Stefano Ferraina

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Stefano Ferraina is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefano Ferraina has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 11 papers in Social Psychology and 9 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Stefano Ferraina's work include Motor Control and Adaptation (42 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (27 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (25 papers). Stefano Ferraina is often cited by papers focused on Motor Control and Adaptation (42 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (27 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (25 papers). Stefano Ferraina collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and France. Stefano Ferraina's co-authors include Roberto Caminiti, Paul Johnson, Luigi Bianchi, Pierpaolo Pani, Alexandra Battaglia‐Mayer, Aldo Genovesio, Francesco Lacquaniti, Yves Burnod, Martin Paré and Emiliano Brunamonti and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Stefano Ferraina

78 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Cortical Networks for Visual Reaching: Physiological and Anatomical Organization of Frontal and Parietal Lobe Arm Regions

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stefano Ferraina Italy	32	3.9k	944	551	523	369	80	4.3k
Tamar R. Makin United Kingdom	31	2.1k 0.5×	840 0.9×	580 1.1×	643 1.2×	385 1.0×	74	3.4k
Satoru Miyauchi Japan	29	3.5k 0.9×	930 1.0×	410 0.7×	790 1.5×	256 0.7×	77	4.1k
Lewis A. Wheaton United States	23	2.1k 0.6×	653 0.7×	325 0.6×	264 0.5×	276 0.7×	58	2.6k
W. Pieter Medendorp Netherlands	41	4.6k 1.2×	915 1.0×	507 0.9×	863 1.7×	274 0.7×	154	5.2k
Driss Boussaoud France	38	5.0k 1.3×	1.1k 1.2×	488 0.9×	739 1.4×	703 1.9×	68	5.7k
Marco Davare Belgium	25	1.9k 0.5×	603 0.6×	591 1.1×	772 1.5×	139 0.4×	52	2.4k
Eiji Hoshi Japan	27	2.6k 0.7×	675 0.7×	253 0.5×	564 1.1×	562 1.5×	44	3.4k
Denis Pélisson France	34	3.1k 0.8×	502 0.5×	341 0.6×	1.4k 2.7×	402 1.1×	103	4.2k
Christopher A. Buneo United States	16	2.8k 0.7×	553 0.6×	510 0.9×	281 0.5×	353 1.0×	38	3.1k
Eran Dayan United States	21	1.7k 0.4×	476 0.5×	346 0.6×	728 1.4×	262 0.7×	50	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Stefano Ferraina

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stefano Ferraina

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefano Ferraina

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Pani, Pierpaolo, et al.. (2024). Prefrontal cortex contribution in transitive inference task through the interplay of beta and gamma oscillations. Communications Biology. 7(1). 1715–1715. 3 indexed citations

Pani, Pierpaolo, et al.. (2024). Cognitive mechanisms of learning in sequential decision-making under uncertainty: an experimental and theoretical approach. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 18. 1399394–1399394. 3 indexed citations

Brunamonti, Emiliano, et al.. (2024). Response inhibition in premotor cortex corresponds to a complex reshuffle of the mesoscopic information network. Network Neuroscience. 8(2). 597–622. 9 indexed citations

Genovesio, Aldo, et al.. (2022). Different Contribution of the Monkey Prefrontal and Premotor Dorsal Cortex in Decision Making During a Transitive Inference Task. Neuroscience. 485. 147–162. 13 indexed citations

Pani, Pierpaolo, et al.. (2019). The small scale functional topology of movement control: Hierarchical organization of local activity anticipates movement generation in the premotor cortex of primates. NeuroImage. 207. 116354–116354. 10 indexed citations

Brunamonti, Emiliano, et al.. (2019). The Puzzling Relationship between Attention and Motivation: Do Motor Biases Matter?. Neuroscience. 406. 150–158. 11 indexed citations

Pani, Pierpaolo, et al.. (2018). Visual salience of the stop signal affects the neuronal dynamics of controlled inhibition. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 14265–14265. 19 indexed citations

Ferrari-Toniolo, Simone, et al.. (2016). Modulation of Neural Variability in Premotor, Motor, and Posterior Parietal Cortex during Change of Motor Intention. Journal of Neuroscience. 36(16). 4614–4623. 17 indexed citations

Battaglia‐Mayer, Alexandra, et al.. (2014). Correction and suppression of reaching movements in the cerebral cortex: Physiological and neuropsychological aspects. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 42. 232–251. 45 indexed citations

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Brunamonti, Emiliano, Francesca R. Chiricozzi, Silvia Clausi, et al.. (2014). Cerebellar Damage Impairs Executive Control and Monitoring of Movement Generation. PLoS ONE. 9(1). e85997–e85997. 58 indexed citations

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Dante, Vittorio, et al.. (2013). Median nerve stimulation modulates extracellular signals in the primary motor area of a macaque monkey. Neuroscience Letters. 550. 184–188. 1 indexed citations

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Marcos, Encarni, Pierpaolo Pani, Emiliano Brunamonti, et al.. (2013). Neural Variability in Premotor Cortex Is Modulated by Trial History and Predicts Behavioral Performance. Neuron. 78(2). 249–255. 69 indexed citations

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Brunamonti, Emiliano, et al.. (2013). Macaque Monkeys Can Learn Token Values from Human Models through Vicarious Reward. PLoS ONE. 8(3). e59961–e59961. 13 indexed citations

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Pezzulo, Giovanni, Pierpaolo Iodice, Stefano Ferraina, & Klaus Kessler. (2013). Shared action spaces: a basis function framework for social re-calibration of sensorimotor representations supporting joint action. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 7. 800–800. 31 indexed citations

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Mattia, Maurizio, Pierpaolo Pani, Giovanni Mirabella, et al.. (2013). Heterogeneous Attractor Cell Assemblies for Motor Planning in Premotor Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(27). 11155–11168. 62 indexed citations

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Brunamonti, Emiliano, et al.. (2012). Gaze orientation interferes with mental numerical representation. Cognitive Processing. 13(4). 375–379. 6 indexed citations

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Brunamonti, Emiliano, et al.. (2011). Cognitive control of movement in down syndrome. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 32(5). 1792–1797. 31 indexed citations

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Mirabella, Giovanni, Pierpaolo Pani, Martin Paré, & Stefano Ferraina. (2006). Inhibitory control of reaching movements in humans. Experimental Brain Research. 174(2). 240–255. 83 indexed citations

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Wurtz, Robert H., Marc A. Sommer, Martin Paré, & Stefano Ferraina. (2001). Signal transformations from cerebral cortex to superior colliculus for the generation of saccades. Vision Research. 41(25-26). 3399–3412. 95 indexed citations

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Ferraina, Stefano, et al.. (1997). Visual Control of Hand‐reaching Movement: Activity in Parietal Area 7m. European Journal of Neuroscience. 9(5). 1090–1095. 91 indexed citations

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