Thomas D. Parsons

14.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
200 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

Thomas D. Parsons is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas D. Parsons has authored 200 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 27 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 25 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Thomas D. Parsons's work include Traumatic Brain Injury Research (24 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (24 papers) and Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (19 papers). Thomas D. Parsons is often cited by papers focused on Traumatic Brain Injury Research (24 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (24 papers) and Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (19 papers). Thomas D. Parsons collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Thomas D. Parsons's co-authors include Albert Rizzo, Rita J. Balice‐Gordon, Xiaoyu Peng, Josep Dalmau, J. Galen Buckwalter, Ethan G. Hughes, Christopher G. Courtney, Alyssa Braaten, Timothy McMahan and Steven Paul Woods and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Thomas D. Parsons

193 papers receiving 8.7k citations

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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.

Cellular and Synaptic Mechanisms of Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis

2010 852 citations Xiaoyu Peng, Thomas D. Parsons et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
Affective outcomes of virtual reality exposure therapy for anxiety and specific phobias: A meta-analysis

2007 646 citations Thomas D. Parsons, Albert Rizzo profile →
The prevalence and incidence of neurocognitive impairment in the HAART era

2007 504 citations Thomas D. Parsons et al. profile →
Virtual Reality for Enhanced Ecological Validity and Experimental Control in the Clinical, Affective and Social Neurosciences

2015 486 citations Thomas D. Parsons profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas D. Parsons United States	46	2.2k	1.6k	1.4k	1.2k	1.1k	200	9.0k
Thomas Brandt Germany	71	5.2k 2.3×	2.4k 1.5×	449 0.3×	1.1k 0.9×	623 0.5×	340	17.5k
Rüdiger J. Seitz Germany	61	8.9k 4.0×	1.7k 1.1×	163 0.1×	1.0k 0.9×	493 0.4×	264	15.7k
John DeLuca United States	71	3.3k 1.5×	4.1k 2.5×	108 0.1×	640 0.5×	545 0.5×	388	18.2k
Cynthia Owsley United States	71	3.4k 1.5×	231 0.1×	235 0.2×	311 0.3×	1.6k 1.4×	328	19.0k
Edward H.F. de Haan Netherlands	64	7.3k 3.3×	591 0.4×	261 0.2×	542 0.5×	504 0.4×	218	13.6k
Ian H. Robertson Ireland	74	13.7k 6.2×	948 0.6×	279 0.2×	786 0.7×	310 0.3×	329	20.1k
John Stein United Kingdom	80	9.9k 4.4×	4.1k 2.5×	185 0.1×	2.8k 2.4×	791 0.7×	323	19.1k
Robert D. Rafal United Kingdom	49	9.2k 4.1×	525 0.3×	232 0.2×	415 0.4×	186 0.2×	146	10.7k
John Polich United States	83	22.3k 10.0×	618 0.4×	410 0.3×	2.4k 2.1×	567 0.5×	254	29.5k
Scott A. Huettel United States	58	7.7k 3.5×	244 0.1×	84 0.1×	796 0.7×	405 0.4×	168	11.7k

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Parsons, Thomas D., et al.. (2024). Feasibility study to identify machine learning predictors for a Virtual Environment Grocery Store. Virtual Reality. 28(1). 1 indexed citations

Mun, Chung Jung, et al.. (2024). Digital Interventions for Improving Pain Among Individuals With and Without Opioid Use Disorder and Reducing Medical and Non-medical Opioid Use: a Scoping Review of the Current Science. Current Addiction Reports. 11(2). 299–315. 1 indexed citations

Parsons, Thomas D.. (2024). High-dimensional Metaverse Platforms and the Virtually Extended Self. Journal of Cognition. 7(1). 2–2. 2 indexed citations

Cleary, Anne M., et al.. (2023). A virtual reality paradigm with dynamic scene stimuli for use in memory research. Behavior Research Methods. 56(7). 6440–6463. 4 indexed citations

Hou, Junhui, Yongjian Wu, Weitao Xu, et al.. (2023). Occlusion-Resistant instance segmentation of piglets in farrowing pens using center clustering network. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 210. 107950–107950. 9 indexed citations

Parsons, Thomas D., Andrea Gaggioli, & Giuseppe Riva. (2020). Extended Reality for the Clinical, Affective, and Social Neurosciences. Brain Sciences. 10(12). 922–922. 39 indexed citations

Parsons, Thomas D., Andrea Gaggioli, & Giuseppe Riva. (2017). Virtual Reality for Research in Social Neuroscience. Brain Sciences. 7(4). 42–42. 139 indexed citations

Parsons, Thomas D., et al.. (2016). Brain–computer interface for individuals after spinal cord injury.. Rehabilitation Psychology. 61(4). 435–441. 24 indexed citations

McMahan, Timothy, Ian Parberry, & Thomas D. Parsons. (2015). Evaluating Electroencephalography Engagement Indices During Video Game Play.. Foundations of Digital Games. 11 indexed citations

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Parberry, Ian, et al.. (2015). Comparing Player Attention on Procedurally Generated vs. Hand Crafted Sokoban Levels with an Auditory Stroop Test. Foundations of Digital Games. 3 indexed citations

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Peng, Xiaoyu, Thomas D. Parsons, & Rita J. Balice‐Gordon. (2012). Determinants of synaptic strength vary across an axon arbor. Journal of Neurophysiology. 107(9). 2430–2441. 7 indexed citations

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Rizzo, Albert, Thomas D. Parsons, John Galen Buckwalter, & Patrick Kenny. (2010). A New Generation of Intelligent Virtual Patients for Clinical Training. American Behavioral Scientist. 9 indexed citations

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Parsons, Thomas D. & Albert Rizzo. (2008). Initial Validation of a Virtual Environment for Assessment of Memory Functioning: Virtual Reality Cognitive Performance Assessment Test. CyberPsychology & Behavior. 11(1). 17–25. 100 indexed citations

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Kenny, Patrick, Thomas D. Parsons, Jonathan Gratch, & Albert Rizzo. (2008). Evaluation of Justina: A Virtual Patient with PTSD. Lecture notes in computer science. 36 indexed citations

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Kenny, Patrick, et al.. (2008). Virtual Justina: A PTSD Virtual Patient for Clinical Classroom Training. 12 indexed citations

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Parsons, Thomas D. & Albert Rizzo. (2008). Neuropsychological Assessment of Attentional Processing using Virtual Reality. 6. 16 indexed citations

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Parsons, Thomas D., et al.. (2007). Immersiveness and Physiological Arousal within Panoramic Video-Based Virtual Reality. CyberPsychology & Behavior. 10(4). 508–515. 81 indexed citations

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Furman, Adam C., et al.. (2007). Adaptation Reduces Spike-Count Reliability, But Not Spike-Timing Precision, of Auditory Nerve Responses. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(24). 6461–6472. 29 indexed citations

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Kenny, Patrick, Albert Rizzo, Thomas D. Parsons, Jonathan Gratch, & William Swartout. (2007). A Virtual Human Agent for Training Novice Therapist Clinical Interviewing Skills. 13 indexed citations

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Parsons, Thomas D., et al.. (2000). Motivating and monitoring minimal crossfostering management.. 8(6). 269–272. 3 indexed citations

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