricio R. Papini was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2003.

Best Publications

  • Comparative Psychology of Surprising Nonreward

    Mauricio R. Papini

  • Consequences of surprising reward omissions.

    Mauricio R. Papini;R. Thomas Dudley

  • The role of contingency in classical conditioning.

    Mauricio R. Papini;M. E. Bitterman

  • Pattern and process in the evolution of learning

    Mauricio R. Papini

  • Behavioral neuroscience of psychological pain

    Mauricio R. Papini;Perry N. Fuchs;Carmen Torres

  • Successive negative contrast in the consummatory responding of didelphid marsupials

    Mauricio R. Papini;Alba E. Mustaca;M. E. Bitterman

  • Reward Loss as Psychological Pain

    Mauricio R. Papini;Michael Wood;Alan M. Daniel;Jacob N. Norris

  • Peripheral bacterial endotoxin administration triggers both memory consolidation and reconsolidation deficits in mice

    Dinko Kranjac;Kristina A. McLinden;Lauren E. Deodati;Mauricio R. Papini

  • Consummatory Successive Negative Contrast in Mice

    Alba E. Mustaca;Mariana Bentosela;Mauricio R. Papini

  • Opioid receptors modulate recovery from consummatory successive negative contrast.

    Santiago Pellegrini;Michael Wood;Alan M. Daniel;Mauricio R. Papini

  • Lesions of the medial pallium, but not of the lateral pallium, disrupt spaced-trial avoidance learning in goldfish (Carassius auratus).

    Manuel Portavella;Blas Torres;Cosme Salas;Mauricio R. Papini

  • Scaling Relative Incentive Value in Consummatory Behavior.

    Mauricio Roberto Papini;Santiago Pellegrini

  • Administration of corticosterone after the first downshift trial enhances consummatory successive negative contrast.

    Mariana Bentosela;Eliana Ruetti;Rubén N. Muzio;Alba E. Mustaca

  • Instrumental learning in toads (Bufo arenarum): reinforcer magnitude and the medial pallium.

    Mauricio R. Papini;Rubén N. Muzio;Enrique T. Segura

  • Extinction of Consummatory Behavior in Rats

    Alba Elisabeth Mustaca;Esteban Freidin;Mauricio Roberto Papini

  • Successive negative contrast after partial reinforcement in the consummatory behavior of rats

    Santiago Pellegrini;Rubén N. Muzio;Alba E. Mustaca;Mauricio R. Papini

  • Selective effects of the delta-opioid receptor agonist DPDPE on consummatory successive negative contrast.

    Michael Wood;Alan M Daniel;Mauricio R Papini

  • The two-test strategy in the study of inhibitory conditioning

    Mauricio R. Papini;M. E. Bitterman

  • Incentive contrast in domestic dogs (Canis familiaris).

    Mariana Bentosela;Adriana Jakovcevic;Angel Manuel Elgier;Alba Elisabeth Mustaca

  • Effect of schedule and magnitude of reinforcement on instrumental learning in the toad, Bufo arenarum

    Rubén N Muzio;Enrique T Segura;Mauricio R Papini

Frequent Co-Authors

Alberto Fernández-Teruel
Alberto Fernández-Teruel Autonomous University of Barcelona
M. E. Bitterman
M. E. Bitterman University of Hawaii at Manoa
Cosme Salas
Cosme Salas University of Seville
Peter D. Balsam
Peter D. Balsam Columbia University
Isaac R. Galatzer-Levy
Isaac R. Galatzer-Levy New York University

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