2026 Michael J. Banissy: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	40	8324	7776	832	794	124	5428

Research.com Recognitions

2016 - Spearman Medal, British Psychological Society

Overview

Michael J. Banissy is affiliated with Goldsmiths University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields within psychology and neuroscience, focusing particularly on cognitive and social aspects of perception and sensory function.

The primary fields of study for Banissy include:

Psychology
Neuroscience

Their work further breaks down into specific subfields:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Social Psychology
Sensory Systems

Main topics of Banissy's research cover a range of areas related to human perception and behavior:

Face Recognition and Perception
Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
Multisensory Perception and Integration
Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
Psychology of Social Influence
Face Recognition and Analysis
Autism Spectrum Disorder Research

Recent papers reflect their diverse research interests and contributions to various psychological domains:

"Tsinghua facial expression database - A database of facial expressions in Chinese young and older women and men: Development and validation" (2020), published in PLoS ONE
"The Oxford Face Matching Test: A non-biased test of the full range of individual differences in face perception" (2021), published in Behavior Research Methods
"Individuals with Autism Share Others' Emotions: Evidence from the Continuous Affective Rating and Empathic Responses (CARER) Task" (2020), published in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
"Measuring Loneliness in Different Age Groups: The Measurement Invariance of the UCLA Loneliness Scale" (2022), published in Assessment
"ASMR-Experience Questionnaire (AEQ): A data-driven step towards accurately classifying ASMR responders" (2021), published in British Journal of Psychology

Their frequent collaborators include:

Natalie C. Bowling
Aikaterini Vafeiadou
Claudia Hammond
Geoffrey Bird
Sarah Bate

Banissy's work frequently appears in various publication venues, with multiple publications in some journals:

Journal of Sleep Research (3 publications)
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (2 publications)
PsycTESTS Dataset (2 publications)
PLoS ONE (1 publication)
Assessment (1 publication)

In 2016, Banissy was awarded the Spearman Medal by the British Psychological Society.

Best Publications

Enhancing Social Ability by Stimulating Right Temporoparietal Junction

Idalmis Santiesteban;Michael J. Banissy;Michael J. Banissy;Caroline Catmur;Geoffrey Bird;Geoffrey Bird

398
Citations
Mirror-touch synesthesia is linked with empathy

Michael J Banissy;Jamie Ward

371
Citations
Inter-individual differences in empathy are reflected in human brain structure

Michael J. Banissy;Ryota Kanai;Vincent Walsh;Geraint Rees

282
Citations
Brain Structure Links Loneliness to Social Perception

Ryota Kanai;Bahador Bahrami;Bahador Bahrami;Brad Duchaine;Agnieszka Janik

210
Citations
Prevalence, characteristics and a neurocognitive model of mirror-touch synaesthesia

Michael J. Banissy;Roi Cohen Kadosh;Gerrit W. Maus;Gerrit W. Maus;Vincent Walsh

198
Citations
Enhanced sensory perception in synaesthesia

Michael J. Banissy;Vincent Walsh;Jamie Ward

167
Citations
Ultra-high-field fMRI insights on insight: Neural correlates of the Aha!-moment.

Martin Tik;Ronald Sladky;Caroline Di Bernardi Luft;Caroline Di Bernardi Luft;David Willinger

166
Citations
Self-other control processes in social cognition: from imitation to empathy

Marie de Guzman;Geoffrey Bird;Michael J. Banissy;Caroline Catmur;Caroline Catmur

149
Citations
Dominant Voices and Attractive Faces: The Contribution of Visual and Auditory Information to Integrated Person Impressions

Constantin Rezlescu;Constantin Rezlescu;Tegan Penton;Vincent Walsh;Hikaru Tsujimura

148
Citations
Functional Lateralization of Temporoparietal Junction: Imitation Inhibition, Visual Perspective Taking and Theory of Mind.

Idalmis Santiesteban;Michael J. Banissy;Michael J. Banissy;Caroline Catmur;Geoffrey Bird;Geoffrey Bird

130
Citations
Task-dependent and distinct roles of the temporoparietal junction and inferior frontal cortex in the control of imitation

Jeremy Hogeveen;Sukhvinder S. Obhi;Michael J. Banissy;Idalmis Santiesteban

121
Citations
Explaining mirror-touch synesthesia

Jamie Ward;Michael J Banissy

118
Citations
Superior Facial Expression, But Not Identity Recognition, in Mirror-Touch Synesthesia

Michael J Banissy;Lúcia Garrido;Flor Kusnir;Bradley Duchaine

98
Citations
Right temporal alpha oscillations as a neural mechanism for inhibiting obvious associations.

Caroline Di Bernardi Luft;Caroline Di Bernardi Luft;Ioanna Zioga;Ioanna Zioga;Nicholas M. Thompson;Nicholas M. Thompson;Michael J. Banissy

96
Citations
Tsinghua facial expression database - A database of facial expressions in Chinese young and older women and men: Development and validation.

Tao Yang;Zeyun Yang;Guangzheng Xu;Duoling Gao

95
Citations
Suppressing Sensorimotor Activity Modulates the Discrimination of Auditory Emotions But Not Speaker Identity

Michael J. Banissy;Disa Anna Sauter;Jamie Ward;Jane E. Warren

94
Citations
Best of both worlds: promise of combining brain stimulation and brain connectome

Caroline Di Bernardi Luft;Ernesto Pereda;Michael J. Banissy;Joydeep Bhattacharya

85
Citations
Increased misophonia in self-reported Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response

Agnieszka B. Janik McErlean;Agnieszka B. Janik McErlean;Michael J. Banissy

84
Citations
High-Frequency Transcranial Random Noise Stimulation Enhances Perception of Facial Identity

Aleksandra Romanska;Constantin Rezlescu;Tirta Susilo;Bradley Duchaine

79
Citations
Functional and structural brain differences associated with mirror-touch synaesthesia

Henning Holle;Michael J. Banissy;Jamie Ward

76
Citations
Assessing Individual Variation in Personality and Empathy Traits in Self-Reported Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response.

Agnieszka B. Janik McErlean;Michael J. Banissy

69
Citations
On being moved: From mirror neurons to empathy

Michael J. Banissy;Jamie Ward

11
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil G. Muggleton National Central University

Geoffrey Bird University of Oxford

Caroline Catmur King's College London

Joydeep Bhattacharya Goldsmiths University of London

Bradley Duchaine Dartmouth College

Bahador Bahrami Max Planck Society

Sophie K. Scott University College London

Andrea R. Halpern Bucknell University

Alice M. Gregory Goldsmiths University of London

Lauren Stewart Goldsmiths University of London

External Links

Personal website of Michael J. Banissy

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