H. Hécaen

11.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
170 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

H. Hécaen is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Philosophy and Linguistics and Language. According to data from OpenAlex, H. Hécaen has authored 170 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 17 papers in Philosophy and 9 papers in Linguistics and Language. Recurrent topics in H. Hécaen's work include Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism (22 papers), Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction (18 papers) and Linguistics and Discourse Analysis (15 papers). H. Hécaen is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism (22 papers), Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction (18 papers) and Linguistics and Discourse Analysis (15 papers). H. Hécaen collaborates with scholars based in France and Canada. H. Hécaen's co-authors include R Angelergues, Julián de Ajuriaguerra, Malcolm Piercy, M. P. Bryden, Maria Chiara Deagostini, Maria De Agostini, P. Marcie, Arthur L. Benton, Jessica Dubois and G Assal and has published in prestigious journals such as Brain, Neurology and Brain Research.

In The Last Decade

H. Hécaen

150 papers receiving 7.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The western Aphasia battery

1983 1.4k citations H. Hécaen Neuropsychologia profile →
The neurosciences-third study program

1975 430 citations H. Hécaen Neuropsychologia profile →
The neurosciences—Second study program

1971 415 citations H. Hécaen Neuropsychologia profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
H. Hécaen France	47	6.1k	2.0k	1.2k	957	893	170	8.7k
Hans‐Lukas Teuber United States	30	4.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	963 0.8×	721 0.8×	505 0.6×	56	6.6k
Marcel Kinsbourne United States	55	9.2k 1.5×	2.4k 1.2×	2.1k 1.7×	382 0.4×	1.1k 1.2×	255	12.3k
Lawrence Weiskrantz United Kingdom	56	10.5k 1.7×	1.4k 0.7×	1.9k 1.6×	2.1k 2.2×	1.7k 1.9×	173	12.9k
Richard Held United States	53	6.3k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	928 0.8×	394 0.4×	1.5k 1.7×	144	10.0k
Oliver Braddick United Kingdom	60	7.8k 1.3×	1.3k 0.7×	853 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	790 0.9×	279	11.4k
Leslie G. Ungerleider United States	22	9.0k 1.5×	606 0.3×	1.4k 1.2×	808 0.8×	1.0k 1.2×	30	10.0k
William W. Beatty United States	55	3.0k 0.5×	660 0.3×	653 0.5×	1.8k 1.9×	1.9k 2.1×	196	8.9k
P Tournoux France	11	11.6k 1.9×	1.2k 0.6×	2.1k 1.8×	1.2k 1.3×	1.4k 1.6×	27	15.7k
Janette Atkinson United Kingdom	55	5.1k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	632 0.5×	459 0.5×	597 0.7×	187	8.5k
Norman Geschwind United States	55	13.1k 2.1×	4.8k 2.4×	3.0k 2.5×	924 1.0×	2.3k 2.6×	126	18.8k

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All Works

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Bryden, M. P., H. Hécaen, & Maria Chiara Deagostini. (1983). Patterns of cerebral organization. Brain and Language. 20(2). 249–262. 205 indexed citations

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Hécaen, H.. (1983). Neural models of language processes. Neuropsychologia. 21(3). 301–301. 30 indexed citations

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Hécaen, H.. (1981). Neurobiology of social communication in primates: An evolutionary perspective. Neuropsychologia. 19(3). 487–488. 2 indexed citations

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Perenin, M.T., Jérôme Ruel, & H. Hécaen. (1980). Residual Visual Capacities in a Case of Cortical Blindness. Cortex. 16(4). 605–612. 49 indexed citations

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Hécaen, H.. (1980). Aphasia and associated disorders. Taxonomy, localization and recovery. Neuropsychologia. 18(6). 729–729. 139 indexed citations

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Hécaen, H., et al.. (1977). [Deficitis in the "verbal fluency" test in left-handed subject with unilateral hemispheric lesions].. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 133(10). 571–4. 5 indexed citations

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Hécaen, H.. (1977). Handbook of Sensory Physiology. Vol. 5. Auditory system Physiology (C.N.S.) Behavioral Studies. Psychoacoustics. Neuropsychologia. 15(2). 365–365. 1 indexed citations

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Hécaen, H.. (1977). Reading, perception and language. Neuropsychologia. 15(3). 479–480. 1 indexed citations

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Fraisse, Paul, et al.. (1976). Effects of Unilateral Hemispheric Lesions on Two Types of Optico-Geometric Illusions. Cortex. 12(3). 232–240. 13 indexed citations

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Hécaen, H.. (1975). Essays on the nervous system. Neuropsychologia. 13(4). 503–504. 93 indexed citations

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Hécaen, H.. (1973). Aphasia: Selected readings. Neuropsychologia. 11(1). 128–128. 7 indexed citations

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Hécaen, H.. (1972). Handbook of sensory physiology, volume IV, chemical senses. Neuropsychologia. 10(4). 474–475. 3 indexed citations

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Hécaen, H., et al.. (1971). Cerebral Dominance in Left-Handed Subjects. Cortex. 7(1). 19–48. 349 indexed citations

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Tzavaras, A., H. Hécaen, & Hervé Le Bras. (1970). Le probleme de la specificite du deficit de la reconnaissance du visage humain lors des lesions hemispheriques unilaterales. Neuropsychologia. 8(4). 403–416. 63 indexed citations

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Hécaen, H., Jean Dubois, & P. Marcie. (1967). [Mechanisms of aphasia and their contribution to the neurolinguistics of aphasiology. Neurolinguistic criteria in the classification of aphasias].. PubMed. 67(11). 959–87. 1 indexed citations

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Hécaen, H., Jessica Dubois, & P. Marcie. (1967). Aspects linguistiques des troubles de la vigilance au cours des lésions temporales antérointernes droite et gauche. Neuropsychologia. 5(4). 311–328. 6 indexed citations

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Hécaen, H., Jean Dubois, & R Angelergues. (1966). Approche linguistique des aphasies. Bulletin de psychologie. 19(247). 723–732.

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Hécaen, H. & R Angelergues. (1963). La cécité psychique : étude critique de la notion d'agnosie. 3 indexed citations

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Hécaen, H.. (1960). [Apraxia, I. Introduction].. PubMed. 102. 541–50. 2 indexed citations

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Hécaen, H., et al.. (1956). [Ophthalmoplegic migraine & periodic paralysis of the cranial nerves].. PubMed. 45(6). 1371–96. 1 indexed citations

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