Anna M. Borghi

8.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
214 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Anna M. Borghi is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Anna M. Borghi has authored 214 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 146 papers in Social Psychology, 95 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 75 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Anna M. Borghi's work include Action Observation and Synchronization (132 papers), Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (84 papers) and Child and Animal Learning Development (53 papers). Anna M. Borghi is often cited by papers focused on Action Observation and Synchronization (132 papers), Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (84 papers) and Child and Animal Learning Development (53 papers). Anna M. Borghi collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Germany. Anna M. Borghi's co-authors include Claudia Scorolli, Ferdinand Binkofski, Felice Cimatti, Luca Tummolini, Roberto Nicoletti, Laura Barca, Luisa Lugli, Lucia Riggio, Gianluca Baldassarre and Cristiano Castelfranchi and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Bulletin, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Anna M. Borghi

196 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

The challenge of abstract concepts. 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 50 100 150 200 250

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Anna M. Borghi Italy 39 3.5k 2.7k 2.3k 1.8k 273 214 5.4k
Michael P. Kaschak United States 28 1.9k 0.5× 1.8k 0.7× 2.1k 0.9× 1.9k 1.1× 262 1.0× 59 4.1k
Margaret Wilson United States 20 2.1k 0.6× 2.2k 0.8× 1.4k 0.6× 1.5k 0.8× 232 0.8× 39 4.7k
Penny M. Pexman Canada 44 1.9k 0.5× 2.6k 1.0× 3.1k 1.3× 2.4k 1.3× 558 2.0× 170 5.5k
Ian A. Apperly United Kingdom 47 3.2k 0.9× 3.8k 1.4× 1.7k 0.7× 4.1k 2.2× 332 1.2× 122 7.6k
Daniel C. Richardson United Kingdom 33 1.6k 0.5× 2.1k 0.8× 1.6k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 440 1.6× 82 4.2k
Laila Craighero Italy 29 6.1k 1.7× 6.3k 2.3× 2.1k 0.9× 2.7k 1.4× 170 0.6× 69 9.0k
Daniel Casasanto United States 34 1.7k 0.5× 2.0k 0.8× 2.8k 1.2× 1.1k 0.6× 169 0.6× 124 5.0k
Howard C. Nusbaum United States 45 1.7k 0.5× 3.9k 1.4× 3.5k 1.5× 2.2k 1.2× 786 2.9× 163 7.4k
Philippe Rochat United States 47 2.7k 0.8× 2.4k 0.9× 781 0.3× 3.3k 1.8× 192 0.7× 124 6.0k
Ellen Winner United States 55 2.4k 0.7× 4.1k 1.5× 3.8k 1.7× 2.7k 1.5× 241 0.9× 172 9.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anna M. Borghi

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All Works

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Villani, Caterina, et al.. (2025). Open hands, large numbers: manual gestures influence random number generation. Psychological Research. 89(2). 55–55. 1 indexed citations
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Fini, Chiara, et al.. (2024). The TECo Database: Ecological and Technological Concepts at the Interface Between Abstractness and Concreteness. Collabra Psychology. 10(1). 6 indexed citations
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Banks, Briony, Anna M. Borghi, Raphaël Fargier, et al.. (2023). Consensus Paper: Current Perspectives on Abstract Concepts and Future Research Directions. Journal of Cognition. 6(1). 62–62. 14 indexed citations
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Fernyhough, Charles & Anna M. Borghi. (2023). Inner speech as language process and cognitive tool. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 27(12). 1180–1193. 23 indexed citations
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Nico, Daniele, Anna M. Borghi, Luca Tummolini, & Elena Daprati. (2023). Abstract concepts and simulated competition. Psychological Research. 88(1). 238–256. 1 indexed citations
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Borghi, Anna M., Laura Barca, Ferdinand Binkofski, & Luca Tummolini. (2018). Varieties of abstract concepts: development, use and representation in the brain. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 373(1752). 20170121–20170121. 74 indexed citations
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Borghi, Anna M., Laura Barca, Ferdinand Binkofski, & Luca Tummolini. (2018). Abstract concepts, language and sociality: from acquisition to inner speech. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 373(1752). 20170134–20170134. 62 indexed citations
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Villani, Caterina, Anna M. Borghi, Luisa Lugli, & Marco Tullio Liuzza. (2018). Different Kinds of Abstract Concepts. Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna). 235–252. 2 indexed citations
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Mazzuca, Claudia, Laura Barca, & Anna M. Borghi. (2017). The Particularity of Emotional Words: A Grounded Approach. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5 indexed citations
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Borghi, Anna M., et al.. (2016). How abstract is risk for workers? Expertise, context and introspection in abstract concepts. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 95–118. 3 indexed citations
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Cimatti, Felice, et al.. (2016). Odors, words and objects. 10(1). 1 indexed citations
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Borghi, Anna M. & Felice Cimatti. (2012). Words are not just words: the social acquisition of abstract words. 5. 22–37. 15 indexed citations
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Borghi, Anna M. & Felice Cimatti. (2009). Words as tools and the problem of abstract words meanings. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. 31(31). 44116–441169. 80 indexed citations
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Borghi, Anna M., et al.. (2008). Il corpo clandestino. IRIS UNIMORE (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia). 2(2). 341–346.
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Nicoletti, Roberto & Anna M. Borghi. (2007). IL controllo motorio. Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna). 4 indexed citations
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Borghi, Anna M., Claudia Bonfiglioli, Luisa Lugli, et al.. (2005). Visual hand primes and manipulable objects. BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca). 27(27). 332–337. 13 indexed citations
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Borghi, Anna M., et al.. (2005). Objects and Affordances: An Artificial Life Simulation. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 27(27). 6 indexed citations
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Ferdinando, Andrea Di, Anna M. Borghi, & Domenico Parisi. (2002). The Role of Action in Object Categorization. The Florida AI Research Society. 138–142. 1 indexed citations
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Borghi, Anna M., et al.. (2001). Taxonomic relations and cognitive economy in conceptual organization. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 23(23). 2 indexed citations

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