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Psychology

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81
Citations
22568
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1399
National Ranking
165

Neuroscience

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81
Citations
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World Ranking
1580
National Ranking
164

Sergio Della Sala 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 Sergio Della Sala sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 544 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sergio Della Sala 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 Sergio Della Sala sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% 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

  • 2002 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Sergio Della Sala is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with particular attention to cognitive neuroscience. The scientist's work spans several interconnected subfields, including psychiatry and mental health, developmental and educational psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, as well as sociology and political science.

The main themes of Sergio Della Sala's research encompass various aspects of memory and neural mechanisms. These themes include:

  • Memory Processes and Influences
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Face Recognition and Perception
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms

The scientist's publication record features recent papers covering notable topics such as visual imagery, misinformation, memory loss, mental rotation, and forgetting. Some of the recent papers include:

  • "Phantasia-The psychological significance of lifelong visual imagery vividness extremes" (2020, Cortex)
  • "The effects of source expertise and trustworthiness on recollection: the case of vaccine misinformation" (2020, Cognitive Processing)
  • "Forgetting in Alzheimer's disease: Is it fast? Is it affected by repeated retrieval?" (2020, Neuropsychologia)
  • "Spatial transformation in mental rotation tasks in aphantasia" (2022, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review)
  • "Rate of forgetting is independent of initial degree of learning" (2022, Memory & Cognition)

Frequently publishing in journals such as Cortex, Cognitive Processing, Memory & Cognition, Neuropsychology, and Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, Sergio Della Sala contributes regularly to these venues. The highest number of publications is found in Cortex, with 22 papers.

Collaborative efforts include frequent co-authors like Roberto Cubelli, Robert H. Logie, Nicoletta Beschin, Alan Baddeley, and Robert D. McIntosh, indicating a network of interdisciplinary research partnerships.

Recognition includes being awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2002, reflecting a level of esteem within the scientific community. The scientist remains active, with recent work published as recently as 2022.

Best Publications

  • Pattern span: a tool for unwelding visuo–spatial memory

    Sergio Della Sala;Colin Gray;Alan Baddeley;Nadia Allamano

  • Age, executive function and social decision making: A dorsolateral prefrontal theory of cognitive aging.

    Sarah E. MacPherson;Louise H. Phillips;Sergio Della Sala

  • Cognitive Advantage in Bilingualism An Example of Publication Bias

    Angela de Bruin;Barbara Treccani;Sergio Della Sala

  • The Prospective and Retrospective Memory Questionnaire (PRMQ): Normative data and latent structure in a large non-clinical sample.

    John R Crawford;Geoff Smith;Elizabeth A Maylor;Sergio Della Sala

  • Lives without imagery – Congenital aphantasia

    Adam Z J Zeman;Michaela T Dewar;Sergio Della Sala

  • A neurological basis for visual discomfort.

    Arnold Wilkins;Ian Nimmo-Smith;Anne Tait;Christopher McManus

  • Concurrent performance of two memory tasks: evidence for domain-specific working memory systems.

    Gianna Cocchini;Robert H. Logie;Sergio Della Sala;Sarah E. MacPherson

  • Cognition in action: testing a model of limb apraxia.

    Roberto Cubelli;Clelia Marchetti;Giuseppina Boscolo;Sergio Della Sala

  • Inhibitory functioning in Alzheimer's disease.

    Hélène Amieva;Louise H Phillips;Sergio Della Sala;Julie D Henry

  • Visual short-term memory binding deficits in familial Alzheimer's disease

    Mario A. Parra;Mario A. Parra;Sharon Abrahams;Robert H. Logie;Luis G. Méndez

  • Dual-task paradigm: a means to examine the central executive

    Sergio Della Sala;Alan Baddeley;Costanza Papagno;Hans Spinnler

  • Phantasia-The psychological significance of lifelong visual imagery vividness extremes

    Adam Zeman;Fraser Milton;Sergio Della Sala;Michaela Dewar

  • Loss of imagery phenomenology with intact visuo-spatial task performance: a case of 'blind imagination'.

    Adam Z.J. Zeman;Sergio Della Sala;Lorna A. Torrens;Viktoria-Eleni Gountouna

  • Right-sided anarchic (alien) hand: a longitudinal study

    Sergio Della Sala;Clelia Marchetti;Hans Spinnler

  • Group aggregates and individual reliability: the case of verbal short-term memory.

    Robert H. Logie;Sergio Della Sala;Marcella Laiacona;Pat Chalmers

  • Short-term memory binding deficits in Alzheimer's disease

    Mario A Parra;Sharon Abrahams;Katia Fabi;Robert Logie

  • Misinformation lingers in memory: Failure of three pro-vaccination strategies

    Sara Pluviano;Caroline Watt;Sergio Della Sala

  • Prospective and retrospective memory in normal aging and dementia: an experimental study.

    Elizabeth A. Maylor;Geoff Smith;Sergio Della Sala;Robert H. Logie

  • Dementia, ageing, and the structure of human memory.

    H. Spinnler;S. Della Sala;R. Bandera;Alan Baddeley

  • What the eyes perceive, the brain ignores: a case of pure unilateral representational neglect.

    Nicoletta Beschin;Gianna Cocchini;Sergio Della Sala;Robert H. Logie

  • The selective disruption of spatial working memory by eye movements

    Bradley R. Postle;Christopher Idzikowski;Sergio Della Sala;Robert H. Logie

  • Handbook of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

    Hans Spinnler;Sergio Della Sala

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert H. Logie
Robert H. Logie University of Edinburgh
Roberto Cubelli
Roberto Cubelli University of Trento
Hans Spinnler
Hans Spinnler University of Milan
Mario A. Parra
Mario A. Parra University of Strathclyde
Sarah E. MacPherson
Sarah E. MacPherson University of Edinburgh
Nelson Cowan
Nelson Cowan University of Missouri
Sharon Abrahams
Sharon Abrahams University of Edinburgh
Jordan Grafman
Jordan Grafman Northwestern University
Francisco Lopera
Francisco Lopera University of Antioquia
Louise H. Phillips
Louise H. Phillips University of Aberdeen

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