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Paola Valsecchi

Paola Valsecchi

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Psychology

D-Index
37
Citations
4417
World Ranking
9282
National Ranking
202

Paola Valsecchi 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 Paola Valsecchi sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 106 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Paola Valsecchi 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 Paola Valsecchi 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.

Overview

Paola Valsecchi is affiliated with the University of Parma in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Psychology, with a particular focus on Genetics and Social Psychology within these areas.

The scientist's work covers several subfields, including Small Animals, Ecology, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. The main research topics include Human-Animal Interaction Studies, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Primate Behavior and Ecology, and Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior. Additional topics of interest in their research are Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior, Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

Paola Valsecchi has contributed to various frequent publication venues. Notable journals where their work appears include Animal Cognition, Scientific Reports, Animals, Royal Society Open Science, and Applied Animal Behaviour Science.

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on animal behavior and emotional responses, particularly in dogs. Selected recent papers include:

  • Infrared Thermography in the Study of Animals' Emotional Responses: A Critical Review (2021, Animals)
  • Audience effect on domestic dogs' behavioural displays and facial expressions (2022, Scientific Reports)
  • Appeasement function of displacement behaviours? Dogs' behavioural displays exhibited towards threatening and neutral humans (2023, Animal Cognition)
  • Using judgment bias test in pet and shelter dogs (Canis familiaris): Methodological and statistical caveats (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • Behavioural Analysis of Dogs' Response to Threatening and Neutral Conspecific Video Stimuli (2023, Applied Sciences)

Throughout their career, they have collaborated frequently with several coauthors, notably G Pedretti, Chiara Canori, Tiziano Travain, Sarah Marshall-Pescini, and Annalisa Pelosi.

Best Publications

  • Gender differences in owners interacting with pet dogs: an observational study

    Emanuela Prato-Previde;Gaia Fallani;Paola Valsecchi

  • The Bond That Never Developed: Adoption and Relinquishment of Dogs in a Rescue Shelter

    Francesca Mondelli;Emanuela Prato Previde;Marina Verga;Diana Levi

  • Dominance in relation to age, sex, and competitive contexts in a group of free-ranging domestic dogs

    Simona Cafazzo;Paola Valsecchi;Roberto Bonanni;Eugenia Natoli

  • Agility and search and rescue training differently affects pet dogs' behaviour in socio-cognitive tasks

    Sarah Marshall-Pescini;Chiara Passalacqua;Shanis Barnard;Paola Valsecchi

  • Does training make you smarter? The effects of training on dogs' performance (Canis familiaris) in a problem solving task.

    Sarah Marshall-Pescini;Paola Valsecchi;Irena Petak;Pier Attilio Accorsi

  • Pattern of individual participation and cheating in conflicts between groups of free-ranging dogs

    Roberto Bonanni;Paola Valsecchi;Eugenia Natoli

  • Is your choice my choice? The owners' effect on pet dogs' (Canis lupus familiaris) performance in a food choice task.

    E. Prato-Previde;S. Marshall-Pescini;P. Valsecchi

  • Free-ranging dogs assess the quantity of opponents in intergroup conflicts.

    Roberto Bonanni;Eugenia Natoli;Simona Cafazzo;Paola Valsecchi

  • Human-directed gazing behaviour in puppies and adult dogs, Canis lupus familiaris

    Chiara Passalacqua;Sarah Marshall-Pescini;Shanis Barnard;Gabriella Lakatos

  • Hot dogs: Thermography in the assessment of stress in dogs (Canis familiaris)—A pilot study

    Tiziano Travain;Elisa Silvia Colombo;Eugenio Heinzl;Danilo Bellucci

  • Behavioral and physiological responses of guide dogs to a situation of emotional distress.

    Gaia Fallani;Emanuela Prato Previde;Paola Valsecchi

  • Effect of affiliative and agonistic relationships on leadership behaviour in free-ranging dogs

    Roberto Bonanni;Simona Cafazzo;Paola Valsecchi;Eugenia Natoli

  • SOCIAL INFLUENCES ON THE FOOD PREFERENCES OF HOUSE MICE (MUS MUSCULUS)

    Paola Valsecchi;Bennett G. Galef

  • How good is this food? A study on dogs' emotional responses to a potentially pleasant event using infrared thermography.

    Tiziano Travain;Elisa Silvia Colombo;Laura Clara Grandi;Eugenio Heinzl

  • Kinship and familiarity as factors affecting social transfer of food preferences in adult Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus).

    Paola Valsecchi;Elena Choleris;Anna Moles;Cong Guo

  • Social eavesdropping in the domestic dog

    S. Marshall-Pescini;C. Passalacqua;A. Ferrario;P. Valsecchi

  • Temperament test for re-homed dogs validated through direct behavioral observation in shelter and home environment

    Paola Valsecchi;Shanis Barnard;Cinzia Stefanini;Simona Normando

  • Estrogenic involvement in social learning, social recognition and pathogen avoidance

    Elena Choleris;Amy E. Clipperton-Allen;Anna Phan;Paola Valsecchi

  • Validity of model devices used to assess canine temperament in behavioral tests

    Shanis Barnard;Carlo Siracusa;Ilana Reisner;Paola Valsecchi

  • Gazing toward humans: a study on water rescue dogs using the impossible task paradigm.

    Biagio D'Aniello;Anna Scandurra;Emanuela Prato-Previde;Paola Valsecchi

  • Do disrupted early attachments affect the relationship between guide dogs and blind owners

    Gaia Fallani;Emanuela Prato Previde;Paola Valsecchi

  • Social Influences on the Food Preferences of House Mice ()

    Paola Valsecchi;Bennett G. Galef

Frequent Co-Authors

Sarah Marshall-Pescini
Sarah Marshall-Pescini University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Elena Choleris
Elena Choleris University of Guelph
Bennett G. Galef
Bennett G. Galef McMaster University
Martin Kavaliers
Martin Kavaliers University of Western Ontario
Elisabetta Visalberghi
Elisabetta Visalberghi National Research Council (CNR)
Klaus-Peter Ossenkopp
Klaus-Peter Ossenkopp University of Western Ontario
James A. Serpell
James A. Serpell University of Pennsylvania
C. Sue Carter
C. Sue Carter Indiana University
Paola Palanza
Paola Palanza University of Parma
Deborah L. Wells
Deborah L. Wells Queen's University Belfast

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