Arnaud Saimpont

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Arnaud Saimpont is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Arnaud Saimpont has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 15 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 8 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Arnaud Saimpont's work include Motor Control and Adaptation (17 papers), Sport Psychology and Performance (13 papers) and Action Observation and Synchronization (7 papers). Arnaud Saimpont is often cited by papers focused on Motor Control and Adaptation (17 papers), Sport Psychology and Performance (13 papers) and Action Observation and Synchronization (7 papers). Arnaud Saimpont collaborates with scholars based in France, Canada and Italy. Arnaud Saimpont's co-authors include Philip L. Jackson, Mathieu Grégoire, Michel‐Pierre Coll, Sébastien Hétu, Fanny Eugène, Pierre‐Emmanuel Michon, Francine Malouin, Thierry Pozzo, Béatrice Tousignant and Charalambos Papaxanthis and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Brain Research.

In The Last Decade

Arnaud Saimpont

22 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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 neural network of motor imagery: An ALE meta-analysis

2013 658 citations Sébastien Hétu, Mathieu Grégoire et al. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Arnaud Saimpont France	12	795	424	419	167	155	24	1.1k
Britta Lorey Germany	13	896 1.1×	599 1.4×	641 1.5×	96 0.6×	95 0.6×	15	1.2k
Nobuaki Mizuguchi Japan	19	722 0.9×	388 0.9×	352 0.8×	103 0.6×	160 1.0×	50	994
Robert M. Hardwick United States	16	1.2k 1.5×	349 0.8×	537 1.3×	161 1.0×	487 3.1×	31	1.8k
Ambra Bisio Italy	19	594 0.7×	254 0.6×	478 1.1×	85 0.5×	127 0.8×	75	1.0k
Martin F. Lafleur Canada	8	878 1.1×	568 1.3×	418 1.0×	406 2.4×	139 0.9×	9	1.5k
Alissa D. Fourkas Italy	9	959 1.2×	262 0.6×	350 0.8×	138 0.8×	134 0.9×	11	1.2k
Maarten Steyvers Belgium	12	608 0.8×	208 0.5×	219 0.5×	111 0.7×	207 1.3×	13	839
Franck Di Rienzo France	21	902 1.1×	776 1.8×	542 1.3×	214 1.3×	122 0.8×	63	1.7k
Pierre‐Emmanuel Michon Canada	11	618 0.8×	286 0.7×	362 0.9×	89 0.5×	81 0.5×	14	891
Florian A. Kagerer United States	16	692 0.9×	284 0.7×	211 0.5×	172 1.0×	121 0.8×	35	1.0k

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Debarnot, Ursula, et al.. (2024). Interlimb transfer of sequential motor learning between upper and lower effectors. Gait & Posture. 113. 412–418.

Saimpont, Arnaud, et al.. (2024). Towards efficient motor imagery interventions after lower-limb amputation. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. 21(1). 55–55.

Guillot, Aymeric, Sébastien Daligault, Franck Di Rienzo, et al.. (2022). Anodal tDCS does not enhance the learning of the sequential finger-tapping task by motor imagery practice in healthy older adults. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 14. 1060791–1060791. 5 indexed citations

Saimpont, Arnaud, Francine Malouin, Anne Durand, et al.. (2021). The effects of body position and actual execution on motor imagery of locomotor tasks in people with a lower-limb amputation. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 13788–13788. 7 indexed citations

Saimpont, Arnaud, et al.. (2020). Acquisition and consolidation of sequential footstep movements with physical and motor imagery practice. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 30(12). 2477–2484. 10 indexed citations

Guillot, Aymeric, Arnaud Saimpont, Franck Di Rienzo, et al.. (2019). Motor imagery ability of patients with lower-limb amputation: exploring the course of rehabilitation effects. European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. 55(5). 634–645. 15 indexed citations

Guillot, Aymeric, et al.. (2019). Effects of Different Ratios of Physical and Mental Practice on Postural Control Improvement. Journal of Motor Behavior. 52(6). 723–733. 1 indexed citations

Rienzo, Franck Di, Susana Núñez-Nagy, Miguel A. Rubio, et al.. (2018). Optimal Combination of Anodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulations and Motor Imagery Interventions. Neural Plasticity. 2018. 1–7. 9 indexed citations

Rienzo, Franck Di, Susana Núñez-Nagy, Miguel A. Rubio, et al.. (2017). Anodal tDCS over the primary motor cortex improves motor imagery benefits on postural control: A pilot study. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 480–480. 35 indexed citations

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Saimpont, Arnaud, Catherine Mercier, Francine Malouin, et al.. (2015). Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation enhances the effects of motor imagery training in a finger tapping task. European Journal of Neuroscience. 43(1). 113–119. 33 indexed citations

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Saimpont, Arnaud, Francine Malouin, Béatrice Tousignant, & Philip L. Jackson. (2014). Assessing motor imagery ability in younger and older adults by combining measures of vividness, controllability and timing of motor imagery. Brain Research. 1597. 196–209. 35 indexed citations

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Saimpont, Arnaud, Martin F. Lafleur, Francine Malouin, et al.. (2013). The comparison between motor imagery and verbal rehearsal on the learning of sequential movements. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 7. 773–773. 24 indexed citations

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Hétu, Sébastien, Mathieu Grégoire, Arnaud Saimpont, et al.. (2013). The neural network of motor imagery: An ALE meta-analysis. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 37(5). 930–949. 658 indexed citations breakdown →

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Saimpont, Arnaud, Francine Malouin, Béatrice Tousignant, & Philip L. Jackson. (2013). Motor Imagery and Aging. Journal of Motor Behavior. 45(1). 21–28. 68 indexed citations

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Saimpont, Arnaud, Francine Malouin, Béatrice Tousignant, & Philip L. Jackson. (2012). The influence of body configuration on motor imagery of walking in younger and older adults. Neuroscience. 222. 49–57. 43 indexed citations

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Saimpont, Arnaud, et al.. (2011). Correction: Does Observation of Postural Imbalance Induce a Postural Reaction?. PLoS ONE. 6(3). 7 indexed citations

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Saimpont, Arnaud, et al.. (2011). Does Observation of Postural Imbalance Induce a Postural Reaction?. PLoS ONE. 6(3). e17799–e17799. 20 indexed citations

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Saimpont, Arnaud, France Mourey, Patrick Manckoundia, Pierre Pfitzenmeyer, & Thierry Pozzo. (2009). Aging affects the mental simulation/planning of the “rising from the floor” sequence. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 51(3). e41–e45. 31 indexed citations

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Saimpont, Arnaud, Thierry Pozzo, & Charalambos Papaxanthis. (2009). Aging Affects the Mental Rotation of Left and Right Hands. PLoS ONE. 4(8). e6714–e6714. 85 indexed citations

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Daprati, Elena, Daniele Nico, Arnaud Saimpont, Nicolás Franck, & Angela Sirigu. (2005). Memory and action: an experimental study on normal subjects and schizophrenic patients. Neuropsychologia. 43(2). 281–293. 26 indexed citations

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