Sébastien Hétu

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Sébastien Hétu is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sébastien Hétu has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 14 papers in Social Psychology and 8 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Sébastien Hétu's work include Action Observation and Synchronization (8 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (8 papers) and Motor Control and Adaptation (6 papers). Sébastien Hétu is often cited by papers focused on Action Observation and Synchronization (8 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (8 papers) and Motor Control and Adaptation (6 papers). Sébastien Hétu collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. Sébastien Hétu's co-authors include Philip L. Jackson, Pierre‐Emmanuel Michon, Fanny Eugène, Mathieu Grégoire, Michel‐Pierre Coll, Arnaud Saimpont, Catherine Mercier, Yi Luo, Martin Gagné and Karen T. Reilly and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

Sébastien Hétu

36 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

The neural network of motor imagery: An ALE meta-analysis 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 200 400 600
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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. The neural network of motor imagery: An ALE meta-analysis
    2013 658 citations Sébastien Hétu, Pierre‐Emmanuel Michon et al. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sébastien Hétu Canada 14 786 429 299 181 162 38 1.3k
Giovanna Lagravinese Italy 17 637 0.8× 601 1.4× 222 0.7× 72 0.4× 114 0.7× 42 1.2k
Sotaro Shimada Japan 19 998 1.3× 579 1.3× 170 0.6× 186 1.0× 59 0.4× 63 1.5k
Marika Berchicci Italy 26 1.6k 2.0× 260 0.6× 197 0.7× 168 0.9× 105 0.6× 71 2.0k
Natacha Deroost Belgium 20 793 1.0× 307 0.7× 184 0.6× 150 0.8× 267 1.6× 73 1.4k
Robert D. McIntosh United Kingdom 30 2.4k 3.1× 500 1.2× 182 0.6× 123 0.7× 176 1.1× 115 2.7k
Paul F. Sowman Australia 22 1.1k 1.4× 145 0.3× 256 0.9× 135 0.7× 174 1.1× 95 1.5k
Michel‐Pierre Coll Canada 14 953 1.2× 534 1.2× 309 1.0× 87 0.5× 102 0.6× 30 1.4k
Giovanni Mirabella Italy 28 1.5k 1.9× 326 0.8× 138 0.5× 108 0.6× 225 1.4× 62 2.0k
Bahram Mohammadi Germany 25 725 0.9× 303 0.7× 90 0.3× 68 0.4× 185 1.1× 46 1.7k
Hanneke I. Van Mier Netherlands 17 969 1.2× 262 0.6× 209 0.7× 97 0.5× 183 1.1× 32 1.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sébastien Hétu

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hétu, Sébastien, et al.. (2025). The habenula in mood disorders: A systematic review of human studies. Molecular Psychiatry. 30(10). 4948–4970.
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Hétu, Sébastien, et al.. (2025). Empathy in dark and vulnerable personality traits: A multimethod study from self-reported, performance-based, and electrophysiological empathy correlates. Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience. 25(5). 1515–1542. 1 indexed citations
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Hétu, Sébastien, et al.. (2025). The associations between social comparison on social media and young adults’ mental health. Frontiers in Psychology. 16. 1597241–1597241.
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Hétu, Sébastien, et al.. (2024). Needing: An Active Inference Process for Physiological Motivation. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 36(9). 2011–2028. 1 indexed citations
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Hétu, Sébastien, et al.. (2023). The Shame System Operates With High Precision. Evolutionary Psychology. 21(3). 4142480450–4142480450. 1 indexed citations
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Gamache, Dominick, et al.. (2023). Revisiting the vulnerable dark triad hypothesis using a bifactor model. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. 64(5). 679–692. 4 indexed citations
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Gamache, Dominick, et al.. (2023). Dark tetrad and vulnerable dark triad traits: Identifying latent profiles from a person-centered approach. Personality and Individual Differences. 219. 112499–112499. 11 indexed citations
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Savard, Claudia, et al.. (2022). A French adaptation of the Affective and Cognitive Measure of Empathy (ACME-F).. Psychological Assessment. 34(3). e15–e25. 6 indexed citations
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Beauchamp, Miriam H., et al.. (2022). How do children adapt their fairness norm? Evidence from computational modeling. PLoS ONE. 17(11). e0277508–e0277508. 3 indexed citations
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Hétu, Sébastien, et al.. (2022). DLPFC controls the rapid neural response to visual threat: An ERP and rTMS study. Brain Research. 1784. 147850–147850. 8 indexed citations
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Feng, Chunliang, Simon B. Eickhoff, Ting Li, et al.. (2021). Common brain networks underlying human social interactions: Evidence from large-scale neuroimaging meta-analysis. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 126. 289–303. 54 indexed citations
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Brisson, Benoît, et al.. (2020). Sensitivity to social norm violation is related to political orientation. PLoS ONE. 15(12). e0242996–e0242996. 8 indexed citations
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Hétu, Sébastien, Vincent Taschereau‐Dumouchel, Hadj Boumediene Meziane, Philip L. Jackson, & Catherine Mercier. (2016). Behavioral and TMS Markers of Action Observation Might Reflect Distinct Neuronal Processes. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 10. 458–458. 8 indexed citations
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Taschereau‐Dumouchel, Vincent, et al.. (2016). BDNF Val66Met Polymorphism Is Associated with Self-Reported Empathy. PLoS ONE. 11(2). e0149911–e0149911. 10 indexed citations
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Taschereau‐Dumouchel, Vincent, Sébastien Hétu, Pierre‐Emmanuel Michon, et al.. (2016). BDNF Val66Met Polymorphism Influences Visuomotor Associative Learning and the Sensitivity to Action Observation. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 34907–34907. 13 indexed citations
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Hétu, Sébastien, Vincent Taschereau‐Dumouchel, & Philip L. Jackson. (2012). Stimulating the brain to study social interactions and empathy. Brain stimulation. 5(2). 95–102. 41 indexed citations
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Hétu, Sébastien, Martin Gagné, Karen T. Reilly, & Catherine Mercier. (2011). Short-term reliability of transcranial magnetic stimulation motor maps in upper limb amputees. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 18(5). 728–730. 13 indexed citations
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Hétu, Sébastien, Martin Gagné, Philip L. Jackson, & Catherine Mercier. (2010). Variability in the effector-specific pattern of motor facilitation during the observation of everyday actions: implications for the clinical use of action observation. Neuroscience. 170(2). 589–598. 12 indexed citations
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Gagné, Martin, Karen T. Reilly, Sébastien Hétu, & Catherine Mercier. (2009). Motor control over the phantom limb in above-elbow amputees and its relationship with phantom limb pain. Neuroscience. 162(1). 78–86. 40 indexed citations

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