2026 Peter W. Halligan: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	86	1136	997	136	125	270	27073

Research.com Recognitions

1993 - Spearman Medal, British Psychological Society
Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Peter W. Halligan is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans areas within Neuroscience and Medicine, with a focus on Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychiatry and Mental Health as prominent subfields. This scientist's research portfolio includes studies related to Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Neurology, and Philosophy.

Their work addresses topics such as:

Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
Pain Management and Placebo Effect
Mental Health and Psychiatry
Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Schizophrenia research and treatment

Peter W. Halligan has published in a variety of venues, frequently contributing to journals including:

Consciousness and Cognition
The Lancet Psychiatry
Cortex
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Frontiers in Psychology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Halligan include:

"Giving Up on Consciousness as the Ghost in the Machine," 2021, Frontiers in Psychology
"Delusions and theories of belief," 2020, Consciousness and Cognition (co-author)
"Direct verbal suggestibility: Measurement and significance," 2021, Consciousness and Cognition (co-author)
"Revealing the Cognitive Neuroscience of Belief," 2022, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience (co-author)
"UNITED KINGDOM NORMS FOR THE HARVARD GROUP SCALE OF HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY, FORM A," 2020, International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (co-author)

Frequent collaborators include:

Michael H. Connors
David A. Oakley
Quinton Deeley
Cristina Russo
Viviana Spandri

The scientist has received recognition including the Spearman Medal from the British Psychological Society in 1993 and holds fellowship status with The Academy of Medical Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

Development of a behavioral test of visuospatial neglect.

B Wilson;J Cockburn;P Halligan

893
Citations
Where in the brain does visual attention select the forest and the trees

G. R. Fink;P. W. Halligan;J. C. Marshall;C. D. Frith

838
Citations
The biopsychosocial model of illness: a model whose time has come:

Derick T Wade;Peter W Halligan

773
Citations
Spatial cognition: evidence from visual neglect

Peter W. Halligan;Gereon R. Fink;John C. Marshall;Giuseppe Vallar

750
Citations
Left neglect for near but not far space in man

Peter W. Halligan;John C. Marshall

748
Citations
A controlled pilot study of the utility of mirror visual feedback in the treatment of complex regional pain syndrome (type 1)

C. S. McCabe;R. C. Haigh;E. F. J. Ring;Peter Halligan

687
Citations
The neural consequences of conflict between intention and the senses

Gereon R. Fink;John C. Marshall;Peter W. Halligan;Chris D. Frith

623
Citations
Blindsight and insight in visuo-spatial neglect

John C. Marshall;Peter W. Halligan

578
Citations
Do biomedical models of illness make for good healthcare systems

Derick T Wade;Peter W Halligan

563
Citations
The functional anatomy of a hysterical paralysis

John C Marshall;Peter W Halligan;Gereon R Fink;Derick T Wade

531
Citations
The Incidence of Neglect Phenomena and Related Disorders in Patients with an Acute Right or Left Hemisphere Stroke

S. P. Stone;P. W. Halligan;R. J. Greenwood

515
Citations
Can Visual Neglect Operate in Object-centred Co-ordinates? An Affirmative Single-case Study

Jon Driver;Peter W. Halligan

488
Citations
Neural mechanisms involved in the processing of global and local aspects of hierarchically organized visual stimuli.

Gereon R. Fink;Peter W. Halligan;John C. Marshall;Chris D. Frith

483
Citations
Line bisection judgments implicate right parietal cortex and cerebellum as assessed by fMRI

G. R. Fink;J. C. Marshall;N. J. Shah;P. H. Weiss

456
Citations
VISUOSPATIAL NEGLECT: UNDERLYING FACTORS AND TEST SENSITIVITY

P.W. Halligan;J.C. Marshall;D.T. Wade

438
Citations
The behavioural assessment of visual neglect

Peter W. Halligan;Janet Cockburn;Barbara A. Wilson

409
Citations
The Cardiff Anomalous Perceptions Scale (CAPS): a new validated measure of anomalous perceptual experience

Vaughan Bell;Peter W Halligan;Hadyn D Ellis

371
Citations
Imaging hypnotic paralysis: Implications for conversion hysteria

Peter W Halligan;Bal S Athwal;David A Oakley;Richard Sj Frackowiak

345
Citations
The assessment of visuo-spatial neglect after acute stroke.

S P Stone;B Wilson;A Wroot;P W Halligan

344
Citations
Left visuo-spatial neglect: a meaningless entity?

Peter W. Halligan;John C. Marshall

317
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Vaughan Bell University College London

Quinton Deeley King's College London

Hadyn D. Ellis Cardiff University

Mitul A. Mehta King's College London

John C. Marshall University of Oxford

Yves Rossetti Lyon Neuroscience Research Center

Barbara A. Wilson St George's, University of London

Ian H. Robertson Trinity College Dublin

Anthony S. David University College London

Giuseppe Vallar University of Milano-Bicocca

External Links

Personal website of Peter W. Halligan

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