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As described in Wikipedia:Notability_(people), Luciano Fadiga's notability is based on the following criterion:

  • Published authors who received multiple independent reviews and awards for his work

Luciano Fadiga was the first to find some evidence that humans have a system analogous to that found in monkey brains, when he measured the excitability of particular muscles in the hand.

[edit] Publications of Luciano Fadiga

  • Broca's Region by Yosef Grodzinsky, the Motor Aspects and Sign Language chapter is refering to Luciano Fadiga work.
  • The Imitative Mind : Development, Evolution and Brain Bases by Andrew N. Meltzoff, the From mirror neurons to imitation: facts and speculations chapter is refering to Luciano Fadiga work.
  • Fogassi L., Gallese V., di Pellegrino G., Fadiga L., Gentilucci M., Luppino G., Matelli M., Pedotti A., Rizzolatti G. Space coding by premotor cortex. Exp. Brain Res., New York, 1992; 89: 686.
  • di Pellegrino G., Fadiga L., Fogassi L., Gallese V., Rizzolatti G. Understanding motor events: a neurophysiological study. Exp. Brain Res., New York, 1992; 91: 176.
  • Fadiga L., Fogassi L., Pavesi G., Rizzolatti G. Motor facilitation during action observation: a magnetic stimulation study. J. Neurophysiol., Bethesda, 1995, 73(6): 2608-2611.
  • Rizzolatti G., Fadiga L., Gallese V., Fogassi L. Premotor cortex and the recognition of motor actions, Cogn. Brain Res., 1996, 3:131-141.
  • Gallese V., Fadiga L., Fogassi L., Rizzolatti G. Action recognition in the premotor cortex, Brain, 1996, 119:593-609.
  • Fogassi L., Gallese V., Fadiga L., Luppino G., Matelli M., Rizzolatti G. Coding of peripersonal space in inferior premotor cortex (area F4), J. Neurophysiol., 1996, 76:141-157.
  • Rizzolatti G., Fadiga L., Matelli M., Bettinardi V., Paulesu E., Perani D., Fazio F. Localization of grasp representations in human by PET: 1. Observation versus execution. Exp. Brain Res., 1996, 111:246-252.
  • Fogassi L., Gallese V., Fadiga L., Rizzolatti G., Space coding in inferior premotor cortex (area F4): Facts and speculations. In: Lacquaniti F. and Viviani P. (eds.), Neural Bases of Motor Behaviour. NATO ASI Series, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht-Boston-London, 99-120, 1996.
  • Grafton S.T., Arbib M.A., Fadiga L., Rizzolatti G. Localization of grasp representations in human by PET: 2. Observation versus imagination, Exp Brain Res., 1996, 112:103-111.
  • Craighero L., Fadiga L., Umiltà C.A., Rizzolatti G., Evidence for visuomotor priming effect. Neuroreport, 1996, 8:347-349.
  • Murata, A., Fadiga, L., Fogassi, L., Gallese, V., Raos V., and Rizzolatti, G. Object representation in the ventral premotor cortex (area F5) of the monkey. J. Neurophysiol., 1997, 78: 2226-2230.
  • Fadiga, L., Gallese, V. Action representation and language in the brain. Theoretical Linguistics, 1997, 23: 267-280.
  • Rizzolatti G., Fadiga L., Fogassi L., Gallese V. The space around us. Science, 1997, 277: 190-191.
  • Gallese, V., Fadiga, L., Fogassi, L., Luppino, G. and Murata, A. A parietal-frontal circuit for hand grasping movements in the monkey: evidence from reversible inactivation experiments. In: Parietal lobe contributions to orientation in 3D-space. P. Thier and H. O. Karnath (eds.). Exp. Brain Res. Suppl. Series. Springer Publ., Berlin-New York. pp. 255-270, 1997.
  • Grafton S.T., Fadiga L., Arbib M.A., Rizzolatti G. Premotor cortex activation during observation and naming of familiar tools. NeuroImage, 1997, 6:231-236.
  • Craighero L., Fadiga L., Rizzolatti G., Umiltà C.A. Visuomotor Priming. Visual Cognition, 1998, 5:109-125.
  • Rizzolatti G., Fadiga L. Grasping objects and grasping meanings: the dual role of monkey rostroventral premotor cortex (area F5). Novartis Foundation Symposium, 1998, 218: 81-103.
  • Fadiga L., Buccino G., Craighero L., Fogassi L., Gallese V., Pavesi G. Corticospinal excitability is specifically modulated by motor imagery: a magnetic stimulation study. Neuropsychologia, 1999, 37: 147-158.
  • Rizzolatti, G., Fadiga, L., Fogassi, L., Gallese, V. Resonance behaviors and mirror neurons. Arch. It. Biologie, 1999, 137: 83-99.
  • Craighero L., Fadiga L., Rizzolatti G., Umiltà C. Action for perception: a motor-visual attentional effect. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 1999, 25: 1673-1692.
  • Gallese, V., Craighero, L., Fadiga, L. e Fogassi, L. (1999) Perception through action. Psyche An interdisciplinary journal of research on consciousness. http://psyche.cs.monash.edu.au/v5/psyche-5-21-gallese.html
  • Fadiga, L., Craighero, L, Fogassi, L, e Gallese, V. (2000) Représentation interne de l’action: nouvelles perspectives. Psychologie Francaise 45-4.
  • Fadiga L., Fogassi L., Gallese V., Rizzolatti G. Visuomotor neurons: ambiguity of the discharge or 'motor' perception? Int. J. Psychophysiol, 2000, 35:165-177.
  • Baldissera F., Cavallari P., Craighero L., Fadiga L. Modulation of spinal excitability during observation of hand actions in humans. Europ. J. Neurosci., 2001, 13: 190-194.
  • Buccino G, Binkofski F, Fink GR, Fadiga L, Fogassi L, Gallese V, Seitz RJ, Zilles K, Rizzolatti G, Freund H-J. Action observation activates premotor and parietal areas in a somatotopic manner: an fMRI study. Europ. J. Neurosci., 2001, 13: 400-404.
  • Fogassi L., Gallese V., Buccino G., Craighero L., Fadiga L., Rizzolatti G. Cortical mechanisms for the visual guidance of hand grasping movements in the monkey: a reversible inactivation study, Brain, 2001, 124:571-586.
  • Marco Agus, Fabio Bettio, Enrico Gobbetti, Luciano Fadiga. An integrated environment for steroscopic acquisition, off-line 3D elaboration, and visual presentation of biological actions. In J. D. Westwood, editor, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 2001, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, January 2001.
  • Umilta` M.A., Kohler E., Gallese V., Fogassi L., Fadiga L., Keysers C., Rizzolatti G., I know what you are doing: a neurophysiological study, Neuron, 2001, in press.
  • Craighero L, Bello A, Fadiga L, Rizzolatti G Hand action preparation influences the responses to hand pictures. Neuropsychologia. 2002;40(5):492-502. PMID: 11749979 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
  • Fadiga L, Craighero L, Buccino G, Rizzolatti G. Speech listening specifically modulates the excitability of tongue muscles: a TMS study. Eur J Neurosci. 2002 Jan;15(2):399-402. PMID: 11849307 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
  • Vandermeeren Y, Bastings E, Fadiga L, Olivier E. Long-latency motor evoked potentials in congenital hemiplegia. Clin Neurophysiol. 2003 Oct;114(10):1808-18. PMID: 14499742 [PubMed - in process]
  • Craighero L., Fadiga L. New insights on sensorimotor integration: From hand action to speech perception, Brain and Cognition 53 (2003) 514-524
  • Fadiga L., Craighero L., Dri G., Facchin P., Fabbri Destro M., Porro C. A. Corticospinal excitability during painful self-stimulation in humans: a transcranial magnetic stimulation study

ELSEVIER - Neuroscience Letters 361 (2004) 250–253

  • Craighero L., Fadiga L., Nascimben M., Eye Position Affects Orienting of Visuospatial Attention, ELSEVIER SCIENCE - Current Biology, Vol. 14, 331–333, February 17, 2004
  • Fadiga L., Craighero L., Olivier E., Human motor cortex excitability during the perception of others’ action ELSEVIER SCIENCE - Current Biology, Vol. 14, 331–333, February 17, 2004