Maria Del Vecchio

3.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
29 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Maria Del Vecchio is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Maria Del Vecchio has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 6 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Maria Del Vecchio's work include EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (10 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (6 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (6 papers). Maria Del Vecchio is often cited by papers focused on EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (10 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (6 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (6 papers). Maria Del Vecchio collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Maria Del Vecchio's co-authors include Tim Tully, Jie Yin, Thomas Préat, Hong Zhou, Timothy Tully, William G. Quinn, Hong Zhou, Elizabeth L. Wilder, Klara Velinzon and Steven Russell and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Maria Del Vecchio

28 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Induction of a dominant negative CREB transgene specifically blocks long-term memory in Drosophila

1994 793 citations Jie Yin, Maria Del Vecchio et al. Cell profile →
Genetic dissection of consolidated memory in Drosophila

1994 739 citations Tim Tully, Thomas Préat et al. Cell profile →
CREB as a Memory Modulator: induced expression of a dCREB2 activator isoform enhances long-term memory in drosophila

1995 532 citations Jie Yin, Maria Del Vecchio et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maria Del Vecchio Italy	15	1.7k	822	654	390	247	29	2.5k
Michael N. Nitabach United States	37	2.7k 1.6×	823 1.0×	439 0.7×	635 1.6×	244 1.0×	57	4.0k
Alberto Pascual Spain	22	961 0.6×	734 0.9×	289 0.4×	536 1.4×	126 0.5×	47	2.3k
Richard A. Baines United Kingdom	31	2.1k 1.3×	1.5k 1.8×	220 0.3×	478 1.2×	181 0.7×	99	3.2k
Daisuke Hattori United States	11	1.5k 0.9×	1.7k 2.1×	412 0.6×	1.1k 2.9×	252 1.0×	13	3.1k
Josh Dubnau United States	25	1.8k 1.1×	1.6k 1.9×	263 0.4×	926 2.4×	335 1.4×	47	3.5k
Laurent Seugnet France	22	905 0.5×	674 0.8×	353 0.5×	319 0.8×	118 0.5×	34	1.7k
Arturo Romano Argentina	31	1.3k 0.8×	610 0.7×	665 1.0×	214 0.5×	170 0.7×	63	2.2k
Linda L. Restifo United States	25	1.4k 0.8×	954 1.2×	185 0.3×	1.1k 2.8×	217 0.9×	42	2.5k
Emre Yaksi Norway	26	1.5k 0.9×	521 0.6×	541 0.8×	442 1.1×	126 0.5×	44	2.5k
Benjamin H. White United States	33	3.2k 1.9×	1.6k 1.9×	352 0.5×	1.1k 2.7×	489 2.0×	56	4.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maria Del Vecchio

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Bonomi, Elisa, Flavia Maria Zauli, Ezequiel Mikulan, et al.. (2025). Task Relevance Modulates Somatosensory Awareness Depending on Stimulus Intensity. European Journal of Neuroscience. 62(6). e70262–e70262. 1 indexed citations

Vecchio, Maria Del, Ivana Sartori, Flavia Maria Zauli, et al.. (2025). Conscious tactile perception entails distinct neural dynamics within somatosensory areas. Current Biology. 35(11). 2583–2596.e3. 3 indexed citations

Vecchio, Maria Del, Elisa Bonomi, Flavia Maria Zauli, et al.. (2025). An HD-EEG Database to dissect Somatosensory Awareness from Task Relevance and Report. Scientific Data. 12(1). 1688–1688.

Vecchio, Maria Del, Pietro Avanzini, Marzio Gerbella, et al.. (2024). Anatomo-functional basis of emotional and motor resonance elicited by facial expressions. Brain. 147(9). 3018–3031. 5 indexed citations

Vecchio, Maria Del, et al.. (2024). Introducing HiBoP: a Unity‐based visualization software for large iEEG datasets. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 409. 110179–110179. 1 indexed citations

Pelliccia, Veronica, Maria Del Vecchio, Pietro Avanzini, et al.. (2022). 70 Years of Human Cingulate Cortex Stimulation. Functions and Dysfunctions Through the Lens of Electrical Stimulation. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology. 40(6). 491–500. 6 indexed citations

Vecchiato, Giovanni, et al.. (2022). EEG–EMG coupling as a hybrid method for steering detection in car driving settings. Cognitive Neurodynamics. 16(5). 987–1002. 6 indexed citations

Vecchio, Maria Del, Carlotta Fossataro, Flavia Maria Zauli, et al.. (2021). Tonic somatosensory responses and deficits of tactile awareness converge in the parietal operculum. Brain. 144(12). 3779–3787. 16 indexed citations

Liberto, Giovanni M. Di, Michele Barsotti, Giovanni Vecchiato, et al.. (2021). Robust anticipation of continuous steering actions from electroencephalographic data during simulated driving. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 23383–23383. 15 indexed citations

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Vecchio, Maria Del, et al.. (2021). Perspective-dependent activation of frontoparietal circuits during the observation of a static body effector. Brain Research. 1769. 147604–147604. 1 indexed citations

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Vecchio, Maria Del, Fausto Caruana, Ivana Sartori, et al.. (2020). Action execution and action observation elicit mirror responses with the same temporal profile in human SII. Communications Biology. 3(1). 80–80. 14 indexed citations

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Caruana, Fausto, Pietro Avanzini, Veronica Pelliccia, et al.. (2020). Mirroring other's laughter. Cingulate, opercular and temporal contributions to laughter expression and observation. Cortex. 128. 35–48. 22 indexed citations

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Vecchiato, Giovanni, et al.. (2018). Electroencephalographic time-frequency patterns of braking and acceleration movement preparation in car driving simulation. Brain Research. 1716. 16–26. 20 indexed citations

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Vecchio, Maria Del, Fausto Caruana, Ivana Sartori, et al.. (2018). Ipsilateral somatosensory responses in humans: the tonic activity of SII and posterior insular cortex. Brain Structure and Function. 224(1). 9–18. 17 indexed citations

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Gaudio, P., Andrea Malizia, Massimo Camplani, et al.. (2015). Shadowgraph Technique Applied to STARDUST Facility for Dust Tracking: First Results. Physics Procedia. 62. 97–101. 5 indexed citations

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Savino, Michelangelo, Adriana Borriello, Maria D’Apolito, et al.. (2003). Spectrum ofFANCA mutations in Italian Fanconi anemia patients: Identification of six novel alleles and phenotypic characterization of the S858R variant. Human Mutation. 22(4). 338–339. 26 indexed citations

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Savoia, Anna, Maria Del Vecchio, Antonio Totaro, et al.. (1999). An Autosomal Dominant Thrombocytopenia Gene Maps to Chromosomal Region 10p. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 65(5). 1401–1405. 37 indexed citations

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Vecchio, Maria Del, et al.. (1995). Molecular cloning of linotte in Drosophila: A novel gene that functions in adults during associative learning. Neuron. 15(4). 829–842. 35 indexed citations

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Tully, Tim, et al.. (1994). Genetic dissection of consolidated memory in Drosophila. Cell. 79(1). 35–47. 739 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yin, Jie, Maria Del Vecchio, Elizabeth L. Wilder, et al.. (1994). Induction of a dominant negative CREB transgene specifically blocks long-term memory in Drosophila. Cell. 79(1). 49–58. 793 indexed citations breakdown →

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