Milena Ruffino

2.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
30 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Milena Ruffino is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Statistics and Probability. According to data from OpenAlex, Milena Ruffino has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 16 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 13 papers in Statistics and Probability. Recurrent topics in Milena Ruffino's work include Reading and Literacy Development (22 papers), Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (13 papers) and Tactile and Sensory Interactions (9 papers). Milena Ruffino is often cited by papers focused on Reading and Literacy Development (22 papers), Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (13 papers) and Tactile and Sensory Interactions (9 papers). Milena Ruffino collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Canada and Switzerland. Milena Ruffino's co-authors include Andrea Facoetti, Simone Gori, Sandro Franceschini, Massimo Molteni, Marco Zorzi, Luca Ronconi, Roberto Bolzani, Mariagrazia Benassi, Deny Menghini and Sara Giovagnoli and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Neurology and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Milena Ruffino

28 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

A Causal Link between Visual Spatial Attention and Reading Acquisition

2012 411 citations Sandro Franceschini, Simone Gori et al. Current Biology profile →
Action Video Games Make Dyslexic Children Read Better

2013 352 citations Sandro Franceschini, Simone Gori et al. Current Biology profile →

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Miriam Rosenberg‐Lee United States

Luisa Girelli Italy

Tali Bitan Israel

Linda J. Lombardino United States

Catherine Willis United Kingdom

Karin Kucian Switzerland

Luca Ronconi Italy

Zohar Eviatar Israel

Urs Maurer Hong Kong

Liliane Sprenger-Charolles France

Miriam Rosenberg‐Lee United States

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196 ×0.9

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Countries citing papers authored by Milena Ruffino

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Milena Ruffino

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20 of 20 papers shown

Gori, Simone, Sara Bertoni, Milena Ruffino, et al.. (2024). The engagement of temporal attention in left spatial neglect. Cortex. 178. 201–212. 3 indexed citations

Bertoni, Sara, Sara Mascheretti, Sandro Franceschini, et al.. (2024). Action video games normalise the phonemic awareness in pre-readers at risk for developmental dyslexia. npj Science of Learning. 9(1). 8 indexed citations

Sattin, Davide, et al.. (2023). Integrated focal psychotherapy: Results from a retrospective study. Frontiers in Psychology. 14. 945644–945644.

Marini, Andrea, et al.. (2017). The Role of Phonological Working Memory and Environmental Factors in Lexical Development in Italian-Speaking Late Talkers: A One-Year Follow-Up Study. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research. 60(12). 3462–3473. 19 indexed citations

Ruffino, Milena, et al.. (2014). Spatial and temporal attention in developmental dyslexia. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 8. 331–331. 69 indexed citations

Franceschini, Sandro, et al.. (2013). Action Video Games Make Dyslexic Children Read Better. Current Biology. 23(6). 462–466. 352 indexed citations breakdown →

Ronconi, Luca, Simone Gori, Enrico Giora, et al.. (2013). Deeper attentional masking by lateral objects in children with autism. Brain and Cognition. 82(2). 213–218. 24 indexed citations

Ronconi, Luca, Simone Gori, Milena Ruffino, Massimo Molteni, & Andrea Facoetti. (2012). Zoom-out attentional impairment in children with autism spectrum disorder. Cortex. 49(4). 1025–1033. 66 indexed citations

Ronconi, Luca, Simone Gori, Milena Ruffino, et al.. (2012). Decreased Coherent Motion Discrimination in Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Role of Attentional Zoom-Out Deficit. PLoS ONE. 7(11). e49019–e49019. 61 indexed citations

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Leonard, Laurence B., et al.. (2012). Visual attentional engagement deficits in children with Specific Language Impairment and their role in real-time language processing. Cortex. 49(8). 2126–2139. 36 indexed citations

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Franceschini, Sandro, et al.. (2012). A Causal Link between Visual Spatial Attention and Reading Acquisition. Current Biology. 22(9). 814–819. 411 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ruffino, Milena, Simone Gori, Sandro Franceschini, & Andrea Facoetti. (2010). Developmental dyslexia: Perceptual noise exclusion deficit or spatial attention dysfunction?. Perception. 39. 80–80. 3 indexed citations

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Corradi, Nicolà, Milena Ruffino, Simone Gori, & Andrea Facoetti. (2010). On the relationship between spatial and non-spatial attention. Journal of Vision. 10(7). 275–275. 2 indexed citations

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Facoetti, Andrea, Nicolà Corradi, Milena Ruffino, Simone Gori, & Marco Zorzi. (2010). Visual spatial attention and speech segmentation are both impaired in preschoolers at familial risk for developmental dyslexia. Dyslexia. 16(3). 226–239. 92 indexed citations

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Ruffino, Milena, Simone Gori, Alessandra Finzi, et al.. (2010). Attentional engagement deficits in dyslexic children. Neuropsychologia. 48(13). 3793–3801. 82 indexed citations

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Facoetti, Andrea, Milena Ruffino, Simone Gori, et al.. (2010). On the Relationship between Magnocellular Pathway and Automatic Attentional Orienting: Evidences from Developmental Dyslexia. Journal of Vision. 10(7). 281–281. 1 indexed citations

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Menghini, Deny, Alessandra Finzi, Mariagrazia Benassi, et al.. (2009). Different underlying neurocognitive deficits in developmental dyslexia: A comparative study. Neuropsychologia. 48(4). 863–872. 200 indexed citations

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Ruffino, Milena. (2008). Disturbi dell'attenzione selettiva nella dislessia evolutiva: evidenze comportamentali, correlati neurobiologici, neurofisiologici e genetici. Research Padua Archive (University of Padua). 22(2). 111–117.

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Facoetti, Andrea, Milena Ruffino, Andrea Peru, Pierluigi Paganoni, & Leonardo Chelazzi. (2008). Sluggish engagement and disengagement of non-spatial attention in dyslexic children. Cortex. 44(9). 1221–1233. 107 indexed citations

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Brambati, Simona M., Cristiano Termine, Milena Ruffino, et al.. (2006). Neuropsychological deficits and neural dysfunction in familial dyslexia. Brain Research. 1113(1). 174–185. 77 indexed citations

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