Luca Bonini

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Luca Bonini is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Luca Bonini has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 36 papers in Social Psychology and 8 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Luca Bonini's work include Action Observation and Synchronization (35 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (17 papers) and Motor Control and Adaptation (16 papers). Luca Bonini is often cited by papers focused on Action Observation and Synchronization (35 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (17 papers) and Motor Control and Adaptation (16 papers). Luca Bonini collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Germany. Luca Bonini's co-authors include Leonardo Fogassi, Pier Francesco Ferrari, Monica Maranesi, Stefano Rozzi, Alessandro Livi, Giacomo Rizzolatti, Luciano Simone, Marco Lanzilotto, Ivana Zavaroni and Giacomo Rizzolatti and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Luca Bonini

51 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Mirror neurons 30 years later: implications and applications 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 40 80 120
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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.

  1. Mirror neurons 30 years later: implications and applications
    2022 133 citations Luca Bonini, Vittorio Gallese et al. 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
Luca Bonini Italy 28 1.5k 1.5k 328 285 203 53 2.4k
Susanne Weis Germany 33 2.3k 1.5× 536 0.4× 590 1.8× 677 2.4× 67 0.3× 77 3.1k
B. Larsen Denmark 22 1.7k 1.1× 394 0.3× 233 0.7× 144 0.5× 51 0.3× 52 2.9k
Giovanni Mirabella Italy 28 1.5k 1.0× 326 0.2× 138 0.4× 264 0.9× 26 0.1× 62 2.0k
Pierre‐Yves Hervé France 14 2.1k 1.4× 351 0.2× 679 2.1× 383 1.3× 33 0.2× 31 2.7k
Harold W. Gordon United States 28 1.5k 1.0× 235 0.2× 348 1.1× 677 2.4× 89 0.4× 63 2.3k
Ovidiu Lungu Canada 33 1.9k 1.3× 335 0.2× 225 0.7× 429 1.5× 27 0.1× 94 3.2k
Robert K. Shin United States 15 1.7k 1.1× 148 0.1× 181 0.6× 322 1.1× 48 0.2× 35 2.4k
Cherie L. Marvel United States 23 1.3k 0.9× 334 0.2× 158 0.5× 228 0.8× 39 0.2× 42 2.7k
Michael J. Martinez United States 9 1.7k 1.1× 433 0.3× 198 0.6× 590 2.1× 15 0.1× 28 2.4k
Jöran Lepsien Germany 22 1.7k 1.1× 218 0.1× 81 0.2× 348 1.2× 55 0.3× 56 2.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Luca Bonini

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luca Bonini

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

All Works

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Lanzilotto, Marco, Olga Dal Monte, Matteo Diano, et al.. (2025). Learning to fear novel stimuli by observing others in the social affordance framework. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 169. 106006–106006.
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Maranesi, Monica, et al.. (2025). Neuroethology of natural actions in freely moving monkeys. Science. 387(6730). 214–220. 8 indexed citations
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Bonini, Luca, et al.. (2023). The mirror mechanism: linking perception and social interaction. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 27(3). 220–221. 8 indexed citations
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Alia, Claudia, G. Palla, Alberto Mazzoni, et al.. (2023). Fast-Spiking Interneurons of the Premotor Cortex Contribute to Initiation and Execution of Spontaneous Actions. Journal of Neuroscience. 43(23). 4234–4250. 8 indexed citations
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Gerbella, Marzio, Elena Borra, Marco Lanzilotto, et al.. (2021). Histological assessment of a chronically implanted cylindrically-shaped, polymer-based neural probe in the monkey. Journal of Neural Engineering. 18(2). 24001–24001. 5 indexed citations
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Lanzilotto, Marco, et al.. (2021). Local and system mechanisms for action execution and observation in parietal and premotor cortices. Current Biology. 31(13). 2819–2830.e4. 27 indexed citations
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Bonini, Luca, et al.. (2020). Osteochondral avulsion fracture of the posteromedial tibial plateau. Trauma Case Reports. 25. 100281–100281. 7 indexed citations
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Maranesi, Monica, Stefania Bruni, Alessandro Livi, et al.. (2019). Differential neural dynamics underlying pragmatic and semantic affordance processing in macaque ventral premotor cortex. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 11700–11700. 6 indexed citations
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Maranesi, Monica, Alessandro Livi, & Luca Bonini. (2017). Spatial and viewpoint selectivity for others’ observed actions in monkey ventral premotor mirror neurons. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 8231–8231. 26 indexed citations
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Bonini, Luca, Monica Maranesi, Alessandro Livi, Leonardo Fogassi, & Giacomo Rizzolatti. (2014). Ventral Premotor Neurons Encoding Representations of Action during Self and Others’ Inaction. Current Biology. 24(14). 1611–1614. 50 indexed citations
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Maranesi, Monica, Alessandro Livi, Leonardo Fogassi, Giacomo Rizzolatti, & Luca Bonini. (2014). Mirror Neuron Activation Prior to Action Observation in a Predictable Context. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(45). 14827–14832. 68 indexed citations
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Maranesi, Monica, Luca Bonini, & Leonardo Fogassi. (2014). Cortical processing of object affordances for self and others' action. Frontiers in Psychology. 5. 538–538. 43 indexed citations
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Bonini, Luca, Pier Francesco Ferrari, & Leonardo Fogassi. (2013). Neurophysiological bases underlying the organization of intentional actions and the understanding of others’ intention. Consciousness and Cognition. 22(3). 1095–1104. 33 indexed citations
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Bonini, Luca & Pier Francesco Ferrari. (2011). Evolution of mirror systems: a simple mechanism for complex cognitive functions. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1225(1). 166–175. 67 indexed citations
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Ferrari, Pier Francesco, et al.. (2010). A modified mark test for own-body recognition in pig-tailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina). Animal Cognition. 13(4). 631–639. 15 indexed citations
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Bonini, Luca, et al.. (2009). Ventral Premotor and Inferior Parietal Cortices Make Distinct Contribution to Action Organization and Intention Understanding. Cerebral Cortex. 20(6). 1372–1385. 204 indexed citations
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Zavaroni, Ivana, et al.. (1994). Hyperinsulinaemia, obesity, and syndrome X. Journal of Internal Medicine. 235(1). 51–56. 67 indexed citations

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