Francesca Simion

9.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
124 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Francesca Simion is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Simion has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 34 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 31 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Francesca Simion's work include Face Recognition and Perception (41 papers), Child and Animal Learning Development (34 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (24 papers). Francesca Simion is often cited by papers focused on Face Recognition and Perception (41 papers), Child and Animal Learning Development (34 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (24 papers). Francesca Simion collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Francesca Simion's co-authors include Carlo Umiltà, Eloisa Valenza, Viola Macchi Cassia, Chiara Turati, Teresa Farroni, Mark H. Johnson, Lucia Regolin, Gergely Csibra, Hermann Bulf and Irene Leo and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Simion

123 papers receiving 6.1k 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.

Eye contact detection in humans from birth

2002 982 citations Francesca Simion et al. profile →
A predisposition for biological motion in the newborn baby

2008 527 citations Francesca Simion, Lucia Regolin et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francesca Simion Italy	41	4.2k	2.0k	1.8k	1.7k	764	124	6.4k
John Morton United Kingdom	51	7.0k 1.7×	4.5k 2.3×	3.6k 2.0×	1.5k 0.9×	549 0.7×	172	12.0k
Scott P. Johnson United States	46	3.5k 0.8×	3.5k 1.8×	1.4k 0.8×	918 0.5×	533 0.7×	191	7.0k
Alan Slater United Kingdom	50	4.0k 1.0×	2.3k 1.2×	3.0k 1.7×	1.3k 0.8×	779 1.0×	143	7.0k
Olivier Pascalis France	47	6.0k 1.4×	2.0k 1.0×	4.0k 2.3×	1.6k 0.9×	1.3k 1.7×	158	8.1k
Paul C. Quinn United States	53	5.1k 1.2×	3.9k 1.9×	4.0k 2.3×	1.8k 1.0×	1.1k 1.5×	224	9.1k
Teresa Farroni Italy	26	2.8k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	357 0.5×	73	4.1k
Atsushi Senju United Kingdom	37	4.5k 1.1×	2.5k 1.3×	1.0k 0.6×	1.8k 1.0×	269 0.4×	92	6.2k
Sandra E. Trehub Canada	57	7.4k 1.8×	2.9k 1.4×	2.8k 1.6×	1.4k 0.8×	327 0.4×	199	9.9k
E. Glenn Schellenberg Canada	53	6.9k 1.6×	1.2k 0.6×	2.1k 1.2×	2.5k 1.5×	303 0.4×	135	8.9k
Daphne Maurer Canada	52	8.9k 2.1×	1.5k 0.8×	4.6k 2.6×	1.4k 0.8×	1.9k 2.5×	211	11.2k

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Geraci, Alessandra, et al.. (2024). Evaluations of aggressive chasing interactions by 7‐month‐old infants. Aggressive Behavior. 50(5). e22174–e22174. 3 indexed citations

Xiao, Naiqi G., Valentina Angeli, Wei Fang, et al.. (2023). The discrimination of expressions in facial movements by infants: A study with point-light displays. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 232. 105671–105671. 1 indexed citations

Geraci, Alessandra, et al.. (2023). Sensitivity to the role of an animated agent from observed interactions in newborn chicks ( Gallus gallus ). Royal Society Open Science. 10(10). 210020–210020. 3 indexed citations

Giorgio, Elisa Di, Marco Lunghi, Giorgio Vallortígara, & Francesca Simion. (2021). Newborns’ sensitivity to speed changes as a building block for animacy perception. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 542–542. 40 indexed citations

Rugani, Rosa, et al.. (2020). Individually distinctive features facilitate numerical discrimination of sets of objects in domestic chicks. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 16408–16408. 9 indexed citations

Giorgio, Elisa Di, Marco Lunghi, Rosa Rugani, et al.. (2019). A mental number line in human newborns. Developmental Science. 22(6). e12801–e12801. 80 indexed citations

Sansavini, Alessandra & Francesca Simion. (2019). Aumento delle diagnosi di Disturbi Specifici dell'Apprendimento in Italia: Quali fattori concorrono nel determinare tale aumento?. Psicologia clinica dello sviluppo. 23(2). 265–281. 2 indexed citations

Walker, Peter, J. Gavin Bremner, Marco Lunghi, et al.. (2018). Newborns are sensitive to the correspondence between auditory pitch and visuospatial elevation. Developmental Psychobiology. 60(2). 216–223. 21 indexed citations

Simion, Francesca & Elisa Di Giorgio. (2015). Face perception and processing in early infancy: inborn predispositions and developmental changes. Frontiers in Psychology. 6. 969–969. 88 indexed citations

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Bardi, Lara, Lucia Regolin, & Francesca Simion. (2013). The first time ever I saw your feet: Inversion effect in newborns’ sensitivity to biological motion.. Developmental Psychology. 50(4). 986–993. 44 indexed citations

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Giorgio, Elisa Di, Irene Leo, Olivier Pascalis, & Francesca Simion. (2011). Is the face-perception system human-specific at birth?. Developmental Psychology. 48(4). 1083–1090. 53 indexed citations

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Simion, Francesca, Elisa Di Giorgio, Irene Leo, & Lara Bardi. (2011). The processing of social stimuli in early infancy. Progress in brain research. 189. 173–193. 61 indexed citations

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Bardi, Lara, Lucia Regolin, & Francesca Simion. (2010). Biological motion preference in humans at birth: role of dynamic and configural properties. Developmental Science. 14(2). 353–359. 116 indexed citations

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Leo, Irene & Francesca Simion. (2009). Face processing at birth: a Thatcher illusion study. Developmental Science. 12(3). 492–498. 21 indexed citations

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Turati, Chiara, Hermann Bulf, & Francesca Simion. (2007). Newborns’ face recognition over changes in viewpoint. Cognition. 106(3). 1300–1321. 89 indexed citations

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Simion, Francesca, Irene Leo, Chiara Turati, Eloisa Valenza, & Beatrice Dalla Barba. (2007). How face specialization emerges in the first months of life. Progress in brain research. 164. 169–185. 66 indexed citations

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Dondi, Marco, et al.. (1999). Can newborns discriminate between their own cry and the cry of another newborn infant?. Developmental Psychology. 35(2). 418–426. 102 indexed citations

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Paye, Marc, Francesca Simion, & Gérald Pierard. (1994). Dansyl chloride labelling of stratum corneum: its rapid extraction from skin can predict skin irritation due to surfactants and cleansing products. Contact Dermatitis. 30(2). 91–96. 20 indexed citations

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Mattai, J., et al.. (1993). Prevention of model stratum corneum lipid phase transitions in vitro by cosmetic additives : differential scanning calorimetry, optical microscopy, and water evaporation studies. Journal of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists. 44(2). 89–100. 14 indexed citations

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Bagnara, Sebastiano, David B. Boles, Francesca Simion, & Carlo Umiltà. (1982). Can an Analytic/Holistic Dichotomy Explain Hemispheric Asymmetries?. Cortex. 18(1). 67–77. 24 indexed citations

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