2026 Séverine Samson: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	49	6019	5542	268	244	140	8063
Psychology	49	5754	5349	41	39	129	7867

Overview

Séverine Samson is affiliated with the University of Lille in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience, Medicine, and Psychology, with a focus on several subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health.

The scientist's work encompasses multiple key topics, among which are:

Epilepsy research and treatment
Neuroscience and Music Perception
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Music Therapy and Health
Action Observation and Synchronization
Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces

Séverine Samson has contributed to numerous publications across various respected venues. Frequent publication venues include:

Epilepsy & Behavior
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Journal of Neurology
Frontiers in Psychology
Revue Neurologique

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Séverine Samson are:

"Cognitive impairment in temporal lobe epilepsy: contributions of lesion, localization and lateralization" (2020), Journal of Neurology
"Sensorimotor Synchronization in Healthy Aging and Neurocognitive Disorders" (2022), Frontiers in Psychology
"Cognitive effect of antiseizure medications in medial temporal lobe epilepsy" (2023), European Journal of Neurology
"Evaluation of psychomotor functions in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy" (2020), Epilepsy & Behavior
"The Impact of Emotion on Musical Long-Term Memory" (2020), Frontiers in Psychology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Séverine Samson include:

Lise Hobeika
Marie Méré
Marisa Denos
Sophie Dupont
Marion Houot

Best Publications

Functional MR evaluation of temporal and frontal language dominance compared with the Wada test

Stéphane Lehéricy;L. Cohen;B. Bazin;S. Samson

488
Citations
How emotional auditory stimuli modulate time perception.

Marion Noulhiane;Nathalie Mella;S. Samson;R. Ragot

390
Citations
Role of the right temporal neocortex in retention of pitch in auditory short-term memory.

Robert J. Zatorre;Séverine Samson

320
Citations
Impaired recognition of scary music following unilateral temporal lobe excision

Nathalie Gosselin;Isabelle Peretz;Marion Noulhiane;Dominique Hasboun

278
Citations
Memory for Music in Alzheimer's Disease: Unforgettable?

Amee Baird;Séverine Samson

256
Citations
Structural connectivity differences in left and right temporal lobe epilepsy

Pierre Besson;Vera Dinkelacker;Romain Valabregue;Lionel Thivard

237
Citations
Emotional responses to unpleasant music correlates with damage to the parahippocampal cortex.

Nathalie Gosselin;Séverine Samson;Séverine Samson;Ralph Adolphs;Marion Noulhiane;Marion Noulhiane

229
Citations
Indications and expectations for neuropsychological assessment in routine epilepsy care: Report of the ILAE Neuropsychology Task Force, Diagnostic Methods Commission, 2013-2017.

Sarah J. Wilson;Sallie Baxendale;William Barr;Sherifa Hamed

224
Citations
Music and dementia.

Amee Baird;Séverine Samson

222
Citations
Recognition memory for text and melody of songs after unilateral temporal lobe lesion: evidence for dual encoding.

Séverine Samson;Robert J. Zatorre

217
Citations
Episodic memory in left temporal lobe epilepsy: A functional MRI study

Samuel Dupont;P. F. van de Moortele;S. Samson;D. Hasboun

215
Citations
Contribution of the right temporal lobe to musical timbre discrimination.

Severine Samson;Robert J. Zatorre

189
Citations
Efficacy of Musical Interventions in Dementia: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial

Pauline Narme;Pauline Narme;Sylvain Clément;Nathalie Ehrlé;Loris Schiaratura

188
Citations
Productive and perceptive language reorganization in temporal lobe epilepsy.

Lionel Thivard;Jérémie Hombrouck;Sophie Tézenas du Montcel;Christine Delmaire

172
Citations
Lesions Affecting the Parahippocampal Cortex Yield Spatial Memory Deficits in Humans

Christoph J. Ploner;Bertrand M. Gaymard;Sophie Rivaud-Péchoux;Michel Baulac

164
Citations
Cerebral substrates for musical temporal processes.

Séverine Samson;Séverine Samson;Nathalie Ehrlé;Nathalie Ehrlé;Michel Baulac

159
Citations
The neuroanatomical substrate of sound duration discrimination

Pascal Belin;Stephen McAdams;Lionel Thivard;Bennett Smith

155
Citations
Melodic and harmonic discrimination following unilateral cerebral excision.

Séverine Samson;Robert J. Zatorre

153
Citations
The Functional Anatomy of Sound Intensity Discrimination

Pascal Belin;Stephen McAdams;Bennet Smith;Sophie Savel

149
Citations
Autobiographical memory after temporal lobe resection: neuropsychological and MRI volumetric findings.

M. Noulhiane;P. Piolino;D. Hasboun;S. Clemenceau

131
Citations
Learning and retention of melodic and verbal information after unilateral temporal lobectomy.

Séverine Samson;Robert J. Zatorre

129
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel Baulac Sorbonne University

Dominique Hasboun Sorbonne University

Claude Adam Université Paris Cité

Pascal Belin Aix-Marseille University

Stéphane Clemenceau Université Paris Cité

Isabelle Peretz University of Montreal

Robert J. Zatorre McGill University

Stéphane Lehéricy Sorbonne University

Romain Valabregue Sorbonne University

Jean-Baptiste Poline Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital

External Links

Personal website of Séverine Samson

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