Pietro Morasso

13.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
235 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

Pietro Morasso is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Pietro Morasso has authored 235 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 135 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 82 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 51 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Pietro Morasso's work include Motor Control and Adaptation (104 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (68 papers) and Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (45 papers). Pietro Morasso is often cited by papers focused on Motor Control and Adaptation (104 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (68 papers) and Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (45 papers). Pietro Morasso collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Japan and United States. Pietro Morasso's co-authors include Emilio Bizzi, Maura Casadio, Vittorio Sanguineti, Marco Schieppati, F.A. Mussa Ivaldi, A. Polit, Taishin Nomura, Toshio Tsuji, J. Dichgans and Jacopo Zenzeri and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

Pietro Morasso

217 papers receiving 8.6k citations

Hit Papers

Spatial control of arm movements 1981 2026 1996 2011 1981 1982 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. Spatial control of arm movements
    1981 1.2k citations Pietro Morasso profile →
  2. HUMAN ARM TRAJECTORY FORMATION
    1982 689 citations Pietro Morasso et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Pietro Morasso Italy 44 5.3k 3.7k 2.5k 1.3k 1.2k 235 9.0k
Anatol G. Feldman Canada 49 5.6k 1.1× 4.0k 1.1× 1.5k 0.6× 445 0.3× 1.6k 1.3× 157 8.3k
Alan M. Wing United Kingdom 50 6.6k 1.3× 2.5k 0.7× 1.6k 0.6× 464 0.4× 1.9k 1.5× 208 9.0k
Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky United States 58 7.5k 1.4× 7.5k 2.0× 2.8k 1.1× 821 0.6× 1.7k 1.4× 226 11.0k
Theodore E. Milner Canada 42 4.1k 0.8× 4.1k 1.1× 1.0k 0.4× 870 0.7× 818 0.7× 103 6.3k
Dagmar Sternad United States 40 3.8k 0.7× 2.5k 0.7× 1.5k 0.6× 558 0.4× 1.5k 1.2× 167 6.2k
Andrea d’Avella Italy 38 5.7k 1.1× 5.6k 1.5× 1.6k 0.6× 454 0.3× 1.1k 0.9× 110 7.8k
Gregor Schöner Germany 61 9.8k 1.9× 3.8k 1.0× 2.5k 1.0× 944 0.7× 3.3k 2.7× 211 13.2k
Tamar Flash Israel 47 7.2k 1.4× 4.7k 1.3× 1.2k 0.5× 2.6k 2.0× 2.3k 1.8× 127 11.0k
Francesco Lacquaniti Italy 74 11.6k 2.2× 8.6k 2.3× 4.2k 1.7× 762 0.6× 3.0k 2.5× 294 18.4k
Emilio Bizzi United States 66 13.9k 2.6× 8.9k 2.4× 2.2k 0.9× 1.6k 1.2× 2.9k 2.4× 137 18.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Pietro Morasso

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Fields of papers citing papers by Pietro Morasso

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pietro Morasso

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sandini, Giulio, Alessandra Sciutti, & Pietro Morasso. (2024). Collaborative Robots with Cognitive Capabilities for Industry 4.0 and Beyond. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(4). 1858–1869. 2 indexed citations
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Sandini, Giulio, Alessandra Sciutti, & Pietro Morasso. (2024). Artificial cognition vs. artificial intelligence for next-generation autonomous robotic agents. Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience. 18. 1349408–1349408. 15 indexed citations
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Morasso, Pietro. (2023). Mental simulation of actions for learning optimal poses. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 185–200. 2 indexed citations
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Morasso, Pietro. (2023). The Quest for Cognition in Purposive Action: From Cybernetics to Quantum Computing. Journal of Integrative Neuroscience. 22(2). 39–39. 2 indexed citations
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Bertamino, Marta, Marco Fato, Psiche Giannoni, et al.. (2020). Spontaneous movements in the newborns: a tool of quantitative video analysis of preterm babies. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine. 199. 105838–105838. 12 indexed citations
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Sandini, Giulio & Pietro Morasso. (2018). Direct perception vs inferential processes in reading an opponent's mind: The case of a goalkeeper facing a soccer penalty kick. Physics of Life Reviews. 24. 107–110. 2 indexed citations
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Mohan, Vishwanathan, et al.. (2018). Muscleless motor synergies and actions without movements: From motor neuroscience to cognitive robotics. Physics of Life Reviews. 30. 89–111. 21 indexed citations
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Mohan, Vishwanathan, et al.. (2016). Humanoid infers Archimedes' principle: understanding physical relations and object affordances through cumulative learning experiences. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 13(120). 10 indexed citations
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Nomura, Taishin, et al.. (2013). Modeling human postural sway using an intermittent control and hemodynamic perturbations. Mathematical Biosciences. 245(1). 86–95. 64 indexed citations
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Piovesan, Davide, Maura Casadio, Pietro Morasso, & Psiche Giannoni. (2011). Influence of visual feedback in the regulation of arm stiffness following stroke. PubMed. 7. 8239–8242. 10 indexed citations
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Piovesan, Davide, Maura Casadio, Ferdinando A. Mussa-Ivaldi, & Pietro Morasso. (2011). Multijoint arm stiffness during movements following stroke: Implications for robot therapy. PubMed. 2011. 1–7. 15 indexed citations
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Morasso, Pietro, Maura Casadio, Psiche Giannoni, et al.. (2009). Desirable features of a “humanoid” robot-therapist. PubMed. 2009. 2418–2421. 20 indexed citations
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Masia, Lorenzo, Maura Casadio, Psiche Giannoni, Giulio Sandini, & Pietro Morasso. (2009). Performance adaptive training control strategy for recovering wrist movements in stroke patients: a preliminary, feasibility study. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. 6(1). 44–44. 67 indexed citations
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Tanaka, Yoshiyuki, Toshio Tsuji, Vittorio Sanguineti, & Pietro Morasso. (2005). Bio-mimetic trajectory generation using a neural time-base generator. CINECA IRIS Institutial Research Information System (University of Genoa). 8 indexed citations
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Frisone, Francesco, Paolo Vitali, Pietro Morasso, et al.. (1999). Self-organizing neural networks for fMRI signal detection. NeuroImage. 9. 2 indexed citations
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Morasso, Pietro, Vittorio Sanguineti, & Francesco Frisone. (1997). A Principled Approach to a Theory of Self-organization in Cortical Maps Based on EM-Learning.. International Conference on Neural Information Processing. 166–169. 1 indexed citations
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Morasso, Pietro, et al.. (1994). Ｔｉｍｅ Ｂａｓｅ Ｇｅｎｅｒａｔｏｒを利用した非ホロノミック移動ロボットのフィードバック制御. 12(7). 1072–1078.
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Morasso, Pietro & Vittorio Sanguineti. (1992). Equilibrium point and self-organization. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 15(4). 781–782. 3 indexed citations
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Morasso, Pietro, et al.. (1986). Analogical and propositional knowledge in intelligent path planning. European Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 631–641. 1 indexed citations
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Marino, G., Pietro Morasso, & Renato Zaccaria. (1985). Motor knowledge representation. International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 1110–1112. 8 indexed citations

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