Donatella Spinelli

9.7k total citations
167 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Donatella Spinelli is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Donatella Spinelli has authored 167 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 136 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 29 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 21 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Donatella Spinelli's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (82 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (52 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (43 papers). Donatella Spinelli is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (82 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (52 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (43 papers). Donatella Spinelli collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Spain. Donatella Spinelli's co-authors include Francesco Di Russo, Pierluigi Zoccolotti, Maria De Luca, Anna Judica, Sabrina Pitzalis, Marika Berchicci, Helmut V. B. Hirsch, Maria Concetta Morrone, Rinaldo Livio Perri and Karl H. Pribram and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Neuroscience and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Donatella Spinelli

166 papers receiving 6.9k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Donatella Spinelli Italy 49 5.5k 1.9k 839 704 595 167 7.3k
Robert F. Dougherty United States 44 5.8k 1.1× 1.0k 0.5× 479 0.6× 454 0.6× 683 1.1× 71 8.4k
David R. Badcock Australia 42 4.8k 0.9× 629 0.3× 333 0.4× 677 1.0× 583 1.0× 198 5.5k
Andreas Kleinschmidt Germany 66 11.0k 2.0× 759 0.4× 631 0.8× 1.7k 2.4× 1.9k 3.2× 151 14.5k
Vincent Walsh United Kingdom 45 7.6k 1.4× 922 0.5× 1.6k 1.9× 528 0.8× 1.7k 2.8× 114 9.5k
Robert Sekuler United States 56 8.6k 1.6× 640 0.3× 533 0.6× 1.2k 1.8× 1.4k 2.4× 218 11.0k
Oliver Braddick United Kingdom 60 7.8k 1.4× 1.3k 0.7× 433 0.5× 1.1k 1.5× 853 1.4× 279 11.4k
Avi Karni Israel 41 7.8k 1.4× 1.8k 0.9× 320 0.4× 1.0k 1.5× 2.0k 3.4× 138 9.4k
Peter Brugger Switzerland 49 4.4k 0.8× 1.0k 0.5× 943 1.1× 324 0.5× 1.3k 2.2× 248 8.0k
Trichur R. Vidyasagar Australia 34 3.4k 0.6× 951 0.5× 573 0.7× 1.1k 1.6× 247 0.4× 90 3.9k
Mark A. Eckert United States 45 4.9k 0.9× 1.5k 0.8× 758 0.9× 427 0.6× 888 1.5× 112 7.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Donatella Spinelli

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Donatella Spinelli

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Donatella Spinelli. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Donatella Spinelli 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 Donatella Spinelli. Donatella Spinelli is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Russo, Francesco Di, Marika Berchicci, Valentina Bianco, et al.. (2019). Normative event-related potentials from sensory and cognitive tasks reveal occipital and frontal activities prior and following visual events. NeuroImage. 196. 173–187. 67 indexed citations
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Primativo, Silvia, Donatella Spinelli, Pierluigi Zoccolotti, Maria De Luca, & Marialuisa Martelli. (2016). Perceptual and Cognitive Factors Imposing “Speed Limits” on Reading Rate: A Study with the Rapid Serial Visual Presentation. PLoS ONE. 11(4). e0153786–e0153786. 18 indexed citations
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Lucci, Giuliana, Marika Berchicci, Rinaldo Livio Perri, Donatella Spinelli, & Francesco Di Russo. (2016). Effect of target probability on pre-stimulus brain activity. Neuroscience. 322. 121–128. 21 indexed citations
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Tomassini, Alice, Donatella Spinelli, Marco Jacono, Giulio Sandini, & Maria Concetta Morrone. (2015). Rhythmic Oscillations of Visual Contrast Sensitivity Synchronized with Action. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(18). 7019–7029. 73 indexed citations
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Berchicci, Marika, Giuliana Lucci, Rinaldo Livio Perri, Donatella Spinelli, & Francesco Di Russo. (2014). Benefits of Physical Exercise on Basic Visuo-Motor Functions Across Age. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 6. 48–48. 50 indexed citations
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Perri, Rinaldo Livio, Marika Berchicci, Donatella Spinelli, & Francesco Di Russo. (2014). Individual differences in response speed and accuracy are associated to specific brain activities of two interacting systems. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 8. 251–251. 72 indexed citations
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Pontillo, Maria, Maria De Luca, Andrew W. Ellis, et al.. (2014). Failure to learn a new spatial format in children with developmental dyslexia. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 4869–4869. 10 indexed citations
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Martelli, Marialuisa, et al.. (2013). Bridging the gap between different measures of the reading speed deficit in developmental dyslexia. Experimental Brain Research. 232(1). 237–252. 18 indexed citations
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Zoccolotti, Pierluigi, et al.. (2012). Multiple stimulus presentation yields larger deficits in children with developmental dyslexia: A study with reading and RAN-type tasks. Child Neuropsychology. 19(6). 639–647. 48 indexed citations
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Russo, Francesco Di, Alessandro Bultrini, Stefano Brunelli, et al.. (2010). Benefits of Sports Participation for Executive Function in Disabled Athletes. Journal of Neurotrauma. 27(12). 2309–2319. 104 indexed citations
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Russo, Francesco Di, et al.. (2006). Neural correlates of fast stimulus discrimination and response selection in top-level fencers. Neuroscience Letters. 408(2). 113–118. 163 indexed citations
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Russo, Francesco Di, Sabrina Pitzalis, Teresa Aprile, & Donatella Spinelli. (2005). Effect of Practice on Brain Activity: An Investigation in Top-Level Rifle Shooters. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 37(9). 1586–1593. 79 indexed citations
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Zelli, Arnaldo, et al.. (2004). Sport gender stereotypes in Italy.. International journal of sport psychology. 35(3). 189–206. 18 indexed citations
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Angelelli, Paola, Anna Judica, Donatella Spinelli, Pierluigi Zoccolotti, & Claudio Luzzatti. (2004). Characteristics of Writing Disorders in Italian Dyslexic Children. Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology. 17(1). 18–31. 63 indexed citations
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Russo, Francesco Di, Sabrina Pitzalis, & Donatella Spinelli. (2003). Fixation stability and saccadic latency in élite shooters. Vision Research. 43(17). 1837–1845. 80 indexed citations
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Luca, Maria De, Marta Borrelli, Anna Judica, Donatella Spinelli, & Pierluigi Zoccolotti. (2002). Reading Words and Pseudowords: An Eye Movement Study of Developmental Dyslexia. Brain and Language. 80(3). 617–626. 159 indexed citations
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Russo, Francesco Di, Donatella Spinelli, & Maria Concetta Morrone. (2001). Automatic gain control contrast mechanisms are modulated by attention in humans: evidence from visual evoked potentials. Vision Research. 41(19). 2435–2447. 107 indexed citations
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Russo, Francesco Di & Donatella Spinelli. (1999). Electrophysiological evidence for an early attentional mechanism in visual processing in humans. Vision Research. 39(18). 2975–2985. 152 indexed citations
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Morrone, Maria Concetta, David C. Burr, & Donatella Spinelli. (1989). Discrimination of spatial phase in central and peripheral vision. Vision Research. 29(4). 433–445. 46 indexed citations

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