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Shirley Fecteau

Shirley Fecteau

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Neuroscience

D-Index
43
Citations
10243
World Ranking
7313
National Ranking
433

Shirley Fecteau publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Shirley Fecteau sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 94 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Shirley Fecteau D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Shirley Fecteau sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 24th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Shirley Fecteau is affiliated with Université Laval in Canada and has a research focus mainly within the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine. Their work spans several subfields, notably Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology, Clinical Psychology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

The scientist's research topics frequently involve Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Neurological Disorders and Treatments, Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, and Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders.

In recent years, Shirley Fecteau has contributed to several notable papers including:

  • Non-invasive brain stimulation and neuroenhancement (2022) published in Clinical Neurophysiology Practice
  • Training in the practice of noninvasive brain stimulation: Recommendations from an IFCN committee (2020) published in Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Neurostimulation for Stroke Rehabilitation (2021) published in Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Non-invasive neuromodulation for tinnitus: A meta-analysis and modeling studies (2020) published in Brain Stimulation
  • Semantic Processing in Healthy Aging and Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Review of the N400 Differences (2020) published in Brain Sciences

Shirley's frequent co-authors include Emmanuelle Renauld, Amy E. Bouchard, Christophe Lenglos, Jean Leblond, and Jennifer A. Chandler.

Their research is often published in journals such as Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Brain Stimulation, Brain Sciences, Journal of Psychiatric Research, and the Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques.

Best Publications

  • Thinking the voice: neural correlates of voice perception

    Pascal Belin;Shirley Fecteau;Catherine Bédard

  • Transcranial direct current stimulation: a computer-based human model study.

    Tim A. Wagner;Felipe Fregni;Shirley Fecteau;Alan J. Grodzinsky

  • A Sham-Controlled Trial of a 5-Day Course of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of the Unaffected Hemisphere in Stroke Patients

    Felipe Fregni;Paulo S. Boggio;Angela C. Valle;Renata R. Rocha

  • Diminishing risk-taking behavior by modulating activity in the prefrontal cortex: a direct current stimulation study.

    Shirley Fecteau;Daria Knoch;Felipe Fregni;Natasha Sultani

  • Activation of Prefrontal Cortex by Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Reduces Appetite for Risk during Ambiguous Decision Making

    Shirley Fecteau;Alvaro Pascual-Leone;David H. Zald;Paola Liguori

  • Prefrontal cortex modulation using transcranial DC stimulation reduces alcohol craving: a double-blind, sham-controlled study

    Paulo S. Boggio;Natasha Sultani;Shirley Fecteau;Lotfi Merabet

  • Transcranial direct current stimulation of the prefrontal cortex modulates the desire for specific foods.

    Felipe Fregni;Fernanda Orsati;Waldelle Pedrosa;Shirley Fecteau

  • Cortical stimulation of the prefrontal cortex with transcranial direct current stimulation reduces cue-provoked smoking craving: a randomized, sham-controlled study.

    Felipe Fregni;Paola Liguori;Shirley Fecteau;Michael A. Nitsche

  • Transcranial electrical and magnetic stimulation (tES and TMS) for addiction medicine: A consensus paper on the present state of the science and the road ahead

    Hamed Ekhtiari;Hosna Tavakoli;Giovanni Addolorato;Chris Baeken

  • Noninvasive brain stimulation with high-frequency and low-intensity repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Paulo Sergio Boggio;Martha Rocha;Maira Okada Oliveira;Shirley Fecteau

  • Amygdala responses to nonlinguistic emotional vocalizations.

    Shirley Fecteau;Pascal Belin;Pascal Belin;Yves Joanette;Jorge L. Armony

  • Modulation of risk-taking in marijuana users by transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC)

    Paulo S. Boggio;Soroush Zaghi;Ana Beatriz Villani;Shirley Fecteau

  • Non-invasive brain stimulation and neuroenhancement

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  • Cumulative priming effects of cortical stimulation on smoking cue-induced craving.

    Paulo Sergio Boggio;Paola Liguori;Natasha Sultani;Larissa Rezende

  • Is voice processing species-specific in human auditory cortex? An fMRI study.

    Shirley Fecteau;Jorge L. Armony;Jorge L. Armony;Yves Joanette;Pascal Belin

  • The use of virtual reality in craving assessment and cue-exposure therapy in substance use disorders

    Antoine Hone-Blanchet;Tobias Wensing;Shirley Fecteau

  • Modulation of smoking and decision-making behaviors with transcranial direct current stimulation in tobacco smokers: A preliminary study

    Shirley Fecteau;Shirley Fecteau;Sara Agosta;Sara Agosta;Antoine Hone-Blanchet;Felipe Fregni;Felipe Fregni

  • Developmental Changes of Autistic Symptoms

    Shirley Fecteau;Laurent Mottron;Claude Berthiaume;Jacob A. Burack

  • Modulation of decision-making in a gambling task in older adults with transcranial direct current stimulation

    Paulo Sérgio Boggio;Camila Campanhã;Cláudia A. Valasek;Shirley Fecteau

  • Psychopathy and the mirror neuron system: Preliminary findings from a non-psychiatric sample

    Shirley Fecteau;Alvaro Pascual-Leone;Hugo Théoret

  • Overlap of food addiction and substance use disorders definitions: analysis of animal and human studies.

    Antoine Hone-Blanchet;Shirley Fecteau;Shirley Fecteau

Frequent Co-Authors

Alvaro Pascual-Leone
Alvaro Pascual-Leone Harvard University
Felipe Fregni
Felipe Fregni Harvard University
Paulo S. Boggio
Paulo S. Boggio Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
Pascal Belin
Pascal Belin Aix-Marseille University
Jerome Brunelin
Jerome Brunelin Jean Monnet University
Hugo Théoret
Hugo Théoret University of Montreal
Jorge L. Armony
Jorge L. Armony McGill University
Michael A. Nitsche
Michael A. Nitsche TU Dortmund University
Richard Anthony Edward Edden
Richard Anthony Edward Edden Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Yves Joanette
Yves Joanette University of Montreal

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