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Valéry Legrain 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 Valéry Legrain sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 141 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Valéry Legrain 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 Valéry Legrain sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 32 D-Index — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Valéry Legrain is affiliated with Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their research primarily intersects several subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Physiology, and Sensory Systems.

The main topics explored in their body of work cover a broad range of areas related to pain and sensory processing. These include:

  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Pain Management and Treatment
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
  • Multisensory perception and integration
  • Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment

Legrain's frequent publication venues reflect a focus on pain research and neuroscience, with recurring contributions to the following journals:

  • Pain
  • European Journal of Pain
  • Cortex
  • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Legrain are:

  • "An investigation of perceptual biases in complex regional pain syndrome," published in 2020 in PeerJ
  • "Testing the exteroceptive function of nociception: The role of visual experience in shaping the spatial representations of nociceptive inputs," 2020, Cortex
  • "No evidence for an effect of selective spatial attention on the development of secondary hyperalgesia: A replication study," 2022, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • "Biological and psychological early prognostic factors in complex regional pain syndrome: A systematic review," 2022, European Journal of Pain
  • "Visuomotor impairments in complex regional pain syndrome during pointing tasks," 2020, Pain

Legrain frequently collaborates with a core group of researchers, including:

  • Lieve Filbrich
  • Anne Berquin
  • Dominique Mouraux
  • Olivier Barbier
  • Xavier Libouton

The combination of their research topics and publication venues indicates an ongoing engagement with multidisciplinary approaches to understanding pain, sensory perception, and rehabilitation mechanisms. Their work includes systematic reviews as well as experimental studies related to complex regional pain syndrome and nociceptive processing.

Best Publications

  • The pain matrix reloaded: a salience detection system for the body.

    Valéry Legrain;Gian Domenico Iannetti;Léon Plaghki;André Mouraux

  • A neurocognitive model of attention to pain: Behavioral and neuroimaging evidence

    Valéry Legrain;Stefaan Van Damme;Christopher Eccleston;Karen D. Davis

  • Keeping pain in mind: a motivational account of attention to pain

    Stefaan Van Damme;Valerie Legrain;Julia Vogt;Geert Crombez

  • Attentional modulation of the nociceptive processing into the human brain: selective spatial attention, probability of stimulus occurrence, and target detection effects on laser evoked potentials

    Valéry Legrain;Jean-Michel Guérit;Raymond Bruyer;Léon Plaghki

  • Cognitive aspects of nociception and pain: bridging neurophysiology with cognitive psychology.

    Valéry Legrain;Valéry Legrain;F. Mancini;F. Mancini;C.F. Sambo;D.M. Torta

  • Involuntary Orienting of Attention to Nociceptive Events: Neural and Behavioral Signatures

    Valéry Legrain;Caroline Perchet;Caroline Perchet;Luis García-Larrea;Luis García-Larrea

  • Thermal detection thresholds of Aδ- and C-fibre afferents activated by brief CO2 laser pulses applied onto the human hairy skin

    Maxim Churyukanov;Léon Plaghki;Valéry Legrain;André Mouraux

  • Nociceptive processing in the human brain of infrequent task-relevant and task-irrelevant noxious stimuli. A study with event-related potentials evoked by CO2 laser radiant heat stimuli.

    Valéry Legrain;Raymond Bruyer;Jean-Michel Guérit;Léon Plaghki

  • Attention to pain! A neurocognitive perspective on attentional modulation of pain in neuroimaging studies.

    Diana M E Torta;Valéry Legrain;Andre Mouraux;Elia Valentini

  • Nociceptive steady-state evoked potentials elicited by rapid periodic thermal stimulation of cutaneous nociceptors

    André Mouraux;Gian Domenico Iannetti;Elisabeth Colon;Sylvie Nozaradan

  • Distraction from pain and executive functioning: An experimental investigation of the role of inhibition, task switching and working memory

    Katrien Verhoeven;Stefaan Van Damme;Christopher Eccleston;Dimitri M.L. Van Ryckeghem

  • The role of working memory in the attentional control of pain

    Valéry Legrain;Valéry Legrain;Geert Crombez;Katrien Verhoeven;André Mouraux

  • Evoked potentials to nociceptive stimuli delivered by CO2 or Nd:YAP lasers.

    Caroline Perchet;Fabio Godinho;Stéphanie Mazza;Maud Frot

  • Time-frequency analysis of chemosensory event-related potentials to characterize the cortical representation of odors in humans.

    Caroline Huart;Caroline Huart;Valéry Legrain;Valéry Legrain;Thomas Hummel;Philippe Rombaux;Philippe Rombaux

  • Involuntary orientation of attention to unattended deviant nociceptive stimuli is modulated by concomitant visual task difficulty. Evidence from laser evoked potentials

    Valéry Legrain;Valéry Legrain;Raymond Bruyer;Jean-Michel Guérit;Jean-Michel Guérit;Léon Plaghki;Léon Plaghki

  • Pain, body, and space: What do patients with complex regional pain syndrome really neglect?

    Valéry Legrain;Janet H. Bultitude;Annick L. De Paepe;Yves Rossetti

  • Controlling attention to nociceptive stimuli with working memory

    Valéry Legrain;Valéry Legrain;Geert Crombez;André Mouraux

  • Laser evoked responses to painful stimulation persist during sleep and predict subsequent arousals.

    H. Bastuji;H. Bastuji;C. Perchet;C. Perchet;Valéry Legrain;C. Montes

  • Steady-state evoked potentials to study the processing of tactile and nociceptive somatosensory input in the human brain

    Elisabeth Colon;Valéry Legrain;Valéry Legrain;André Mouraux

  • Mapping nociceptive stimuli in a peripersonal frame of reference: Evidence from a temporal order judgment task

    Annick L De Paepe;Geert Crombez;Charles Spence;Valéry Legrain

  • Electrophysiological correlates of attentional orientation in humans to strong intensity deviant nociceptive stimuli, inside and outside the focus of spatial attention.

    Valéry Legrain;Jean-Michel Guérit;Raymond Bruyer;Léon Plaghki

Frequent Co-Authors

André Mouraux
André Mouraux Université Catholique de Louvain
Geert Crombez
Geert Crombez Ghent University
Léon Plaghki
Léon Plaghki Université Catholique de Louvain
Olivier Barbier
Olivier Barbier Université Laval
Luis Garcia-Larrea
Luis Garcia-Larrea Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Anne De Volder
Anne De Volder Université Catholique de Louvain
Gian Domenico Iannetti
Gian Domenico Iannetti University College London
Yves Rossetti
Yves Rossetti Lyon Neuroscience Research Center
Jean-Michel Guerit
Jean-Michel Guerit Université Catholique de Louvain
Stefaan Van Damme
Stefaan Van Damme Ghent University

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