David Freedberg

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

David Freedberg is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Visual Arts and Performing Arts and History. According to data from OpenAlex, David Freedberg has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 12 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts and 10 papers in History. Recurrent topics in David Freedberg's work include Aesthetic Perception and Analysis (13 papers), Action Observation and Synchronization (9 papers) and Visual Culture and Art Theory (7 papers). David Freedberg is often cited by papers focused on Aesthetic Perception and Analysis (13 papers), Action Observation and Synchronization (9 papers) and Visual Culture and Art Theory (7 papers). David Freedberg collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and United Kingdom. David Freedberg's co-authors include Vittorio Gallese, Crispin Sartwell, Maria Alessandra Umiltà, Cristina Berchio, Mariateresa Sestito, Cinzia Di Dio, Davide Massaro, Federica Savazzi, Arthur C. Danto and Antonella Marchetti and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Trends in Cognitive Sciences.

In The Last Decade

David Freedberg

60 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Motion, emotion and empathy in esthetic experience 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

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. Motion, emotion and empathy in esthetic experience
    2007 579 citations David Freedberg, Vittorio Gallese Trends in Cognitive Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Freedberg United States 15 836 510 498 366 167 75 1.7k
Constance Classen Canada 15 114 0.1× 224 0.4× 313 0.6× 190 0.5× 259 1.6× 28 2.0k
William Blizek United States 6 764 0.9× 620 1.2× 630 1.3× 105 0.3× 82 0.5× 29 1.8k
Jerrold Levinson United States 23 679 0.8× 192 0.4× 458 0.9× 327 0.9× 27 0.2× 93 1.5k
Peter Kivy United States 20 759 0.9× 254 0.5× 387 0.8× 131 0.4× 18 0.1× 122 1.5k
Ellen Dissanayake United States 14 315 0.4× 375 0.7× 347 0.7× 184 0.5× 28 0.2× 50 1.3k
Winfried Menninghaus Germany 28 1.7k 2.1× 978 1.9× 1.4k 2.9× 162 0.4× 270 1.6× 119 3.0k
Lambros Malafouris United Kingdom 20 985 1.2× 768 1.5× 265 0.5× 53 0.1× 11 0.1× 45 2.2k
Berys Gaut United Kingdom 14 333 0.4× 158 0.3× 295 0.6× 176 0.5× 17 0.1× 35 919
James Elkins United States 17 164 0.2× 77 0.2× 102 0.2× 412 1.1× 12 0.1× 95 1.2k
Charles Darwin United States 12 517 0.6× 630 1.2× 588 1.2× 18 0.0× 47 0.3× 36 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by David Freedberg

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Freedberg

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Freedberg

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Freedberg. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Freedberg based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David Freedberg. David Freedberg is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Infortuna, Carmenrita, Fortunato Battaglia, David Freedberg, et al.. (2022). Emotional Temperament and Character Dimensions and State Anger as Predictors of Preference for Rap Music in Italian Population. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(20). 13650–13650. 1 indexed citations
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Freedberg, David, et al.. (2020). The Body in the Picture. The Lesson of Phantom Limbs and the origins of the BIID. 5–50. 2 indexed citations
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Khaw, Mel Win, et al.. (2019). Speed of person perception affects immediate and ongoing aesthetic evaluation. Acta Psychologica. 197. 166–176. 3 indexed citations
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Concerto, Carmen, M.A. Warren, Carmenrita Infortuna, et al.. (2018). Motor facilitation during observation of implied motion: Evidence for a role of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. International Journal of Psychophysiology. 128. 47–51. 7 indexed citations
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Ardizzi, Martina, Francesca Ferroni, Maria Alessandra Umiltà, et al.. (2018). Beholders’ sensorimotor engagement enhances aesthetic rating of pictorial facial expressions of pain. Psychological Research. 84(2). 370–379. 17 indexed citations
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Khaw, Mel Win & David Freedberg. (2018). Continuous aesthetic judgment of image sequences. Acta Psychologica. 188. 213–219. 10 indexed citations
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Concerto, Carmen, Carmenrita Infortuna, Manuel P. Pereira, et al.. (2016). Observation of implied motion in a work of art modulates cortical connectivity and plasticity. Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation. 12(5). 417–423. 7 indexed citations
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Concerto, Carmen, Carmenrita Infortuna, David Freedberg, et al.. (2015). Neural circuits underlying motor facilitation during observation of implied motion. Somatosensory & Motor Research. 32(4). 207–210. 9 indexed citations
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Massaro, Davide, Federica Savazzi, Cinzia Di Dio, et al.. (2012). When Art Moves the Eyes: A Behavioral and Eye-Tracking Study. PLoS ONE. 7(5). e37285–e37285. 137 indexed citations
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Battaglia, Fortunato, Sarah H. Lisanby, & David Freedberg. (2011). Corticomotor Excitability during Observation and Imagination of a Work of Art. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 5. 79–79. 39 indexed citations
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Freedberg, David. (2009). Immagini e risposta emotiva: la prospettiva neuroscientifica. Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University). 85–105. 2 indexed citations
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Freedberg, David. (2008). Antropologia e storia dell'arte: la fine delle discipline?. 31(1). 5–18. 1 indexed citations
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Freedberg, David & Vittorio Gallese. (2007). Motion, emotion and empathy in esthetic experience. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 11(5). 197–203. 579 indexed citations breakdown →
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Freedberg, David. (2003). Damnatio Memoriae: Why Mobs Pull Down Statues. Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University). 3 indexed citations
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Freedberg, David. (1996). Ferrari and the Pregnant Lemons of Pietrasanta. Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University). 41–58. 1 indexed citations
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Freedberg, David, et al.. (1992). The play of the unmentionable.
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Freedberg, David. (1992). Science, Commerce, and Art: Neglected Topics at the Junction of History and Art History. Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University). 377–428. 7 indexed citations
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Freedberg, David. (1988). Iconoclasm and painting in the revolt of the Netherlands, 1566-1609. Garland eBooks. 10 indexed citations
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Freedberg, David. (1987). Aertsen, Heemskerck en de crisis van de kunst in de Nederlanden. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 35(3). 224–241.
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Freedberg, David, Aviva Burnstock, & Alan Phenix. (1984). Paintings or Prints? Experiens Sillemans and the Origins of the "Grisaille" Sea-Piece: Notes on a Rediscovered Technique. Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University). 1(3). 149–168.

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