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Richard E. Passingham

Richard E. Passingham

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Neuroscience

D-Index
133
Citations
63001
World Ranking
256
National Ranking
34

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Richard E. Passingham is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the field of neuroscience, with a specialization in cognitive neuroscience. The scientist's work covers several main topics, including memory and neural mechanisms, neural dynamics and brain function, neural and behavioral psychology studies, and functional brain connectivity studies.

Their published papers include the following:

  • Do we understand the prefrontal cortex?, 2022, Brain Structure and Function
  • Weiskrantz, Lawrence [Larry] (1926-2018), neuropsychologist and cognitive neuroscientist, 2022, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  • A neuroecological perspective on the prefrontal cortex, 2025, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Frequent co-authors in their work include Hakwan Lau and Rogier B. Mars.

The scientist has published in various venues, notably:

  • Brain Structure and Function
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Richard E. Passingham's work spans subfields focused on cognitive neuroscience, integrating studies on the dynamic functioning of the brain and its relationship to behavior. The contributions emphasize understanding both structural and functional aspects of neural mechanisms.

Recognition for their academic contributions includes the award of Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, received in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Action Observation and Acquired Motor Skills: An fMRI Study with Expert Dancers

    B. Calvo-Merino;D.E. Glaser;J. Grèzes;R.E. Passingham

  • That's My Hand! Activity in Premotor Cortex Reflects Feeling of Ownership of a Limb

    H. Henrik Ehrsson;Charles Spence;Richard E. Passingham

  • Seeing or Doing? Influence of Visual and Motor Familiarity in Action Observation

    Beatriz Calvo-Merino;Julie Grèzes;Daniel E. Glaser;Richard E. Passingham;Richard E. Passingham

  • Self-initiated versus externally triggered movements. I. An investigation using measurement of regional cerebral blood flow with PET and movement-related potentials in normal and Parkinson's disease subjects

    Marjan Jahanshahi;I. H. Jenkins;R. G. Brown;C. D. Marsden

  • Motor sequence learning: a study with positron emission tomography

    I. H. Jenkins;D. J. Brooks;P. D. Nixon;R. S. J. Frackowiak

  • The Frontal Lobes and Voluntary Action

    Richard Passingham

  • FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF THE MENTAL REPRESENTATION OF UPPER EXTREMITY MOVEMENTS IN HEALTHY SUBJECTS

    K. M. Stephan;G. R. Fink;R. E. Passingham;D. Silbersweig

  • The anatomical basis of functional localization in the cortex

    Richard E. Passingham;Richard E. Passingham;Klaas E. Stephan;Klaas E. Stephan;Rolf Kötter

  • The Prefrontal Cortex: Response Selection or Maintenance Within Working Memory?

    James B. Rowe;Ivan Toni;Oliver Josephs;Richard S. J. Frackowiak

  • Cortical areas and the selection of movement: a study with positron emission tomography.

    M.-P. Deiber;R.E. Passingham;J.G. Colebatch;K.J. Friston

  • Touching a Rubber Hand: Feeling of Body Ownership Is Associated with Activity in Multisensory Brain Areas

    H. Henrik Ehrsson;Nicholas P. Holmes;Richard E. Passingham

  • Activations related to “mirror” and “canonical” neurones in the human brain: an fMRI study

    Julie Grèzes;Jorge L. Armony;James B. Rowe;Richard E. Passingham;Richard E. Passingham

  • Reading hidden intentions in the human brain.

    John-Dylan Haynes;Katsuyuki Sakai;Geraint Rees;Sam Gilbert

  • Anatomy of Motor Learning. I. Frontal Cortex and Attention to Action

    M. Jueptner;K. M. Stephan;C. D. Frith;D. J. Brooks

  • Cortical and subcortical afferents to the amygdala of the rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta)

    J.P. Aggleton;M.J. Burton;R.E. Passingham

  • Attention to intention

    Hakwan C. Lau;Robert D. Rogers;Patrick Haggard;Richard E. Passingham

  • Regional cerebral blood flow during voluntary arm and hand movements in human subjects.

    J. G. Colebatch;M.-P. Deiber;R. E. Passingham;K. J. Friston

  • Praxic and nonverbal cognitive deficits in a large family with a genetically transmitted speech and language disorder

    Faraneh Vargha-Khadem;Kate Watkins;Katie Alcock;Paul Fletcher

  • Impaired mesial frontal and putamen activation in Parkinson's disease: A positron emission tomography study

    Edith Diane Playford;I. H. Jenkins;I. H. Jenkins;R. E. Passingham;R. E. Passingham;J. Nutt;J. Nutt

  • Self-initiated versus externally triggered movements. II. The effect of movement predictability on regional cerebral blood flow.

    I H Jenkins;M Jahanshahi;M Jueptner;R E Passingham

Frequent Co-Authors

David J. Brooks
David J. Brooks Newcastle University
Matthew F. S. Rushworth
Matthew F. S. Rushworth University of Oxford
Ivan Toni
Ivan Toni Radboud University
James B. Rowe
James B. Rowe University of Cambridge
Richard S. J. Frackowiak
Richard S. J. Frackowiak École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Hakwan Lau
Hakwan Lau Sungkyunkwan University
Karl J. Friston
Karl J. Friston University College London
Chris D. Frith
Chris D. Frith University College London
Julie Grèzes
Julie Grèzes École Normale Supérieure
Narender Ramnani
Narender Ramnani Royal Holloway University of London

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