Amir Amedi

11.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
115 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

Amir Amedi is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Human-Computer Interaction. According to data from OpenAlex, Amir Amedi has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 56 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 15 papers in Human-Computer Interaction. Recurrent topics in Amir Amedi's work include Tactile and Sensory Interactions (79 papers), Multisensory perception and integration (55 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (39 papers). Amir Amedi is often cited by papers focused on Tactile and Sensory Interactions (79 papers), Multisensory perception and integration (55 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (39 papers). Amir Amedi collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and France. Amir Amedi's co-authors include Álvaro Pascual‐Leone, Lotfi B. Merabet, Felipe Fregni, Ehud Zohary, Rafael Malach, Ella Striem-Amit, Shachar Maidenbaum, Sami Abboud, Noa Raz and Laurent Cohen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Amir Amedi

112 papers receiving 7.8k 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.

THE PLASTIC HUMAN BRAIN CORTEX

2005 1.2k citations Amir Amedi et al. profile →
Spontaneous Fluctuations in Posterior -Band EEG Activity Reflect Variability in Excitability of Human Visual Areas

2007 544 citations Amir Amedi et al. profile →
Visuo-haptic object-related activation in the ventral visual pathway

2001 501 citations Amir Amedi, Rafael Malach et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Amir Amedi Israel	41	6.8k	3.4k	701	583	569	115	8.0k
Brigitte Röder Germany	49	6.6k 1.0×	3.9k 1.1×	1.0k 1.5×	422 0.7×	292 0.5×	240	8.6k
K. Sathian United States	47	4.6k 0.7×	2.4k 0.7×	585 0.8×	270 0.5×	497 0.9×	115	5.9k
Robert D. Rafal United Kingdom	49	9.2k 1.4×	1.5k 0.5×	761 1.1×	415 0.7×	641 1.1×	146	10.7k
Francesco Di Russo Italy	44	6.2k 0.9×	1.5k 0.5×	1.1k 1.6×	364 0.6×	355 0.6×	157	7.5k
A. John Van Opstal Netherlands	47	5.4k 0.8×	2.0k 0.6×	602 0.9×	313 0.5×	1.1k 1.9×	143	6.7k
Franco Leporé Canada	44	5.0k 0.7×	2.5k 0.7×	457 0.7×	697 1.2×	228 0.4×	212	6.7k
Lotfi B. Merabet United States	41	5.1k 0.7×	1.7k 0.5×	463 0.7×	901 1.5×	2.0k 3.6×	144	7.4k
Geoffrey F. Woodman United States	51	9.6k 1.4×	2.0k 0.6×	1.2k 1.7×	302 0.5×	369 0.6×	138	10.4k
Bradley R. Postle United States	54	10.6k 1.6×	2.0k 0.6×	780 1.1×	714 1.2×	752 1.3×	125	12.2k
Jean‐René Duhamel France	43	9.2k 1.4×	2.0k 0.6×	2.9k 4.2×	711 1.2×	915 1.6×	82	11.1k

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Heimler, Benedetta, et al.. (2023). Rapid plasticity in the ventral visual stream elicited by a newly learnt auditory script in congenitally blind adults. Neuropsychologia. 190. 108685–108685. 1 indexed citations

Wald, Iddo Yehoshua, et al.. (2023). The Topo-Speech sensory substitution system as a method of conveying spatial information to the blind and vision impaired. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 16. 1058093–1058093. 7 indexed citations

Amedi, Amir, et al.. (2023). Shape detection beyond the visual field using a visual-to-auditory sensory augmentation device. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 17. 1058617–1058617. 5 indexed citations

Wald, Iddo Yehoshua, et al.. (2023). Breathing based immersive interactions for enhanced agency and body awareness: a claustrophobia motivated study. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1–7. 3 indexed citations

Argelaguet, Ferran, et al.. (2023). Persuasive Vibrations: Effects of Speech-Based Vibrations on Persuasion, Leadership, and Co-Presence During Verbal Communication in VR. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 552–560. 1 indexed citations

Friedman, Doron, et al.. (2021). Body Ownership of Anatomically Implausible Hands in Virtual Reality. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 15. 713931–713931. 2 indexed citations

Heimler, Benedetta, et al.. (2020). The sound of reading: Color-to-timbre substitution boosts reading performance via OVAL, a novel auditory orthography optimized for visual-to-auditory mapping. PLoS ONE. 15(11). e0242619–e0242619. 5 indexed citations

Wolak, Tomasz, et al.. (2019). Immediate improvement of speech-in-noise perception through multisensory stimulation via an auditory to tactile sensory substitution. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. 37(2). 155–166. 30 indexed citations

Sanda, Nicolae, Colas Authié, Saddek Mohand‐Saïd, et al.. (2017). Reorganization of early visual cortex functional connectivity following selective peripheral and central visual loss. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 43223–43223. 27 indexed citations

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Maidenbaum, Shachar & Amir Amedi. (2015). Non-visual virtual interaction: Can Sensory Substitution generically increase the accessibility of Graphical virtual reality to the blind?. 15–17. 6 indexed citations

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Maidenbaum, Shachar, et al.. (2015). Integration and binding in rehabilitative sensory substitution: Increasing resolution using a new Zooming-in approach. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. 34(1). 97–105. 5 indexed citations

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Amedi, Amir, et al.. (2014). Returning Sensory Substitution to practical visual rehabilitation. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 55(13). 4146–4146. 2 indexed citations

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Maidenbaum, Shachar, Shelly Levy‐Tzedek, Daniel‐Robert Chebat, & Amir Amedi. (2014). Blind in a virtual world -color, spatial perception and navigation for the blind using auditory sensory substitution in virtual environments. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 55(13). 2156–2156. 1 indexed citations

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Abboud, Sami, et al.. (2014). EyeMusic: Introducing a “visual” colorful experience for the blind using auditory sensory substitution. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. 32(2). 247–257. 147 indexed citations

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Maidenbaum, Shachar, et al.. (2014). The “EyeCane”, a new electronic travel aid for the blind: Technology, behavior & swift learning. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. 32(6). 813–824. 102 indexed citations

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Levy‐Tzedek, Shelly, et al.. (2012). Fast, accurate reaching movements with a visual-to-auditory sensory substitution device. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. 30(4). 313–323. 59 indexed citations

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Reich, Lior, Marcin Szwed, Laurent Cohen, & Amir Amedi. (2012). A Ventral Visual Stream Reading Center Independent of Visual Experience. Current Biology. 22(4). 350–351. 7 indexed citations

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Striem-Amit, Ella, Uri Hertz, & Amir Amedi. (2011). Extensive Cochleotopic Mapping of Human Auditory Cortical Fields Obtained with Phase-Encoding fMRI. PLoS ONE. 6(3). e17832–e17832. 82 indexed citations

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Amedi, Amir, Katharina von Kriegstein, Nienke van Atteveldt, Michael S. Beauchamp, & Marcus J. Naumer. (2005). Functional imaging of human crossmodal identification and object recognition. Experimental Brain Research. 166(3-4). 559–571. 282 indexed citations

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Amedi, Amir, Rafael Malach, Talma Hendler, Sharon Peled, & Ehud Zohary. (2001). Visuo-haptic object-related activation in the ventral visual pathway. Nature Neuroscience. 4(3). 324–330. 501 indexed citations breakdown →

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