Alberto Costa

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
94 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Alberto Costa is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Cognitive Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alberto Costa has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 36 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 31 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Alberto Costa's work include Cognitive Functions and Memory (26 papers), Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (23 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (19 papers). Alberto Costa is often cited by papers focused on Cognitive Functions and Memory (26 papers), Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (23 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (19 papers). Alberto Costa collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Brazil and Spain. Alberto Costa's co-authors include Carlo Caltagirone, Giovanni Augusto Carlesimo, Antonella Peppe, Marco Di Monaco, Silvia Zabberoni, Francesco Barban, Massimiliano Oliveri, Eleonora Fiorenzato, Giorgia Cona and Grazia Dell’Agnello and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Alberto Costa

90 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Forward and backward span for verbal and visuo-spatial data: standardization and normative data from an Italian adult population
    2012 457 citations Alberto Costa, Carlo Caltagirone et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alberto Costa Italy 33 1.1k 1.1k 1.1k 627 353 94 3.0k
J. Vincent Filoteo United States 33 1.6k 1.4× 910 0.8× 622 0.6× 400 0.6× 234 0.7× 104 3.0k
Trevor J. Crawford United Kingdom 36 2.0k 1.7× 609 0.6× 1.1k 1.0× 498 0.8× 265 0.8× 138 3.9k
Anders Gade Denmark 33 1.6k 1.4× 699 0.6× 1.0k 0.9× 479 0.8× 353 1.0× 111 3.8k
Bàrbara Segura Spain 36 2.0k 1.7× 1.7k 1.6× 539 0.5× 439 0.7× 439 1.2× 89 4.2k
Mitsuru Kawamura Japan 24 1.4k 1.2× 984 0.9× 421 0.4× 276 0.4× 297 0.8× 231 2.6k
Paula K. Shear United States 42 2.2k 1.9× 773 0.7× 2.7k 2.4× 478 0.8× 581 1.6× 101 5.4k
Claire O’Callaghan Australia 33 1.4k 1.2× 1.2k 1.1× 691 0.6× 218 0.3× 415 1.2× 94 2.9k
Robin G. Morris United Kingdom 29 2.4k 2.1× 393 0.4× 1.3k 1.2× 429 0.7× 379 1.1× 45 3.5k
Sarra Nazem United States 14 567 0.5× 879 0.8× 697 0.6× 447 0.7× 136 0.4× 36 2.2k
Alice Cronin‐Golomb United States 40 2.4k 2.1× 1.9k 1.7× 1.1k 1.0× 564 0.9× 473 1.3× 133 5.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alberto Costa

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alberto Costa

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All Works

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Fiorenzato, Eleonora, Silvia Zabberoni, Maria Stefania De Simone, et al.. (2025). Effects of virtual reality cognitive training on executive function and prospective memory in Parkinson's disease and healthy aging. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 473. 123507–123507. 2 indexed citations
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Carandini, Matteo, et al.. (2025). Current virtual reality-based rehabilitation interventions in neuro-developmental disorders at developmental ages. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 18. 1441615–1441615. 8 indexed citations
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Era, Vanessa, Quentin Moreau, Rachele Pezzetta, et al.. (2025). Dopaminergic modulation of behavioral and electrocortical markers of interpersonal performance monitoring in Parkinson’s Disease. Communications Biology. 8(1). 1195–1195. 1 indexed citations
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Costa, Alberto, et al.. (2024). Dopaminergic Treatment and Episodic Memory in Parkinson’s Disease: A Meta-analysis of the Literature. Neuropsychology Review. 35(4). 688–709. 1 indexed citations
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Bivona, Umberto, Alberto Costa, G Moretti, et al.. (2021). Modification of the Patient Competency Rating Scale to Measure Anosodiaphoria after Severe Acquired Brain Injury: Preliminary Findings. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 37(4). 753–761. 2 indexed citations
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Bivona, Umberto, Paola Ciurli, Giulia Ferri, et al.. (2020). The Self-Awareness Multilevel Assessment Scale, a New Tool for the Assessment of Self-Awareness After Severe Acquired Brain Injury: Preliminary Findings. Frontiers in Psychology. 11. 1732–1732. 10 indexed citations
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Moody, Catherine J., Dag Aarsland, Daniela Berg, et al.. (2017). Maximizing the Potential of Longitudinal Cohorts for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Community Perspective. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 11. 467–467. 5 indexed citations
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Zabberoni, Silvia, Giovanni Augusto Carlesimo, Antonella Peppe, Carlo Caltagirone, & Alberto Costa. (2017). Does Dopamine Depletion Trigger a Spreader Lexical-Semantic Activation in Parkinson’s Disease? Evidence from a Study Based on Word Fluency Tasks. Parkinson s Disease. 2017. 1–6. 3 indexed citations
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Samà, Albert, Michael Lawo, Joan Cabestany, et al.. (2015). Detecting freezing of gait with a tri-axial accelerometer in Parkinson’s disease patients. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing. 54(1). 223–233. 95 indexed citations
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Costa, Alberto & Carlo Caltagirone. (2015). Individual differences in approach-avoidance aptitude: some clues from research on Parkinson’s disease. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. 9. 43–43. 5 indexed citations
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Costa, Alberto, et al.. (2013). Tratamento do estado de mal‐enxaquecoso pela anestesia geral: relato de caso. Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology. 65(5). 407–410. 5 indexed citations
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Costa, Alberto, Massimiliano Oliveri, Francesco Barban, et al.. (2011). Keeping Memory for Intentions: A cTBS Investigation of the Frontopolar Cortex. Cerebral Cortex. 21(12). 2696–2703. 31 indexed citations
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Costa, Alberto, Antonella Peppe, Carlo Caltagirone, & Giovanni Augusto Carlesimo. (2008). Prospective memory impairment in individuals with Parkinson's disease.. Neuropsychology. 22(3). 283–292. 62 indexed citations
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Costa, Alberto, Antonella Peppe, Giovanni Augusto Carlesimo, Patrizio Pasqualetti, & Carlo Caltagirone. (2006). Alexithymia in Parkinson's disease is related to severity of depressive symptoms. European Journal of Neurology. 13(8). 836–841. 46 indexed citations
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Costa, Alberto, Antonella Peppe, Giovanni Augusto Carlesimo, Patrizio Pasqualetti, & Carlo Caltagirone. (2006). Major and minor depression in Parkinson's disease: a neuropsychological investigation. European Journal of Neurology. 13(9). 972–980. 43 indexed citations
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Costa, Alberto, Antonella Peppe, Grazia Dell’Agnello, et al.. (2003). Dopaminergic Modulation of Visual-Spatial Working Memory in Parkinson’s Disease. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. 15(2). 55–66. 102 indexed citations

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